Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, has become the murder capital of the world. Most vulnerable are Los Ninis, young men and women who earned their name from “ni estudian, ni trabajan”—those who neither work nor study.
The Right to be Human: Mexico's "Los Ninis"
Published January 11, 2012
Event date:
January 25, 2012 - 7:15am
Pulitzer Center photographer Dominic Bracco will speak to high school students from U.S. and Mexico about his project Los Ninis: Mexico's Lost Generation at WorldLink's 15th Annual Youth Town Meeting. Bracco's presentation will focus on the struggle of youth in Ciudad Juarez who are lured into working for drug cartels as a result of poverty, unemployment and violence that have engulfed their city.
A unique educational program, WorldLink engages youth from the greater San Diego area in global affairs by providing them opportunities to meet world leaders and experts. Each year, WorldLink holds the Annual Youth Town Meeting, bringing together students from San Diego County, Baja California and around the world to the University of San Diego's campus for a one-day discussion on various international issues. The theme of this year's meeting is "The Right to be Human" and participants will look at the recognition of human rights and its correlation to culture and identity, disabilities, displacement, responsible business and international justice.
WorldLink 15th Annual Youth Town Meeting
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and Shiley Theatre
7:15 am - 2:00 pm
This event is not open to the public.
Pulitzer Center grantee Dominic Bracco II was interviewed by Wired about his experience documenting Mexico's Los Ninis and what he hopes his photographs will convey to an American audience.
Juarez is one of the most violent cities in the world and home to many Ninis, young people with little education and no jobs. One youth found refuge in an orchestra.
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Grantee
Dominic Bracco II specializes in documenting the effects of Mexican and North American policies on the border region where he was raised. He has degrees in journalism and Spanish literature from The...