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Description

In conjunction  with the Human Rights Program, the Center for New Americans, the Human Rights Center, the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Change, and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs , the Institute for Global Studies is offering an educator training in association with the event Seeking Refuge in a Changing World. In order to receive 3 CEUs, educators will attend both the talk by Ms. Nazario followed by immigration experts from the Advocates for Human Rights and the Center for New Americans.
 
Educators will receive 3 CEUs, a parking voucher, and dinner.  This opportunity is free of cost but requires registration.
 
 
 
 

Outline

Humphrey School, University of Minnesota West Bank
March 1, 2017
 
4:30-6:00 Sonia Nazario, "Refugees at our Border"
 
Ms. Nazario is a Pulitzer Prize winning author who documented “Enrique’s Journey,” her story of a Honduran boy’s struggle to find his mother in the U.S. which was published as a series in the Los Angeles Times.  Ms. Nazario will address the issues facing Central American migrants who continue to seek refuge at the southern borders of the United States. Ms. Nazario is well known in in Minnesota for her work, having received the Don and Arvonne Fraser Human Rights Award from the Advocates for Human Rights in 2015. 
 
 
"Refugees in our Classrooms"
6:30- 8:00 pm
Teacher training on the challenges facing immigrants and refugees in Minnesota under a new federal administration. Featuring immigration experts from the Advocates for Human Rights and the Center for New Americans  
 
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