Friday/viernes 31
October/octubre
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8:00 – 8:45
AM
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Registration
Opens
Café y pan
dulce
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8:45 – 9:00
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Break
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9:00 – 10:15
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Plenaria
de Bienvenida/Opening Plenary
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Welcome:Chon Noriega (CSRC) and Bonnie Abaunza (Arts for
Amnesty)
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Opening Remarks: Alicia Gaspar de Alba (CSRC)
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Keynote: Congresswoman Hilda Solis
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Commemoration
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10:30
– 12:30 PM
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Round
Table #1: The Crimes/Los Crimenes
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Benita Monárrez of Integración de Madres (mother/activist)
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Victoria Caraveo (Juárez activist, director Women's
Institute of Chihuahua)
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Esther Chavez Cano (Juárez activist, director, Casa Amiga)
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Patricia Cervantes (Justicia Para Nuestras Hijas,
mother/activist)
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Moderator: Lorena Mendez (Fox 11 News)
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Discussion
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12:30
- 2:00
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Break
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2:00 –
4:00
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Round Table #2: The Theories
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Diana Washington Valdéz (El Paso Times)
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Candace Skrapec (Cal State Fresno)
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Isabel Velásquez (El Silencio journalist, confirmation
pending)
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Cynthia Bejarano (New Mexico State University)
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Moderator: Ellie Hernández (University of California Santa
Barbara)
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Discussion
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4:00
– 4:30
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Break
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4:30-5:30 |
Keynote/Discurso
Inaugural: Eve Ensler, V-Day |
Student Art Show/Exhibición estudiantíl-Please
visit the student multimedia exhibition, "Yellow Brick Road to
Despair" at the Kerckhoff Gallery, which will be on display
throughout the conference. The exhibition was conceptualized
by the Gender & the Border Research Team during a year long
internship on the Juárez crimes with Alicia Gaspar de Alba.
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Saturday/sábado
1 November/noviembre
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8:00 – 8:45
AM
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Registration
Opens/ Café y pan dulce
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9:00 – 11:00
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Round
Table #3: The Hot Spot/La Zona Caliente
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Julia Monárrez Fragoso (Colegio de la Frontera)
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Kathleen Staudt (University of Texas at El Paso)
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Socorro Tabuenca (Colegio de la Frontera)
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Andrea Baca (Detective, El Paso Police Department)
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Moderator: Emma Pérez (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)
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Discussion
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11:00
- 11:30
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Break
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11:30 – 1:45
PM
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Screening
Of "Señorita Extraviada" followed by
plática with the director, Lourdes Portillo and Rosa Linda
Fregoso (U.C. Santa Cruz)
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1:45 –
2:45
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Break
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3:00 – 5:00
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Round
Table #4: Other Takes/Otras Perspectivas
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Jane Caputi (Florida Atlantic University)
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Devon Peña (University of Washington)
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Michael Rodríguez (UCLA Medical School)
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Elvia Arriola (DePaul University)
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Moderator: Lisa Catanzarite (UCLA CSRC)
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Simultaneous
Events/Eventos Simultáneos |
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6:30
– 10:00 |
Private
Reception/Recepción Privada, Fowler Museum Amphitheater
Lucas Gallery and Courtyard.
($30
Entrance)
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Cocktails
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An
evening of art, music, poetry and teatro featuring "Canto a
Las Desaparecidas" (cello music by María Elena Gaitán, poetry
by Olga García, Reina Prado, and Sandra Muñoz, and excerpts
from the play, "The Women of Juárez/Elegy for the Women of
Juárez" by Teatro Sinergia)
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Private Unveiling of "Lamento por las mujeres de Juárez/Elegy
for the Women of Juárez: An Altar Instillation" by MujerArtes
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Presentation by the MujerArtes cooperativa
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Silent Auction
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6:30 -
10:00PM |
Gender & the Border Research Team/Equipo Género y la Frontera,
Kerckhoff Gallery and Grand Salon (Free)
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Guided Tours of the student multimedia exhibition, "Yellow
Brick Road to Despair, at the Kerckhoff Gallery
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Panel Presentation by the Gender and the Border Research Team
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Spoken Word Performances
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Open Mic
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Refreshments
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Sunday/domingo
2 November/noviembre
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8:00 – 8:45
AM
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Registration
Opens-Café con pan dulce
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8:45 – 9:10
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Break
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9:00 – 11:00
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Round
Table #5: Arte de Conciencia/Art with a Conscience
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Judith Baca (Los Angeles-based muralist/artist, artistic
director of SPARC)
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Graciela Sánchez (director, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center)
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Rubén Amavizca (playwright and director, Frida Kahlo Theater)
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Coco Fusco (New York-based performance artist and "hacktivist")
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Moderator: Karen Mary Davalos (Loyola Marymount University)
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Discussion
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11:00
- 11:30
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Break |
| 11:30 – 1:30
PM |
Round
Table #6: Policy & Protest/Política y Protesta
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Marisela Ortiz (Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, confirmation
pending)
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Irasema Coronado (Coalition on Violence Against Women &
Families on the Border)
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Greg Bloom (Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez)
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Sheila Dauer (Amnesty International)
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Moderator: Maylei Blackwell (UCLA Chicana/o Studies)
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Discussion
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1:30-2:00PM |
Closing Comments/Comentarios de Clausura |
| 2:00 -
3:30PM |
Comida/Luncheon |
| 4:00 – 6:00 |
Art Lecture/Plática de Arte (Fowler Museum)
Master ceramicist Veronica
Castillo will lecture on "El Arbol de la vida y el culto a la
muerte: tradiciones Mexicanas/The Tree of Life and the Culture
of the Dead: Mexican Traditions at The Fowler Museum's Lenart
Auditorium. English translation by Gloria A. Ramírez. Free and
open to public. |
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*Live
stream audio broadcast of the conference via Internet will be
available courtesy of Coco Fusco and The Thing.
Please
note that this schedule is subject to change.
Although the conference is free and open to
the public, it is necessary to register to
attend each day of panels and events.
Por
favor note que la agenda está sujeta a cambios. Aunque la
conferencia es grátis y abierta al público, es necesario
inscripcionarse electrónicamente para poder asistir a las
sesiones diarias.
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