The Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on September 25-27, 2015 at Cornell University.
CUSLAR seeks justice and increased mutual understanding among the people of the United States and Latin America, and is committed to developing the next generation of leaders working for human rights in the hemisphere.
The weekend's central event, held Friday, September 25 at 5:30 pm, will showcase guests from throughout CUSLAR's first half-century who will be tasked with sharing challenges and opportunities in the Americas in the next decades. On Saturday, September 26 at 10:30 am, we'll continue with a discussion on social movements in the Americas. Events are free and open to the public.
Friday, September 25
"Toward a New Internationalism"
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Barnes Hall Auditorium, Room 301, Cornell University
Distinguished speakers:
Raymond Offenheiser, President, Oxfam America;
Former CUSLAR coordinator Hannah Wittman, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia;
Former CUSLAR Coordinator Joel Gajardo;
Former CUSLAR Coordinator Fidel Santana, President of Frente Amplio of the Dominican Republic;
Shailly Barnes, Kairos Center
Refreshments served at 5:00 pm
Saturday, September 26
9:30 - 10:30 am
Breakfast and informal reunion time for CUSLAR alumni and students
Founder's Room, Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Discussion: Social movement in the Americas with Shailly Barnes, Kairos Center; Fidel Santana, Frente Amplio
Founder's Room, Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University
GET INVOLVED WITH STREETS ALIVE September 20th
Announcing our 7th
Streets Alive! Ithaca, happening Sunday, September 20th from 1-5pm on Plain Street in the Southside neighborhood of Ithaca.
Streets Alive! Ithaca closes the streets to cars and opens it for safe, healthy fun for people. We invite people to bike, walk, roll, move and enjoy your community! Streets Alive! will be joining with the Latino Multicultural Festival and the Food Justice Fair for a day of fun, good food, and cultural diversity in the open streets.
Join the SA! Team and help make our streets come alive! Every volunteer receives a free Streets Alive! t-shirt!
To learn more about volunteering and to sign up, visit
here.
Host an activity at SA! Organizations, business or other groups are invited to "adopt an intersection" and host an interactive (no sales/fundraising) street activity, attraction, or other fun at this one-of-a-kind and popular event. A brief volunteer training on providing intersection support is required for activity partners, and you will receive a Streets Alive! T-Shirt.
Click here to apply or contact Sophie Somerfeldt at
css17@cornell.edu or
607-339-6901 with questions.
Streets Alive! is a program of Bike Walk Tompkins.
The Center for Transformative Action (CTA) helps to create communities that work for everyone. We do this by providing fiscal sponsorship to innovative social change agents in New York State, as well as financial, human resources, and grants management services. CTA is an educational non-profit organization affiliated with Cornell University.
