by Kiel Downey | Oct 31, 2019 | ROLC News
The Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina will host Dr. Jeanne Theoharis for a public lecture titled “Revisiting Rosa Parks in the Age of Black Lives Matter.” Dr. Theoharis is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at...
by Kiel Downey | Sep 27, 2019 | ROLC News
In August of 2018, ROLC was gifted $95,500 by the Vital Projects Fund, Inc. to support research into the roles and responsibilities of sheriffs in the 50 states—The Sheriff Accountability Project. The project is led by Jessica Pishko, a Visiting Fellow with ROLC. Read...
by Kiel Downey | Sep 23, 2019 | Publication
View the full report In the wake of the crisis in Venezuela, a “mixed-flow” migration—including Venezuelans who have left Venezuela for Colombia and Colombian returnees coming back from Venezuela—has created new and significant challenges for institutions in...
by Kiel Downey | Aug 30, 2019 | ROLC News
ROLC was mentioned by the University of South Carolina’s Office of the Provost for its role organizing and convening the two-day g7+ Ministerial Meeting on Access to Justice for All in Conflict-Affected Countries. At the conference, held in The Hague, officials from...
by Kiel Downey | Jul 1, 2019 | Publication
Liminal Sovereignty examines the lives of two religious minority communities in Mexico, Mennonites and Mormons, as seen through Mexican culture. Mennonites emigrated from Canada to Mexico from the 1920s to the 1940s, and Mormons emigrated from the United States in the...
