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Venue:Miami Beach Senior High School

Jair Oliveira is a Brazilian music producer, singer, songwriter and actor. Oliveira will perform for students and engage in conversation about his career. Part of LACC's FLAC Lecture Series and LACC's Brazilian Studies Program of Excellence. Made possible with support from LACC's US Department of Education Title VI Grant. Event in Portuguese and by invitation only for K-12 Portuguese language students in South Florida.

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Venue:Online via Zoom

Sophia Kitlinski will explore the movement of ritual objects from Cuba to Africa and Europe, specifically those belonging to the Abakuá, an all-male Cuban secret society with roots in West Africa. Presented by CRI, co-sponsored by LACC and FIU Libraries. Ms. Kitlinski is a 2022 recipient of the Diaz-Ayala Library Travel Grant, made possible with partial support from LACC's US Dept. of Education Title VI Grant.

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Venue:Online via Zoom

The Library Bus, by Bahram Rahman, aims to tell the new generations about the struggles of women who, like the author's sister, were forbidden to learn. Sponsored by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, the South Asia National Outreach Consortium, the Middle East Outreach Council, and African Studies Outreach Council, The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.