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Webinar Series: Confronting Forced Migration & Violence in the Americas

April 4, 2020 - April 5, 2020

In collaboration with School of Americas Watch, Alliance for Global Justice, Veterans for Peace, and others, Stop US Arms to Mexico organized a weekend of educational and skills-building webinars specifically geared for friends and allies seeking tools and increased capacity to challenge border imperialism, the root causes of migration, the weapons trade, and to support migrants forced to flee their homelands.

Webinar 1: Voices from Abya Yala (the Americas): Realities and Resistance
With Jorge Andrés Forero-González, Lucia Ixchiu, and Abilio Peña
Link to webinar video in Spanish here

Webinar 2: Countering Anti-Migrant Narratives and Media Work
With Laura Carlsen and Maha Hilal
Link to webinar video in English here

Webinar 3: Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Migrants at US-Mexico Border
With Juan Ortiz and Nicol Bowles
Link to webinar video in English here

Webinar 4: Researching U.S. Militarization of Borderlands and Mesoamérica
With Christina Arabia and John Lindsay-Poland
Link to webinar video in English here

Webinar 5: Policy advocacy on U.S. militarism and guns in Mexico and Central America
With Eugenio Weigend and Dana Frank
Link to webinar video in English here

Details

  • Start: April 4, 2020
  • End: April 5, 2020