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Soft Opening of "La Frontera-The Border: Selections from the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art" with talk by artist Bovey Lee.

Courtesy of Creative Writing and the Presidential Fellowship of Carolyn Forché.

Screening of 30th Anniversary Remastered Edition "Weapons of Spirit" followed by discussion with filmmaker Pierre Sauvage and Dr. Lisa Leitz. Courtesy of the Barry and Phyllis Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education.

International Day of Peace/Social Justice BBQ with Scholar-Artist-Activists from the Borderclick Project courtesy of the Peace Studies Department, College of Educational Studies, Civic Engagement Initiatives, and University Program Board.

A panel discussion with journalists - Joe Matthews (Zócalo Public Square), Gustavo Arellano (Los Angeles Times), A.C. Thompson (ProPublica), and Dr. Maytha Alhassen (Chapman University Peace Studies Department) - concerning the media coverage of the US/Mexico Border.

"Words of Memory and Hope: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust" with Alexandra Zapruder and Holocaust survivor, Peter Feigl. Courtesy of the Barry and Phyllis Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education.

"Richard Lou's 'Border Door': Artivist Aesthetics and Decolonial Engagements," a lecture by Dr. Guisela Latorre of Ohio State University.

Courtesy of Cross-Cultural Engagement

"Bringing Down the Berlin Wall through the Arts” screening, lecture, and discussion by Liz Curtis (Department of Dance) and Dr. Marc Voss (Chapman University Departments of Sociology and World Languages & Cultures)

Screening of The Infiltrators and discussion with the filmmakers Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra. Reception preceding at 6:00PM.

Dr Rodriguez, College of Educational Studies, will present information and music from Fandango Fronterizo, an annual event where musicians from both sides of the U.S./Mexico border play music and share experiences.

Featuring MacArthur Fellow Dr. Jason De León (Department of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies, UCLA) and Michael Wells (Photographer), and Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa (Department of Sociology, Chapman University).

"The Borders of Identity: Persona in Poetry" with Vandana Khanna. Courtesy of Tabula Poetica.

"Liberating Stories of Resistance along the US/Mexico Border" with Dr. Michelle Téllez, Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies at University of Arizona.

"Unbordered: Breaking Down the Poetic Image" featuring the work of Shauna Barbosa. Courtesy of Tabula Poetica.

Screening and discussion of Khaled Jarrar's film, Infiltrators, and the walls separating Palestinians and Israelis. Courtesy of the MA Program in International Studies.