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U.S. Latin@s and Latin American Integration: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century

Please join us and be part of ground breaking discussion with academics in the field of Latino and Latin American Politics, intellectuals, state representatives and NGOs from Latin America and the United States to discuss the role of Latinos in the processes of Latin American Integration.

Friday, June 27, 2008
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
LA County Federation of Labor
2130 James M. Wood Blvd

Los Angeles, CA United States

Catered Reception: 12:30-1:00pm  

•       Policarpo Chaj, Executive Director of Maya Vision (U.S./Guatemala)
•     Tomas Alarcon, Indigenous Lawyer and Author (Peru)
•     Odilia Romero, Frente Indigena de Oaxaca Binacional (U.S./Mexico)
•     Roberto Lopez, Centro Sin Fronteras (Chicago)

•        Victor Narro, Project Director of UCLA Labor Center
•        Alex Sanchez, Executive Director of Homies Unidos
•        Angelica Rios, Northwestern University
•      Ernie Zavaleta, Union of Salvadoran University Students

•       Professor William Robinson (University of California, Santa Barbara)
•       Professor Raymond Rocco (University of California, Los Angeles)
•     Ambassador Guzman
•     Senator, Gloria Romero
•     Edur Velasco Arregui (Mexico)

 

Cost: Free and open to the public

For more information please contact

Alfonso Gonzales
a.gonzales@ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, UCLA Raza Graduate Student Association