| Latinos Unidos Presents: Latino Issues Symposium 11/14
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Latinos Unidos Presents: Latino Issues Symposium LATINO/A IMAGES Saturday, November 14th 1:00-5:00pm Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall Light Snacks and Entertainment Provided at 2:15pm 1:00-1:10pm – Intro 1:10-1:50pm Clara Herrera is a Lecturer of Modern Languages & Literatures at Lake Forest College and is currently finishing her PhD in Hispanic Literature at the University of Illinois - Chicago. Her talk is entitled Latinos and Education: Suggested actions for performance improvement and identity affirmation. She will address the present status of education of the Latino population in the United States, presenting an overview of actions, at the macro level, to improve the performance of Latino students in the field of K-12 education, and, at micro level, to reaffirm the Latino identity in the field of college education, specifically at Lake Forest College. 1:55-2:35pm Gizella Meneses is an Assistant Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures at Lake Forest College. Her research includes film and Latino/a studies. In this film, she interviews twenty-five Latinos between the ages of 20 and 48 who grew up in the Chicago area, but whose parents immigrated to the United States. The film explores how Latinos/as self identify and their use of the Spanish language in the home and outside of the home. 2:35-3:05pm BREAK with refreshments and entertainment. 3:10-3:50pm Cecelia N. Hayes is a member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Lake Forest College. Her research includes cultural studies, critical race theory, performance studies, and media studies. Her presentation is entitled The "Negro" of the Family: Color Hierarchies, Racismo, and Latino Narratives of "Belonging" in the Age of American Identity Politics. The talk will include elements of interactivity, but will focus on a historically grounded understanding of the political economy of skin color and it's meaning within select Latino communities. She will also discuss how this issue has, by turns, united and divided Latinos internally--exactly what does the term "white Hispanic” signify--and complexified relations with other peoples of color. The talk will include film and music elements as well. 3:55-4:35pm Sharonda Pugh is the Program Director in the Office of Intercultural Relations at Lake Forest College. Her talk is entitled Reclaiming Our Identities: You Can't Tell Me Who I Am. She will do an interactive session focusing on how people of color are exposed to images in the media that seem to define what it means to be black, Latino, Asian and Native American. In the exercise, she will present current media images of Latino people and talk about what these images mean and how to reconcile these images with the spectrum of who Latino people really are (i.e. do those images convey the totality of Latino culture? Do those images connect with what it truly means to be Latino?). 4:35-4:40pm – Conclusion
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