El Sol Latino October 2021 | 17.11

October 2021

Volume 17 No. 11

Un Periódico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Online Information and Resources on Hurricane María

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PROMESA: A Failed Colonial Experiment?

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Last June 2021, the Center for a New Economy published a Policy Brief about Puerto Rico Oversight and Management Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”) that had little press coverage, both on the island and on the mainland. We believe that this information will prove to our readers. Below is the introduction to the report.

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On June 30, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Puerto Rico Oversight and Management Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”). At that time, the Puerto Rican economy had stopped growing for approximately a decade; the central government had incurred in chronic budget deficits for years; the island’s total bonded debt of $72 billion exceeded its gross national product; the government pension system was insolvent, adding an extra $55 billion in unfunded liabilities to Puerto Rico’s longterm obligations; and the governor had declared the island’s debt to be “unpayable” in 2015.

4 Commemorating the 153rd Year of El Grito de Lares 5 2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff Event in Holyoke Política / Politics Latino Victory Fund Endorses Nellie Gorbea for Rhode Island Governor

Five years after the enactment of PROMESA, an unelected financial oversight board still controls Puerto Rico’s fiscal policy, two-thirds of its central government bonded debt of approximately $53 billion has not yet been restructured, and its economy is still stagnant, even as the island is in the midst of a complex process to recover from Hurricane Maria and the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 Opinión / Opinion Immigrant Justice Leaders Tell President Biden to End Immoral Immigration Practices

In this policy brief, we take a look at the events leading up to the enactment of PROMESA and how it has been implemented. As we look back and take stock of the events that have taken place since 2016, the unavoidable conclusion is that the territorial bankruptcy regime set up by that law has failed to achieve most of the goals set forth by its authors.

7 Educación / Education STCC Invests in Program Helping Black, Latino Men Succeed

Black Lives Matter

Tengo dinero extra de gratis en mis cupones (SNAP)

8 Gov. Baker appoints Hogan, Roldan and SeldenRiley to STCC Board of Trustees 9 HCC awards first ‘Bienvenidos’ Latinx scholarships 10 Libros / Books Mi María: Surviving the Storm: Voices from Puerto Rico 11 Después Del “Fin De La Historia” Pensar la izquierda puertorriqueña 12 The Puerto Rico Breeding Bird Atlas

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Arte / Art El UMCA y el Translation Center de UMass Amherst presentan la traducción al español de la exposición We Are For Freedoms.

13 Deportes / Sports República Dominicana vs Puerto Rico

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Online Information and Resources on Hurricane María by MANUEL FRAU RAMOS In September 2017, the archipelago of Puerto Rico was struck by two major hurricanes in quick succession. On September 7, Hurricane Irma—a category 5 storm—passed close to the main island of Puerto Rico. Less than two weeks later, on September 20, Hurricane Maria directly hit Puerto Rico as a category 4 hurricane.

Irma caused widespread power outages and water service interruptions for several days. Irma’s heavy rains and its damaging winds weakened Puerto Rico’s already fragile physical infrastructure, specially the electrical grid system. Hurricane Maria’s 175 mph winds easily decimate Puerto Rico’s old and poorly maintained electrical grid infrastructure. More than 80 percent of the island’s power lines were knocked down by the storm, leaving 3.4 million citizens in the dark.

These widespread catastrophic events caused a humanitarian crisis. It is estimated that more than 3.000 Puerto Ricans died during Hurricane Maria and its aftermath. Hurricanes Irma and Maria provoked a mass exodus from Puerto Rico. According to the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO), “from 2017 to 2019, we estimate that Puerto Rico may lose up to 470,335 residents or 14% of the population. In other words, Puerto Rico will lose the same population in a span of a couple of years after Hurricane Maria as the island lost during a prior decade of economic stagnation.”

outlets on the response during the emergency, recovery and reconstruction of Puerto Rico. It also includes research made on mortality and mental health due to this event.

In addition, the collection also contains pre-Hurricane María documents about resilience, theory and the conditions on the island pre-disaster, a total of 56 digital publications, some in English and some in Spanish.

The collection link - https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/stacks More information - Phone: (787) 764-0000 E-mail: javier.almeyda1@upr.edu El Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) has created a section on Hurricane María data with the purpose of providing a platform for the accumulation of reliable data related to the state of the island before, during and after hurricane Maria.

According to the Instituto de Estadísticas, this single electronic portal allows easy access to the information generated by local, state and federal agencies, and other non-government organizations interested on the topic.

The U.S. Census Bureau data reported last April 2021 indicates Puerto Rico’s population fell 11.8 percent to 3.3 million over the past 10 years. In 2004, the total population of the island was 3.8 million.

From 2017 until today, numerous investigations have been carried out and reports have been published, which are not easily accessible to the general public, about this catastrophic event.

Two public organizations in Puerto Rico have taken the initiative of collecting, documenting, archiving and disseminating some key publications and documents related to this historical event. La Biblioteca y Hemeroteca Puertorriqueña and the Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico have played an important role in this endeavor.

The Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico is an autonomous public entity that coordinates the Government’s statistics production service to ensure that Puerto Rico data and statistics are complete, reliable and have fast and universal access.

This collection link - https://estadisticas.pr/en/datos-del-huracan-maria More information - Phone: (787)-819-0730, E-mail: preguntas@ estadisticas.pr

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biingüe arte, cultura, media politics Natalia Muñoz La Biblioteca y Hemeroteca Puertorriqueña (previously known as Colección Puertorriqueña) of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, has been organizing an impressive digital archive that is available on Issuu, a digital publishing platform. This space gathers documentation published by the federal government, non-governmental public organizations, and news

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Commemorating the 153rd Year of El Grito de Lares On September 23, 2021 the Hispanic-American Library (H-AL) celebrated the 153rd Anniversary of El Grito de Lares in their new headquarters at Union Station in Springfield.

This is the first time in many years that this annual event has been held in Springfield. Between 2015 and 2019, the commemorative events of El Grito de Lares were held at the Holyoke Public Library with the co-sponsorship of the Puerto Rican Cultural Project (PRCP).

El Grito de Lares was a patriotic revolution that aimed to obtain Puerto Rico’s independence from Spanish rule. It took place on September 23, 1868 and did not result in the desired outcome.

Dr. Agustin Laó Montes, a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. was the invited speaker to the event. His presentation “Beyond Survival: Por qué seguimos siendo Puertorriqueños” presented an interesting and excellent summary of the known Dra. factsIsar and Godreau other very little recognized facts of that unsuccessful insurrection.

He more recent publication is Contrapunteos Diaspóricos: Cartografías Políticas de Nuestra Afroamérica. Universidad del Externado, Colombia, 2020.

The following speakers were featured in the commemorative events of El Grito de Lares when they were held at the Holyoke Public Library (20152019): 2015- Nelson Antonio Denis –author of War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony, 2016 - Charles Venator Santiago, Ph.D. (UConn-Storrs) The Only Democratic Option for PR: Status Citizenship, and Anti Democratic U.S. Constitution Venator Santiago holds a joint appointment with the Department of Political Science and the Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies and former President of the Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA).

2017 - Solsiree del Moral, Ph.D. (Amherst College), Modern Puerto Rico: A First Reading List. Solsiree del Moral is a historian of modern Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and U.S. Empire. Her book, Negotiating Empire: The Cultural Politics of Schools in Puerto Rico, 1898-1952 is a history of U.S. Empire, local teachers, and colonial schools in the first half of the twentieth century.

2018 - Premier of the documentary The Last American Colony. It traces the life of Juan Segarra, who graduated from Harvard and set off on a treacherous path to fight for Puerto Rico’s independence—a struggle that he rightly assumes will lead to either jail or death. Conversation with José Ramón García, co-producer 2019 Documental 1950: La Insurrección Nacionalista. Conversation with José Manuel Dávila Marichal, producer, director, and writer of the documentary. Five Puerto Ricans who participated in the Nationalist Insurrection of 1950 to free Puerto Rico from the United States speak about the history of this forgotten struggle and the consequences in their lives of having challenged the most powerful government in the world.

Dr. Agustin Laó Montes

A native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Agustín Laó Montes studied in The Pontificial Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico) where he got a B.A. in Arts. He has Masters degree and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the State University of New York–Binghamton.

His fields of specialty include world-historical sociology and globalization, political sociology (especially social movements and the sociology of state and nationalism), social identities and social inequalities, sociology of race and ethnicity, urban sociology/community-university partnerships, African Diaspora and Latino Studies, sociology of culture and cultural studies, and contemporary theory and postcolonial critique.

L-R: Jimmy Camacho, Agustín Laó Montes, Juan Falcón, and Juan Machicote

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2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff Event in Holyoke National Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off on Thursday, September 16th, 2021 at Center City Park Plaza in Holyoke. This year marks the 8th annual celebration of this event in the city of Holyoke.

The program included a Proclamation of the Hispanic Heritage Month - from September 15 to October 15, 2021 - by Mayor Terence Murphy. This is a period in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the nation. The event also featured the popular Latino band Conjunto Barrio, with singer Jesús Pagán.

Dr. Sonia Correa Pope, Principal of the Holyoke Community Charter School, was recognized for her commitment and dedication to the community. She has the distinction of being the longest serving Latina School Principal in the city of Holyoke.

Holyoke Mayor Terence Murphy

In 2019 the sixth annual kickoff event was dedicated to Guatemala native Marikler Giron-Toensmeier (1974 -2019) who passed away that same year.

Marikler was a member of the organizing committee and one of the original founders of this event that brings together Latinos and non-Latinos to celebrate Latin American heritage.

Teresita Castaño and Iohan Rashi-Vega, two of the original founding members of this annual event, made welcoming remarks and talked about the origins of this celebration.

As in past years, the organizing committee coordinated this year’s annual event with cultural programming happening at Holyoke Community College (HCC) to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Teresita Castaño dancing to the beat of Conjunto Barrio.

Events planned for the month of October at HCC: October 7 / 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (ZOOM) Presente, Proud y Sinvergüenza!: The Activism of the Young Lords Through Organized Change w/ Dr. Wilson Valentín-Escobar, Interdisciplinary Studies, UMass October 13 / 9 – 10 a.m. (ZOOM) Children as Soñadores Honors students leading a talk about immigration October 13 / 9 – 10 a.m. (HCC Courtyard) Latinx Fiesta October 15 / 3:30 – 5 p.m. (Nueva Esperanza) 50 Years of PR Resistance in Holyoke Walking tour by Maria Cartagena-Salgado

Latino Victory Fund Endorses Nellie Gorbea for Rhode Island Governor WASHINGTON, D.C | LATINO VICTORY FUNDS | September 24, 2021 Latino Victory Fund announced the endorsement of Nellie Gorbea for Rhode Island governor. Gorbea would be the first Latina elected governor of Rhode Island and the first Latina governor in New England, as well as the first Puerto Rican-born governor stateside.

“Secretary Gorbea’s historic candidacy reflects the Latino community’s growing political power in New England states, including Rhode Island,” said Nathalie Rayes, Latino Victory Fund president and CEO. “Throughout her career in public service, Secretary Gorbea has improved the lives of Rhode Islanders, from voter protection to expanding small business opportunities. As governor, she will work to boost the economy, expand educational opportunities, and address the climate crisis. With Secretary Gorbea at the helm, Rhode Islanders will be able to count on a state government that is effective and accountable to the people.”

Nellie Gorbea /credit - nelliegorbea.com/home

Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea is focused on improving the economy and expanding affordable housing, access to quality education, and addressing opportunities and challenges of climate change. As secretary of state, she modernized Rhode Island’s elections infrastructure, increased cybersecurity measures, and brought both online and automated voter registration to the state. As a member of the Democratic Secretaries of State, she has been a vocal supporter of voting rights at a time when Republican-led legislatures have passed voter suppression laws.

Gorbea was re-elected in 2018 to serve Rhode Island for a second term and continue making government work for people. She made history when she was sworn in on January 6, 2015, becoming the first Hispanic elected to statewide office in New England.

As state secretary, she modernized Rhode Island’s elections infrastructure, increased cybersecurity measures, and brought both online and automated voter registration to the state. She developed online resources and reduced red tape to make it easier for small businesses to start and grow. As a result of her work, a record number of new businesses were started in Rhode Island in 2020 despite the pandemic. Additionally, she instituted comprehensive lobby reform to reduce the power of special interests and make the government more transparent.

As governor, Gorbea will continue working with diverse coalitions to solve problems and improve the lives of Rhode Islanders. She will focus on local economic development, including helping small businesses grow after the effects of the pandemic. She’ll work to improve schools so our children can get a great education and expand affordable housing so young people, families, and our workforce can stay in Rhode Island. Gorbea is determined to make Rhode Island a leader in renewable energy jobs as well as address climate change.

Before entering public service, Gorbea founded the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund and served on numerous other community boards. Prior to running for office, she was the Executive Director of HousingWorks RI which provided compelling information on the need for affordable housing for the economic development of the state.

THE LATINO VICTORY FUND is a progressive political action committee with the mission of growing Latino political power by increasing Latino representation at every level of government – from the school board to the Senate to the White House.

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Immigrant Justice Leaders Tell President Biden to End Immoral Immigration Practices Washington, DC. September 23, 2021– The Congregation Action Network (CAN), an interfaith network in the DC Metro region, deplores the Biden Administration’s policies at the U.S.-Mexico border and condemns the blatantly sadistic actions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers toward Haitian asylum seekers. Their actions and this administration’s policies exemplify the nation’s inhumane immigration system and echo our long history of racism. Haitian families are at the U.S. border because of multiple, compounding crises in their country.

Omar Angel Perez, CAN’s lead organizer, released the following statement: “We are moved by the convictions and teachings of our faith traditions, CAN members call for due process for Haitian asylum seekers at the border and a humanitarian moratorium on Haitian deportation flights. More than 14,000 Haitians are scheduled to be expelled from the U.S. in the coming weeks, and it is unconscionable that the Department of Homeland Security would deport Haitian asylum seekers to a country in turmoil without adequate due process.”

CAN also supports DHS Secretary Mayorkas’ comprehensive investigation into the reprehensible arrest tactics used in Texas against Haitians asylum-seekers.

CAN’s faith communities welcomed the Biden Administration’s promised commitment to human rights and racial justice. The Administration’s current border policies and practices show a continuation of inhumane Trump-era policies and threaten to permanently stain President Biden’s legacy.

The Congregation Action Network is a network of faith communities in the DC/MD/VA region acting in solidarity with impacted immigrants to end the detention, deportation, and criminalization of immigrants and people of color. In the face of hate and discrimination, CAN congregations are committed to showing love, compassion, and hospitality.

Tengo dinero extra de gratis en mis cupones (SNAP) Hampden County Health Improvement Plan Les quiero contar una historia. Esta historia es una que la estoy viviendo, pero que también he escuchado de otras personas, familiares y amistades sobre los beneficios SNAP (cupones o food stamps-como a veces lo llamamos) y el acceso a la comida cultural y fresca que nos gusta.

Cuando no hay de comer, la desesperación entra. Pero ya tú sabes que nos ponemos creativos. Llamamos a la familia a ver que están cocinando, si nos pueden dar un envase de comida para llevarnos para la cena y con el pensamiento que “espero que a los nenes les guste esto”. Después de sentirme media rara en buscar ayuda de cupones, me tragué los nervios y apliqué. Una semana después, pude recibir beneficios y me dan los cupones, pero como que me siento culpable porque, aunque trabaje, mi cheque no me da para nada más que los biles.

Escucho la voz de mi abuela, que en paz descanse, “pero mira, ¡hay que comer mija!” Abuela, eso es verdad.

Crecimos en países llenos de vegetales, verduras, frutas y fincas. Nuestro orgullo viene de muchas formas, pero en la comida y cocina, es donde nos guillamos de verdad.

Se que quiero hacer sofrito fresco porque eso es lo que hemos hecho en la familia de generaciones a generaciones, quiero cocinarle vegetales frescos al bebe de 6 meses que ya comenzó a comer y quiero disfrutar de un gazpacho con vegetales frescos.

En Facebook, vi que los sábados de 11am-3pm el mercado de agricultores está abierto en la Calle Race en Holyoke. Vamos a montar al bebe en el coche y vamos para allá. Llego al mercado de agricultores, en donde me siento como si estuviera en la isla del encanto. Don Angel, y Don Miguel vendiendo ajices dulces y cilantro para hacer sofrito, las habichuelas frescas para desgranar al mismo tiempo que veo las novelas y las zanahorias y papas para cocinárselas al bebe que comenzó a comer ya.

Cuando llego veo a la mesa del gerente del mercado, me da las bienvenidas y me preguntan, ¿usted recibe SNAP?, le respondí “sí”, pero en mi mente me dijo “diache que presentao’”. Me dice el gerente, le pregunto porque hay un programa en la cual automáticamente recibes dinero de gratis para frutas, vegetales y plantas llamado HIP que puedes usar aquí en el mercado. Al tener los beneficios de SNAP, yo puedo recibir dinero extra por

número de familiar, como somos 4 en casa, recibimos $60 extra al mes que automáticamente me lo reembolsan en la tarjeta después que pago.

El Mercado de Agricultores de Holyoke es un lugar certificado para este programa, pero aprendí que hay más en la región donde vivo. El gerente me dijo que, dependiendo el tamaño de la familia, usted cualifica para diferentes dineros extras. Si tiene de 1-2 personas en su hogar, recibe $40 extra, 3-5 personas- $60 extra y 6 personas o más, $80 extra mensualmente.

Vi que no solo el gerente del mercado estaba dando información sobre el programa HIP, pero que organizaciones como A Moverse Hampden County 5210, Springfield Food Policy Council (SFPC), CISA, Gardening the Community han estado entrenando doctores, enfermeros(as) y otros empleados en el campo de salud pública para entender el programa HIP y poder dejarle saber a sus clientes. Hay mucha información, pero como que no todo el mundo sabe sobre este programa, ya que, en Holyoke y Springfield, en la cual hay personas con los beneficios de SNAP pero no usan el programa HIP. Mira, no es fácil a veces saber en dónde ir para usarlos, pero te recomiendo comenzar con el mercado de agricultores en Holyoke, el gerente me ayudó mucho y cada sábado, estoy yendo al mercado, no tanto para comprar todos los sábados, pero también para socializarme con los finqueros y personas de mi comunidad, que han podido compartir recetas y bendecir al bebe ya que “está bien grande y ¡comelón!”

Llego a casa, y veo los vegetales que pude traer extra porque tengo este beneficio de HIP, ¡y es automáticamente cada mes! Hay que ser creativos, y aceptar que en nuestra cultura hemos estado conectados de una forma u otra con frutas, verduras y vegetales frescos y que está en nosotros en poder pedir la ayuda necesaria para comer y tener en nuestras cocinas esos vegetales y frutas que nos dan alegría. Que nos llenan el estómago, pero el corazón con alegría. Espero que mi historia le inspire para usar sus beneficios de HIP y puedan tener las alegrías y deliciosas comidas en sus mesas, aunque sean calentadas en el microondas, ellas en una cocina chiquita o grande, o la coma solo(a) o con su familia grande, usted se merece comida fresca y saludable ¡siempre!

Por eso, sería un honor ayudar y recomendarles que aprendan más sobre los lugares certificados para usar HIP, visite https://www.facebook.com/HIP. PioneerValley o se pueden comunicar por correo electrónico a espinosac@ holyoke.org o mi oficina, 413-322-5655.

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STCC Invests in Program Helping Black, Latino Men Succeed SPRINGFIELD, MA | SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | September 22, 2021 – While he was a high school student, Miguel Maria took dual enrollment courses at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC).

“I credit STCC for opening the doors of higher education for me,” said Maria, who went on to get his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Westfield State University.

This fall, he returned to STCC as the director of Male Initiative for Leadership and Education (MILE).

In his new role, Maria hopes to open doors for male students and promote student success by providing mentoring, academic support and community engagement opportunities. The MILE program consists of one-on-one and group mentoring, skill-building workshops, community service, tutoring sessions, and advising.

This fall, STCC has made a significant investment to expand MILE. In addition to hiring a new director, STCC has dedicated space for the MILE office, now in the Ira H. Rubenzahl Student Learning Commons, Room 268, and plans to hire two full-time academic and transfer counselors to serve MILE participants.

One of STCC’s many academic support services, MILE, is designed to support all male students but focuses on Black and Latino men. Research shows that these two groups access higher education and graduate at disproportionately lower rates than men from other ethnic or racial backgrounds and their female counterparts.

“According to recent research, access, retention and completion rates have declined for this group of men during the COVID pandemic,” Maria said.

“STCC realized the problem and worked strategically to correct this issue which is happening nationwide.”

MILE aims to provide support programming and resources to positively impact this group of students.

Maria plans to build a closely-knit cohort of men this academic year.

“MILE shall be a place where students can seek the services necessary to attain academic, personal and professional success. Providing a space like the MILE office where students can create a brotherhood and a community and feel engaged in their higher education will help them inside and out of the classroom.” Maria said. “I want to create a space where Black and Latino students feel welcome and not only utilize the space to seek academic support but can come in here and relax and have a safe space on campus.”

Darcey Kemp, Vice President of Student Affairs at STCC, said she’s thrilled to have Maria in the role as director of MILE.

“Miguel is passionate about creating an environment where students feel supported. He is committed to providing mentoring and guidance so that students can achieve both their academic and personal goals,’” Kemp said. “Miguel knows the value of mentoring and that support services like those provided by MILE make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students.”

Maria was the first in his family to go to college and remembers how support services helped him achieve his goals.

“I’m so passionate about student support Miguel María, the director of Male Initiative for Leadership and Education (MILE). programs because I’m a product of student support programs,” he said. “For me personally, I think some of the most important mentors that I had not only helped me navigate the college completion process but also modeled behavior for me .”

Maria moved to Springfield from New York at an early age with his family.

His mother was from Puerto Rico, and father from Dominican Republic. He went through the Springfield Public School system.

At Westfield State, he earned his bachelor’s degree with a dual major in economics and political science. He went on to receive his master’s in public administration, concentrating in public management. He is currently completing his Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed. D.).

Before joining STCC, he worked as a Financial Aid Counselor at Westfield State University, and, before that, a Project Coordinator for the 100 Males to College Program. In that role, he worked in partnership with Springfield Public Schools, STCC, Westfield State and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to promote college access.

“While working for student support services, that’s where I figured out higher education is where I wanted to be,” Maria said. “I liked working with students and supporting students who are in situations similar to mine, who look like me and who had the same barriers that I had. That was my passion and the work I wanted to do. I’m proud to be here at STCC helping students to navigate college and complete their education.”

For more information about the MILE program, contact Miguel Maria at mamaria2101@stcc.edu, or visit stcc.edu/resources/leadership-mentoring/ mile.

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Gov. Baker appoints Hogan, Roldan and Selden-Riley to STCC Board of Trustees SPRINGFIELD, MA | SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | September 1, 2021 – The Springfield Technical Community College Board of Trustees welcomes three new members: Samalid M. Hogan, Norman Roldan, and student trustee Monique Selden-Riley.

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center in Springfield.

Previously, she served as a consulting project manager for the Holyoke Innovation District. Hogan also founded CoWork Springfield to meet the need for professional and affordable office space for small business owners.

Gov. Charlie Baker appointed Hogan, Roldan and Selden-Riley to serve on the board. The STCC student body in April elected Selden-Riley as its representative.

Hogan holds a master’s in business administration from Bay Path University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

STCC and all community colleges in Massachusetts are governed by an 11-member Board of Trustees made up of community and business leaders, alumni and students. Trustees have a responsibility to ensure the success of their colleges.

“I am proud to serve as a Trustee for STCC, and l look forward to working with the Board and the President to find solutions to current challenges and shape policies that will ensure a high quality education for students,” Hogan said.

“We are delighted to welcome our newly appointed Trustees,” said Dr. John B. Cook, STCC president. “Samalid and Norman are tremendous voices for the Greater Springfield community, and will be invaluable as the college moves forward with equity, access and strategic initiatives.”

Roldan, a Springfield resident, is a network data administrator at Baystate Health. His previous experience includes working as a field tech for insurance companies and a lead machine operator.

Having toured campus recently with Selden-Riley, Cook noted, “Monique will be a dynamic representative on behalf of STCC students, and we welcome her to this essential role with our Board.”

Roldan has served on the Springfield School Committee and continues to be active on Springfield boards. He currently serves as chairman of the School Building Committee for the City of Springfield and sits on the Zoning Board of Appeals. Roldan is a graduate of Roger L. Putnam Vocational High School.

“I’m truly elated about my recent appointment to the Board of Trustees of STCC,” Roldan said. “This institution has been part of the DNA of the City of Springfield and surrounding towns. I am looking forward to continuing the great work of previous and current Trustee members.”

As student representative, Selden-Riley will help make important decisions, including those pertaining to budget and personnel, which impact students and the community as a whole.

A resident of Hyde Park in Boston, Selden-Riley is a first-generation student.

She works as a mental health clinician. A mother of three, Selden-Riley said she understands the demands of balancing family life and academics.

“I see the importance in each student having a voice,” Selden-Riley said. “I have a first-hand understanding of the barriers that affect underserved populations.”

Marikate Murren, chair of the Board of Trustees, said, “It is with sincere pleasure that I welcome Samalid, Norman and Monique as members of the STCC Board of Trustees. Their great talent, skills and experiences in a variety of business and community involvement will be a welcomed addition to the Board.”

Samalid M. Hogan, Norman Roldan, and student trustee Monique Selden-Riley

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HCC awards first ‘Bienvenidos’ Latinx scholarships HOLYOKE, MA | HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | September 2, 2021 –– Holyoke Community College (HCC) has awarded its inaugural “Bienvenidos” Latinx scholarships to 20 new and returning students from Holyoke and surrounding communities.

Each student will receive $2,500 they can apply toward tuition, fees, books or other college expenses for the 2021-2022 academic year.

The scholarship recipients were celebrated during a special reception in the HCC Campus Center on Saturday, Aug. 28.

Rodriguez-Garcia, director of HCC’s TRIO Student Support Services and chair of the college’s Hispanic Leadership Committee. “As a Hispanic Serving Institution, we are honored that you have chosen Holyoke Community College. As an HCC student, you will be connected to mentors, workshops and support services to ensure your academic success. We want you to be educated, inspired and connected as you continue your studies by exploring and expressing your Latinidad.”

As part of this year’s celebration of HCC’s 75th anniversary, the HCC Foundation allocated $75,000 to create the Bienvenidos Latinx Scholarship Fund. During this inaitial year, scholarships worth a total of $50,000 were distributed to 20 eligible Latinx students. The remaining $25,000 was set aside in an endowed fund for future years.

Bienvenidos was chosen as the name of the scholarship program because it means “welcome” in Spanish. One of the goals of the scholarship program is to increase retention rates and reduce achievement gaps for Latinx students.

Beyond the direct financial support, scholarship recipients will be connected to peer and alumni mentors and workshops to ensure their ongoing success.

“As one of our Latinx scholarship awardees stated in his essay, ‘Holyoke Community College is where you can believe que sí, se puede!’ (that yes, you can),” said Rodriguez-Garcia.

Jamil Roman of Holyoke (pictured with his mother Mabeline Burgos) is one of 20 HCC students to receive the inaugural Bienvenidos Latinx Scholarships.

HCC marked a major milestone in 2016 when the U.S. Department of Education recognized the college as a Hispanic Serving Institution, which means at least 25 percent of its students identify as Hispanic, Latina/o, or Latinx.

“This scholarship is an acknowledgement of your identity as Latinx individuals and a recognition that that is going to be part of the cultural context in which you learn,” said President Christina Royal. “I’m so happy that we have a group of faculty and staff here today dedicated to helping you get started on your path at HCC in a way that recognizes that identity and who have developed a program designed to help you be successful.”

The 2021-2022 Bienvenidos Latinx Scholarship recipients are: From Amherst: Cristobal Rodriguez (Criminal Justice); From Chicopee: Mackenzie Lara, (Foundations of Health); Xiomara Rivera (Communications, Media, Theater Arts); From Holyoke: Miren Neyra Alcantara (Latinx Studies); Mia Almodovar (Liberal Arts); Eris Santiago Bigas (Liberal Arts); Jazlynn Brown-Pena (Psychology); Gloryann Lebron (Secondary Education); Aida Lema Portes (Early Childhood Education); Jamil Roman (Communication, Media, Theater Arts); Bianca Shea (Business Administration); Mercedes Ventura (Medical Assistant);

From Springfield: Brenda Conde (Liberal Arts); Jeremy Gongora (Business Administration); Zuheily Gonzalez (Foundations of Health); Brianna Melendez (Psychology); Angel Vargas (Computer Science); From Ware: Vianca Diaz (Biology); From Westfield: Lyla Roybal (Foundations of Health)

Brenda Conde, second from right, accepts her Bienvenidos scholarship from Elsie Rodriguez-Garcia, left, chair of HCC’s Hispanic Leadership Committee; Amanda Sbriscia, executive director of the HCC Foundation; and Christina Royal, president of HCC.

“It is a pleasure to be here with you and your families sharing this special moment as we recognize your commitment to your educations,” said Elsie

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Mi María: Surviving the Storm: Voices from Puerto Rico Edited by RICIA ANNE CHANSKY and MARCI DENESIUK * Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books | September 4, 2021 | 330 pages About This Book When Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico in September 2017, it left no part of the archipelago unscathed. The hurricane triggered floods and mudslides, washed out roads, destroyed tens of thousands of homes, farms, and businesses, caused the largest blackout in US history, knocked out communications, led to widespread food, drinking water, and gasoline shortages, and caused thousands of deaths.

The seventeen oral histories collected in Mi María: Surviving the Storm share stories of the hurricane and its long aftermath as people waited for relief and aid that rarely arrived and communities collectively organized to support one another in recovery. Zaira and her husband floated on a patched air mattress for sixteen hours while floodwaters rose around them. The road washed out in front of Emmanuel as he desperately tried to drive his pregnant wife who had begun labor to the hospital. Luis and his father anxiously counted the days that the dialysis clinic remained closed and lifesaving treatment was unavailable, while Miliana’s mother was sent home from the hospital —undiagnosed— only to fall critically ill in her own home.

Weaving together long-form oral histories and shorter testimonios, the book offers a multivocal peoples’ history of disaster that fosters a greater understanding of the failures of governmental disaster response and the correlating perseverance of the people impacted by these failures, highlighting the colonial relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States. Ultimately, the ways in which these oral histories demonstrate the strength of community response to disaster in Puerto Rico are pertinent to other parts of the world that are being impacted by our current climate emergency. Note to educators: Corresponding free lesson plans are available for download on the Voice of Witness website (voiceofwitness.org/lesson-plans/mi-maria-download-curriculum).

Reviews s h! CRUCIAL ORAL HISTORY BY 0UERTO 2ICANS SURVIVING THE TWIN DISASTERS OF Hurricane María and colonialism.” —Molly Crabapple, author, Drawing Blood and Brothers of the Gun (with Marwan Hisham) “For a disaster born at the intersection of colonization and the climate crisis, only a first-person plural account can truly do justice in a post-tragedy landscape where there has been no justice. Mi María: Surviving the Storm is a triumph of eyewitness accounts that centers survivors and tells a threedimensional truth that can only be pieced together from multiple perspectives.” —Aya de León, author, Side Chick Nation “Through first-person narratives and biographical profiles Mi María offers a kaleidoscope of experiences and personal stories that take readers behind the headlines of Hurricane María. The book offers an important archive of experiences, challenges, and stories that are otherwise absent from mainstream coverage of Puerto Rico and is sure to be of interest to both current audiences and future generations of readers interested in the lived experience of one of the largest political and environmental disasters in US history. The chance to hear directly from those left out of national headlines is at once moving, unsettling, and eye-opening.” —Yarimar Bonilla, coeditor, Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm “Passionate and urgent; heart-wrenching and deeply infuriating. Mi María holds space for us to process the multiple and ongoing traumas of Hurricane María—the violence and devastation of the storm itself, yes, but also the deep-seated traumas of state failure, colonial neglect, and capitalist corruption Puerto Ricans found themselves forced to find solutions to while rebuilding their communities in the aftermath of the storm. These are stories not just of resilience. They are stories of resistance, solidarity, and the ethos of mutual aid—the daring to radically reimagine our world in new ways when confronted with our own survival.” —Sara Awartani, Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights at Harvard University

“Though the narrators in Mi María endure great hardship, their stories soar with strength and resolve and love of their fellow humans. Anyone who loves Puerto Rico must read this book.” —Dave Eggers, writer, cofounder of Voice of Witness s hMi María: Surviving the Storm is a collection of electrifying testimonies from a variety of individuals who bravely survived the destructive forces of Hurricane María. . . The most striking element of the testimonies goes beyond the human resilience toward survival against ravaging natural elements.” — Smith Collection Reviews About the Editors RICIA ANNE CHANSKY is Professor of literature at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. She is the co-editor of the scholarly journal, a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, a member of the Routledge Literature Portfolio of journals, and editor of the Routledge Auto/Biography Studies book series. Her book publications include the co-edited volumes: The Routledge Auto/Biography Studies Reader, a Routledge Literary Theory Reader (2016); Life Writing Outside the Lines: Gender and Genre in the Americas (Routledge, 2020); and, the forthcoming, The Untied States: Unraveling National Identity in the Twenty-First Century.

MARCI DENESIUK holds an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She is the author of Far Away Home and her published work has won awards and includes a book of short stories, as well as contributions to anthologies, magazines, web publications and newspapers. She currently teaches in the English Department of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

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El Sol Latino October 2021 Libros / Books Después Del “Fin De La Historia” por CARLOS PABÓN ORTEGA s 3AN *UAN 02 %DICIONES ,ABERINTO

Los tiempos presentes son sombríos. Después del “fin de la historia” asistimos al ascenso de la extrema derecha con su secuela de autoritarismo, racismo, xenofobia, deportaciones y detenciones de refugiados e inmigrantes en distintas partes del mundo. Junto a este fenómeno, hemos atestiguado y sentido las consecuencias de la derrota global de la izquierda y la ausencia de una alternativa sistémica al capitalismo imperante. Como telón de fondo de todos estos procesos, la catástrofe del cambio climático presenta una amenaza existencial para la vida en el planeta.

Este libro reúne una serie de ensayos en los que el autor reflexiona sobre la democracia, los derechos humanos, las identidades —étnicas, raciales, nacionales, de género—, la soberanía nacional y el nacionalismo, la extrema derecha y el fascismo, la izquierda, el socialismo, el comunismo y otros acontecimientos actuales que dábamos por sentado. Así pues, estamos ante un intento de contribuir a la comprensión de nuestra contemporaneidad.

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CARLOS PABÓN ORTEGA es profesor Historia en la Universidad de Puerto Rico - Río Piedras. Es autor del libro Nación postmortem: ensayos sobre los tiempos de insoportable ambigüedad (Ediciones Callejón, San Juan, 2002), y editor de El pasado ya no es lo que era: la historia en tiempos de incertidumbre (Ediciones Vértigo, San Juan, 2005). Áreas de investigación - Genocidios y Violencia extrema; Historia Contemporánea; Historia y Memoria; Políticas Comparativas de la Memoria; Historia y Teoría; Problemas de la Representación; Historia y El Cine; Historia y Literatura; Historia Cultural; Historiografía

Pensar la izquierda puertorriqueña por RAFAEL ROJAS Reseña del libro Después del “fin de la historia de Carlos Pabón Ortega fue publicada el septiembre 5, 2021 en el blog, Pensar lo Contemporáneo (https://cpabonortegadotcom.wordpress.com) La persistente condición colonial de Puerto Rico ha producido una cultura política capturada por los dilemas de la soberanía. En sentido inverso y, a la vez, similar a Cuba, los márgenes para pensar fenómenos globales, que importan a las izquierdas democráticas, como los estallidos sociales, el feminismo, el antirracismo, la ecología o la reinvención de lo común, se ven constreñidos por opciones en pugna como la independencia o la anexión.

El filósofo e historiador de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Carlos Pabón Ortega, ha decidido pensar a contracorriente de esa captura soberanista. Su último libro, Después del “fin de la historia” (2020), reúne ensayos que abordan los temas emergentes de la izquierda democrática global, desde una perspectiva teórica de la mayor actualidad y sofisticación.

Pabón parte de la desmitificación del “fin de la historia” de Fukuyama y otros clichés del triunfalismo liberal posterior a 1989. Pero su cuestionamiento a fondo del horizonte neoliberal no suspende la visión crítica sobre el legado totalitario del socialismo real del siglo XX. Reconstruye Pabón las visiones contrapuestas sobre el comunismo de Francois Furet y Eric Hobsbawm y, frente a la conocida disputa, elige una tercera mirada: la de Enzo Traverso en La historia como campo de batalla (2012).

La izquierda democrática del siglo XXI no puede aceptar el cierre de alternativas que supone la hegemonía neoliberal. Pero tampoco puede, si quiere acreditar seriamente su apuesta por la democracia, deshacerse de los conceptos de totalitarismo y autoritarismo y sus modalidades prácticas después de la Guerra Fría. Izquierda democrática significa, en esencia, combatir las desigualdades del capitalismo y extender derechos sociales a las mayorías sin restringir libertades civiles y políticas.

Estados Unidos, que se identifica con el Green New Deal, el Medicare for All, el salario mínimo y el aumento de impuestos para las minorías opulentas, es saludado por este intelectual puertorriqueño. Una posición, que en ese país caribeño, lo mismo que en Cuba, debe enfrentarse no sólo a los prejuicios de la derecha conservadora y anticomunista sino a una poderosa izquierda ortodoxa y nacionalista que aborrece el socialismo democrático en general y, sobre todo, si proviene de Estados Unidos.

Desde sus primeros ensayos de los años 90, reunidos en el libro Nación postmortem (2002), Carlos Pabón se propuso imaginar un lugar para la izquierda puertorriqueña, másPerformances allá del nacionalismo. Con este libro, veinte años después, prueba que lo ha conseguido.

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El campo referencial de Pabón no es todo el neomarxismo sino el flanco de esa corriente teórica que elige racionalmente la pluralización y radicalización de la democracia: Laclau, Mouffe, Hardt, Negri, Balibar, Brown… No es esta una vertiente asimilable al neocomunismo que, ahistóricamente, identifica la democracia con el liberalismo y quiere deshacerse de ambos por medio de un alineamiento geopolítico con los nuevos autoritarismos.

Pero tampoco se trata, únicamente, de un gesto teórico. Como muestra algún ensayo, Pabón respaldó la primera campaña presidencial de Bernie Sanders y acompañó su inscripción en el “socialismo democrático”. A partir de 2016, el profesor de Río Piedras se posicionó públicamente contra el “populismo de derecha” de Donald Trump y la rearticulación de un nacionalismo postfascista.

Cuando en 2019 estallaron las manifestaciones multitudinarias que demandaron la destitución del gobernador Ricardo Roselló, el historiador no dudó en calificar las protestas como un “estallido social”, espontáneo y horizontal, del tipo que tuvo lugar en la Primavera Árabe, los “indignados” en España, la Plaza Sintagma en Atenas, Occupy Wall Street en Nueva York y casi todos los países latinoamericanos.

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Libros / Books The Puerto Rico Breeding Bird Atlas

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by JESSICA CASTRO-PRIETO; JOSEPH WUNDERLE; JOSÉ A. SALGUERO-FARIA; SANDRA SOTO-BAYO; JOHANN D. CRESPO-ZAPATA; WILLIAM A. GOULD

Río Piedras , PR: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry - Gen. Tech. Rep. IITF-53 | May 2021 | 311 pages The Puerto Rico Breeding Bird Atlas (PRBBA) project collected and summarized information on the timing of breeding and geographic distribution of 130 breeding bird species on Puerto Rico, and its associated satellite islands and cays. Fieldwork coordinated by the Puerto Rican Ornithological Society (SOPI) involved 344 volunteer observers who contributed to more than 45,500 individual observations of birds from 2004 through 2009.

Following standard breeding bird atlas protocol, observers searched for breeding evidence in 479 hexagons while recording bird behavior. Each observed behavior was classified within a hierarchy of behaviors indicating increased likelihood of breeding from simply observed (i.e., no evidence for breeding), to possible, probable, or confirmed breeding evidence. Bird observations and breeding status were plotted in a geographic information system (GIS) layer with 479 hexagons (each 24 km2) covering Puerto Rico and its satellite islands and cays.

For each species, the highest ranked breeding likelihood category (i.e., observed, possible, probable, or confirmed) was plotted for each hexagon to depict the species’ breeding distribution and probability of breeding in an area covered by the hexagon. In addition, breeding distribution and timing of breeding for each species were related to ecological life zones (or Holdridge life zones) on the islands and the protected areas to estimate the level of protection of the hexagons where the species breeds. Breeding

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distribution maps are depicted for terrestrial and aquatic birds including 73 native residents, 26 nonnative residents, 16 endemic species, 13 endemic subspecies, and 2 native migrant breeding species.

The breeding distributions summarized in this atlas facilitate comparisons with earlier published descriptions of distribution for each species and will serve as a baseline for future studies of avian distributions and their responses to land use and climate change on Puerto Rico, satellite islands, and cays.

The atlas can be obtained free of charge in electronic form at the link: FS. USDA.Gov/treesearch (https://doi.org/10.2737/IITF-GTR-53) or in printed form in the library of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF), located at 1201 Calle Ceiba, Jardín Botánico Sur en Río Piedras, PR. Phone: (787)-766-5335.

El UMCA y el Translation Center de UMass Amherst presentan la traducción al español de la exposición We Are For Freedoms.

AMHERST, MA | U MASS- AMHERST, COLLEGE OH HUMANITIES and FINE ARTS – TRANSLATION CENTER | 20 de septiembre de 2021 -El University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) se enorgulleció en reabrir sus puertas para los estudiantes, el personal y los profesores de la universidad, y también para la comunidad, el pasado 23 de septiembre. La ceremonia de celebración por la reapertura se llevó a cabo de 5 a 7 PM y contó con cuatro exposiciones, una bienvenida de la directora de UMCA, Loretta Yarlow, y música en vivo por parte del grupo a capella UMass Dynamics y un grupo estudiantil de jazz.

UMCA está emocionado por contar con el regreso de We Are For Freedoms entre las exhibiciones que han sido traducidas al español por María Camila Vera Arias y Aviva Palencia, con el apoyo del Translation Center de UMass Amherst y su directora, la profesora Regina Galasso. La exposición, que debutó en marzo del 2021, estará en exhibición desde el 23 de septiembre hasta el 5 de diciembre de 2021.

UMCA prioriza el acceso igualitario a historia y arte que suelen quedar aislados.

Se pueden descargar copias gratuitas de los trabajos de los artistas desde la exhibición virtual en línea. Además, el hecho de incluir tanto inglés como español permitirá que participe una mayor cantidad de comunidades.

El Translation Center no solamente ofrece servicios lingüísticos para el público en general a fin de que todos puedan recibir información en un lenguaje que entiendan, sino que también intenta transformar la manera en que las personas piensan y ven el lenguaje.

Catherine D’Ignazio, Endure | Persist | Be Loved | Rise Up | and Shine.

Ink and watercolor pen on paper Feminist font by Dina Benbrahim.

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We Are For Freedoms se realizó en colaboración con la organización nacional For Freedoms, liderada por artistas. La exhibición se incluyen trabajos multimedia de diez artistas locales que responden a la pregunta “¿Qué significa la libertad para ti?” Las obras reflejan la misión de For Freedom como plataforma para la acción directa, el discurso y la participación civil creativa. Para complementar el análisis de estas ideas, la exposición incluye el trabajo Constellation Wall de For Freedom, una historia visual del arte público de la organización a lo largo del país, y piezas seleccionadas del Archive for Social Change, que pertenece a la colección Special Collections & University Archives de las bibliotecas de UMass Amherst.

Esta contribución a We Are For Freedoms hará que la exhibición sea más accesible para un mayor número de personas y también ayudará a cerrar la brecha entre el mundo académico, el arte y las comunidades para las que estos trabajan y a las que representan. En el futuro, al Translation Center le gustaría trabajar con museos locales con el objetivo de lograr que todas sus colecciones sean accesibles para todas las comunidades lingüísticas.

La misión de We Are For Freedoms es muy clara: mostrar las distintas formas en que diferentes comunidades e individuos interpretan, anhelan y adoptan la libertad y cómo luchan por ella. Conforme a estas temáticas,

El Translation Center está abierto al público de lunes a viernes, de 9 AM a 5 PM, y se lo puede contactar por correo electrónico, escribiendo a translate@umass.edu, o por teléfono, llamando al 413.545.2203.

Para obtener más información, consulte, en inglés, la exhibición virtual, el sitio web de UMCA y el sitio web del Translation Center. El museo está abierto de martes a viernes, de 11 AM a 4:30 PM , y los sábados y domingos, de 2 a 5 PM. Los primeros jueves de cada mes, está abierto hasta las 8 PM.

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República Dominicana vs Puerto Rico Van Sickle Field - Springfield – Septiembre 11, 2021

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Fine Arts Center

Octubre 2021

Únase a nosotros para celebrar la apertura de la Temporada 2021-2022 del Fine Arts Center con una serie de eventos virtuales y presenciales que celebran la humanidad presente en todos nosotros.

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Sugar Skull! A Virtual Día de los Muertos Adventure! (Presentación en Línea)

Domingo, Octubre 17, 2021 | 3:00 p.m. ET $14 por familia o dispositivo electrónico Gratis para estudiantes de UMass El programa de 30 minutos será seguido por una presentación en vivo con los artistas y es apropiado para mayores de 3 años. Únase a nosotros para una aventura familiar con Sugar Skull, un carismático esqueleto de dulce. Mientras el sigue una música que lo conducirá a una gran fiesta, conocerás a los coloridos personajes que le enseñarán cómo el Día de los Muertos es una celebración de vida. Esta especial versión virtual es una experiencia teatral cautivadora que celebra un día de fiesta tradicional que trasciende fronteras.

Jennifer Koh: Bach and Beyond

UMass Asian and Asian American Arts and Culture Program

Jueves, Octubre 28, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | Bowker Auditorium Charla antes del programa, a las 6:30 p.m.

Boletos $15, $25 | $10: Estudiantes de los Five Colleges y jóvenes de 17 años o menos Koh presenta un programa especial para UMass que consiste de su popular serie Bach and Beyond, la cual traza la historia del repertorio para violín de las Seis Sonatas y Partitas de Bach a los compositores del siglo 20 y 21, presentando nuevas comisiones por los importantes compositores asiático-americanos Vijay Iyer, Nina Shekhar, Anjna Swaminathan, y Ken Ueno.

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Martha Redbone Roots Project

Martes, Noviembre 9, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | Bowker Auditorium Gratis para estudiantes de UMass.

Boletos $24 | $10: Estudiantes de los Five Colleges y jóvenes de 17 años o menos Martha Redbone es conocida por su estilo único de folk, blues y gospel de su niñez en Harlan County, Kentucky, permeado con la ecléctica determinación de Brooklyn previo a la gentrificación. Heredando el poderoso registro vocal de su padre afro-americano, intérprete de música gospel, y el espíritu resiliente de la cultura Cherokee/Shawnee/Choctaw de su madre, Redbone ensancha las fronteras de la música de raíces americanas.

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Aviso sobre COVID 19: Siguiendo las recomendaciones de Centers for Disease Control, la política de UMass Amherst 2021-2022 requiere que la facultad, personal y estudiantes estén vacunados. Todos los asistentes a las presentaciones en vivo del Fine Arts Center, el University Museum of Contemporary Art, y las galerías Augusta Savage y Hampden deben usar una mascarilla.

Para nuestra programación de la temporada completa o boletos de entrada llamar al: 413-545-2511 ó al 800-999-UMAS ó en línea fineartscenter.com