Schedule at-a-glance

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration
Founder's Room, Yale Afro-American Cultural Center

12:00 - 01:30 PM 

Welcome Lunch & Remarks, Founder's Room
Yale Afro-American Cultural Center

Speakers: Eileen Galvez and CAFÉ Students  

01:45 - 03:15 PM
Session 1: Envisioning Futurities of an Abolitionist Central American Studies Through Love and Solidarity
E-Room, Afro-American Cultural Center

Facilitators: Eileen Galvez, Katy Maldonado Dominguez, bri rodriguez, Nalya Rodriguez, and Melanie White

03:30 - 05:00 PM
Keynote by Rosa Chávez:Wuxlab’al /Mi aliento, mi respiración/ My breath, my breathing
Art Gallery/Virtual, Afro-American Cultural Center

Introduced by Maryam Ivette Parhizkar

05:30 - 07:30 PM
Multi-Conference Joint Reception with A Global History of Indigenous Thought & Latinxxx Sexual Economies

09:00 - 09:45 AM

Continental Breakfast & Registration  

09:45 - 10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
E-Room/Virtual, Afro-American Cultural Center
Speaker: Leigh-Anna Hidalgo

10:00 - 11:15 AM
Session 2: Futurities
E-Room/Virtual, Afro-American Cultural Center
Speakers: Kaysha Corinealdi, Kency Cornejo, Nicole D. Ramsey,  and Melanie Y. White
Facilitator: Maryam Ivette Parhizkar

11:15 - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Session 3: Central American Narratives: Histories for the Future (Roundtable)
E-Room/Virtual, Afro-American Cultural Center
Speakers: John Manuel Arias, Rosa Chávez, Daniel Flores y Ascencio, Julio Serrano Echeverría, and Jessica Hoppe
Facilitator: Freddy Jesse Izaguirre

12:45 - 01:45 PM
Lunch

02:00 - 03:15 PM
Session 4: Social Movements
E-Room/Virtual, Afro-American Cultural Center
Speakers: Daisy E. Guzman Nunez, Katy Maldonado Dominguez, and Damaris Sánchez
Facilitator: Cristian Padilla Romero

03:30 - 04:45 PM
Session 5: New Obstacles (Postwar, New Authoritarianism, and Migration)
E-Room/Virtual, Afro-American Cultural Center
Speakers: Luciana Chamorro, Jorge Cuéllar, & Andrea Ixchíu
Facilitator: María de los Ángeles Aguilar

04:45 - 05:15 PM
Closing

06:30 - 08:00 PM
Dinner Reception
E-Room, Afro-American Cultural Center

08:00 PM
Isthmian Poetry & Music Open Mic
Art Gallery, Afro-American Cultural Center
MC'd by special guest Sheila Maldonado