Location: AE Building, 424 N. Central Avenue, ASU Downtown
8:30 – 8:45 | Welcome: Dr. C. Alejandra Elenes and Dr. Gloria H. Cuádraz, Co-Chairs, Site Committee, New College, Arizona State University |
8:45- 9:00 | Opening Prayer: Belen Stoneman, Pima |
9:00-9:05 | Introduction: Dr. C. Alejandra Elenes |
9:05-9:30 | Keynotes: Dr. Keta Miranda, Chair, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social and Associate Professor, UT San Antonio Flor Crisostomo, Madres Indígenas |
9:30-10:00 | Break: Refreshments |
10:00-12:00 | Voices of Resistance: Arizona Actions Against SB 1070 Linda Brown, Director, Arizona Advocacy Network “Capitol 9” Students: Justine Garcia; Gregorio Montes de Oca; David Portugal; Rubén Lucio. Moderator: Dr. Seline Szkupinski Quiroga, Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies (TCLS), ASU |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch (provided with advance registration) |
1:00-3:00 | Human Rights, Education, and the Dream Act: Navigating the Shifting Terrains Delia Salvatierra, Immigration Attorney Isabel G. Garcia, Pima County Legal Defender Dr. Luis Plascencia, Assistant Professor, ASU Silvia Rodriguez, Artist Moderator: Julie Amparano, Lecturer and Playwright, ASU |
3:00-3:30 | Break: Refreshments |
Location: ASU Cronkite School of Journalism Building: 555 N. Central; gather at First Amendment Lounge, Mezzanine
3:30-5:00 | Strategy Sessions: First Amendment Lounge Moderators: Dr. Seline Szkupinski Quiroga and Dr. Cleopatria Martinez Facilitators (click for bios) |
Dinner on your own
Location: AE Building, 424 N. Central Avenue, ASU Downtown
9:00 – 9:05 | Introduction: Dr. Gloria Cuádraz, Arizona State University |
9:05 – 9:30 | Keynote: Dr. Josie Méndez Negrete, Editor, Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social and Associate Professor, UT San Antonio |
9:30 – 10:00 | Break: Refreshments (provided) |
10:00 – 12:00 | Interrogating the Politics of Knowledge: Implications of HB 2281 Augustine F. Romero, Director, Student Equity, Tucson Unified School District Leilani Clark, Tucson Activist/Student Dr. C. Alejandra Elenes, Associate Professor, Arizona State University Moderator: Dr. Cleopatria Martínez, Phoenix College |
12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch (provided) |
1:00 – 3:00 | Labor and Human Rights: Rallying around Workers’ Issues Trina Zelle, Director, AZ Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice Miguel, Trabajador Anónimo Denisse Roca-Servat, Graduate Student, Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University Sylvia Herrera, Puente, Centro Macehuali Moderator: Cristina Sanidad, Graduate Student, Social Justice and Human Rights, Arizona State University |
3:00-3:15 | Break: Refreshments |
Location: ASU Cronkite School of Journalism Building: 555 N. Central; First Amendment Lounge, Mezzanine
3:30 – 4:00 | Strategy Session Facilitator: Dr. Cleopatria Martinez |
4:00 – 4:45 | Introduction: Dr. C. Alejandra Elenes and Dr. Gloria Cuádraz Closing Keynote: Rosie López, Founder, Arizona Hispanic Community Forum |
4:45 – 5:45 | Buffet Dinner: First Amendment Lounge, Cronkite Building Entertainment: Mariachi Pasión (lead procession to AE Building) Book Sales |
Location: AE Building, 424 N. Central Avenue, ASU Downtown
6:00 – 8:00 | NOCHE de CULTURA: Artists Performing Resistance MC: DIVINE Jolyana Bitsuie, Navajo Song Silvia Rodríguez, Spoken Word Performance Michelle Ceballos, Dance Angélica Medina, Dramatic Performance Arizona’s Award-winning Author: Stella Pope Duarte Women Who Live in Coffee Shops (2010); If I Die in Juarez (2008); Let Their Spirits Dance (2003); Fragile Nights (1997) |
Location: ASU West Campus, 4701 W. Thunderbird Road CLCC 158
9:30 – 10:30 | Film: “How to Solve Illegal Immigration” Presenter: Dr. Cleopatria Martínez, Phoenix College |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:00 | Community Knowledge, Memory, & Educational Struggles Erica Ocegueda: “Como llegué a ASU: How I got here and other Postmodern Stories” Marisol Badilla: “Communal Healing Though Education” Dr. Gloria Cuádraz: “Ethico-Political Dilemmas of a Community Oral History Project: Navigating the Culture of the Corporate University” |
12:00 – 1:30 | Lunch Hour Workshop: Stella Pope Duarte: “Feminine Archetypes in Chicano History: La Malinche, La Llorona, and La Virgen de Guadalupe” |
1:30 – 2:45 | La Mujer y la crítica chicana (This panel is in Spanish) Vanesa Fonseca: “La crítica de Rosaura Sánchez hacia el discurso chicano del siglo XIX” Norma Valenzuela: “Discurso femenino revolucionario: las escritoras de la Revolución mexicana y las primeras escritoras Chicanas” Moderator: Dr. Marta Sánchez, Professor, ASU |
2:45 – 3:00 | Break |
3:00 – 4:15 | Chicana/o Latina/o Phoenix: The Dynamics of Cultural Health Remedies, Economic (In)Justice and University-Community Bridges Donna Ruiz y Costello: “The Role and Use of Yerberías and Botánicas in Phoenix Latino Neighborhoods” Leigh Anna Hidalgo: “Socio-Spatial Inequalities of Financial Services in Metropolitan Phoenix: A Comparative Study” Amanda Skeen: “A Study and Development of the Transborder Chicana/o Latina/o Student Organizations” Discussant: Dr. Seline Szkupinski Quiroga, Transborder Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, ASU Moderator: Dr. Eileen Diaz McConnell, Transborder Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, ASU |
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