CLAS is in Session

Sistemas alimentarios indígenas

The second installment of the Abya Yala Student Organization's Conversations on a Changing Planet and Latin America will take place Monday, May 3 (1:30pm EST) with Dr. Armando Medinaceli presenting his talk called, "Sistemas alimentarios indígenas".

Armando Medinaceli, Indigenous Education Director at North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS), will reflect with us from his experience across South and North America working with indigenous food systems that keep resisting the colonial occupation.

Latinx Student Success for Proyecto Mariposas

The Latinx Student Success team brings you a collaboration between ODI's Latinx Student Success (LSS) and Proyecto Mariposas. They are excited to raise money to fund a DACA application for an undocumented youth of Proyecto Mariposas. Proyecto Mariposas is a non-profit organization that provides an environment of learning, sharing and support for Latina girls & their mothers.

This fundraiser will unite our visions to promote the success of the Latinx community. Please donate towards their goal of $495 to fund one DACA application.

Disruption: Destructive and Generative Ruptures in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Latin American Studies Center and the LASC Graduate Collective at the University of Maryland, College Park invite you to the 14th Annual Student Conference - "Disruption: Destructive and Generative Ruptures in Latin America and the Caribbean," to be held online on April 29 and 30. This conference features a keynote panel with scholars, community members, artists, and activists. It includes graduate and undergraduate student research panels and innovative sessions offering different ways of exchanging ideas.

Teaching Central America: Summer 2021 Institute for K-12 Educators

Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies invites you to the third annual Summer Institute for K-12 Educators! This year’s theme is Central America: People and the Environment. The institute will explore the historic connections between the United States and Central America focusing on indigenous communities and environment while highlighting topics of social justice and environmental conservation. This institute will highlight Central America from a historical, sociological, literary and culinary lens.

The institute will be held June 14 – 25, 2021.  

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