Roberto Prestigiacomo-250617
By
Carla Sierra
June 9, 2025
Summary
Trinity University theatre professor Roberto Prestigiacomo discussed human rights and global migration on Italy’s national broadcaster, Radiotelevisione Italiana.

Roberto Prestigiacomo, MFA, Human Communication and Theatre professor, spoke with Radiotelevisione Italiana while he and Trinity undergraduates participated in a human rights project at the University of Palermo this spring. Working with students from Finland, Bangladesh, Mexico, Ecuador, and Italy, they studied the issue of human rights as it applies to migrants and about working in communities like San Antonio that are in the path of global migration. The "theater for social change" approach looks to work with communities to help them reimagine the issue and help develop a sense of empowerment and empathy.