Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), in partnership with Duende District Bookstore, is pleased to welcome award-winning poet, Javier Zamora, who will be in Washington, D.C. from February 26 through March 1. While in Washington Zamora will give a public reading, take part in a colloquium with university students, spend time with students at a bilingual elementary school, and dialogue with students in a college-level writing workshop.…

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SOUTH BEND, Ind.- On Tuesday, a champion of workers' rights, whose words have motivated many, visited the University of Notre Dame to inspire and make sure this generation of students know they are the difference. …

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Welcomed by an audience cheering her famous phrase, “Si, se puede! Si, se puede!” Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of the United Farm Workers and civil rights icon, took the stage in McKenna Hall Tuesday night to discuss her career as an activist and leader. 

The lecture was hosted in conjunction with the Institute for Latino Studies’ Transformative Latino Leadership Lecture Series which involved a discussion with the Institute for Latino Studies director Luis Fraga along with the Notre Dame and South Bend community.…

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Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with César Chavez will be the special guest of the Institute for Latino Studies’ Transformative Latino Leadership Lecture Series at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 13 (Tuesday) in McKenna Hall.

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Luis Fraga, Director of the Institute for Latino Studies, discussed the under enrollment of Latino students in American Catholic schools at the 2017 Hesburgh Lecture Wednesday at the Eck Center.

Latinos now comprise 35 percent of all Catholics living in the United States; for practicing Catholics under 30, Latinos comprise 52 percent. Yet, only 15–17 percent of all students enrolled in Catholic schools are Latino.…

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Notre Dame anthropologist Alex E. Chávez, a fellow of the Institute for Latino Studies, published a new book, Sounds of Crossing: Music, Migration, and the Aural Poetics of Huapango Arribeño…

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Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, will take its place alongside nearly twenty other poetry organizations from across the Unites States for a national convening from November 30 to December 2 in both Tucson and Phoenix, AZ.

Thanks to a major grant from the Ford Foundation secured by the Academy of American Poets, the groups will tour the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, which helps lead the coalition, and then trek to Phoenix for a reading by Sandra Cisneros, Rita Dove, and Joy Harjo at the Phoenix Art Museum, hosted in partnership with ArchiTEXTS: A Conversation Across Languages with Natalie Diaz.…

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Karen Richman was invited by Latinos for a Secure Retirement to present a lecture on “The Significance of Gender for Latino Retirement” at the Sixth Annual 2017 Retirement Empowerment Summit on October 2nd in Washington, D.C.

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Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies, is pleased to present Emmy Perez, who will be performing her poetry on campus on Tuesday, November 7, at 7:30 pm in room 210 of McKenna Hall. There will be a pre-reading reception at 6:15 PM at Galería América outside of 230 McKenna Hall (mezzanine level). A book signing will follow.…

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The Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, concluded its Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 event series with bilingual environmental play, El Payaso. Thirty years after the murder of American engineer, Ben Linder, Teatro Milagro, a theatre group from Oregon, celebrates his extraordinary story.…

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For Thomas Anderson, it’s hard not to be fascinated with Cuba. Anderson, a professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, has written two books on Cuban literature and culture and has published an edited volume of a leading Cuban author’s letters. Currently, he is working on a book that focuses on images of the U.S. civil rights movement in Cuban poetry. “I think for a lot of people, Cuba has always been seen as this forbidden country, and it’s something people are drawn to,” he said. “But it’s also a country with an incredibly rich literary and cultural history.”

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Lessons from Breaking Bad: Why being an avid fan of the groundbreaking series inspired him to study negative representations of Latinos in popular culture.

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Elizabeth Acevedo speaks on poetry and life’s challenges during her visit to Notre Dame

Poetry and life’s many obstacles were the focus of poet Elizabeth Acevedo’s performance.…

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Highest Ranking Latino leader in the U.S. Catholic Church, Most Reverend, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez Challenges Our Approach to Immigration in America

 

Scholar Aaron Benavides, Class ‘21, Most Reverend Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, ILS Director Professor, Luis R. Fraga…

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Institute for Latino Studies Appoints Social Entrepreneur, Garcia-Lopez, as Associate Director 

 

Paloma Garcia-Lopez — an educator, nonprofit leader, and manager with more than 15 years of experience — has been appointed associate director of the Institute for Latino Studies…

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Cambridge University Press released a list of articles and books on Hispanic heritage in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Amongst the many incredible works highlighted is ILS Director Luis Fraga…

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The Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame will host a series of events in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

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A decision to discontinue DACA would be foolish, cruel and un-American.

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Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., founding director of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns, died Thursday (Aug. 24) at Holy Cross House. He was 81.

 

“Father Don McNeill engaged, encouraged, and empowered laypeople, especially students, to make the world a better, more just place for all,” said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.…

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The Institute for Latino Studies is mourning the tragic loss of Mayra Martinez, who died along with her husband Jeremy, in a car accident in France on August 6. Mayra touched everyone she met with her brilliance, compassion, and joyfulness. Mayra graduated in 2015 with majors in Anthropology and French and a minor in Latino Studies. She also participated in the Institute’s summer internship program, CCLP…

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