Contributed by Charles R. Venator Santiago
UConn’s El Instituto (Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies) awarded small seed grants to support faculty-led workshops, 
reading groups, or other research on any theme of relevance to Latine, Latin American, or Caribbean studies in the academic year 2023-2024. Please join us this fall semester in this 4 part series of events to hear about their research accomplishments.
Our first lecture, “Narrativas de Cambio: Latino Stories for Climate and Environmental Justice,” by Dr. Mayra I. Rodríguez Gonzalez, Assistant Extension Educator in Urban and Community Forestry at UConn, presented her research on October 15, 2024. In this presentation, Dr. Rodriguez explored three case studies from Latino communities in Connecticut (Hartford, Bridgeport, and Willimantic), highlighting diverse storytelling and community knowledge exchange processes that are being utilized to advance environmental and climate justice.
Most lectures will be held at the Dodd Center for Human Rights, Conference Room 162. For more information, please visit our events page at https://events.uconn.edu/el-instituto/month.