Thursday, May 5

3:30 pm EMU Ballroom

Keynote address:

"The Mission of the Catholic Church for Human Rights and Justice in Latin America" Bishop Raúl Vera López

Bishop of Saltillo, Mexico Former Associate Bishop of Chiapas Member of the Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center

5:00 pm EMU Adell McMillan Gallery

Art Installation, "The Museum of Western Apocalypse," by the Coalition of Students of Color

Opening of Art Exhibits:

En Tu Nombre/In Your Name, in tribute to Bishop Oscar A. Romero, by Chilean Artist Francisco Letelier

Our Culture is Our Resistance, photography by Jonathan Moller

Speakers: Francisco Letelier and Jonathan Moller

6:00 pm EMU Ballroom / Gumwood Room

Cinco de Mayo.
A Celebration of Latin American and Latino Cultures (in conjunction with MECHA)

Featuring music by "Lo Nuestro"

8:30 pm Poetry Reading by Margaret Randall, Mother Kali's Bookstore (720 East 13th Av.)

Friday, May 6

9am-11 am Gerlinger Lounge

Panel: Human Rights in Central America: Traditions of Solidarity and Resistance

Chair: Robert Haskett, University of Oregon

David Orique (Newman Center, Eugene), "Flames of Prophetic Religious Activism: Legacies and Lessons"

James Loucky (Western Washington University), "Sanctuary and Solidarity: A Retrospective on the Central American Movement"

Robyn Braverman (Save the Children, Honduras), "The End of the Cold War and its Effects on Central American Children"

11-1 pm Gerlinger Lounge

Panel: From the Cold War to the War on Terror: Legacies and Challenges

Chair: Carlos Aguirre, University of Oregon

Jane Cramer (University of Oregon), "Blood on Our Hands: U.S. Cold War Interventions"

Richard Kraus (University of Oregon), "National Indigestion: US Foreign Policy Tries the Human Rights Diet"

Greg Grandin (New York University), "The Latin American Roots of the Bush Doctrine and the New Imperialism"

1-3 Lunch break

3-5 pm EMU Fir Room

Panel: Testimonio and the Politics of Witnessing

Chair: Analisa Taylor, University of Oregon

Roberto Arroyo (University of Oregon), "El concepto de enemigo en el relato testimonial"

Angelina Godoy (University of Washington), "Violence and Victims: Lynchings, Agency, and the Legacies of War"

John Beverley (University of Pittsburgh), "Torture, Testimony, and Truth"

5:30 pm Ben Linder Room

Re-Inauguration of Ben Linder Room

Presentation of Award to Elisabeth Linder

Music by "Lo Nuestro" and poetry by Margaret Randall

Speaker: Daniel Goldrich: Remembering Ben Linder

7:00 pm EMU Ballroom

Keynote address:

"We don't mean you... well, yes we do" Margaret Randall

Feminist writer and activist

 

Saturday, May 7

Newman Center, 1850 Emerald St., Eugene

10 a.m. 12 noon

Morning Dialogue with Bishop Raúl Vera López (Newman Center, Chapel and Lounge)

2:00 p.m. Confirmation Latin American Music Mass

In Tribute to Bishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero and to all the victims of Human Rights abuses in the Americas (Newman Center Chapel)

3:30-5:00 p.m. Reception

In honor of Bishop Vera López and the Confirmandi (Newman Center Plaza and Lounge)

April 6 - May 4

April 6 Under Fire (127 minutes, color, 1983)

April 13 Coverup: Behind the Iran/Contra Affair (72 minutes, color, 1988)

April 20 They Can Cut All the Flowers, But They Will Never Stop the Spring (40 minutes, color, 1990s) and The Unapologetic Life of Margaret Randall (59 minutes, color, 2002)

April 27 Romero (102 minutes, color, 1989)

May 4 The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas (57 minutes, color, 1996).

Click here for descriptions of the films. For further information contact Professor Stephanie Wood (346-5771)