Professional Workshops

Summer workshops focus on energy, poverty,
journalism, migration and HIV/AIDS

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Join us for our summer workshops on journalism, energy, HIV/AIDS, migration and poverty. Led by the Institute’s program directors and their skilled teams, the workshops offer content-rich, hands-on sessions for mid-career professionals. 

You'll hear the latest research and opinions from public, private and academic experts working in the region. Then you'll head for the U.S.-Mexico border and Tijuana where you can see firsthand the massive flow of trucks, cars and people that make San Diego-Tijuana the world’s busiest border crossing. But that’s not all. We’ll host social events, too, so you can meet the vibrant people who live and work in our border region.

At the Institute of the Americas, we conduct our workshops in Spanish and they are designed especially for Latin American participants. You’ll meet journalists, legislators, non-profit leaders, academics, researchers, government officials and company executives from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Nicaragua.

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Violence against Journalists as a Threat to Democracy (May 4-8) will focus on the essential value of a free press and the threat posed to fragile democracies by the rise in violence against journalists. The seminar will include presentations by journalists who have confronted attacks or worked in violent environments.

The Geopolitics of Energy (May 8-13) is timed to coincide with the Institute's 18th Annual La Jolla Latin American Energy Conference. The participants discuss with experts the new realities of the global energy market, alternative energy prospects, the rise of resource nationalism and attend the Energy Conference where they will meet with Latin American government officials, and energy company representatives.

Public Policy and Migration (June 22-26) . Will look at immigration as a dynamic force in national and international politics. The role of remittances, labor flows, assimilation and other issues are discussed with relation to their impact on both sending and receiving countries. .

Jack F. Ealy Science Journalism Workshop (July 7-16) convenes for the sixth consecutive year with reporters and editors from around the hemisphere spending nind days learning about recent scientific developments relating to the environment, medical research, and pubic policies to promote innovation and public/private partnership.Journalists may apply directly to the Institute for scholarships.

Investigative Journalism (July 20-24) will offer journalists new tools for conducting investigative reporting and will focus in part on“following the money” and strategies for revealing corruption and graft through press-induced transparency.

The Migration of HIV/AIDS (Aug. 3-6) gives reporters a first-hand look at the pandemic from both sides of the border. Journalists will spendone day in north San Diego County, where migrants work in the fields, and a second day in Baja California, Mexico, where the HIV/AIDS rate is the second-highest in Mexico.  On the third day, the journalists will hear presentations from researchers on their ground-breaking work on the escalating rate of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis at the San Diego-Tijuana border.

Innovative Strategies to Reduce Poverty (August 17-21) will focus on successful programs to improve the lives of Latin Americans living in poverty. This program will bring together practitioners, academics and leading experts from multinational institutions to review best practices in poverty alleviation. Previous attendees from Mexico and andean and Central American countries used the tools and financial leads discussed at the seminar to benefit their anti-poverty programs.

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