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Juan González Keynote Address at Hurricane Maria: A Year and a Day Conference

Newark, NJ

September 21, 2018 | Friday | 11:00 am

Essex Room, Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers University

350 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Newark, NJ 07102 ( see map )
Juan González will deliver a keynote address from 11 am–12:15 pm during this daylong conference.

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

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This event is free and open to the public.