Remembering Past Massacres: Honoring the legacy and resilience of the victims
The webinar, part of the ongoing “Remembering Past Massacres” series, will focus on Latin America, with speakers reflecting on the atrocities committed against Indigenous populations in the name of Christianization, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the ruthless military dictatorships in South America during the 1960s-80s, and the 1937 massacre of Haitians in the Dominican Republic.
The webinar will be in Spanish and English.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8Rd14QbmQkKa50EyZyGmyQ
Speakers include:
- Moderator – Rev. Gloria Ulloa Alvarado, WCC President for Latin America
- Co-facilitator – Rev. Dr. Mikie Roberts, WCC staff
Panellists:
- Dr. Betty Ruth Lozano Lerma, Colombia
- Nobel Peace Laureate Mr. Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Argentina
- Prof. Dr. Jessica Byron-Reid, WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs member, Trinidad and Tobago
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