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2023 Latinx Heritage Month celebration: A month-long journey through culture, identity, and art
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 , 7:00 pm
Ecological knowledge and sustainable practices in Afro-Puerto Rico with Hilda Lloréns
As both an associate professor and scholar at the University of Rhode Island (URI), Dr. Hilda Lloréns imparts her wisdom, inviting students to question the structures that shape our lives and the power dynamics that drive our societies. Lloréns challenges structural inequalities by examining how racial and gender disparities intersect with access to environmental resources and exposure to degradation. Her work sheds light on the intricacies of power that shape our world.
“Making Livable Worlds” delves into the lives of Afro-Puerto Rican women who defy limitations to become visionaries, path breakers, and problem solvers. These resilient women reshape a world initially stacked against them. Through kinship, community, and alliance-building, they illuminate the path toward a reconstructed world that sustains their lives, families, and communities. Despite facing multiple crises, the women portrayed in the book embody a profound spirit of hope, creativity, and joy. Their everyday practices of worldmaking create spaces of affirmation and well-being, crafting good lives for themselves and their communities.
Sponsored by: Latin American and Latina/o/x Studies program, the African American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, and the Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment.
(309) 438-8290
latinostudies@IllinoisState.edu
