NACLA - Sanctuary in the Trump Era

LC Professor of History Elliott Young has a new Op/Ed in The Portland Tribune entitled, “New art exhibition raises questions about policing in Portland.”

Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.”

Join us for a talk by Dr. Andrea Sempértegui titled “Mujeres Amazónicas’ Fight against Extractivism in Ecuador.
Monday, November 20 in Smith Hall from 12:40pm to 1:40 pm

New course this Spring: Public History Lab: History 308
Tuesdays and Thursdays  1:50pm-3:20pm
This version of the course will focus on writing research reports on country conditions in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela and Cuba that can be useful for asylum cases.
The research will be published on the website for Stanford’s Migration & Asylum Lab. It is recommended to have had either Historical Materials or a methodology class in other major.
Consent of instructor is required so reach out to Professor Elliott Young (eyoung@lclark.edu) if interested. The course topic will vary in the future depending on instructor, but this version of it will count for the Latin American and Latino Studies Minor, and as a History elective.

This event is sponsored by the History, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies and Sociology/Anthropology Departments