The Root of Uprooting: Deepening Our Understanding of Forced Displacement

Track: Just Migration: Protecting the Freedoms to Move and to Stay

Speakers:

• Alicia Cortez, Co-Director, Mujeres Victoriosas 
• Ninaj Raoul, Executive Director, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees (HWHR)
• Sandra Tamari, Executive Director, Adalah Justice Project

Moderator:

• Andrea Villaseñor de la Vega, Director of Migration & Colibri Initiative, Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP)

Session Description:

It is widely understood that the way society defines a problem influences the solutions it develops to address that problem. In the context of global migration, glaringly absent from many analyses is consideration of  the root causes of migration: the push and pull factors that impact people who seek to stay, to move freely, to work, to transform, and to thrive. In this session, panelists will explore the topic of forced displacement in contexts ranging from Central America to the Caribbean to Palestine in order to deepen their analysis of the root causes of migrations.