Forced Flight: Refugees in Diaspora
Tue 4/11/2023 • 10AM - 11:30AM PDT
Refugees are forcibly displaced from their homes for for reasons such as genocide, war, and climate change. This program explores the reasons explores their experiences, how they create new communities and what the future holds for the countries they left and their diasporas.
Speakers
Joanna Newman, CEO and Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities
Olivia Quintanilla, Professor of Ethnic Studies, MiraCosta College
Monica Sok, Poet and writer
Khatharya Um, Associate Dean, Social Sciences Division; Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Moderator: Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, UCLA (Tovaangar)
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