OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Florida Consortium for Latin American & Caribbean Studies


  • Northeast Florida Foreign Language Conference (8/18/2007)
  • Alachua County High School Spanish student field trips to the Harn Museum "Cuba Avant Garde" Exhibit (8/28/2007 - 8/29/2007)
  • Alachua County High School Spanish student field trips to the Harn Museum "Cuba Avant Garde" Exhibit (9/6/2007)
  • Alachua County High School Spanish student field trips to the Harn Museum "Cuba Avant Garde" Exhibit (9/7/2007)
  • Latina Womens League Annual Film Festival: "Encajar en el mundo" (9/15/2007)
  • Latina Womens League Annual Film Festival: "Whiskey" (9/22/2007)
  • Lecture: "Isotype Studies and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture in Latin America" (9/27/2007)
  • Latina Womens League Annual Film Festival: "El Raton Perez" (9/29/2007)
  • Lecture: "Marketing and Culture in Brazil" (10/2/2007)
  • "9th Annual Eric Williams Lecture: Emancipation, the African Atlantic and the Long Road to Freedom" (10/5/2007)
  • Latina Womens League Annual Film Festival: "Mi mejor enemigo" (10/6/2007)
  • Jacare Brazil Concert (10/10/2007)
  • "Latin American Living Map" (10/12/2007 - 5/30/2008)
  • "Teacher Training Workshop: Geography of Latin America" (10/12/2007)
  • Latina Womens League Annual Film Festival: "Todos Somos Estrellas" (10/13/2007)
  • Presentation at Florida Conference for Social Studies: Latin American Resources (10/13/2007)
  • Presentation at Florida Foreign Language Conference: "Traveling Suitcases and Learning Centers in the Language Classroom" (10/18/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: Ethnomusic Conference (10/27/2007)
  • "International Haitian Creole Day" (10/29/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: New Albany Elementary, Middle and High Schools (10/30/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: Toledo School for the Arts (10/30/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: Cedarwood Elementary (10/31/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: Oberlin University (10/31/2007)
  • Day of the Dead Celebration (11/1/2007)
  • Day of the Dead Celebration: Lecture on "The Aztec Soul" (11/1/2007)
  • Day of the Dead Celebration: Lecture on "Virtual Bird Watching" (11/1/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: Bowling Green State University (11/1/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: Georgian Heights Elementary (11/1/2007)
  • Marimba Ayin Musical Tour: Percussive Arts Society (11/3/2007)
  • "El Angel Loco" with Uva de Aragon (11/5/2007)
  • "Gene Moreno: Other Lines of Artistic Production in Latin America" (11/13/2007)
  • "International Studies-International Careers Internship Expo 2007" (11/13/2007 - 11/14/2007)
  • Lecture: "The Origins of Agriculture in Latin America and Development" (11/16/2007)
  • Tour of Butterfly Museum (1/11/2008)
  • Big Bend Foreign Language Meeting- Traveling Suitcases and Other Resources (1/26/2008)
  • Faculty Development Workshop: "Forming a Professional Learning Community" (2/2/2008)
  • Center for Latin American Studies Annual Conference: "Uniting For Solutions: Multi-Sector Partnerships and Strategic Communications in the Americas" (2/7/2008 - 2/8/2008)
  • Cuban Art Exhibit Student Field Trip (2/19/2008)
  • The Social Contract Question: Afro-centrism, Exoticism and Authenticity in Jorge Amado's "Carnavalia" (2/22/2008)
  • Big Bend Annual Modern Language Expo (3/1/2008)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Public School Outreach Screening: "Estomago" (3/3/2008)
  • Documentary Screening: "Puedo hablar?" (3/4/2008)
  • "Teacher Training Workshop: The Cuban Missle Crisis" (3/5/2008)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Public School Outreach Screening: "Africa Unite" (3/5/2008)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Public School Outreach Screening: "Invisibles" (3/6/2008)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Public School Outreach Screening: "Street Witness" (3/9/2008)
  • Jacare Brazil Unplugged: An Intimate Evening of Strings and Voices (3/22/2008)
  • Jacare Brasil Concert and Capoeira Luanda Performance (3/24/2008)
  • "Teacher Training Workshop: Wifredo Lam" (3/28/2008)
  • Agbedidi Jeliya and Jacare Brazil Concert (4/11/2008)
  • Costa Rica Presentation to Gainesville High School Spanish Class (4/15/2008)
  • SECOLAS Conference: K-12 Panel Our Hispanic Heritage and Latino Future:Challenges and Opportunities (4/19/2008)
  • Teacher Workshop: Cuban Art (4/24/2008)
  • "26th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean" (5/2/2008)
  • Brazilian Music Institute (5/5/2008 - 5/9/2008)
  • Brazilian Music Institute Concert (5/10/2008)
  • "Teacher Training Workshop: The Communities in Which We Work" (6/3/2008)
  • "Teacher Training Workshop: Costa Rica: A Sense of Place" (6/5/2008)
  • "16th Annual Summer Tropical Botany Teacher Inservice Seminar" (6/16/2008 - 6/27/2008)
  • "11th Annual Haitian Summer Institute" (6/25/2008 - 8/5/2008)
  • FIU Diaz-Ayala Lecture "Havana Manana: Cuba in the American Culture" (6/25/2008)
  • "Caribbean Contacts" Summer Camp (7/7/2008 - 7/11/2008)
  • Briefing on Latin America Contemporary Issues for Central Florida Community College (7/24/2008)
  • "Journey Through Latin America" Summer Camp (7/28/2008 - 8/1/2008)
  • Latin American Living Map (8/15/2008 - 8/14/2009)
  • Through the Cameras Eye Caribbean Migration to Florida, a Film and Lecture Series - The Price of Sugar (9/8/2008)
  • 4th Annual Latin American Festival Qu tan lejos (9/20/2008)
  • 7th Annual Downtown Latin American Festival (9/20/2008)
  • 4th Annual Latin American Film Festival Dragones, destino de fuego (9/27/2008)
  • 4th Annual Latin American Film Festival Cachoeira das onas (10/4/2008)
  • Cultural Fusions of the New World (10/9/2008)
  • 4th Annual Latin American Film Festival Adios Momo (10/11/2008)
  • Through the Cameras Eye Caribbean Migration to Florida, a Film and Lecture Series - My American Girls (10/13/2008)
  • Lecture Plantations and the Unity of Caribbean History (10/15/2008)
  • 4th Annual Latin American Film Festival Dance of My Heart (10/18/2008)
  • Teacher Training Workshop LACC/CIBER K-12 Language for Business (10/31/2008 - 11/1/2008)
  • Teacher Training Workshop The Impact of the US Elections on Latin America (11/4/2008)
  • Conference Business in Latin America The Last Ten Years...The Next Ten Years (11/7/2008)
  • Latin American Career Workshop (11/8/2008)
  • Concert Music and Dance from Africa and Latin America (11/9/2008)
  • Through the Cameras Eye Caribbean Migration to Florida, A Film and Lecture Series - Hasta Siempre, Will the Revolution Survive? (11/10/2008)
  • Poetry reading and book-signing by Cuban Poet, Pedro Prez-Sarduy, Reading from his Book, Malecn Siglo Veinte (11/11/2008)
  • Lecture The Politics of Race in Contemporary Cuba An Afro-Cuban Perspective (11/12/2008)
  • Presentation/Discussion High School Spanish Classroom (11/13/2008)
  • Forida Foreign Language Association/American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Conference Authentic Learning and Latin American Traveling Suitcases in the Foreign Language Classroom (11/22/2008)
  • Butterfly Rainforest Field Trip (11/25/2008)
  • K-12 Teacher Workshop Celebrations Around the Globe (12/2/2008)
  • Teacher Workshop on Fulbright Andean Materials (12/2/2008)
  • Teacher Workshop on Fulbright Andean Materials (12/10/2008)
  • 9th Annual Film Day- Cuban Shorts (1/9/2009)
  • Latin American Sci-Fi Fantasy Film Festival Saneamiento Basico (1/11/2009)
  • Lecture and Panel Discussion Lessons of 1959 (1/11/2009)
  • Through the Cameras Eye Caribbean Migration to Florida, A Film and Lecture Series - 90 Miles (1/12/2009)
  • Latin American Sci-Fi Fantasy Film Festival The Sputnik Man (1/15/2009)
  • Lecture Principio y Fin del Mito Fidelista (1/15/2009)
  • International Studies Schools Association Annual Conference Going Green Recycling in Ecuador (1/19/2009)
  • Annual Florida Education and Technology Conference Get Your Students Talking! (1/23/2009)
  • Teacher Workshop on Fulbright Andean Materials (1/23/2009)
  • UF Center for Latin American Studies Annual Conference - The Urban Divide in Latin America Challenges and Strategies for Social Inclusion (1/29/2009 - 1/30/2009)
  • Duval County Foreign Language Workshop (1/30/2009)
  • Florida Foreign Language Instructors in Colleges and Universities FFLICU Workshop Study Abroad, Cuban Art, Program Development (1/31/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop The Work of Caribbean Artist Philippe Dodard (1/31/2009)
  • Lecture Competition Policies in Latin America The Post-Washington Consensus (2/5/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Afro-Latin America Race, Ethnicity, Identity and Relgion (2/6/2009)
  • Through the Cameras Eye Caribbean Migration to Florida, A Film and Lecture Series - H-2 Worker (2/9/2009)
  • Latin American Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Series Macunama (2/16/2009)
  • Spanish Language Media in the US Its Roles, Impact and Future (2/18/2009)
  • Latin American Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Series Man Facing Southeast (2/23/2009)
  • Jacare Violao, Jacare Choro, and Jacare Cantores (2/25/2009)
  • Art Exhibit and Presentation Haiti and the Dominican Republic One island, two cultures, two art traditions (2/27/2009)
  • Film Screening of Poto Mitan Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy (2/28/2009)
  • Foreign Language Festival (2/28/2009)
  • Floridas Diverse Student Population and the Social and Cultural Implications for Educators A Two Part Series. PART I The Orlando-Ricans The Recent Puerto Rican Diaspora to Central Florida (3/2/2009)
  • Teacher Workshop on Fulbright Andean Materials (3/2/2009)
  • Through the Cameras Eye Caribbean Migration to Florida, A Film and Lecture Series- Nuyorican Dream (3/2/2009)
  • Latin American Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Series Dont Die Before Telling Me Where You Are Going (3/3/2009)
  • Lecture Teodoro Petkoff on Venezuela (3/4/2009)
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series Venezuela Political and Economic Realities by Teodoro Petkoff (3/6/2009)
  • Southern Conference on Language Teaching Discovering the Andes- Fulbright Hays Project Materials (3/6/2009)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Public School Outreach Screening Celia, The Queen (3/7/2009)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Public School Outreach Screening Childrens Small Stories (3/7/2009)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Outreach Screening 8 (3/8/2009)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival Public School Outreach Screening Childrens Small Stories (3/11/2009)
  • Latin American Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Series Cronos (3/23/2009)
  • Field Trip to Butterfly Rainforest (3/26/2009)
  • Field Trip to Butterfly Rainforest (3/28/2009)
  • Rites of Passage K-12 Teacher Workshop (4/1/2009)
  • Floridas Diverse Student Population and the Social and Cultural Implications for Educators A Two Part Series Part II - Overview of the Haitian Diaspora Implications for Florida Educators (4/2/2009)
  • International Day at Hawthorne Elementary (4/2/2009)
  • Performance and Literary Recitations Haiti and Its Mother Africa (4/4/2009)
  • Mexican Folkloric Dance Performance (4/15/2009)
  • Mexican Folkloric Dance Performance (4/16/2009)
  • Mexican Folkloric Dance Performance (4/17/2009)
  • Mexican Folkloric Dance Performance (4/17/2009)
  • Mexican Folkloric Dance Performance (4/19/2009)
  • Mexican Folkloric Dance Performance (4/20/2009)
  • Field Trip to Butterfly Rainforest (4/28/2009)
  • 27th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean Disaster Risk Reduction in Inter-American Affairs (4/30/2009 - 5/1/2009)
  • Brazilian Music Institute (5/4/2009 - 5/9/2009)
  • Brazilian Music Institute Concert (5/8/2009)
  • FIU Diaz-Ayala Lecture Que dicen las caratulas? Un analisis grafico de las caratulas en la discografia de la musica puertorriquena (5/14/2009)
  • FIU Diaz-Ayala Lecture Culturas musicales e identidades culturales en la Salsa (5/21/2009)
  • Field Trip to Butterfly Rainforest (6/2/2009)
  • National Security Studies Summer Institute for Teachers Energy and Environment Security in the Americas (6/8/2009 - 6/12/2009)
  • 17th Annual Summer Tropical Botany Teacher Inservice Institute (6/15/2009 - 6/26/2009)
  • Splendid South America Summer Camp (6/15/2009 - 6/19/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute (6/24/2009 - 8/5/2009)
  • FIU K-12 African Diaspora Summer Institute for Teachers Teaching World History Haiti and the Caribbean (6/25/2009 - 8/5/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Politics and Resistance in 20th Century Haiti (7/1/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Red and Black in Haiti Radicalism, Conflict and Political Change 1934-1957 (7/2/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Haiti in Miami An Educational Tour of Little Haiti (7/3/2009)
  • The Constitutional Crisis in Honduras and its Regional Aftershocks (7/7/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series The Digital Library of the Caribbean and FIUs Special Collections (7/9/2009)
  • Digital Library of the Caribbean and Traveling Suitcase Workshop (7/13/2009 - 7/14/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Haiti Migration and Human Rights (7/14/2009)
  • FIU/UF Summer Curriculum Development Workshop (7/14/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Florida and the Caribbean Historic Ties and Cultural Connections (7/20/2009 - 7/24/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Time, Space and Spirit in Haitian Religion (7/21/2009)
  • Caribbean Mosaic Summer Camp (7/27/2009 - 7/31/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Haiti and the Media Challenges and Successes of Reporting from Haiti (7/28/2009)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Haitian Dance and Storytelling (7/31/2009)
  • Marvelous Mexico Summer Camp (8/10/2009 - 8/14/2009)
  • Latin American Film Festival (9/15/2009)
  • Teacher Workshop (9/15/2009)
  • Florida Council of Social Studies Annual Conference (9/24/2009)
  • Latin American Film Festival (9/26/2009)
  • Association for the Teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language SIPLE Conference (9/30/2009 - 10/11/2009)
  • Florida Museum of Natural History Members Preview (10/1/2009)
  • Freshman Common Reading Program (10/1/2009)
  • Florida Museum of Natural History Volunteer Workshop (10/2/2009)
  • Latin American Film Festival (10/3/2009)
  • Latin American Film Festival-Special Lecture (10/6/2009)
  • Latin American Film Festival (10/10/2009)
  • Bacardi Lecture Series Health and Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (10/12/2009)
  • Florida Foreign Language Association Conference (10/16/2009)
  • Florida Foreign Language Association Conference (10/16/2009)
  • Florida Foreign Language Assoication Conference (10/16/2009)
  • Americas Award (10/17/2009)
  • Florida Foreign Language Association Conference (10/17/2009)
  • Latin American Film Festival (10/17/2009)
  • Guest Artist (10/18/2009)
  • Teacher Workshop (10/20/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Understanding US National Security Strategy in the Americas (10/23/2009)
  • Latin American Film Festival (10/24/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Creating Sustainable Art with Brazilian Artist Policarpo Ribeiro (10/24/2009)
  • Bacardi Lecture Series Health and Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (10/26/2009)
  • Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalized Context (10/26/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Guillermo Kuitca Public and Private Spaces (10/30/2009)
  • 11th annual Eric Williams Memorial Lecture A New Vision for a New World Reality Prospects for the Anglophone Caribbean (11/6/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop VIII Congress of the International Society of Portuguese as a Foreign Language A Recap and Training Session (11/7/2009)
  • Bacardi Lecture Series Health and Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (11/9/2009)
  • Haiti and the Digital Library of the Caribbean dLOC (11/11/2009 - 11/13/2009)
  • National Council for Social Studies Conference (11/13/2009 - 11/14/2009)
  • National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference (11/13/2009 - 11/14/2009)
  • American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (11/19/2009 - 11/21/2009)
  • American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Conference (11/19/2009 - 11/22/2009)
  • American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference Presentation (11/20/2009)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Take Latin America into Your Classroom (11/26/2009 - 11/27/2009)
  • National Security Studies K-12 Student Simulation The Spanish American War US Strategic Planning in 1898 (12/1/2009)
  • Field Trip to Florida Museum of Natural History FLMNH Exhibit (12/17/2009)
  • Field Trip to Florida Museum of Natural History FLMNH Exhibit (12/17/2009)
  • Paradise Islands Winter Camp (12/29/2009)
  • Field Trip to Florida Museum of Natural History FLMNH Exhibit (1/12/2010)
  • Puerto Rico Encantada Discovery Day (1/21/2010)
  • LACC/CIBER 2nd Annual K-12 Language for Business Conference Technologies and Tools for a New Language for Business Course (1/22/2010 - 1/23/2010)
  • K-12 Business Language Workshop (1/23/2010)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Discovering Caribbean Diversity I (1/23/2010)
  • Teacher Workshop (1/23/2010)
  • Tropilunch Grad Student Brown Bag Presentation Series (1/26/2010)
  • UF Center for Latin American Studies Annual Conference (1/28/2010 - 1/30/2010)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Discovering Caribbean Diversity II (2/6/2010)
  • Teacher Workshop (2/6/2010)
  • Teacher Workshop (2/6/2010)
  • Latin American Film Festival (2/10/2010 - 2/14/2010)
  • 8th Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies Cuba 2010 An Island in a Global World (2/11/2010 - 2/13/2010)
  • Tropilunch Graduate Student Brown Bag Lecture Series (2/16/2010)
  • Capoeira Performance (2/19/2010)
  • Arts Workshop (2/20/2010)
  • Teacher Training Workshop 12th Annual Miami Dade Council for the Social Studies Conference (3/1/2010)
  • Teacher Workshop (3/6/2010)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival K-12 Outreach Screening Norteado (3/10/2010)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival K-12 Outreach Screening High Rise (3/10/2010)
  • LACC/Miami International Flim Festival K-12 Outreach Screening Elementary Training for Actors (3/10/2010)
  • LACC/Miami International Film Festival K-12 Outreach Screening Sins of My Father (3/11/2010 - 3/12/2010)
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series Changing Identities Among Latin Americas Youth (3/22/2010)
  • K-12 Classroom Presentation (3/23/2010)
  • Higher Ed Classroom Presentation (3/24/2010)
  • Religion and Muslim Identity in Latin America (3/25/2010)
  • Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference Presentation (3/30/2010 - 4/2/2010)
  • School International Festival (4/2/2010)
  • Student Dance Workshop (4/15/2010)
  • The Digital Library of the Caribbean Opportunities for Collaboration (4/20/2010 - 4/23/2010)
  • Haitis History Foundations for the Future (4/22/2010 - 4/23/2010)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Discovering Caribbean Diversity I (4/24/2010)
  • Teacher Workshop (4/24/2010)
  • Teacher Training Workshop Discovering Caribbean Diversity II (5/1/2010)
  • Teacher Workshop (5/1/2010)
  • Dance Workshops (5/5/2010 - 5/7/2010)
  • Performance (5/7/2010)
  • Performance (5/7/2010)
  • LACC/CIBER Professional Development in International Business Seminar-Mercosur 2010 (5/8/2010 - 5/19/2010)
  • Brazilian Music Institute (5/10/2010 - 5/14/2010)
  • Brazilian Music Institute Concert (5/14/2010)
  • FIU Diaz-Ayala Lecture The Piano in Expressions of Cuban Identity Stylizing Folk and Popular Music (5/14/2010)
  • Latin America and Outreach (5/20/2010 - 5/21/2010)
  • CLASP Outreach Workshop Presentation (5/21/2010 - 5/22/2010)
  • 28th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean Journalism and the Public Understanding of Religion in the Americas (5/26/2010 - 5/27/2010)
  • 18th Annual Summer Tropical Botany Teacher Inservice Institute (6/14/2010 - 6/25/2010)
  • Saludos Vecinos Summer Camp (6/22/2010 - 6/26/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Tap Tap Celebrating the Art of Haiti (7/1/2010)
  • FIU Diaz-Ayala Lecture Trauma, Identity and Nation in the Music of the Cuban Community (7/8/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Public Art and Haitian Sculpture (7/12/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute FLAC Lecture Series An Educational Tour of Little Haiti (7/16/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute FLAC Lecture Series Vodou Songs and Texts in Haitian Creole and English The Source Text Approach to the Study of Religion and Culture (7/21/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute FLAC Lecture Series Supporting Haitian Childrens Social and Psychological Development in School (7/28/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series Life journeys Creating Art in Haiti (7/28/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute FLAC Lecture Series Two Cousins Haiti and the US (8/4/2010)
  • 12th Annual Haitian Summer Institute FLAC Lecture Series Haitian Dance and Haitian Folklore and Storytelling (8/5/2010)
  • Caribbean Rhythms Summer Camp (8/17/2010 - 8/21/2010)
  • EUROCALL Annual Conference European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (9/10/2010)
  • Florida Foreign Language Association Annual Conference (10/14/2010 - 10/16/2010)
  •