Migrants, Border lands, and Social Justice: An Artist Journey brings together three experiences. They each share the underlying theme of people on the move: individuals and families uprooted from their homes. The decision to uproot, leave home varies from seasonal employment needs to long-term safety and security issues and a better future for the children. The sketches are amplified with text to tell their story as well as the humanitarian aid migrants receive from several non-profit organizations. Each section of Migrants, Border Lands and Social Justice contains the author’s symbolic painted wood panels that conclude with “Build Bridges Not Walls.”

About the Author 

Betty LaDuke is an artist and Professor of Art Emeritus, Southern Oregon University. Her paintings and mural panels celebrate cultural diversity and experiences from her work with non-profit organizations: Freedom from Hunger and Heifer International. Travels and research have resulted in six book publications from Africa through the Eyes of Women Artists, 1991 to Bountiful Harvest from Land to Table, 2016. LaDuke’s twenty-six of the almost life-size panels are now on permanent display at the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport.

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Category: Current affairs, Social Commentary/ART

Trim size: 7X10”

Page count: 108