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EVENTS
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Center For Puerto Rican Studies
Hunter College, CUNY
SEPTEMBER
Thursday
17
Open House
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Centro Open House
West Building Lobby, 3rd Floor
12-3 PM
Centro staff will be available to answer questions about jobs,
work-study, internships and volunteer opportunities available to students in
areas of research, library data, statistics, communications, marketing and media.
Tuesday
22
6-8 PM
HOUSE
Panel
Exhibition Panel
Silberman School of Social Work
Opportunities
2180 Third Avenue (119th Street), Centro Library & Archives Rm 120
Centro staff will be available to answer questions about
Internships, Work Study,
Volunteers and Jobs
To close the exhibition HOMAR: A Tribute to an Artist of the Puerto Rican
Diaspora, a conversation among artists to share their memories, personal
experiences and the ways they have been influenced by the renowned artist
and graphic designer Lorenzo Homar and his peers in the Puerto Rican art
scene both on the island and among the Puerto Rican stateside communities.
for students in research, library data, communications, marketing and media.
Thursday
September
West Building 3rd Floor Cafeteria Lobby
OCTOBER
15
6 - 9 PM
Friday
16
8AM - 7PM
NOVEMBER
Conference
Tuesday
Silberman School of Social Work
2180 Third Avenue (119th Street), Auditorium
6-8 PM
100 Years of the Jones Act and
Puerto Rican U.S. Citizenship
Keynote speaker Thursday:
Hon. Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals
Keynote speaker Friday:
Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania
In anticipation of the centennial (1917-2017) of the enactment
of the 1917 Jones Act, this symposium examines the history and legacy of
the collective naturalization of Puerto Ricans as United States citizens. The
collective naturalization provision of the Jones Act not only departed from all
prior precedents, but also established a new precedent for the extension of
citizenship to annexed territories. The goal of this symposium is to analyze the
complexities surrounding the collective naturalization of the inhabitants of an
unincorporated territory.
Wednesday Exhibition
28
6-8 PM
Exhibition, Reception & Artist Tour
Silberman School of Social Work, 2180 Third Avenue
(119th Street), Centro Library & Archives Rm 120 and Lobby
ARtCHIVES: Method and Documentation is an ongoing series organized by
Centro featuring selected artists’ creative process, method of production
and documentation. The artist’s artworks and ephemera materials will
provide a glimpse and an opportunity to understand how the works were
conceptualized, developed, produced and documented. Artist Jorge Luis
Rodríguez is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Growth and is presenting five
temporary public art installations in Tompkins Square Park and East Harlem
Art Park at 120th Street in Manhattan.
Artist: Jorge Luis Rodríguez
Curator: Annex Burgos
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12:00-3:00 PM
Panelists: Rodríguez-Calero and Nitza Tufiño
Moderator: Néstor Otero
Thursday
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Artist Tour TBA
A TV show highlighting the contributions of
Puerto Ricans in the U.S.
Airing Sundays this Fall!
Airing this fall on WIPR, Streaming on Centro Voices!
http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/centrovoices
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Forum
New York Puerto Rican Theatre
Today: A Dialogue
Silberman School of Social Work, 2180 Third Avenue
(119th Street), Centro Library & Archives Rm 120 and Lobby
Centro-produced videos will be shown about three New York-based Puerto Rican
Theatres: Teatro SEA, Pregones/PRTT and Teatro Circulo. The Artistic Directors of these
theatres will discuss the Nuyorican tradition of theatre, the future of their companies
and how they are working to connect to the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Co-sponsored with
Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (SEA) in conjunction with Borimix Festival 2015.
Panelists: Rosalba Rolon (Pregones/PR Traveling Theatre),
Manuel Moran (SEA-NY), Jose Cheo Olivieras (Teatro Circulo)
Special Guest: Miriam Colon
Moderator: Marilisa Jiménez García
Tuesday
10
6-8 PM
Film
Borimix Film Festival 2015: Cinema
Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
Silberman School of Social Work
2180 Third Avenue (119th Street), Auditorium
US Premiere of this new comprehensive survey of Puerto Rican Cinema and the
creation of identity and image of Puerto Ricans on film to project to the world.
In Spanish, with English subtitles. Co-sponsored with Society of the Educational
Arts, Inc. (SEA) in conjunction with Borimix Festival 2015.
Panelists: Freddie Rodriguez and Mariel Marrero, Directors
DECEMBER
Tuesday
Meet The Author
6-8 PM
Glass Café, 3rd Floor, West Building at Hunter College
68th and Lexington
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Sonia Nieto: Brooklyn Dreams
In Brooklyn Dreams, Sonia Nieto—one of the leading authors and teachers in
the field of multicultural education—looks back on her formative experiences as
a student, activist, and educator, and shows how they reflect and illuminate the
themes of her life’s work. Published by Harvard University Press (November 2015).
Author: Sonia Nieto
Commentator: Luis O. Reyes
Millennium Book Talks
Latest research on social, economic,
political and health conditions of the
Puerto Rican population in the United
States, describing improvements in
many of these aspects, as well as
persistent challenges.
Presenter: Edwin Meléndez, Director,
Center for Puerto Rican Studies.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
6 – 7:30PM
Smithsonian-Centro-NACOPRW
Rasmuson Auditorium, National Museum of
the American Indian, Washington D.C.
Contact: Ranald Woodaman;
[email protected]
Friday, September 4, 2015
2:30 – 4PM
Wednesday, September 30,
2015 2 – 3PM
Tuesday, September 29, 2015,
11AM -12PM
Saturday, November 21, 2015
The Washington Center
1005 3rd Street, NE,
Washington D.C. 20002
Contact: Irene Rivera Goyco, J.D., L.L.M;
[email protected]
Universidad del Este (Puerto Rico)
Venue TBA, San Juan, PR
Contact: María Isabel de Guzmán;
[email protected]
RSVP: [email protected]
Centro Events receive generous support from The New York City Council.
Events are subject to change. For updated information please visit us at www.centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
or call 212-396-6545. Centro Events are free of charge and livestreamed from our website.
Universidad del Turabo
Venue TBA, Caguas, PR
Contact: Dr. Felix R. Huertas;
[email protected]
Puerto Rican Congress of New Jersey
Venue and Time TBA, New Jersey
Contact: Vance Rodríguez;
[email protected]