Roberto Rodríguez
Roberto Rodríguez: “In Pursuit of Sacred Justice”
| May 16, 2017 | ||
| 4:00 pm | to | 5:30 pm |
145 Straub Hall
1451 Onyx St.
UO campus
Free & Open to all
In Pursuit of Sacred Justice
an upcoming talk by Roberto Rodríguez (Dr. Cintli)
Professor of Mexican American and Raza Studies at the University of Arizona
Roberto Rodríguez (Dr. Cintli)
Dr. Cintli will discuss his latest book, Our Sacred Maíz is Our Mother, on maíz culture and food colonization, migration, and storytelling among Indigenous, Mexican and Central American peoples of the Americas.
He interweaves these “Sacred Maíz Narratives” with reflections on his acclaimed journalistic work on the topic of Red-Black-Brown Communities in Resistance to U.S. Law Enforcement and Military Violence as well as his latest collaborative project, Smiling Brown: Gente de Bronce – People the Color of the Earth, a book, play, and series of video dialogues which explore color consciousness and light-skin privilege. › Continue reading
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