About the Conference - BinationalConferencia.Org

4th. Binational Conference on Border Issues
December 5 and 6, 2013, 9 am to 4 pm
binationalconferencia.org
About the Conference
The U.S./Mexico border is an important reference point for populations living and interacting with one another on both sides of this
international boundary. Impacts and perceptions of the border region are the subject of many contemporary research projects,
forms of advocacy and activism. The Binational Conference is an effort to explore the impact of the border on populations living
both in the U.S. and Mexico. It is to also designed to understand how Fronterizo populations perceive and respond to these impacts
from various perspectives. This includes through academic research, art, activism, advocacy and life experiences. The theme of the
4th Conference is "Labor and Immigration Policies: Border perspectives"
Thursday December 5
San Diego City College, MS Building, Room MS 142, C Street # 1551, San Diego, CA, 92101 (C Street
between 15th Street and 16th Street) Map
Friday December 6
Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Tijuana, IMAC (Tijuana Municipal Institute of Art and Culture,
Old City Hall): 2nd Street and Constitution, Tijuana downtown, one block from Avenida Revolución.
Map: IMAC
Registration
Registration the day of the conference
$5 general, $20 faculty
No one turned away for lack of funds
Sponsors

American Federation of Teachers, Local
1931

San Diego City College President, Dr. Lynn
Neault

Centro de Posgrado y Estudios Sor Juana

Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de
Tijuana, IMAC
San Diego City College Chicana and
Chicano Studies Department

Organizing Committee
Participants in the Conference Organizing
Committee belong to the following collectives
and institutions: Centro de Posgrado y Estudios
Sor Juana, Colectivo Ollin Calli, Comité
Binacional de Derechos Humanos, El Colegio de
la Frontera Norte, Mesa College, San Diego City
College, Baja California Section of the
International Council of Sites and Monuments,
Autonomous University of Baja California, San
Diego State University, University of San Diego