In Pgh this week: "Honduras on Fire: Human Rights Crisis and Mass Migration" - A Conversation with Honduran Human Rights Defender Aracely Medina Castillo

"Honduras on
Fire: Human Rights Crisis and Mass Migration" - A
Conversation with Honduran Human Rights Defender Aracely
Medina Castillo
 
Honduras faces a human rights crisis. It is the most
dangerous country in the world and, according to Human
Rights Watch, "violence and threats by unidentified
perpetrators against
journalists, human rights defenders, prosecutors, peasant
activists, and transgender people remain serious problems.
Perpetrators are rarely brought to justice." Meanwhile,
according to the State Department, roughly 13% of the
Honduran population-- 1 million Hondurans--have migrated
to the United States, 600,000 of whom are believed to be
undocumented. Why is there a human rights crisis in
Honduras? Who is being killed and why? What is the role of
U.S. policy? And why are people migrating to the U.S.? Is
there a connection with the human rights crisis? Join
Aracely Medina Castillo and Witness for Peace for an
important conversation, "Honduras on Fire: Human Rights
Crisis and Mass Migration."
 

 
Aracely Medina Castillo is a Honduran activist and
educator who has worked for over a decade defending the
human rights of Hondurans, focusing particularly on
Honduran migrants and their families. She is the deputy
director of the Jesuit Center for Reflection, Research,
and Communication (ERIC-SJ), a think tank that conducts
research and reports on societal trends and public opinion
in Honduras. She is also the national supervisor of
Jesuit Migrant Services-Honduras (SJM) and the Social
Ministries coordinator for all of Central American. Ms.
Medina will discuss the impact of the Honduran human
rights crisis, why Hondurans migrate to the U.S., as well
as her work supporting migrants and the family members
left behind. Finally, Ms. Medina will speak to how U.S.
policy can positively impact the situation. (In Spanish
with English translation.)
 

 
Three events:
 

 
Date: November 7, 2013
 
Time: 4:30 - 5:45pm
 
Location: Barco Law School (Forbes Ave), Room 107,
Pitt
 
For more
information: Dan
Kovalik, dkovalik@usw.org
 

 
Date:
November 9, 2013
 
Time: 3:00pm
 
Location: The Big Idea Bookstore, 4812 Liberty
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
 
For more
information: Isaac
Beachy, isaacbeachy@gmail.com
 

 
Date:
November 11, 2013
 
Time: 4:30 - 6:00pm
 
Location: Porter Hall 100, CMU
 
For more information:
John Soluri, jsoluri@andrew.cmu.edu