January 23
Making Sanctuary People
(details)Catolicismo, Cultura y Comida Series Drawing on her latest book,
Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities, Gina Pérez, professor of Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH), will give the 2nd talk in this series. The idea and practice of sanctuary has a long and vexed presence in U.S. political discourse, community organizing, and social movements. In her talk, Dr. Pérez explores the ways activists, service providers, and faith leaders and religious communities drew on long histories of faith-based and secular organizing to mobilize and respond to the precarity of Latina/o communities in Ohio from 2016-2020.