Manifestación. Un policía enfrenta a las Abuelas (colleción de las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo). Translation: “Demonstration. A police officer faces the Abuelas (from the collection of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo).”
When: Thursday, September 19 | 2:00-3:30 pm
Where: Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA
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This event is free and open to the public.
The Joseph P. Healey Library, the Latin American and Iberian Studies Department, the Women’s Studies Department, and the Consortium for Gender, Security and Human Rights at the University of Massachusetts Boston are honored to host a conversation with Estela Barnes de Carlotto, president and a founding member, and Buscarita Roa, assistant treasurer, of Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.
One of Argentina’s most renowned human rights organizations, Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo) exposed the systematic abduction of children and falsification of their identities as a tactic of the “Dirty War.” Since the restoration of democracy in Argentina, the Grandmothers have continued to press to bring human rights abusers to justice. Their search has located scores of their missing grandchildren and restored their identities. The Grandmothers’ commitment to identity as a human right has inspired rights organizations throughout Latin America and the world.
2:00 – 2:15 pm
View the exhibition, “Nunca Más”: Niños Desaparecidos en Argentina y Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
Healey Library, Grossmann Gallery, 5th floor
2:20 – 3:30 pm
Conversation with Estela Barnes de Carlotto and Buscarita Roa of Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
Healey Library, Center for Library Instruction (CLI), 4th floor
Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by emailing library.archives@umb.edu or by calling 617-287-5944.
For more information, visit https://blogs.umb.edu/archives/2013/09/17/restitucion-de-ninos-reminder/.
This event is co-sponsored by the Joseph P. Healey Library, the Latin American and Iberian Studies Department, the Women’s Studies Department, the Consortium for Gender, Security and Human Rights, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston.