Hemlock #13 - Human Beings First: Rev. Dr. Helen Boursier on ICE Detention Centers, Human Rights in the Borderlands, Christian Ministry in Dark Places, and the Theology of Witness and Hospitality

Buy Dr. Boursier's Book Precious Precarity and Support Her Work:https://a.co/d/8h6xu0DCome join my community on Patreon (free to sign up!)https://patreon.com/HemlockPatreonChapters(00:00) Introduction to the Crisis at the Border(02:54) Helen's Journey into Advocacy(09:27) Conditions in Detention Centers(13:05) Legal and Human Rights Violations(15:27) The Journey of Migrant Families(22:29) Art as a Healing Tool(35:45) Understanding Femicide and Feminicide(43:37) U.S. Complicity in Central American Violence(44:30) Historical Context of U.S. Intervention in Latin America(48:41) The Flores Settlement Agreement and Child Asylum Seekers(51:53) The Role of Indifference in Immigration Policy(56:04) The Impact of Immigration on American Society(01:01:42) The Power of Storytelling in Asylum Cases(01:10:13) Reflections on Justice and Compassion(01:18:01) Environmental Impacts of the Border Wall(01:25:03) Faith, Politics, and the Call to JusticeWorks Referenced (Books, Articles):Trauma and Recovery, Judith Hermanhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/542700.Trauma_and_RecoveryEveryone Who is Gone is Here, Jonathan Blitzerhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145624514-everyone-who-is-gone-is-hereEpistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing, Miranda Frickerhttps://academic.oup.com/book/32817?login=falseFemicide: The Politics of Woman Killing, ed. Jill Radford and Diana E. H. Russellhttps://docslib.org/doc/5701267/femicide-the-politics-of-woman-killing2666, Roberto Bolañohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2666Works Referenced (People)Elie WieselDawn Martin-Hill (Indigenous Studies, PhD)https://rematriation.com/dawn-martin-hillmother-scientist-activist/Hope Frye (Lawyer, Flores Settlement)https://immigrationhistory.org/item/the-flores-settlement/Works Referenced (Film and Documentary)Sophie's Choicehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084707/American Scar: The Environmental Tragedy of the Border Wallhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx71C4iguuk&pp=ygUNYW1lcmljYW4gc2Nhcg%3D%3DTrails of Hope and Terror the Moviehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt6095044/-//-tags:migrant families, ICE detention, human rights, femicide, art therapy, U.S.-Mexico border, advocacy, immigration, trauma recovery, social justice, U.S. intervention, Latin America, asylum seekers, Flores Settlement Agreement, immigration policy, indifference, environmental impact, justice, storytelling, faith