Rising | Yo Soy LOLA

RISING:

PANEL DISCUSSION

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 4PM

Lesley University Brattle Campus

99 Brattle Street

Cambridge, MA

FREE, REGISTRATION REQUESTED

Join us for an evening of interactive workshops and informational panel discussions by leaders in the Latinx community. What are the challenges for access to art within the Latinx community? What are artists in the community doing to overcome these challenges, and how can we pave the way for more?

SCHEDULE

4:00PM

5:00PM

Workshop: The Language of Freedom is Love and Social Justice

Facilitator: Melania-Luisa Marte

To provide Yo Soy LOLA participants with the language needed to address major adversities in communities that is preventing unity. Participants will walk away with tools on how to use language that addresses the way education, language, and love are all crucial to community activism.

Workshop: MUNOZSPEAKS Workshop Series: BIG IDEAS start small

Facilitator: Wanny Muñoz

Do you have an idea you're not sure how to execute? Join Wanny Muñoz, UWander Founder, on a journey of self-reflection, ideation, and action planning. Although, UWander started as a small pilot program, it was created from a BIG idea with the intention of connecting communities globally. Since its inception in 2014, UWander has impacted over 1,500 students and more than 200 volunteers through 5,300 hours of cultural exchange and service learning programming internationally. Are you ready to develop your BIG idea?

6:00PM

6:15PM

Break

Panel Discussion: Rising

Facilitator: Yvette Modestin

Panelists: Celeste Cruz, Just JP, Marissa Molinar, Paloma Valenzuela, Veronica Robles

7:15PM

8:00PM

Networking Mixer