Event: Common Threads(ts): Afrodescendiente & Garífuna Leaders and the Response of Violence

Date: March 12, 2021
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm EST
Location: Virtual

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Common Threads(ts): Afrodescendiente & Garífuna Leaders and the Response of Violence

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) at NYU presents a panel with distinguished scholars and activists to examine mounting challenges faced by afrodescendiente & Garífuna political and community leaders in various parts of Latin America, and particularly in Brazil, Colombia, and Honduras.

Featuring: Merle Bowen, Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Leader of Afro communities and artisanal miners of northern Cauca, Colombia, and Miriam Miranda, OFRANEH, the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras.

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Above adapted from email.