On September 2, 2021, Tabea Linhard, professor of Spanish and comparative literature and Global Studies affiliate; Mattie Gottbrath, coordinator for international programming in Global Studies; and Ila Sheren, associate professor of art history & archaeology, all in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, discussed Hostile Terrain 94, a global pop-up exhibition that gave representation to the thousands of migrants who died crossing the US–Mexico border since the mid-1990s and raised awareness of this humanitarian crisis. They discussed the impact of border policies and border crossing on local and global communities and shared their experiences organizing this participatory exhibition in St. Louis.  

The program began with a performance of “MY BABY” by artist Mee Jey that honors the unidentified people who lost their life in the desert of Arizona.