Abriendo Brecha is an annual conference at
The University of Texas at Austin dedicated to activist scholarship;
i.e. research and creative intellectual work in alignment with
communities, organizations, movements and networks working for social
justice.
Abriendo Brecha VII calls for a renewed discussion
on the meanings and practices of activist scholarship, particularly as
it relates to the challenges of the present moment. Some themes for
this year’s conference include: Race and Inequality throughout the
Americas; Environmental Justice Movements; and The Global Economic
Crisis. This year’s conference will consist of a mixed
format that includes panels, workshops, poster presentations,
performances and film. Speakers, panelists, and performers include:
- Iris Morales—Activist, filmmaker and former leading member of the Young Lord’s Party. (Keynote) Thursday, 5pm, Santa Rita Room
- Omi
Osun Olomo/Joni Jones—Director, John. L. Warfield Center for African
& African American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
(Keynote). Friday, 12pm, Santa Rita Room
- Javier Auyero—Lozano Long Professor of Latin American Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Friday, 2pm, Texas Union Theater
- Alejandro
Cerda—sociologist at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México,
Unidad Xochimilco; expert on autonomy in Zapatista municipalities in
Chiapas. Saturday, 4pm, Chicano Culture Room
- Eli Efi— former front man and founder of the politically charged Brazilian rap group DMN. Friday, 5pm, Texas Union Theater
- Hilda Kurtz—Associate Professor of Geography, University of Georgia. Friday, 2pm, Texas Union Theater
- Loira Limbal (aka DJ Laylo)—Hiphop artist, co-producer of award winning documentary “Estilo Hip Hop.” Friday, 5pm, Texas Union Theater
- Adrienne Pine—Assistant professor of Anthropology, American University and author of Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras. Saturday, 4pm, Chicano Culture Room
- Max Rameau—Community organizer, writer and leader of Miami’s Take Back the Land. Saturday, 4pm, Chicano Culture Room
- Alvaro Reyes—post-doctoral fellow, Department of Geography, Duke University. Saturday, 4pm, Chicano Culture Room
- Julie
Sze— Associate Professor of American Studies, founding director of the
Environmental Justice Project for UC Davis’ John Muir Institute for the
Environment. Friday, 2pm, Texas Union Theater.
Abriendo
Brecha VII is sponsored by the Division of Diversity and Community
Engagement (DDCE) Community Engagement Center at The University of
Texas at Austin.
Cosponsors: Center for Asian American
Studies, Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women’s and
Gender Studies, College of Liberal Arts, John L. Warfield Center for
African & African American Studies, Mexican Center, Teresa Lozano
Long Institute of Latin American Studies.
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