Seed Grant Lecture Series

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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, A group of people sit around a large U‑shaped conference table in a meeting room with beige walls and a patterned ceiling. At the front of the room, presenter Dr. Mayra I. Rodríguez stands near a screen displaying a slide with circular graphics. Several windows line the back wall, showing an outdoor view. Jackets, notebooks, water bottles, and plates are on the tables, and the attendees are facing the presenter.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.