2025 Latino/a/x Issues Conference Schedule
March 26, 2025
Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Bowling Green State University
Schedule of Events:
All events in BGSU's Bowen-Thompson Student Union
8:30 AM
Outside of 202A Bowen-Thompson Student Union (BTSU)
Check-in for registered guests will remain open until 1:30 p.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Lounge outside 206 BTSU Theater
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
206 BTSU Theater
MC
- Prof. Luis Moreno
Land Acknowledgement
Davis Ritenour
Welcome / Bienvenida
Ana Brown
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Lucia Myers
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM
THEMATIC SESSION: Our Worlds in Our Words: Latinidad and the Arts
201 BTSU Sky Bank Room
Moderator: Prof. Valeria Grinberg Pla
Entré a Nuestro Mundo: Pláticas con Frida Kahlo y Selena Quintanilla /
Enter Our World: Talks with Frida Kahlo and Selena Quintanilla
Amanda Anastasia Paniagua, BGSU Graduate Student
Conversation on Latinidad and Masculinity – An Intervention
Paul Via Franco, BGSU Alumnus
Theatre About Us, Never Without Us: Coalitional Casting on University Stages and Beyond
Haley Anissa Alvarez, BGSU Graduate Student
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
PANEL: Colonialism and Its Legacies in Latin America
201 BTSU Sky Bank Room
Moderator: Prof. Amílcar Challú
El Camino a las Independencias Latinoamericanas (in Spanish)
Alessandro Martinez Leon, BGSU Undergraduate Student
Covert Colonialism: The Slow Violence of US Empire in Esmeralda Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican
Cassandra Whisenant, Graduate Student, West Virginia University
Structural Racism in the Brazilian Labor Market: Causes and Consequences
Wilgens Exil, Graduate Student, Federal University of Espiritu Santo, Brazil
11:30 AM - 1:20 PM
11:30am – 1:20pm
202 BTSU Lenhart Grand Ballroom
Please enter through 202A
11:30 am – Doors open
Noon – Program begins
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Amanda Anastasia Paniagua
University Welcome
President Rodney Rogers
Latino/a/x Issues Conference Organizing Units
Prof. Luis Moreno, Department of Ethnic Studies in School of Cultural and Critical Studies
Daphne Bonilla, Latino Student Union
Ana Brown, Division of Inclusion and Belonging
Prof. Amy Robinson, Latin American and Latino/a Studies Cluster
Acknowledgements
Lucia Myers
Presentation of Latino/a/x Issues Conference Awards
Davis Ritenour and Lucia Myers
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Eileen Bosch
Keynote Address:
Frederick Luis Aldama
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
PANEL: Structural Barriers for U.S. Latino/a/x and Spanish-speaking Communities
201 BTSU Sky Bank Room
Moderator: Prof. Carmen Alvarez
The Racialization Of Housing For Latinx And Immigrants In Chicago
Lucia Virginia Myers, BGSU Graduate Student
Examining The Effects Of Language Barriers For Non-Native English Speakers In The Healthcare System In Northwest Ohio
Sarah Witt, BGSU Undergraduate Student
Navigating Communication Conflicts: Addressing Structural And Interpersonal Barriers For Latinx Students At Predominantly White Institutions
Ashley Alvarez, BGSU Graduate Student
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
ROUNDTABLE: Expression of Latino/a/x Culture
201 BTSU Sky Bank Room
Moderator: Daphne Bonilla, BGSU Undergraduate Student
Joseph De La Torre, BGSU Undergraduate Student
Haley Anissa Alvarez, BGSU Graduate Student
Mayra Guadalupe Arroyo, BGSU Undergraduate Student
Jaime R. Figueroa, BGSU Undergraduate Student
ROUNDTABLE: Latina/o/x Cultural Influence and Activism
201 BTSU Sky Bank Room
Moderators: Amanda Anastasia Paniagua and Prof. Luis Moreno
Gloria Enriquez Pizana
Ramón Perez
Felix Lerma
4:30-6:00 PM
207 BTSU Mylander Room
Hosted by Latino Student Union
Updated: 03/20/2025 10:49AM