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Conference Schedule


Thursday, October 23rd, 6:00pm - 9:00pm 
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Plenary Conference Opening: Race Counts!

Welcome
  • Miriam Jiménez Roman, Executive Director, afrolatin@ forum
  • Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation
  • Juan Flores, co-founder, afrolatin@ forum

Round-table Discussion
  • Pedro Noguera, New York University
  • Tanya K. Hernández, Fordham University School of Law
  • Leonardo Reales Jiménez, Human Rights Activist, Storyteller, and University Professor
  • Tianna Paschel, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
  • Rolando Roebuck, Community Activist, Washington, DC

Cultural Presentation

RSVP for Thursday Night's Plenary

Friday, October 24th, 8:30am - 6:00pm
Graduate Center, City University of New York


9:00am - 9:15am
  • Arrival and registration

9:15am - 10:45am
  • In and Out of Focus: Media and AfroLatin@ Representation
  • AfroLatin@s in the Classroom: Youth, Education and Culture

11:00am - 12:30pm   
  • Looking Suspicious: The Racialization of Crime
  • Taking Measures: AfroLatin@s and Economic Inequities

12:30pm - 1:30pm
  • Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm
  • ¿Y nosotros qué?: Acknowledging the AfroLatin@ Immigrant
  • AfroLatin@s and Health Disparities: When Both Race and Ethnicity Matter

3:00pm - 3:30pm
  • Break

3:30pm - 5:00pm
  • Plenary: Connecting Stories: The Practice of Racial Dialogues

5:15pm -  6:45pm
  • Closing Plenary: Identity, Visibility and Representation: The Role of the Census

Saturday, October 25th, 1:00pm - 6:00pm 
El Museo del Barrio


1:00pm - 2:30pm   
  • Panel: Recounting the Afrolatin@ Artist Experience – Past, Present, & Future

2:30pm - 3:30pm   
  • Dance and Mask-Making Workshops

3:30pm - 5:00pm        
  • Musical and Cultural Performances

4:30pm - 5:30pm
  • Reception

RSVP for Saturday's Family Day


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