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SUMMARY:CGHR Panel - The Streets Don't Forget: Photojournalism and Creativ
 e Research on the Philippine Drug War - Raffy Lerma - freelance photograph
 er\; Ica Fernandez - urban planner\; Inez Feria - founder of NoBox Philipp
 ines 
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DESCRIPTION:In the two years since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte la
 unched an “all-out-war” against illegal drugs in May 2016\, much has b
 een written regarding the degree of violence deployed by state and quasi-s
 tate mechanisms. Approximately 28\,000 deaths have been recorded as of Dec
 ember 2018. The police claim to have killed more than 5\,000 drug suspects
  as of December 2018\, while more than 22\,000 deaths\, including children
 \, are under investigation. Many of them are in urban poor communities.\n\
 n*Join us for a panel discussion with*:\n\nAward-winning photojournalist R
 affy Lerma\, who will be presenting his work and that of the ‘Nightshift
 ’ group to document the killings. He is joined by urban planner Ica Fern
 andez who works on the impact of drug-related deaths on deprived families 
 in Metro Manila and collaborates with artists and musicians to communicate
  her research findings to the public. The panel is completed by Inez Feria
  of NoBox Philippines\, a non-profit organisation espousing principles of 
 Harm Reduction in response to issues related to drug use.\n\n*Raffy Lerma*
  is a freelance photographer based in Manila\, Philippines. He began his c
 areer in photojournalism as a student of the College of Fine Arts in the U
 niversity of the Philippines Diliman—covering events and street protests
  that led to the ouster of former president Joseph Estrada in 2001. He wor
 ked as a staff photographer for the Philippine Collegian\, the official st
 udent publication of the university and later served as its Photo Editor i
 n 2004. \n Lerma finished his Diploma in Photojournalism at the Konrad Ade
 nauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University. He w
 as also the Philippine representative in Hanoi\, Vietnam for World Press P
 hoto - Asia Europe Foundation Forum for Young Photographers in 2004. \n Fo
 r 12 years\, Lerma worked as a staff photographer for Philippine Daily Inq
 uirer covering the daily news beat in Metro Manila. He has recently shifte
 d into working independently to focus on his documentation of the Philippi
 nes' war on drugs. His most well-known photo is of drug war victim Michael
  Siaron a pedicab driver and urban slum dweller\, who was shot dead in Jul
 y 23\, 2016. It became\, and continues to be\, the singular iconic image t
 hat symbolizes the ongoing violence and impunity in the Philippines. It pr
 ovoked an outpouring of sympathy and outrage about the drug war from diffe
 rent segments of Philippine society as well as vilification from President
  Duterte who described it as “melodramatic” during his first State of 
 the Nation Address.\n \n*Ica Fernandez* is an urban planner and independen
 t researcher working on the intersections of spatiality\, culture\, armed 
 conflict\, land\, and decentralization. She has spent the last decade work
 ing on development programs for conflict-affected areas\, serving in the P
 hilippine government and consulting for international development organiza
 tions\, including the World Bank\, the United Nations Development Programm
 e\, the British Council\, and The Asia Foundation. Ica holds an MA in urba
 n and regional planning from the University of the Philippines and and MPh
 il in Planning\, Growth\, and Regeneration from the University of Cambridg
 e.\n \n*Inez Feria* is founder of NoBox Philippines which espouses princip
 les of Harm Reduction in response to issues related to drug use. Feeding i
 nto NoBox' creation are the 20 years or so that Inez has been immersed in 
 the field of substance use treatment\, harm reduction\, and drug policy.  
 She has spoken in conferences\, both local and international\, and has als
 o presented about the Philippines on a panel on Drugs and Health at the Un
 ited Nations. Inez' work is influenced heavily by her education in psychol
 ogy and medical anthropology at the University of the Philippines\, and co
 ntinually refines her thinking on this issue through engagements with peop
 le well-informed about drugs and drug policy\, and especially with people 
 involved with drugs. She is fuelled by the belief that we can make the wor
 ld a little more logical\, a little more scientific\, and\, as always\, a 
 little kinder.\n\n\n*The panel discussion will be accompanied by an exhibi
 tion of Raffy Lerma’s photographs.\n\nThe talk will be followed by a win
 e reception. All welcome!*\n\n\n
LOCATION: Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB3 9DT
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