Promoting Positive Images Among Black Latin@ Youth
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 · 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Borough of Manhattan Community College, Room S-370
Join young activists from the U.S., Honduras and Colombia as they discuss their experiences in addressing the challenges of Afro-Latino invisibility and marginalization. Topics include: relieving racial conflicts in our communities; the role of census campaigns in giving voice to Afro-Latinos; efforts being made to promote positive images; and teaching Afro-Latino history and culture in the schools. (Spanish/English simultaneous... translation will be provided.)
Special guests:
Paola Andrea Ortiz Murillo, Coordinator, Colombian National Institute for Gender and Equality of the Circulo de Juventud Afrodescendiente de las Américas, a regional Afro descendant youth organization.
Karen Vargas heads the legal department of the Honduran Ethnic Community Development Organization (ODECO) a nonprofit that works for the rights of African-descendant communities.
Sponsored by the afrolatin@ forum, AfroColombia New York, Casa Yurumein, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU, Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, and El Museo del Barrio and made possible with support from the Inter-American Foundation in celebration of its 40th anniversary.
Borough of Manhattan Community College, Room S-370
Join young activists from the U.S., Honduras and Colombia as they discuss their experiences in addressing the challenges of Afro-Latino invisibility and marginalization. Topics include: relieving racial conflicts in our communities; the role of census campaigns in giving voice to Afro-Latinos; efforts being made to promote positive images; and teaching Afro-Latino history and culture in the schools. (Spanish/English simultaneous... translation will be provided.)
Special guests:
Paola Andrea Ortiz Murillo, Coordinator, Colombian National Institute for Gender and Equality of the Circulo de Juventud Afrodescendiente de las Américas, a regional Afro descendant youth organization.
Karen Vargas heads the legal department of the Honduran Ethnic Community Development Organization (ODECO) a nonprofit that works for the rights of African-descendant communities.
Sponsored by the afrolatin@ forum, AfroColombia New York, Casa Yurumein, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU, Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, and El Museo del Barrio and made possible with support from the Inter-American Foundation in celebration of its 40th anniversary.