Guatemalans to Speak at UNBC About Civil War
November 10, 2004 for immediate release
The UNBC Geography program will be hosting two Guatemalans with strong ties to a bloody civil war that only ended eight years ago.
Guillermo Chen Morales is a human rights activist from Rabinal, a region identified by the United Nations as having lost 20% of its population to state-sponsored violence and genocide during Guatemala's 36 year long (1960-1996) civil war. Morales is a co-founder of Escuala Nueva Esperanza (New Hope School), which encourages students to re-learn their history, language, and culture.
He will be speaking on Tuesday, November 16, at 7pm in Agora room 7-212.
Alan Robinson, a director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, will also be visiting UNBC next week. The Foundation is the main organization working on the exhumation of mass graves throughout the Guatemalan countryside. The forensic work is providing new clues about the genocide and is part of a long-term process of community healing and recovery.
Robinson will be speaking in an Economics class on Thursday, November 18 at 1pm (open to the public) in 5-172 and an Anthropology class at 4pm in 7-212 on the same day (also open to the public). He will also be giving a public lecture - titled, Guatemala: Exhuming the Truth - on Friday, November 19 at 7pm in Agora room 7-150. Admission will be by donation.
This past summer, ten UNBC students participated in a Geography field school in Guatemala. One of their destinations was Rabinal, where they witnessed first-hand the work of Morales, Robinson, and their colleagues.
The UNBC Geography program will be hosting two Guatemalans with strong ties to a bloody civil war that only ended eight years ago.
Guillermo Chen Morales is a human rights activist from Rabinal, a region identified by the United Nations as having lost 20% of its population to state-sponsored violence and genocide during Guatemala's 36 year long (1960-1996) civil war. Morales is a co-founder of Escuala Nueva Esperanza (New Hope School), which encourages students to re-learn their history, language, and culture.
He will be speaking on Tuesday, November 16, at 7pm in Agora room 7-212.
Alan Robinson, a director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, will also be visiting UNBC next week. The Foundation is the main organization working on the exhumation of mass graves throughout the Guatemalan countryside. The forensic work is providing new clues about the genocide and is part of a long-term process of community healing and recovery.
Robinson will be speaking in an Economics class on Thursday, November 18 at 1pm (open to the public) in 5-172 and an Anthropology class at 4pm in 7-212 on the same day (also open to the public). He will also be giving a public lecture - titled, Guatemala: Exhuming the Truth - on Friday, November 19 at 7pm in Agora room 7-150. Admission will be by donation.
This past summer, ten UNBC students participated in a Geography field school in Guatemala. One of their destinations was Rabinal, where they witnessed first-hand the work of Morales, Robinson, and their colleagues.
