Friday, January 31, 2020
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Luskin School of Public Affairs Building, Room 2355
UCLA
January 30, 2020, Luskin 2355, 7 PM:
Documentary film, “Eternos Indocumentados,” Jennifer Carcamo (History, UCLA)
January 31, 2020, Luskin 2355:
Morning Panel 1: Central Americans in Mexico and the U.S.: An Overview
Leisy Abrego, Chicana/o Studies, UCLA
Nestor Rodriguez, UT Austin
Amarela Varela, UNAM (Mexico)
Morning Panel 2: Family in Mexico and US
Carmen Fernandez Casanueva, CIESAS/San Cristobal de las Casas (Mexico)
Floridalma Boj-Lopez, CSULA
Martha Rojas, ECOSUR (Mexico)
Noon keynote address: Dolores París Pombo, Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexico)
Panel 3: Integration in Mexico and US
Juan Herrera, Geography, UCLA
Arely Zimmerman, Pomona College
Rodolfo Casillas, UNAM, Political and Economic Integration in Mexico
Panel 4: Organizations in the US
Martha Arevalo, Director, CARECEN
Jose Palma, Director, National TPS Alliance
Representatives of UNICA/CAIGA (UCLA Central American Student organizations)
Sponsor(s): Center for Study of International Migration, Chicano Studies Research Center, Tamar Diana Wilson Fund