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Events

Center for the Study of Latino/a Christianity and Religions

UPCOMING EVENTS:

:: Tuesday, March 20Fr. Miguel Ventura
Public Lecture: The 40th Anniversary of Liberation 
(Theology and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador)
Co-sponsored with the Embrey Human Rights Program at SMU
McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

:: Wednesday, March 21Fr. Miguel Ventura
Service in Memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero
Perkins Chapel, 11:30 am 

Father Miguel Ventura worked with Archbishop Oscar Romero and currently serves as Governor of Morazán province in El Salvador. More information.

:: Thursday, April 26 – "Environmental Justice and Maquilladora Murders"
Presenter: Dr. Daisy L. Machado
Respondent: Dr. Evelyn Parker
An event in the "Migration Matters" series with the Embrey Human Rights Program at SMU
Great Hall of Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall, 6:30 - 8:00 pmClick to enlarge "Migration Matters" Poster

Dr. Daisy L. Machado is Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary, New York. Her scholarship focuses specifically on United States Christianities. She holds a B.A., Brooklyn College, an M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work, a Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, New York, and a Ph.D., University of Chicago. She is the first U.S. Latina ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1981 in the Northeast Region and has served inner city congregations in Brooklyn, Houston, and Fort Worth.

Dr. Evelyn Parker is associate professor of Practical Theology at Perkins School of Theology. In her response, she will relate a personal experience of crossing the US-Mexico Border, including dangers and difficulties encountered during the journey. 
 

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SELECTED PAST EVENTS:

Dr. Elsa Tamez, Sermon and Lecture  February 15-16, 2012

La Mujer in Latino Literature: The New Mestizaje and Its Social and Spiritual Dimensions
Interdisciplinary Dialogue  April 19, 2011 

Crypto Judaism in the American Southwest: Hidden Religious Roots of Hispanic Peoples – April 25, 2010

A Struggle for Social Justice: The Chicano Voice of Julian Samora
How Does His Legacy Respond to Conservatives’ Attacks on Churches That Preach Social Justice?
– April 14, 2010