Wednesday, July 23 - Lunch & Learn: The Abya Yala Project

The DMV area’s unique blend of Central American and Caribbean migrations is often overlooked in favor of larger places like New York and Los Angeles. Not anymore! Join Dr. Tania Lizarazo, Dr. Thania Muñoz, Dr. Yolanda Valencia, and Dr. María Célleri, co-leads of UMBC's Latin American Feminisms Faculty Working Group, to learn more about their Abya Yala Project, a community-engaged multi-step and mixed-media project that will name, archive, and highlight the efforts and varied lived experiences of the Latine/x community in the larger DMV region. Designed as an interactive website, it will feature contributions from students, faculty, artists, and community members, emphasizing the diversity of Latinx/e experiences beyond traditional migration hubs. This website will center these communities’ voices through various mediums, such as academic essays, creative writing, stories, art, and multimedia.This interactive website will serve as their first step towards creating the Abya Yala Center at UMBC in the years to come. 

Bio:

The co-leads of the Latin American Feminisms Faculty Working Group are Dr. Tania Lizarazo (MLLI), Dr. Thania Muñoz (MLLI), Dr. Yolanda Valencia (GES), and Dr. María Célleri (GWST), and the project is sponsored through the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the CAHSS Dean’s Office.