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CMASR to host Refusing To Forget Roundtable for Hispanic Heritage Month

The Center for Mexican American Studies and Research (CMASR) will host the award-winning public history organization Refusing to Forget to mark Hispanic Heritage Month which kicked off on this weekend and will run through the middle of October.

The roundtable will bring together individuals from the Refusing to Forget project to discuss their work in bringing light to state-sponsored anti-Mexican violence in the early 20th century in South Texas and beyond. The rountable event will be held
Tuesday
12:20 p.m.
Main Building, Room 311

Refusing to Forget members who will be in attendance include:

  • Dr. Trinidad Gonzales, South Texas College
  • Dr. John Moran Gonzalez, University of Texas
  • Juan Carmona, South Texas College and Donna High School
  • Dr. Benjamin Johnson, Loyola University-Chicago
  • Dr. Christopher Carmona, Our Lady of the Lake University

The university community is invited to join the discussion and meet members of the important effort to combat the erasure of this history.

Learn more about Refusing to Forget at www.refusingtoforget.org.

For information on the event, contact Dr. Carmona at ccarmona@ollusa.edu.

Yolanda Rodriguez-Escobar named new director of CMASR

Yolanda Rodriguez-Escobar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Work, has been named the new director of the Center for Mexican American Studies and Research. 

A professor in the Worden School of Social Service since 2009, Dr. Rodriguez-Escobar brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the position.

She is a licensed Master Social Worker, has a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and belongs to a number of organizations, among them: The National Association of Social Workers, the Association of Latina/Latino Social Work Educators, the Latino Social Workers Association and the Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV/AIDS.