Attend the Union for Puerto Rican Student's 23rd Annual Pa'Lante Conference! Celebrating Chicago’s Puerto Rican Community and Scholarship, April 10-14, 2017.
Puerto Rican Scholarship in Chicago
9:00am-10:00am Monday, April 10th, 2017
Latino Cultural Center (Lecture Center B2)
Dr. Maura Toro-Morn, Dr. Michael Staudenmaeir
The conference will open with a celebration of the Fall 2016 Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, which highlighted the work of Puerto Rican scholars in Chicago.
Reclaiming Latina Feminism: A Juxtaposition of issues of Reproductive Justice for Puerto Rican and Mexican Women
9:30am-11:00am Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
Student Center East White Oak Room AB
Dr. Elena Gutierrez, Dr. Lorena Garcia, Dr. Nilda Flores-Gonzalez
UIC faculty will lead a discussion on the lasting impact of the sterilization of colonial Puerto Rican
women and the experience of other Latinas in the U.S. concerning their reproductive freedoms.
Gentrification in Color and Time: The Puerto Rican Experience
9:00am-10:00am Wednesday, April 12th 2017
Latino Cultural Center (Lecture Center B2)
Dr. Jesse Mumm, Jessie Fuentes
Scholars will discuss how the gentrification of the Humboldt Park neighborhood changes the dynamic of Humboldt Park and touch upon the neighborhood’s White and Puerto Rican racial histories.
Civic Engagement Among Latinx Youth: 50 Years of Oscar López’s Legacy (1967-2017)
4:00pm-5:30pm Wednesday, April 12th 2017
CUPPA Hall (Suite 400) 412 S. Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Dr. Dalal Katsiaficas, Dr. Michael Rodriguez, Jennifer Juarez, Magda Collazo UIC’s own Dr. Katisaficas will present on a range of studies including the civic engagement of Latino youth in community colleges in NYC, and undocumented Latino college students nationally and then present some of her team’s latest findings. Dr. Rodriguez of Northwestern University will share his research on the legacy of Oscar Lopez’s activism and of the Puerto Rican riots on civic engagement among Chicago Boricuas.
Noche de Poetas
5:30pm-7:30pm Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Latino Cultural Center (Lecture Center B2)
Feature Poet: Eduardo Arocho
The Union for Puerto Rican Students in collaboration with Students for Justice in Palestine invite students and the public to come share their spoken word, poetry, music, and more in a safe space.
Puerto Rican Nationalism in Chicago
9:00am-10:00am Friday, April 14th, 2017
Latino Cultural Center (Lecture Center B2)
Dr. Margaret Power
Dr. Margaret Power will explore Puerto Rican nationalism in Humboldt Park. She will analyze how, why, and by what means activists born and raised in the diaspora are working with the Puerto
Rican Cultural Center define themselves as members of the Puerto Rican nation.
Celebrating Chicago’s Puerto Rican Community and Scholarship
4:00PM-6:00PM Friday, April 14th, 2017
Teatro Urbano 2620 W. Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Dr. Maura Toro-Morn and the authors of the 2016 El Centro journal
From Illinois State University, Dr. Maura Toro-Morn and other presenters will tie the week’s main themes together in a lively celebration in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
For more information please contact uic.uprs@gmail.com
