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NACCS TEJAS FOCO 2023
4.4 ROUNDTABLE | BMSLC 1.113
VISUAL ART AS TESTIMONIOS OF RESISTANCE AGAINST COLONIALISM
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Chairs: Elizabeth González, Texas Southmost College/South Texas College & Alexis Ramos, South Texas College
Jesús Treviño, University of Texas at Austin
Clarissa Martínez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Regina Pérez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
4.5 WORKSHOP | BMSLC 1.120
THE SYSTEM-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN EL VALLE: LOS CONDENADOS AND THE STRUGGLE TO FIND VOICE
Mark Anthony Vásquez, Statewide Leadership Council
Dulce Garza, The Garza Project
Erin Thorn Vela, Senior Attorney, Beyond Borders Program/Texas Civil Rights Project
This workshop is intended to facilitate a discussion about the impact of the legal system as a racial and colonial construct to our communities. As part of this exploration, attendees will be asked to explore and identify racial factors and divisions which have influenced and shaped our communities, including the growth of the carceral state.
5:00-6:15 PM BREAKOUT
Sessions V
5.1 PANEL | BSABH 2.102 LIBERATION & TRANSFORMATION
Moderator: Saúl Hernández, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Remembering Liberation, Forgetting Possession: Migration and Abolitionist Temporalities
Alfonzo Mendoza, Arizona State University
El Curso de La Raza and Other Liberation Pedagogic Activities
Aurelio Manuel Montemayor, Intercultural Development Research Association
Thomas Ray García, College Scholarship Leadership Access Program
Denigrating Stereotypes Against Mexicans
Arturo Zarate Ruiz, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Psychology and Ancestral Memory
John Valencia, University of California Santa Barbara
