Sept. 28: The Struggle for a Multiracial Democracy in the 21st Century

A talk by Mexican American activist and author Carlos Muñoz

When: Wednesday 28 September, 6:00 PM

Where: Goshen College, Umble Center

Carlos Muñoz has played a prominent leadership role as a founder of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. He is currently active in the struggles for affirmative action and immigrant rights. He also co-founded Latinos Unidos, a grassroots community organization in Berkeley, California.Muñoz has authored numerous pioneering works on the Mexican American political experience and on African American and Latino political coalitions. His book, Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement won the Gustavus Myers Book Award for outstanding scholarship in the study of human rights in the Untied States.The book, in its 10th printing, was a major resource for the 1996 PBS television series Chicano!: History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. Muñoz was the senior consultant for the project and was also featured in the series as well as in several other documentary films.

Sponsored by the Plowshares Project, Multicultural Affairs and Campus Health and Wellness Committee

Free and Open to the Public

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