Joins us for the screening Entre Serpientes y Escaleras, the untold story of the thousands of immigrants who were disappeared in Mexican Territory, followed by  a conversation with Robin Hoover and the producers Keisdo Shimabukuro and Omar Iturbe

Rev. Dr. Robin Hoover holds a Masters of Divinity in Social Ethics and a PhD in Political Science. He has produced extensive research on immigration policy during the last 20 years. Hoover is the founder of several nonprofits; most notably Humane Borders, Inc., which mission is to reduce the number of deaths in the Arizona desert. He is working on Proyecto Rescatame! that uses satellite-based technology to rescue immigrants. He was awarded the Premio Nacional de Derechos Humanos in Mexico in 2006. He is the only non-Mexican to have received such prestigious award.

Keisdo Shimabukuro and Omar Iturbe are the producers of  the documentary film Entre Serpientes y Escaleras-Missing People that reveals the story of the thousands of immigrants who were dissapeared in Mexican territory.

Sponsored by the Janey Program in Latin American Studies, and Global Studies, The International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship.