Turned Back at the Border: The Situation of Central American Asylum Seekers in Mexico
Speaker: Joe Wiltberger
Date: October 30, 2023 Time: 6:00PM Address: Room 1005, Global Education Center
Professor Joseph Wiltberger, University of California San Diego and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, will speak as part of the Root Causes of Central American Migration Lecture Series. Wiltberger researches questions of migration, forced displacement, borders and human rights. He is currently co-leading a cross-border team of researchers from UC San Diego and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte to examine experiences of social inclusion and discrimination of migrants from Central America and the Caribbean who are living in Tijuana. He earned his PhD at Carolina from the Department of Anthropology.
Date: September 22, 2023 Time: 3:30 PM – 6 PM Address: Center for the Study of the American South, 410 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC
Come out on Friday September 22nd to hear from Texas A&M Assistant Professor, Dr. Sara McNamara talk about her book YBOR City: Crucible of the Latina South. Her book tells the story of women who immigrated into the cigar industry in Ybor City.
Indigenous – Local – Global Communities: A Professional Development Workshop for K-16 Educators
Date: November 18, 2023 Time: 10 AM – 3 PM Address: Fedex Global Education Center
In recognition of National Native American Heritage Month in November, this year’s International Education Week workshop theme connects with indigenous communities across the globe and thinks about how different people around the world understand ideas of indigenous, local and global identities. Expert speakers from UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond will unpack case studies from Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia that can be deployed to teach North Carolina standards for several different subjects at the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels, as well as provide teaching materials that can be used to adapt these
topics to the classroom.
Register in the link below!
Date: September 20, 2023 Time: 3:30-5:30 PM Address: FedEx Global Education Center
We’re kicking off the semester with the Global Whistle-Stop Tour, a celebration of global education at Carolina, on September 20th from 3:30-5:30 PM. Come by the FedEx Global Education Center to meet global units and offices on campus, and enjoy games and treats including Italian ice, bubble tea and popcorn. It’s all part of Carolina’s Global Guarantee, our promise that a global education is available to all students.
Date: September 6, 2023 Time: 5:30PM Address: Global Education Center, Room 4003
ISA wishes to invite all new and returning graduate students with an interest in Latin America, the Caribbean or Latino/a communities in the U.S. to join us at the ISA graduate Student Orientation and Reception. Students can meet ISA staff, catch up with colleagues, and learn about funding opportunities, events, working groups, and other initiatives sponsored by ISA.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Date: October 17, 2023 Time: 7:00PM Address: Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Global Education Center
Dir. by Marc Wiese. Ecuador/ Germany. 2022. 93 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Chinese mining in Ecuador’s mountains sets the stage for an epic battle between eco-guerrillas and a corrupt government in an intensely dramatic documentary. This Stolen Country of Mine follows Paúl Jarrín Mosquera, who leads the indigenous resistance against the exploitation of their land. Meanwhile, China uses the Ecuadorian government to turn the country into one of its new colonies, having made the country dependent on credit through a series of corrupt and greedy treaties. When journalist Fernando Villavicencio (assassinated in August) exposes these plots and gets access to the contracts between China and Ecuador, the government wants him silenced too. Both men are fighting for freedom in this battle against a superpower. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Marc Wiese, the film exposes China’s massive hunger for natural resources and how during the last decade it has been aggressively operating to obtain access to these resources in Ecuador. The country is now stuck with the most Chinese debts in Latin America.
Este país que me robaron. Marc Wiese. Ecuador/Germany. 2022. 93 min. Español con subtítulos en inglés.
La minería china en las montañas de Ecuador prepara el escenario para una batalla épica entre ecoguerrillas y un gobierno corrupto en un documental intensamente dramático. Este país mío robado sigue a Paúl Jarrín Mosquera, quien lidera la resistencia indígena contra la explotación de sus tierras. Mientras tanto, China utiliza al gobierno ecuatoriano para convertir al país en una de sus nuevas colonias, habiéndolo hecho dependiente del crédito a través de una serie de tratados corruptos y codiciosos. Cuando el periodista Fernando Villavicencio expone estos complots y consigue acceso a los contratos entre China y Ecuador, el gobierno quiere silenciarlo también. Ambos hombres luchan por la libertad en esta batalla contra una superpotencia. Dirigida por el galardonado cineasta Marc Wiese, la película expone el hambre masiva de China por recursos naturales y cómo durante la última década ha estado operando agresivamente para obtener acceso a estos recursos en Ecuador. El país ahora tiene la mayor deuda china en América Latina.
