2007-08 EVENTS
July 11, 2007
Seguridad Pública y Reforma Penal en México
Co-Sponsored by:
TBI Justice in Mexico Project
United States Consulate General in Guadalajara
Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, AC (CIDAC)
Location:
Universidad de Guadalajara
Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (CUCSH)
“Sala de Maestros” (Rectoría)
Time:
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Un encuentro entre expertos para analizar la ‘militarización’ de la seguridad pública y para estudiar las consecuencias que implica la reforma penal para los cuerpos de policía judicial y preventiva en México
July 17, 2007
Reading of MUERTOS: A Day of the Dead Play
Co-Sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
Theatre Arts Program
Location: University of San Diego
August 15, 2007
Migration and Development in Guanajuato
Roundtable on Migration and Economic Development
Gov. Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez
Governor, State of Guanajuato, Mexico
Chairman, Migratory Affairs Committee, National Governors Conference
(Conago)
Sec. Juan Carlos López Rodríguez
Secretary, Social and Human Development Secretariat
State of Guanajuato, Mexico
Co-Sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Location: Manchester Boardroom, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego
The Trans-Border Institute (TBI) and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UCSD hosted Gov. Juan Manuel Oliva of Guanajuato to discuss
migration, economic development, and bilateral relations at a roundtable moderated by Dr. David A. Shirk, TBI director.
Gov. Oliva, who chairs the Migratory Affairs committee of the National Governors Conference
(Conago), was joined by Sec. Juan Carlos López Rodríguez of the state Social and Human Development Secretariat.
Gov. Oliva’s appearance continued a conversation on sending-country economic development
and its influence on current migration trends that emerged out of last October’s Bank of America sponsored "Trans-Border Migration and Economic Development Conference," hosted at the
University of San Diego.
September 13, 2007
La Fiesta Torera Reception
Co-Sponsored by:
Guadalajara Summer Program
Trans-Border Institute
Student Affairs
Time: 4:30 - 8:00 pm
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Building, Garden of the Sea
University of San Diego
All faculty, staff, and students interested in Mexico and US-Mexican border relations were invited to learn more about the programs of the co-sponsors and to meet the staff.
September 20, 2007
Seminar Series on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: the Case of Spain
Keynote Speaker:
Rafael Del Rosal
Letrado Jefe del Departamento de Deontología Profesional del Colegio de Abogados de Madrid
Co-Sponsored by:
TBI Justice in Mexico Project
Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Location:
Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas
Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM)
México, D.F.
September 25, 2007
Artist Talk with Marcos Ramirez "Erre"
Flyer [ PDF (38.26 KB) ]
Co-Sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
Art Department
Basement Society
Time: 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Building, Theatre
University of San Diego
The Basement Society (Student Art Organization), the Trans-Border Institute and the Art Department invited the USD campus to hear Marcos Ramirez "Erre", a world known contemporary artist, talk about his work.. After the talk attendees stayed and enjoyed food and drinks with the artist and asked him questions.
ERRE talked about his personal life and experiences that brought him to undertake this moral responsibility of creating awareness through his installation work not only in Mexico and the US, but all over the world.
Marcos Ramirez "ERRE" is a local artist that has grown to be internationally renowned for his installation work. His art works revolve around a political and social consciousness, concentrating in the cross-border interaction. ERRE explores in his work the physical, economic, linguistic, and cultural limitations that divide people.
September 27 - 28, 2007
La Ética Legal y Práctica Profesional en México
Co-Sponsored by:
TBI Justice in Mexico Project
US Consulate General in Guadalajara
Universidad Panamericana, Campus Bonaterra
Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Estado de Zacatecas
Location:
September 27 - Universidad Panamericana, Campus Bonaterra
Aguascalientes, AGS, Mexico
September 28 - Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Estado de Zacatecas
Zacatecas, ZAC, Mexico
October 9, 2007
Border Brief Release - "Education Policies and Practices in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: A Look at San Diego and Tijuana"
Briefing Paper - "Education Policies and Practices in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: A Look at San Diego and Tijuana"
October 5, 2007
Sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Location:
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Building, Map Room (253)
University of San Diego
November 2 - 3, 2007
MUERTOS: A Day of the Dead Play 
Undergraduates in Theatre Arts performed MUERTOS: A Day of the Dead Play, written and directed by Evelyn Díaz Cruz, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts. Global in its perspective and local in its lived experience, MUERTOS conjured images of death with pageantry, whimsy and contemplation.
Through the journey of Carmen, a photography student, audiences transcended images of crossing the Great Divide. A celebration of life as we know it in the San Diego/Tijuana region. Resplendent in visual imagery, live music, song and dance MUERTOS will stir your spirits.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Shiley Theatre in Camino Hall
TICKETS: $11, general admission; $8, students, seniors
Tickets available at the Hahn University Center Box Office (619) 260-2727.
Estimated Attendance: 500 both nights
November 5, 2007
Seminar on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: the Case of the United States
Flyer [ PDF (78.04 KB ]
Keynote Speaker:
Fred Zacharias
Herzog Research Professor
University of San Diego School of Law
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This activity is approved for one hour of legal ethics credit.
Co-Sponsored by:
TBI Justice in Mexico Project
USD School of Law
Time:
5:30 pm - Registration
6:00 to 7:00 pm - Lecture
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Building, Theatre
University of San Diego
November 30, 2007
La Reforma Procesal Penal en Oaxaca
Co-Sponsored by:
TBI Justice in Mexico Project
Due Process of Law Foundation
Open Society Justice Initiave
Universidad Autónoma "Benito Juárez" de Oaxaca
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location:
Hotel Fortín Plaza
Oaxaca, OAX
México
Un encuentro entre expertos para hacer un análisis prospectivo sobre los retos para la implementación eficaz de la reforma procesal penal en Oaxaca.
December 5, 2007
TBI Intramural Grant Information Session
Organized by: Trans-Border Institute
Time: 12:15 - 1:30 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Room 253
University of San Diego
USD faculty, staff and students were invited to learn about TBI grant opportunities for research or other activites addressing the border relationship between Mexico and the United States. Information provided at the TBI grant information session addressed the TBI grant application and approval process, resources for submitting proposals, and the distribution of grant funds.
January 25, 2008
El futuro de la enseñanza del derecho:
Pedagogía y práctica ante un panorama reformista
Agenda [ PDF (124.40 KB) ]
Co-Sponsored by:
TBI Justice in Mexico Project
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
National Center for State Courts
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Location:
Facultad de Derecho y Criminología
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Auditorio Víctor L. Treviño
San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L.
México
Un foro público sobre los retos que enfrenta la educación legal ante la implementación de nuevas modalidades y procedimientos penales pro acusatorios.
January 31, 2008
Los Rostros de México
Acuérdate de Acapulco
Homenaje a Agustín Lara
Por Carlos Monsiváis
Con la participación del Trio Contrapunto
Flyer [ PDF (216.56 KB)]
Co-Sponosred by:
Trans-Border Institute
Consulado General de México en San Diego
Instituto Cultural Mexicano
L.A. Cetto
Wells Fargo Bank
Time:
7:00 - 9:00 PM - Event
9:00 - 10:00 PM - Reception
Location: Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Room 116
University of San Diego
*Estimated Attendance: 200
February 5, 2008
TBI Intramural Grant Information Session
Organized by: Trans-Border Institute
Time: 12:15 - 1:30 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Room 253
University of San Diego
USD faculty, staff and students were invited to learn about TBI grant opportunities for research or other activites addressing the border relationship between Mexico and the United States. Information provided at the TBI grant information session addressed the TBI grant application and approval process, resources for submitting proposals, and the distribution of grant funds.
February 6, 2008
Cross-Border Media Roundtable
Co-Sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
USD Public Relations Department
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 AM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
With the prospect of a new U.S.-Mexico security initiative on the horizon, the continued national debate over immigration and border security, and the strong possibility that Mexico will pass a comprehensive judicial reform package, the coming year promises to keep the border in the headlines. The purpose of this roundtable was to discuss the challenges and nuances associated with reporting along the U.S.-Mexico border. This year special emphasis was placed on recent downsizing of media newsrooms and the proliferation of alternative media outlets focusing on Mexico and the border region.
Estimated Attendance: 25
February 13, 2008
TBI Intramural Grant Information Session
Organized by: Trans-Border Institute
Time: 12:15 - 1:30 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Room 253
University of San Diego
USD faculty, staff and students were invited to learn about TBI grant opportunities for research or other activites addressing the border relationship between Mexico and the United States. Information provided at the TBI grant information session addressed the TBI grant application and approval process, resources for submitting proposals, and the distribution of grant funds.
February 13, 2008
The Closest Mexico to Japan / El México mas Cercano de Japón
Documentary Screening
Co-sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana
Time:
7:00 - 8:20 PM - Event
8:20 - 9:00 PM - Reception
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Theatre and Rotunda
University of San Diego
The short documentary directed and produced by Shinpei Takeda revealed the rather unknown history of the Japanese community in Tijuana that has existed since the 1920s. The documentary weaved the images taken by the first documentary photographer of Tijuana, Kingo Nonaka with testimonials from the first, second and third generations. The documentary also highlighted the history of the post-globalized city of Tijuana by shedding light on stories like the plight of the Japanese community during World War II and the story of contemporary economical and cultural connections between Japan and Mexico.
About the Filmmaker - Shinpei Takeda
Takeda has initiated and conducted participatory photography programs in refugee camps in Thailand, Colombia and San Diego for the last 7 years. He is the co-founder and the creative director of San Diego based NGO, The AJA Project, an international non-profit organization that works with refugee youth using photography and multimedia arts. He is also a documentary filmmaker and journalist and has filmed and written about Japanese Mexicans, Burmese refugees, and Japanese atomic bomb survivors in Latin America. Takeda received B.S. in Geology from Duke University and M.A. in Leadership from University of San Diego.
7:00 - 7:10 pm: Introduction of the film
7:10 - 8:00 pm: Screening
8:00 - 8:20 pm: Question and Answer
8:20 pm: Reception
February 19 - 20, 2008
¿Sorpresas en la economía actual? Globalización, Neoliberalismo y Solidaridad
VIDEOCONFERENCE with Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana
Febrero 19: La globalización: el proceso de transformación a que están sometidas las sociedades humanas en el siglo XXI.
Concepto
Historia y desarrollo
Características
Consecuencias
Ganadores y perdedores
¿Es posible otra globalización?
Febrero 20: La filosofía que subyace al proceso: neoliberalismo.
Libertad para el capital financiero
Los obstáculos de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia
La oposición al "estado del bienestar"
"El estado no es la solución, el estado es el problema"
Campo libre a los mercados
El liderazgo de los Estados Unidos
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Insitute for Peace & Justice, Room 226
University of San Diego
March 3, 2008
Book Signing: Fifty Years of Change on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Growth Development, and Quality of Life
Joan B. Anderson
James Gerber
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice building, Room 253
University of San Diego
About the book:
With their unique blend of culture, language, and economics, the US and Mexican border regions have experienced rapid demographic and economic growth over the last fifty years. Economically, the border divides countries with one of the world's largest cross-border income gaps. In as symmetrical a manner as possible, this book studies the nature and dynamics of this growth and what it has meant to the lives of dwellers on both sides of the border.
In this analysis, Joan Anderson and James Gerber offer a new perspective on the changes and tensions pulling at the border from both sides through a discussion of cross-border economic issues and through analytical research that examines not only the dramatic demographic and economic growth of the region, but also shifts in living standards, the changing political climate, and environmental pressures, as well as how these affect the lives of people in the border region.
Creating what they term a Border Human Development Index, the authors rank the quality of life for every US county and Mexican municipio that touches the 2,000-mile border. Using data from six US and Mexican censuses, the book adeptly illustrates disparities in various aspects of economic development between the two coutnries over the last six decades.
Anderson and Gerber make the material accessible ad compelling by drawing an evocative picture of how similar the communities on either side of the border are culturally, yet how divided they are economically. The authors bring a heightened level of insight to border issues not just for academics but also for general readers. The book will be of particular value to individuals interested in how the border between the two countries shapes the debates on quality of life, industrial growth, immigration, cross-border integration and economic and social development.
*Estimated Attendance: 25
March 4, 2008 - Border Film Week
Showing of "Invisible Chapel" - A film by John Carlos Frey
Panel discussion to follow
John Carlos
Frey, Filmmaker
Sr. Barbara Quinn, USD Center for Christian Spirituality
Valerie Lizarraga, USD Student Coordinator of Migrant Outreach
Christauria Welland-Acong, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish
Enrique Morones, Border Angels
Co-Sponsors:
Trans-Border Institute
Catholic Social Thought Committee
Phi Beta Kappa
Social Issues Committee
Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: 12:15 - 2:00 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
University of San Diego
For over twenty years a migrant chapel remained invisible to the wealthy residents of a San Diego, CA neighborhood. Every Sunday, parish volunteers provided humanitarian assistance and held a church service for over one hundred impoverished agricultural, construction, and service industry workers from Mexico. Local neighbors, along with the San Diego Minutemen and a Talk-Radio host clashed with the mostly undocumented immigrant congregation. The ensuing conflict forced the migrants and volunteers out of their sacred space and ultimately caused the demolition of their long- standing place of worship. Filmmaker John Carlos Frey captures the enduring story of faith and perseverance pitted against fear and the heated immigration debate in this beautiful 31 minute documentary film, The Invisible Chapel.
*Estimated Attendance: 150
March 5, 2008 - Border Film Week
Showing of High-Tech High Student Documentaries on the Border
- "History of the US-Mexico Border," by Brianna Blackmon, Rachel Roberts and Melissa Wendell (featuring an interview with Dr. David Shirk)
- "SAL Beyond the Border: A Six Minutes Special," by Austin Harbert, Sharlyn Heinz and Laura Mitchell
- "Hot Topics: Extending the Fence," by Jessica Albarran, Christopher Connell and Guadalupe Melendez
- "Talk the Talk," by Junior Macias and Zara Steinhart (featuring an interview with Enrique Morones)
- "6-8 Minutes: U.S. Economic Dependency on Migrant Workers," by Ryan Curtice, Austin Jones and Jan-Nathan Milan
- "Working Class Heroes: The Lives of Migrant Workers," by Vanessa Figueroa, Nicolette Harris and Mari Jacobson (featuring an interview with Enrique Morones)
Panel discussion to follow
Co-Sponsors:
Trans-Border Institute
Social Issues Committee
Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Conference Room I
University of San Diego
*Estimated Attendance: 60
March 6, 2008 - Border Film Week
Showing of "Beyond Borders: The Debate Over Human Migration" - A film by Brian Ging
Panel discussion to follow
Simon Burrow, Producer
Brian Ging, Director
Dave Szamet, Producer
Co-Sponsors:
Trans-Border Institute
Social Issues Committee
Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
University of San Diego
Beyond Borders moves past the headlines and takes an in-depth look at the hot-button issues of legal and illegal immigration. Beyond Borders explores the psychological forces driving the immigration controversy from both sides of the debate. Anti-immigration activists demand we stop this "illegal alien invasion," while some pro-immigration forces speak of a Reconquista, a reclaiming of the American Southwest by Mexico. In search of a middle ground, Beyond Borders travels across the U.S. and beyond to give voices to those on the front-line of this issue, including candid interviews with Border Patrol agents, radio celebrities, demographers, the Minute Men, potential migrants, and a host of experts including Noam Chomsky (Distorted Morality) and Gustavo Arellano (Ask A Mexican). Beyond Borders is an entertaining and enlightening film that asks: Is migration a basic human right?
*Estimated Attendance: 175
March 6, 2008
La reforma penal en México: Experiencias en el Estado de Chihuahua y su perspectiva nacional.
Co-Sponsors:
TBI Justice in Mexico Project
Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, AC (CIDAC)
Supremo Tribunal de Justicia del Estado de Chihuahua
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location:
Auditorio del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia "David Gongóra Pimentel"
Chihuahua, CHIH.
Mexico
March 7, 2008 - Border Film Week
The Closest Mexico to Japan / El México mas Cercano de Japón
Documentary Screening
Time:
12:15 - 1:00 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Theatre
University of San Diego
The short documentary directed and produced by Shinpei Takeda reveals the rather unknown history of the Japanese community in Tijuana that has existed since the 1920s. The documentary weaves the images taken by the first documentary photographer of Tijuana, Kingo Nonaka with testimonials from the first, second and the third generations. The documentary also highlights the history of the post-globalized city of Tijuana by shedding light on stories like the plight of the Japanese community during World War II and the story of contemporary economical and cultural connections between Japan and Mexico.
*Estimated Attendance: 200
March 13, 2008
Laboratorio de Exploración en la Literatura Dramática
Location:Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice building
University of San Diego
Co-sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
San Diego State University
Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana
Al finalizar el Laboratorio de Exploración de la Literatura Dramática, los participantes:
Afinaron su sensibilidad y su imaginación creadoras en el estudio y el ejercicio escritural del género dramático.
Desarrollaron las destrezas requeridas para el análisis de textos literarios e incrementaron su capacidad crítica, mediante la lectura analítica y la elaboración de textos dramáticos.
Reconocieron la naturaleza y función de los elementos constitutivos de una obra dramática por medio del análisis de textos selectos, así como de trabajos producidos por participantes y sobre todo a través la elaboración de un texto dramático.
Enriquecieron su experiencia cultural binacional transfronteriza, por medio de la interacción personal, mediante las dinámicas del taller y la colaboración en proyectos comunes futuros.
March 27, 2008
Reading and Book Signing by Helena María Viramontes
Flyer [ PDF (114.72 KB) ]
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Salomon Hall, located in Maher Hall
University of San Diego
Co-sponsored by: USD Department of English and the Trans-Border Institute
The USD Department of English and the Trans-Border Institute welcomed nationally acclaimed Chicana author Helena María Viramontes to USD on Thursday, March 27th. She read from her latest novel Their Dogs Came With Them in Salomon Hall, located in Maher Hall, at 2:30 p.m. She was available after the reading to sign books.
Helena María Viramontes is the author of The Moths and Other Stories (1985) and Under the Feet of Jesus (1995), a novel. Her most recent novel, Their Dogs Came with Them, just published by Atria Books, focuses on the dispossessed, the working poor, the homeless, and the undocumented of East Los Angeles, where Viramontes was born and raised. Her work strives to recreate the visceral sense of a world virtually unknown to mainstream letters and to transform readers through relentlessly compassionate storytelling.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Rubén Murillo at rmurillo@sandiego.edu or (619) 260-2768.
*Estimated Attendance: 130
April 1, 2008
The Gospel of Cesar Chavez Flyer [ PDF (149.54 KB) ]
Lecture by Professor Mario T. Garcia, University of California, Santa Barbara
Co-Sponsored by:
Trans-border Institute
The President's Advisory Board on Inclusion and Diversity
Catholic Social Teaching Transition Committee
Department of Sociology
Ethnic Studies Program
Time:
6:00 - 8:00 PM
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
Location: Salomon Hall in Maher Hall
University of San Diego
Mario T. Garcia is professor of history and Chicano studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is
the author of several books on Mexican-American leaders, including "Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology
and Identity, 1930-1960".
Come witness the unveiling of the San Diego High - CIMA - USD Ethnic Studies CIVIL RIGHTS Mural.
Come Discover and Learn about Faith Communities and Social Justice.
April 3, 2008
Immigration Discussion Forum
Flyer [ PDF (29.71 KB) ]
Co-Sponsored by:
Trans-border Institute
Pi Sigma Alpha
Time:
7:00 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Theatre
University of San Diego
Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honors Society, partnered with the
TransBorder Institute to sponsor a discussion on immigration issues. Political
science professor Pete Nunez and the TBI director Dr. David Shirk provided presentations.
*Estimated Attendance: 105
April 21, 2008
Justice in Mexico:
Evaluating National and Local Initiatives
Time:
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Location: Joan B. Kroc Theatre
University of San Diego
This conference provided a unique and timely opportunity for international and Mexican scholars, attorneys, civil society representatives, and public officials, among others, to analyze the prospects for criminal justice reform in Mexico. The timing of the conference coincided with pending Mexican federal legislation that will replace the country's predominantly inquisitorial justice model with an accusatorial system more consonant with international standards and practices. The conference was among the first of its kind in the United States to examine the promises and challenges that these landmark reforms will hold for Mexico, a nation whose democratic transition largely hinges on its ability to instill deep public confidence in its courts and police. The conference offered opportunities for forward-thinking analyses and policy suggestions for the effective implementation of reform.
The program was structured around three keynote speeches that correspond to three core components of the "rule of law": order, accountability, and access to justice.
*Estimated Attendance: 225
May 5, 2008
12th Annual Sister Sally Furay Lecture:
Environment and Labor Relations in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region
Co-sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
Social Issues Committee
Time:
6:00 PM - LECTURE
7:00 PM - RECEPTION
Location: Joan B. Kroc Theatre
University of San Diego
Keynote Speaker:
Hon. Lori Saldaña
Assemblywoman, 76th District
California State Assembly
Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña spoke about the environment and labor relations at the border, and what the upcoming presidential election will portend for this binational region.
*Estimated Attendance: 95
June 17 - 18, 2008
Human Rights Workshop: Abuses at the Border
Co-sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
ACLU Human Rights Program
Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos, México
Location: Joan B. Kroc Theatre
University of San Diego
*Estimated Attendance: 100
