MU Americas Calendar

November 13-20

"Building a Global Community"

International Education Week

International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

Detailed information at the IEW web page.

Brief list of events:

• Friday, November 13 2:30 - 3:30 pm
  Immigration Seminar & Legal Clinic for Postdocs (event flyer - PDF)
  573 Life Sciences Center, MU
• Monday, November 16
  Study Abroad Photo Contest Awards
  Luncheon by invitation only
  Finalist photos available on line.
• Tuesday, November 17, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 pm
  Movie - Fulbright: The Man, the Mission, the Message
  Free and Open to the Public
  Hawthorne Lounge, Memorial Union, MU
• Tuesday, November 17 7:00 pm
  Talk: China's 30 Years of 'Opening Up and Reform'
  Continuities and Change Visiting scholar Professor Lingling Qi
  N103 (Stotler Lounge III) Memorial Union, MU
• Wednesday, November 18, 3:00 - 4:30 pm,
  MU's connections with the Republic of Georgia: Past, Present and Possible Futures
  Discussion led by MU Professors Byron Scott, Jim McCartney and Jim Scott
  Jesse Wrench Auditorium, Memorial Union, MU
• Thursday, November 19, 3:30 – 5:00 pm
  Chancellor's Global Issues Forum - The Fulbright Program: Changing our Campus, Changing our World
  Open forum moderated by MU Chancellor Brady Deaton.
  Chamber Auditorium, MU Student Center (located above the University Bookstore)
• Friday, November 20, 11:30 AM
  Thanksgiving Luncheon for First Year International Students
  This event is by invitation only.

Wednesday, November 18
12:30-1:30 p.m.

The Roundtable for Research on Black History, Life, and Culture Series

“Exploring Havana’s Black Renaissance”

Presenter: Dr. Juanamaria Cordones Cook, Associate Professor

Afro-Latin American literature and culture with concentration on Afro-Cuban writers and artists.

Event website

Location: Gentry Hall Rm 323

Sponsor: Black Studies Program

Contact: Phone: 573-882-6229
E-mail: blackstudies@missouri.edu

Wednesdays,
Fall Semester
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

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Conversación en español

Conversation Table in Spanish

Open to Spanish learners and speakers. All levels are welcome.

Please come and join for an informal weekly chat in Spanish.

Flyer (PDF)

Where: Memorial Union Bengal Lair (look for a "Mesa de español" sign in the main area)

More information: Gabriela Castro-Barrientos, castrobarrientosm@missouri.edu (Department of Romance Languages)

Thursday, October 15
Thursday, October 29
Thursday, November 19

 
 

Why is it so difficult to talk about race?

Courageous Conversations about Race & Civility:
A Dialogue for Everyone

You are invited to help us explore Race & Civility, through a 3-part dialogue series of Town Hall, Interactive Theatre and Community Dialogue.

Town Hall & Interactive Theatre

Thursday, October 15
Bush Auditorium, Cornell Hall
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Town Hall & Panel Discussion

Thursday, October 29
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Town Hall & Community Dialogue

Thursday, November 19
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

The event is free and open to faculty, staff, students, alums and members of the Columbia community.

This series is a project of the MU Difficult Dialogues Program (supported by the Ford Foundation) in collaboration with the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative, the Multicultural Center and the Gaines Oldham Black Culture Center.

Event Flyer

Event website

For more information contact the MU Chancellor's Diversity Initiative at S303 Memorial Union via phone 573.882.5838, or e-mail diversity@missouri.edu

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Noon

Cambio Center Brown Bag Movie Series

"Made in L. A."

(More information forthcoming)

Elver Pardo, Cambio Center fellow, will introduce the movie.

110S Memorial Union (South)

A Cambio Center activity.

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Noon

Cambio Center Brown Bag Movie Series

"Forgotten Americans"

(More information forthcoming)

Rebecca Martínez, Cambio Center fellow, will introduce the movie.

110S Memorial Union (South)

A Cambio Center activity.

May 24-26, 2010

Save the Date!

Ninth Annual Conference

Cambio de colores (Change of Colors) 2010
Latinos in the Heartland

A Multi-State Conference about Integration of Immigrants

May 24-26, 2010
Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia, Missouri

www.cambiodecolores.org
www.latinosintheheartland.com
 

Organized by the University of Missouri’s Cambio Center.

Supported by MU’s Hispanic and Latin American Faculty and Staff Association (HLAFSA), Alianzas, University of Missouri Extension, and community and corporate partners, and state and local government institutions.

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, and an archive of all past conferences.)

Thursday, November 12th
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
 

Lecture and Reception

Lecture: "Equatorial Guinea Before and After Independence" by Juan Manuel Davies

Juan Manuel Davies is a writer from Equatorial Guinea who has spent a good part of his life in Spain and the U. S. He has authored several collections of poetry, including Abiomo. He has also written narratives; his most recent is Siete días en Bioko (Seven days in Bioko).

Flyer available (PDF).

The presentation is free and open to the public.
Reception immediately following the presentation

Black Culture Center, Main Multipurpose Room, MU (813 Virginia Ave.)

Sponsors: The AfroRomance Institute, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Chancellors Diversity Programming, and the MU Black Studies Program.

More information from: ugartem@missouri.edu

Tuesday, November 10th
Noon

Cambio Center Brown Bag Movie Series

"New Faces on Main Street" (1998)

Recent waves of Southeast Asian and Latino immigrants are changing the complexion of many small towns in the Midwest. "New Faces on Main Street" investigates the status of these newcomers--their struggle to hold onto their traditions while contributing to their adopted communities. Using Northeastern Wisconsin as a microcosm for middle America, this documentary also addresses the negative perceptions of established residents who may not be entirely comfortable with a heterogeneous American heartland.

Color, 60 minutes, English and Spanish with English subtitles.

Free and open to the public.

Website

Judi Davenport, Professor Emerita and Cambio Center fellow, will introduce the movie.

110S Memorial Union (South)

A Cambio Center activity.

Saturday, October 31st
6 PM to Midnight

Centro Latino presents at MU:

Día de los muertos - A Fall Celebration

A cultural celebration of fall and Latin American culture, and to create awareness of the victims of Human Trafficking

Costume Contest, Raffle, Music, Dance and Food.

Event Flyer

Stotler Lounge, in the main floor of the Memorial Union, MU (Hitt Street)
Free and open to the public. Families are welcome.

Organized by the Centro Latino, Columbia.
Sponsored by HLAFSA and HALO and the Stop Human Trafficking Coalition.
Contact: Centro Latino - (573) 449-9442

Wednesday, October 28, 7:00 PM

Free Panel Discussion

"Honduras: Insights on the Nation, the Coup and the People's Struggle for Democracy"

Panelists will include: Eric Blandon, MU Associate Professor of Spanish and specialist on Central America; Virginia Druhe (traveled recently to Honduras); and Michael Ugarte, MU Professor of Spanish.

Room 204, Strickland Hall (formerly GCB), MU
Parking available in the Turner Ave. Parking Garage, one block west on Maryland Ave.

For more information please contact Jeff at 573- 449-4585

Thursday, October 15th
Noon - 2 PM

The University of Missouri Cambio Center presents a Research Panel to celebrate its Fifth Year and Hispanic Heritage Month 2009

Latinos in Missouri: Exploring Community Integration

Presentation of Findings of the Cambio Center Four-Year Research Project “Asset Accumulation in Three New Settlement Communities”
Followed by a Dialogue About the Unique Challenges of Community-Based Research with a Vulnerable Population

The Cambio Center presents a Research Panel to celebrate its Fifth Year and Hispanic Heritage Month 2009. Cambio Center fellows will describe and present advance results of a USDA-funded research project.

Presenters will be the following Cambio Center fellows:

• Corinne Valdivia, Agricultural Economics, CAFNR; Principal Investigator
• Lisa Flores, Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, College of Education; Co-Principal Investigator
• Stephen Jeanetta, Community Development, University of Missouri Extension; Co-Principal Investigator
• Domingo Martínez, Cambio Center; Co-Principal Investigator
• Pedro Dozi, Agricultural Economics, CAFNR; Graduate Research Assistant

Panel program:

• Introduction: Domingo Martínez
• Brief remarks by Vice Provost Handy Williamson
• Asset Accumulation in Three New Settlement Communities – Project Overview
• Focus Groups: Assessing Social and Cultural Capital
• PhotoVoice: Community Welcoming and Belonging
• Household Survey: A Quantitative Measurement

Free and open to the public

Flyer (PDF)

217 Mumford Hall (building at the South East corner of Hitt St. and University Ave.)

More information: Cambio Center: 882-2978

Wednesday, October 14th
Noon
 

 

Cambio Center Brown Bag Movie Series

"Farmingville" (2003)

The Cambio Center starts a new Brown Bag movie series with this docurama.

In the late 1990's, some 1,500 Mexican workers moved to the middle-class town of Farmingville. In some ways a familiar American story—an influx of illegal immigrants to do work the locals won't; rising tensions with the Anglo populations; charges and counter-charges of lawlessness and racism; protest marches, unity rallies and internet campaigns. Then came the vicious hate crimes that tore the community apart. But this story does not take place in California or Texas, this takes place in Farmingville, New York on Long Island. Produced and directed by Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval.Free and open to the public.

Color, 78 minutes, English and Spanish with English subtitles.

Domingo Martínez, Director of the Cambio Center, will introduce the movie.

Flyer (PDF)

Eyler Family Room - 110 South Memorial Union

A Cambio Center activity.

More information: Cambio Center: 882-2978

Monday, October 12th,
7:00 p.m.

 

A unique chamber music & theatre work about three Latin American women

"Tres Vidas"

Performed by Florida-based and internationally known The Core Ensemble (cello, piano & percussion) and featuring Georgina Corbo as Frida Kahlo, Rufina Amaya and Alfonsina Storni

A music theatre work produced by the CORE ENSEMBLE and written by MARJORIE AGOSIN
GEORGINA CORBO, Actress
THE CORE ENSEMBLE: Tahirah Whittington, Cello; Hugh Hinton, Piano; Michael Parola, Percussion
MATTHEW WRIGHT, Stage Director. CINDI BLANK, Set Designer. HUGH HINTON, Script Editor and Musical Advisor

Full program includes musical pieces by Piazzola, Ginastera, Alice Gómez, Michael deMurga, and chamber arrangements of traditional music, as well as brief bios of the characters and of the performers.
Postcard (PDF)
Full color poster (PDF, 1.6 Mb))

Stotler Lounge - North Memorial Union (main floor), MU

Contacts: Liz Reed, HALO Vice President: evrhf2@mail.mizzou.edu

Sponsored by MU's Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO)

More Latin Dancing!

Club El Fuego: Free Latin Club

Everyone is welcome!

Flyer (PDF).

Mark Twain Ballroom [Rooms 201/202]- North Memorial Union

Contacts: Liz Reed, HALO Vice President: evrhf2@mail.mizzou.edu

Sponsored by MU's Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO)

The Minority Student Leadership Summit

Free to all students. Register in advance.
Download registration form.
Summit's Flyer

A one day activity that offers minority students at the University of Missouri the opportunity to learn more about themselves as individuals and explore THEIR Mizzou Experience and develop tools to be successful in college and beyond!  Through workshops, presentations, and speakers, this Summit will teach students how to become the architects for their own college experience bridging the gap between where they are from & who they are, to where they want to go and the person who they want to be.  Students who attend this free summit will explore their identity, learn more about effective leadership, and be challenged to develop a plan to make change and to take their leadership to the next level! 

MUMC Conference Center - 204 S. 9th Street

Sponsored by the following MU offices: Academic Retention Services, Cambio Center, Multicultural Center, Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, Center for Leadership Development, Missouri Students Association (MSA), Legion of Black Collegians (LBC) and Gaines-Oldham Black Culture

For more information and to sign up: leadership@missouri.edu

Tuesday, October 6th
7 - 8 p.m.

Hispanic Heritage Month Talk

Joe Aguilar, assistant sports editor for The Daily Herald

Joe Aguilar is an assistant sports editor for The Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill, the largest and oldest Chicago-area suburban newspaper. He also anchors the newspaper's weekly prep football web videos and covers Chicago Bears football and professional golf. He's also covered Chicago's two major league baseball teams, the Cubs and White Sox, as well as Chicago Blackhawks hockey. He also makes frequent guest appearances on Chicago's ABC-TV affiliate Channel 7 to discuss pro sports.

Tucker Forum, at Gannett Hall, Missouri School of Journalism, MU

Contacts: Jacqui Mejia JM437@mail.missouri.edu, Shannon Montanez smy93@mail.mizzou.edu

Sponsors: MU chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists & the Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO).

Saturday, October 3rd
1:30 p.m.

An HLAFSA Hispanic Heritage Month activity

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 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!

Free and Open to staff, faculty, students and the community.

All are invited.
HLAFSA will provide the main dish and drinks. Please bring salad, dessert or comida típica to share

Hulen Lake Shelter house
Flyer and directions

Sponsored by HLAFSA.
More information: Ruth Walters, 882-3309
Christiane Quinn: 882-2978

Saturday, October 3rd
10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Lincoln University Cooperative Extension Field Day / Día de campo

In Touch with Nature / En contacto con la naturaleza

Exhibits, walking, and wagon tours by LU staff/faculty, MDC, MU, and other collaborators / Exhibiciones, caminatas, paseos guiados por personal de Lincoln University, MU y el Departamento de Conservación de Missouri

Activities include visits to native plant gardens, story telling, prairie and savanna under restoration, Dutch oven cooking classes using natives, and other environmental education activities.

Location: Alan T. Busby Farm, 5124 Goller Road, Jefferson City, MO

Flyers, including details and driving directions, available: English / Español (PDF)

Web page (Lincoln U.)

For more information please contact Cambio Center fellow Nadia Navarrete-Tindall (navarrete-tindalln@lincolnu.edu) or call 573-681-5392

Sponsored by Lincoln University (Jefferson City), University of Missouri Extension, and the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Latin Dancing!

Club El Fuego: Free Latin Club

Everyone is welcome!

Flyer (PDF).

Mark Twain Ballroom [Rooms 201/202]- North Memorial Union

Contacts: Liz Reed, HALO Vice President: evrhf2@mail.mizzou.edu

Sponsored by MU's Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO)

Tuesday, September 22nd

 
 

MU International Day

MU International Day is the annual event to celebrate and promote international diversity and showcase cultures represented by the international community at the University of Missouri.

• 9:00AM - 11:00AM - Country Flags Ceremony (In front of the Columns)
• 11:00- 2:00PM - International Bazaar (Lowry Mall)
  During the International Bazaar:
  • Multicultural Community Hour
  • Study Abroad Fair
• 2:00- 3:00PM - International work & Study abroad programs seminar (Memorial Union - Jesse Wrench Auditorium)
• 3:00- 4:00PM Open forum on Mizzou’s Olympics experience in Beijing (Jesse Wrench Auditorium)
• 4:30- 7:30 PM - Global Cuisine Dining & Tourin’ Tasting (Five dining halls - Plaza 900, Rollins, Eva J's, Mark Twain Market, and Dobbs Pavilion. University Club starting at 6:30 PM)
• 6:00- 7:30 PM - Peace Corps Session (MU Career Center)
• 7:30PM - "Kite Runner" Movie on MUTV network

Please check the web site for more information.
Also available: full program of activities.

Organized by Missouri International Student Council (MISC) and the MSA International Programming Committee.

Wednesday, September 16, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
 

“Diversity in Action” seminar

"Universal Values? Not According to the Facts!"

Peter M. Gardner, Professor Emeritus, MU Department of Anthropology

More than a century of scientific research reveals that key values having to do with gender, religion, and sexual morality vary greatly from culture to culture. Claims that humans have “universal values” are simply uninformed. And, to promote such values would be to attack humanity’s stock of accumulated wisdom.

Flyer available (PDF).

S206 Memorial Union
Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, S303 Memorial Union, 573.882.5838
http://diversity.missouri.edu

Sunday-Monday September 13th & 14th

American Culinary Federation - Central Missouri Chapter, and the University Club present:

2009 Latin Food Summit - Statewide Conference

The conference includes several tasting opportunities. Registration can be made for the full event or a la carte, for example:

• Chocolate and Desserts
• Building Latin Flavors BBQ
• Lunch Buffet
• Latin Multi-Course Dinner
• Latin Fiesta and Tapas Party (with Centro Latino)
• South American Wines, Chilies, Moles & Salsas

Program available for download (PDF)

Full or partial registration is required (Printable or interactive PDF form available)

Location: Reynolds Alumni Center, MU

Contact Information: Executive Chef Daniel Pliska
Phone: 573-882-2586, Email: PliskaD@missouri.edu

Thursday, September 10th
7 PM

Made in Mizzou!

"Mil Máscaras vs. The Aztec Mummy"

(Also known as "Mil Máscaras: Resurrection")

The Columbia premiere of the first of three films produced by an interdisciplinary collaboration of Mizzou faculty and students, along with professional actors and Mexican luchadores (wrestlers).

Filmed in Columbia, Missouri, and acclaimed in the world: you get to see the famous masked Mexican luchador and other lucha libre heroes roaming Jesse Hall, the MKT trail, and other mid-Missouri places. Mil Máscaras, played by himself, fights the Aztec Mummy, played by a Mizzou professor who also is one of the producers.

Free and open to the public.

Jesse Auditorium

(For more information about Mil Máscaras vs. the Aztec Mummy check out www.MMvsAM.com. For information about the other two films produced at Mizzou check out www.wwvsb.com and www.AztecRevenge.com.)

Sponsored by Student Life, College of Engineering, and Film Studies, MU

May 18-20, 2009

Eighth Annual Conference

Cambio de colores (Change of Colors) 2009
Latinos in the Heartland

A Multi-State Conference about Integration of Immigrants

Over 50 presenters from nine states:
Conference Program

May 18-20, 2009
Millennium Center
University of Missouri - St. Louis

www.cambiodecolores.org
www.latinosintheheartland.com
 

Organized by the University of Missouri’s Cambio Center in cooperation with the Multistate Research Project "Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities" – North Central Regional Center for Rural Development.

Supported by MU’s Hispanic and Latin American Faculty and Staff Association (HLAFSA), Alianzas, University of Missouri Extension, and community and corporate partners, and state and local government institutions.

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, and an archive of all past conferences.)

Wednesday, April 29th
Noon to 1 p.m.

Brown Bag Talk - School of Nursing

"A Model for Community College Partnerships in Addressing the Educational Needs of Latino Students in Indiana: The Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning (CITL)"

A talk by Rebecca Hernández, PhD, Director, Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning Assistant Professor of Nursing at Goshen College in Indiana

Dr. Hernández's talk will focus on the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning (http://citl.goshen.edu/) in Goshen, Indiana. The Center's mission is to increase diversity in higher education. They are working to learn how to increase educational access for Latino students in the Midwest.. Also how to extend these findings to better enroll and retain other students of color. Dr. Hernandez will also share some research results related to what works-- and what barriers families are facing.

Flyer available (PDF).

Free and open to the public. Please bring your lunch and join us.

S455 School of Nursing (at the NE corner of the Health Sciences Center, near Stankowski Field - map here)

Sponsored by MU's Sinclair School of Nursing
Contact: Tina Bloom, 573-882-0264

Latin Party!

"La última fiesta"

Come join us for a time of dancing, games, and fellowship among the Latino community at MU!Everyone is welcome!

The event is open for students, faculty & staff.
Live DJ and food provided!

Flyer (PDF).

MU Student Recreation Center
(South door, near Stankowski Field)

Sponsored by the Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) & the Hispanic-Latin American Faculty & Staff Association (HLAFSA)

Saturday, April 25th, 8:30 p.m.

The University of Missouri School of Music presents:

Special Guest Artist Recital: Brazilian Soprano Dione Colares Souza

Ms. Colares is artistic director of the renown Theatro da Paz in Belem, Brazil.
The program includes music by Villa-Lobos, Bizet, and Tchaikovsky.

Whitmore Recital Hall, MU School of Music, Fine Arts Building

Sponsored by the MU School of Music.

For more information please contact Ms. Susan Worstell, 573-884-1604, worstells@missouri.edu.

Thursday, April 23rd
5:30 p.m.

Lecture

"Practices of Raiding: Citizenship, Illegality, and the Government of Immigration"

A talk by Jon Inda, Associate Professor of the Latina/Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne will give a lecture about issues of race, ethnicity and how we police the border.   

Free and open to the public.

210 Strickland Hall, MU

Sponsored by the Department of Women's and Gender Studies.
Contact: Rebecca G. Martinez, 573-882-0680, martinezr@missouri.edu

Thursday, April 2nd
Noon - 1 pm

 

 

A Cambio Center Brown Bag Talk

“Latino/Hispanic Children Youth and Families Outreach for the 4-H Center for Youth Development”

A presentation by Elver Pardo, 4-H Youth Specialist, University opf Missouri Extension; 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).

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Noon-1:00 p.m.

Women's History Month 2009

"Narratives of Othering: The Social Construction of Latinas/os in the United States"

Jennifer Correa, MU Sociology doctoral student, will discuss race, class, gender, and national identity related to how people of Mexican descent are perceived and Othered in America.

Free and open to the public.

117 Strickland Hall, MU

MU Women's History Month 2009 program.

Sponsored by the Department of Women's and Gender Studies and the MU Women's Center. Co-sponsored by the Cambio Center.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Columbia College's Althea W. and John A. Schiffman "Ethics in Society" Lecture Series

“Ethics in Hollywood” - A Lecture by Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos isactor, producer, director, Hollywood activist

• Oscar nominee (Stand and Deliver)
• Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner (The Burning Season)
• UNICEF goodwill ambassador
• Executive director, Lives in Hazard Education Project, a national gang-prevention program
• Started Americanos: Latino Life in the United States, a celebration of Latino culture through photography, film, music and the printed word

Launer Auditorium - 1001 Rogers St. - Columbia College campus

Tickets are free and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited seating.

Flyer available (534Kb)

More information at: http://www.ccis.edu/SchiffmanLecture/ethics/

Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m.

 

Noel P. Gist Brown-Bag Luncheon Seminar On International Affairs

"The Movement Toward Socialism in Bolivia. The view from the Altiplano"

Presented by Dr. Jere Gilles, Professor of Rural Sociology , Cambio Center fellow, MU

Professor Gilles has been working in the Altiplano of Bolivia since 1998 studying the effects of climate change on small farmers.

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; onealr@missouri.edu.

Monday, March 9th, 2009
7:00 p.m.

Women's History Month 2009

"Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena"

Viewing and discussion of Lourdes Portillo's documentary about the Tejana pop star.

Becky Martinez, Women's and Gender Studies Visiting Scholar, and Cambio Center fellow, will facilitate the viewing and discussion of the 47-minute documentary film.

A review of the film is available at Lourdes Portillo website.

Free and open to the public.

109 Strickland Hall, MU

MU Women's History Month 2009 program.

Sponsored by the Department of Women's and Gender Studies and the MU Women's Center. Co-sponsored by HLAFSA.

Organized by the Afro-Romance Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia

Symposium on Afro-Caribbean Music, Race, and Identity

A symposium with gests coming from the University of Puerto Rico and the University of North Carolina.

Free and open to the public.

Program available (PDF).

Black Cultural Center, Main Multipurpose Room