This exciting panel is designed to promote a critical and complex conversation on the role and impact of Latinos in the last electoral cycle and consider questions for the future. Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, will lead the discussion with key leaders in the fields of law, politics, journalism and grassroots organizing. This event serves as a follow up to the post-2016 election panel entitled, “What Really Happened? Latinos and the 2016 Elections.”
Panelists include:
- Marisa Franco, Director, Not1More Deportation Campaign & Mijente
- Manuel Natal Albelo, lawyer and politician; former at-large member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
- Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Professor of English, Columbia University
- Yamil Velez, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
- Julio Ricardo Varela, journalist, Senior Digital Editor for Latino USA
