Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities: Learning from Social Justice Partnerships in Action

Speaker: 
Mari Castañeda
 
03 Apr 2025
 
7:00 PM
 
Sun Room, Memorial Union
Co-sponsors: 
  • U.S. Latino/a Studies Program
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Dr. Mari Castañeda will discuss social justice approaches to university-community partnerships within Latinx communities. Such partnerships highlight the importance of developing collaborative higher education pedagogies that recognize Latina/o/x communities as specific sites of creative and dynamic civic engagement. The lecture will provide a context to explore social justice community-university projects that bring together faculty, students and local community partners in efforts to learn from and bear witness to the lived experiences and cultural wealth of Latine communities in the United States.

Dr. Castañeda is Dean of Commonwealth Honors College and Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the recipient of the UMass System President’s Public Service Award, the Antonia Pantoja Award for community-engaged scholarship, and the UMass Amherst Distinguished Academic Outreach Award. Dr. Castañeda's fields of study include civic and community engagement, cultures of care in academia, global communications, and Latina media/cultural production.