04/08/2022
Join us on Wednesday, April 13th 6:30pm EST for a special event, “Long Term Effects of the Salvadoran War through Art and Oral History” with Dr. Danielle Parada. Register: bit.ly/sia0413
The Civil War in El Salvador is considered one of the most violent armed conflicts in recent Latin American history. Officially, the war ended in 1991, but the violence and memories that came with it still impact Salvadorans today, both in the diaspora and El Salvador. We will review art and storytelling to better understand how Salvadorans are remembering, processing, and passing down this history to the next generation. Additionally, the experiences of Salvadorans will be contextualized in a developmental science framework to understand not only intergenerational trauma, but also intergenerational healing.
About the speaker: Dr. Danielle Parada is an Afroindigenous scholar born and raised in Virginia with roots in San Miguel, El Salvador. She received her doctoral degree in Applied Developmental Psychology (a field focused on studying developmental processes from the vantage point of solving real-world problems or studying development in contexts) from George Mason University, where she studied the long-term academic trajectories of immigrant students in Miami-Dade county. Additionally, she was the first Salvadoran to be awarded the prestigious Pre-Doctoral State Policy Fellowship through the Society for Research in Child Development. Currently, Dr. Parada is a community advocate for canton El Brazo, a rural indigenous community in San Miguel, where she raises support for medical, educational, and housing needs for community members.
