Please join us on Friday March 6 at 6:30, when we will be hosting the third salon in our series on climate change and the Anthropocene. This salon will focus on justice for migrants, many who have been displaced by climate change and/or economic forces that are causing environmental degradation. Panelists:
Artist and educator Simone Couto, an émigré to the United States from Brazil, will discuss “The Amazon Project,” an on-going social practice engaging an Amazonian community in Igarape do Camará Rio Negro, cidade de Iranduba.
Artist and educator Iviva Olenick will discuss "States of Emergenc(y)e," an art and performance series featuring quilts made with textile handcrafts (embroidery, cross-stitch, natural dyeing) incorporating government-issued emergency blankets to protest government-induced emergencies.
Educator and salon co-host Margaret Seiler will present on her recent trips to the Texas/Mexico border with Witness at the Border, a grassroots group advocating for humane immigration policies and justice for migrants.
Confined to a settlement in Matamoros, Mexico, migrant refugees from Central America wait for their court hearings just across the border in Brownsville, TX. Photo: Reynaldo Leaños Jr./Texas Public Radio