Hemlock #13 - Human Beings First: Rev. Dr. Helen Boursier on ICE Detention Centers, Human Rights in the Borderlands, Christian Ministry in Dark Places, and the Theology of Witness and Hospitality

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Chapters

(00:00) Introduction to the Crisis at the Border

(02:54) Helen's Journey into Advocacy

(09:27) Conditions in Detention Centers

(13:05) Legal and Human Rights Violations

(15:27) The Journey of Migrant Families

(22:29) Art as a Healing Tool

(35:45) Understanding Femicide and Feminicide

(43:37) U.S. Complicity in Central American Violence

(44:30) Historical Context of U.S. Intervention in Latin America

(48:41) The Flores Settlement Agreement and Child Asylum Seekers

(51:53) The Role of Indifference in Immigration Policy

(56:04) The Impact of Immigration on American Society

(01:01:42) The Power of Storytelling in Asylum Cases

(01:10:13) Reflections on Justice and Compassion

(01:18:01) Environmental Impacts of the Border Wall

(01:25:03) Faith, Politics, and the Call to Justice

Works Referenced (Books, Articles):

Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/542700.Trauma_and_Recovery

Everyone Who is Gone is Here, Jonathan Blitzer

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145624514-everyone-who-is-gone-is-here

Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing, Miranda Fricker

https://academic.oup.com/book/32817?login=false

Femicide: The Politics of Woman Killing, ed. Jill Radford and Diana E. H. Russell

https://docslib.org/doc/5701267/femicide-the-politics-of-woman-killing

2666, Roberto Bolaño

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2666

Works Referenced (People)

Elie Wiesel

Dawn Martin-Hill (Indigenous Studies, PhD)

https://rematriation.com/dawn-martin-hillmother-scientist-activist/

Hope Frye (Lawyer, Flores Settlement)

https://immigrationhistory.org/item/the-flores-settlement/

Works Referenced (Film and Documentary)

Sophie's Choice

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084707/

American Scar: The Environmental Tragedy of the Border Wall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx71C4iguuk&pp=ygUNYW1lcmljYW4gc2Nhcg%3D%3D

Trails of Hope and Terror the Movie

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6095044/

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tags:

migrant families, ICE detention, human rights, femicide, art therapy, U.S.-Mexico border, advocacy, immigration, trauma recovery, social justice, U.S. intervention, Latin America, asylum seekers, Flores Settlement Agreement, immigration policy, indifference, environmental impact, justice, storytelling, faith