Past MSC SCOLA Sponsored Events

“Starved for Respect: The Many Hungers of Latinx Food Workers”

Lori A. Flores is an Associate Professor of History at Stony Brook
University. Her research and writing focus on Latino life, labor, and politics
in the United States from the post-WWII era to the present day. The focus
of her lecture will be on her new book project, which examines the
lives of Latino food workers. By examining the tandem processes of the
United States’ growing appetite for Latino food and appetite for
Latino labor during the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries, her new project advances our historical understanding of how
the popularity and permeation of Latino cuisine throughout America has
intersected with the acceptance and inclusion of Latino people.

“Art as a form of Resistance and Activism”

An artist and educator born in Michoacan, Mexico and raised in Atlanta, Yehimi Cambron was recently selected by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as one of the 50 Most Influential Latinos in Georgia. Her art graces street corners across the city of Atlanta. Her mural project, “Monuments: Our Immigrant Mothers” was recently selected as the winner for the Living Walls’ Laura Patricia Calle Grant. Before focusing on art full time, Teach for America (TFA) accepted Cambron into their corps of educators fighting educational inequity. She became the first of two DACAmented (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) TFA educators in Georgia. After completing her commitment to teaching elementary school, Cambron returned to her alma mater as a high school art teacher.

Representation Matters: The Importance of Ethnic Studies Curriculum

  On November 15th, 2018, MSC SCOLA’s Fall Lecture Series will be hosting a lecture by Mark Dawson who has the role of the Diversity Education Specialist for Texas A&M’s Department of Multicultural Services. We are inviting all students to join MSC SCOLA for a conversation on the importance of an ethnic studies curriculum for the success of Latinx students.

Nuestra Vecindad: Our Neighborhood

     On September 27th, 2018, MSC SCOLA’s Fall Lecture Series hosted a lecture by Jennifer Rangel ‘16 on how social media and urban planning can be used as a venue for advocacy and self-empowerment. Jennifer Rangel ’16 is a Planning and Community Outreach Director at the Inclusive Communities Project, and led the talk about her professional experience as an urban planner determined to help communities fight for their vision.

MSC SCOLA Graduate School Resource Fair

According to the Council of Graduate Schools, the Latino enrollment rate in graduate programs is less than 10%.

MSC SCOLA hosted the 2018 Graduate School Resource Fair on Friday, April 6th, 2018. This event provided students the opportunity to learn about different graduate programs within Texas A&M as well as other universities.

It is our hope that this event provided our delegates and Texas A&M students valuable information that helped them gain an insight into the different opportunities available post-graduation.

A Conversation with Diane Guerrero: In the Country We Love

The MSC Student Conference for Latinx Affairs and MSC CAMAC: A Latinx Programming Committee are proud to present A Conversation with Diane Guerrero: In the Country We Love. Diane Guerrero is best known for her roles on the award winning, Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated Netflix series Orange Is the New Black,”and on CW’s break-out hit, Jane the Virgin.

Diane published her memoir, In The Country We Love, detailing her life as a citizen daughter of undocumented parents and her years-long struggle to deal with the consequences of the broken immigration system. In 2015, Ms. Guerrero was named a White House Ambassador for Citizenship and Naturalization and volunteers with Latino civic engagement and immigrants’ rights groups including Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Mi Familia Vota, and New American Leaders Project.

Dr. Stella Flores Fall Lecture

    With around thirty percent of Latinos currently enrolled in a two or four year higher education institution, it is important to understand where the Latino community stands in comparison to other Black and White students in colleges and universities. Dr. Stella Flores, Associate Professor for Higher Education at New York University and Director of Access and Equity for the Sheinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, provided a lecture on her research surrounding how certain influences such as income, language and race affect where we go to college. In partnership with the Carlos Cantu Foundation, Dr. Flores discussed of the opportunities that may exist through policies that can better educational outcomes.

They Call Us Monsters | Film Screening and Panel

     On October 26th, 2017, MSC SCOLA, in partnership with the Carlos Cantu Foundation, hosted a film screening for the documentary “They Call Us Monsters”. This film, which focused on three young Latino males who were sentenced to a juvenile high-security facility, took a look at their journey as they took a screenwriting course which revealed the complexity behind their lives. The film screening was followed by a panel discussion that broke down the issues surrounding juvenile sentencing and whether or not developing individuals should be tried as adults for violent crimes.

If you have any ideas on programs you would like to see, please email our Vice Chair at scolaprograms@gmail.com