Latin American and Latino Communities in Boston: Challenges and Perspectives (11.20.15) | Latin American Studies

Latin American and Latino Communities in Boston: Challenges and Perspectives (11.20.15)

The Latin American Studies program invites you to join us for a special event!

Our aim is to establish a dialogue between the University and representatives of the consulates of Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, and Colombia in Boston on the challenges facing their communities. Also participating in the event will be representatives of local Latin American and Latino organizations, including IBA Boston (Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción), as well as members of Alianza Latina and LATAM (Latin American Students Association) here at BU.

The dialogue will focus on issues of mutual concern, including political, social and economic problems in Latin America and their impact on citizens in the US, as well as the challenges – cultural, economic, legal, and social – facing the Latin American communities in New England and their representatives.

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Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

The Center for Latin American Studies at Boston University is proud of BU’s history of diversity and inclusion. BU’s founders opened the University’s doors to all students without regard to religion, race, or gender, and building and sustaining a vibrant community of scholars, students, and staff remains essential to its mission of contributing to and preparing students to thrive in, an increasingly interconnected world.

Success in a competitive, global milieu depends upon our ongoing commitment to welcome and engage the wisdom, creativity, and aspirations of all peoples and the Center for Latin American Studies is vital to the University’s mission of preparing global citizens. We forge concrete initiatives to integrate faculty and students across the university in the promotion of antiracism, diversity, and inclusion from a Latin American Studies perspective. Through our in-depth and interdisciplinary academic programs, as well as through a rich array of talks, lectures, round-table discussions, conferences, and other educational and cultural events, we assist the University in its efforts to create environments for learning, working, and living that are enriched by racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity.

At the Center for Latin American Studies, we believe in and practice respect for individual differences in life experience, sexual orientation, and religious belief, and we aspire to be free of intellectual parochialism, barriers to access, and ethnocentrism. We appreciate and deeply value the contributions and talents of every member of the Boston University community and invite you to learn more about us.