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Fall 2009 Calendar of Events

 

 

Monday, November 23, 2009
4:30 PM * Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

By transnational Mixtec activist, Valentia Torres

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Fall 2009
Latino Studies Program  
Fridays With Faculty Lunch Series

12 Noon • 4TH Floor Rockefeller Hall

Join us for FREE lunch while having the
opportunity to meet a different faculty/administrator each week!
We invite you to attend all or part of the lunches.

September 18 * Latino Studies Welcome Lunch

September 25 * Renee Alexander
Director, Alumni Affairs Minority Programs

October 2 * Moji Olaniyan
 Executive Director, OMEA (Office of Minority Educational Affairs)

October 9 * Carlos Bustamante
 Professor, Bio Stats and Computation Biology

October 23 * Eloy Rodriguez
James A Perkins Professor, Plant Biology

October 30 * Maria Cristina Garcia
 Professor,  Latino Studies/Department of History

November 6 * Jane Juffer
Associate Professor, English/FGSS

 
These lunches made possible with support from the
Vice Provost for Undergrad Education

Open to the Cornell Community

Latino Studies Program * 434 Rockefeller Hall * Phone: 255-3197

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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Time • 3:30-6:00 PM


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Friday, September 4, 2009
7:00 PM • Latino Living Center

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Friday, September 18, 2009
12 Noon • 4th Floor Rockefeller Hall

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Thursday, September 24, 2009
12:30 pm • 429 Rockefeller Hall

The Latino Studies Program invites you to join
Latina poet, Gina Franco for lunch and informal discussion


Gina Franco's collection of poems, The Keepsake Storm, was published by the University of Arizona Press Camino del Sol Latina/o Literary Series in 2004. Her work appears in numerous journals and anthologies, including Black Warrior Review, BorderSenses, Copper Nickel, Crazyhorse, Fence, The Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Seneca Reveiw, Tuesday; an Art Project, Zone 3, A Best of Fence: the First Nine Years, and The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry. She received an Academy of American Poets Prize, the Robert Chasen Poetry Prize, the Corson-Bishop Poetry Prize, and the 2006 Bread Loaf Meralmikjen Fellowship in Poetry. She divides her time between Galesburg, Illinois, where she teaches English and creative writing at Knox College, and the Arizona desert where she grew up.

This visit is part of the Creative Writing Program/Department of EnglishCentennial
Plus Five Reading Series.
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/creative/readings/2009/fall/

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
7:00 pm • Uris Auditorium

La Onda Chicana/The Chicano Wave
From the birth of Tejano music through the musical innovations that would
galvanize the Chicano movement, to the top of the charts with Ritchie Valens,
Freddy Fender, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt and Selena, La Onda Chicana/The Chicano Wave
explores the evolution of Mexican-American music as Chicano artists struggle against discrimination and move from the fringes of American society to the national stage. Screening of the film followed by a Q&A with filmmaker John Valadez
Sponsored by Latino Studies Program, Latin American Studies & CUSLAR
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Friday, October 2, 2009
6:30 PM * Mews Hall Lounge

CAFE CON LECHE: 
SERVICE THROUGH LEADERSHIP:
FROM COMMUNITY TO CANDIDACY

Part of the Latino Living Center's Cafe con Leche
On Tour Discussion Series

Hear the testimony of Cornell alumna: ROSA CLEMENTE
as she speaks on her experiences in community organizing for grassroots justice
and being the FIRST Latina in US history to be on the vice-presidential ballot in the 2008 election.

Presented by: Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Senoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. 
Sponsored by: Mews Hall, Cornell University's Office of the Provost, Government Department, and Ujamaa Residential College
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Friday, October 9, 2009

DEADLINE for submission of applications for

Latino Studies
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS: 
Grants will be awarded to undergraduate students who wish to engage in research
projects and whose ultimate goal is to enhance the understanding and knowledge of
the Latino/a experience in the United States. Students enrolled in public service and
internship programs are encouraged to apply. Only full-time Cornell University students
who are sophomores, juniors or seniors in good academic standing with a G.P.A of at
least a 3.0 are eligible.

GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS:
Research grants are available to graduate students working on projects that focus on
some aspect of the Latino/a experience in the United States. Preference will be given
to projects that will result in a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation.
Only full time Cornell University students who are in good academic standing
with a G.P.A of at least 3.0 are eligible.

For additional information http://latino.lsp.cornell.edu/researchgrants.asp

All supporting documents must be submitted to the
Latino Studies Program, 434 Rockefeller by the deadline
in order to be eligible.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
7:00 pm * Uris Auditorium

Sin Nombre

Making its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Sin Nombre is
an epic dramatic thriller from award-winning director Cary Fukunaga.

Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaytan),
joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside
en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang
member, El Casper (Edgar M. Flores), who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude
his unforgiving former associates. Together they must rely on faith, trust and street smarts if
they are to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope of new lives.

Discussant: Cecelia Lawless, Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University

Sponsored by Latino Studies Program, Latin American Studies Program & CUSLAR
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Friday, October 16, 2009
5:30 pm • WSH Memorial Room


Latino Studies Program
17th A n n u a l U n i t y  D i n n e r

Celebrating Latino Heritage Month

Guest Speaker: Eric Rosario
First Latino elected to Ithaca Common Council and Co-founder of
Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County

Performances, Poetry Readings, Alumni Guests, and More!

Doors open 5:30 pm * Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room
Tickets are limited and available at the LSP Office, 434 Rockefeller Hall


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Saturday, October 24, 2009
7:30 pm • James Law Auditorium

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Wednesday and Thursday, November 3 - 4, 2009
8:00pm • Barnes Hall

 

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