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Between the late 1970s and late 1980s, Guatemala was torn by violence in a genocidal campaign against the Maya, which became known as “La Violencia.” During this same time period Argentina’s eight-year “Dirty War” – a reign of terror thrust on to the Argentine people resulted in thousands of deaths and at least 15,000 “disappearances” from 1976 to 1980. Join Dr. Alison Brysk, Mellichamp Professor of Global Governance, UC Santa Barbara and Leah Perez, JFR Alfred Lerner and IHMEC Sendler Fellow and Amundsen High School educator, for a full-day workshop as we examine how these societies survived; their struggles for truth, justice and peace; and the collective process of memory in the aftermath of genocide and mass atrocities.