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Thursday, May 19, 2016

To Give Voice to the Silent Tragedies of War

To Give Voice to the Silent Tragedies of War: Associate Professor Luis Ramos-Garcia is featured for his work organizing scholarly and artistic events to bring top-notch theater groups and internationally recognized scholars to Minnesota.

For more than 20 years, Luis Ramos-Garcia has visited war torn countries in Latin America, traveling among shantytowns, engaging with the people, only to return with their stories, bringing to life their experiences through theater. In so doing, he hopes to draw attention to often poorly understood tragedies—tragedies that can seem far removed from everyday life in America. But the fact is, they're not.

Read more at  Driven-to-Discover.umn.edu/content/Luis-ramos-garcia