Events on peace and justice issues in Latin America, held at University of Detroit Mercy in 2014. Watch this slide show to see highlights from our 2014 CLASA events: Denise Griebler on the immigrant crisis and the film “Harvest of Empire” (Feb. 6), Matt Meyer on liberation in Africa (March 13), Danielle Poe on ending slavery in Brazil (March 27), Gene Palumbo on Dean Brackley (April 8), Bishop Thomas Gumbleton on the film “Monsenor” on Archbishop Oscar Romero (April 10), Joe Mulligan S.J. on the Jesuit martyrs (Sept. 22), Laura Finley on preventing domestic violence (Oct. 2), Abdilatif Abdalla on Kenyan politics and culture (Oct. 28), Joe Tropea and Jerry Berrigan on the film “Hit and Stay” about the Catonsville 9 and the peace movement (Oct. 29), Anke Graness on ancient Egyptian philosophy (Nov. 25) and John Barrie on green technology for indigenous communities in Central America (Dec. 5).

1. In Memory of James “Guadalupe” Carney, S.J.
Past
Events
2014

2. Harvest of Empire film
Introduced and discussed by Denise Griebler
UCC Minister and Immigration Rights Advocate
February 6, 2014

3. Recovering Nonviolent Anti-colonial
History in Africa: Matt Meyer,
War Resisters International
Africa Working Group
March 13, 2014

4. March 27, 2014
• We all enjoyed hearing
about “The Joy of Justice
work: Ending Slavery in
Brazil,” A talk by Danielle
Poe Associate Professor
Philosophy, University of
Dayton. She shared her
experiences going to
Brazil with a Catholic
Relief Services delegation.

5. UCA Jesuit Martyrs Fundraiser Dinner
April 8, 2014
Bob Scullin S.J. provides music
The Fountain Lounge is filled
with diners

6. Fundraiser dinner 2014
Gene Palumbo speaks
UDM students who have
traveled to El Salvador share
their experiences

7. Attendees
Attendees including students
and Denise Griebler
Meg Marshall with Miny Romero, Fr.
Rick Cassidy and Jane Brackley Davis

8. April 2014 annual fundraiser dinner: Speakers Gene
Palumbo, Miny Romero, and Jane Brackley Davis at
the Sacred Heart Seminary with Fr. Rick Cassidy

9. Bishop Gumbleton speaks in conjunction
with viewing of film Monseñor: The Last
Journey of Oscar Romero, April 10, 2014

10. Fr. Joe Mulligan speaks Sept. 22, 2014 about the Jesuit
Martyrs of El Salvador, remembering the 25thanniversary
of their death. Watch online:
Part one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIWeWNrJmg & Part two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQTDBVwfq8&feature=youtu.be&list=PLVTzk
vdQ6ciDsFOxc6vgOKo_fFqPmPHPc

11. Dr. Laura Finley
Associate Professor of Sociology and
Criminology at Barry University, FL
“Preventing Domestic Violence”
Our society needs to reform victim services and other social service
agencies to be more responsive to families’ needs so that they can be pro-
active and resolve family tensions before they escalate into domestic
violence. Finley earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from WMU in 2002.

12. See Dr. Finley’s Oct. 2, 2014 presentation on preventing domestic violence
at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqj8kQFR2-
U&feature=youtu.be&list=PLVTzkvdQ6ciDsFOxc6vgOKo_fFqPmPHPc

13. Poetry and Politics
Reflections on Kenya: Where are we Going? By
Abdilatif Abdalla
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
•
• Writing a series of pamphlets
called Kenya: Twendapi?
(Kenya: Where are we going?)
criticizing the government and
signed “Wasiotosheka”
(discontented), the Kenyatta
government imprisoned him
for three years in solitary
confinement. While in prison
in terrible conditions, he wrote
poems called Sauti ya Dhiki
(Voice of Agony), later
published by Oxford University
Press.

14. Abdilatif Abdalla shares his poetry and
his life story, October 28, 2014

15. Abdilatif Abdalla enjoys Detroit
At the Motown Museum At the Detroit River

16. Film Viewing: October 29, 2014
• On May 17, 1968, nine
Catholic activists entered a
Selective Service office in
suburban Catonsville,
Maryland, dragged stacks of
draft records outside, and set
them on fire with homemade
napalm. They then prayed and
waited to be arrested. After
their trial captured national
headlines others heard their
call to action. Between 1967-
1972, there were hundreds of
acts of civil disobedience
against U.S. draft boards…
• http://www.hitandstay.com/

17. See and listen to Joe Tropea, director of film, “Hit and Stay,”
and Jerry Berrigan (son of Phil) Oct. 29, 2014, at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEsSorRMtec&feature=youtu.be&list=PLVTzkvdQ6ciDsFOxc6vgOKo_fFqPmPHPc

18. The History of Philosophy in Africa: Does it begin in Egypt?
Anke Graness, University of Vienna
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014
• Dr. Graness addressed the
significance of ancient
Egypt for the history of
philosophy in Africa.
• She concluded by outlining the
consequences of this study for
intercultural or cross-cultural
philosophy in a globalised
world and for the curriculum
of philosophy institutes and
the canon formation in
philosophy.
• See: Polylog. Journal on
Intercultural Philosophy,
• http://www.polylog.net/

19. Please see Dr. Anke Graness’s talk online via
youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-sWZwgDDsM

20. Dr. Anke Graness tours Detroit, meets Tyree
Guyton, artist of the Heidelberg Project!

21. John Barrie spoke on: “Technological Design to Improve the
Lives of Indigenous Peoples of Nicaragua and Guatemala:
How Michigan Students Get Involved” December 5, 2014
see his website: http://www.apptechdesign.org

22. John Barrie explained the work of
Appropriate Technologies Collaborative