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Latino Community Events in Minnesota

Dr. Juan Andrade Scholarship for Young Hispanic Leaders   Each year, the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute awards the Dr. Juan Andrade Scholarship for Young Hispanic Leaders to outstanding high school seniors or college students who are committed to make a change for their community. The scholarships will be presented at the 30th USHLI National Conference in Chicago, February 16-19, 2012. 2011 Dr. Juan Andrade Scholarship Recipients Students attending or accepted to an undergraduate four-year institution are eligible for a $1000 scholarship. Students attending or accepted to an undergraduate two-year institution are eligible for a $500 scholarship. In addition, recipients will receive a scholarship to attend the 30th USHLI National Conference. To qualify, applicants must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student in a four-year institution in the U.S. or U.S. territories, and demonstrate a verifiable need for financial support. At least one parent must be of Hispanic ancestry. Recipients must be able to attend the USHLI National Conference. The number of scholarships awarded varies from year to year. The deadline to receive the complete application is December 31, 2011. Download the application here. All applications must include a cover page, background information, leadership essay, transcript, resume, picture, and letters of reference. To date USHLI has awarded over $1,173,000 in scholarships and internships to Hispanic students throughout the United States. For More Information contact USHLI at(312) 427-8683.

CELEBRATING THE BEST OF LATIN FILM FROM AROUND THE WORLD
The Twin Cities’ first-ever major Latin Film Festival, presenting more than 30 films from Central and South America, Mexico, and Spain!!

November 3-13 at St. Anthony Main Theatre

During the Fest’s ten-day run, audiences can celebrate the diverse world of Spanish language cinema, and enjoy Opening and Closing Night parties. Visiting filmmakers include Gabriel Figueroa Flores (Mexico), photographer son of the celebrated Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, here for a retrospective of his father’s work, Trisha Ziff (Mexico), director of the acclaimed documentary THE MEXICAN SUITCASE, and Viviana García Besné (Mexico), director of the festival darling PERDIDA.

Notable films and programs include:

A PORTRAIT OF DIEGO: THE REVOLUTIONARY GAZE:  Dir. Gabriel Figueroa Flores (Mexico) attending! Considered the greatest Mexican painter of the 20th century, and known for his enormous frescos capturing moments in Mexico’s history, Diego Rivera began this documentary in collaboration with Mexico’s renowned cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa and world famous photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Completed by Rivera’s grandson Diego Rivera Lopez and Figueroa’s son Gabriel Figueroa Flores, the film was released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Rivera’s death, and illustrates the socio-political impact of Rivera’s work during the end of Mexico’s Civil War.

THROUGH THE LENS OF GABRIEL FIGUEROA: A RETROSPECTIVE:  Gabriel Figueroa Flores (Mexico) attending!  The work of Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa is legend.  His award-winning, Oscar-Nominated, and prolific chef d’ouevre of more than 200 films includes numerous Buñuel titles (The Exterminating Angel, los Olvidados), an adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, and John Houston’s Under the Volcano and Night of the Iguana. Selections from his work will be introduced and discussed in this unique retrospective by Figueroa’s son, Gabriel Figueroa Flores.

THE MEXICAN SUITCASE:  Director Trisha Ziff (Mexico) attending!  This internationally acclaimed documentary highlights the extraordinary recovery of a forgotten suitcase containing 4,500 photos taken between 1936 and 1939. Shot by legendary photographer Robert Capa and fellow photographers Gerda Taro and David “Chim” Seymour, these intrepid images dramatically changed public opinion on the home front during the Spanish Civil War, and altered how such conflicts will forever be viewed. 

POR EL CAMINO:  Director Charly Braun (Brazil) invited and Actor Esteban Feune de Colombi (Argentina) attending! Brilliantly melding South American, Francophone, and U.S. influences, award-winning director Charly Braun captures the airy restlessness of youth in this spirited road movie following two twenty-somethings who meet while traveling through the breathtaking costal vistas and back roads of Uruguay.

GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR:  Director Pamela Yates attending! Reinforcing the power of film to effect change, this poignant and compelling documentary from director Pamela Yates shares a spirit of revolutionary solidarity with her 1984 feature-length debut “When the Mountains Tremble” as she revisits the horrors of Guatemala’s Civil War and the genocide trials of convicted dictator Efraín Ríos Montt.

PERDIDA: Director Viviana García Besné Present!  This film traces the unbelievable true story of the Calderón family, which built grand movie palaces in Mexico and the U.S. and employed thousands to produce incomparable, hugely successful, often reprehensible populist-genre films utterly and uniquely Mexican. Told by Viviana García Besné—whose grand-uncle was mogul José Luis Calderón—this personal tale from inside an alternate universe offers glimpses of utterly unknown zaftig saturnine actresses, overweight masked wrestlers, human robots and Aztec mummies… all driven by a shameless but keen commercial impulse. And the cinematic fantasies are mirrored by an even stranger labyrinth of internal sibling strife, film business clashes, Hollywood affairs, bankruptcies and anti-intellectual tirades. –Telluride Film Festival

THE LIFE OF FISH: Matias Bize’s Goya Award Winner and Chile’s candidate for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.  A theatrically staged and insightful story in which an upscale party becomes the backdrop for sophisticated Chileans to confront their pasts and revisit lost loves.  The film features a not-to-be-missed performance from award-winning Chilean actress Blanca Lewin.  

BONSÁI: Adapted from the novel by Alejandro Zambra, a Chilean Critics Award-Winner, and Latin America’s hottest new writer, who is considered by many to have instigated a new era in the nation’s letters. Thoughtfully composed and brilliantly photographed by Cristian Jimenez, this delicate, whimsical, and melancholic romance fluidly moves back and forth eight years in the life of would-be writer Julio.

Check mspfilmsociety.org for more titles, and stay tuned for the unveiling of the Official Latin Film Festival website…

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Registration is open for the Overcoming Racism Conference!

November 18-19, 2011
Metropolitan State University in St. Paul.

 You won't want to miss the great keynote speakers, workshops, artist-activist performances, and opportunities to connect and commit to overcoming racism in our communities, institutions and organizations!

The theme of the first day will be: How does racism frame our realities? The racial frame: What is it? How does it work? Our kickoff keynote speaker will be Dr. Joe R. Feagin, scholar and author of many books on racism, including most recently The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing & Counter-Framing. He also produces and maintains RacismReview, providing extensive and accessible research and analysis from scholars and researchers across disciplines. Download a reflection on Feagin's book, The White Racial Frame.

The second day will focus on how the racial frame affects antiracism work in organizations, institutions and communities. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years of experience in the field of mental health. Her keynote titled “When I Say Race, People Run: Claiming & Sharing Power through Antiracism Work in Organizations, Institutions and Communities” is based on Dr. Garrett-Akinsanya’s upcoming book. She will explore how to go about having difficult, productive conversations about race that result in systems changes across organizations, institutions and communities.
Each day of the conference will conclude with an arts-based plenary. Friday's closing features a dynamic & diverse line-up of local artist-activists. Saturday's closing will include a performance by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theater, highlighting the connections and commitments made by conference participants.

And of course each day will have a GREAT selection of workshop choices, full of examples, stories, models, tools and discussion aimed to deepen understanding and increase our ability to act effectively!

More info at www.overcomingracism.org/2011/registration.htm

CENTRO

As a central community gathering point, Centro hosts a variety of community events each year to promote and sustain the Latino community in the Twin Cities metro area.

Annual events include:
Day of the Dead, November
Family Christmas Celebration, December
Dia del Niño, April
Youth Celebration, August

To schedule a performance at your organization or event, please call Centro at 612.874.1412 or email infocenter@centromn.org

MAFO
2012 National Farmworker Conference

April 22 – 25, 2012

Hyatt Regency on the River Walk
San Antonio, Texas

www.mafofarmworker.com

MAFO is a national partnership of farmworker and rural organizations.

Special Monitor Advocate Session Training: April 22 – 26, 2012!
Please contact your National Monitor Advocate for more information.

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