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NGO and Immigrant Organizations Binational Panel on Alternatives to Emigration

Lecture hosted by the Migration Study Group.

Friday, September 25, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

At the end of a decade of mass migration to the United States, Mexican non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and hometown associations (HTA’s) have begun to discuss the “el derecho a no emigrar” (the right to remain in one’s homeland) and to launch local community development projects that provide alternatives to emigration. This binational panel of NGO and HTA representatives showcases different philosophies and strategies these organizations have embraced to undertake this new agenda.

Panelists: Adriana Cortés, Fundación Comunitaria del Bajío; Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, Frente Indígena Oaxaqueño Binacional; and Efraín Jiménez, Federación de Clubes Zacatecanos.

Cost: Free and Open to the Public

For more information please contact

Sarah Morando
sarahmorando@gmail.com

Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Center for Mexican Studies, Architecture and Urban Design, the Irene Flecknoe Ross Lecture Series in the Department of Sociology; the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment; International Institute