| May 15, 2007 | ||
| 6:15 pm |
The National Institute for Latino Policy
invites you to a roundtable
Discussion based on José Ramón Sánchez’ new book
Boricua Power: A Political History of Puerto Ricans in the United States
Tuesday, May 15, 6:15pm
NYU Wagner
The Puck Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room
295 Lafayette Street (and Houston Street)
New York, NY 10012-9604
(B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette, N,R,W to Prince Street, 6 to Bleecker Street)
Roundtable Participants
Alicia Cardona
Author: Rambling on Random Thoughts and New York Puerto Rican Women Achievers
Arlene Davila:
Professor, Anthropology, Social and Cultural Analysis (American Studies)
New York University, author: Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos and the Neoliberal City; Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People; and Sponsored Identities: Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico
David Diaz
Distinguished Lecturer in Media & Politics, City College (CUNY);
formerly senior correspondent and anchor on WCBS and WNBC-TV
José A. García
Senior Research and Policy Associate, Demos: A Network for Ideas
and Action; and author, East Coast Latino Voting Rights Act Reauthorization Manual
Mickey Melendez
Author, We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords
Councilmember Melissa Mark Viverito
Democrat representing District 8
Joseph Wiscovitch
President, Wiscovitch Associates
Respondent
José Ramón Sánchez
Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Urban Studies,
Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus
Moderator
Angelo Falcón
President and Co-Founder, National Institute for Latino Policy; and author, Atlas of Stateside Puerto Ricans,
and co-editor, Boricuas in Gotham: Puerto Ricans in the Making of Modern New York City
Co-sponsored by the
Women of Color Policy Network
at NYUWagner
RSVP with
Wynnie Lamour 212-334-5722 or wlamour@nlcatp.org
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