CONFERENCES AND TRAINING EVENTS
This view is a few miles away from Amherst, MA, where the PRSA conference was held. It shows the beautiful colors of Spring in New England.
- I chaired a panel
October 26, 2000, at the 4th International Conference on Puerto Rican
Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. My theme was “The
Racialization of Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans, 1900-1930.” October
26, 2000. The panel's title was “Dialogo de Orilla a Orilla: Race,
Ethnicity, Gender and Nationalism in the Construction of Puerto Rican
Identity.” The panelists were, Dr. Juan Manuel Carrion, University of
Puerto Rico, Dr. Marie Ramos Rosado, University of Puerto Rico, and
Dr. William Fred Santiago, Director Lewis Walker Institute for Race &
Ethnic Relations at Western Michigan University.
- From left to right, Dr.
Carrion, UPR, Dr. Ramos Rosado, UPR Dr. Rodriguez, CSULB and Dr. Santiago
Valle, Michigan State, Kalamazoo
Following is a workshop I led with Mr. Ernesto Vigoreaux last July 13, 2000 at UCLA during the National Coalition of Education Activists. Here we are answering questions from the teachers who were participating in the "Resistance in Paradise" Institute.
I recently co-trained with Crossroads Ministry Executive Director, Joseph Barndt, a gathering of more than 70 persons representing a number of local community organizations in Leavenworth, Washington State. The following photo is of the beautiful and quaint downtown view from Leavenworth, WA
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Below are two of the students leaders from the Latino student organization which co-sponsored the Unity Conference at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. I led workshops and was the keynote speaker.
