Top Eleven Latino Films of 2011, According to Remezcla

Check out the Remezcla list of the Top Eleven Latino Films of 2011 That You Probably Didn’t See But Should (the story includes trailers for all of the films):
http://www.remezcla.com/2012/latin/11-latin-movies-you-probably-didnt-see-last-year-and-should

Texas will host its inaugural Leadership Institute for Women this summer, June 17-22

Texas will host its inaugural NEW Leadership Institute this summer, June 17-22!
NEW Leadership™ Texas, is a week-long undergraduate leadership development program for women that instills the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for effective political engagement and public policy leadership. NEW Leadership™ Texas is the first and only program of its kind in the state of Texas and is part of the National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Development Network. The program challenges students to think critically and creatively about public policy and encourages them to make a commitment to public leadership early in their careers.

The summer program includes workshops for students to actively develop leadership skills such as public speaking and networking, as well as presentations from politically active women throughout Texas. Participants will also benefit from the Faculty-in-Residence, a group of women public leaders who serve as mentors for students throughout their stay.

Eligibility

NEW Leadership™ Texas is open to undergraduate students enrolled in any Texas college or university and Texas residents enrolled in out-of-state schools.

Cost

NEW Leadership™ Texas is free to attend. Housing, food, and all program materials are provided for the full six days of the program. Each participating college and university will be asked to contribute a $500 program fee per student to help offset programming costs.

Student Commitment

NEW Leadership™ Texas participants are expected to attend all summer institute sessions and live in the residence halls during the entire program.

Apply by March 11, 2012.

For more information, please visit: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/NEW-Leadership-Texas/Introduction.php

Spring Internships Available with Esquina Tango Cultural Society of Austin

EsquinaTango offers unpaid internships to current students or recent graduates interested in learning the inner workings of a nonprofit organization. EsquinaTango Cultural Society of Austin is small non-profit celebrating its fourth year anniversary. The organization is the product of love of two native Argentines and a wonderful community. It’s a unique cultural spot in East Austin that brings people from all over and all ages and creates classes and events in a very friendly environment. It holds activities at low cost, no cost at all and by donation. It has a “trade” program that allows anyone to take classes regardless of any economic impediment.

Esquina Tango Mission: Esquina Tango is a 501©3 non-profit organization striving to build a vibrant and diverse community in East Austin and beyond, through culture, health, and dance, with an emphasis on Latino heritage, recreational tango and other Argentine traditions, fostering personal wellness, and promoting understanding of Latino culture.

Internships for Spring 2012

- Graphic Design & Website Maintenance
Intern will be responsible for website up dates & improvements. Currently website is set up in Joomla template. Opportunities for photo & video projects available as well.
Intern will be responsible for the layout & printing of monthly & special flyers. Currently flyers are created in Mac platform through Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.
Intern will receive guidance and training from mentor on the programs mentioned above.

- Marketing & Community Outreach

Intern will assist in expanding our visibility through the community through delivering flyers and possible presentations
in key organizations and institutions such as clinics, schools, businesses, etc as well as media outlets such as paper,
TV and radio Intern will also assist in expanding Esquina’s online visibility through community forums, calendars, social media outlets such as blogs, facebook and twitter.

-Office & Studio Maintenance

Internship will be responsible for carrying out the daily tasks of a functioning office such as organizing, filing,
running errands for office and studio supply, relaying messages, and attending meetings. Intern will be assigned projects that improve efficiency and consistency amongst the staff and members. Intern will also aid in bookkeeping and financial updating.

- Fundraising

Intern will assist in the research and development of grant and sponsorship opportunities. Training will be provided for all projects and tasks as well as mentoring and supervision by Esquina staff.

Interested individuals should submit letter with resume to Monica Caivano via e-mail (info@esquinatangoaustin.com).
Interviews will be scheduled in first come first serve basis.

Contact:
Esquina Tango
209 Pedernales Street
Austin Tx 78702

http://www.esquinatangoaustin.com

info@esquinatangoaustin.com

UT Celebrates International Education Week November 14-18

UT will be celebrating International Education Week next week. 50 events will be hosted by over 30 cross-campus organizers in promotion of global awareness, diversity appreciation and cross-cultural exchange. Here are several ways to check out all the great events on campus next week and to continue to receive information on all things international for students in the College of Communication:

Look for UTCommAbroad on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the UTCommAbroad Blog: http://blogs.utexas.edu/intl/

Documentary Film Screening: “Nostalgia for the Light”

Austin Film Society presents: Nostalgia de la Luz

Wednesday, November 16
7 PM
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (1120 S Lamar)
Tickets: $5 for AFS members, students with valid ID / $8 General Admission

In the high Chilean desert, astronomers look at the furthest stars, archeologists dig into the human past, and relatives search for the remains of Pinochet’s victims This inspiringly filmed documentary, set in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, observes three groups of people, all focused on the past: astronomers, peering into the skies to see the light from stars billions of light-years away; archaeologists looking at the pre-Columbian arts and remains of early inhabitants of the desert; and the most tragic, women looking for the remains of their relatives tortured, killed, and discarded by the Pinochet dictatorship. The past: cosmic, pre-historic, and recent – all interwoven into an arid, barren land slowly giving up moments of awe, knowledge, and tragedy. The Chilean filmmaker has made nineteen documentaries, nearly all of which examine aspects of his country’s complex and only recently tortured history in the late 20th century. Before NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ, Guzmán was best known for his 3-part documentary LA BATALLA DE CHILE, a study of the Allende years. Watch the trailer & get tickets >>

Best Documentary, 2010 European Film Academy Awards
Best Documentary, 2011 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival

Treasures of the Benson Latin American Collection Tour

If you haven’t had a chance to see some of the treasures from Benson Latin American Collection’s archives, we welcome you to attend a showing of some of our most interesting and important treasures. The Benson is participating in UT’s 2011 International Education Week with a tour that’s open to anyone interested. We would love to have you come and see some of the archival materials that make the Benson one of the most important collections of Latin American and US Latino materials in the world!

What: Treasures of the Benson
When: 3-4pm, Thursday, Nov. 17th
Where: Meet in the lobby

For more information see:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114877175290342

Or, contact:
Adrian Johnson
Benson Latin American Collection
University of Texas at Austin Libraries
(512) 495-4586
aj@austin.utexas.edu

UT Student Film “Precious Knowledge” Screens on November 10

Precious Knowledge is a documentary film about the struggle for ethnic studies in Arizona. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

Thursday, November 10
4:00 PM
UTC 4.112
Free and open to the public

Panelists: Sean Arce, Director of Ethnic Studies in Tucson
Crystal Terriquez, 2009 Graduate of the Tucson Ethnic Studies Program
Dr. Angela Valenzuela, UT Professor & Author of Subtractive Schooling
Dr. Luis Urrieta, UT Professor & Author of Working from Within

Please RSVP via Facebook.

Hosted by La Colectiva Femenil and MEChA.

You’re Invited to the Next Association of Latinos in Communication Meeting, October 26

About Us: We are a professional organization at UT dedicated to enriching the academic, professional and social experience of students at the University of Texas with an interest in the topics of Latino culture and/or Communications. We work to cultivate a spirit of friendship, scholarship and professionalism within each member.

Who can join: Anyone can join! Latinos, communications students and/or anyone who’s interested in learning more about our organization.

Meetings: Our next meeting is this Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7pm in the SSB, room 4.212. We hold meetings every other Wednesday. Food and drinks provided!

For more information, visit: http://texasalic.webs.com/

Screening: “The Black-Creoles: Memories and Identities”

The John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies (WCAAAS) and the Teresa Lozano Long of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) invite you to the presentation of the recently released documentary The Black-Creoles: Memories and Identities.

Wednesday, Oct. 19
4:00PM-6:00PM
Warfield Center/ISESE Gallery

This 90-minute film narrates the largely untold story of this group of African descendants of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. María José Álvarez and Martha Clarissa Hernández, Nicaraguan filmmakers and co-directors of this ethnographic documentary, collected oral testimonies that detail the ethno-genesis of the Creole ethnic group, its ancestral customs, cultural traditions, historic relationship to the Caribbean, and the challenges it has faced in Nicaragua. “The Black Creoles: Memories and Identities” was filmed in Bluefields, Pearl Lagoon, Karatá and Puerto Cabezas (Bilwi). The presentation will include a Q&A session with María José Álvarez, the Director of the film, and Michael Campbell, the Coordinator of Programs and Projects for the Center for Human, Civil, and Autonomous Rights (CEDEHCA) in Nicaragua, which is one of the co-sponsors of the film.

For more information please contact Paloma Diaz at p.diaz@austin.utexas.edu or Stephanie Lang atstephanielang@mail.utexas.edu

Lecture on “The Reorder of Things: On the Institutionalization of Difference”

An Invited lecture by Dr. Roderick Ferguson

Thu, October 6, 2011
3:00 – 5:00 PM
SAC 1.118
Reception to follow.
This event is free and open to the public.

In this talk, Dr. Ferguson critiques the production of normativity as modern institutions incorporate racialized, gendered, and sexualized differences. By centering gender and sexuality, his work offers a framework for analyzing racial formations as heterogenous and anti-essentialist.
Roderick Ferguson is Associate Professor and Department Chair of American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is the co-editor of Strange Affinities: The Gender and Sexual Politics of Comparative Racialization and author of Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique.

Contact: Sharmila Rudrappa, Ph.D. (rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu)

The talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology, the Department of English, the Department of American Studies, the Center for Women and Gender Studies, and the John L. Warfield Center for African & African American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.