Virtual: Mejorando La Raza? (Bettering the Race?): Anti-Blackness, Latinx, & the Journey to Decolonize our Mindset

Curated in partnership with Colectivo Bámbula, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Junta for Progressive Action, Yale Latino Networking Group, and the Yale African American Affinity Group, this panel will bring together Latinx professionals across the diaspora working to challenge anti-Blackness in Latinx culture, highlighting the dynamic work of organizers, educators, artists, and freedom fighters.

Panelists will include:

•Kica Matos, Vera Institute of Justice
•Maria Renat Pumajero, Colectivo ILE
•Ivelisse Diaz, La Escuelita Bombera de Corazon
•Joseph Maldonado, John Jay College

Moderated by Addys Maria Castillo, Co-Founder of Colectivo Bambula