Tuesday, October 30, 2018

3rd ¡Presente! Conference Set for March 1-2, 2019 at UC Riverside


La Familia de UCRChicano Student Programs, and the LGBT Resource Center of UC Riverside invite you to join Un Espacio For Our QT Community at the 3rd ¡Presente! Conference on March 1-2, 2019.

The ¡Presente! Conference is a queer college conference for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) with a focus on people who identify as part of the Latin/South/Central American diaspora, including but not limited to  Afro-Indigenous, Afro-Latinx, Brown, Latinx, Chicanx, and Indigenous people. People of all genders and sexualities are welcome to apply to attend.

The Call for Workshops/Presentations is now open, with online submissions has been extended. The online Application/Registration form is also open for those wishing to attend Saturday's events. Anyone who submits a workshop or presentation program proposal will have their registration fee waive if accepted to attend, regardless of whether their proposal is accepted.

For the past two years, UCR has hosted the ¡Presente! Conference, with over 30 campuses represented. Participants' cultural backgrounds included Afro-Columbian, Afro-Indigenous, Afro Latina, Afro-Mexican, Apache, Bolivian, Brazilian, Brown, Brown Chapinx,  Central American, CentroAmericanx, Chicana, Chicano, Chicanx, Chilean, Columbian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Ecuadorian American, Guatemalan, Guatemanteca, Hispanic, Hispanic Mexican, Honduran, Indigenous, Latina, Latino, Latinx, Mayan, Mestiza, Mescalero Apache, Mexica-Chihimeca, Mexican, Mexican American, Mexicana, Mexika-Chichimeca, Mixed, Mixtec, Multi-Ethnic, Nahua, Native, Nicaraguan, Oaxacan, Oaxaquena, Panamanian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Purhepecha descendant, Raza, Salvadoran, Salvadoran American, Salvadoreña, Salvadoreño, SalviMex, Tejanx, Tejano, Wixarika, Xicana, Xicano, Xinanx, and many other identities.and many other identities.

The California Endowment and the Highlander Empowerment Referendum help make the 3rd ¡Presente! Conference possible.

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