CLAS@Pitt Weekly Newsletter -- April 24, 2019

Saturday, April 27

Community-based Workshop on DNA and African-American History co-sponsored by African American Program, Senator John Heinz History Center and The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)

Location and time to be determined.

For more information, click here.

The number one priority of the Center for Latin American Studies is its students. CLAS seeks to expand and enrich resources on the Latin American and Caribbean region at the University of Pittsburgh in order to offer its students multidisciplinary academic training programs of the highest quality that complement a degree in a discipline or profession.

Undergraduate Programs: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/ugrad_programs   
Graduate Programs: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/grad_certificates

To set-up an advising meeting with the CLAS Advisor go to: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/advising    

Welcome to Brazil Nuts!

Brazil Nuts is an active student organization at the University of Pittsburgh. Since its creation in 1998, the group's primary goal has been to expose students to Brazilian culture and the Portuguese language, creating environments for the students to practice their Portuguese outside of the classroom and to interact within the Brazilian community.

The club's activities provide students with unique opportunities to learn more about Brazil and its people. Weekly dance classes are offered where participants can enjoy themselves while learning about axé, samba and other forms of Brazilian dance, while movie nights provide viewers with a chance to witness the art of Brazilian cinema. The club also offers Bate-Papo, a weekly conversation table where students of all levels can practice Portuguese with peers and native Portuguese speakers.

Membership is open to anyone who is interested in the Portuguese language and learning about the cultures where Portuguese is spoken. Take a look at our site, learn about some of our activities and find out about other events occuring in the Pittsburgh area!

Visit the Brazil Nuts Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/brazilnutsatPitt/
 

Our purpose at Pitt Spanish Club is to immerse students in the culture and language  of Spanish-speaking countries. We collaborate with the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and other organizations to host many events. 

Visit our website: https://pittspanishclub.weebly.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PittSpanishClub/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSOj7iHbRt/?taken-by=pittspanishclub

Grant Opportunities: https://www.nalac.org/programs/grants

Operation Walk Pittsburgh

Spanish Translators Needed! 

Operation Walk Pittsburgh is a private, not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization which provides free surgical care for patients that have no access to life-improving care for arthritis or other debilitating bone and joint conditions in Latin American countries. Operation Walk also educates in-country orthopedic surgeons, nurses, physical therapists and other healthcare professionals on the most advanced treatments and surgical techniques for diseases of the hip and knee joints. This is done in conjunction with surgeries to help create a lasting contribution to patient care in developing countries. 

The Operation Walk Pittsburgh chapter was started by Dr. Tony DiGioia, Medical Director of the Bone and Joint Center at Magee-Womens Hospital, in 2009 as an initiative of the AMD3 Foundation. To date, Operation Walk Pittsburgh has completed nine successful, international missions to Guatemala, Panama, Honduras and Cuba and given the gift of mobility back to nearly 500 patients in need. The team will return to Antigua, Guatemala in October of 2019 to mark its 10th mission and 10th anniversary. Each year, a team of surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, other healthcare professionals, translators and general volunteers is recruited for Operation Walk’s volunteer travel team. 

We are currently accepting applications for our 2019 mission and are in need of Spanish translators. Spanish bilingual speakers are prefered but applicants processing advanced Spanish will also be considered. Professional experience in healthcare is also a plus, but not required. Applicants must be available to travel September 28 - October 5th, 2019 and must agree to a modest fundraising commitment. If you’d like to learn more or are interested in applying to our travel team, please visit www.operationwalkpgh.org. You can also email Nick nick@amd3.org with general questions.

Patient Safety Fellowship (June - July)

The Patient Safety Fellowship prepares recent and current graduate students to apply emerging methods and strategies in implementation science, team-based problem-solving, and continuous quality improvement for healthcare settings. The Fellowship is a program of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF), Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), and Health Careers Futures (HCF).
 

Please complete the online application, which requests a personal statement, resume, and letter of reference: Apply here 

Application Deadline: May 8, 2019

Please view the flyer here

For more information, please contact Scotland Huber, huber@jhf.org

SUMMER 2019 Communication Internship 

Engage Cuba seeks a communications intern for Summer 2019. This position is full-time and unpaid, based at our office in Washington, DC. Transportation subsidy will be provided.
 
Engage Cuba is the leading coalition of private companies and organizations working to end the travel and trade embargo on Cuba. As a 501(c)(4) bipartisan non-profit whose funds are entirely dedicated to advocacy efforts, Engage Cuba is the only organization whose focus is U.S.-Cuba legislative advocacy. Engage Cuba is also committed to supporting the Cuban people and helping organizations and businesses navigate Cuban and U.S. regulations. The organization has the largest bipartisan lobbying operation working on U.S.-Cuba policy.

To learn more, visit: http://www.engagecuba.org

City Internships 2018/19

Global Wordsmiths: 
The Language Access Project Internship

Global Wordsmiths, a start-up language interpretation and translation company located in East Liberty, aims to serve immigrants and refugees in Pittsburgh by eliminating language access barriers through the Language Access Project. It does so by recruiting, training, and pairing bilingual university students with small, local nonprofits. 

They are seeking near-native or very advanced bilingual, highly motivated interns to assist in translating and interpretation services.

For more information, contact Meredith Bapir at mbapir@globalwordsmiths.com

Fall Project Funding for Your Undergraduates

For more information: 
https://cri.fiu.edu/events/2019/film-screening-statistics-and-chance-documentary-about-carmelo-mesa-lago/

For more information: https://thebridge.cmu.edu/event/1303823

CLAS -UCIS Faculty, Dr. Gina Garcia was quoted in this article. "Hispanic-serving institution" has been a federal designation since 1992 for colleges with Latinx undergraduate enrollments of at least 25 percent. In 2015, Garcia writes, 472 two- or four-year degree-granting institutions met that mark, while 323 others were approaching it. That same year, HSIs enrolled 64 percent of the country’s three million Latinx undergraduates, and Latinx students made up 18.5 percent of total undergraduate enrollment.

Armony's recent books include "EFECTOS DE CHINA EN LA CANTIDAD Y CALIDAD DEL EMPLEO en América Latina - México, Perú, Chile y Brasil," which he edited with José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs and Enrique Dussel Peters.

The Bloomberg Politics article here

There’s Only One Way Out for Cuba’s Dismal Economy

The island’s economy is neither efficient nor competitive. To move forward it must deepen and accelerate reforms. The market socialism model could provide a way.

By Dr. Carmelo Mesa-Lago. Professor and an expert on Cuba’s economy.

The New York Times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/opinion/cuba-economy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Great schools need great teachers.  Whether you’re thinking about a career in education, returning to the workforce, or just looking to give back, SmartSTART has employment opportunities for you at South Fayette Township School District.   Become a substitute teacher today and enjoy the benefits that can last a lifetime.  For detailed information please click HERE.    To apply, on SmartSTART please visit  https://smartstart.aiu3.net.  If you have any questions, please contact Alice Gillenberger at 412-394-5860 or alice.gillenberger@aiu3.net.

The South Fayette School District Pays:

$90.00 for 1 – 30 days

$100.00 for 31 + days

*Please note – A substitute training session is planned for September 20, 2019, however, depending on the amount of sign-ups, earlier training sessions are being planned.  Please reach out to alice.gillenberger@aiu3.net for future training dates not yet advertised.

For more information about event sponsored by the PMAHCC please CLICK HERE

We would like to invite everybody to the Latino Family Center (5450 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15207) on Thursday May 9th from 11 am to noon. We will be coming with a group of Doctors from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to talk about Seasonal Allergies and Summer Outdoors Safety.  
 
Everybody is welcome to attend to this presentation, there is no need to RSVP. The presentation will be both in English and in Spanish.

For more information about events and information by LFC please CLICK HERE

April 26, 2019

2019 Stand Against Racism Immigration Panel

Join YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Center for Race and Gender Equity for this year’s Stand Against Racism campaign:
No Hate. No Fear. Immigrant Justice is Racial Justice.

Panel Discussion with Monica Ruiz (Casa San Jose) and Rosamaria Cristello (Latino Community Center); Moderated by Kenya Dworkin (Carnegie Mellon University.)

Date: Friday, April 26, 2019
Time: 11am-1pm

Location: YWCA Greater Pittsburgh: 305 Wood Street, Downtown Pittsburgh

**Pre-registration required**

REGISTRATION PAGE:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-stand-against-racism-immigration-panel...

Resource Tables, Light Lunch, Networking.
Lunch: 11:30 AM. Panel: 12:00 PM.

For More Information Contact: Mell Steven-Cosnek 4123915100

For more information:
https://standagainstracism.org/

Conferencia con Padre Angel  

El Padre Angel es reconocido internacionalmente como un especialista en temas de familia, nuestros aciertos y errores como humanos, el amor dura toda una vida, camino a la santidad y mi familia - mi mejor empresa entre otros temas.

Las charlas seran en los siguientes dias:

Viernes 3 de Mayo 

Hora: 7:00pm. Platica para "Esposos sobre la relacion en pareja"

Sabado 4  de Mayo

Hora: 5:45pm.  Platica sobre "Mi Familia, Mi Empresa Mas Importante"

Lugar: St. Catherine of Siena Church. 1915 Broadway Ave. Pittsburgh, PA

Si no conoces al Padre Angel Espinosa, visita su YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdT79V9g68I

Registrate aqui:
Tel. 412-531-2135
Tel. 412-313-3560
mosthoff@yahoo.com

Capoeira Association of Pittsburgh

Capoeira Class & Roda

Kids (ages 6-10): Thursday, 6 - 6:50 p.m. 
Adults: Mondays and Thursdays, 7 - 9 p.m.
$10/session

Hill Dance Academy Theatre (HDAT), Old St. Benedict Moor School
2900 Bedford Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

With Instructor Akinlana "Preguiça" Lowman

For more information, contact nikelola04@gmail.com

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh hosts various clubs, classes, and conversation groups related to Spanish. These including "Spanish for Beginners," "Spanish Conversation," and "Spanish II."

To browse events related to Spanish offered by the library, click here: 
https://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/?tribe-bar-category=217&tribe-bar-location=All+Locations&tribe-bar-age-group=All+Ages&tribe-bar-date=&tribe-bar-date-day=&tribe-bar-date-to=&tribe-bar-search=spanish&submit-bar=Find+Events
 
These classes are for adult learners and are FREE.
You do not have to register for the classes or bring anything.
New participants are welcome at any time.

Let's Speak English

If English is not your first language and you would like a place to practice, come to the Library! Join other non-native English speakers for friendly, low-stress conversation.

Mondays  |  6:30 p.m.
CLP - East Liberty

Tuesdays  |  6:45 p.m.
CLP - Brookline

Tuesdays  |  6 p.m.
CLP - Squirrel Hill

Tuesdays  |  6:45 p.m.
CLP - West End

Wednesdays  |  5 p.m.
CLP - Main (Oakland)

Thursdays  |  5:30 p.m.
CLP- Carrick

Fridays  |  1 p.m.
CLP - Downtown & Business

Want to know more? carnegielibrary.org

Casa San Jose 

Extended Office Hours

Mondays and Wednesdays
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Casa San Jose esta extendiendo sus horas de oficina en nuestro segundo local en East Liberty.

Si quiere hacer cita o comunicarse con esa oficina por favor llame al (502) 682-4540.

For more information on Casa San Jose, visit: casasanjose.org

Clínicas Pediátricas y de Vacunación Gratuitas
Segundo Sábado de Cada Mes
8:30 AM to 12 PM*
Lugar: Salvation Army (Centro de Donaciones) 54 S. 9th Street South Side Pittsburgh, PA 15203
865 Cabot Way, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
No se necesita cita o seguro de salud

Clínicas Pediátricas Gratuitas
Cuarto Martes de Cada Mes
2 PM to 3:40 PM
Lugar: Salvation Army (Centro de Donaciones) Calles Carson y 9 South Side
(Carson Street and 9th Street) Pittsburgh, PA
54 S. 9th Street South Side Pittsburgh, PA 15203
865 Cabot Way, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
No se necesita cita o seguro de salud

Para hacer cita y para confirmar que la clínica no ha sido cambiada de fecha
llamar al 412-692-6000 opción 8

Mayor información: 412-692-6000, opción 8
http://www.chp.edu/saludparaninos
 
Más información: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/245884769436f3da161023045/files/896de567-dab2-44ef-9bf4-2648307d678f/SALUD_PARA_NIÑOS_flyer_2019.doc

Is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. Its mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship.   http://www.as-coa.org/
 

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States and the first global think tank. For updates and information about events and topics visit: http://carnegieendowment.org/programs/
 

For more information about tickets and events visit: http://www.music.pitt.edu/ or http://www.music.pitt.edu/events
 

Founded in 1975, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), a nonprofit, tax-exempt independent research and information organization, was established to promote the common interests of the hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America. In 1982, COHA’s board of trustees voted to expand its mandate to include monitoring Canadian/Latin American relations.

Since its inception, COHA has been one of the most active and broadest-based U.S. private bodies dealing with the entire spectrum of political, economic and diplomatic issues, as well as responding to the economic and political challenges confronting the nations of this hemisphere. From its beginnings, COHA’s board consisted of the leadership of some of this country’s most important trade unions, professional organizations and religious groups, as well as distinguished civic and academic figures, who joined together to advance their common belief in support of representative government and pluralistic institutions throughout the hemisphere.
For more information contact: http://www.coha.org/
 

Global Links is a medical relief and development organization dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship and improving health in resource-poor communities, primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our two-fold mission provides hospitals with a socially and environmentally beneficial alternative to sending hundreds of tons of still-useful surplus materials to landfills.

Hospitals and clinics in under-served communities often lack the supplies and equipment necessary to provide even basic care to their patients, resulting in needless suffering and deaths. At the same time, the US healthcare industry generates a staggering amount of medical surplus which, without intervention, is destined to pile up in our landfills.

Global Links' innovative model of recovery and reuse connects these two social problems in a way that helps to solve both, creating a "virtuous circle" that converts an environmental burden to a life-saving purpose. For information about events and programs visit: http://www.globallinks.org/
 

The Latin American Council of Social Science (CLACSO is a non-govermental international organization with UNESCO associate status, established in 1967. We currently bring together 394 research centers and graduate school in the field of social sciences and humanities n 26 Latin American countries, North America and Europe.
http://www.clacso.org.ar/
 

Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. For more than forty years, it has published timely, progressive analyses of the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America. http://latinamericanperspectives.com/
 

The fall 2018 issue of the LASA Forum is now available for viewing online at: https://forum.lasaweb.org/

This issue features timely articles on the current situation in Nicaragua, collected by Juliet Hooker, and an update from Wayne Cornelius on the US administration’s actions to restrict entry of migrants fleeing violence in Central America.

From the 2018 LASA Congress in Barcelona, we offer presentations given at the presidential session “Revisiting 1968 in Latin America: 50 Years Later,” as well as an account of the pre-Congress program of the Otros Saberes Section by Adriana Pou Hernández.
 

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle has more than 70 writers, editors, and international correspondents. http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5
 

The Latin American Research Review (LARR) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
 
The Latin American Research Review now has a blog, hosted by the information platform Panoramas at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, highlighting recent and forthcoming articles: see the LARR blog.
 
LARR was founded in 1965 by a consortium of U.S. universities. When the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was established the following year, LARR and LASA merged, with the journal becoming the association's official scholarly journal.

Starting at University of Texas at Austin in 1965, the editorship moved to the University of North Carolina in 1974, and then to the University of New Mexico in 1982 before returning to the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.Dr. Philip Oxhorn at McGill University was editor in chief from 2006 to 2016. The new editor in chief, starting in 2017, is Professor Aníbal Pérez-Liñán at the University of Pittsburgh.
 
Beginning in 2017, LARR is open access and online-only at larrlasa.org. No subscription is needed to access new content. 

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programas Fall (NRIEP) Fall 2018 Newsletter is now available:  https://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/documents/NRIEP%20Newsletter%20Fall%20%202018_v2.pdf

OLA (Observatory in Latin America—Observatorio Latino Americano)
The broad objectives of OLA are to: Improve academic and public understanding by observing and studying the processes of political and economic change underway in Latin America; Foster a public dialogue between and within the United States and Latin America about the challenges of building social democracy in a globalized world, including creating opportunities for Latin American leaders to directly express their views to audiences in the United States, and; Collaborate with Latin American institutions to further these objectives within countries across the Hemisphere by linking and mobilizing ideas and institutions.

For events visit: http://observatorylatinamerica.org/

The Economic Commission for Latin America CEPAL (news)

The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) -the Spanish acronym is CEPAL- was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948 and began to function that same year. The scope of the Commission's work was later broadened to include the countries of the Caribbean, and by resolution 1984/67 of 27 July 1984, the Economic Council decided to change its name to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); the Spanish acronym, CEPAL, remains unchanged.
 
ECLAC, which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded with the purpose of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world. The promotion of the region's social development was later included among its primary objectives.
 
In June 1951, the Commission established the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico City, which serves the needs of the Central American subregion, and in December 1966, the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean was founded in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, ECLAC maintains country offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and Bogotá, as well as a liaison office in Washington, D.C. https://www.cepal.org/en 

The World History Center, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh

The World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh emphasizes research, teaching, and international collaboration on the global past, with attention to policies for the global future. The Center, directed by Patrick Manning, is located in the Department of History and is affiliated with the Global Studies Center and the University Center for International Studies.
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/index.php

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of key contemporary international issues throughout Western Pennsylvania. Established in 1931, the Council is committed to informing opinion leaders and decision-makers about developments around the world as they unfold, and to educating them about the relevance of such developments to the region.

The Council also has a special focus on secondary schools throughout the region, and works to give students and teachers a more nuanced understanding of the global issues of our time. https://www.worldpittsburgh.org/

The Humanities Center at the University of Pittsburgh

The Humanities Center has been running for seven years.  Its vitality derives from the energy of Pitt’s faculty and students in the humanities and associated departments. Thanks to all the hundreds whose scholarly and intellectual passions generate the proposals and fuel the participation that together make a flourishing center. For more information: http://www.humcenter.pitt.edu/

Revista Hallazgos

We invite you all to read our latest issue / Lo invitamos a todos a leer nuestro último número: 
http://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/hallazgos/issue/view/453
 

The Institute for Humane Studies is the leading institute in higher education dedicated to championing classical liberal ideas and the scholars who advance them.