Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui is professor emerita, of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in Bolivia. She has two honorary doctorates form the Universidad Mayor de San Andres and the Universidad Nacional de San Luis Argentina. She has authored more than 10 books, including Oppressed But Not Defeated: Peasant Struggles Among the Aymara and Quechua in Bolivia, 1900-1980, Publishee in English and Japanese. Her latest book is a collection of essays titled: Un mundo ch'ixi es posible. Ensayos desde un presente en crisis (2018).

Jose Galvez, is a  Mexican-American Journalists and Pulitzer Prize winner who will be visiting Umass Amherst Thursday September 26th. Jose will be presenting his collection on LatinX Communities, please join us in welcoming Jose to Umass Amherst. For more info on Jose Galvez click on the link provided https://www.josegalvez.com/

Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui is professor emerita, of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in Bolivia. She has two honorary doctorates form the Universidad Mayor de San Andres and the Universidad Nacional de San Luis Argentina. She has authored more than 10 books, including Oppressed But Not Defeated: Peasant Struggles Among the Aymara and Quechua in Bolivia, 1900-1980, Publishee in English and Japanese. Her latest book is a collection of essays titled: Un mundo ch'ixi es posible. Ensayos desde un presente en crisis (2018).

Breakfast will be provided begining at 9:30 am following the panel comprised of Sara Branco, Amilcar Shabazz, Juliana Goes, Nana Oliveira, Whitney Battle-Baptiste, and Douglas Belchoir. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

Come join us on October 4, 2019 from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm for the showing of the documentary Change the Subject followed by a panel discussion. Our panel includes the directors Jill Baron and Sawyer Broadley and Isabel Espinal, Humanities Research Services Librarian at UMass Amherst Libraries. This event is sponsored by the Five […]