Lunch @ La Casa
Spring 2012 Schedule
Thursdays from 12-1pm
Lunch at La Casa takes place every Thursday at noon and features interactive presentations focused in four areas: Campus Resources, Health and Wellness, College Living and Community Connections.
Jan 19 Sundown Towns: A Latina's Undercover Experience of Racism—Michelle Flores, Counseling Psychology
Jan 26 The Latino boom and the role of social work in meeting new population needs—Lissette Piedra, Social Work
Feb 2 From Hispanic to Latino (and everything in between): Complexities with Identity and the Power of Labels—Oscar Patron, McNair Scholars Program
Feb 9 Because We Are Leaders Too!: Realizing Our Potential as Latino Leaders—Cecilia Suarez, Educational Policy Studies
Feb 16 Student Spotlights on Latina/o Issues
Feb 23 Responding to Immigrants in New Growth Communities—Christy Lleras, Human and Community Development
Mar 1 A Conversation on Grassroots Organizing—José Cha-Cha Jiménez, Community Organizer
Mar 8 MEChA and La Casa Cultural Latina present Semana de la Mujer
Mar 15 A Brief Interlude on Latina(o) Theater Today—Regina Garcia, Theater
Mar 29 A Grounded Identidad: Places of Memory and Personhood in Chicago’s Puerto Rican Neighborhoods—Mérida Rua, Latina/o Studies, Williams College
Apr 5 American, Latino/a, or Transnational?: Situating Contemporary Latino/a literature within the Discourses of Globalization and Transnationalism—Jennifer Lozano, English
Apr 12 A Conversation with Josefina Lopez, author of Real Women Have Curves
Apr 19 The Educational Journey of a First Generation: From San Jeronimo, Guadalupe Zacatecas, to Kansas City, Missouri—José Vazquez, Illini Union
Apr 26 The State of the Undocumented Movement—La Colectiva
May 3 “Last Lecture” ¡Azucar! My testimonio on 10 years of growth—Isabel Molina, Latina/Latino Studies
Dec 1 Student Spotlights on Latina/o Issues, Part 2
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