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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Anthony Feb. 6, 2009
A Symposium About Walls to be Held at Trinity University
SAN ANTONIO – The Walls Symposium, sponsored by Trinity University, the peaceCENTER, and Texans for Peace, will be held Feb. 15-17. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, Jorge Bustamante, will speak at the conclusion of the symposium, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Chapman Auditorium. Dr. Bustamante's talk is hosted by the MAS Program at Trinity University. The symposium is free and open to the public.
More than 20 sessions are scheduled, ranging from the environmental impact of the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall and how women communicate across the Israel/Palestine Wall, to sessions on religion and walls, psychology and walls, architecture and walls, and art and walls. For a complete schedule, visit www.salsa.net/peace/walls.
The Walls Symposium defines "wall" in the broadest possible sense: not only tangible walls but also metaphysical and metaphorical walls, borders, fences, hedges, edges, limits and divisions. It is not about any particular wall or even about purely physical walls, but rather a deep conversation about why humans build walls and a critical exploration about what walls mean in our personal and civic lives.
Partners in the Walls Symposium include: peaceCENTER, Trinity University, Texans for Peace, St. Mary's University, Texas Lutheran University, University of the Incarnate Word, MAS Program at Trinity, AtticRep, Amnesty International ― Trinity University Chapter, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Sisters ― U.S. Justice & Peace Committee, Border Ambassadors, No Border Walls, Pax Christi San Antonio, We The People News, University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Criminal Justice, SoL Center at University Presbyterian Church, PRO-SA, and the International Academy of Design and Technology.
For more information, contact Trinity’s Office of University Communications at 210-999-8406.
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