2023 Latino/a/x Issues Conference Schedule

Theater, 206 Bowen Thomson Student Union 

Film Screening will by followed by a Q&A with Director Michèle Stephenson

Learn more about the film screening

Theater Lounge, 200D Bowen-Thompson Student Union 

Check-in will be outside of 202A Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
Check-in for registered guests will remain open until 1:30 p.m.

Continental Breakfast will be provided in lounge outside Theater, 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

Theater, 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

Land Acknowledgement
    Amanda Anastasia Paniagua, LIC Organizing Committee

Welcome / Bienvenida
    Ana Brown, Deputy Chief Diversity and Belonging Officer, Division of
    Diversity and Belonging 

Presentation of Manny Vadillo Scholarship
    Connie Weaver, Office of Multicultural Affairs

Introduction and Acknowledgements
    Prof. Luis Moreno, LIC Organizing Committee Co-Chair
    Grace Katherine Ranft-Garcia, LIC Organizing Committee

PANEL: At the Margins of Law, Policy, Activism, and Politics 
Theater, 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Moderator: Prof. Christopher Frey

• "The Fight for Justice: The Case of Antonio Gomez and Early Mexican American Anti-Lynching Activism"
  Megan Miner, Texas Tech Graduate Student
• "The Trump Administration's Policies Impact on Black and Latinx Youth's Navigation Through Higher Education"
  Aarian Lynn, BGSU Undergraduate Student

PANEL: Confronting Violence: Rape, Environmental Injustice, and Forced Migration
Sky Bank Room, 201 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Moderator: Prof. Amílcar E. Challú

• "Militarized Border Rape: A Weapon of War and Dehumanization for Maintaining Cultural Hegemony and Nationalism"
  Elizabeth (Libby) Farren, BGSU Alumni
  
• "The Mexican Government's Negligence, Manifested as a Polluted and Powerless River"
  Michelle Evangelista, Florida State University Undergraduate Student
  
• "The Significance of Disney's Encanto in Relation to Forced Migration"
  Emily Gibbons, BGSU Graduate Student

THEMATIC SESSION: Community Perspectives: Diverse Latino/a/x Communities in Northwest Ohio
Theater, 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Moderator: Prof. Susana Peña

• Dr. Luis Moreno, La Conexión 
• Arturo Ortiz, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality 
• Stephenie Serda, Escuela SMART
• Meyling Ruiz, Latino Alliance 

PANEL: Art as Intervention in the Americas 
Sky Bank Room, 201 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Moderator: Prof. Michaela Django Walsh

• "Dehumanization or Memoralization: Truth, Justice, and Memory within Teresa Margolles' Artistic Confrontation with Violence in Northern Mexico"
  Raven Begell-Long, BGSU Undergraduate Student
  
• "Producing Inclusive Theatre; Adapting Greek Mythology for Mechicana/o Audiences"
  Haley Anissa Alvarez, BGSU Graduate Student
• "La Poesía Nuyorican de Martita Morales"
  Brie Lewis, BGSU Undergraduate Student

Grand Ballroom, 202 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Please enter through 202A

11:30 AM-Doors Open 

12:00 Noon Program Begins

University Welcome
    President Rodney Rogers

Latino/a/x Issues Conference Committee Members 
    Prof. Susana Peña, Eddie Mendoza, Prof. Francisco Cabanillas, Vania Yael
    Montoya, Imani Price-Rodriguez, Prof. Luis Moreno, Connie Weaver, and
    Grace Katherine Ranft-Garcia 

Presentation of Latino/a/x Issues Conference Awards
    Hali Kivari, Lucia Myers, and Paul Viafranco

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
    Rene Ayala

Keynote Address
     Michèle Stephenson

Learn more about Michèle Stephenson

PANEL:  Latino/a/x Racialization(s)
Sky Bank Room, 201 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Moderator: Prof. Nicole Jackson

• "Racing Peruvians: A Proposal for a Study on Race and Racialization within Peruvian Communities in the United States"
  Rene Ayala, BGSU Graduate Student
• "Labeled Latinx: Reclaiming Multiculturality Through Census"
  Trisha Bonham, BGSU Graduate Student

THEMATIC SESSION: The Connections between the Multitudes
Theater, 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Moderators: Paul Viafranco & Imani Price-Rodriguez

Organized by La Union de Estudiantes Latinos (Latino Student Union)

• Alina Edmunds, BGSU Undergraduate Student
• Vania Montoya, BGSU Undergraduate Student
• Maite Hall, BGSU Graduate Student 
• Grace Ranft-Garcia, BGSU Graduate Student 

Theater, 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Hosted by Prof. Tom Edge

In collaboration with the Finding Your Voice in Social Justice Learning Community

Prizes for trivia winners provided by the LIC Organizing Committee, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, and the Finding Your Voice in Social Justice Learning Community

Mylander Room, 207 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Hosted by Latino Student Union

Organized by La Union de Estudiantes Latinos (Latino Student Union)