April 8, 2008
University Of Miami Center For Latin American Studies To Host Panel On Hispanic Immigration Patterns
Coral Gables, FL. (April 8, 2008) - The University of Miami’ s Center for Latin American Studies will sponsor a panel discussion on “Latino Migrants on Two Coasts: Experiences of South Florida and Southern California Compared” on Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Learning Center, Classroom 120.
This discussion will highlight poignant concerns on the timely issues surrounding immigration and the different lived experiences on both US “coasts”. Local experts will highlight and expand famed author and Los Angeles Times writer; Sam Quinones as he presents the opening address.
Quinones will discuss the meaning and importance of “immigrant houses”, which have been going up across Mexico for more than 30 years. Homes built by immigrants and their dollars with hopes of returning to retire to them one day, only in the end to remain vacant. Quinones will share the story of Mexican immigration as told though immigrant houses.
Here is a short description of the keynote speaker and the panelists:
Sam Quinones, a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, spent the years from 1994 to 2004 as a freelance writer living in Mexico. There he covered politics, business, and the environment for Los Tigres del Norte. He focused especially on Mexican immigration, traveling across the country to the immigrant states of Zacatecas, Oaxaca, Michoacan, Guanajuato and the U.S.-Mexico border.
He is the author of two non-fiction books about Mexico. His most recent is ANTONIO'S GUN AND DELFINO'S DREAM: True Tales of Mexican Migration -- a collection of stories about Mexican immigration.
In 2001, he published TRUE TALES FROM ANOTHER MEXICO: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx, a collection of stories about contemporary Mexico.
Susan Reina, Executive Director of Mujeres Unidas en Justicia, Educación y Reforma Social. She specializes in working with battered immigrant women.
Lisandro Perez, Florida International University (FIU), sociology professor and Cuban Immigration specialist.
Magdaleno Rose-Avila, former director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and expert on immigrant rights and transnational gang immigration.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact CLAS at umclas@miami.edu or 305-284-1854.
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