Essex Room, Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers University
The full program follows:
FISCAL CRISIS, POLITICS & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
WELCOME 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Charles I. Auffant, Rutgers Law School – Newark
Jason Cortés, Rutgers University – Newark
SESSION I: PROMESA: The Control Board and the Debt Crisis
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
David Skeel, Jr., Penn Law School
Arthur J. González, NYU Law School
Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, Esq., Latino Justice PRLDEF
Moderator: Dean David López, Rutgers Law School – Newark
KEYNOTE 11:00 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.
Juan D. González, Rutgers University– New Brunswick
LUNCH 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
SESSION II: Politics and Inequality After the Catastrophe
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Antonio Y. Vázquez-Arroyo, Rutgers University – Newark
Charles R. Venator Santiago, University of Connecticut
Héctor Cordero-Guzmán, Baruch College – CUNY
SESSION III: Activism, Environmental Justice, and Public Health
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Mariolga Reyez Cruz, University of Puerto Rico
Hilda Lloréns, University of Rhode Island
Elizabeth Yeampierre, Esq., Executive Dir. UPROSE
Sol Angélica Muñíz, Global Nurse Educator and Advocate
RECEPTION 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Live Salsa Band
For more information: lswg.nwk@rutgers.edu
Sponsored by: The Office of the Chancellor, The Latin@ Studies Working Group, The Rutgers Law School, The American Studies Program, The School of Public Affairs and Administration, The Rutgers University Alumni Association, and The Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies