2021 Local to Global Justice Virtual Forum & Festival

Please join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Local to Global Justice in 2021!

Community Resilience & Action

February 27, 2021

Welcome: Dr. Jen Richter, Co-Adviser, Local to Global Justice

Panel of Arizona Activists:

• Dr. Grace Gamez, Tucson, American Friends Service Committee
• Klee Benally, Flagstaff, Indigenous Activist, Filmmaker and Musician
• Miriam Araya, Phoenix, Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro, PhD student, Justice Studies

Moderator: Sam Royall, PhD student, Justice Studies (ASU)

Closing: Dr. Beth Blue Swadener, Co-Adviser, Local to Global Justice

[In]Justice in the Borderlands

March 20, 2021

Welcome: Dr. Jen Richter, Co-Adviser, Local to Global Justice

Panel:

  • Imani Grace Lewis-Norelle, No Mas Muertes, Tucson
  • Zaira Emiliana Livier, Peoples Defense Initiative, Tucson
  • Sarah Eary, Lutheran Social Services Southwest Refugee Services, Phoenix

Moderator:  Daniel Furnish, MS student in Justice Studies (ASU)

Discussant: Attorney Ray A. Ybarra Maldonado

Closing: Dr. Beth Blue Swadener, Co-Adviser, Local to Global Justice

In Honor of Earth

April 22, 2021

Welcome: Richard Starling, Activist, Local to Global Justice Planning Committee

Panel:

  • Dr. Denisse Roca-Servat (Columbia), Water Justice and Indigenous Communities in Latin America
  • Dr. Sailesh Rao (Phoenix), Climate Healers
  • Jess Bristow, Chipsa Arizona 

 

Moderator: Dr. Jen Richter, Co-Adviser, Local to Global Justice

Closing: Dr. Beth Blue Swadener, Co-Adviser, Local to Global Justice