Human rights activist and former political prisoner Veronica De Negri will describe life in Chile and female political prisoners’ use of textile art, known as arpilleras, to communicate secretly with the outside world in a free presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Anne Arundel Community College.

A one-time Chilean political prisoner under former dictator Augusto Pinochet, De Negri immigrated to the United States in 1977 and has spent the intervening years devoting herself to global human rights issues. These efforts include Projecto VOS (Voices of Survivors) in Chile, a group trying to discover the whereabouts of missing political prisoners of Pinochet’s former regime.

The AACC Women’s Institute is sponsoring the event in Humanities Building Room 112 in celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. De Negri will discuss her life in early 1970s Chile, her involvement in Projecto VOS and the important role played by arpilleras. Female political prisoners -- including De Negri -- created the arpilleras under Pinochet’s rule and sent them to family members.

The Arnold campus is at 101 College Parkway. For information, call Shirley C. Parry, Ph.D., director of the Women’s Institute, at 410-777-2807. Call disability support services, 410-777-2307 or Maryland Relay 711, 72 hours in advance to request special accommodations.

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