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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 QUECHA-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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"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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