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Today, we focus on migration. In fall of 2020, CLACS and UW-Madison’s Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program had a聽, with one conversation entitled聽Crossing Borders, Navigating Race: Blackness and Migration in the Americas. That conversation, moderated by聽Ermitte Saint Jacques聽(Department of African and African Diaspora Studies) is聽聽and discusses聽Haitian migrants to the U.S., Afro-Cubans in South Florida, and Senegalese migrants in Argentina.

Nadja Drost,聽, has a piece entitled “” which focuses on migrants from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Haiti in their treacherous journey between Colombia and Panama. This piece was presented by Drost in our 2020 Summer Teacher Institute, which focused on聽“Under-Reported Stories from Latin America.“

罢丑别听聽has a section of their “” project called ““‘ which includes background on the situations in which Cuban and Haitian migration may occur, and an activity to ask your students to consider what US policy should be towards Cuban and Haitian refugees.

For more information on an organization that are working to support refugees, deportees, and other migrants on the US-Mexico border and beyond, visit