International Festival 2010 – Borders: Crossings, Conflicts, Connections
Border Angels: Border Realities and Immigration Today
Keynote Lecture & Lunch: Enrique Morones, internationally acclaimed human rights activist
Friday, October 8, 12:30-2pm
Rangos Ballroom, University Center
The International Festival is held from October 7-9, 2010.
Enrique Morones has been featured on NBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, BBC, NPR, HBO, The Today Show, Univision's Don Francisco Presenta, Televisa Nacional, Rocio en Telemundo and countless other international media around the world. He frequently lectures and has more than held his own on shows with Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Minutemen founders and many others, promoting the truth about the migrant community and exposing vigilantes such as the Minutemen for who they really are. As a founder of Gente Unida, a human rights border coalition of 65 groups, he led the national effort against the Minutemen, and soundly shut down them down in California. He is recognized as one of the 100 most influential Latinos in the USA by Hispanic Business Magazine and his recognitions include being Frontline Human Rights international awardee for his lifelong dedication to Human Rights.
Morones is no stranger to leadership roles. He is the first person to receive dual nationality with Mexico, and along with Border Angels, he also founded the House of Mexico in San Diego, Gente Unida, and the Marcha Migrantes. Morones was recently named Mexico’s 2009 Human Rights Awardee by Mexico’s Commission on Human Rights. Currently he continues to expand Border Angels outreach and travels the country speaking to groups about humane immigration reform and the realities of life and death on the border. He recently completed a 75-mile trek through Mexico and US deserts in solidarity with migrants.
Long time internationally acclaimed human rights activist, Enrique Morones, is President and Founder of Border Angels, an all-volunteer group he established in 1986 which places food, water and other provisions in the desert on the border areas to help save migrant lives.
Lunch will be provided to all in attendance at the keynote lecture. Tickets are free and are available at the University Center Information Desk beginning Friday, September 24, 2010, at noon.
For more information, visit the Office of International Education International Festival website.