Afro-Latin@s Now! Strategies for Visibility and Action
The Afro-Latin@ Forum is pleased to
host “Afro-Latin@s Now! Strategies for
Visibility and Action,” a three-day
international conference that will
gather scholars, community leaders and
artists to advance a dialogue on
issues of importance to Black Latin@s
in the United States as well as foster
positive relations between Latin@s,
African Americans and other peoples of
color. Among our institutional
partners in this endeavor are
the Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture, The Center for the
Humanities of the Graduate Center of
the City University of New York, El
Museo del Barrio, and theW.E.B.Du Bois
Institute for African and African
American Research.
In keeping with the UN
resolution (A/RES/64/169) declaring
2011 as the International Year of
People of African Descent, this
conference will be held on November 3-
5, 2011 in New York City. Participants
will lead panels and workshops
addressing a range of issues such as
representation, media, youth,
education and the performing arts to
promote awareness and social
engagement across Afro-Latin@
communities in the United States and
throughout the Americas.
The goal of the conference will be to
promote dialogue and mutual
understanding amongst and between
Afro-Latin@s, the broader Latin@ and
African American populations, and the
general public including other peoples
of color. We aim to expand and
solidify the widening network of
educators and activists working on
related themes, and to begin defining
the key educational and policy issues
that bear on the recognition and
empowerment of this largely overlooked
and underserved population.
Invited participants will be
educators, community activists,
cultural workers and policy advocates
from different parts of the country,
and leaders from Afro-Descendant
movements in Latin America and the
Caribbean. The venues for the
conference will be the Schomburg
Center for Research In Black Culture,
Graduate Center of the City University
of New York, and El Museo del Barrio.
A planning committee comprised of
several working groups is already busy
organizing the conference and seeking
institutional and financial support.
Designated panel topics include racial
identity, youth and education,
invisibility and misrepresentation in
the media, intra-racial dialogues, and
practices of cultural expression. The
planned schedule will call for a
plenary welcoming round table on
Thursday evening November 3rd, a full
day of panels on Friday November 4th,
and family and youth programming on
Saturday November 5.
The afrolatin@ forum works to build
and strengthen research and activist
networks among Latin@s of African
descent in the United States. Our
focus is on Black Latin@s in the
United States and their relationships
with other communities of color. This
emphasis is guided by a transnational
perspective that recognizes the
centrality of race in understanding
today's global reality and the
struggle for social justice.
Presented in partnership with: Center
for the Humanities at The Graduate
Center of the City University of New
York; Office of Educational
Opportunity and Diversity Programs at
the Graduate Center of the City
University of New York; Institute for
Research on the African Diaspora in
the Americas and the Caribbean, City
University of New York; W. E B. Du
Bois Institute for African and African
American Research, Harvard University;
El Museo del Barrio; Institute for
International Education; Schomburg
Center for Study in Black Culture; WK
Kellogg Foundation; and WNYC Radio.
Date:
November 4, 2011
Time:
8:30 AM
–
6:30 PM
College:
CUNY Graduate Center
Address:
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Building:
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Room:
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Phone:
212-817-2070
Website:
Admission:
$25 general; Free for CUNY Students and GC Faculty