Events

April 2-3, 2012

Odilia Romero, Activist at the Bi-national Front of Indigenous Organizations (FIOB) in California and Mexico, focusing on indigenous migrants workers rights. You can read about the work of the organization here: http://fiob.org/en/about-us/ And about Odilia ere: http://www.executionchronicles.org/close-up24-romero.htm. Speaking engagements: At Cornell: Monday, Apr. 2, Latin American Studies Seminar Series, 12:15 pm, Uris Hall 153. At Elmira College: Monday, Apr. 2, 4:30 pm. At SUNY Cortland: Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2:50 pm. For questions please contactTim Shenk, Coordinator, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) Tel. 607-255-7293, cuslar@cornell.edu, www.cuslar.org

April 10, 2012

Simón Sedillo, Community rights defense organizer and film maker. He has spent the last 8 years documenting, producing and teaching community based video documentation in Mexico and the US. Through lectures, workshops, and short films, Sedillo breaks down the effects of neoliberalism, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and militarism on indigenous communities, immigrant communities, and communities of color in the US and Mexico. Sedillo is also an active member of the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas, at Fort Benning, in Columbus, GA. See trailers of his films here: http://elenemigocomun.net/banda/simon/.  Speaking engagements: At Cornell: Tuesday, Apr. 10, 7 pm. Showing of 2 of Sedillo's short films. Cornell Cinema. For questions please contactTim Shenk, Coordinator, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) Tel. 607-255-7293, cuslar@cornell.edu, www.cuslar.org