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SUMMARY:Urgent Issues Forum/Foro Urgente: The Assassination of Berta Cáceres and the Future of Indigenous and Afrodescendant Environmental and Land Rights in Honduras
DESCRIPTION:\nFriday, April 8, 2016\n9 AM – 2 PM\nPresentation Room, Young Research Library\nRefreshments and a light lunch will be provided.\nOn March 2, 2016, award-winning Lenca environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres was assassinated in her home in Honduras. She had received multiple threats from military and paramilitary groups linked to the mining and dams interests that she opposed. Gustavo Castro, a Mexican activist who was in Berta’s home and was injured in the attack, is now being held illegally in Honduras and there are international concerns that he is being framed for the attack. This urgent forum explores the issues of resource extraction and state violence and their impact on the future of indigenous and environmental rights activism in Honduras.\nParticipants include:\n\nOlivia Zúniga Cáceres (Lenca)\nActivist and daughter of Berta Cáceres\nRony Castillo (Garifuna)\nPhD student UT Austin, Advisor on Education Issues OFRANEH, President of the Garifuna Education Council and Co-founder of the Garifuna Intercultural University\nSuyapa Portillo\nPitzer College\nChris Loperena\nUniversity of San Francisco\nJoseph Berra\nUCLA Law School\n\nProgram:\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 9:10 AM\nCoffee, light breakfast\n\n\n9:10 AM – 9:20 AM\nWelcome\nDr. Shannon Speed (Chickasaw, Director AISC)\n\n\n9:20 AM – 9:40 AM\nJoseph Berra (UCLA Law School)\n\n\n9:40 AM – 10:00 AM\nDr. Suyapa Portillo (Pitzer College)\n\n\n10:00 AM – 10:20 AM\nDr. Chris Loperena (University of San Francisco)\n\n\n10:20 AM – 11:00 AM\nDiscussion\n\n\n11:00 AM – 11:30 AM\nLunch\n\n\n11:30 AM – 11:50 AM\nDr. Rony Castillo (Garifuna Education Council and Garifuna Intercultural University)\n\n\n11:50 AM – 12:15 PM\nOlivia Zúniga Cáceres (Lenca, Coordinadora Indígena del Poder Popular en Honduras)\n\n\n12:15 PM – 1:00 PM\nDiscussion\n\n\n1:00 PM – 1:30 PM\nClosing remarks Dr. Leisy Abrego (Chicana/o Studies, UCLA) and\nDr. Shannon Speed (AISC, UCLA)\n\n\n\nHosted by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Institute of American Cultures, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Chicano Research Studies Center, UCLA Center of Study for Women, UCLA Latin American Institute, and Grassroots International.\nUCLA is a tobacco-free campus. All-day parking ($12) and short-term parking (payable at pay stations) are available in Lots 2, 3 and 4 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues).\n
URL:https://main.aisc.ucla.edu/events/urgent-issues-forum-foro-urgente-the-assassination-of-berta-caceres-and-the-future-of-indigenous-and-afrodescendant-environmental-and-land-rights-in-honduras/
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