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Oscar Romero Award Program: More than Land: Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Indigenous Rights

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Oscar Romero Award Program: More than Land: Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Indigenous Rights

When
October 15, 2015
Where
Rothko Chapel
3900 Yupon (at Sul Ross)
Houston,TX 77006
Cost
$10.
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Rothko Chapel presents the Óscar Romero Award Program: More than Land: Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Indigenous Rights Thursday, October 15.

Featured Discussion
Charles Hale, Ph.D. (pictured) and Karen Spring, MPH, moderated by
Christine Wade, Ph.D.

Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center at UT School of Law and the Latin America Initiative at Rice University’s Baker Institute

Indigenous communities share a spiritual, cultural, and economic relationship with their land. Environmental damage mostly caused by multinational corporations is a significant threat to indigenous peoples’ survival.

How can governments and consumers like ourselves better balance this threat?

Dr. Christine Wade, who moderates the discussion, is a political science professor at Washington College specializing in the international and comparative politics of Central America.

Dr. Charles Hale is a professor of anthropology and the director of LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections at the University of Texas.

Karen Spring is a Honduras-based human rights activist and coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network.

A reception follows the program.

Event in English; simultaneous Spanish interpretation available.

The Montrose Management District
board workshop meeting scheduled for April 3
has been postponed indefinitely.