About the Event
Will the border wall strike a fatal blow to one of richest natural and cultural regions in North America?
“Ay Mariposa” is a one-hour long documentary produced through a collaboration between three award-winning women filmmakers: Krista Schyler, Jenny Nichols, and Morgan Heim.
As U.S. border patrol attempts to seize the National Butterfly Center under eminent domain and Congress considers funding $5 billion more towards Trump’s wall, the Rio Grande Valley is at risk of being walled off and degrading one of the richest natural regions in the country.
This film follows the stories of 1) the Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center’s Marianna Trevino Wright, 2) former migrant worker and long time human rights activist Zulema Hernandez and 3) La Mariposa (The Butterfly), as they combat against the destruction of the Monarch butterfly’s remaining habitat.
This month’s panelists includes:
-Marianna Trevino Wright, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center
-Deborah January-Bevers, President & CEO of Houston Wilderness
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6:30 PM Reception, with complementary refreshments
7:00 PM Film screening
8:00 PM Panel Discussion
9:00 PM The conversation continues at Valhalla, Rice University’s Graduate Student Pub
Free to the public, though donations are kindly appreciated.
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