Athens Eco Latino

	Octubre / October 2004 Vol. 2 Número / Issue 7

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Hispanic Heritage Month

Calendar of Events

Wednesday, October 6: CLACS Special Evening Seminar: "The Growing Influence of Latinos in Georgia Politics." Featuring Georgia state Senator Sam Zamarripa, Georgia state Representative David Casas, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, Jerry Gonzalez; and Karla Luna of Hispanic Student Association. Panel moderated by Maritza Soto-Keen of the UGA Fanning Institute for Leadership, 6:00 p.m., Student Learning Center, room 101.

Tuesday, October 12:
Film Screening: "Manuela Saenz: La Libertadora del Libertador." Sponsored by the Peabody Awards Collection of the Media Archives and Media Department, UGA Libraries. Discussant: Leonardo Padron, the film's screenwriter. 7:00 p.m., Student Learning Center, Room 150.

Wednesday, October 13: CLACS Seminar: Venezuelan author, poet and screenwriter, Leonardo Padrón and UGA professor, Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, "More than Melodramatic Love Stories: Telenovelas and Social Reality." 12:30 p.m. at CLACS, 290 South Hull Street.

Thursday, October 14: CLACS Seminar: UGA assistant professor of sociology Patricia Richards and Millaray Painemal, Mapuche indigenous women's association of southern Chile will present, "The Politics of Gender, Human Rights and being Indigenous in Chile." 12:30 p.m. at CLACS, 290 South Hull Street.

Friday, October 15: Noche Latina, sponsored by the Hispanic Student Association. 6:00 p.m., Georgia Hall at Tate Center. After-party "Latino Performance Showcase" at Tasty World, downtown Athens.

Monday, October 18: Graduate Student Presentations of Summer Research carried out in Latin America/Caribbean during Summer 2004. Research supported through CLACS by the Tinker Foundation and the UGA Graduate School. 6:00 p.m., Baldwin Hall, room 264.

Wednesday, October 20: CLACS Seminar: Elizabeth Oglesby, University of Arizona assistant professor of Latin American Studies and 2003-2004 Carnegie Council Fellow will present, "Political Violence and Teaching About the Past in Latin America: Guatemala's 'Memory of Silence' and the Limits of Peace Education." 12:30 p.m. at CLACS, 290 South Hull Street.

Saturday, October 23:
"Día de la Mujer Latina" (Latino Women's Day) at St. Joseph's Catholic Church from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Community health services for Latino women. Event sponsored by Día de la Mujer, Inc., American Cancer Society and Catholic Social Services. CLACS-sponsored Latin live music featuring Mexican band IMAGEN, to perform 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Latin American Film Festival:
"Representing the Margins in Films from Latin America": Georgia Museum of Art, M. Smith Griffith Auditorium. Films screened on Wednesday evenings, 7:30 p.m.

September 22:
Suite Habana (Cuba, 2003 Dir. Fernando Perez).

September 29:
De noche vienes, Esmeralda (Mexico, 1997 Dir. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo).

October 6:
Pantaleón y las visitadoras (Peru, 2000 Dir. Francisco Lombardi).

October 13:
Plata quemada (Argentina, 2000 Dir. Marcelo Piñeyro).

October 20:
Carandiru (Brasil, 2003 Dir. Hector Babenco).

For more information, visit: www.clacs.uga.edu or call 706-542-9079.