Protecting Vulnerable Children from Gang Violence and Organized Crime in Northern Triangle and Mexico

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 8:30-10 a.m. (PST)
Via Zoom: Register here

Serena Cosgrove, PhD, associate professor in international studies and faculty coordinator of the Central America Initiative at Seattle University, will present at a session on the theme of "Harnessing the Unique Role of Faith Actors to Protect Vulnerable Children from Gang Violence and Organized Crime in the Northern Triangle and Mexico."

Dr. Cosgrove is author of Surviving the Americas: Garifuna Persistence from Nicaragua to New York City and Understanding Global Poverty: Causes, Solutions, and Capabilities, both published in 2021.

This Solutions Summit Series event is an opportunity to reflect on the situation of violence in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico and its impact on children, and on the need for a multi-stakeholder approach that includes faith actors, to address its complexity. It will highlight approaches and promising practices by faith actors to contribute to reduce the number of children who become victims of, or who are recruited by, gangs and organized criminal groups and catalyze joint-actions and multi-stakeholder efforts and further support for the work of the Alliance for the Protection of Children.

The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE) is a planning partner of the event. To learn more about the center, its core team of students, staff and faculty and view current projects, visit the center.

The event flyer can be viewed at Protecting Vulnerable Children.