Selected Previous Lectures
& Panel Discussions

"Translating Mexican Women"
A Panel Discussion
Friday, November 13, 2009
8:45 to 10:00 am
I was amazed that we had healthy attendance at this early-morning panel, at which I discussed ttranslating southern Mexican poets. It was an honor to be on a panel with two translators I greatly admire: Clare Sullivan and Jen Hofer.
Hilton Pasadena Hotel
168 South Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
This panel discussion was part of the 2009 Annual Conference of the American Literary Translators Association -- an excellent organization..

"What Can Artists' Communities Do to Support Social Change?"
A Panel Discussion
Thursday, November 13, 2008
5:30 to 7:00 pm
A panel discussion with Amy Wheeler, Executive Director of Hedgebrook, Theaster Gates of Chicago’s South Side 4 Flat residency, Valerie Curtis-Newton, of ACT - A Contemporary Theater, and Rick Ingrasci, author of Chop Wood, Carry Water.
Richard Hugo House
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98122
This panel discussion was part of the 2008 Annual Conference of the Alliance for Artists Communities. Read an essay I wrote expanding on my presentation in this newsletter, beginning on page 15.

"Stories in Collision: Globalized Narratives about the Isthmus of Tehuantepec"
Thursday, July 3, 2008
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
I presented a paper at the "Storytelling, Memories and Identity Constructions " Conference of the International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies. Read the abstract here.
Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) Calle República de Cuba # 60,
Centro Histórico, Ciudad de México
Mexico

"Fishermen, Housewives, Teachers and Transvestites: Social Movements in Oaxaca, Mexico"
World Issues Forum
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
12:00 to 1:30 pm
In 2006, a burgeoning social movement in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca jumped into international headlines. Involving everyone from university professors to rural farmers, teenaged gay-rights activists to middle-aged housewives, this movement built upon thirty years of activism by Oaxaca’s indigenous communities. Their grassroots organizing continues, in spite of severe repression by the state and federal governments. In this slideshow and talk, I'll discuss the development of Oaxaca’s current social movement, and how it inspired the Zapatistas in Chiapas and other groups throughout the world.
Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

"How Do We Render Other People's Stories?
Tales from Mexico"
Field's End Writers' Roundtable
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
7:00 to 8:30 pm
Bainbridge Public Library
1270 Madison N.
Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110
Bainbridge island writer and editor Tamara Sellman wrote an excellent summary of my presentation.

"What Can the Right Editor Do for You?"
A Roundtable Discussion with Waverly Fitzgerald and
Karalynn Ott & Michelle Whitehead of Verve Editorial
Thursday, April 17, 2008
4:00 to 6:00 pm
Book Publishers Northwest
Good Shepherd Center, Room 221
4649 Sunnyside North
Seattle, Washington

"Why They Come al Norte :
Economic Pressures Facing Rural Mexico"
part of a panel discussion with
Pramila Jayapal of Hate Free Zone and
Joel Millman of the Wall Street Journal
Institute for Current World Affairs Trustees Meeting
Saturday, December 8, 2007
morning session
Cosmos Club, Dupont Circle
Washington, DC
See a (rather homespun) video of my presentation here.