March 28 @ 11 a.m.: 'Dolores' Film and Discussion
When |
Mar 28, 2018
from 11:00 AM to 12:50 PM |
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Where | Strickler Hall 101 |
Contact Name | Profe Melissa Groenewold |
Contact Phone | 502-852-4748 |
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Background:
Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother of eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change.
About the Screening and Discussion:
This film screening compliments the basic-level Spanish students’ study of César Chávez. The study of César Chávez not only provides students with a glimpse of Spanish as a heritage language in the US, but also facilitates learning that enables students to develop intellectual traits that guide thinking to be fair-minded, demonstrating intellectual humility, autonomy, courage, perseverance, empathy, integrity and confidence in reasoning.
Discussion will use the film to explore the farm workers movement and related pressing issues such as race, gender, immigration and social justice.
Details:
When and Where?
To accommodate students’ varying schedules, we have arranged for three screenings of the film.
SCREENING 1
-Wednesday, March 28, 2018
-11 a.m.-1 p.m.
-Strickler Hall 101
-Introduction and discussion led by Dr. Greg Hutcheson
SCREENING 2
-Wednesday, March 28, 2018
-1 p.m.-3 p.m.
-Strickler Hall 101
-Introduction and discussion led by Dr. Manuel Medina
SCREENING 3
-Wednesday, March 28, 2018
-8 p.m.-10 p.m.
-Ekstrom Library in Elaine Chao Auditorium
-Introduction and discussion led by Profesora Cynthia Martínez
For information about la Marcha visit http://louisville.edu/spanish/events/celebremos-la-cultura-hispana-marcha-con-cesar-chavez/
Contact: Profe Melissa Groenewold