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Hurricane Fiona Teach-In: Decolonizing Recovery

Silberman School of Social Work Room 115 AB 2180 3rd Ave, New York, NY, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

This teach-in, the first in a series of public events organized by the Mellon funded Bridging the Divides Decolonization Study Group, asks our community to think about the lessons we have learned in the 5 years since Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico and how those lessons can be applied in light of Hurricane … Continued

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Library and Archives Lunch Hour: Archiving the Digital Age

Virtual Event Virtual Event

The rise of the digital era has allowed us to capture and share everything and anything in real time. But then, the unthinkable happens, your hard drive crashes, you lose your thumb drive, or you can't log into your Instagram account. Join this Library Lunch Hour and learn how to best preserve your photos, manuscripts, … Continued

Cafecito con… Mariposa Fernandez

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Mariposa María Teresa Fernández is an award-winning Afro Puerto Rican poet, spoken word performance artist, visual artist, educator, activist, scholar and Bronx native. Join her and fellow Nuyorican Poet, Urayoan Noel, as they discuss Fernández' poetry and the themes of identity, belonging, decolonization, social justice, blackness and the Puerto Rican experience in Nueva York. Mariposa … Continued

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Afternoon Tertulia: Beyond Corruption – From Colonial Practices to Emancipatory Futures in Puerto Rico

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Use code PRSA2022 for 20% off your purchase! Join CENTRO on October 26th at 3 PM for an Afternoon Tertulia on the new journal - Beyond Corruption: From Colonial Practices to Emancipatory Futures. This special issue opens a space for understanding and challenging corruption in Puerto Rico, but through an unconventional lens. One that asks … Continued

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Library and Archives Lunch Hour: New Books In Puerto Rican Studies

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Join CENTRO Library Manager, Anibal Arocho in exploring new books that contribute to the richness of Puerto Rican studies. The books featured in this Library and Archives Lunch Hour offer a variety of topics including growing up in the 50s in El Barrio, colonialism in the wake of Hurricane Maria, biographies on revolutionary leaders, and … Continued

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Puerto Rican Voices! Season 5 Launch – New York City

Silberman School of Social Work Room 115 AB 2180 3rd Ave, New York, NY, United States

Puerto Rican Voices Season 5, produced by CENTRO, launches in November of this year! This season, which will be broadcasted on CUNY-TV, focuses on investigative storytelling, looking at the Puerto Rican experience through a transnational lens, building a bridge between the diaspora, and the archipelago. This season features five mini-documentaries focused on current issues in … Continued

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Puerto Rican Voices! Season 5 Launch – San Juan, Puerto Rico

Archivo General de Puerto Rico - Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña Avenida de la Constitución #500 Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Voices Season 5, produced by CENTRO, launches in November of this year! This season, which will be broadcasted on CUNY-TV, focuses on investigative storytelling, looking at the Puerto Rican experience through a transnational lens and building a bridge between the diaspora and the archipelago. Join CENTRO Directora Yarimar Bonilla, filmmakers Juan C. Davila … Continued

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Afternoon Tertulia – Pura Belpre’s Pérez y Martina: 90 Years Later

Virtual Event Virtual Event

November 2022 marks the 90th anniversary of the first bilingual book published in the country, Pura Belpre’s “Perez y Martina”! This Puerto Rican folktale regales the adventures of Martina, a Spanish cockroach of high degree, and her many suitors. Join William Walker of SUNY Oneonta, Paloma Celis Carbajal of the New York Public Library, and … Continued

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Cafecito con… Bianca Graulau

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 E 65th St, New York, New York, United States

Bianca Graulau is a Puerto Rican independent journalist who has worked with a variety of media outlets, reporting on Puerto Rico's political climate. After working as a local TV reporter in the states, she moved back to Puerto Rico to care for her family and produce independent media. Her work on austerity measures, colonialism, and … Continued

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CENTRO Community Visit to “no existe un mundo poshuracán”

The Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, New York, United States

Join CENTRO & The Whitney for a FREE community viewing of the exhibition, "no existe un mundo poshuracan": Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria, on February 2nd from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. The exhibition, on display at the Whitney Museum of Art from November 23rd, 2022 – April 23rd 2023, explores … Continued

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Library and Archives Lunch Hour: The Shared Journey of CENTRO and The Schomburg

Virtual Event Virtual Event

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research library dedicated to the collection and preservation of Black life in America and a partner of CENTRO. It's founder, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was an Afro-Puerto Rican determined to uplift our stories. Nearly 100 years later, we have the Schomburg and CENTRO, whose collections ensure … Continued

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La Meriendita: Vicki and a Summer of Change! (¡Vicki y un verano de cambio!)

The Silberman School of Social Work - CENTRO Library & Archives Evelina Antonetty Reading Room 2180 3rd Ave, New York, New York, United States

A new in-person series in celebration of our 50th Anniversary! Join us once a month on Saturday afternoons at our Evelina Antonetty Reading Room in the CENTRO Library & Archives for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children's books. This month's story hour book is Vicki and a Summer of Change! (¡Vicki y un … Continued

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Cafecito con… Milagros Denis-Rosario: Race and Racism in Puerto Rico

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Drops of Inclusivity examines race and racism on the island of Puerto Rico by combining a wide-angle historical narrative with the individual stories of Black Puerto Ricans. While some of these Afro-Boricuas, such as Roberto Clemente and Ruth Fernández, are well known, others, such as Cecilia Orta and Juan Falú Zarzuela, have been largely forgotten, … Continued

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Library and Archives Partner Event: Preserving Diasporas

Join Centro's Project Archivist, Herbert Duran, for a virtual tour and presentation of Centro's archive, focusing on Puerto Rican migration to Hawai'i. Spurred by depressed economic conditions and a hurricane that devastated the island in 1899, between 1900 and 1902 over 5,000 Puerto Ricans left their home island and traveled to the islands of Hawai'i … Continued

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Cafecito con… José Caraballo-Cueto

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Dr. Caraballo Cueto’s latest research evaluates some of the macroeconomic prospects that Puerto Rico could expect after a change in its political status. This shift would probably result in considerable changes in education, health, transportation, environment, housing, and other aspects of life quality. However, this research is only concerned with the economic consequences of changing … Continued

“no existe un mundo poshuracán” – Natural Resources and Unnatural Disasters

Puerto Rico’s natural environment and political landscape are fertile terrain for many artists in no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria; their works explore how the archipelago’s ecology and infrastructure are entwined. In this panel moderated by Yarimar Bonilla, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at … Continued

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Symposium Kick-Off – Theorizing Diasporas: Past & Future

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Join Yarimar Bonilla, Director of CENTRO, in kicking off CENTRO’s 50th Anniversary Symposium by reflecting on the last few years in the Diaspora and at CENTRO. Dr. Arcadio Diaz-Quiñones and Dr. Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez will provide valuable insight on the institution's emergence during the civil rights movement; the birth of “Aprender a Luchar, Luchar es … Continued

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CENTRO’s 50th Anniversary Symposium

CENTRO turns 50 this year! We're kicking off our 50th Anniversary with a symposium aimed at reflecting on our vibrant history as a hub for activism, academic research, and community-based leadership.

Library and Archives Lunch Hour: Women in Performing Arts

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Edith Diaz, Miriam Colon, and Tina Ramirez, amongst others, are all Puerto Rican actresses and performers for whom the concept of working twice as hard for half as much is not foreign. Despite being critically acclaimed and leaving a lasting impact in the world of performing arts within the U.S, they all faced an uphill … Continued

“no existe un mundo poshuracán” – Luto y Lucha: Grief and Resistance in the Wake of Maria

Can grief and mourning be catalysts for political change? This conversation with artists Garvin Sierra Vega, Gabriella N. Báez, Sofia Córdova, Awilda Sterling-Duprey, Elle Pérez, Lulu Varona, and Edra Soto considers aspects of loss, whether personal or societal, and the inextricable relationship between art and politics in Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria. The discussion is moderated … Continued

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Cafecito con… La Brega

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Known as the island donde hasta la piedras cantan – “where even the rocks sing” – Puerto Rico is home to a dizzying breadth of musical expression. From the lyrical boleristas of the 1930s, to the electric salseros of the ’70s, to the reggaetoneros of today who have taken music from the margins and made … Continued

“Serán las dueñas de la Tierra” – Screening and Conversation

The Silberman School of Social Work 2180 3rd Ave, New York, New York

Despite Puerto Rico’s fertile land and year-round tropical climate, the archipelago has poor conditions for farming. Beginning with the displacement of farmers and destruction of farmland to make way for a wave of industrialization coupled with natural disasters that are growing in intensity as a result of climate change, it’s easy to see how we’ve … Continued

La Meriendita: The Journey of Pura Belpre’s Tales

The Silberman School of Social Work 2180 3rd Ave, New York, New York

CENTRO has launched a new in-person series in celebration of our 50th Anniversary! Join us once a month on Saturday afternoons at the Silberman School of Social Work for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children's books. This month's story hour book is The Journey of Pura Belpre's Tales by Manuel Morán, a story … Continued