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Human Rights Film Series -- Children in No Man's Land

October 1, 2008, 4:00 PM Konover Auditorium,
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center

Screening of film and reception and Q & A with filmmaker Anayansi Prado

The Human Rights Institute and Thomas J. Dodd Research Center will screen Anayansi Prado's documentary film, Children in No Man's Land, which documents the struggles of the 100,000 unaccompanied minors who cross the border from Mexico into the United States each year. Ms. Prado will be present for a question and answer session and reception following the film. Konover Auditorium, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, 4:00 p.m.

Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center

Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies

Library Liaison for Latin American and Caribbean Studies:  Marisol Ramos

Marisol Ramos's Blog on Library Resources in Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Resources in Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Research Guide for Latin America and Caribbean Studies

Research Guide for Puerto Rican & Latino Studies (pdf)

Inter-University Program for Latino Research

Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Hunter College)

Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY)

Hispanic Health Council (Hartford)

Junta for Progressive Action (New Haven)

National Council of La Raza

Smithsonian Latino Center

Latino USA

Puerto Rico and the American Dream

Latino Pundit

"On September 17, 1968, the U.S. Congress established the week including September 15 and 16 as National Hispanic Heritage Week. The agreement authorized the President to issue an annual proclamation encouraging people of the United States, “especially the educational community,” to observe the Heritage Week. In 1988, the 100th Congress expanded Hispanic Heritage Week to a full month, beginning September 15 and ending October 15. These dates correspond to the independence days of several Latin American countries. September 15 marks the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico’s independence is September 16, Chile’s is September 18, and October 12 is celebrated as Dia de la Raza." (1)

Terms such as Hispanic or Latino came from the US Census to provide a way for individuals to identify themselves while answering the census survey questions. From 1970 to 1990, the term Hispanic was used but in 1997 it was decided to include the term Latino as another alternative for those individuals who do not identify themselves as Hispanic. Since 2000, the US Census used the following categories: "People who identify with the terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the Census 2000 or ACS questionnaire - "Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban" - as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race." (2)

Notes:

(1) From Federal Heritage Month Celebrations at http://uds.uvm.edu/diversity_calendar.html retrived August 14, 2007. For a more complete legislative history of this celebration visit this site, http://www.clnet.ucla.edu/heritage/hhhispan.htm

(2) From American FactFinder glossary at http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/epss/glossary_h.html retrived August 14, 2007. For a more complete understanding of the change from Hispanic to Hispanic or Latino see, Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html