Join us for an evening with author Dr. Adam Baird for the release of his newest book, FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TO SOUTHSIDE.

Presented by Books & Books and FIU's Latin American and Caribbean Center.

From South Central to Southside charts the genesis and evolution of a transnational gang culture. Baird provides firsthand interviews with gang members and “narco” families and explains the surprising source of Belize City’s severe violence and skyrocketing homicide rates. He identifies gang violence in the U.S. and Belize as stemming from populations blighted by historical, brutal inequality and marginalization.

Analyzing the gendered dynamics as young men and women face the temptations, risks, and dangers of gang life, Baird shines a light on “chronic vulnerability" in Belize City.