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Bringing Dragons Into Your Living Room With Free Webinars

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04/14/20

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As an educational travel company deeply affected by COVID-19 we have been asking ourselves “How do we continue our mission in a time when social distancing and travel restrictions limit the very essence of what we do?” Like many other companies, we are turning our attention online.

Usually, at this time of year, we are busy with our Global Speaker Series program in which we send our global educators to schools across the United States in order to bring important global topics and critical questions into classrooms. Since most classrooms have transitioned into living rooms, we’ve decided to bring these lessons to you! Over the next couple of months, we will be live-streaming some of our best talks so you can experience a bit of Dragons straight to your living room.

 

 

This month’s free webinar is called:

Migration and Organized Crime

How Thousands of People Go Missing Every Year on the Way to the U.S.

Hosted by Dragons instructor, Rich Brown. Rich will draw on his recent interviews in Guatemala and on the U.S.-Mexico border with civil society leaders, journalists, and migrants and their families to give students insight into the risks that Central Americans face as they attempt to reach the U.S.

More About the Speaker:

B.A., Anthropology – Columbia University, 2010; Graduate Specialization Degree, Migration Studies – Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), 2020; M.A., Journalism – Columbia Journalism School, 2021 / Gordon Fellow for International Reporting

 

Rich Brown is a multimedia journalist based in Guatemala since 2013. He covers issues like migration, climate change, and land and water conflict. He facilitates the Forum on Migration, an interactive Immigration Studies program that connects U.S. classrooms with the people at the center of today’s immigration headlines, from migrating families to government decision makers.

 

Rich leads Dragons programs in Guatemala, and he brings Central American to U.S. classrooms in speaking tours about the roots of immigration from the region.

 

Rich’s talk will be held on April 16th and April 22nd at 4pm MST. RSVP online.

 

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