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Published on June 20, 2019
Two Dahdaleh Institute Community Scholars, and , presented at the 2019 on June 14.
Speaking on a panel about Advocacy, they shared their insights from a research trip to Mexico's southern border. Linn and Carol spoke to the social and environmental forces which push people to flee, extreme levels of violence migrants face along their route and the criminalization of humanitarian aid.
« Criminalized humanity » Inspriring presentation from and at on the impact of the rise of xenophobic sentiment on the safety and wellbeing of people migrating throughout Central America
— Chloé Cébron (@ChloeCebron)
. describe how criminalizing aid is the criminalization of humanity.
— Colleen Dockerty (@ColleenDockerty)
Being an "illegal" migrant is an administrative issue. Thank you and for your powerful presentation on criminalized humanity and forced migration from Central America.
— Shivani Chandra (@ShivaniChandra_)
Image Credit: Mural outside unaccompanied children's quarters, Tenosique, Mexico, 2019/Carol Devine & Linn Biorklund Belliveau
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
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Carol Devine, Community Scholar, Health, Environment & Climate Change - Active
Linn Biorklund Belliveau, Graduate Student Scholar, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change - Alum |
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