Students from the Refugees: Justice and Ethics course taught by professor Noa Bar-Gabai created fantastic art that represents what refugees from all around the world face in countries like the United States. This art assignment is done every semester since the year 2020, and continues to grow with new student perspectives.
This semester, students provided insight on how Latin American families are separated due to the United State’s laws and entities like ICE (U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement), as well as insight into why the United States has a moral obligation to grant asylum to Afghan refugees.
This display is part of Gleeson Library’s Student Social Justice Exhibit Program which you can access through the Gleeson Library Website. Topics like ‘Gender and the Environment” and ‘Environmental Action” are just two examples of the diverse social justice issues addressed in this virtual exhibition.
In addition to, Gleeson Library’s Student Social Justice Exhibit Program, If you want to learn more about social justice, here are some offerings Gleeson Library has to complement this digital exhibit:
Images of Immigrants and Refugees demonstrates the dynamic interplay between how the media depicts immigrants and refugees in comparison to how the government and society reacts to such media interpretation. This piece focuses on the reactions of Belgium and Sweden, but this analysis can also be applied to other countries.
Rising Tides by John R. Wennersten and Denise Robbins wrote this book to enlighten us on the Global Climate change will ultimately cause people to be displaced from their homes. They also answer critical questions such as, “how will people be relocated?”, and “will the refugees have rights in the new areas they will inhabit?”
Border Walls Gone Green describes current debates on the environmental impacts of immigration on countries like the United States, as well as how Environmentalism tends to favor immigration restrictions.
Native But Foreign describes the migration of Indigenous people who crossed the North American borders. This book provides insight on what it means to be “Indigenous” or an “immigrant”, and also discusses how national borders interact with Native identity.