[RAICES] Lillian Jimenez

[Aymee Malena]

Hey guys,
I thought maybe some of you might be interested in attending this event on March
24th in ELH. Here's the info:

The Five College Latin American, Caribbean and Latin@ Studies Council,
Hampshire College Film, Photography & Video Studies Program,
& "Striking Back Against the Empire: Puerto Ricans, Colonialism,
Rebellion and Diaspora Communities" Seminar
(taught by Professors Mart?n Espada and Wilson Valent?n-Escobar) Present



Lillian Jimenez,
Filmmaker and Community Activist

will screen and discuss her documentary

"Antonia Pantoja: ?Presente!"

6:30 PM
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Hampshire College
Franklin Patterson Hall
Room:  East Lecture Hall

Meet the Director and Learn About Dr. Antonia Pantoja's Feminist,
Transnational, and Educational Activism
Antonia Pantoja: ?Presente! is the compelling story of a visionary
Puerto Rican Leader unbowed by the obstacles she encountered as a
Black woman and feminist.  She created enduring leadership
organizations in New York, across the United States, and in Puerto
Rico, including ASPIRA, Universidad Boricua, a Graduate School for
Community Development, as well as an economic development project.
Recognized for her many achievements and grassroots organizing, she
received the prestigious Medal of Freedom from President Clinton in
1996.  Just after death at the age of eighty, her Memoirs of a
Visionary (2002) were published.

Synthesizing home movies, archival footage with passionate personal
testimony, the documentary sheds lights on the Puerto Rican
community's quest for self-identity, educational rights and bilingual
education.  An inspirational figure, Dr. Pantoja demonstrates her
charming, mischievous and self-reflective nature that she shared with
so many.

The film features prot?g?s Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the
ACLU, Digna S?nchez, Assistant Commissioner of NYS Children and Family
Services, activist Alice Cardona and actors Kathy Najimy (Sister Act)
and James Avery (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air), both of whom were
deeply influenced by Dr. Pantoja during her work in San Diego,
California.


Refreshments and Food Catered by La Veracruzana Mexican Restaurant