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Agenda 2008

THURSDAY, May 1st

Conference Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Patricia Baquedano-López, Gibor Basri | U.C. Berkeley

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FRIDAY, May 2nd

A Latina/o Academy? Why Now?

• Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Ramón Grosfoguel, Aya de Léon, Daniel Solorzano | U.C. Berkeley

Transformative Scholarship for Social and Epistemic Justice

• Paula Moya | Stanford University
• Carlos Muñoz Jr. | U.C. Berkeley
• Virginia Sánchez Korrol | Brooklyn College, City Univ. of New York
• Ofelia Schutte | University of South Florida, Tampa

Keynote Speaker

• Lewis Gordon | Temple University

Making Knowledge Visible: The Power of Collective Action

• Patricia Baquedano-López | U.C. Berkeley
• Ramona Hernández | City College New York
• Federico Subervi | Texas State University, San Marcos
• Francisco Valdes | University of Miami School of Law
• Abel Valenzuela Jr. | UCLA

Break-out Group Reports

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SATURDAY, May 3rd

Welcome and Overview

• Nelson Maldonado-Torres | U.C. Berkeley

Student Activism and the Reconstruction of the Academy

• Juan Herrera | U.C. Berkeley
• Rodrigo Castellanos | Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education (RISE)
• Maya Chinchilla | Member of Epicentro Poets
• Crystal Marich | Member of Xinaxtli Third World Liberation Front

Empowering Communities, Informing the Academy

• David Montejano | U.C. Berkeley
• Raymund Paredes | Comissioner of Higher Education, Texas
• Rey Léon | Latino Environmental Advancement and Policy Institute

Plenary Session: Breaking New Ground, Laying the Foundation of the Latina/o Academy

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Dinner & Opening