16TH ANNUAL J. PAUL TAYLOR SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM

JUSTICE FORFARMWORKERS

S A V E T H E D A T E

A P R I L 2 , 2 0 2 0 • 8 : 3 0 A M - 8 : 3 0 P M   N E W M E X I C O F A R M A N D R A N C H H E R I T A G E M U S E U M

NMSU 16thJ. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium, Justice for FarmworkersNew Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011Thursday, April 2, 2020 

PROGRAM AGENDA 

 

8:00 – 8:30 AM                            Continental Breakfast - Public Invited

8:30 – 9:00                                  Blessing Ceremony by Tortugas Pueblo  

9:00 – 9:20                                  Welcome by NMSU Chancellor, Dr. Dan Arvizu                                                      

9:20 - 9:30                             NMSU CAMP Student Council and J. Paul Taylor Academy Art Exhibit, Honoring

Farmworkers 

9:30 – 10:45                                 Panel 1: The History of Braceros and Farmworker Struggles at the Borderlands                                                      

10:45 – 11:00                               Break 

11:00 – 12:15 PM                         Panel 2: Legal Issues Affecting Farmworkers in West Texas and Southern New

Mexico  

12:15 – 1:15                               Keynote Luncheon - Public Invited                                                     

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas

1:15 – 2:30                                  Panel 3: Farmworkers and Public Education K-20 

2:30 – 2:45                                  Break  

2:45 – 4:00                                  Panel 4: Health Disparities, Food, and Financial Insecurities for Farmworkers 

4:00 – 4:45                                  CAMP Student Poster Expo 

4:45 – 5:00                                  Department of Government Social Justice Award 

5:00 – 6:00                                  Reception - Public Invited

6:00 – 6:15                                 Introduction of Filmmaker, Eduardo Chávez (grandson of Cesar Chávez) 

6:15 – 7:15                                  Film, Hailing César 

7:15 – 7:45                                  Q & A with Eduardo Chávez                                                      

7:45 – 8:30                                  Coffee and Dessert - Public Invited 

Sponsored by the NMSU Chancellor’s Office, NMSU President’s Office, NMSU Provost’s Office, NMSU Dona Ana Community College, Honor’s College,NMSU College of Arts and Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Government Department, College of Arts and Sciences FultonEndowed Chair, NMSU College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), NMSU CAMP Student Council, J. Paul Taylor Academy, and the Guadalupe Institute

Free and Open to the Public • No Registration Required • Spanish/English Translation Available

http://bit.ly/JPTS2020