Screening of documentary "Making the Impossible Possible", which chronicles the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960s. The documentary is a mosaic of voices, film footage, and photographs taken by student activists. The film sheds light on the 50-year history of struggle that started […]
Dr. Harry Franqui-Rivera, explores the impact of military service for Puerto Rico and the Puerto Ricans. Their service has served to disperse Puerto Ricans across the United States and the world creating new communities beyond what we understood as traditional diaspora centers. Military service, in particular during the WWII-Korean War period, also served to build modern […]
Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth Century New York Patria examines the activities and ideals of Puerto Rican revolutionaries’ exiles in New York City at the end of the nineteenth century. The study is centered in the writings, news reports, and announcements by and about Puerto Ricans in the newspaper Patria, of the […]
In Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture, author Marilisa Jiménez García focuses on the contributions of the Puerto Rican community to American youth, approaching Latinx literature as a transnational space that provides a critical lens for examining the lingering consequences of US and Spanish colonialism […]
Meet the Authors: Federico A. Subervi-Vélez, Sandra Rodríguez-Cotto, Jairo Lugo-Ocando The News Media in Puerto Rico: Journalism in Colonial Settings and in Times of Crises The News Media in Puerto Rico offers a synopsis as well as a critical analysis of the Island’s news media system, with emphasis on the political and economic factors that […]
Guests: Author Sherina Feliciano-Santos Moderator: Yarimar Bonilla Host: Kimberly Roa Author Sherina Feliciano-Santos comes together with Yarimar Bonilla to discuss her latest book A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity: Language, Social Practice, and Identity within Puerto Rican Taíno Activism. Felicianos’s A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico […]
Guests: Iris Morales in Conversation with Frances Negron Moderator: Yarimar Bonilla Host: Kimberly Roa Join us on Monday, October 18, 2021 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ¡Palante, Siempre Palante! Day. Proclaimed on October 18th, 1996 by then Manhattan Borough President, Ruth Messinger, ¡Palante, Siempre Palante! Day honors the rich history of Puerto Rican activists […]
March is Women's History Month and we’re starting off right on Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 at 4 PM EST with a Cafecito con Dr. Maria Teresa Vera-Rojas! In this very special Cafecito, Dr. Vera-Rojas will explore her book “Se conoce que usted es moderna” where she not only focuses on the work and debates of Puerto Rican […]
March is Women’s History Month, and we’re kicking it off with a Library Lunch Hour on Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 at 12 PM EST. In this installment of the Library Lunch Hour, we celebrate the Puerto Rican women represented throughout the Centro Archives. The lives and legacies of these individuals are crucial to the understanding of […]
Join us on Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 at 6:30 PM EST for a Town Hall - Puerto Rico pa les Nuestres. This town hall brings various young people fighting for social justice across the Puerto Rican archipelago to express the impact that years of colonialism and austerity have had on their lives and the lives of their […]
