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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
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October 5-6, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
On behalf of the Steering Committee, please accept our invitation to participate in a National Black Latino Summit that will take place October 5-6, 2008 in
Los Angeles, California .
The idea for this process, which speaks to fulfilling the aspirations of America's two largest minority groups, crystallized at the Third National Summit for Regional Equity held in
New Orleans in March. There, hundreds of Black, Latino, and other activists were excited by the possibilities that emerged and are challenged by the frequent isolation of our efforts. Beginning with the critically needed dialogue regarding African Americans and Latinos, the National Black Latino Summit is envisioned as part of a larger process of alliance building for action, sustainability, and accountability for all ethnic and racial groups.
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Monday, 09 June 2008 |
The 2009 Lozano Long Conference sponsored by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies will have as a topic Contested Modernities: Indigenous and Afrodescendant Experiences in
Latin America . This will be a scholarly gathering to discuss the specific contours of disparate modern experiences in Mesoamerica, the Caribbean and the Andes, where ethnic markers led to fundamentally distinct modernizing processes than elsewhere in the continent.
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
Conference
Bronx Neighborhoods
Fordham University, October 23 and 24, 2009
Goals: The conference will address the significant presence of African and West Indian immigrants in the Bronx and encourage critical scholarly and public policy attention to these communities. It will demonstrate the vital cultural, economic, religious and political contributions of these two immigrant groups and promote them as important sites for scholarly research. The conference will establish a connection between
Fordham
University and the immigrant communities and will act as a springboard for future collaborations, not only between the scholarly community and these immigrants, but also amongst the community organizations. It will also bring Fordham and the Bronx African American History Project local and national recognition for innovative research on immigration history.
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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HHEAL [Hip-Hop Educates and Advances Lives!] Fest!
A Celebration of Culture, Education, and Social Justice
During NYC’s Immigrant Heritage Week
New York, NY—The Hip-Hop Association, in conjunction with the Social Services of Hip Hop, We Got Issues!, Afro-Latin@ Project, and the New York State Youth Leadership Council present HHEAL Fest, a three-day celebration during NY’s Immigrant Heritage Week. HHEAL Fest will include interactive workshops, panels, film screenings, and performances that will focus on Hip-Hop as a tool for education, immigrant history, media literacy, and life skills and youth empowerment.
Taking place from April 18-20 at the Raphael Hernandez School of the Performing Arts (IS 217) in the Bronx, HHEAL Fest combines the Freshest Youth Program, Hip-Hop Education (H2Ed) Summit, and a third day dedicated to a town hall meeting and a special tribute dedicated to the Founder of Hip-Hop - Kool Herc and the First Lady of Hip-Hop - Cindy Campbell in homage of their Jamaican roots.
Some of the presenters and speakers include Erica Ford (Life Camp), Dr. Daniel Banks (NYU- Hip-Hop Theater Lab), Minister Server (Hip-Hop Life Coach), Peter the Rapmathician, Maria Rubio, (NYCORE), B-Girl GI Jane, Capital X (Death Penalty Abolitionist), Sarah Montgomery-Glinski (Hip-Hop Association), Andrew Landers (Hip-Hop Association), Dr. David Kirkland (NYU-Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development), Nicole Duncan-Smith, Author, I am Hip-Hop), Cristina Jimenez (New York State Young Leadership Council), Dr. George Priestley (Afro-Latino Project), and Sandy Shin (Breakthrough: Building Human Rights Culture).
In addition to the progressive facilitators representing at the HHEAL Fest, many community organizations will have tables full of information on their programs and initiatives. Organizations participating include Hip-Hop 4 Life, Life Beat, and
Make sure to register by April 1 at www.hiphopassociation.org/hheal08
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