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IUPLR Siglo XXI: The State of Latino StudiesThe Inter-University Program for Latino ResearchThird Biennial ConferenceSeptember 24-25, 2009 University of Illinois at Chicago

September 26, 2009 National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL

2 Siglo XXI: The State of Latino Studies 3Third Biennial Conference

Ramona Hernández Karen Mary Davalos Teresa Carrillo Marisel Moreno

Jorge Chapa Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Cesáreo Moreno Nitza Tufiño Victor

Alejandro Sorell Carlos Francisco Jackson Bibiana Suárez

Christina Gómez

Frank Bonilla

We would like to acknowledge and thank the IUPLR Conference Planning Committee comprised of Edward Murguia, Texas A&M University; Elena Gutierrez, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Ramona Hernández, City College, City University of New York. We would also like to recognize María Elena Bessignano (IUPLR); Marta Elena Ayala (LALS); Christina Lewis, Zoë Samora, Raúl Jara and Brett Keck, Caroline Domingo (ILS) and the entire ILS and LALS staff for their outstanding work and invaluable contributions to this scholarly conference.

If you would like to learn more about IUPLR or LALS, please visit their respective websites at http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr and http://www.uic.edu/las/latamst/index.htm.

Thank you for your participation in the IUPLR Third Biennial Siglo XXI: The State of Latino Studies Conference.

Warmest regards,

Gilberto CárdenasIUPLR Executive Director & Assistant Provost Julián Samora Chair Latino Studies University of Notre Dame

María de los Angeles TorresProfessor and Director Latin American and Latino Studies Program University of Illinois at Chicago

Dear Colleagues,

The Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR) headquartered at the University of Notre Dame in collaboration with the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago are very pleased to welcome you to the IUPLR Third Biennial Siglo XXI Conference: The State of Latino Studies. IUPLR is a national consortium of university-based centers dedicated to the advancement of the Latino intellectual presence in the United States. IUPLR works to expand the pool of Latino scholars and leaders and increase the availability of policy-relevant Latino-focused research. The primary aim of the conference is to examine the contemporary state of Latino Studies and the variety of political, economic, cultural and institutional forces affecting its growth and its ability to strive in the American academy. What is the continued role of interdisciplinary fields? What new opportunities and challenges have ensued from these new reconfigurations of Latino Studies? What new questions, theoretical paradigms, topics and concepts have surfaced or been undermined (replaced) as a result of these new larger comparative conversations. In sum, what is next?

The conference is comprised of two plenary sessions, a keynote address, 25 sessions, three panel/roundtables, and one performance. The first plenary on The State of the Field will be held on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the University of Illinois at Chicago and will feature the following distinguished speakers: Ramona Hernández, City College, City University of New York; Karen Mary Davalos, Marymount Loyola University; Teresa Carrillo, San Francisco State University; Marisel Moreno, University of Notre Dame; and Jorge Chapa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The second plenary on The State of Latino Art will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the National Museum of Mexican Art and will feature distinguished speakers Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, Independent Scholar, NY; Cesáreo Moreno, National Museum of Mexican Art; Nitza Tufiño, Taller Boricua; Victor Alejandro Sorell, Chicago State University, Carlos Francisco Jackson, University of California, Davis; and Bibiana Suárez, DePaul University. Special Tribute to Frank Bonilla, Co-Founder and Executive Director of IUPLR, 1988-1995.

Thursday, September 24, 2009Location Student Center East, Cardinal Room, 3rd Floor North

3:30–5:30pm Plenary I: The State of the Field Ramona Hernández, City College, The City University of New YorkKaren Mary Davalos, Loyola Marymount UniversityTeresa Carrillo, San Francisco State UniversityMarisel Moreno, University of Notre DameJorge Chapa, University of Illinois at Chicago

Friday, September 25, 2009Location Student Center East, Illinois Room, 3rd Floor North

12–1:30pm Luncheon: IUPLR Distinguished LectureChristina Gómez, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, ILUrgent Need for Immigration Reform: Students Sin Papeles

Location Student Center East, Cardinal Room, 3rd Floor North

5–6:30pm Tribute Frank Bonilla, Thomas Hunter Professor Emeritus,

Hunter College, CUNY

Saturday, September 26, 2009Location National Museum of Mexican Art, Auditorium

9–11am Plenary II: The State of Latino ArtTomás Ybarra-Frausto, Independent ScholarCesáreo Moreno, National Museum of Mexican ArtNitza Tufiño, Taller BoricuaVictor Alejandro Sorell, Chicago State UniversityCarlos Francisco Jackson, University of California, DavisBibiana Suárez, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Distinguished SpeakersWelcome

Christina Gómez is Associate Professor of Sociology and Latino and Latin American Studies at Northeastern Illinois University. She received her B.A. and M.B.A from the University of Chicago and her M.A. and Ph.D. degree from Harvard University. Her research explores the construction of identity, specifically race and ethnicity, as well as social inequalities and immigration.

Frank Bonilla is Thomas Hunter Professor Emeritus, Hunter College, CUNY. He recieved his B.B.A. degree from the College of the City of New York, his M.A. degree from New York University, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is a co-founder of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR), and former managing co-director (1988-1993) and executive director (1993-1995). IUPLR proudly presents this tribute to Frank Bonilla in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding and lasting intellectual contributions as a pioneer in Puerto Rican studies and as scholar, mentor, and educator in Latino studies.


8am–3pm RegistrationLocation Student Center East, Inner Circle Wall, 2nd Floor North

8am–5:30pm Hospitality SuiteLocation Student Center East, Prairie Room, 3rd Floor North

9–9:30am Welcome RemarksLocation Student Center East, Cardinal Room, 3rd Floor North

Speaker Gilberto Cárdenas, IUPLR Executive Director, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Introduction María de Los Angeles Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

R. Michael Tanner, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago

9:30–11am Session 1: Mapping Latino Studies in the Heartland: The Experience in Illinois


Discussant Monica Russel y Rodriguez, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Panelists Lourdes Torres, DePaul University, Chicago, IL Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University

Victor Ortiz, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, ILLatino and Latin American Studies at a Hispanic Serving Institution: Accomplishments and Challenges

Maura I. Toro-Morn, Illinois State University, Normal, ILFighting Windmills in the Heartland: Latino Studies in the Transnational Era

9:30am–11am Session 2: Trends in Pre-K to 12 Latino Education

Location Student Center East, Illinois C, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Belinda I. Reyes, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Panelists Belinda I. Reyes, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA & Elias Lopez, University of California, Davis, CA Trends in Childcare and Preschool Enrollment among Latino Children in California

Jorge E. Gonzalez, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX The Home Literacy Environment (HLE): How “Multi” is Multidimensional?

Idalia Massa, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Underrepresentation of Hispanic/Latino Students with Emotional Disturbance: Teachers’ Perceptions and Referral Practices

9:30am–11am Session 3: Literature I – Genres, Modes, and Archetypes

Location Student Center East, Fort Dearborn B, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Cristián A. Roa de la Carrera, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Art Matters: The Importance of Literature in Latino Studies

Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILLatin@ Studies and Spanish Linguistics: Unexplored Connections

Lázaro Lima, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PAScience as Fiction in U.S. Latino Cultural and Literary Production

Anna M. Nogar, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM A 171h Century Spanish Nun in Contemporary (Re-)Production: Who is the Lady in Blue in the 21s1 Century?

11–12:30pm Session 4: Latino Studies and Transnationalism


Discussant Juanita Del Toro, University of Illinois at Chicago

Panelists Katherine Sugg, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT National Identity and Institutional Affect in Comparative Latino/a Studies

John D. Riofrio, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Reading against the Ethnographic Impulse: Jorge Franco’s Paraíso Travel and the Future of Inter-American Latin@ Studies

Sergio I. García Rios, University of Texas at EI Paso, El Paso, TX Political Participation and the Link to Home Countries in Latino Communities

11–12:30pm Session 5: “Freedom of Expression” The Role of Creativity and Social Justice in Latino/a Education


Moderator Pedro Pedraza

Panelists Melissa Rivera, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY

Cristina Medellin-Paz, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY

Pedro Pedraza, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY

11–12:30pm Session 6: Literature II–Readings and Interpretations


Moderator Camilla Fojas, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Panelists Ethriam Cash Brammer, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Revolución y Repatriación: The Midwestern Hacienda in Torres’ La patria perdida

Julie A. Minich, Miami University, Oxford, OH A Contaminated Body Politic: Metaphors of Illness and Health in Hector Tobar’s The Tattoed Soldier

Bill Johnson Gonzales, DePaul University, Chicago, IL Sin Verguenza: Reading Shame in Rivera, Cisneros, and Islas

Ana Elena Puga, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Poor Enrique and Poor Maria, Or, The Political Economy of Suffering in Two Migrant Melodramas

12:30–1:30pm LunchOn your own. Please see attached list of suggested eateries in conference packet

1:30–3pm Session 7: Latina/o Queer Studies in the 21st Century


Moderator & Richard T. Rodríguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Conference Agenda Thursday, September 24, 2009

Panelists Lourdes Torres, DePaul University, Chicago, ILLatina Lesbian Organizing in Chicago

Dara E. Goldman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL Shattered Image: The Fractured Tale(s) of Marta Veneranda

Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIPerformance and the Erotics of Queer Latino Testimonio

1:30–3pm Session 8: Transnational Representations of Mexican Migrants in Hometown Associations


Chair Xóchitl Bada, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Discussant Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Panelists Judith Boruchoff, The University of Chicago, Chicago, ILPolitical Efficacy of Mexican Home Town Associations: Divergent Strategies and Outcomes of Guerrero Hometown Organizations in Chicago

Lauren Duquette, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Xóchitl Bada, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILContinuities and Changes in Transborder Civic Engagement Practices in Mexican Hometown Associations

Elizabeth Reddy, University of Chicago, Chicago, ILPlace Subjectivities: Michoacan Hometown Associations and Programa 3x1

Stephanie Schütze, Free University, Berlin, GermanyChicago-Michoacán: Transnational Political Participation of Mexican Migrants in Their Home Communities

1:30–3pm Session 9: Good Workers, Bad Criminals and Innocent Students: Undocumented Youth Strategizing for Access to Higher Education


Moderator Christina Gómez, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Panelists Christina Gómez, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Daysi Diaz-Strong, Triton College, River Grove, IL

Maria Luna-Duarte, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Erica R. Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Thursday, September 24, 2009 Conference Agenda

Respondent


1:30–3pm Performance: Latino PoetryLocation Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center

Moderator Ellen Placey Wiley, Guild Complex, Chicago, IL

Poets Paul Martínez Pompa, Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize recipient, 2008

Jacob Saenz, Widely published, Chicago-based poet

1:30–3pm Session 10: Latino Studies and New MediaLocation Student Center East, White Oak A&B, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Diana I. Rios, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Panelists Sandra M. Gonzalez, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI Twitter Revolutions in Chicano Discourse: Internet Research & Alternative Epistemologies

Nadia Yamel Flores, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Guadalupe Vidales, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, WI

April Plemons, Texas A&M University, College Station, TXCyber-Moral Panic against Latinos, Particularly Mexican Immigrants in the United States at the Turn of the 21st Century

Katynka Z. Martínez, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CAThe Latino Press, Latina/o Studies, and ‘Citizen Journalism’ 40 Years After the Kerner Commission

3–3:30pm Break

Location Hospitality Suite, Prairie Room, 3rd Floor North

8am–12pm RegistrationLocation Student Center East, Inner Circle Wall, 2nd Floor North

8–5:30pm Hospitality SuiteLocation Student Center East, Prairie Room, 3rd Floor North

8:30–10am Panel/Roundtable: Developing a Curriculum on the Contributions of African Americans and Latinos to Higher Education


Moderators Michael Toney, Urban Health Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

José Perales, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Panelists Valerie C. Johnson, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Elizabeth F. Ortiz, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Leonard Ramirez, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Mary Reaves, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL

D.J. Wells, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

8:30–10am Session 11: Identity and DiversityLocation Student Center East, Illinois C, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Jorge Chapa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Panelists John J. Betancur, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL What is a Latino? Latino Racialization and the Challenges of Race Relations

Priscilla Falcón Lujan, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, COStudent Dialogues: Today We Live in a Globalized World...Who Needs Chicana/o Studies or Latina/o Studies

Ana Aparicio, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Beyond Gangs, Dropouts, & Drugs: Re--Framing Latino Youth for the 21st Century

Patricia Foxen, National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC Latino Youth Speak: Perceptions of Institutional Barriers and Opportunities in Education, Employment and Juvenile Justice

3:30–5:30pm Plenary Session I: The State of the FieldLocation Student Center East, Cardinal Room, 3rd Floor North

Discussant Ramona Hernández, City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY

Distinguished Karen Mary Davalos, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CAThe State of Academic Journals in Latino Studies: Looking Back and Forward

Teresa Carrillo, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Transnational Citizenship and Latinos: Latino Studies Goes Global

Marisel Moreno, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN The State of US Latino/a Caribbean Literature: New Directions in U.S. Puerto Rican and Dominican-American Literatures

Jorge Chapa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL Latino Studies and the Big Bang; or, How Latino Studies Programs May Mitigate the Inevitable Collision of the Unstoppable Force—Latino Population Growth—with the Immovable Object—American Higher Education

5:30–7pm Opening Reception Offered by UIC ChancellorLocation Student Center East, East TerraceIntroduction María de Los Angeles Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago

Remarks Dr. Paula Allen-Meares, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Gary Chico, University of Illinois Alumni Association, Board of Directors Vice Chair

Dwight McBride, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

Music Trio al Sur

Lectura Poesía Juana Iris Goergen, Poeta de ContratiempoDesarraigos

8:30–10am Session 12: Comparative Perspectives on Immigrant and Second Generation Youth


Chair Sonia Oliva, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Panelists Evelyn Rodriguez, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CAPrincesses, Parties, and Protests: Mexican American Quinceañeras and Filipino American Debutantes as Instruments of Cultural Resistance

Kara Cebulko, Providence College, Providence, RIDocumentation Status and Participation in the Immigrants Rights Protest Activities among Brazilian Immigrant Youth

Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago , ILWho Represents the Undocumented? First and Second Generation Youth in the Immigrant Rights Movement

Lucila Vargas, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCMigration, Mental Health, and Popular Culture

Sonia Oliva, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILWhen Mexican Immigrants Become Latinos: Latino Solidarity in a Multiracial High School

8:30–10am Session 13: Transformations of La Familia on the US-Mexico Border

Location Student Center East, White Oak A&B, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Raquel R. Márquez, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX

Panelists Raquel R. Márquez, University of Texas, San Antonio, TXTransformation of La Familia

Irasema Coronado, University of Texas, El Paso, TX Public Policy Changes on the US-Mexico Border

Harriett Romo, University of Texas, San Antonio, TXThe Extended Border: A Case Study of San Antonio as a Transnational City

Amelia Malagamba, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZThe Family in the Border as a Place and Space

Conference Agenda Thursday, September 24, 2009 Friday, September 25, 2009 Conference Agenda

Speakers


8:30–10am Session 14: DeCentering Latino Dancing: New Approaches to the Moving Body and the Performance of Culture

Location Student Center East, Monarch, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Frances R. Aparicio, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Panelists Alejandro L. Madrid, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILTransnational Cultural Translations and the Meaning of Danzón across Borders

Melissa Blanco Borelli, University of Surrey, United KingdomMulata Encounters: Ninón Sevilla, Olga Guillot and Representations of Afro-Cuban Dance in the film Yamba-O!

Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, Northwestern University, Evanston, ILQueering the Border: Dance and Politics in the Southwest

Cindy García, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MNDance and Latino Studies: Theorizing Queer Choreographic Ethnography and Salsera Femininities

10–10:30am Break

Location Hospitality Suite, Prairie Room, 3rd Floor North

10:30–12pm Session 15: The IUPLR Higher Education Working Group: A Synergy of Scholarship on Latino Higher Education Policy Issues


Moderator Victor B. Saenz, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Panelists Victor B. Saenz, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TXThe Gender Gap within the Latina/o Educational Experience

José Luis Santos, University of California, Los Angeles, CAHigher Education Financial Landscape and Policy Implications for Latinas/os

Lisa Chávez, University of California, Berkeley, CAThe Implication of Aligning High School Graduation Requirements with College Entry Requirements for Latino Students

12–1:30pm Luncheon: IUPLR Distinguished LectureLocation Student Center East, Illinois Room, 3rd Floor North

Speaker Christina Gómez, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, ILUrgent Need for Immigration Reform: Students Sin Papeles

1:30–3pm Session 18: Latino Civic Engagement: Rethinking the Paths to Immigrant Political Incorporation (A Chicago Community Trust Project)


Chair Amalia Pallares, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Discussant María de los Angeles Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago

Panelists Joanna Schmit, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILCivic Participation of Mexican Migrants in Community Garden Group

Nancy Villafranca, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, ILThe National Museum of Mexican Art: A Case Study on the Engagement and Incorporation of the Mexican Community

Nawojka Lesinski, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILValorizing the Oft-overlooked: The Political Importance of Informal Engagement

Vanessa Guridy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILLatino Civic Engagement in Chicago: Recent Patterns and New Challenges

1:30–3pm Session 19: Historicizing Latino/a Chicago Location Student Center East, Cardinal Room. 3rd Floor North

Moderator & Juan Mora-Torres, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Panelists Mérida Rúa, Williams College, Williamstown, NYFootnotes of Social Justice: The Scholarship and Activism of Elena Padilla

Lilia Fernández, Ohio State University, Columbus, OHForming a Spanish-Speaking Community: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago

Gabriela F. Arredondo, University of California, Santa Cruz, CAMexican Chicago: Race, Identity and Nation: 1916-1939

Frances R. Aparicio, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILChicago Latinidad: The MexiRican and other IntraLatino Subjects

10:30–12pm Session 16: Mexican Migration, Transnational Families and Development


Moderator Allert Brown-Gort, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Panelists Roger Knight & Karen Richman, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN La Tercera Edad: Immigration,Transnational Families and Retirement

Prisma Garcia & Karen Richman, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Dolls and Development

Heidi Ekstein & Karen Richman, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Tourism, Emigration and Development in Central Mexico

Emilie Prot & Karen Richman, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, INMigration, Gender and Health: A Case Study in Guanajuato, Mexico

10:30–12pm Session 17: Entrepreneurship, Service and Industry in the [Trans] National Latino Community


Moderator Elena Gutierrez, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Panelists Emilia E. Martinez-Brawley & Paz M-B Zorita, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ Immigration Human Services: The Perils of Professionalization

John G. Bretting & Francisca Reyes, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX Intersectionalities: Mexican American Female Entrepreneurs Preliminary Findings and Implication for Latino(a) Studies

10:30–12pm Panel/Roundtable: The Consejo GráficoLocation Student Center East, Monarch, 3rd Floor

Moderator Brookes Ebetsch, Consejo Gráfico

Panelists Sam Coronado, Coronado Studio, Austin, TX

Joe Segura, Segura Publishing Company, Tempe, AZ

Poli Marichal, Los de Abajo, Los Angeles, CA

Melanie Cervantes, Dignidad Rebelde, Oakland, CA

1:30–3pm Session 20: Emerging Discourses on Educational Accountability: Reflections on the 2009 81st Texas State Legislature


Moderator Angela Valenzuela, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Panelists Angela Valenzuela, Patricia D. Lopez, Emmanuel Garcia, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Disrupting the 81st Texas State Legislature and Informing the Policy Making Process in the Making of Texas’ “New” System of Curricular Tracking

1:30–3pm Session 21: Latino HealthLocation Student Center East, Fort Dearborn B, 3rd Floor North

Discussant Juan Carlos Guzmán, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Panelists Paula A. Espinoza, University of Colorado , Denver, CO Latino Health as an Important Area of Scholarship in Latino Studies

Ester R. Shapiro, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Hacer De Tripas, Corazones: Intersections of Gender, Culture and Health in Latino Studies

María Idalí Torres, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA & Aline Gubrium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Para un Futuro Mejor: Testing the Feasibility of Photovoice as a Dual-methodology for Research and Intervention Focused on Sexual Health Protection

1:30–3pm Session 22: Pedagogies of Community Engagement

Location Student Center East, Monarch, 3rd Floor

Moderator Lorena Garcia, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Panelists Teresa L. Cordova, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Conscious and Strategic Research: The Work of the Resource Center for Raza Planning

Ramon Del Castillo & Adriann C. Wycoff, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO The Role of Chicana/o Studies in Advancing Hispanic Serving Institutions: A Pragmatic Approach Combining Pedagogy y la Práctica

Friday, September 25, 2009 Conference AgendaConference Agenda Friday, September 25, 2009

Discussant


Brigitte Davila, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Latina/o Studies and Civic Engagement: Shaping the Future of Political Participation in the U.S.

3–3:30pm Break Location Student Center East, Prairie Room, 3rd Floor North

3–6:30pm Art Fair Location Student Center East, Fort Dearborn A & Illinois Foyer, 3rd Floor North

Artists René Hugo Arceo, Arceo Press, Chicago, IL

Jesús Barraza, Taller Tupac Amaru, Oakland, CA

Antonio “Pepe” Coronado, Pepe Studio, Hastings on the Hudson, NY

Sam Coronado, Coronado Studio & The Serie Project, Austin, TX


Richard Duardo, Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, CA

Juan Fuentes, Pajaro Editions, San Francisco, CA

Evonne Gallardo, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA

Carlos Jackson, Taller Nuevo Amanecer, Davis, CA


Ramiro Rodriguez, Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN


Francesco Siqueiros, El Nopal Press, Los Angeles, CA

3:30–5pm Panel/Roundtable: Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Chicano/Latino Studies

Location Student Center East, Monarch Room, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Carmen Samora, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Panelists Miguel Carranza, University of Nebraska, LincolnComing of Age with Samora: The Influence of Mentoring for a Great Plains Chicano

Alberto López Pulido, University of San Diego, San Diego, CAThe Samora Legacy: Institutional and Personal Perspectives

Carmen Samora, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NMGrace and Redemption: Julian Samora - A Life

Moderator Ruth Rosenberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Respondent Brenda Romero, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Panelists José E. Limón, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TXMusic and Ethnic/Regional Nationalism: Tejanos and Mexican Immigrants

Josh Kun, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CAThe Sound of Two Tijuanas: The Lonely Bull, The Electric Guitar, and the Musical Borders of the 1960s

Helena Simonett, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNRe-localized Rap and its Representation of the Hombre Digno

Luis Alvarez, University of California, San Diego, CAReggae on the Border: The Political Possibilities of a Frontera Soundscape

5–6:30pm Reception, Book Signing & TributeLocation Student Center East, Cardinal Room, 3rd Floor North

Remarks Ricardo Romo, University of Texas, San Antonio

Book Signing Gabriela ArrendondoMexican Chicago: Race, Identity and Nation, 1916-1939 (University of Illinois Press, 2008)

Xóchitl Bada Latino Immigrant Civic Engagement Series (Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars) Edited by Xóchitl Bada, Andrew Selee and Jonathan Fox

Alberto López Pulido, Barbara Driscoll de Alvarado & Carmen Samora, Eds.Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies (University of Illinois Press, 2009)

Karen Mary DavalosYolanda M. Lopez (CSRC/UCLA, Distributed by the University of Minnesota Press, 2008)

Olga U. Herrera & Tracy GrimmToward the Preservation of a Heritage: Latin American and Latino Art in the Midwestern United States (Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2008)

Elena Gutierrez Fertile Matters: The Politics of Mexican Origin Women’s Reproduction (University of Texas Press, 2008)

3:30–5pm Session 23: A Model for a Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-University Research Program for Latino Community Development (A Chicago Community Trust Project)


Moderator John Koval, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Panelists Sam Rosenberg, Roosevelt University, Chicago, ILLatino Engagement and Mobility in the Labor Force and Economy of Metropolitan Chicago

Sonia W. Soltero & José Soltero, DePaul University, Chicago ILLatinos and Education in Metropolitan Chicago

Larry Bennet, DePaul University, Chicago, ILUrban Change and Its Impact on the Latino Community

Waldo Mikels-Carrasco, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, INLatino Civic Engagement: Initial findings from the Chicago Community Trust Research Collaborative

3:30–5pm Session 24: Latinos and the City Location Student Center East, Fort Dearborn B, 3rd Floor North

Moderator Guillermo J. Grenier, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Panelists Stephen Armet, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Ring and Edge Cities: The Suburbanization of Latinos in Chicago

Nancy Raquel Mirabal, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Historical Futures, Geography, and the Politics of Possibility: Latina/o Studies in the 21st Century

Guillermo J. Grenier, Florida International University, Miami, FL The Etiology of the Cuban Exile Ideology: The Social Creation and Maintenance of the Miami-Dade Enclave

Marc Zimmerman, University of Houston, TXOrbis/Urbis Latino

3:30–5pm Session 26: Transnational Encounters. Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border


Chair Alejandro L. Madrid, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Carlos Francisco JacksonChicano and Chicana Art: Protestarte (University of Arizona Press, 2009)

Lawrence LaFountain-StokesQueer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) Uñas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails (Bilingual Press, 2009)

Alejandro L. MadridSounds of the Modern Nation. Music, Culture, and Ideas in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (Temple University Press, 2009) Nor-tec Rifa! Electronic Dance Music from Tijuana to the World (Oxford University Press, 2008) Ignacio Corona and Alejandro L. Madrid, Eds. Postnational Musical Identities: Cultural Production, Distribution, and Consumption in a Globalized Scenario (Lexingon, 2007)

Raquel R. Márquez & Harriet D. Romo, Eds.Transformations of La Familia on The U.S.-Mexico Border (University of Notre Dame, 2008)

Paul Martínez PompaMy Kill Adore Him (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008)

Francisco A. Lomelí, Victor A. Sorell, Genaro M. Padilla, Eds.Nuevo Mexicano Cultural Legacy (University of New Mexico Press, 2002)

Marc ZimmermanOrbis/Urbis Latino (2008)Ir y venir: Procesos transnacionales entre America Latina y el Norte (LACASA, University of Houston, 2007)

Paul Martínez PompaMy Kill Adore Him (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008)

TributeFrank Bonilla

Friday, September 25, 2009 Conference AgendaConference Agenda Friday, September 25, 2009


9:00am–12:30pm National Museum of Mexican Art 1852 West 19th Street Chicago, IL 60608

9–11am Welcome RemarksLocation NMMA Auditorium

Speaker Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez, IL-4th District

Introduction María de Los Angeles Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago.

9–11am Plenary II: The State of Latino ArtLocation NMMA Auditorium

Introduction & Tomas Ybarra-Frausto Independent Scholar, New York, NY

Panelists Nitza Tufiño, Artist, New York, NYFull Circle as Artist, Activist, Scholar: The Politics in the Struggle for the Recognition of Puerto Rican and Nuyorican Art in the Global Market

Cesáreo Moreno, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, ILLatino Museums and Their Role in Latino Arts and Studies

Victor Alejandro Sorell, Chicago State University, Chicago, ILAn Enduring and Venerable Mexican Legacy: Abbreviated Reflections on Davíd Alfaro Siqueiros and the Evolving State of Chicana/o Murals [1932–2009, and Beyond]

Carlos Jackson, University of California, Davis, CAThe Difficulty of Defining Chicana and Chicano Art

Bibiana Suárez, DePaul University, Chicago, ILOye Como Va! Divergence and Convergence in Contemporary Latino/a Art

9–12:30pm Art FairLocation NMMA TBA

Artists René Hugo Arceo, Arceo Press, Chicago, IL

Jesús Barraza, Taller Tupac Amaru, Oakland, CA

Antonio “Pepe” Coronado, Pepe Studio, Hastings on the Hudson, NY

Sam Coronado, Coronado Studio and The Serie Project, Austin, TX


Richard Duardo, Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, CA

Juan Fuentes, Pajaro Editions, San Francisco, CA

Evonne Gallardo, Self Help Graphics Los Angeles, CA

Carlos Jackson, Taller Nuevo Amanecer, Davis, CA


Ramiro Rodriguez, Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN


Francesco Siqueiros, El Nopal Press, Los Angeles, CA

11-11:30am BreakLocation

11:30–12:30pm Closing Session & Discussion: The Future of Latino Studies

Location NMMA AuditoriumSpeakers María de Los Angeles Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago

Gilberto Cárdenas, University of Notre Dame

Ricardo Romo, University of Texas, San Antonio

Conference Agenda Saturday, September 26, 2009

Established in 1983, IUPLR is a national consortium of university-based Centers dedicated to the advancement of the Latino intellectual presence in the United States. IUPLR works to expand the pool of Latino scholars and leaders and increase the availability of policy-relevant Latino-focused research. IUPLR headquarters, located at the University of Notre Dame, and the IUPLR Washington DC office, located at the University of California Washington Center, work to strengthen the network of Centers and to enhance their institutional capacity.

ObjectivesPromote comparative, interdisciplinary, and Policy-focused Research.

Develop collaborative national programs that support Latino students and faculty in higher education.

Establish collaborative projects with scholars in the arts, culture, and the humanities.

Disseminate publications generated by the IUPLR national network of scholars.

IUPLR Research For over 25 years IUPLR has promoted research on issues of importance to Latino communities and the broader US society. IUPLR has established working groups, comprised of scholars from member centers as well as unaffiliated scholars, to advance research on critical social and policy issues. Through its working groups model, IUPLR brings together researchers from different regions, national origins, and intellectual perspectives to conduct collaborative and interdisciplinary research on U.S. Latinos

Areas of Research Social Sciences Humanities Public Policy Arts & Culture Education Health & Well-Being

Dissemination & Outreach IUPLR serves as an information clearinghouse for research on Latinos. IUPLR disseminates information to Policymakers, academics, and the general public about the history, culture, and current socioeconomic conditions of Latino communities.

As an official Census Information Center, IUPLR also disseminates the most current data and studies from the U.S. Census Bureau.

IUPLR maintains an active website and distributes a monthly electronic newsletter, El Noticiero, and a monthly IUPLR Grant Alert.

Education IUPLR seeks to create and enhance higher education opportunities for Latinos and increase their rate of college completion. Through its short-term intensive seminars and training and long-term internship programs, it encourages students to move through the higher education ‘pipeline’ from the undergraduate to postdoctoral level. IUPLR creates opportunities for students and young researchers to increase their qualitative and quantitative skills, join research teams with senior scholars, and learn to effectively use research for policy analysis.

IUPLR Headquarters Gilberto Cárdenas, Executive Director

María Elena Bessignano, Assistant Program Manager230 McKenna Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 [email protected] 574-631-3481

Olga HerreraNational Coordinator, IUPLR Washington Office, 1608 Rhode Island Avenue, Suite 356, Washington, DC 20036 202-974-6282 [email protected] http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr

Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR)

Discussant


Floor Plans Directions to

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Student Center East, Conference Center, 3rd Floor750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607

UIC is just west of the junction of three major expressways- Eisenhower (1-290), Kennedy (190/94 west), and Dan Ryan (1-90/94 east) -and several exits provide access to the campus.

From N Take the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94) to the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) westbound and keep to the right; take the first exit from the Eisenhower Expressway, which is Morgan Street; then take Morgan Street south one block to the campus.

From W Take the (I-290) Eisenhower Expressway to the Racine Avenue exit; then go south to Harrison Street and east to the campus.

From E Take Harrison Street or Roosevelt Road; if you take Roosevelt Road, go west to Halsted Street.

From S Take the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90/94) and exit on Roosevelt Road (1200 south); go west on Roosevelt Road to Halsted Street.

Mass TransitTrain UIC is served by the CTA trains (the “L”) Blue Line train (UIC-Halsted

and Racine stops) and the Pink Line train (Polk stop), connecting the campus with downtown, O’Hare International Airport, northwest and west side neighborhoods of Chicago, and the western suburbs of Oak Park, Forest Park, and Cicero.

Bus CTA bus lines serving campus include the 7-Harrison, 8-Halsted, 9-Ashland, 11-Lincoln/Sedgwick, 12-Roosevelt, 38-Ogden/Taylor, 60-Blue Island/26th, 127-Madison/Roosevelt Circular, and 168-UIC-Pilsen Express.

Parking Park in the garage (lot #4) located at the corners of Halsted and Polk.

Enter Lot #4 and take a ticket. Student Center East (SCE) is located at 750 South Halsted Street, between Harrison and Taylor Streets.

Directions to National Museum of Mexican Art1852 West 19th StreetChicago, IL 60608

From N Take the Kennedy (90/94) to the Eisenhower (290). Proceed west on the 290 and exit on Damen. Head south on Damen to 19th Street.

From W Take the Eisenhower (290) east and exit on Damen. Head south on Damen to 19th Street.

From E Tristate Toll (294) or Northsouth Tollway (355): Take the 55 east to Damen. Head north on Damen to 19th Street.

From S Take the Dan Ryan (90/94) north to the Stevenson (55). Proceed west on the 55 and exit on Damen. Head north on Damen to 19th Street.

Mass TransitTrain NMMA is served by CTA trains (the “L”) 54/Cermak Pink Line and get

off on the 18th Street stop. When exiting the train station, proceed west on 18th Street to Wood Street. Take Wood Street south to 19th Street and turn right (west) on 19th Street until you reach the Museum, Approximately 3 blocks. Take the Orange Line and get off on Ashland, take the Ashland #9 bus north to 19th Street . Turn left (east) on 19th Street and walk until you reach the museum, approximately 2 blocks. From the Purple, Green or Brown Lines: Transfer to the Blue Line at Clark & Lake. From the Red Line: Transfer to the Blue Line on either Washington or Jackson.

Bus CTA bus lines serving NMAA include Damen #50 bus south to 19th Street, Ashland #9 bus south to 19th Street. hrough the collaboration between the NMMA and Pilsen Little Village Information Center, a FREE Chinatown/Pilsen Shuttle Bus is available on the weekends. For bus routes please visit: www.chinatownpilsen.com

Conference Location


IUPLR Member Centers and Institutes

Arizona State University Hispanic Research Center Box 872702 Tempe, AZ 85287-2702 Tel: (480) 965-3990 Fax: (480) 965-0315 Director: Gary Keller, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.asu.edu/clas/hrc

California State University, San Marcos National Latino Research Center 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road San Marcos, CA 92096-0001 Tel: (760) 750-3500 Fax: (760) 750-3510 Director: Arcela Núñez-Alvarez, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.csusm.edu/nlrc/

CUNY, City College Domincan Studies Institute Convent Avenue & 138th St. NAC 4/107New York, NY 10031-9198 Tel: (212) 650-7496 Fax: (212) 650-7489 Director: Ramona Hernández, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi/index.html

CUNY, Hunter College Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 695 Park Avenue, Room E1429 New York, NY 1002 Tel: (212) 772-5688 Fax: (212) 772-5715 Director: Edwin Meléndez, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.centropr.org

Florida International University Cuban Research Institute University Park Campus, DM 364 Miami, FL 33199 Tel: (305) 348-1991 Fax: (305) 348-3593 Director: Uva de Aragón, Ph.D. (Interim) [email protected] http://lacc.fiu.edu/Centers_Institutes

Michigan State University Julian Samora Research Institute 301 Nisbet Building 1407 S. Harrison East Lansing, MI 48823-5286 Tel: (517) 432-1317 Fax: (517) 432-2221 Director: Rubén O. Martínez, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.jsri.msu.edu

Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Latino Center 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 7042, MRC 512 Washington, DC 20024 Tel: (202) 633-1240 Fax: (202) 633-1132 Director: Eduardo Diaz, J.D. [email protected] http://Latino.si.edu

Texas A&M University Mexican American & US Latino Research Center 512 Blocker Building College Station, TX 78437 Tel: (979) 845-3157 Fax: (979) 845-3090 Director: Edward Murguia, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.malrc.tamu.edu

University of Arizona Mexican American Studies & Research Center César Chavez Building, Room 208 Tucson, AZ 85721 Tel: (520) 621-7551 Director: Antonio Estrada, Ph.D. [email protected] http://masrc.arizona.edu

University of California, Berkeley Center for Latino Policy Research 2420 Bowditch Street #5670 Berkeley, CA 94720-5670 Tel: (510) 642-6903 Fax: (510) 643-8844 Chair: Nelson Maldonado-Torres [email protected] http://www.clpr.berkeley.edu

University of California, Davis Department of Chicana/o Studies 2102 Hart Hall Davis, CA 95616 Tel: (530) 752-2421 Fax: (530) 752-8814 Director: Adela de la Torre, Ph.D. [email protected] http://chi.ucdavis.edu

University of California, Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Center 193 Hanes Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544 Tel: (310) 206-1784 Fax: (310) 206-1784 Director: Chon Noriega, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.chicano.ucla.edu

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Latino/a Research & Policy Center 1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80204 Tel: (303) 352-3700 Fax: (303) 825-0977 Director: Christine Johnson, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.lrpc.cudenver.edu

University of Connecticut Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Beach Hall Room 413 354 Mansfield Road Unit 2137 Storrs, CT 06269-2137 Tel: (860) 486-3997 Fax: (860) 486-2906 Director: Diana I. Rios, Ph.D. (Interim) [email protected] http://web.uconn.edu/prls

University of Illinois at Chicago Latin American and Latino Studies Program 1525 University Hall, 601 South Morgan Street Chicago, Il 60607-7115 Director: María de los Angeles Torres, Ph.D. Phone: 312-996-2445 Fax: 312-996-1796 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.uic.edu/las/latamst/index.htm

University of Massachusetts Boston The Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy 100 Morrisey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125-3393 Tel: (617) 287-5790 Fax: (617) 287-5788 Director: María Idalí Torres, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.gaston.umb.edu

University of Nebraska, Lincoln Latino Research Initiatives Institute for Ethnic Studies 309 Seaton Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0688 Director: Miguel Carranza, Ph.D. Phone: 402-472-3080 Fax: 402-472-6070 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.unl.edu/lri/index.htm

University of New Mexico Southwest Hispanic Research Institute 1829 Sigma Chi Road, NE Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 Tel: (505) 277-2965 Fax: (505) 277-3343 Director: Manuel Garcia y Griego, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.unm.edu/~shri/About_SHRI.htm

University of Notre Dame Institute For Latino Studies 230 McKenna Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-0764 Tel: (574) 631-4440 Fax: (574) 631-3522 Director: Gilberto Cárdenas, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.nd.edu/~Latino

University of Texas at Austin Center For Mexican American Studies West Mall Building, Suite 5.102, MC F9200 Austin, TX 78712 Tel: (512) 471-4557 Fax: (512) 471-9639 Director: José Limón, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas

University of Texas at El Paso Chicana/o Studies Graham Hall, Room 104 500 W. University Avenue El Paso, TX 79968 Tel: (915) 747-5462 Fax: (915) 747-6501 Director: Dennis Bixler-Marquez, Ph.D. [email protected] http://utep.edu/chicano

Wayne State University Center For Chicano-Boricua Studies 656 W. Kirby F/AB Room 3326 Detroit, MI 48202 Tel: (313) 577-4378 Director: Jorge L. Chinea, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.clas.wayne.edu/cbs

IUPLR Member Centers and Institutes


Welcome to the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at UIC! This is a unique multidisciplinary program that compares and combines the study of Latin America and Latino communities in the United States. The Chicago metropolitan area is home to over a million Latinos from nearly every country in Latin America. This provides students with meaningful opportunities to reflect and engage with social issues of contemporary importance such as globalization, immigration, and equality as well as questions related to identity including race, nationality and gender. Through our community collaborations, we encourage conversations among scholars and people working and living in Chicago’s Latino communities.

Degrees Offered The Latin American and Latino Studies Program offers a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American and Latino Studies as well as a graduate concentration. Next year, pending approval of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, we will be launching a Master’s degree.

Research Initiatives Faculty in our program is active in a series of collaborative inter disciplinary research projects in the United States and Latin America:

Immigrant Mobilization Project In 2006 an interdisciplinary group of UIC Faculty and advanced graduate students created the Immigrant Mobilization Project (IMP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The IMP is a collaborative research endeavor designed to provide an in-depth and multidisciplinary analysis of the immigrant rights rallies in Chicago in 2006 and 2007, and more broadly, of the immigrant rights movement in the city and its relationship to the national movement. Chicago has a longstanding and complex history of immigrant activism and it has been at the forefront of contemporary activism: it was the first city that held a massive march in 2006; it is a major center of hometown association national and international organizing and hosts the first church to provide sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant facing deportation. Relying on both the results of two surveys of marchers and extensive qualitative research, the IMP has focused on a variety of themes relevant to immigration and Latino studies: engaged citizenship and political participation of the undocumented and mixed-status families, emerging actors such as youth and hometown associations, the role of schools, media and the churches in immigrant activism, the effect of immigrant activism on Latino subjectivities, the discourse and impact of anti-immigrant groups, among others.

Community Oral Histories With a rich tradition of labor and political activism, the Pilsen neighborhood, just south of UIC, became a bastion of the Mexican struggle for civil rights in the 1970s. In spite of its rich history, many in the Pilsen community and city of Chicago more generally still know little about this institution or about the history of Mexican activism in the Midwest. A comprehensive oral history project has been undertaken with faculty and community activists to help construct a more complete picture of the rich social and political history of Mexican activism.

Civic Engagement Our faculty has been involved in several collaborative research projects aimed at understanding Latino civic engagement. One which included political scientists, geographers and anthropologists was funded by the National Science Foundation. Faculty and students conducted surveys and in depth interviews aimed at understanding residents sense of place and engagement in three Latino neighborhoods; Pilsen, Garfield and Little Havana.

Another initiative is an interuniversity-based project funded by the Chicago Community Trust and the Institute for Latino Studies at University of Notre Dame. This project focuses on the state of Latino civic engagement in metropolitan Chicago. The aim of this project is to document what we know about Latino civic engagement and begin developing research questions which can deepen our knowledge in order to make informed policy recommendations that can enhance this engagement.

Engaged Youths in the Americas This research projects is on-going collaborative effort among faculty from CIESPI, at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City and at UIC Chicago. The research team aims to gain an understanding of how young people from global cities (Chicago, Río de Janeiro, Mexico City) perceive citizenship and public action as well as their own participation in society. What are the similarities and difference among actively engaged youths in these three cities? Is there any shared background experiences which led these youths to become involved in their schools and/or communities? Faculty and graduate students have participated in conferences in each of these cities and continue to collaborate on on-going research projects. The Kellogg Foundation as well as the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall has helped fund this project.

Latin American And Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois at Chicago

Border Music This interdisciplinary project brings together scholars from anthropology, literary studies, musicology, ethnic studies, history, performance studies, and ethnomusicology, to discuss a large variety of musical manifestations in an attempt to understand how they inform the transnational experiences of the people who live at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Social Networks in the Access to reproductive Health Services to Migrant Women in Chicago, Illinois As recent scholarship has demonstrated, social networks are central to assisting migrants during both the process of migration and settlement. In this bi-national project we aim to understand if and how these informal social networks impact the reproductive health (RH) experiences of female migrants. The objectives of this investigation are to identify needs and barriers to access RH services; to identify RH services available in Chicago, Illinois; to identify social networks that immigrant women report using to access RH services; and to implement a community intervention approach in an effort to improve access to and quality of RH services for female Mexican migrants.

María de los Angeles Torres, Professor and Director University of Illinois at Chicago Latin American and Latino Studies Program College of Liberal Arts and Sciences UH 1525 - (MC 219) 601 S. Morgan Street Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: (312) 996-2445 Fax: (312) 996-1796

Latin American And Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois at Chicago

Conference SponsorsSponsored by the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR); The Latin American and Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois at Chicago; The Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame; The University of Illinois at Chicago Office of the Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Local Host Committee: The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago; The Latin American and Latino Studies Program & The Center for Latino Research, DePaul University; The Latino and Latin American Studies Program, Northeastern Illinois University

Welcoming Reception sponsored by The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Office of the Chancellor, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Association, The Hispanic Center of Excellence (HCOE) Department of Medical Education; The Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services (LARES); The Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center–The Jane Addams College of Social Work, The Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, The Chancellors Committee on the Status of Latinos, Latino Committee on University Affairs; The University of Illinois Alumni Association; The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago; The Latin American and Latino Studies Program & The Center for Latino Research, DePaul University; The Latino and Latin American Studies Program Northeastern Illinois University, The Latina and Latino Studies Program, Northwestern University

Keynote Luncheon co-hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Mexican Students de Aztlan (MeSA), the Union of Puerto Rican Students (UPRS), Gentlemen Making a Difference (GMD), Health Oriented Latino Association (HOLA), and the Society of Hispanic Engineers – University of Illinois at Chicago (SHPE-UIC)

Front Cover Bibiana Suárez, El Corazón That Speaks Spanish and The Heart Que Habla Inglés, 2009

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