Podcasts about puerto rican studies

The fight for multicultural education and antiracist curricula is not new, as evidenced by the courageous actions of Brooklyn College students and faculty in the 1960s and 1970s, who paved the way for today's struggles against book banning and right-wing pushback.This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateStay informed and engaged! Don't miss out on our captivating weekly episodes that dive deep into the heart of our economy, culture, and politics from the past to the present. Please hit the podcast subscribe button if you've yet to subscribe.Description [Rewind origin date: September 10, 2023] :: Join us for this discussion on multicultural education as a fundamental human right. In these times it is crucial to reflect on the state of education. From right-wing attacks on higher education, pushback against critical thinking and comprehensive history to challenges in class size, teacher compensation, book bannings and the very foundation of quality public education — our conversation aims to shed light on the progress we've made toward multicultural education and the paths we've taken to get here including student demonstrations that led to incarceration of students and teachers exercising their first amendment rights back then in the late 1960's to 1970's. 

Join the conversation with Dr. Mónica Jiménez on Strictly Facts, where we peel back the layers of Puerto Rico's unique political situation and the heavy hand of U.S. legislative decisions on the island's fate. Through Dr.Jiménez's personal ties and her scholarly examination in her forthcoming book, Making Never, Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico, we gain an intimate glimpse into the Puerto Rico's legal status as an unincorporated territory and the systemic challenges that have been magnified by American legal precedents. As we traverse the complex terrain of Puerto Rico's status, Dr. Jiménez helps us navigate the moral dilemmas and economic strategies that have historically shaped American colonial ambition. The island's lack of federal representation and the tangible repercussions of past and present U.S. legal frameworks lead us through a reflective exploration of a legacy marred by racial and colonial practices. We confront these enduring issues head-on, casting light on the implications that reverberate through Puerto Rican society today.Mónica A. Jiménez is a poet and historian. She is currently assistant professor in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research and writing explore the intersections of law, race, and empire in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her first book, Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico, will be published in 2024 by the University of North Carolina Press. Dr. Jiménez has received fellowships in support of her work from the Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly the Woodrow Wilson Foundation), the Ford Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation, among others. In 2021, she was named an inaugural Letras Boricuas fellow by the Mellon and Flamboyan Arts Foundations. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Texas at Austin and a JD from the University of Texas School of Law. Her poetry and scholarly writing have appeared or are forthcoming in WSQ: Women Studies Quarterly, Latino Studies, CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Radical History Review, NACLA Report on the Americas,  Hayden's Ferry Review, and sx salon, among others. Support the showConnect with Strictly Facts - Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Youtube Looking to read more about the topics covered in this episode? Subscribe to the newsletter at www.strictlyfactspod.com to get the Strictly Facts Syllabus to your email!Want to Support Strictly Facts? Rate the Show Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform Share this episode with someone who loves Caribbean history and culture Send us a DM or voice note to have your thoughts featured on an upcoming episode Share the episode on social media and tag us Donate to help us continue empowering listeners with Caribbean history and education Produced by Breadfruit Media

In 1950, President Harry Truman ordered US troops to the Korean peninsula to help the South Koreans repel the invading North Korean People's Army, which was supported by the communist regimes of the Soviet Union and China. One of the regiments shipped overseas to fight was the 65th Infantry Regiment, the Borinqueneers, made up of soldiers from Puerto Rico. In Korea, the Borinqueneers served heroically, despite harsh conditions and racist treatment. Joining me in this episode to help us learn more about the 65th Infantry Regiment is writer Talia Aikens-Nuñez, author of the young adult book Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War.  Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode audio is “La Borinqueña,” performed by the United States Navy Band in 2003; the audio is in the public domain and available via Wikimedia Commons.The episode image is “Members of the 65th Infantry Regiment pose for a photo after a firefight during the Korean War;“ the photo is by the U.S. Army, in the public domain, and available via the Department of Defense. Additional sources: “Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Fought Bravely in Korea—Then Had to Fight for Redemption,” by Iván Román, History.com, Originally published November 20, 2021, and updated August 17, 2023. “The Borinqueneers: The Forgotten Heroes of a Forgotten War,” Center for Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY Hunter. “The 65th Infantry Regiment: A Storied History,” National Museum of the United States Army. “Congress Honors Puerto Rican Regiment for Heroic Korean War Service,” by Shannon Collins, DOD News, October 7, 2016. “Bloodied in Battle, Now Getting Their Due,” by David Gonzalez, The New York Times, October 2, 2007. “65th Infantry Regiment ‘Borinqueneers' Highlight Hispanic Heritage Month,”by Tim Oberle, Eighth Army Public Affairs, U.S. Army, September 18, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateStay informed and engaged! Don't miss out on our captivating weekly episodes that dive deep into the heart of our economy, culture, and politics. Please hit the podcast subscribe button if you've yet to subscribe. Join us for this discussion on multicultural education as a fundamental human right. As we kick off a new academic year, it's crucial to reflect on the state of education today. From right-wing pushback against critical thinking and comprehensive history to challenges in class size, teacher compensation, and the very foundation of quality public education — our conversation aims to shed light on the progress we've made toward multicultural education and the paths we've taken to get here. 

Recorded on March 6, 2023 at UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix, this "Authors Meet Critics" panel focused on Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of US Military Bases in World War II Latin America, by Rebecca Herman, Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley. The recording also features a response by Julio Moreno, Professor of History at the University of San Francisco, and and José Juan Pérez Meléndez, Assistant Professor in Latin American and Caribbean History at UC Davis, and a Bridging the Divides Fellow at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies in Hunter College. Elena Schneider, Associate Professor in the UC Berkeley Department of History, moderated. This panel was co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of History. About the Book During the Second World War, the United States built over two hundred defense installations on sovereign soil in Latin America in the name of cooperation in hemisphere defense. Predictably, it proved to be a fraught affair. Despite widespread acclaim for Pan-American unity with the Allied cause, defense construction incited local conflicts that belied the wartime rhetoric of fraternity and equality. "Cooperating with the Colossus" reconstructs the history of US basing in World War II Latin America, from the elegant chambers of the American foreign ministries to the cantinas, courtrooms, plazas, and brothels surrounding US defense sites. Foregrounding the wartime experiences of Brazil, Cuba, and Panama, the book considers how Latin American leaders and diplomats used basing rights as bargaining chips to advance their nation-building agendas with US resources, while limiting overreach by the “Colossus of the North” as best they could. Yet conflicts on the ground over labor rights, discrimination, sex, and criminal jurisdiction routinely threatened the peace. Steeped in conflict, the story of wartime basing certainly departs from the celebratory triumphalism commonly associated with this period in US-Latin American relations, but this book does not wholly upend the conventional account of wartime cooperation. Rather, the history of basing distills a central tension that has infused regional affairs since a wave of independence movements first transformed the Americas into a society of nations: national sovereignty and international cooperation may seem like harmonious concepts in principle, but they are difficult to reconcile in practice. Drawing on archival research in five countries, "Cooperating with the Colossus" is a revealing history told at the local, national, and international levels of how World War II transformed power and politics in the Americas in enduring ways. Learn more about the book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cooperating-with-the-colossus-9780197531877?cc=us&lang=en& Learn more about Social Science Matrix: https://matrix.berkeley.edu

Our guest today is the infectiously inspirational Harry Franqui-Rivera. Harry is Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of History and Global Languages at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Before landing at Bloomfield, Harry held visiting and adjunct positions at Marist College, Skidmore College, Lehman College (City University of New York), and he was a Research Associate at CENTRO - The Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York. Harry earned his BA in History at the Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, completed an MA in US Military/Diplomatic History at Temple University, then earned his PhD in History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Harry is the author of Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 (University of Nebraska Press), and he has authored numerous essays and articles, including “A New Day Has Dawned for Porto Rico's Jíbaro': Manhood, Race, Military Service and Self-Government during WWI” in Latino Studies (2015). Harry is currently working on two book projects, Fighting on Two Fronts: The Experience of the Puerto Rican Soldiers in the Korean War and Patriotism and Resistance: The Puerto Rican Experience during the Vietnam War. He is a frequent contributor to Centro Voices, Latino Rebels, NBC News, and The Huffington Post, and he also frequently appears on Spanish and English-language television and radio. Harry is a Board member and Executive Director of the New York Chapter of the National Puerto Rican Agenda and has served on the Council of the Latin American Studies Association. Harry has an amazing story - growing up in Puerto Rico, dropping out of school, serving in the military, returning to school, then chasing a girl to Philadelphia, which serendipitously put him in friend-of-the-pod Jay Lockenour's graduate seminar at Temple University. The rest, as they say, is "history." We thoroughly enjoyed our chat with Harry Franqui-Rivera - your day will be better for listening to his story. Rec.: 11/18/2022

For the entire discussion, bonus content, to support independent media and help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct Link to the Patreon-only portion of this broadcast: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mike-prysner-on-75086411 Anti-war Iraq War veteran Mike Prysner talks about a major story he broke about Governor Ron DeSantis's military experiences in GTMO and Iraq. But first, filmmaker Tami Gold and organizer J. Leigh Oshiro-Brantly talk about the fight for sex workers' rights and the forthcoming documentary "It's Just A Job." Mike Prysner joined the Army 3 months before the 9/11 attacks, and in March 2003 was part of the invasion of Iraq. After 12 months in the occupation he became an outspoken opponent of the war, and became known for speeches, protests, and veterans' organizing against US imperialism. Since 2015 he has been the producer & co-writer for Abby Martin's show The Empire Files, and is also the host of Eyes Left, a socialist anti-war military podcast. J. Leigh Oshiro-Brantly is an organizer, sex worker and survivor who does advocacy and research around disabilities, poverty, food/housing instability and violence. They have co-authored academic papers, conducted interviews and focus groups, done community organizing, made documentaries and served at organizations like The Ishtar Collective, GLITS, SOAR Institute, Decriminalize Sex Work, and New York Transgender Advocacy Group. They were an advisor for the Museum of the City of New York's Transgender Activism Exhibit and received the 2019 Marsha P. Johnson Community Leader Award from New York Transgender Advocacy Group, where they have served as the president of the NY State Gender Diversity Coalition since 2019. Tami Kashia Gold is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural worker and a professor at Hunter College CUNY. Her teaching focuses on documentary production and LGBTQ non-fiction studies. As a filmmaker, Tami has produced Every Mother's Son; Juggling Gender: Politics, Sex And Identity; Out At Work: Lesbian And Gay Men On The Job; Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College; Passionate Politics: The Life and Work Of Charlotte Bunch; RFK In The Land Of Apartheid; Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Labor Struggle in the Post Office; The Last Hunger Strike: Ireland 1981; Another Brother, among others. Tami is a recipient of a Rockefeller, Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships; NY/NJ Video Arts Fellowships; AFI Independent Filmmakers Fellowship and Tribeca Audience Award; GLAAD Media Award; Urban Visionaries Award, Museum of Television and Radio; Excellence in the Arts Award from the Manhattan Borough President; Cine Golden Eagle Award;1st Place Athens International Film and Video Festival; HUGO Award; Gold Plaque Chicago International Film Festival; Director's Choice Award, Black Maria; Video Golden Apple Award; National Media Network Festival among others.

In 1966, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley declared that the first week of June would be known as “Puerto Rican Week,” culminating in the first Puerto Rican Parade, to honor the growing Puerto Rican population in the city. After the parade, while people were still celebrating, police shot a Puerto Rican man in the leg, following a pattern of police violence against the Puerto Rican community, which sparked a three-day uprising in the Humboldt Park neighborhood that changed Puerto Rican history in Chicago. Joining me to help us understand the Puerto Rican community in Chicago both before and after the Division Street uprising is Dr. Mirelsie Velázquez, an associate professor of education at the University of Oklahoma and author of Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode audio is “Quiero Vivir en Puerto Rico,” performed by Marta Romero and Anibal Herrero y Su Orquesta, and written by Guillermo Venegas (Hijo). The audio is in the public domain and is available via the Internet Archive. The episode image is “June 12 1966: Smoke rises from burning squad car as a crowd surrounds it during riots in Humboldt Park,” from the 1960s: Days of Rage website. Additional Sources: “It Was a Rebellion: Chicago's Puerto Rican Community in 1966,” Chicago History Museum, via Google Arts & Culture. “Chicago's 1966 Division Street Riot,” by Daniel Hautzinger, WTTW, September 2, 2020. "Recollections: 1966 Division Street Riot," by Mervin Méndez, Diálogo: Vol. 2 (1997): No. 1 , Article 6. “Puerto Ricans Riots: Chicago 1966,” Center for Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY Hunter. “Spanish-American War,” History.com “1917: Jones-Shafroth Act,” Library of Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Days after Hurricane Fiona swept across Puerto Rico, people there are still dealing with intense heat, a water shortage and a difficult history that has left the territory short on power and crucial needs. Yarimar Bonilla, the director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York, joined William Brangham to discuss the recovery. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Days after Hurricane Fiona swept across Puerto Rico, people there are still dealing with intense heat, a water shortage and a difficult history that has left the territory short on power and crucial needs. Yarimar Bonilla, the director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York, joined William Brangham to discuss the recovery. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Days after Hurricane Fiona swept across Puerto Rico, people there are still dealing with intense heat, a water shortage and a difficult history that has left the territory short on power and crucial needs. Yarimar Bonilla, the director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York, joined William Brangham to discuss the recovery. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Yarimar Bonilla, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) and professor of Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies at Hunter College, discusses the latest on Hurricane Fiona, including severe flooding and power outages in Puerto Rico, how the deadly storm is traveling through the Caribbean, plus listeners with personal ties to affected areas call in.

In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress can exclude residents of Puerto Rico from some federal disability benefits that are otherwise granted to U.S. citizens. Yarimar Bonilla, professor of Puerto Rican Studies and Anthropology at the City University of New York, monthly columnist at El Nuevo Dia, and incoming director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, talks about the implications of that ruling and what it might mean for the future of statehood for the island.

The Supreme Court recently that Puerto Ricans were ineligible for some disability benefits. What does it mean for boricuas, and their relationship with the mainland US? On Today's Show:Yarimar Bonilla, professor of Puerto Rican Studies and Anthropology at the City University of New York, monthly columnist at El Nuevo Dia, and incoming director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, talks about the implications of that ruling and what it might mean for the future of statehood for the island.

This episode focuses on the special relationship between New York City and Puerto Rico, via the tales of pioneros, the first migrants to make the city their home and the many hundreds of thousands who came to the city during the great migration of the 1950s and 60s. Today there are more Puerto Ricans and people of Puerto Rican descent in New York City than in any other city in the nation — save for San Juan, Puerto Rico. And it has been so for decades. By the late 1960s, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans lived in New York City, but in a metropolis of deteriorating infrastructure and financial woe, they often found themselves at the lowest rung of the socio-economic ladder, in poverty-stricken neighborhoods.Puerto Rican poets and artists associated with the Nuyorican Movement, activated by the needs of their communities, began looking back to their origins, asking questions.In this special episode Greg is joined by several guests to look at the stories of Puerto Ricans from the 1890s until the early 1970s. With a focus on the origin stories of New York's great barrios -- including East Harlem, the Lower East Side and the South Bronx.FEATURING The origin of the Puerto Rican flag and the first bodegas in New York City!WITH Dr. Yarimar Bonilla and Carlos Vargas-Ramos of CUNY's Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO), Kat Lloyd and Pedro Garcia of the Tenement Museum and Angel Hernandez of the Huntington Free Library and Reading Room and the Webby Award winning podcast Go Bronx.

Hello everyone. The winter holidays and New Year's are coming up and I just hope that wherever you are, you are able to spend some time with your friends and loved ones. It can be hard these days even to do that, so cherish those moments. I have only one last episode to share with you before the end of the year, which is also the last episode from the Rogers Art Loft series that I conducted this past summer. Don't worry, I will see you all in January. So without further ado, I want to present Dr. Erika Abad, a Queer Latina poet, born and raised in Chicago. Dr. Abad received her BA in Latin American and Latina/o Studies from DePaul University and her Ph.D. in American Studies from Washington State University. Prior to her move to Las Vegas, Dr. Abad was an oral historian for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College. Beyond Puerto Rican, Latinx, and Gender Studies, she is a well-published essayist, poet, and fiction writer, most recently writing a poem and creative reflection on the Pulse-Orlando tragedy. She is also a regular writer for Women in Higher Education. Erika and I chat about writing during difficult times, giving feedback to students without minimizing their experiences, queer fandom, and being mindful. This was a live-recorded event that was hosted by the wonderful Lance Smith of the Rogers Art Loft. Until next year, stay safe and healthy and have a wonderful winter holiday.Links Mentioned:Erika's InstagramErika's TwitterLove, VictorAnna CastilloTato LavieraIn Other Words Feminist Community CenterSinister Wisdom 117: Lesbians in the CityDennis McBride - LGBTQ Las VegasLin-Manuel MirandaPoseVidaVisions of UsFollow Seeing Color:Seeing Color WebsiteSubscribe on Apple PodcastsFacebookTwitterInstagram

Learning about the Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. This episode's guests are Dr. José Higuera López, The Deputy Director of the Mexican Studies Institute at the City University of New York, and Mr. Aníbal Arocho, Library Manager for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College.

Yarimar Bonilla, Professor in the Department of Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies at Hunter College and in the PhD Program in Anthropology at the Graduate Center, assumes the role of Acting Director of El Centro, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, on July 1. In this episode, she talks with Vanessa Valdés, Director of the Black Studies Program and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at City College. Visit indoorvoicespodcast.com

There's a proposal in Congress to put questions of statehood and representation to the people of Puerto Rico. But in thinking about its future, we must reckon with its colonial present. On Today's Show:Alana Casanova-Burgess, host of La Brega, and reporter and producer for WNYC's On the Media, and Yarimar Bonilla, professor of Puerto Rican Studies and Anthropology at the City University of New York, monthly columnist at El Nuevo Día, and incoming director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, talk about how Puerto Ricans are weighing the many options for a new political future of the island.

Alana Casanova-Burgess, host of La Brega, and reporter and producer for WNYC's On the Media, and Yarimar Bonilla, professor of Puerto Rican Studies and Anthropology at the City University of New York, monthly columnist at El Nuevo Día, and incoming director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, talk about how Puerto Ricans are weighing the many options for a new political future of the island. → EVENT: Alana and Professor Bonilla will be in a virtual discussion with several other big thinkers on this topic on April 8th from 7-8PM. The event is free, to sign up click here.

John Tarleton, Editor-in-Chief of the Indypendent newspaper, interviews: —Jabari Brisport, the newly seated State Senator from Brooklyn’s 25th District who won along with four other democratic socialists. Their conversation covers the NYPD's behavior on MLK day and the fight to tax New York's billionaires. —Tami Gold, award-winning filmmaker and artist and Dr. María E. Pérez y González, an Associate Professor & Deputy Chairperson in the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY. They talk about the documentary "Making The Impossible Possible," the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn CollegePossible.

John Tarleton interviews Tami Gold, award-winning filmmaker and artist and Dr. María E. Pérez y González, an Associate Professor & Deputy Chairperson in the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY. They talk about their recent documentary, "Making The Impossible Possible," the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn CollegePossible.

Welcome to Engage Recovery Presents: Meeting at the Intersection! Co-hosts Jarmichael Harris and Dr. Kristine De Jesus introduce you to the podcast and what has brought us to the topic of intersectionality. About the Hosts: Jarmichael R. Harris, MS, LCAS As Founder and CEO of Engage Recovery, Meeting at the Intersection is a nice balance to Jarmichael's other podcast show, Professional Culture the Podcast. Jarmichael's social media savvy has helped him to reach audiences across the country and be featured on several recovery oriented podcasts as well as writing for WorkIt Health and Recovery Campus Magazine. As a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, Harris brings a unique perspective to addressing chemical dependency and a failed War on Drugs. Dr. Kristine De Jesus, Psy.D, MAOB Dr. De Jesus is an author, entrepreneur, recovery and social justice activist. She is the founder of The Wellness Cooperative, a wellness center dedicated to serving BIPOC folx in recovery from Substance Use Disorder. Dr. De Jesus attended Rutgers University where she earned a BA in Psychology and Puerto Rican Studies. She holds a Masters in Organizational Behavior from Alliant International University, and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology where she specialized in Cross Cultural and Health Psychology. Dr De Jesus's area of expertise is recovery, equity, intersectionality and strategies for reducing health disparities.

La Changa insipirado en el arte del Reverendo Pedro Pietri y en las situaciones de la vida diaria de las personas trabajadoras del mundo, esto es para ustedes! Si no sabes de ese poeta pues lee: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/pedro-pietri La imagen es copyright del Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Library & Archive** Free Grass for the Working Class/ El Reverendo Pedro Pedro Pietri Papers, 1939-2004 One side: Free Grass For The Working Class, Other side: El Reverendo Pedro. From series of Briefcases and Suitcases DATE 1980s, Date accepted CREATOR Pedro Pietri LANGUAGE English, Spanish DOCUMENT TYPE Art: visual materials IDENTIFIER PePi_Free-Grass-For-El-Rev-Pedro_0001 RELATED KEYWORDS Art, Artists, Visual arts, Poetry, Poets CITATION Pedro Pietri Papers, 1939-2004. Free Grass for the Working Class/ El Reverendo Pedro: PePi_Free-Grass-For-El-Rev-Pedro_0001. Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives, Hunter College, CUNY. Web. 05 Aug 2020. USE RESTRICTIONS In Copyright RIGHTS HOLDER Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Library & Archive REPOSITORY Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Library & Archives This program is brought to you by: The People Who Gives a Bud --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/espacio-mariguano/message

Join us today as we talk with Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter about changing the Bronx Narrative, seeing the possibilities and potential in our students, and developing transformational leaders! Learn more about using improvement science to get to the root cause of issues schools face and what it means to be Bronx Strong!! Visit our Bronx ART Website to learn more about our team and improvement science! Connect with us on twitter at @Bx_ ARTeam Today's hosts are Lizette Aguilar, Kris DeFilippis, Adelia Gibson, and Kaitlyn Reilley Guest Information: Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter grew up in New York City where she attended Queens Vocational and Technical High School and went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts in English concentrating in Cross Cultural Literature and Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. She later received her Master's Degree in Administration and Supervision from Mercy College and completed her School District Leader certification through the NYC Advanced Leadership Institute. Meisha is currently pursuing her doctorate in Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy at Fordham University. She previously served as the principal of the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice(LGJ). During her tenure at LGJ, Meisha taught English before becoming an Assistant Principal and then taking the helm as Principal in 2004. Prior to becoming the Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha served as Superintendent for Community School District #11. Connect with Meisha @meishaporter Resources: Open 2.0; Deeper Learning with Equity Fellows

Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza and Michelle Tovar Garcia about the exhibit and lecture: Latino Holocaust Liberators of World War II at the Houston Holocaust Museum, & Ivelisse Rodríguez discusses her new book "Love War Stories." Click her to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BS Bios: Ivelisse Rodriguez’s debut short story collection is Love War Stories (The Feminist Press, 2018). She has published fiction in the Boston Review, All about Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color, Obsidian, Kweli, the Bilingual Review, Aster(ix), and other publications. She is the founder and editor of an interview series focused on contemporary Puerto Rican writers in order to highlight the current status and the continuity of a Puerto Rican literary tradition from the continental US that spans over a century. The series is published in Centro Voices, the e-magazine of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. She was a senior fiction editor at Kweli and is a Kimbilio fellow and a VONA/Voices alum. She is currently working on the novel The Last Salsa Singer about 70s era salsa musicians in Puerto Rico. She earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College and a Ph.D. in English-creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. www.ivelisserodriguez.com. Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza is an assistant professor of History at Texas Southern University, where he has taught since 2009. His area of expertise is on the history of Latinos in the United States, with an emphasis on civil rights activism. Dr. Esparza is currently working on a manuscript entitled Raza Schools: Latino Educational Autonomy and Activism in Texas, 1920- 1980 which offers a multiracial narrative of a Latino-owned school district in west Texas since the end of the First World War through the post-civil rights era. Michelle Tovar is the Associate Director of Education-Spanish Outreach and Latin American Initiatives at the Houston Holocaust Museum. NP Radio airs live Tuesdays 6pm-7pm cst 90.1 FM KPFT Houston, TX. Livestream www.KPFT.org. More podcasts at www.NuestraPalabra.org. The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library’s Special Collections Hispanic Archives. Producers: Leti Lopez & Marlen Treviño. Board operator: Joe Anthony Treviño. Tony Diaz Sundays, Mondays, & Tuesdays & The Other Side Sun 7am "What's Your Point" Fox 26 Houston Mon Noon "The Cultural Accelerator" at www.TonyDiaz.net Tues 6pm NP Lit Radio 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston www.NuestraPalabra.org 24/7 The Other Side TV www.TheOtherSideTele.com

“If there is any silver lining to this crisis, it might be that finally we will see a new political class emerging,” says Edwin Meléndez, Director of CUNY’s Center for Puerto Rican Studies, in this podcast with AS/COA Online’s Luisa Leme.

John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clark, January 1, 1915 – July 16, 1998),  a Pan Africanist, American-African writer, historian, professor, and pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s. Also a Professor of African World History and in 1969 founding chairman of the Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York. He was the Carter G. Woodson Distinguished visiting Professor of African History at Cornell University's Africana Studies.  In 1968 along with the Black Caucus of the African Studies Association, Clarke founded the African Heritage Research Association. He said: "History is a clock that people use to tell their time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are, but more importantly, what they must be." We must remember the ancestors and listen to thier words of wisdom...Please enjoy! Call in @ 661-467-2407 on the first evening of Kwanzaa!

"Baruch College's School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College's School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College's School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College's School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College's School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College's School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"

"Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs hosts a daylong conference to discuss New York immigration services and policies. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and the City University of New York. Throughout the day, speakers take a look at local immigration policies and services in the context of a burgeoning national debate on immigration and immigrants. The event takes place on May 25, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220. [Part I -- 58 min.] David Birdsell Dean of the School of Public Affairs Mitchel B. Wallerstein President, Baruch College Carol Robles-Roman Deputy Mayor, City of New York Survey Results: New Yorkers' Attitudes toward Immigrants 5/11 Mickey Blum Professor of Public Affairs & Director, Baruch Survey Research Douglas Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College A keynote Presentation by Alan Aviles, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., introduced by James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs [Part II -- 59 min.] ""Immigrants and Educational Opportunity"" Panel Jay Hershenson Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations, CUNY Ken Guest Professor of Anthropology, Baruch College Ke Liang Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Baruch College Laura Rodriguez Deputy Chancellor for Disabilities & ELL, NYCDOE Melanie Reyes Education Advocate, New York Immigration Coalition Robert Courtney Smith Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College Edwin Melendez Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vilna Bashi Treitler Professor of Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College [Part III -- 59 min.] ""Civic & Political Engagement in Immigrant Communities"" Panel: David Birdsell Dean, School of Public Affairs at Baruch College Sandra Dunn Director of Immigration Programming at the Hagedorn Foundation The Honorable Carlos Sada Consul General, Mexican Consulate John Mollenkopf Director of the Center for Urban Affairs at the CUNY Graduate Center Fatima Shama Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Presentation ""Immigration and Law Enforcement"" Monica Varsanyi Professor of Political Science, John Jay College Els de Graauw Professor of Political Science, Baruch College Sgt. Rafet Awad NYPD New Immigrant Outreach Unit"