“Revelations of a Missionary: My Itinerant Life” [] PEN International San Miguel Center
Event Category: Presentations/Discussions
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San Miguel PEN 2020 Winter Lecture:
Alejandro Solalinde with Karla María Gutiérrez
“Revelations of a Missionary: My Itinerant Life”Tue, Jan 21, 6:30pm
In Spanish and English
Bellas Artes Second Floor Auditorium
Hernandez Macias 75150 pesos / People under 25 & Migrants Free
The Road to Human Rights: Father Alejandro Solalinde and the Defense of Migrants
By Signe Hammer
Father Alejandro Solalinde is the founding director of the migrant shelter Hermanos en el Camino, Brothers on the Road, in Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca—near the tracks on which the freight train called “The Beast” has brought thousands of the Central American migrants whose rights he tenaciously defends. On Tuesday, Jan 21, at 6:30 PM in the second-floor auditorium of the Bellas Artes, with his collaborator, Mexican journalist Karla María Gutiérrez, he’ll discuss his work and his book, Revelations of a Missionary: My Itinerant Life.On the road, migrants are subject to extortion, assault, rape, kidnapping, trafficking, torture and murder. The Hermanos en el Camino shelter offers them humanitarian aid: food, shelter, medical and psychological help and legal guidance. For his efforts, Padre Solalinde has himself been threatened by organizations that profit from migrants; at one point, he briefly left Mexico. He has said that his greatest challenge “is the intimidation, the harassment, and the constant lack of respect from people who do not want my work helping migrants to succeed. Many local authorities, gangs, and drug traffickers would love to free themselves from the defenders of human rights.”
Nominated for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, Father Solalinde has won numerous awards for his work, most recently the 2019 Dutch Geuzenpenning in recognition of his long fight for democracy and human rights.
Karla María Gutiérrez, with whom Father Solalinde collaborated on his book, is an award-winning journalist, writer and radio commentator who has also worked as a screenwriter and producer. She is currently researching a book on migration, human rights, trafficking, child labor, gender based violence and femicide.
This lecture will feature live translation.
San Miguel PEN is a chapter of PEN International, the organization of writers that fights for freedom of expression around the world. The 150-peso admission helps fund local activities and includes a free glass of wine with dinner afterwards at Vivali’s, across the street at Hernandez Macias 66. Tickets at Ticket Central in the Biblioteca or at the door. For more information, visit sanmiguelpen.com.
Español
Conferencia de invierno 2020 del PEN de San Miguel
Alejandro Solalinde y Karla María Gutiérrez
“Revelaciones de un misionero: Mi vida itinerante”
Martes, 21 de enero, 6:30 p.m.
En español y inglés
Auditorio del segundo piso de Bellas Artes
Hernandez Macias 75
150 pesos / menores de 25 y migrantes gratis
El camino hacia los Derechos Humanos: el padre Alejandro Solalinde y la defensa de los migrantes
Por Signe Hammer
El padre Alejandro Solalinde es el director y fundador del albergue para migrantes Hermanos en el Camino, en Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca — el cual se encuentra cerca de las vías donde el tren de carga llamado “La Bestia”, ha traído a miles de migrantes centroamericanos cuyos derechos defiende tenazmente. El martes 21 de enero a las 6:30 p.m., en el auditorio del segundo piso de Bellas Artes, con su colaboradora, la periodista mexicana Karla María Gutiérrez, él hablará sobre su trabajo y su libro Revelaciones de un misionero: Mi vida itinerante.En el camino, los migrantes son sujetos de extorsión, asalto, secuestro, tráfico, tortura y homicidio. El refugio Hermanos en el Camino les ofrece ayuda humanitaria: comida, refugio, asesoría legal y ayuda médica y psicológica. Debido a sus esfuerzos, el padre Solalinde ha sido amenazado por organizaciones que se benefician de los migrantes; en algún momento, dejó México por un tiempo. Él ha dicho que su más grande reto “es la intimidación, el acoso y la constante falta de respeto de parte de la gente que no quiere que mi trabajo ayudando a los migrantes tenga éxito. A muchas autoridades locales, pandillas y traficantes de drogas les gustaría liberarse de los defensores de los derechos humanos”.
Nominado al Nobel de la Paz del 2017, el padre Solalinde ha ganado numerosos premios por su trabajo, el más reciente es el Geuzenpenning holandés del 2019, en reconocimiento por su larga lucha por la democracia y los derechos humanos.
Karla María Gutiérrez, quien ha colaborado con el padre Solalinde en su libro, es una periodista premiada, escritora y comentarista de radio, que también ha trabajado como guionista y productora. Actualmente está haciendo investigación para un libro sobre migración, derechos humanos, tráfico, trabajo infantil, violencia de género y feminicidio.
El PEN de San Miguel es un centro del PEN Internacional, la organización de escritores que lucha por la libertad de expresión en todo el mundo. El precio de admisión de 150 pesos ayuda a realizar actividades locales e incluye una copa de vino gratis con su cena después del evento en Vívali, enfrente en Hernandez Macias 66. Boletos en Ticket Central en la Biblioteca Pública o antes del evento en la entrada del auditorio. Para más información visite sanmiguelpen.com.
PEN International San Miguel Center
The San Miguel de Allende, Mexico centre of PEN International, a worldwide association of writers fighting for freedom of expression
San Miguel PEN, one of the 145 centers of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers with centers in 104 countries, exists to promote friendship and intellectual cooperation among writers everywhere, fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature. San Miguel PEN is in San Miguel de Allende, in the middle of Mexico on the high plateau. It was created in 1979 as a center for English-speaking writers in Latin America in hopes of unifying the English and Spanish linguistic communities within PEN. San Miguel PEN promotes the Spanish language in all its work.Our Programs:
The PEN Writers in Prison Committee has been a focus of the San Miguel center for over 20 years. In 2002 San Miguel hosted the PEN Writers in Prison Committee’s international conference. This work involves answering countless calls for emergency action to aid those in legal trouble for their writing, including prison and threats of death. San Miguel PEN is also active in International PEN’s Women Writers Committee, its Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee, and the PEN Iberoamerican Foundation (a regional organization). San Miguel PEN sponsors local literary programs and a local scholarship program that helps Mexican children with limited financial resources stay in school. It participates in major Mexican literary events, such as the enormous yearly Feria Internacional del Libro in Guadalajara. PEN members travel at their own expense to represent the group at the United Nations and at international conferences. San Miguel PEN sponsors an annual Winter Lecture Series to fund local activities and help support the international organization. Contact us HERE.
Mailing Address:San Miguel PEN Center Apdo. 287 37700 San Miguel de Allende, GTO Mexico -
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