U.S. Latina/o Studies at UMD

03/30/2026

Please join USLT for Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area

Ana Patricia Rodríguez draws from her own positionality as a Salvadoran transplant to examine the construction of the unique Salvadoran cultural imaginary made in the greater D.C. area. Through a careful reading of the creative works of local writers, performers, artists, and artivists, Dr. Rodríguez demonstrates how the people have remade themselves in relation to the cultural, ethnoracial, and sociolinguistic diversity of the area. She discusses how Salvadoran people have developed unique, intergenerational Salvadoreñidades, manifested in particular speech and symbolic acts, ethnoracial embodiments, and local identity formations in relation to the diverse communities, most notably Black Washingtonians, who co-inhabit the region.

Book discussion with Dr. Nancy Mirabal and Jasmin Pineda with Q + A from the audience. Free and open to the public!

Wednesday, April 8
4 - 6 p.m.
Tawes 0134

09/09/2025

DEPORTATION FROM THE U.S. TO MEXICO
Tuesday, 9/16
4-6 pm EST on Zoom
Please register using the tinyurl.com/346y7wjt

Please join USLT to learn about how deportation occurs in the U.S., some of the challenges that deportees face, and how people in Mexico are advocating for policy changes.

Maggie Loredo and Rossy Antunez (Ayuuk) will join us to discuss the various initiatives they have participated in for over a decade and the urgent work that needs to be done.

Dr. Perla M. Guerrero, who is writing a book about deportation and coerced return, will be the facilitator.

There will be a Q + A after the panelists conclude their remarks.

11/14/2023

Please join us for A Dignified Return: Documentary Screening and Talk on Friday, December 1 from 5-7 p.m. in Tawes 0310 (1328 Tawes Hall, College Park, MD).

Follow a formerly undocumented, now deported filmmaker, upon his return to Mexico.

In Spanish, English, Ayuujk.

Jose Eduardo Aguilar, director, will join us for Q & A.

After the screening there will be a talk with ODA (Otros Dreams in Acción) – an NGO of returnees and deportees doing art and activism in Mexico.

Open to the public! Please share it widely!

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Acompáñenos a la proyección del documental y charla de El Digno Retorno el viernes 1 de diciembre de las 5-7 p.m. en Tawes 0310 (1328 Tawes Hall, College Park, MD).

Siga a un cineasta anteriormente indocumentado, ahora deportado, en su regreso a México. En español, inglés, ayuujk.

José Eduardo Aguilar, director, estará con nosotros para una sesión de preguntas y respuestas.

Después del documental habrá una charla con ODA (Otros Dreams en Acción) - ONG de personas retornadas y deportadas haciendo arte y activismo en México.

¡Abierto al público! ¡Por favor compártanlo ampliamente!

03/15/2022

Please join us on Tuesday, April 5 from 6-8 pm. EST for "Life After Deportation and Coerced Return" with two speakers now based in Mexico.

Maggie Loredo, Director of Otros Dreams in Acción, and Roberto Hernandez, Director of Grupo Destino Libertad Servicio Unidad Recuperación.

Everyone is welcome but make sure to register using the QR code or the following link: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlfu2urT0rGdWnKdOzvrJ9lzH4emn5KpIV

03/14/2022

Hi all, I'll be giving the following public talk at GW on Zoom and in-person on Tuesday, March 29 at 6:30pm (EST)!

Please register at the following link: go.gwu.edu/latinxseries

LatinXpression Series:

Florecer Aquí y Allá: Activism After Deportation and Coerced Return

How do returnees and deportees organize for social justice in Mexico and beyond? Focusing on the event Florecer Aquí y Allá (Flourishing Here and There) which took place in El Zócalo, Mexico City’s main public square, in July 2019, Dr. Guerrero will explore how art, music, spoken word, and performance are central in presenting critiques about displacement and unfair immigration laws. By focusing on the translocal event, we will begin to see how the experiences of deportees and returnees push them to claim and critique nations on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and offer a framework that challenges precarity and premature death.

This is a hybrid event with the option to attend in-person or online. Please note that due to COVID-19 restrictions, all guests and visitors must present their CLEAR Health Pass, CDC vaccination card OR proof of a negative COVID-19 test within the last 24 hours. Masks are required.

09/16/2021

Please join us on Zoom for “Trivia, Music, and Memes” on Tuesday, 9/21 from 6:30-8:00PM.

We’ll be discussing contemporary topics relating to popular culture and politics. The Zoom link is https://rb.gy/xtay5f

03/25/2021

Please join USLT for a talk by Dr. Gretel H. Vera-Rosas, Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, “From Objects of Reproduction to Subjects of Immigrant Maternity.”

Wednesday, April 7 @ 6 p.m. EST
Registration Required
Please distribute widely!

03/10/2021

Please join us for a talk: “From Viva Kennedy to Viva Daley: The Rise and Fall of the Mexican Democrats in Chicago" by Mike Amezcua.

Thursday, April 1 at 6 p.m. EST
Free and open to the public!

Registration required: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsf-CgrzoqHNwNX-agKqv7G5Uwa2yqraM9

09/14/2020

Please join us for a Charla about community, connection, and Latinidad on Tuesday, Sept. 22 @ 4 p.m. Make sure to use your UMD email to join us!

08/29/2020

08/29/2020

This semester we're offering several courses including USLT 498A: Latinxs on the Silver Screen.