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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T120000
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SUMMARY:Library & Archives Lunch Hour - Cold War Puerto Rico: Anti-Communism in Washington’s Caribbean Colony
DESCRIPTION:McCarthyism. COINTELPRO. Las carpetas. Through research in the CENTRO Archives\, this new book portrays the gripping history of FBI surveillance\, political repression\, and the fight for Puerto Rican Independence. Join author & political commentator Stephen Howell and CENTRO Librarian\, Anibal Arocho in exploring Howell’s latest book\, Cold War Puerto Rico: Anti-Communism in Washington’s Caribbean Colony. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotograph belongs to Nico Andreu. Book cover design by Adam B Bohannon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/library-archives-lunch-hour-cold-war-puerto-rico-anti-communism-in-washingtons-caribbean-colony/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84504766322
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T150000
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SUMMARY:CENTRO Open House
DESCRIPTION:Calling all students\, professors\, community leaders\, activists\, artists\, and more looking free resources! \n\n\n\nStop by CENTRO en El Barrio on September 24th (we promise it’s worth the trip!) to learn more about our archival collections\, our library centering the Puerto Rican experience\, new books\, data hub reports\, tools & dashboards\, artist opportunities\, and free educational materials available to students\, researchers\, and the community for free! \n\n\n\n(Plus\, don’t miss the opportunity to grab a free bite to eat and to enter into an exclusive swag giveaway!) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/centro-open-house/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T180000
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SUMMARY:Opening Night: NY Premiere of Desarchivar la mirada
DESCRIPTION:What does historical justice look like? After a successful world premiere in Puerto Rico\, Desarchivar la Mirada comes to CENTRO for its New York premiere! Don’t miss the opening night of this compelling exhibition challenging the original purpose of postcards produced between 1898 and 1915. As Puerto Rico entered its colonial status under the U.S.\, the territory was intensely photographed. These images played a role in constructing “otherness” that was legible and exportable; part of a visual regime that accompanied the island’s political\, economic\, and symbolic reorganization following Spanish American war. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets on Eventbrite\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Centro de Investigación y Archivo Digital en Afrodescendencia (Centro PRAFRO)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/opening-night-ny-premiere-of-desarchivar-la-mirada/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T120000
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SUMMARY:Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Ruth Reynolds Oral History
DESCRIPTION:When you think of bold and fierce Puerto Rican leaders\, Pedro Albizu Campos likely comes to mind. However\, Ruth Reynolds was equally essential to the Puerto Rican Independence movement. Finally\, you can hear her discuss firsthand these unique experiences through recently digitized oral histories. Join CENTRO archivists Grace McKenna along with Carlos Rodríguez Fraticelli and Lisa Materson as we dive into Ruth Reynolds’ oral history files recently processed by CENTRO! \n\n\n\nReynolds was a North American civil rights and free India activist who challenged traditional gender roles; a confidant of Puerto Rico’s most controversial independence figure\, Nationalist Party leader Pedro Albizu Campos; and a living repository of Nationalist Party history following Albizu Campos’ death. Come hear her experience from her words. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Ruth M. Reynolds Papers. Ruth M. Reynolds on a Podium. Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives\, Hunter College\, CUNY.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/library-archives-lunch-hour-ruth-reynolds-oral-history/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86193350748
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T170000
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SUMMARY:Diasporican Cultural Research Summit II
DESCRIPTION:If you’re a scholar\, artist\, editor\, archivist\, cultural worker\, and public intellectuals interested in artistic practices\, this event is for you! After an incredibly successful Diasporican Cultural Summit in June 2025 convening artists\, arts administrators\, curators\, and more across the country\, the Diasporican Cultural Summit is returning with a two-day academic and cultural convening focused on arts research. The program combines scholarly presentations with methodological exchanges and publication-oriented activities following a collaboration as a method model. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to a grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/diasporican-cultural-research-summit-ii/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T180000
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SUMMARY:The Puerto Rican Radical Tradition - Exploring the CENTRO Spring and Summer 2026 Journals
DESCRIPTION:From the Nationalist Party to UPR Student Movements to the Young Lords\, and more: this is only the surface of the rich legacy of radical resistance that Puerto Rico possess. CENTRO’s latest journals (Spring & Summer 2027) explore a complex political space defined by movements resisting racial/colonial capitalism through the unique lens of Puerto Rican experiences. Rooted in a legacy of abolitionism\, socialism\, and revolutionary nationalism\, this issue highlights how the tradition continues to evolve through contemporary radical feminist\, anti-racist\, and queer movements. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Selection from Las potencias anticoloniales en Puerto Rico (2023)\, by Shellyne Rodriguez\, photo by Stan Narson\, 5ft x 3ft\, color pencil on black paper\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/the-puerto-rican-radical-tradition-exploring-the-centro-spring-and-summer-2026-journals-2/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82124937001
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T100000
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SUMMARY:Archiving Home: A Community of Practice
DESCRIPTION:Part showcase. Part workshop\, Part happening. Come join us for Archiving Home: A Community of Practice. This culminating event will highlight the work of Archiving Home participants while inviting broader dialogue and engagement with the community and other practitioners. Join us to learn about non-traditional diasporic archival practices\, connect with others interested in diasporic memory work\, and engage with the emotional\, spiritual\, and personal side of archiving.Archiving Home: A Community of Practice is a collaborative initiative between Centro\, Dominican Studies Institute\, and Haitian Studies Institute that brought together archivists\, cultural workers\, and community memory practitioners engaging with diaspora- and ethnic studies-focused archives. Through shared-meals\, public workshops\, and collective zine-making\, Archiving Home participants explored the technical and ethical challenges of working with bilingual materials\, sustaining community-centered approaches\, and bridging institutional practice with the lived experiences and cultural production of diasporic communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: CHARAS/El Bohío Cultural and Community Center Records. The “Real Great Society”. Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives\, Hunter College\, CUNY. Web. 13 Aug 2026.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational Initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/archiving-home-a-community-of-practice/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T120000
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SUMMARY:Library & Archives Lunch Hour: The Roger Cabán Photographic Collection
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, photography has allowed the Puerto Rican community to reflect our humanity\, culture\, struggles\, dreams\, and more on our terms. Co-founded over fifty years ago by photographer & social worker Roger Cabán\, En Foco aimed to support this work and preserve the legacy of diasporic lens-based artists. Today\, Roger Cabán’s personal photographic collection has finally been processed and we are excited to give you a sneak peek into materials documenting his professional and personal life. Take a break from work\, grab your lunch\, and join CENTRO Archivist Oscar Zamora in exploring this essential collection documenting life in New York City and Puerto Rico from 1960’s to the 2010’s. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Roger Cabán Papers . “Tio Diego in a Bodega.”:. Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives\, Hunter College\, CUNY.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooed + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/library-archives-lunch-hour-the-roger-caban-photographic-collection/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89148285864
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T100000
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DTSTAMP:20260827T154144Z
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SUMMARY:A Decade of PROMESA: Accountability\, Good Governance\, and Puerto Rico’s Future
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our closing symposium of the semester – A Decade of PROMESA: Accountability\, Good Governance\, and Puerto Rico’s Future. This symposium seeks to make a discerning and principled retrospective and prospective analysis of the conditions that lead to the insolvency of Puerto Rico’s government\, the institutional solutions provided for that insolvency (i.e.\, PROMESA and FOMBPR)\, the repercussions of those solutions\, and an assessment of the conditions that may ultimately lead to a future without the need for PROMESA or FOMBPR. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Photograph by Rosa Cruz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/a-decade-of-promesa-accountability-good-governance-and-puerto-ricos-future/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261208T120000
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SUMMARY:Library & Archives Lunch Hour: New Books in Puerto Rican Studies
DESCRIPTION:If you’re looking to expand your reading list\, gift a book to your favorite bookworm\, or just want to know what’s new in the literary world for Boricuas\, don’t miss this lunch hour with our incredible Head Librarian at CENTRO\, Aníbal Arocho! Informative and ground-breaking books about the Puerto Rican community continue to be published by well-known and emerging authors each month. Our incredible Librarian has his finger on the pulse and is ready to presents our yearly roundup of new books in Puerto Rican Studies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the support of the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/library-archives-lunch-hour-new-books-in-puerto-rican-studies/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83315778239
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270609T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270611T170000
DTSTAMP:20260827T160536Z
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SUMMARY:Cumbre x CENTRO - Black Cuerpas: Race\, Body Politics\, & Culture
DESCRIPTION:Take a tour of New York City like you’ve never done before during the Cumbre X CENTRO conference on the week leading up to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. The theme of this conference\, Black Cuerpas: Race\, Body Politics\, & Culture\, is a collaborative retrospective of CENTRO’s third year of the Rooted + Relational Research Initiative! \n\n\n\nThis conference is produced in conjunction with celebrated cultural institutions around NYC like the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute\, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center\, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\, The Haitian Studies Institute\, and the Asian American/Asian Research Institute and will feature programming across these institutions and at CENTRO. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage credit: Josue Oquendo Natal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational Initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cumbre-x-centro-black-cuerpas-race-body-politics-culture/
LOCATION:New York
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