Latin American and Latinx Studies at Rhodes College

Drop-in session for questions about Global Environmental Challenges in Ecuador (2026) and application help, Monday, December 15, 4:00-6:00pm Central: https://rhodes.zoom.us/j/99541881021

Una perspectiva crítica sobre el racismo corporativo de la defensora del agua Nancy González desde Atitlán.

“¿Cómo hemos de defender nuestros bienes comunes naturales y el territorio, frente a empresas que incumplen con las disposiciones ambientales?

Escribe Nancy González 🪶

https://prensacomunitaria.org/2025/09/el-colonialismo-toxico-y-el-racismo-ambiental/

Dania Verbena, LALS major and Grassroots Fellow Fellow, doing great work on women's leadership! The program empowers young women leaders driving change in their communities. Bravo, Dania! Here with CBS journalist Nora O'Donell.

From our dear driend Richard Lou--don't miss this wonderful event!

Monday February the 10th at 6pm, some of my children will join me at the The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art to read a couple of stories from the Embustero project in remembrance of my mother Guillermina's birthday. On the 10th she would have been 91.
On the 27th of February at 11:30, my father's and my brother's Francisco's birthday, Gary Golightly will be presenting preliminary design/layout of the graphic novel Embustero. Shortly thereafter, Lisa Smith Williamson, Sarah Wright, and Gabe Skinner will present preliminary drawings based on a children's story I am working on tentatively titled, Q and the Cloudless Butterflies. On the 27th my father Ming would have been 109. Hope you can join us!

Congratulations, dear Dania!

Congrats to Dania Verbena ’27 on receiving the Young Guatemalan Inspiration Award! A SHE-CAN scholar from Esquipulas, Guatemala, she’s double majoring in international studies and Latin American and Latinx studies. Dania also mentors, researches, and leads through organizations like Model UN, Girls on the Run, and Memphis Cartonera. 👏 Learn more here: https://news.rhodes.edu/stories/dania-verbena-27-receives-young-guatemalan-inspiration-award

El agua, el hogar de los creadores   La gobernabilidad y la administración democrática del agua también nos hacen reflexionar sobre los procesos históricos sociales. Por lo tanto, nos intriga el determinismo y el reduccionismo que han definido y guiado la formación de políticas públicas relacionadas con el acceso a este vital...

Publisher’s Weekly calIs “Empire of Purity” an “impressive debut.” Our community has been lucky to have Eva Payne share her scholarship with us! I hope to see y’all at her event at Novel Memphis next Tuesday, 11/12.

Don’t miss it tomorrow at 6 PM, Rhodes College, Frazier Jelke-b