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The Day that Changed My Life Forever: <br>A Talk with Guatemalan Torture Survivor Gladys Monterroso<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT</span>)<br><br>77 Massachusetts Avenue, <br>Room 4-231<br>
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Join us for a talk by Gladys Monterroso, a Guatemalan lawyer,
university professor, and mother of two. Gladys was kidnapped and
tortured in March 2009. <br><br>
Gladys will
be speaking about violence and impunity in Guatemala and immigration reform in
the United States.<br><br>This talk will bring attention to:<br><br>
*the horrific levels of violence in Guatemala<br>
*violence against women<br>
*impunity<br>
*politically motivated violence<br>
*violence as a push factor for migration to the US<br>
*victims of torture in present day Guatemala<br><br><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102796830639&s=565&e=0010RAAKvkciTLTSsEjH0XnBBky3rnOUAd6AG_k4AkSbnRSpAcaajU-DZckI9bzHy8FNXy0AZ_qcUUucEZ4plNEiHUeH7nw8wnp8RvSj_KgVwn77_usU6jnV3gLD8Ep8l4WsACAFdxSgHLy_x_kmke_AaQ2rkZ0FZSq9x9oQXIDuCmozFjCe2D_PdYCljHEXt3tsYQDlVh6oFEGaH4H9dd3Ng==" linktype="ZZZlink" target="_blank">Event Facebook Page</a><br><br><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102796830639&s=565&e=0010RAAKvkciTKZgE0WoW-QYBXijIekuJ1dMW1IC4djqOmJuVnFD4F_tpv4clZdyK5yk9xir2ADHxa7HRpeKnjdokDfGWNyQrBdnWnCtuuBpXHYgNUgqKCZ6F5ecS66DdeoDWr_Mi5nf1K9dHaQhlPhGsREVgV1kKEwmb9dq0ZNddoPz2AUmn2flzEHs4liH2x5GU-yG3n12fcvUhp_mu_9UE4G3pOaW10CNKngnUeU0ramIFLsHgVliA==" linktype="ZZZlink" target="_blank">MIT Campus map</a><br>
<br><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" size="2">Gladys' talk at MIT is co-sponsored by the MIT chapter of Amnesty
International, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA, the Guatemala
Solidarity Committee of Boston, and Amnesty International Local Group
133 of Somerville.</font></font><br></font></td>
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<td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" styleclass="style_MainText" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" color="#000000" size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <font size="2"> Gladys
Monterroso was victim to kidnapping and torture in the spring of 2009.
During her April visit to the GHRC office, Gladys said, "I had a normal
life before March 25. I thought I understood the victims of violence in
Guatemala. Now that I am a victim, I realize that I never understood
fully what it means to experience that level of violence. Why me? What
did I do to deserve this? My life is forever marked, divided into
before and after March 25, 2009."
Gladys
is not a human rights worker. She is a lawyer, professor, party
secretary, and mother of two. She is a victim of politically motivated
violence. She is courageously speaking out in universities, churches
and communities up and down the East Coast to bring attention to:<br><br>
*the horrific levels of violence in Guatemala<br>
*violence against women<br>
*impunity<br>
*politically motivated violence<br>
*violence as a push factor for migration to the US<br>
*victims of torture in present day Guatemala<br><br> Gladys is a law professor at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City, and a licensed tax lawyer. She also holds a Master's Degree in Economics. Until she was attacked in March, 2009, she worked as the secretary for congresswoman Nineth Montenegro of the political party Encuentro por Guatemala. In 2005 she was one of eight lawyers selected for recognition by the Guatemalan Constitutional Court. In 2007 she earned the "Valuable Literary Contribution and Academic Career Award" from the Dean of the Law and Social Sciences Faculty at the University of San Carlos. <br><br>
Gladys has two daughters and lives in Guatemala City. </font><br><br></font></td>
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