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12th Annual Latino Issues Conference: Meeting at the Intersection of Market, Politics, and Other Cultural Practices
Thursday, April 27, 2006
BGSU, Ballroom 202B
9:00 – 9:08AM Opening Remarks: Taylor Balderas, Councilwoman for Toledo District 3
I. Session: Between Grassroots Politics, Film and Dominican Food
9:10 – 10:20AM
Moderator: Josh Evans, BGSU
Student Perspective:
Dr. Marc Becker, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri. "Indigenous
Movement in Ecuador.”
Gerardo Cummings, BGSU. “The Importation of Third World Talent to Hollywood: A Look at the Entertainment Industry from a Latin American Perspective.”
Dominican Food (Grad. Students)
II. Session: Between Traveling, Migration, and Cuban Food
10:30 – 11:45AM
Moderator: Dr. Rolando Andrade, BGSU
Student Perspective:
Dr. José Buscaglia:, Buffalo University, N.Y. “Catch Me if You Can: The Story of the First Puerto Rican to Lay Claim to the World.”
Dr. Azfar Hussain, BGSU. “The Political Economy of Migration: the Case of Puerto Ricans and Cubans in the U.S.”
Cuban Food (Grad. Students)
12:00-1:30PM
Lunch (Cuban, Dominican, Argentinean cuisine) Ballroom 202-A
Buffet for only $10 bursarable by calling 419-372-2642.
Music: Latin Jazz
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Arlene Dávila, New York University. “Latinos, Inc.: Marketing and the Making of a People.”
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Presentation by the Human Relations Commission, Dr.Miguel Ornelas Human Relations Award
III. Session: Between Black Skins, Science and Argentinean Food
1:45 – 2:50PM
Moderator: Dr. Amy Robinson, BGSU
Student Perspective:
Dr. Jesse Hingson, Georgja College and State University. “Making the Invisible Visible: Studies on Africans in México and Argentina.”
Diorka Hernández, Xerox Corporation, Nashville. “The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers: Creating Communities among Latinos in the Technical Field.”
Argentinean Food (Grad. Students)
IV. Session: Between Gender, Race, and Hope
3:00 – 4:15PM
Moderator: Dr. Susana Peña
Student Perspective:
Tatiana de la Tierra, Buffalo University, NY. “Paint Me a Dangerous Mujer: A Creative Reading.”
Dr. Luis González, Indiana University. “Abolition (May 13) in Brazilian Social Memory."
Carlos Adams, BGSU. “Machismo and Geographies of Hope.”
Closing Remarks
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