Despierta Boricua in the Archives: Puerto Rican History and Activism at Yale

Event sponsored by La Casa Cultural Julia de Burgos, Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, and the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program at Yale, and the Yale Alumni Latino Network
Event time
Friday, April 15, 2022 - 8:00am
Location
Hybrid See map

On April 15th from 8 am to 3 pm EST, join “Despierta Boricua in the Archives: Puerto Rican History and Activism at Yale University”, a one-day hybrid symposium held on campus and streamed online to celebrate the completion of the first stage of the Despierta Boricua at Sterling archival/oral history project. Yale faculty and staff, New Haven community members, Latinx Ethnography students, and DB current and former members will share their academic and personal reflections on the role of DB, La Casa, and historical memory in their lives. This is a collaborative event co-sponsored by La Casa Cultural Julia de Burgos, the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, and the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program at Yale, and the Yale Alumni Latino Network. Registration is open until April 11, 2022. Learn more and register here: https://alumni.yale.edu/events/despierta-boricua-archives-puerto-rican-history-and-activism-yale

People and Partners

Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Yale School of the Environment
Kroon Hall
195 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Email: ycej@yale.edu