Collaboration. Celebration. Education. Action 
Sponsored by UNM’s DEI, LAII, SHRI and Chicano Studies
September Tuesdays 4-7PM (ARTS Lab)
Food will be provided and Parking Accessible*
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September 10: La Abeja y El Colapso(Spanish with English Subtitles)

4-7 PM  at ARTSLab

Discussion and Q&A with the film Director and Producer (Nelson Varas-Diaz and Daniel Nevárez Araújo), and Historian Joanna Camacho Escobar. 

La Abeja: A Reflection on Women, Land, and Occupation 

This documentary follows a feminist group of women beekeepers living on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Twenty years have passed since the US Navy stopped using Vieques as a bombing range. Still, the locals continue to live through the legacy of a military that savagely displaced the population and affected the use of their land.  

El Colapso: One hurricane, one study, thousands dead 

On September 20, 2017 hurricane María hit the island of Puerto Rico with category four winds. The local government reported the number of dead at 64, while a Harvard University led study estimated 4645. This film tells the story of the research team that completed this historic study from the perspective of Dr. Domingo Marqués, the only team member to experience the hurricane firsthand 

 

 September 17: Repercussions of Racism, Ava DuVernay’s 13  

4-7 PM  at ARTSLab

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality in the United States. The 13th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution abolished slavery. But it also included a provision many people don’t know about and that is used to justify the use of forced labor as long as the laborer is a convict. 

 

 September 24: What we lose with white supremacy, White Like Me and How Racism Harms White Americans 

4-7 PM  at ARTSLab

Race and racism in the U.S. through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. A stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we’ve entered a post-racial society. Wise argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate racial inequality and race-driven political resentments today. 

 

 *If you have a UNM parking pass, you can park in Parking Lot P after 3:45PM. If you do not have a parking pass, there are pay-to-park parking in Parking Lot  P as well as the parking in the Central United Methodist Church right across the street.