Sunday February 21st marks 56 years since Malcolm X, one of the most notable figures of the US Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated. X, of Afro-Caribbean descent (his mother was Grenadian), was a Black Muslim minister and human rights activist who … Continue Reading »
The Sidewalk School
March 2, 2021
4:30-5:30pm Central
The Sidewalk School exists to provide quality education to migrant children who would go without as they experience displacement at the U.S.-Mexico border. Initially developed for the Matamoros Tent City, The Sidewalk School now operates in six Mexican cities. … Continue Reading »
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
Arturo Schomburg was an Afro-Puerto Rican man of Crucian descent who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. Schomburg was a writer, an activist (primarily for Puerto Rican and Cuban independence), and a historian who was appointed as curator of the … Continue Reading »
Mali-Cuba Musical Connections: A Talkback with Paul Cebar, Feb 25 5-6pm Central
After viewing Edouard Salier’s 2020 documentary: Africa mia – La fabuleuse histoire des Maravillas de Mali (The Mali-Cuba Connection – Africa mia) 19-21 Feb 2021 @ the virtual Festival of Films in French Join us Thursday Feb 25, 2021: 5-6pm … Continue Reading »
Latin America & Canada, Global Perspectives on the New U.S. Administration
February 24, 4pm Central
The four-part webinar series explores the foreign policy landscape facing the Biden-Harris Administration. Each session will focus on different world regions, including… Continue Reading »
These Afro-Latino Actors Are Pushing Back Against Erasure in Hollywood
In September 2020 Time Magazine hosted a roundtable discussion with a variety of Afro-Latinx actors, including well-known names like Gina Torres and Dascha Polanco, to discuss their experiences in the entertainment industry. A variety of issues were discussed, including colorism, … Continue Reading »
Author Reyna Grande
March 10, 2021 (4:30-6:00pm Central)
Reyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Distance Between Us, (Atria, 2012) where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as an undocumented child immigrant.… Continue Reading »
A Chinese-Cuban Secret Society in Havana
El Barrio Chino de la Habana, located in Havana, Cuba, is the oldest Chinatown in the Caribbean. The Chinese community in Cuba began in the mid 19th century with the arrival of Chinese indentured servants and has based their Havana community in an … Continue Reading »
Where Caciques and Mapmakers Met: Border Making in Eighteenth-Century South America
February 17, 2021 (4-5:30pm Central)
with Jeffrey Erbig (Assistant Professor in Latin American and Latino Studies UC-Santa Cruz)
Drawing upon manuscripts from over two dozen archives in seven countries, Erbig traces on-the-ground interactions between Ibero-American colonists, Jesuit and Guaraní mission-dwellers, and autonomous Indigenous peoples as they responded to ever-changing notions of territorial possession.… Continue Reading »
2020-21 CLACS Fellows
Congratulations to the three recently selected CLACS Fellows who will contribute to scholarly exchanges on the theme, Latin American and the Caribbean in Times of Crisis. In addition to their own individual research projects, each Fellow will co-plan public engagement … Continue Reading »