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Luis Valdez: The Challenges of Citizenship (UC San Diego, 11/20)
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2008-11-20 19:30
2008-11-20 21:30
2008-11-20 from 19:30 to 21:30 |
| Where | Price Center Ballroom |
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November 20, 7:30-9:30PM
Luis Valdez: The Challenges of Citizenship
Location: Price Center Ballroom
Admission: Free
Seating: Open Seating
Featuring:
Keynote speaker - Luis Valdez, Founder & Artistic Director of El Teatro Campesino
Panel Moderator - Christine Hunefeldt, Professor of History, UC San Diego; Director, Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS)
Panelist - Dennis Childs, Professor of Literature, UC San Diego, African American Studies Minor Faculty
Panelist - Ruben Garcia, Professor, California Western School of Law
Panelist - Jesus Perez Varela
Luis Valdez, the renowned filmmaker, playwright and activist will discuss the problems of citizenship in the United States. A powerful speaker, Luis Valdez is regarded as one of the most important and influential American playwrights living today. His internationally renowned, and Obie award winning theater company, El Teatro Campesino (The Farm Workers' Theater) was founded by Luis in 1965 - in the heat of the United Farm Workers (UFW) struggle and the Great Delano Grape Strike in California's Central Valley.
A panel of experts will hold discuss the themes of citizenship, border & diversity matters following the lecture. Mr. Valdez will be introduced by Professor Jorge Huerta, Associate Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer Emeritus.