8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration
8:30AM
Welcome
Art Exhibit: Analee Fuentes
Session One – Friday, October 22, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
1.1 Resisting and opposing hegemonic impositions through hip-hop, film, and graphics
Ovimbundanakoa, Wolofbamanaigbo. Oregon State University. “Rocking the beat: Bboys’ and B-girls’ reflections on identity and the cultural history of the hip hop dance Bboying/B-girling.”
Jaime-Diaz, Jesus. Oregon State University. “Continuance of the Mexican bandido
villain in the film Traffic.”
Muñoz, Carlos. Eastern Washington University. “Visual communication design: A visual
action operating as an opposing force within a circumscribed society.”
1.2 Visual culture and the fluidity of Mexican migration in the PNW
Gamboa, Erasmo. University of Washington. “La otra cara de México: A Mexican
presence in the PNW.”
Flores, Lauro. University of Washington. “Fulgencio Lazo: A Zapotéc artist in the Pacific
Northwest.”
1.3 Mexicana/Chicana/Latina community activism
Martinez-Chavez, Teodora; Cuevas, Maria; Fernandez, Maria. Latinas Networking for
Justice. “Latina to Latina: Social action/justice in Yakima Valley.”
1.4 Analytical overview of immigration legislation
Aardal, Cole. Central Washington University. “Arizona’s SB 1070: A critical
interpretation.”
Gallegos, Jenny. Boise State University. “US Congressional rhetoric in anti-immigrant
legislation.”
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM Keynote Presentation and Lunch
Dr. Josie Méndez-Negrete, Toña la Negra
Session Two – Friday, October 22, 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
2.1 Cultural identity and preservation in dance, food, and resistance graphics
Martinez, Trisha. University of Wyoming. “Ballet folklorico: A cultural expression of
identity and performance.”
Ovimbundanakoa, Wolofbamanaigbo. Oregon State University. “Afrocentric qualities of
soulfood and other African diaspora foods of the Western Hemisphere.”
2.2 Transborder Oaxacans, and transnational Mexicans in the Pacific Northwest: A critical
review of the literature and scholarship
Torres García, Christina. Eastern Washington University.
García, Gilberto. Central Washington University.
García, Jerry. Eastern Washington University.
2.3 Self-identification and consciousness raising in schooling
Meyers, Susan. Oregon State University. “Pancho, read me this letter: Literacy as a
form of oppression and resistance in a Mexican migrant-sending community.”
Zaragoza, Mariana. University of Wyoming. “Latinos/as in rural areas: College and the
experience of self-identification.”
2.4 From manifest destiny to manifest insanity: Testimonios, narratives, & stories about
Arizona’s racist policies, reactions, impacts, and lived-realities of transformative praxis in
communities
García López, Vivian. Boise State University.
Rodriguez, Robert “Dr. Cintli”. University of Arizona.
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Film Screenings
9500 Liberty
Harvest of Loneliness
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Noche de cultura/Cultural Night and Reception
The Panza Monologues
Saturday, October 23
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Registration at MU
Art Exhibit: Analee Fuentes
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Closing Plenary
Yolanda Alaniz and Megan Cornish, Viva la Raza
Session Three – Saturday, October 23, 11:00 AM to 12:30 AM
3.1 Colonial institutionalized violence and White supremacy in US history
Heidenreich, Linda. Washington State University. “On July 5, ’51 occurred the lynching
of the Spanish woman, Juanita, who was hanged from a Downieville bridge”: Remembering the
rise of White rule in the U.S.”
Jaime-Diaz, Jesus. Oregon State University. “Pillars of nationhood: Countering White
oppression in U.S. distorted history.”
3.2 The Civil Rights of our times: A desperate action for immigration reform
García, Martin. Eastern Washington University.
Torres Garcia, Christina. Eastern Washington University.
3.3 Testimonio y análisis del Programa Bracero
Trinidad, Roberto. Oregon State University. “Inside the Bracero program.”
García, Jerry. Eastern Washington University. “Death on the tracks: The case against
another Bracero Program.”
3.4 2281 and 1070: Established Whiteness and Latino cultural identity
Orozco, Richard. Oregon State University. “Establishing Whiteness in Arizona’s HB
2281.”
García-Pérez, Javier. University of California, Davis. “U.S. racialized legislation and the
implications on cultural identity.”