Hispanic Heritage Advocate

Hispanic Heritage Advocate

Training/Meeting

January 16, 2015

In cooperation with:

FIU’s Latin and Caribbean Center

&

MDCPS’ Department of Social Sciences

AGENDA

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Session 1: Setting the Stage: Why Latin America Matters

Frank Mora, PhD, Director, LACC & Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations

11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Session 2: A Closer Look: Central America

Jose Miguel Cruz, PhD, Director of Research, LACC &

Visiting Professor, Department of Politics & International Relations

11:45 a.m.- 12:40 p.m. Lunch On Your Own

12:45 p.m.- 1:45 p.m. Session 3 A Closer Look: South America

Astrid Arraras, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics & International Relations

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Session 4 A Closer Look: The Caribbean

Eduardo Gamarra, PhD, Professor, Department of Politics &

International Relations

2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Session 5 Department of Social Sciences’ Resources and Develop an Academic Action Plan to Support Hispanic Studies

Robert C. Brazofsky, Executive Director, Department of Social Sciences, M-DCPS

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Session 6 Follow Up Assignment, Wrap-Up, and Evaluations

3:30 p.m. Adjourn