Friday, May 8, 10:00am - 1:00pm (EDT)
Workshop Schedule
By registering you agree to attend all workshops.
-COMPLETED - Session One: Friday, April 17th, 10am - 1pm
-Session Two: Friday, May 8th, 10am - 1pm
-Session Three: Friday, June 5th, 10am - 1pm
-Session Four: Friday, June 12th, 10am - 12pm
About the workshop series:
Education is the key to liberation. This dynamic workshop series will delve into the concept of decolonization from a historical and theoretical social justice lens. We will focus on deepening participants’ understanding of colonization and anti-colonialist structures in all its forms - not only as it relates to land and territory, but as it manifests across language, culture, identity, knowledge systems, and ways of being - and how interacts with intersectionality, racial capitalism, white supremacy, liberation-focused approaches, community building, and systemic and institutional barriers to true liberation. We will engage in lectures, discussions, analysis of popular culture phenomena such as art and music, and create a space of intellectual exchange, exploration, and community education and engagement.
About Dr. franca roibal fernández
Dr. franca roibal fernández is a transdisciplinary scholar specializing in Decolonization and Intersectionality. In academia she has worked in various disciplines including Women & Gender Studies, Latino/a/e/x & Latin American Studies, and Africana & African American Studies. Currently she is faculty and chair of the department of World Languages & Cultures as well as the director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/a/e/x Studies (El Centro) at New Jersey City University. Her areas of interest and expertise include popular culture phenomena such as fútbol, Carnaval, music and art, periods of fascism and dictatorships, and languages and linguistics. In addition to her academic work, she founded a business, sol y luna consulting, through which she does decolonizing and intersectional consulting and public speaking work in the field of social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and liberation. Dr. roibal fernández is a queer, latina immigrant from the Global South (Uruguay & Argentina) with lived experience as well as academic and professional experience in the fields that she practices in, bringing an interesting dynamic and perspective to the work that she does.
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