Join us for a transnational conversation with Black mothers who have lost children to state violence. Mother-activists from the US, Brazil, and Colombia share their struggles and strategies of resistance against police violence, mass incarceration, and the unrelenting injustices facing Black communities around the world.
This event was organized by Yanilda MarÃa González, Assistant Professor at SSA and Jaime Alves, Assistant Professor at the College of Staten Island.
Speakers:
Railda Alves,
Associação AMPARAR, Brazil
MarÃa Ligia Castillo Cortés,
Casa Cultural El Chontaduro, Colombia
Débora da Silva,
Mães de Maio, Brazil
Dorothy Holmes,
Mother of Ronald Johnson
Geneva Reed-Veal,
Mother of Sandra Bland
Maria Eugenia Velásquez,
Mujeres de Bojayá, Colombia
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact:
Claudia at cgiribaldi@uchicago.edu.
Carmella at csnook@uchicago.edu.
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Centro de Estudios Afrodiaspóricos-Universidad Icesi
Charlotte Towle Memorial Endowment Fund
Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Pozen Family Center for Human Rights
School of Social Service Administration
UChicago Urban
Date: May 25, 2017
Time: 5:30 PM
Date: May 25, 2017
Time: 5:30 PM