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Friday, May 9th
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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 A HLAFSA event supported by the Cambio Center
Latin American Students Stop Day Celebration
All Latin American Mizzou students are invited to get together and know each other, and faculty and staff as well. HLAFSA is providing free pizza and refreshments.
Flyer available.
Free and open to MU students, faculty and staff.
Cambio Center, 301 Gentry Hall, MU
For more information, contact Christiane Quinn (QuinnC@missouri.edu, or 573-882-2978). |
Monday, May 12th
5:00 p.m.
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An HLAFSA event
Young Bilingual Poets Contest Awards
(Sixth Year)
Poetry Award Ceremony and Reading, with the winning participants from the 2008 Bilingual (English and Spanish) Poetry Contest for Columbia students in 8th to 12th grades.
Flyer available
Free and open to the public.
RagTag Theatre — 10 Hitt St., Columbia
Organized by the Hispanic & Latin American Faculty and Staff Association (HLAFSA); College of Engineering, University of Missouri - Columbia; Columbia Public Schools; and RagTag.
More information: Christiane Quinn, 882-2978, quinnc@missouri.edu |
February 9 – May 18
Tuesday through Friday, 9-4
Saturday and Sunday, Noon-4
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University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology
Before Columbus: Iconography in the Ancient Americas
The exhibition includes works ranging from the Peruvian highlands and Amazon Basin through Mesoamerica to ancient Missouri.
Free and open to the public.
Pickard Hall is on Francis Quadrangle next to the Columns. It is at the corner of Ninth Street and University Avenue in Columbia, Missouri
More info at the Museum website. |
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September 26-27, 2008
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Save the Date! A New Cambio Center Event!
First Student Midwest Latino Research Symposium:
Los Pioneros del Futuro
September 26-27, 2008
Memorial Union, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
An academic event organized by Cambio Center student fellows, managed by the Cambio Center.
Announcement sheet available.
More information will be posted at the Cambio Center website.
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Tuesday,
April 29th, 7-9 p.m.
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Discover Brazilian and Colombian culture at Buscando América
A taste of Brazilian and Colombian cultures and information about current events in both countries. This event will feature a dance performance and lesson by MU Latin Dance Club, samples of traditional Colombian and Brazilian food, as well as displays where you can explore each culture on your own.
Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union, MU
Sponsored by AIESEC Mizzou, MU Latin Dance Club and the Luso-Brazilian Student Association. |
April 20-25
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International Education Week
Organized by the International Center
Please check the web site or download the program flyer (PDF file) for details about activities, times, and venues.
For more information contact the International Center: 882-6007. |
Thursday,
April 24th, 6:00 p.m.
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School of Journalism Ethics Week Presentation
Gustavo Arellano, Creator of Syndicated Column, "Ask A Mexican!"
Ask a Mexican! is a nationally syndicated weekly column written by Gustavo Arellano published by Orange County's alternative weekly OC Weekly. It was first published in 2004 as a one-time spoof, but it ended up becoming one of the weekly's most popular columns. Gustavo has turned the column into a book, and he’ll be joining MU SPJ for a discussion of media stereotypes and how he tries to combat cultural ignorance with humor and insight.
204 Neff Hall (School of Journalism), MU
For more information contact Charles Davis, School of Journalism: 882-5736. |
Thursday, April 24th
Noon - 1 pm
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Gist International Seminar on International Affairs
"Moche and Chimu Archeological Digs near Trujillo, Peru"
A Brown-Bag Luncheon Seminar presentation by LeRoy Olson, Veterinary School , MU
Free and open to the public. (You can bring your lunch.)
Room S203 Memorial Union - The Arvarh Strickland Room
For more information, contact Rebecca A. O'Neal, 882-6008. |
Saturday April 19th
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Global Issues Clubs of Hickman High School and Rock Bridge High School present:
3rd Annual Goodwill Conference-Latin America
Speakers: MU's Moisés Arce (Political Science) and Centro Latino's Eduardo Crespi.
The conference is intended to educate the community on issues concerning the relationship between the United States and foreign regions, as well as to inform people about what they as individuals can do to improve the problems faced by people in different countries as well as in our city.
Free, catered lunch will be provided by Tequila Mexican Bar and Restaurant
Latin band Del Alma will be performing during lunch
The event is completely free to the public and all ages are welcome.
Hickman High School, Business Loop 70 & Providence Road. |
Saturday,
April 12th
8 AM - 5:00 p.m.
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2008 HALO (Hispanic American Leadership
Organization) Regional Conference
“Celebrating Our Past, Building Our Future”
A series of leadership workshops and discussions. Please see full details at the conference website: www.muhaloconference.com
Memorial Union, MU
This event is organized by MU's HALO students. |
April 7-9, 2008
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Seventh Annual Conference
Cambio de colores (Change of Colors) 2008
Latinos in Missouri: Uniting Cultures - Uniendo culturas
www.cambiodecolores.org
April 7-9, 2008
Stoney Creek Inn
Columbia, Missouri
Co-sponsored by UM, Alianzas, and MU, managed by the Cambio Center.
More information available at the conference Web site:
www.cambiodecolores.org
(This Web site is also a resource of information regarding the topics of the conference.) |
April 3-4
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Conference On Afro-Romance Film And Culture
Organized by the Afro-Romance Institute of the University of Missouri-Columbia
Please download the full program (PDF file) for details about times and venues.
For more information contact the conference chair, Juanamaría Cordones-Cook. |
Thursday, April 3rd
Noon - 1 pm
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Gist International Seminar on International Affairs
"Communities, Feminist Activisms, and Presidential Politics in Argentina, 2001 - 2007"
A Brown-Bag Luncheon Seminar presentation by Gwyn Weathers, Department of Romance Languages , MU
Free and open to the public. (You can bring your lunch.)
Room S203 Memorial Union - The Arvarh Strickland Room
For more information, contact Rebecca A. O'Neal, 882-6008. |
Wednesday, March 19th
Noon - 1 pm
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A Cambio Center Brown Bag Talk
"Cancer, Class, and
Causality: Medicine,
Disease, and the Politics of
Representation in
Venezuela—Implications
for U.S. Latinas"
A presentation by Rebecca
G. Martínez,
Ph.D., Visiting
Assistant
Professor,
Psychological Sci., Cambio Center fellow.
Free and open to the public. (You can bring your lunch.)
Flyer available (PDF)
Cambio Center, 301 Gentry Hall, MU
For more information, contact Christiane Quinn (QuinnC@missouri.edu, or 573-882-2978). |
Monday, March 10th
Noon
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Journalism Brown Bag
"Jornal Companheiros de Luta:
Um Lamento Jovem do Daruê Malungo -
Empowerment through Journalism:
Social Change through Youth Media Production in Northeast Brazil"
A presentation by Carolina Escalera, MU Journalism student.
Carolina Escalera taught and facilitated a journalism class as a research project
in one of the most low-income areas of Recife, PE, Brazil, with 40 at-risk adolescents in November 2007. The
study explores how journalism can be used as a powerful force in democratic societies for change.
Free and open to the public.
Flyer available.
Tucker Forum Auditorium – 85 Gannet Hall, MU
Contact: Missouri School of Journalism
Earl English Graduate Studies Center
116 Walter Williams Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-4852
This event is co-sponsored by MU’s
chapter of the National Association
of Hispanic Journalists. |
Saturday, March 8
8-10 p.m.
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Special Event
International Women’s Day Gala
Featured Speaker: Barbara Martínez-Jitner
An event that honors the international women at MU.
Come celebrate International Women’s Day with one of the First Latina executive producers of a prime-time network television series, Barbara Martínez-Jitner. Golden Globe and Emmy nominated Martínez-Jitner is executive producer/writer/director for the miniseries American Family.
Martínez-Jitner will discuss her critically acclaimed documentary La Frontera. This film inspired the movie, Bordertown, starring Jennifer Lopez. In her documentary, Martínez-Jitner posed as a factory worker on the US/Mexico border in order to uncover a dark world of grueling poverty and sexual abuse that leads to murder.
About Barbara Martinez-Jitner.
Flyer available.
Conservation Auditorium in the Natural Resources Building
Contact Information:
Name: Kathy Murray
Phone: 573-882-3780
Email: MurrayK@missouri.edu
Sponsored by the MSA/GPC International Programming Committee.
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Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.
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University Concert Series
State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra -
Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México
Scheduled program: Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2; Joaquin Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre; Carlos Chávez: Sinfonía India No. 2; Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Enrique Bátiz, conductor, artistic director. Alfonso Moreno, guitar.
Both artists are known worldwide and have extensive discographies.
Mr. Enrique Bátiz website (bilingual).
Mr. Alfonso Moreno website (mostly in Spanish, bio and some reviews in English).
Orchestra web site (in Spanish).
Jesse Auditorium
For ticket information ($18, $22, $30), please call 882-3781. |
Saturday, March 1
8 p.m.
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The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Music
presents:
Guest Artist Recital: Evgueni Ratchev, violin
Evgueni Ratchev, Professor and Concertmaster at the State University of Londrina in Paraná, Brazil.
Whitmore Recital Hall, MU School of Music
Suggested $5 donation
Information at: http://music.missouri.edu/ |
Thursday, February 28th
7 pm
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University Concert Series
Gabriela Montero Piano Concert
Scheduled program: Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9;
Alberto Ginastera (Argentina): Sonata No. 1, Op. 22;
Free improvisation
Venezuela-born Gabriela Montero has been performing publicly since age 5. She has appeared with orchestras in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and she recently made her debut with the New York Philharmonic.
Gabriela Montero website.
Jesse Auditorium
For ticket information ($15), please call 882-3781. |
Wednesday, February 20th
Noon
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CANCELLED
Agricultural Economics Lunch & Learn Seminars
"An overview of Brazilian Agriculture"
A presentation by María Rodríguez Alcalá, Instructor and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies, MU Department of
Agricultural Economics.
Free and open to the public.
217 Mumford Hall, MU
Contact: Jody Pestle, Agricultural Economics, , 882-3747. |
Thursday, February 14th
Noon - 1 pm
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Gist International Seminar on International Affairs
"US/Mexican Border Issues"
A Brown-Bag Luncheon Seminar presentation by Larry G. Brown
Instructor in Geography, MU
Free and open to the public. (You can bring your lunch.)
Room S16 Memorial Union
For more information, contact Rebecca A. O'Neal, 882-6008. |
Friday, December 7th
6-10 p.m.
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HLAFSA General Meeting and Election of Officers -
Holiday Dinner
This is the annual meeting of the Hispanic & Latin American Faculty & Staff Association (HLAFSA) of the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Everyone is welcome!
More information forthcoming.
HLAFSA will provide drinks and music. You just need to bring a dish (or snacks) to share.
Arvarh E. Strickland Room - S203 Memorial Union
For more information call Christiane Quinn: 882-2978; quinnc@missouri.edu. |
Thursday, December 6th
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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A HLAFSA event supported by the Cambio Center
Latin American Students Stop Day Celebration
All Latin American Mizzou students are invited to get together and know each other, and faculty and staff as well. HLAFSA is providing free pizza and refreshments.
Flyer available.
Free and open to MU students, faculty and staff.
Cambio Center, 301 Gentry Hall, MU
For more information, contact Christiane Quinn (QuinnC@missouri.edu, or 573-882-2978). |
Monday, December 3rd
4 - 5:30 p.m.
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Chancellor’s Global Issues Forum
Difficult Dialogues in the Immigration Debate
Panelists: Abdullahi Ibrahim, MU Associate Professor of History; Kris W. Kobach, Daniel L. Brenner/ UMKC Scholar and Professor of Law; Rigel C. Oliveri, MU Associate Professor of Law
Chancellor Brady J. Deaton will moderate an interactive forum on immigration
issues. Immigration is often a media hot button and a major focus in political debates. In
addition to immigration across the U.S.-Mexican border, controversial issues have been raised
about homeland security and the threat of terrorism. Higher education institutions face threats to academic freedom when foreign scholars encounter problems obtaining visas to enter the U.S.
Flyer available.
Free and open to the public.
Ellis Auditorium, MU Campus (West side of Ellis Library, entrance by 9th St.)
Sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office and the MU Difficult Dialogues
Program
Contact Information: Noor Azizan-Gardner, (573) 882-6282, Azizan-GardnerN@missouri.edu |
Wednesday, November 14th
3-5 pm
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Lecture and Reception to Celebrate Two New Books:
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Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo newest novel: El Metro
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Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo novel: Shadows of Your Black Memory, first publication of his work in English (translation by MU's Michael Ugarte).
Lecture: "The Shadows of History and the Amorphous Globality: Migrants
from the South"
Benita Sampedro, Hofstra University
Lecture at 3 p.m., followed by a reception at 4 p.m.
Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo is an internationally acclaimed Equatorial Guinean
novelist, historian, journalist and critic. He currently holds the position of
Writer in Residence in the Department of Romance Languages and
Literature’s Afro-Romance Institute
Flyer available (PDF).
Free and open to the public.
Large Room of the Black Culture Center, MU (813 Virginia Ave.)
Books will be made available for purchase
Sponsored by MU's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures,
Afro Romance Institute, Chancellors Diversity Initiative, and Lectures
Committee.
More information from: ugartem@missouri.edu
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Wednesday, November 14th
Noon - 1 pm
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A Cambio Center Brown Bag Talk
"Vernacular and Dominant Literacies in the Latino Community"
A presentation by Denice Atkins, MU School of Information Science & Learning Technologies (SISLT), Cambio Center fellow.
Literacy is not only a functional skill but a social practice, and that practice is used to communicate within and between cultures. This ethnographic observation of literacy practices finds three primary literacy motivations in the Latino Community: 1) Economic Support, 2) Defining Identity, and 3) Defining Community
Free and open to the public. (You can bring your lunch.)
Flyer available (PDF)
Cambio Center, 301 Gentry Hall, MU
For more information, contact Christiane Quinn (QuinnC@missouri.edu, or 573-882-2978). |
Friday, November 9th
7:30 PM
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Special Lecture
"Healing Communities Torn by Racism and Violence"
A lecture by 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Rigoberta Menchú (Tum) of Guatemala
Rigoberta Menchú won the Nobel Prize for her work in Guatemala to combat racism and violence from the 1980’s to the present day. As a Spanish speaker who has lived in exile in Mexico over the years, she offers a unique cross-cultural perspective. She is the only indigenous person to ever run for President of Guatemala, one of only 10 female Nobelists, and the only indigenous Nobel Peace Laureate is worthy of recognition.
Brochure available (PDF).
Free and open to the public.
Memorial Union Mark Twain Ballroom (N201-N202), MU
Organized by MU Peace Studies and William Woods University
Sponsored by William Woods University, MU Peace Studies, MU Centers for the Arts & Humanities, MU
English Department, Women’s & Gender Studies Dept., the Center for Religion & the Professions, the Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office, Cambio Center at MU, MU Multi-cultural Certificate Program, Provost’s Lectures Committee, MU's Hispanic & Latin American Faculty and Staff Association (HLAFSA), and Dr. DeSpain’s
Skintuition Medical Spa. |
Thursday, October 25th
Noon - 1 pm
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A Cambio Center Brown Bag Talk
"The Cambio Center and Border Immigration in the Cono Sur: A Progress Report "
A presentation and dialogue by Domingo Martínez, Cambio Center Coordinator, about developing a network of researchers and stakeholders in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
Border immigration is and has always been a world-wide phenomenon. Countries in South America send and receive many immigrants among them. There are similarities and differences with the situation in the United States and Missouri.
Free and open to the public. (You can bring your lunch.)
Flyer available (PDF)
Cambio Center, 301 Gentry Hall, MU
For more information, contact Christiane Quinn (QuinnC@missouri.edu, or 573-882-2978). |
Saturday, October 20th
4 PM - Midnight
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Centro Latino presents at MU:
A Fall Celebration / Día de los muertos
A cultural celebration of fall with a movie, DJ music, dancing, games and free food. Costume contest.
Everybody is welcome. Costumes are optional.
4:00 p.m. The movie “Letters from the Other Side” will be showed.
Flyer available
Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union (main floor), MU (Hitt Street)
Free and open to the public. Families are welcome.
(Donations of $5 for the Centro Latino's After-School program will be accepted.)
Organized by the Centro Latino, Columbia.
Sponsored by HLAFSA
Contact: Centro Latino - (573) 449-9442 |
Friday, October 5th
3:30 pm
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Department of Human Development and Family Studies
3rd Annual Diversity Lecture
"Welcoming Latino Newcomers to the US: Social and
Economic Considerations"
Dr. Miguel Carranza, Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
Free and open to the public.
Flyer available (PDF)
Jesse Wrench Auditorium (south wing of the Memorial Union), MU
Co-sponsored by the Cambio Center. |
Thursday, October 4th
12:30 PM
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An HLAFSA Hispanic Heritage Month activity
"Black Women, Racism and
Miscegenation
in Brazil"
An informal talk by Monica Conrado, Visiting Professor of Sociology from Brazil.
Free and open to the public.
MPR– room 116, Black Culture Center
Flyer available.
Sponsored by HLAFSA and Partners of the Americas.
More information: Renée Díaz-Madrid, (573) 884-3240.
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Wednesday, September 19th
Noon - 1 pm
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A Cambio Center Brown Bag Talk
"Alianzas: Facilitating Partnerships with Hispanic/Latino Communities in Missouri"
A presentation by Christina Vasquez Case, Ph.D., Cambio Center fellow; Director of Alianzas, a program of University of Missouri Extension and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human Development.
She will discuss the development and structure of Alianzas, its current statewide programs, and challenges and strategies that have been identified along the way. Also, learn how you can support outreach efforts to Hispanic/Latino residents and why it is important to do so.
Free and open to the public. (You can bring your lunch.)
Flyer available (PDF)
Cambio Center, 301 Gentry Hall, MU
For more information, contact Christiane Quinn (QuinnC@missouri.edu, or 573-882-2978).
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Sunday September 9th
1 p.m.- 5 p.m.
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An HLAFSA Hispanic Heritage Month activity
Hispanic Heritage Month Picnic
The Hispanic & Latin American Faculty and Staff Association of the University of Missouri-Columbia (HLAFSA) is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and welcoming new MU Faculty & Staff!
HLAFSA will provide the main dish and drinks. If you can, please bring a side dish.
Free and Open to staff, faculty, students and the community. All are invited.
Hulen Lake Shelter house
Flyer and map available here.
Sponsored by HLAFSA.
More information: Ruth Walters, 474-7244 (waltersrd@missouri.edu).
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Saturday, August 18th
9 AM - 4 PM
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MU's Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) presents:
Second Fall Latino Student Orientation
An event to welcome the new Mizzou Latino/Hispanic students.
More information coming soon!
Contact: Becky Christ
Student Coordinator of the 2nd Annual Latino Student Orientation
H.A.L.O. Historian
rcc7t8@mizzou.edu |
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