Xánath Caraza
From October 23 – 25, 2014 in Kansas City, the Latina/Latino Studies Program (LLS), University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) will host and organize the NACCS Midwest Focus: Latin@s in the Midwest: Past, Present, and Future. The conference theme–Latin@s in the Midwest: Past, Present, and Future–recognizes the rich historical and growing presence of Latin@s in this region. Our goal is to promote awareness and further develop knowledge and analysis of historic, current, and future developments that impact the Latin@ population.
Keynote Presenters:
Dr. Alberto Pulido: “Everything Comes from the Streets” Documentary on Lowrider Culture
Dr. Rogelio Saenz: “Demographics: Latinos in the Midwest”
Dr. Rusty Barcelo: “Navigating Our Midwest Latina/o Journey in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future”.
Latina/Latino Studies Program at UMKC
The mission of Latina/Latino Studies (LLS), a program based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is to function as a vehicle for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teaching, research and outreach focusing on Latinas/os-Chicanas/os in the U. S. The LLS program will provide an awareness and understanding of the wide diversity of Latino communities, cultures and backgrounds. The development and expansion of our curricula will serve to empower our students with the concepts and skills to better understand a rapidly growing Latina/o population. The LLS program will engage students, scholars and the greater Kansas City community in collaborative projects, programs and service learning efforts. These efforts will foster new curricula and advance research and outreach scholarship to create new knowledge to better understand the cultural, economic, and historical experiences and contributions of U. S. Latinas/os-Chicanas/os and their diasporic origins.
EL PROGRAMA
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 2014 |
4:30-6:00 REGISTRATION –STUDENT UNION THEATER FOYER
5:30- WELCOME
Leo Morton, Chancellor
Miguel Carranza, Latina/Latino Studies
Theresa Torres, NACCS
Juan Betancourt, ALAS
6:00 Introduction to the Video: Everything Comes from the Streets
7:00 Question / Answer Session with Alberto Pulido, Director and Co-Producer and Rigo Reyes, Co-Producer
7:30 RECEPTION SU THEATER FOYER
Low Rider Car Display Administration Bldg Parking Lot – Cherry Street
FRIDAY OCTOBER 24, 2014
9:00—5:00 REGISTRATION STUDENT UNION (SU) THEATER FOYER
10:00-11:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session 1.1 Moderator: Room Bloch 211
ROUNDTABLE: Gustavo Carlo, Sarah Killoren Francisco Palermo Katharine Zeiders and Cara Streit
TITLE: Socializing Agents and Experiences Associated with Latino/a Children and Youth Well-being
Session 1.2 Moderator: Viviana Grieco Room Bloch #212
ROUNDTABLE: Valerie Mendoza, María Torrez Anderson, Fatima Rodríguez Al-Makhim, Christina
Valdivia-Alcalá
TITLE: Chicana Testimonios: Growing up Chicana in Kansas, Three Generations of Experience
Session 1.3 Moderator: Morgan McMichen Room Bloch 213
ROUNDTABLE: María Vásquez Boyd, José Faus, Miguel Morales
TITLE: The Latino Writers Collective: Creating and Sustaining a Community of Writers, Advocates, and Educators
Session 1.4 Moderator: Erica Hernandez Scott Room SU 302
WORKSHOP: Judy Ancel and Saira Gordillo
TITLE: They Just Cut Our Program’s Budget. Now What Do We Do?
11:30-12:00 POSTER SESSION SU Theater Foyer
Victoria Santiago & Claritsa Santiago
TITLE: ESL Misconceptions: Making a Good Program Even Stronger.
Jessica Rodas
TITLE: An Evaluation of Organizations in Kansas City in Improving the Health of the Latino/Hispanic Community.
Joseph Salazar and Idaima
TITLE: Assessing Obesity of Latino Children in Southwest Kansas via Ventanilla de Salud para Niños
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-1:30 POSTER SESSION SU Theater Foyer
1:30-3:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2
Session 2.1 Moderator: DJ Ferman Room Bloch 211
ROUNDTABLE: April Bermudez & Matthew García
TITLE: (dis)Placed Ecologies, (dis)Placed Communities: Social Art Practice and the Homeland
Session 2.2 Moderator: Jessica Rodas Room Bloch 212
ROUNDTABLE: Patricia Alvarez-McHatton, Dea Bermudez-Marx, and Erica Hernandez-Scott
TITLE: Maestras: Past, Present, and Future
Session 2.3 Moderator: Morgan McMichen Room Bloch 213
READING: Xanath Caraza, Natalia Treviño and Minerva Margarita Villarreal
TITLE: La Poetry en el Midwest y en México: Chicanas/Mexicanas con Ganas
Session 2.4 Moderator: Jorge Palomares SGA Chambers/SU
ROUNDTABLE: Moises Orozco, Eduardo Coronel, Daniel Muñoz, Jonathan Mendoza, Wendy Ramírez, Angeles Rivera-Centeno, Alberto Jimenez
TITLE: Meaningful Connections between Latina/o students at a Community College in Illinois
Session 2.5 Moderator: Vanessa Aguilar Room SU 302
TITLE: Researching Women and Gender in the Midwest
Linda Garcia Merchant: Five Layers Of Performance Art: Creating the Films, ‘An Evening with La Tess”
Andres Lazaro Lopez: A Conceptual Note on Latino Professionals: The Future of Latina/O Scholarship On Paid Labor
Kandace Creel Falcón: Railroad Settlement Narratives: Invisibility And Chicana Feminist Interpretations Of Mexican Women’s Representations in Early 20th Century Kansas
BREAK
3:15-4:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3
Session 3.1 Moderator: Norma Cantu Room Bloch 211
Panel: Gloria Anzaldúa
Visnja Vujin: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Female Borderland Identities in Sandra Cisneros’ Fiction
Sarah Becker: Beyond Borderlands: Spiritual Mining and the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers, 1943-2004
Norma E. Cantú, Vanessa Aguilar Maritza Fernandez: Researching Latina Traditional Culture in Kansas City: An Anzaldúa Third Space feminist Approach
Session 3.2 Moderator: Patrica A. McHatton Room Bloch 212
ROUNDTABLE: Randy López, Jackie Madrigal
TITLE: ¿Qué hiciste en la escuela hoy?: How High Schools Can Make Meaningful Connections with Spanish-Speaking Households and Get Them College-Ready
Session 3.3 Moderator: Morgan McMichen Room Bloch 213
ROUNDTABLE/READING: Elizabeth Martinez, Xanath Caraza, Andres Rodríguez
TITLE: Gathering Words: A Special issue of Diálogo
Session 3.4 Moderator: Amelia Montes Room SU 302
Panel: Brown Mujeres Navigating Predominantly White Midwest Spaces
Belinda Acosta: Brown Body: White Faces: The Brown Female Body as Authority Figure in The Predominantly White Classroom
Bernice Oliva: Naming The Whole World A Borderland: Performance of the Teacher Self
Amelia Montes: Directing an Ethnic Studies Program in the Midwest: Challenges and Successes
4:45-5:00 BREAK
5:00-5:30 FEATURED SESSION SU Theater
POETRY READING BY MINERVA MARGARITA VILLARREAL
5:30- Plenary Talk SU Theater
Dr. Rogelio Sáenz, Dean, College of Public Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio
Title: Latinos and the Changing Demography of the Heartland: Implications for the Future of the Midwest
7:30 RECEPTION SU THEATER FOYER
SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 2014
8:00—11:00 REGISTRATION— STUDENT UNION FOYER
8:30 A.M. BUSINESS MEETING SU Theater
9:00-10:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4
Session 4.1 Moderator: Jessica Rodas Bloch 218
Panel: Education Matters
Heather Hathaway Miranda: ¡Sí Se Pudo! ¿Sí Se Pudo? Latina/Latino Student Activists in The 1990s
Hannah K. Noel: Developing a Responsible Pedagogy
Uzziel Pecina: Leadership for English-Language-Learner Programs: Uniting Policies, Practices, and Parents to Support Secondary Students
Session 4.2 Moderator: Alice R. Bloch 213
Panel: Chicana Studies at Kansas State University
Yolanda Broyles-González:
TITLE: Jenni Rivera Enacting Mujerismo (Womanism): Change And Continuity Of The Oral Tradition
Isabel Millá
TITLE: Engineering Chicana Heroism In Border Dystopian Sci-Fi Film
Norma A. Valenzuela
TITLE: The Evolution Of A Transnational Imaginary In United States Latina Drama: Mujeres In Search Of “Home”
Session 4.3 Moderator: Alberto Villalmandos Bloch 324
READING: Miguel M. Morales, Ruben Quesada, Joseph Salazar
TITLE: Queridos: Midwestern Gay Latino Poets
Session 4.4. Moderator: Theresa Torres SU 302
WORKSHOP: José García
TITLE: West Side Chronicles - City Life Chicano Style
Session 4.5 Moderator: SGA Chambers
ROUNDTABLE: Gabriela Díaz Sabates and Marcelo Sabates
TITLE: Reshaping the Multicultural Landscape at a Midwestern University
10:30 BREAK
10:45 CLOSING PLENARY
Dr. Nancy “Rusty” Barceló, President, Northern New Mexico College
TITLE: Navigating our Midwest Latin@ Journey in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future
Reyna Grande in Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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| Norma Cantú, Reyna Grande and Xánath Caraza |
Emporia State University, Keynote Speaker for Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Banquet 2014, October 15
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| Las Esmeraldas, ESU |
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| Gregory Robinson, Ph. D., Xanath Caraza, Kevin Rabas, Ph. D., ESU |
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| During my keynote at Emporia State University |
University of North Georgia: “Exploring Linguistic Diversity among Latinas”, October 7 – 8
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| Univesity of North Georgia, Dahlonega Campus, lunch with LASO |
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| After lunch with Alvaro Torres, Ph. D. and Maria Guadalupe Calatayud, Ph. D. with LASO students |
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| University of North Georgia, Dahlonega Campus |
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| University of North Georgia, Gainesville Campus, LSA |
Festival del Libro y la Palabra, Acapulco en su Tinta 2014, October 9 – 11
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| Before my poetry presentation |
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| My poem "Frente al mar" |
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