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*All SPA 311 students must attend three events:<\/h1>\n

1) \u00a0Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege<\/em>,
\n2) one post-show event, and
\n3) one other\u00a0JEC<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0event.<\/p>\n

Talks:<\/h1>\n

JEC:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Exhibit: Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964 <\/strong>September 2 to November 12
\nLocation: UNCC, first floor of Atkins Library
\nMore information here: http:\/\/guides.library.uncc.edu\/bittersweetharvest<\/a><\/p>\n

JEC:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Talk: <\/strong>Defiant Braceros: How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.
\n<\/strong>Thursday, September 14
\nLocation: Halton Reading Room, Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
\n<\/strong>Reception 5:30-6:15 Featuring UNCC and local community organizations
\nTalk 6:15 Guest speaker,\u00a0Mireya Loza<\/a>, Smithsonian curator, and author<\/p>\n

Symposium: Europe Now<\/strong>.
\nSunday, September 24
\n10am \u2013 2pm \u2022 Lilly Family Gallery
\nFormat: Watch party and Roundtable during the German National Elections.<\/p>\n

Reception, light casual lunch, country and political party breakout groups, closing statements.<\/p>\n

Participants: Distinguished comments and analysis from European leaders and Davidson faculty:
\nAmbassador Javier Vallaure, Consul General of Spain, Los Angeles
\nHonorary Consuls in Charlotte: Laura Wellman (France), Claudio Carpano (Italy), Chris Domeny (Hungary). Hosted by German Honorary Consul Klaus Becker.<\/p>\n

Supported by the Dean Rusk program.
\nRound-table in English. RSVP required. Contact Prof. Denham: scdenham@davidson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

The Spanish Civil War and Memory. Conversation with Ambassador Javier Vallaure, Consul General of Spain, Los Angeles
\n<\/strong>Monday, September 25
\n11:30-1:30,<\/del> 10:30-12:30 place TBD
\nIn Spanish<\/p>\n

RSVP to Prof. Kietrys is required; space is limited. Required for SPA 356 students<\/p>\n

Supported by the Dean Rusk program, this is an opportunity to talk with a diplomat from Spain about a defining event in the history of Spain, Europe, and the world.<\/p>\n

JEC:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Las Krudas, an Afro-Cuban queer hip hop duo
\n<\/strong>Wednesday, October 4
\n7:00 pm, C. Shaw Smith 900 Room
\nPerformance preceded by a short Q&A<\/p>\n

Olivia and Odaymara were born in Cuba and lived there most of their lives until recently when they moved to the US. They were a part of the hip hop movement in Cuban in the 1990s and have always been on the cutting edge of anti-racist and anti-sexist work.<\/p>\n

Supported by the Dean Rusk program and Africana and Latin American studies, this will be a real treat for all interested in the intersection of anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic activism.<\/p>\n

JEC:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Visit from Jorge Casta\u00f1eda, Former Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Presidency of Vicente Fox, and Current Associate Professor of Public Service, NYU
\n<\/strong>Tuesday, October 17
\n7:00 pm, C. Shaw Smith 900 Room<\/p>\n

Jorge Casta\u00f1eda stands among Mexico\u2019s most influential public intellectuals and political leaders. The author of ten books, Jorge Casta\u00f1eda\u2019s writing about a wide range of global issues has appeared in Time<\/em>, The Washington Post<\/em>, The New York Times<\/em> and Newsweek<\/em>. During his time as Mexico\u2019s foreign minister (2000-2003), Jorge Casta\u00f1eda placed immigration at the center of US-Mexican relations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

JEC:<\/span> Marco Castillo Florencio<\/strong>. \u201cAgro-Business, Peasant Land Movements and Fomenting a Right-Wing Coup\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday, September 18, at 7pm. Where: TBA<\/p>\n

Fulbright Scholar from Brooklyn College. Castillo Florencio has worked in research on land reform, reproductive justice, campesino<\/em>\u00a0social movements and LGBT rights in the Southern Cone – with a focus on applied research in\u00a0Paraguay.<\/p>\n

OLAS (Organization of Latinx-American Students) Events <\/strong><\/p>\n

TBA throughout the semester.<\/p>\n

Conversation:<\/h1>\n

JEC:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Dinner with local Latin American immigrants:<\/strong><\/p>\n