Tentative Schedule
Day 1: Friday, April 11, 2025
04:00 - 05:00 PM
Registration
Common Ground, Collis Student Center
05:00 - 05:45 PM
Opening Remarks
Common Ground, Collis Student Center
Speakers: Olvin Abrego Ayala, Naiset Perez, and Jorge E. Cuéllar
05:45 - 06:00 PM
Opening Performance
Common Ground, Collis Student Center
Artists: Dorian Wood
06:00 - 06:15 PM
Walk to New Venue
06:15 - 07:30 PM
Keynote by Tomás Ayuso
Gilman Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art
Introduced by TBD
07:30 - 08:30 PM
Dinner
Location TBD
Day 2: Saturday, April 12, 2025
09:00 - 09:50 AM
Breakfast
53 Commons Dining Hall
09:50 - 10:00 PM
Walk to New Venue
10:00 - 10:10 AM
Welcome Remarks
Common Ground, Collis Student Center
Speaker: TBD
10:10 - 11:50 AM
Session 1: Redrawing Diasporic Geographies
Common Ground, Collis Student Center
Speakers: ignacio carvajal, Alicia María Siu, Edyka Chilomé, and Maryam Parhizkar
Facilitator: Beatriz Yanes Martinez
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 AM - 1:40 PM
Session 2: Alternative Knowledges and Methods
Common Ground, Collis Student Center
Speakers: Jonathan Peraza Campos, Yvette Borja, Thelma Dietrich Rivera, and Tanya Erazo
Facilitator: Jose Alvarado
01:40 - 02:50 PM
Lunch
The Cube, House Center B
02:50 - 3:00 PM
Walk to New Venue
03:00 - 04:40 PM
Session 3: Care, Community, Identity and Autonomy
Occom Commons, Goldstein Hall
Speakers: Juanita Cabrera Lopez, Tru (Philip P. Harper), Carolina Fuentes, and Eileen Galvez
Facilitator: Veronica Melendez
04:40 - 04:50 PM
Break
04:50 - 06:30 PM
Session 4: Land, Climate, Dispossession
Occom Commons, Goldstein Hall
Speakers: Tomás Ayuso, Olvin J. Abrego Ayala, Tesora Garcia, and Julio Gutierrez
Facilitator: Jorge E. Cuéllar
06:30 - 08:00 PM
Dinner & Closing Remarks
Occom Commons, Goldstein Hall