DePaul's Center for Religion, Culture and Community (CRCC), Center for Latino Research (CLR), and Office of Institutional Diversity invite faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees to two exciting events.

Join us on Wednesday, May 4, from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. CT for a free, live stream screening of ‘A Song for Cesar,’ a new documentary that explores the socially-engaged music and art of the United Farm Workers Movement.

Following the movie screening, join us on Thursday, May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) at 4:20 p.m. CT for a virtual panel discussion on the use of the arts to promote social justice.

Panelists:

DOLORES HUERTA, civil rights activist

ABEL SÁNCHEZ and ANDRÉS ALEGRÍA, film directors

DAVÍD CARRASCO, Harvard University

JOHN PHILLIP SANTOS, University of Texas at San Antonio

MANUELA GÓMEZ, El Paso Community College

RYAN CHRISTOPHER JONES, Harvard University

Moderated by CHRISTOPHER TIRRES, DePaul University

Registration Deadline & Event Links

Please note that capacity to these virtual events is limited. If tickets are no longer available because we've reached capacity, please sign up for the wait list and we'll release tickets in the order in which names have been added to the list. Registration closes on May 3 at 10 p.m. CT. The event links will be sent via email the morning of May 4. Please note that there will be two links, one for the documentary screening and one for the panel discussion.

Access to the Documentary

DePaul has purchased an institutional license for 'A Song for Cesar'. DePaul faculty, staff and students now have 24/7 access to the film via Panopto. If you are a member of the DePaul community, please click here to view the documentary at your leisure.

If you are not a DePaul community member, but you have interest in receiving a discount code to secure an institutional license to the documentary, you will be able to indicate your interest on the registration page.

Contact us:

Questions about the event? Email us at specialevents@depaul.edu.