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SUMMARY:Registration deadline: summer teacher institute (July 6-8)
DESCRIPTION:May 22 is the final day to register for our summer teacher institute\, Contemporary Religious Life in Latin America and the Caribbean! The program will take place July 6-8\, 2026. \nJoin us at UW-Milwaukee this summer for three days of learning from experts in the diverse practices and traditions that make up religious life in the region today. Sessions will provide participants with ample time to discuss how to incorporate new topics and resources into existing curriculum. Open to educators at the K-12 and college levels. \nFull details and registration available on our institute page.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/registration-deadline-summer-teacher-institute-july-6-8/
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SUMMARY:Free concert: Septeto Charambó at Colectivo Lakefront
DESCRIPTION:CLACS is thrilled to be partnering with Colectivo Coffee again this summer to present Música del Lago\, a free series of Latin American music performances here in Milwaukee\, outdoors at Colectivo’s lakefront location. These shows will take place every third Thursday at 6pm during June\, July\, and August. \nPlease mark your calendars for our first outdoor show\, featuring local “salsa dura” group Septeto Charambó! \nFree parking is available across the street in the lot next to the sailing center. \nAnd save the dates for the remaining shows in this series!  \n\nOrquesta Rumba\, July 16 at 6pm\nDe La Buena\, August 20 at 6pm\nRain date August 27 – concert cancellations due to inclement weather will be announced on Colectivo‘s social media pages no later than 4pm the same day of the show.\n\n 
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/free-concert-septeto-charambo-at-colectivo-lakefront/
LOCATION:Colectivo Coffee – Lakefront\, 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53202\, United States
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SUMMARY:Teacher institute: Contemporary Religious Life in Latin America and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:Our annual summer teacher institute returns\, this year on the topic Contemporary Religious Life in Latin America and the Caribbean. Registration is open to all K-12 and college educators\, staff\, and education students! Learn more and sign up on our institute page by May 22. \nIf you are interested in joining after the registration deadline has passed\, contact Monica VanBladel for availability (vanblade@uwm.edu / 414-251-5216).
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/teacher-institute-contemporary-religious-life-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
LOCATION:Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & UWM Welcome Center\, 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free concert: Orquesta Rumba at Colectivo Lakefront
DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled due to last week’s wildfire smoke: \nCLACS is thrilled to be partnering with Colectivo Coffee again this summer to present Música del Lago\, a free series of Latin American music performances here in Milwaukee\, outdoors at Colectivo’s lakefront location. These shows will take place every third Thursday at 6pm during June\, July\, and August. \nPlease mark your calendars for our next outdoor show\, featuring local Milwaukee group Orquesta Rumba! \nFree parking is available across the street in the lot next to the sailing center. \nAnd save the date for the final show in this series! \n\nDe La Buena\, August 20 at 6pm\nRain date August 27 – concert cancellations due to inclement weather will be announced on Colectivo‘s social media pages no later than 4pm the same day of the show.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/free-concert-orquesta-rumba-at-colectivo-lakefront/
LOCATION:Colectivo Coffee – Lakefront\, 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53202\, United States
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SUMMARY:Teaching Intercultural Transitions with Graphic Novels: an Educator Webinar
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place on Zoom: register at this link. The event will be recorded and shared afterward with all who register. \nThis virtual program will introduce teachers to recent graphic novels about youth arriving to the United States from another culture. Presenters will share relevant titles for classroom use\, and discuss curricular and co-curricular activities that draw on those materials to facilitate student engagement around immigration\, cultural exchange\, and building belonging. \nFeaturing UW-Madison Professor Sara McKinnon (co-founder of the Latine Comic Collective) and Audubon High School teacher Andrew Lazzari (history & restorative practices\, Milwaukee Public Schools). The resources we’ll share are targeted for middle and high school grades (6th-12th) but all educators are welcome. \nVirtual event details: Once you register through Zoom using the link above\, you will receive an email with the link to join at the time of the event (search your inbox for “Teaching Intercultural Transitions with Graphic Novels: an Educator Webinar Confirmation”). Since the event is structured as a meeting (not a webinar)\, Zoom will not send you automatic reminder emails.  \nContact Monica VanBladel (vanblade@uwm.edu) with any questions.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/teaching-intercultural-transitions-with-graphic-novels-an-educator-webinar/
LOCATION:Zoom – register above to receive link by email
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SUMMARY:Free concert: De La Buena at Colectivo Lakefront
DESCRIPTION:CLACS is thrilled to be partnering with Colectivo Coffee again this summer to present Música del Lago\, a free series of Latin American music performances here in Milwaukee\, outdoors at Colectivo’s lakefront location. These shows will take place every third Thursday at 6pm during June\, July\, and August. \nPlease mark your calendars for our final outdoor show\, featuring Milwaukee’s own De La Buena! This 10-piece group offers an electrifying brand of Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz. \nFree parking is available across the street in the lot next to the sailing center. \nRain date August 27 – concert cancellations due to inclement weather will be announced on Colectivo‘s social media pages no later than 4pm the same day of the show.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/free-concert-de-la-buena-at-colectivo-lakefront/
LOCATION:Colectivo Coffee – Lakefront\, 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53202\, United States
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SUMMARY:World Language Café
DESCRIPTION:Visit the World Language Café to chat with students and professors from UWM’s language and culture programs\, including the major and certificate programs in Latin American\, Caribbean\, and U.S. Latinx Studies! \nOther programs highlighted include American Sign Language\, Arabic\, Chinese\, French\, German\, Hebrew\, Irish\, Italian\, Japanese\, Korean\, Ojibwe\, Oneida\, Portuguese\, Potawatomi\, Russian\, Spanish\, Classics\, Comparative Literature\, Global Studies\, and Religious Studies. \nStop by for a chat and to grab some international sweets\, stickers\, and buttons. For more information\, or to request accommodations\, please email wlc-admin@uwm.edu.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/world-language-cafe/
LOCATION:Spaights Plaza\, Between the UWM Union and Library
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SUMMARY:Building a New El Salvador Today (UWM History Brown Bag Series)
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to join the UWM History Department for the first talk of their 2026-27 Brown Bag Lunch Series. This month\, UWM’s own Brian Scott Mueller will present his ongoing research on El Salvador. The event will take place in Holton Hall\, room 341. \nBuilding a New El Salvador Today: U.S. Solidarity Activists\, Salvadoran Refugees\, and Grassroots Reconstruction in the Late Cold War\nIn a July 1986 appeal to U.S. citizens\, the National Coordination for Repopulation in El Salvador proclaimed\, “We do not want to be refugees any longer.” Within weeks\, activists in the United States joined displaced Salvadorans as they left a Honduran refugee camp and returned home to Aguacayo. After walking beside these Salvadorans\, U.S. activists returned to their own communities\, where they talked about their harrowing experiences and called for an end to U.S. military assistance to the Salvadoran government. Besides shielding refugees from military attacks amid the ongoing civil war\, some of these Americans remained in El Salvador to help the refugees rebuild their villages. In short\, U.S. activists risked their own safety to accompany Salvadorans as they repopulated and rebuilt their war-torn homes. In doing so\, they engaged in a form of prefigurative politics by reconstructing their communities in a more democratic fashion in the hope that such changes might lead to a similar transformation at the national level in the postwar era. \n  \nThese Brown Bag Lunch events are free and open to the public. We encourage you to bring your lunch and have a safe space to reflect on current events\, learn what others are doing\, and stay engaged with History Department happenings. If you are interested in presenting\, please contact Professor Rachel Buff at rbuff@uwm.edu.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/building-a-new-el-salvador-today-uwm-history-brown-bag-series/
LOCATION:Holton Hall\, room 341\, 2442 E. Hartford Ave.\, Milwaukee\, 53201
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SUMMARY:Application deadline: Global Citizenship for Career Readiness
DESCRIPTION:K-12 educators in Wisconsin: apply by September 13 to be considered for this curriculum-focused fellowship running during the 2026-27 school year! \nFull details and the link to the application are available on our fellowship information page.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/application-deadline-global-citizenship-for-career-readiness/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260928T150000
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SUMMARY:CLACS Fall Welcome Reception
DESCRIPTION:Monday September 28\, 2026\n3:00pm – 5:00pm (drop in any time)\nCurtin Hall room 187 (language oasis)\nAll are welcome!\n\nJoin UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies for a back-to-campus gathering to kick off the new academic year! In anticipation of our upcoming move to Curtin Hall in 2027 (date TBD\, stay tuned!) we will be gathering in the language oasis on Curtin’s first floor. \nStop by to reconnect and meet new people as we settle into the routines of the academic year! Enjoy light snacks\, learn about our center’s upcoming programs\, and share your own updates with CLACS staff and other classmates and colleagues. \nFeaturing brief comments at 4pm from three UWM students who recently studied or conducted research in the region! Stop by to learn more about their work and hear their advice for similar trips. \n\nHazel Frieburg (Argentina; BA Journalism\, Advertising\, and Media Studies)\nEric Schmitt (Brazil; MS electrical engineering)\nBillie Harrison (Grenada; PhD biological sciences)\n\nNew this year: if you traveled to Latin America\, the Caribbean\, or otherwise enjoyed Latin American culture beyond campus in the past academic year\, please share a photo with us to highlight on a rotating slide show! \n\nBy Monday 9/21: email 1-3 photos to Monica (vanblade@uwm.edu) and include your UWM program/department and the date & location of your photo\n\nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/clacs-fall-welcome-reception/
LOCATION:Curtin Hall room 187\, 3242 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
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SUMMARY:LACUSL talk: Bomba Bambulaé: A Community Building Tool from Puerto Rico\, with Beto Torrens
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Oct 22\, 2026\n2:30pm – 3:30pm\nAmerican Geographical Society Library (AGSL)\nUWM Libraries\, 3rd floor east wing \nThis talk is part of the LACUSL Speaker Series: Join us to learn about the many topics you can study through UWM’s interdisciplinary LACUSL major (Latin American\, Caribbean\, and U.S. Latinx Studies). \nBomba Bambulaé: A Community Building Tool from Puerto Rico\nIn this presentation\, Grammy Award musician and UWM graduate student Beto Torrens will speak about his decades of cultural artistry working in the tradition of Puerto Rican Bomba. Bomba is Puerto Rico’s oldest living musical tradition: it was created by our enslaved African ancestors to create communities of support between the various ethnic groups that were forced to live together in the “hacienda’s” slave barracks. Because Bomba is a living language\, it is in a constant evolutionary process. \nBeto Torrens is a Grammy Award-winning musician\, producer and educator from San Juan\, Puerto Rico. With a career that spans over 30 years professionally\, Beto’s main interest is in creating bridges between Afro – diasporic music and dance traditions from the Caribbean and the Americas. He is currently pursuing an MA in music here at UW-Milwaukee.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/lacusl-talk-beto-torrens/
LOCATION:UWM Libraries
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SUMMARY:LACUSL talk: Recent Latin American Elections: Left-Right Politics Today
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 19\, 2026\n2:30pm – 3:45pm\nAmerican Geographical Society Library (AGSL)\nUWM Libraries\, 3rd floor east wing\n2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53211 \nThis talk is part of the LACUSL Speaker Series: Join us to learn about the many topics you can study through UWM’s interdisciplinary LACUSL major (Latin American\, Caribbean\, and U.S. Latinx Studies). The LACUSL Speaker Series is free and open to the public. \nRecent Latin American Elections: Left-Right Politics Today\nJoin us for a panel discussion on recent national elections across Latin America\, and emerging regional trends in left-right politics. Speakers María Fernanda Bozmoski (Atlantic Council) and Natasha Borges Sugiyama (UWM\, Political Science) will discuss examples from Brazil\, Colombia\, Costa Rica\, and Perú and consider what these can tell us about hemispheric trends\, prospects for U.S. diplomacy\, and the state of democracy. The discussion will be moderated by Samantha Hagle (UWM\, Political Science). \nMaría Fernanda Bozmoski is Lead for Central America and Director of Impact and Operations at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center\, where she leads the center’s work on Mexico and Central America and supports the director with the center’s operations. During her time at the Atlantic Council\, she has co-led the center’s Northern Triangle Task Force\, helped shape the center’s trade work\, and scheduled events in Asia for US policymakers. Bozmoski is a frequent commentator in several U.S. and regional outlets; originally from Costa Rica\, Bozmoski holds a BA in European studies (Sorbonne University\, France)\, an MA in Latin American studies and political economy (Georgetown University School of Foreign Service) and an MA in international law and human rights (United Nations University for Peace).  \nNatasha Borges Sugiyama is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW-Milwaukee. Her research interests lie in Brazilian politics\, policy diffusion\, social sector reform\, comparative public policy\, and gender and politics. Here at UWM she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in these areas; she holds a PhD in Government and a Master’s in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin\, as well as a BA from Oberlin College. \nSamantha Hagle holds a PhD in Political Science from our very own UWM and is now Teaching Faculty in the same department. Her primary areas of specialization are comparative politics\, international relations\, human rights\, and ethnic studies. Her current research focuses on the political rights of Indigenous populations in Latin America\, and Indigenous rights in comparative political contexts more broadly. This work aims to bring previously marginalized perspectives to our political frameworks and explores the political implications and factors of minority inclusion in domestic laws.
URL:https://uwm.edu/latin-american-caribbean-studies/event/lacusl-talk-recent-latin-american-elections-left-right-politics-today/
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