WATCH: Invited Speakers on Latinx Issues
Si, Se Puede:
A Celebration of Heritage with Labor Rights Activist Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, labor and civil rights activist,
founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, and co-founder of the United Farm
Workers Association discusses Latinx issues in the United States with
Paola Ramos, VICE and VICE News correspondent, MSNBC and Telemundo contributor,
and Haus Leader in the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School.
The Future of the Progressive Movement:
A Conversation with Julián Castro
Julian
Castro, former 2020 presidential candidate, former secretary of housing and
urban development, mayor of San Antonio, Texas, and author of An Unlikely
Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream discusses his historic run for
president, the state of politics today, and the future of the progressive
movement with Maya Rupert, IOP Spring 2022 resident fellow, political
strategist, writer, distinguished fellow with Community Change, and Secretary
Castro’s 2020 presidential campaign manager.
Immigration Through the Lens of Latina Leaders
Fernando
M. Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International
Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, moderated a panel
discussion on the role of political leadership in combating backlash towards
immigration, the consequences of anti-immigrant sentiment, and the rising
threat of xenophobia and populism on democracy. Panelists include Loretta
Sanchez, former United States House of Representative (1997-2017), and Beatriz
Merino, former Prime Minister of Peru (June 2003-December 2003).