Past Event Category: CLS Speaker Series
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Apr 9Speaker Series: Building Communities of Care and Resilience in Times of Crisis, Panel #4
Panel 4: Gender, Care Networks, and Social Justice This panel features the work of feminist scholars who examine how Latina women organize, collaborate, and engage in practices of care in their communities as they fight social inequalities in areas of reproductive justice, disability rights, and environmental justice. Speakers include Patricia Zavella (UC Santa Cruz), María …
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Feb 19Speaker Series: Building Communities of Care and Resilience in Times of Crisis, Panel #3
“Migration, Resilience, and Community Building in Times of Crisis” This panel focuses on migration and the resiliency of immigrants and displaced citizens as they navigate legal terrains, state bureaucracies, and a sense of belonging through community networks and placemaking. Speakers will include Stephanie Canizales (UC Berkeley), Gina Pérez (Oberlin College), and Gilberto Rosas (UIUC). Want …
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Nov 4Speaker Series: Building Communities of Care and Resilience in Times of Crisis, Panel #2
This panel brings together scholars from literature, ethnic studies, and geography to examine how Latine/x communities have created communities of resistance within exclusionary conditions. The panelists examine how Latine/x resilience has allowed for the creation of creative and lucrative labor ventures, decolonial medicine and healing practices, and spaces of belonging within racial borderlands. Speakers will …
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Oct 7Speaker Series: Building Communities of Care and Resilience in Times of Crisis, Panel #1
Race, Immigration, and Mass Removals The first panel in the CLS Fall Speaker Series explores the history of diverse immigrant communities in the United States, including Asian and Latinx/e experiences. The panelists provide a historical overview of immigration and exclusion across racial and ethnic lines. Combined, these presentations illuminate the drastic effects of immigration policies …