Why We Migrate: Stories of Mexico’s Displaced
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- Why do millions make the unlikely decision to leave their communities to live in a country with increasing anti-immigrant hostility?
- Why did the number of Mexicans who made this decision more than double after the implementation of NAFTA?
Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00 am
Auditorium 01-2000, (George Eastman Building), RIT
Paola Gutiérrez Galindo, is a community organizer working with indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. She will respond to the causes and impacts of immigration and untangle the complex factors that have pushed so many to abandon their communities and come here to live. Ms. Gutiérrez holds a degree in indigenous law and is working on a Master’s degree that explores the impacts of migration on identity and family in Oaxacan indigenous communities.
Paola Gutiérrez Galindo’s talk is sponsored by Witness for Peace and RIT and co-sponsored by the Rochester Committee on Latin America and Migrant Support Services of Wayne County.
Contact: Diane Forbes, RIT, 475-6765
