Journal Social Studies | Website CentroBono | |
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Location Josefa Brea Street No. 65,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Affiliations West Indies Jesuit province, Catholic | ||
Centro Bonó is the social outreach center of the West Indies Province of the Society of Jesus. It is located on the campus of Pedro Francisco Bono Institute in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Its focus is on inter-cultural exchanges and empowerment of the marginalized through research, education, and advocacy on social, fiscal, and immigration issues.
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Centro Bonó, along with Centro de Estudios Sociales Padre Juan Montalvo, SJ (CES), is located on the campus of Pedro Francisco Bono Institute. Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados/as y Migrantes is another close collaborator. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake the Bono group organized an international, conference on Shared History, Shared Future: Converging Paths in the Haitian and Dominican Transborder Experience,. Junot Díaz and Frank Moya Pons spoke at the event. Topics addressed included gender, sexuality, and family in migration, Border Identities, and Afro-Dominicanidad.
The Center's chief purpose is advocacy with the government on pro-poor policies, including youth unemployment and labor law. It submitted an amicus curiae brief before the Dominican courts on behalf of expelled Haitians and Dominicans and advocates for public policies with a view to generating institutional transformations toward a more intercultural and demilitarized society.
Centro Bonó offers a Diploma in Human Rights to train professionals working in the area of human rights, with the support of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR) and a grant from the Inter-American Foundation. It also offers with Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo a major in Humanities and Philosophy.
Publications
Bonó Center has the following publications.