HHRRC Activities in Baltimore
Don't miss out on these exciting Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center (HHRRC) events taking place during the AAFS Annual Scientific Conference in Baltimore.
Tuesday, February 18:
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | HHRRC Committee Meeting All are welcome. | BCC 317 |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Screening of the documentary, Missing in Brooks County, by film makers Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss. Dr. Kate Spradley will lead a discussion after the screening. | BCC 317 |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Annual HHRRC Poster Symposium Please come and see the work that has been sponsored by the HHRRC Grants and the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE). | Hilton Key Ballroom Foyer |
Missing in Brooks County Synopsis: 70 miles north of the Mexican-United States border lies Brooks County, Texas - a haunted, inhospitable place where thousands of immigrants have gone missing or died over the past decade. Missing in Brooks County follows the journey of two families who arrive in Brooks County to look for their loved ones, only to find a mystery that deepens at every turn. Stuck between the jurisdiction of border agents, local law enforcement, and cartels, the county is a barren landscape designed as a deterrent to illegal crossings. Despite this tactical designation, the municipality has never been provided the resources to process the remains of the hundreds of undocumented immigrants who succumb to dehydration and exposure each year. Missing in Brooks County is a potent reminder that these deaths are more than a statistic — each represents a living human being, loved by their family, now lost.
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