Centro Bonó
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Journal | Social Studies |
| Affiliations | West Indies Jesuit province, Catholic |
| Website | CentroBono |
Centro Bonó is the social outreach center of the West Indies Province of the Society of Jesus.[1] It is located on the campus of Pedro Francisco Bono Institute in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Its focus is on inter-cultural exchanges and empowerment of the marginalized through research, education, and advocacy on social, fiscal, and immigration issues.[2]
Activities
Centro Bonó, along with Centro de Estudios Sociales Padre Juan Montalvo, SJ (CES),[3] is located on the campus of Pedro Francisco Bono Institute. Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados/as y Migrantes is another close collaborator. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake the Bono group organized an international, conference on Shared History, Shared Future: Converging Paths in the Haitian and Dominican Transborder Experience,. Junot Díaz and Frank Moya Pons spoke at the event. Topics addressed included gender, sexuality, and family in migration, Border Identities, and Afro-Dominicanidad.[4]
The Center's chief purpose is advocacy with the government on pro-poor policies,[5] including youth unemployment and labor law. It submitted an amicus curiae brief before the Dominican courts on behalf of expelled Haitians and Dominicans[6][7] and advocates for public policies[8] with a view to generating institutional transformations toward a more intercultural[9] and demilitarized society.[10]
Centro Bonó offers a Diploma in Human Rights to train professionals working in the area of human rights, with the support of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR) and a grant from the Inter-American Foundation.[11] It also offers with Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo a major in Humanities and Philosophy.
Publications
Bonó Center has the following publications.
- Social Studies Review comes out three times a year with research results in the social sciences and with reflections on current topics. The Center also publishes reviews and bibliographical essays on anthropology, history,[12] sociology, political science, philosophy, psychology, and culture.
- Bulletin of the Human Rights Watch is a quarterly bulletin serving the Jesuit Service for Refugees and Migrants (SJRM)[13] and Border Solidarity (SF),[14] part of the Crossing Borders project funded by the Latin American Lay Movement.[15] The Bulletin publicizes violations of the rights of migrants, mostly Haitians, living in the Dominican Republic while promoting the protection of human rights in general and bringing migration issues to the attention of public officials. It also collaborates with Human Rights Watch international.[16]
References
- ↑ Centro Bonó. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ Progressio 75. Accessed 25 May 2016.
- ↑ CES. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ U.of Miami thesis. Accessed 16 May 2016.
- ↑ Pro-poor policies. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ Amicus curiae for Haitians. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ Alaí Reyes-Santos. Our Caribbean Kin: Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles. New Jersey: Rutgers, 2015, p,124. ISBN 9780-8135-71997.
- ↑ The Meaning of Citizenship, ed. Richard Marback & Marc Kruman. Detroit: Wayne State U., 2015, pp.138,145. ISBN 978-0-8143-4080-6.
- ↑ In Bible and Transformation: The Promise of Intercultural Bible Reading, ed. Hans de Wit, Janet Dyk.Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015, p.383. ISBN 9781-62837-105-5.
- ↑ Participants. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ IAF grant. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ Graham T. Nessler. An Islandwide Struggle for Freedom. University of North Carolina, 2016, p.xiv. ISBN 9781-46962-686-4.
- ↑ SJRM. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ SF. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ ProgettoMondo Mlal. Accessed 15 May 2016.
- ↑ HRW. Accessed 15 May 2016.
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