Welcome Reception for UC Regents' Lecturer Ely Guerra
Award-winning singer-songwriter Ely Guerra has been named a UC Regents’ Lecturer for 2015-16. Born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Guerra is a composer, lyricist, and musician acclaimed for her artistic activism on behalf of women’s freedom, rights of indigenous people, and environmental issues of communities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The CSRC, the Institute of American Cultures, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese are hosting her visit to campus. Join us for a public welcome reception in Guerra's honor in the West Lobby of Royce Hall.*
This event is FREE. No RSVP required.
*Guerra will not be performing at this event.
Organized by the UCLA Institute of American Cultures, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and the UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese. Additional support provided by the UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Center of Chicana/o Studies, the Herb Alpert School of Music, the Division of the Humanities, and the Center for the Study of Women.
Photo by Alex Luke