Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM to 6 PM
Location: UTA Central Library Atrium, 6th Floor
A one-day symposium on digital humanities, oral history, and women’s activism
in the Texas and Arizona borderlands.
Keynote: Dr. Maria Cotera
Associate Professor in Mexican American Latino Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Director of the Chicana Por Mi Raza Digital Memory Project. Published author of Native Speakers: Ella Deloria, Zora Neale Hurston, Jovita Gonzalez, and the Poetics of Culture.
A one-day symposium on digital humanities, oral history, and women’s activism in the Texas and Arizona borderlands.
Seating is limited. As of March 19, 75 people have RSVPed! Thank you! Parking information will come through your email.
The last day to register is March 16 at noon or on seating availability. Reserve your seat today!
SCHEDULE
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Welcome |
| 9:30 am | Introduction to Project: Dr. Tellez, Dr. Salinas, Dr. Najera | Introduction to website: Shine Trabucco, Brittney Jimenez |
| 10:00 am | Texas Panel featuring Ofelia De Los Santos (Valley Interfaith community advocate), Petra Guerra (Activist/Professor), Gloria Casas ( Former LFISD Trustee) | Diana Lopez (Moderator), Jessica Martinez (Discussion Facilitator) |
| 11:30 am | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Maria Cotera “Digital Care Work: Telling Stories That Change Our Lives” |
| 2:30 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Arizona Panel: Isabel Garcia (Human Rights Activist/Attorney), Dr. Anna O’Leary (Professor/Labor Activist), Adelita Grijalva (Former TUSD Board Member/Current Pima County Supervisor) | Moderator: Vanessa Ramirez, Discussion Facilitator: Leah Bouas |
| 5:00 pm | Reception |
