Video Archives
2023 Local to Global Justice Forum & Festival: Energizing Justice
Plenary Panel
February 25, 2023
Panel:
- Dr. Jen Richter, Professor at ASU’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society/ School of Social Transformation
- Mariia Vitrukh, doctoral candidate in Education Policy and Evaluation at Arizona State University
- Dr. Jorge Morales, PhD Sustainable Energy, ASU/ Chispa
- Dr. Nora Timmerman, Professor, Sustainable Communities Program, Northern Arizona University
Energizing Scholar Activism: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue
February 25, 2023
Panel:
- Flora Farago, Stephen F. Austin State University
- Michelle Salazar Perez, University of North Texas
- Jehann El-Bisi, filmmaker, activist, artist, educator, Amherst, MA
Moderator: Bekisizwe Ndimande, University of Texas at San Antonio
This interactive panel explores ways in which interdisciplinary scholarship can interrupt structural oppression and energize activism in schools, communities, and other social institutions. Panelists will draw from their critical scholarship working with Indigenous communities, children and families in the US Borderlands, and doing anti-bias early childhood work.
2022 Local to Global Justice Forum & Festival: Educating for Justice
Plenary Panel
February 26, 2022
Educating for Justice Plenary Session featuring:
- Dr. Carl A. Grant
- Channel Powe
- Dr. Angeles Maldonado
- Isabel Mavrides-Calderon
Moderator:
Dr. Beth Blue Swadener, Co-Adviser, Local to Global Justice.
2021 Local to Global Justice Forum & Festival:
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