Book Talk: “U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance”

The CSRC and UCLA Latin American Institute will cosponsor a roundtable on U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance (University of Arizona Press, 2017). Authors Leisy Abrego (UCLA), Karina Oliva Alvarado (UCLA), Alicia Ivonne Estrada (CSUN), Ester E. Hernández (CSULA), and Yajaira Padilla (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville) will discuss their experiences as 1.5 and second-generation Central Americans in the United States as well as topics examined in the book, which explores the identities, cultures, and histories of U.S. Central American communities. The event will conclude with a reception.