Archive

Year Program Keynote Speaker
2021 Open 2021 Program

Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Author and Activist
2020 Open 2020 Program

Guest Speakers

Doug Swanson, University of Pittsburgh
Gia Del Pino and Lourdes Gonzalez, Colibrí Center for Human Rights
Xelena González, author, and Adriana M. García, illustrator
2019 Open 2019 Program

Enrique Morones
Founder of Border Angels, activist and advocate for immigrant rights
2018 Open 2018 program

Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez
Philadelphia Councilwoman
2017 Open 2017 Program Dr. Javier Ávila
Poet, Novelist, Professor of English at Northampton Community College
2016 Open 2016 Program Dr. Aaron Dominguez , Physicist
Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences (Catholic University)
2015 Open 2015 Program Dr. Melvin Delgado
Professor of Social Work at Boston University
2014 Open 2014 Program Dr. Carlos Vargas Aburto
Acting President of Kutztown University
2013 Open 2013 Program Michelle Angela Ortiz
Philadelphia Muralist and Visual Artist
2012 Open 2012 Program Dr. Emilio A. Parrado
Sociology Professor (University of Pennsylvania)
2011 Open 2011 Program Dr. Judith Adler Hellman
Political and Social Science Professor (York University, Toronto)
2010 No 2010 Program  
2009 Open 2009 Program Dr. Victor Vásquez-Hernández
Associate Professor of History (Miami-Dade College)
Ms. Jenée Alicia Chizick
Editor Motivos Magazine, Philadelphia PA
2008 Open 2008 Program Johnny Irizarry
Director, Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina