BU to host virtual LOCO Festival Provided by LOCO Festival Binghamton will be helping host the LOCO Festival this year to raise awareness of refugee human rights. Educational project will be run by the Spanish Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees May 3, 2021 Next week from May 3 to 6, Binghamton University will be helping to host the 2021 virtual LOCO Festival. The LOCO Festival is an educational project organized by the Spanish Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to raise students’ awareness of refugees’ situations and the importance of getting actively involved in the defense of human rights. While many versions of the program have been hosted, Marisol Marcin, lecturer of global studies and program coordinator for the global studies department, has been working to build a team of members of the University and the outside community to bring LOCO Festival to the United States.