The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart featuring Alicia Garza, April 1

 

Join us as Alicia Garza, co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter, author, political strategist, organizer, and activist, discusses her book ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart featuring Alicia Garza, April 1 Join Pitt Law's Office of Equity and Inclusive Excellence for their inaugural Achieving Excellence Speaker series event featuring author, political strategist, organizer, and activist Alicia Garza. Garza will discuss her book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart. Alicia is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and is a co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for womens activism. Alicia has become a powerful voice in the media and frequently contributes thoughtful opinion pieces and expert commentary on politics, race and more to outlets such as MSNBC and The New York Times. She has received numerous accolades and recognitions, including being on the cover of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World issue and being named to Bloomberg's 50 and Politico's 50 lists.  Achieving Excellence Speaker: Alicia Garza Thursday, April 1 | 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Register for program Garza's book is available for purchase through the University bookstore. Sponsored by Pitt Law's Office of Equity and Inclusive Excellence and the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion   University of Pittsburgh Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 2nd Floor Webster Hall 4415 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15260

TOMORROW @ 12 pm | John Dominguez | 2021 Coro Fellow | #LatinoPittsburgh Digital Speaker Series

 

LIVE: Wednesday March 30 @ 12 pm on Facebook Join us for an interview with John Dominguez, a 2020-21 Coro Fellow for a discussion about his life journey as a Latin American, Diversity and Inclusion, the Coro Fellows program and more.   The conversation will take place LIVE on March 31st @ 12 pm on our Facebook page and will include a Q&A portion.   *Still need to apply PPP Information and TO APPLY visit http://www.pmahcc.org/ppp ____________________________ #LatinoPittsburgh Digital Speaker Series is an initiative of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. It's goals are to share relevant information, inspire growth and foster opportunity. Speakers include community leaders and member as well as other individuals who have a positive impact not only on the Hispanic community, but Pittsburgh as a region. To learn more visit our website. Interested in Speaking? Contact MelanieMarie@pmahcc.org     Special thanks to our partners at:

 

Invitation: ULS Co-Sponsored Event with Natalia Molina

 

We Can't be Illegal if We're Essential: The Reckoning Wrought by Covid-19

The Center for the Arts in Society, the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry and the ULS Committee are pleased to invite you to an upcoming Co-Sponsored University Lecture Series event We Can't be Illegal if We're Essential: The Reckoning Wrought by Covid-19 with Natalia Molina Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity University of Southern California Thursday, April 8 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET Online   Register Now   This event is free and open to the public. All participants must register for the event. A Zoom login link will be provided before the virtual program in a confirmation email.   About Co-Sponsored Events The University Lecture Series (ULS) partners with research centers, academic units and campus groups to present policy forums, research and academic talks, art installations and performances. The resulting co-sponsored events uniquely complement our ULS Featured Lectures and further contribute to the life of the mind on the CMU campus. Members of the CMU community are invited to submit applications for ULS co-sponsorship to help develop diverse programming of interest for future events. Available co-sponsorship funds range from $250 to $1,500.   Questions? Contact University Events.

 

CLAS Film Series - Pelo Malo

 

Screening Date: Thursday, April 1, 2021

Screening Location: Please register starting 3/5/21 - https://tinyurl.com/y5ws7urf

Runtime: 1h 33m
Filmmaker/Director:
Mariana Rondón

Fiction / Venezuela / 2013

"A nine year old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming of age tale. Junior is a beautiful boy, with big brown eyes, a delicate frame, and head of luxurious dark curls. But Junior aches to straighten those curls, to acquire a whole new look befitting his emerging fantasy image of himself as a long haired singer. As the opportunity approaches to have his photo taken for the new school year, that ache turns into a fiery longing. Junior's mother, Marta, is barely hanging on. The father of her children has died, she recently lost her job as a security guard, and she now struggles to put a few arepas on the table for Junior and his baby brother.

Junior doesn't even know yet what it means to be gay, but the very notion prompts Marta to set out to 'correct' Junior's condition before it truly takes hold. This is a story of people doing what they feel they have to, partly out of fear, but also out of love."

– Diana Vargas, Toronto International Film Festival

Language: Spanish

—- A Virtual Salsa Lesson on April 17 from 7-8 pm. —-

A Studio & Virtual Salsa Lesson sponsored by USA Dance 3007 will be taught by David and Ashley Geidel of Arthur Murray South Hills Studio.

- Up to ten couples may attend the Lesson at the South Hills Studio located 3328 Washington Rd, Canonsburg, PA 15317

Registration: $5.00 through the Pay Pal page of our website,

https://usadance.org/members/group_content_view.asp...

—- Zoom link will be sent by email before the event.

 

Starting April 5: Spanish for the Health Professions

 

Upcoming Online Spanish Courses Starting April 5: Spanish for the Health Professions (SPAN 208VP) This 3-credit course is designed to help students develop language skills for health-related professions. Students participating in this course will learn how to communicate more effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and their families as well as how to consult with other health professionals. Medical health terminology, patient/client-interviewing skills, and cultural factors affecting health care delivery will also be studied. A special emphasis on epidemiological terms in light of COVID-19 will proof useful to students for understanding media reports published in Spanish about the pandemic. Prerequisite: One semester of Intermediate Spanish or the equivalent Schedule: April 5 - 30, 2021 (live sessions meet Tu, Th, Fri at 11am EST) Price: $800 Link to syllabus Apply Now May Online Courses Starting May 3 Intensive Intermediate Spanish Language & Culture (SPAN 202VP) This 3-credit intensive course includes review and expansion of the four language skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing) as well as grammar. Writing and speaking will be improved through compositions and online discussions of cultural and contemporary issues in Spain. Prerequisite: One year of elementary/beginner Spanish or the equivalent Schedule: May 3 - 28, 2021 (live sessions meet Tu, Th, Fri at 11am EST) Price: $800 Link to syllabus Reading Seville: A Literary Journey (SPAN 355VP) The city of Seville has long been a backdrop and an inspiration for literary creation. From the time of Cervantes to our era, novelists, poets and playwrights have shown their vision of their city and their emotional connection to it. In this course, we will read and analyze the works of these artists to better understand the city through the eyes of classic authors and the lyrical representation of poets as well as the perspective of current literature. This course is 3 credits. Prerequisite: 2 semesters of intermediate college Spanish Schedule: May 3 - 28, 2021 (live sessions meet Mon, Wed, Fri at 11am EST) Price: $800 Link to syllabus Apply Now Click here to see Online Summer Courses offered June - August Reminder: New Courses for Alicante Summer Term 2 (Summer Term students in a cooking class in Alicante, 2019) We recently announced new course offerings in English & Spanish that will be offered at the University of Alicante this summer. Each course is 3 credits and students can combine Summer Terms 1 & 2 for a full 8-week session abroad in June and July. Students can enroll by opening an application for Alicante Summer Term 2 (July 5 - July 30, 2021) on our website. Please reach out to info@spanishstudies.org if you have any questions! Taught in English Culture and Politics: The European Union and the Mediterranean Intercultural Communication in Professional Contexts Moving Image & Sound Literacy: Critical Perspectives on Media Viewing Taught in Spanish Intensive Spanish Course (all levels offered from A1 - C2) Género, Lengua y Poder España Hoy: Sociedad, Política e Instituciones Have questions about Alicante Summer 2021 & beyond? Join us Wednesday, April 14 for a live session with our Resident Director, Pepa Vives, who will share the latest on Covid protocols and what to expect for students planning to study abroad in Alicante this Summer or Fall 2021. Register today. Both students and study abroad advisors are encouraged to attend. Copyright (C) 2021 Spanish Studies Abroad. All rights reserved. Spanish Studies Abroad 446 Main Street Amherst, Massachusetts 01002

[Colombian] HOY 3/23 2pm hora Colombia "El cobarde no hace historia" presentación de Dr. Joanne Rappaport

FYI,

 

Cowards don't make history: A talk about the origins of Participatory Action Research by Dr. Joanne Rappaport (Georgetown University)

 

The Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at the University of New Mexico is pleased to announce the upcoming talk:

 

Cowards don't make history: A talk about the origins of Participatory Action Research by Dr. Joanne Rappaport (Georgetown University).

 

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 

12PM (MT) /2 PM (ET)

 

REGISTER AT: 

https://unm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Wa_uf8LQUyQYETQcRn_Gg

 

Dr. Joanne Rappaport will share her latest research on the history of the development of an activist-centered research collective in the 1970s by pioneering Colombian sociologist Orlando Fals Borda (1925-2008) and his collaborators from the National Peasant User Association. In her new book, Dr. Rappaport describes how a group of academics and grass-roots researchers shared research authority and transformed research into a political action tool. Dr. Rappaport will talk about the implications of this methodology in today's community-centered research. Following the presentation participants will be able to interact with the author and other invitees. 

 

Joanne Rappaport, an anthropologist in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University, received her Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982. Dr. Rappaport has published several single-authored books in English and Spanish. She also edited a special issue of the Journal of Latin American Anthropology (vol. 1, no. 2, 1996) entitled Ethnicity Reconfigured: Indigenous Legislators and the Colombian Constitution of 1991, which analyzes the implications for native peoples of the creation of a pluriethnic state in Colombia. 

 

Discussant: Dr. Les W. Field is a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Field has decades of experience working collaboratively with the indigenous organizations in South, Central and North America and Palestine. Dr. Field has written about Israel's support of regimes in Latin America that have perpetuated racial, economic and political inequalities in the region. He co-authored the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) resolution at the American Anthropological Association (AAA), calling on the AAA to boycott international support for the Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism and encouraging individuals and academic institutions to end affiliations with Israeli cultural and academic institutions. Together, Dr. Field and Dr. Rappaport edited an issue in Collaborative Anthropologies (vol. 4, 2011), which focused on collaborative research methods in Latin America.

 

Register for this exciting and inspiring talk at: https://unm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Wa_uf8LQUyQYETQcRn_Gg

 

 

El centro de estudios interculturales Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies en la University of New Mexico se complace en anunciar la charla:

 

El cobarde no hace historia: una charla sobre los orígenes de la investigación de acción participativa.

Martes, 23 de marzo, 2021 

12PM (MT) /2 PM (Hora Colombia)

La presentación será en inglés con traducción simultanea al español

REGISTRO PREVIO:

https://unm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Wa_uf8LQUyQYETQcRn_Gg

 

 

La Dra. Joanne Rappaport compartirá su más reciente investigación sobre la historia del desarrollo de un colectivo de investigación centrado en activistas en la década de 1970 por el sociólogo colombiano pionero Orlando Fals Borda (1925-2008) y sus colaboradores de la Asociación Nacional de Usuarios Campesinos. En su nuevo libro, la Dra. Rappaport describe cómo un grupo de académicos e investigadores comunitarios compartieron la autoridad en el proceso de investigación y transformaron la investigación en una herramienta de acción política. La Dr. Rappaport hablará sobre las implicaciones de esta metodología en la investigación centrada en la comunidad hoy en día. Después de la presentación, los participantes podrán interactuar con la autora y otros invitados.

Joanne Rappaport, antropóloga del Departamento de Español y Portugués de la Universidad de Georgetown, recibió su Ph.D. en antropología sociocultural de la Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-Champaign en 1982. La Dr. Rappaport ha publicado varios libros de un solo autor en inglés y español. También editó un número especial de la Revista de Antropología Latinoamericana (vol. 1, no. 2, 1996) titulado Etnicidad reconfigurada: legisladores indígenas y la Constitución colombiana de 1991, que analiza las implicaciones para los pueblos originarios de la creación de un estado pluriétnico en Colombia. 

Comentarista: Dr. Les W. Field es profesor de antropología en la Universidad de Nuevo México. El Dr. Field tiene décadas de experiencia trabajando en colaboración con organizaciones indígenas en Sur, Centro y Norte América y Palestina. El Dr. Field ha escrito sobre el apoyo de Israel a los regímenes de América Latina que han perpetuado las desigualdades raciales, económicas y políticas en la región. Fue coautor de la resolución de Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones (BDS) de la Asociación Antropológica Estadounidense (AAA), en la que pidió a la AAA boicotear el apoyo internacional al apartheid israelí y el colonialismo y alentó a las personas e instituciones académicas a poner fin a sus afiliaciones con instituciones culturales y académicas en Israel. Juntos, el Dr. Field y la Dr. Rappaport editaron un número en Collaborative Anthropologies (vol. 4, 2011), que se centró en los métodos de investigación colaborativa en América Latina.

REGISTRO PREVIO:

https://unm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Wa_uf8LQUyQYETQcRn_Gg

 

Happening Today: "Bilingualism is the norm, not the exception" with Judith Kroll

 

 

Don't Forget! Happening Today: "Bilingualism is the norm, not the exception: How using two or more languages shapes the mind and the brain," with Judith Kroll Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | 5:20 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET | Virtual | Register via Zoom     Meet Judith Kroll     In the last two decades, there has been an upsurge of research on the bilingual mind and brain. Although the world is multilingual, only recently have cognitive and language scientists come to see that the use of two or more languages provides a unique lens to examine the neural plasticity engaged by language experience. But how? It is now uncontroversial to claim that the bilingual's two languages are continually active, creating a dynamic interplay across the two languages. But there continues to be controversy about the consequences of that cross-language exchange for how cognitive and neural resources are recruited when a second language is learned and used actively and whether native speakers of a language retain privilege in their first acquired language. In the earliest months of life, minds and brains are tuned differently when exposed to more than one language from birth. That tuning has been hypothesized to open the speech system to new learning.  But when initial exposure is to a home language that is not the majority language of the community, the experience common to heritage speakers, the value of bilingualism has been challenged, in part because we are lacking an adequate account of the variation in language experience. In this talk, I illustrate the ways that recent studies have shown that the minds and brains of bilinguals are inherently complex and social, taking into account the variation in contexts in which the two languages are learned and used, and shaping the dynamics of cross-language exchange across the lifespan.       This event will be recorded and a link will be distributed via our department newsletter.         Copyright © |2021| Carnegie Mellon University Department of Modern Languages | All rights reserved.