THOUSAND OAKS — California Lutheran University will present “The Underlying Causes of Immigration from Mexico to the US” from 4:39 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Lundring Events Center.
- What are the underlying causes of immigration? An investigating look into the prevailing global economic structure that causes millions of people lose any opportunity to enjoy a dignified quality of life in their own countries (Mexico)
- What are the economic structures that trigger immigration? Looking into prevalence of modern slave workers’ wages and predatory trade agreements.
- Who benefits from these systemic structures?
- What can we do as responsible citizens, in practical terms, to effectively address the root causes of immigration?
About Álvaro: Álvaro de Regil Castilla is Project initiator and Executive Director of The Jus Semper Global Alliance since 2003, a coalition that supports living wages worldwide as a core element of sustainability, democracy, and business accountability. Álvaro is developer of The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI) since 1999 and coordinator since 2001. His work is centered on developing the living wage concept, anchored on “equal pay for equal work of equal value”, and, at a broader level, advancing a “people and planet” paradigm. As part of this transformative concept, he is also increasingly active in the areas of labor rights, business and human rights, no-growth / degrowth / steady-state economics, basic income and consumer rights.
Álvaro is also a founding member and facilitator of the International Living Wage Observatory at La Salle University, (Mexico City campus), a contributor to the transformative vision and praxis of the Global Transition Initiative of the Tellus Institute in Boston, Massachusetts and consultant on the underlying causes of immigration with various community organizations in California.
Previously, Álvaro spent more than 20 years working for various multinationals (Ford Motor Company, IBM, Univision), then managing his own direct response marketing company. He holds an MBA in marketing from the George Washington University and a BS in Business Administrations from La Salle University.