LatCrit E-Letter & Annual Calendar of Events
Summer 2008, Vol. 4 Issue 2
Excerpt:
Co-Chairs’ Corner
Happy end-of-the semester to all of you. LatCrit has had some ups and downs since our last Co-Chairs Corner. The South-North Exchange (SNX), originally scheduled for May, 2008, had to be postponed, but our Board Retreat in Denver in April was a huge success.
The planning of the SNX, on "The Global Politics of Food: Sustainability and Subordination," encountered some problems at the local site in Mexico City. Our collaborator in Mexico, economist Alejandro Nadal, did everything he could to try to resolve those problems, but in the end it seemed wiser to postpone the conference. We"re currently exploring other site options, and hope to re-schedule the conference for either this December or the following May. Hugo Rojas and Beth Lyon recently worked together in Mexico City and Chiapas to scout locations for the Critical Global Classroom and also, with Alejandro, to finalize plans for the SNX. Recent news coverage has made it clear that the issues of food sovereignty and global trade are relevant now more than ever, and we fully expect this event to be an important contribution to our understanding of those issues.
The Board Retreat, which took place immediately following the annual gathering of the Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (CAPALF) and the Western Law Professor of Color conference at the University of Denver, was attended by approximately 15 people. For a day and a half, we worked hard on planning for the next annual LatCrit conference (to take place October 2-4 at Seattle University) and associated Junior Faculty Development Workshop and law review symposium; conceptualizing the April 30 to May 2, 2009, South-North Exchange in Santiago, Chile on Legal/Political Progressivism and Public Policies in the Americas; transitioning and expanding our technology-based outreach; and developing our new, formalized budgeting system. This work not only tied up important loose ends in these ongoing activities, but also laid the groundwork for a successful full board meeting in October.
We wish all of you LatCritters out there a productive and restful summer.
Happy grading!
Steven Bender, Nancy Ehrenreich, & Beth Lyon
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