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Part of the Little Haiti Book Festival. Featuring award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat and Reverend Nathanael Saint-Pierre, moderated by Lochard Noel, PhD. Includes special segments with artist Stephen Arboite and Haitian radio personality Severe Livincoeurs from WSRF. Co-sponsored by Sosyete Koukouy of Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami Book Fair, Green Family Foundation, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, the City of Miami, and more. Free and open to the public.

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Adriana Calcanhotto, two-time Latin Grammy will speak about her career, her famous songs and answer questions from K-12 Portuguese Language students from South Florida. The conversation will include a performance of some of Adriana's greatest hits. In Portuguese. Made possible with support from LACC's US Department of Education Title VI Grant. Part of LACC's FLAC Lecture Series and Brazilian Studies Program of Excellence.

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The third installment of the LACC/CPC Caribbean Policy Series will examine the geopolitical landscape of the contemporary Caribbean, China’s growing influence and other outside actors, COVID-19 and pandemic diplomacy, US interests, and strategic resource wealth, management, competition, and access. The series has a special emphasis on the English-speaking Caribbean and is in cooperation with the Caribbean Policy Consortium. Free and open to the public, registration is required.

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Veela Hiranandani presents her work, The Night Diary, where twelve-year old Nisha is forced to escape her home in 1947 with her Hindu family during the partition of India. She writes letters to her Muslim mother in her journal, who died in childbirth. Sponsored by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, South Asia National Outreach Consortium, Middle East Outreach Council, African Studies Outreach Council and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.

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The HSC brings together government representatives, academics and industry leaders. This year's HSC will be held online May 17 - 21. Hosted by the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, the annual security conference will be available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Registration required.

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International interdisciplinary seminar for Community College and Minority-Serving Faculty on the Pueblos Originarios (indigenous communities) of the High Andes in Bolivia. Based in Bolivia and led by LACC Andean Studies Director, Bolivianist and Quechua community member, Dr. Maria Luisa Veisaga. Part of LACC's Andean Studies Program of Excellence. Made possible with support from LACC's US Department of Education Title VI Grant.

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38th Annual Journalists & Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean in conjunction with the Inter-American Press Association's SIP (Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa) Connect. Program and registration information forthcoming. Co-sponsored by LACC and the Inter-American Press Association. Made possible with support of LACC's US Department of Education Title VI Grant. This is the second of two installments, the first taking place April 20-23, 2021.