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RE–FEST 2022

Separation and Reunification: Families, Art, and Advocacy

Zoom Webinar & Livestream
Thursday, March 17, 2022
12pm ET / 9am PT
Free

In this conversation, panelists will discuss their insights surrounding family separation and re-unification and artists’ and art’s role in advocacy efforts. We will also address the current news regarding child separation at the borders in the U.S.

Belén Moyano discusses an advocacy initiative she created with Immigrant Families Together, for asylum-seeking families and children separated from their families at the southwest US/Mexico border. Emilio Williams speaks about his play 3.5 Sister which exists across borders and Zoom screens, involving his own personal separation. Emilio also relates how in the gay community the AIDS crisis created the separation of family lineage, non-biological parents, that we're just starting to understand now.  Carly Pérez Fernández (Communications Director, Detention Watch Network) shares about work with artists on the Free Them All art installation in front of the White House last summer, featuring portraits of formerly detained leaders.

Panelists include Belén Moyano, Emilio Williams, Carly Pérez Fernández (Detention Watch Network), Jane Shim (Immigrant Defense Project), curated by Catherine Filloux.

To join the conversation, register for the Zoom webinar above. This conversation is presented in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).

Accessibility: This conversation will include live automatic transcription via Zoom and livestream. Please contact access@culturehub.org for any access questions or further needs.

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The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. We do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues, listed below.

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Image Description: On the left a woman stands before a music stand and looks to the right. On the right a mother and son pair stand and look down at music stands. The figures on the left and right stand in a dark room, illuminated by white light from above, and are separated by a yellow tape in the shape of a triangle on the floor.