PROGRAM 003 – THE FRICTION OF FREEDOM
The United States has a history of helping refugees; most migration to the English colonies consisted of people fleeing oppression, and the United States continues to provide refugees with some help today. Yet, throughout its history, the country has also often denied refuge to desperate people fleeing persecution and conflict. We examine the refugee crisis through two parallel stories from the past and present.
CREDITS (in order of appearance)
Todd Miller – Journalist and Author
Arthur B. Shostak – Author, Professor of Sociology and Futurist
Carlos Spector – Immigration Attorney and Activist
RESOURCES
Mother Jones Profile of Carlos Spector
Article by John Gibler - The Many Murders of Berta Cáceres
International Organization for Migration
International Rescue Committee
Stealth Altruism
The Other Side of Home - The story of a Turkish woman who struggles to come to terms with her conflicted identity when she finds out her great grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide.
