Un Foro Por El Pueblo/Forum For The People

Discussion Topics and Themes

* Liberation Theology, Base Communities and how theology relates to the lived experience.
* Social reality of El Salvador during the Civil War and Romeroʼs ministry, this would also relate to Ellacuria or Sobrinoʼs theology.
* Human rights violations continuing in El Salvador and the Global South as a whole. How does this relate to Global Politics and what is the religious response?
* Immigration and global migration patterns in relation to globalization and free trade.
* Immigrant exploitation in the workplace and how to organize for greater worker justice with our faith communities.

Speakers: Dean Kevin Burke (JSTB), Professor LeAnn Flesher (ABSW), Charlene Tschirhart (Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights), Maricruz Manzanarez (UCB Custodian and Union Organizer), Noel Andersen (SHARE/ MC of event)