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"AHORA'S HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2009--
MI HISTORIA: UNIFICACION DE CULTURAS"
OPENING CEREMONY
BOBBY GONZALEZ (nationally known multicultural motivational speaker)
will speak on Latin America
Monday, September 14 at 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
International Lounge
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"MEXICANA FEMINIST JOURNALIST ACTIVISTA:
THE POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNING ONE'S VOICE"
a talk by MARIA HINOJOSA (senior PBS correspondent) delivering the annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture
Thursday, September 17 at 4:30 p.m.
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
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OPENING PARTY
The kick-off party with DJ Case and DJ Nesty
Saturday, September 26
10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Sherman Function Hall
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LATINO COMEDY NIGHT
TOM E. MORELLO
(2009 Comedian of the Year, Latino Pride National Awards)
Wednesday, September 30
Time to be announced
Chums
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NUYORICAN POET CAFE
Rody Rosaly "Ol' Soul"
Wednesday, October 7
9:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.
The Stein
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CLOSING CEREMONY
A night of performances
Saturday, October 10
8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Schwartz
These events are free and open to all.
For further information contact aime87@brandeis.edu.
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"STORIES OF VIOLENCE AND WATERFALLS:
NEW PRODUCTION IN THE 3 BORDERS REGION"
a presentation by Ieva Jusionyte (2009 Jane's Travel Grant recipient, Anthropology graduate student)
Wednesday, October 7
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Brown 224
This event is free and open to all. For more information, contact lcarpent@brandeis.edu.
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"ARCHAEOLOGY, NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE COUP IN HONDURAS:
THE ROLE OF THE ANCIENT MAYA"
a presentation by Dario Euraque
(former director of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History)
Thursday, October 8
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Golding 101
This event is free and open to all. For more information, contact ferosen@brandeis.edu.
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"REPORT FROM GUANTANAMO:
HAS PRESIDENT OBAMA REALLY REDEFINED THE WAR ON TERROR?"
a presentation by Leonard Goodman (attorney and Adjunct Professor of Law, DePaul University)
Wednesday, October 14
12:15 - 2:00 p.m.
Room G1, Heller School
This event is free and open to all. For more information, contact einhorn@brandeis.edu.
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"SEEKING XIBALBA: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF THE
CENTRAL YUCATAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CAVE PROJECT"
a presentation by Donald Slater (2009 Jane's Travel Grant recipient)
Friday, October 23
4:00 - 4:25 p.m.
Gosman Convocation Center
This event is free and open to all. For more information, contact lcarpent@brandeis.edu.
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"OBBINI TUMBAO"
four days of Afro-Cuban music featuring
a dance workshop
open classes with visiting artists
an Afro-Cuban rhythms workshop
concluding with a concert of Afro-Cuban music on Saturday, October 24
Free lecture at 7:00 p.m.
Concert performance at 8:00 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
Tickets for Saturday's concert are $10-$25 and are available online. All other events are free and open to all.
For more information on all events, go to go.brandeis.edu/MusicUnitesUS
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"SUGAR CANE ALLEY"
a film by Euzhan Palcy
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Zobel, the film recounts the efforts of a young boy
who wants an education in the 1930s colonial, plantation-based society of Martinique.
Thursday, November 5
7:00 p.m.
Lown 2
This event is free and open to all.
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"HIV/AIDS AND PREGNANT WOMEN IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO"
a presentation by Anna Pancheshnikov '10 (2008 Jane's Travel Grant recipient)
Monday, November 9
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Olin-Sang 207
This event is free and open to all.
For more information, contact Mbrooks@brandeis.edu.
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"INDIGENOUS MEDIA IN GUATEMALA AND THE FIGHT FOR LEGALIZATION"
a presentation by Mariel Gruszko '10 (2009 Jane's Travel Grant recipient)
and
"LINGUISTIC PRACTICES IN QUECHUA-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES"
a presentation by Sandhya Narayanan '10 (2009 Jane's Travel Grant recipient)
Wednesday, November 11
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Kutz 132
Both events are free and open to all. For more information, go to lcarpent@brandeis.edu.
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"EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN COLOMBIA...NOT IN OUR NAME!"
a presentation by Martha Lucia Giraldo Villano
Friday, November 13
2:00 p.m.
Room G4, Schneider Building, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
This event is free and open to all. For more information, go to espinosa@brandeis.edu.
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"SOUTH OF THE BORDER"
a concert by the BRANDEIS WIND ENSEMBLE
featuring music from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Brazil
Sunday, November 15
3:00 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
For ticket information, go to go.brandeis.edu/BrandeisTickets or call 781-736-3400
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"BREAKING FREE TOGETHER: FACILITATING COOPERATION
AMONG VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN QUITO, ECUADOR"
a presentation by Lisa Fitzgerald '10 (2009 Jane's Travel Grant recipient)
Thursday, November 19
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room G7, Heller School
This event is free and open to all.
For more information on all events, contact Mbrooks@brandeis.edu.
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"THE POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN HONDURAS"
a presentation of the Global Affairs Table featuring
Laura Velez '11 (Wien Scholar),
Professor Silvia Arrom (Jane's Professor of Latin American Studies), and
David Perdomo Zaldivar (IBS graduate student and native of Honduras)
Monday, November 23
12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Lurias (Hassenfeld Conference Center in Upper Sherman)
Lunch will be served
This event is free and open to all.
RSVP to: http://signup.yalespector.com/view.php?e=global-affairs-table-honduras
For more information, contact bgorelick@brandeis.edu.
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