Upcoming Events
February 16, 2012 – Human Rights: The Birthright of All People -- A
National View
Pollman Hall, Temple Emanu-El, 8500 Hillcrest Rd., Dallas, Texas
7:00 pm
Course taught by Dr. Rick Halperin, Director, SMU Embrey Human Rights
Program
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call 214-706-0000 or visit
http://www.tedallas.org/
February 20, 2012 – Theology on Edge: A Critical Path for
the Church in Latina Perspective
Presenter: Nancy Elizabeth Bedford, D.Th.
Respondents: Pablo Andinach and Elsa Tamez
Violence against women in Latin America and Latinas in the United States is
on the rise. How do our ideas about God and human beings change when
we try to confront such violence? How might a theology informed by the
experience of migrants and migration, and especially by the current reality
of Latinas, help the church respond creatively to resist violence?
Such questions put theology "on edge." We will explore some answers to
help the church change and grow in the face of new realities.
Prothro Hall, SMU Perkins School of Theology
9:00 am to 1:00 pm (lunch will be served at Noon)
There is no charge for this event, but registration is required:
214-768-3202 or perkinsintern@smu.edu
March 3, 2012 – 2012 Amnesty International Texas
State Meeting
Texas A & M University Zachry Engineering Building, College
Station, Texas
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
This conference is free, with lunch provided. All are welcome!
Highlights of the conference include:
Keynote speaker - Rais Bhuiyan - a man who was shot and almost killed during
a post 9/11 hate crime but fought to save his attacker from the death
penalty.
Workshops on the death penalty, immigrant rights, creative activism, LGBTQ
rights, and more!
The opportunity to meet new people and develop your skills on how to tackle
pressing human rights issues.
RSVP to Lisa Adler ladler@aiusa.org or
404/492-7269.
MIGRATION MATTERS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM ON IMMIGRATION AT
THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER:
February 9, 2012 – The Route of Death: Migrants, Massacres, and
Cartels
306 Dallas Hall/McCord Auditorium - SMU Campus
7:00 pm -9:00 pm
February 22, 2012 – Barbed-Wire Art, Border Myths, and
Immigration Violence
306 Dallas Hall/McCord Auditorium - SMU Campus
5:30 pm -7:30 pm
March 29, 2012 – Elections, The Law, and Languages at the Border
306 Dallas Hall/McCord Auditorium - SMU Campus
5:30 pm -7:30 pm
April 2, 2012 – What is New About Immigration in the United
States?
306 Dallas Hall/McCord Auditorium - SMU Campus
5:30 pm -7:30 pm
April 4, 2012 – Film Screening: El Norte
306 Dallas Hall/McCord Auditorium - SMU Campus
6:30 pm -8:30 pm
April 26, 2012 – Environmental Justice and Maquilladora Murders
Perkins School of Theology/Prothro Great Hall
6:30 pm -8:00 pm
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi
