onversation with Iris Morales and Jacqui Lazú

All are welcome to a conversation between Latinx civil rights activist, author, and filmmaker, Iris Morales, and guest curator of Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago, Dr. Jacqueline Lazú. Exploring the impact of the Young Lords Organization in both the streets of Chicago and the barrios of New York City, Morales and Lazú will develop inter-city dialogues that connect activism and memory across the country. The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A.

Iris Morales is the founding director and executive editor of Red Sugarcane Press dedicated to publishing works about the Puerto Rican and Latinx Diasporas in the Americas. Currently, she serves on the advisory board of the Instituto de Formación Política of Mijente, a political home for Latinx people who seek racial, economic, gender, and climate justice.