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In 2020, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, in partnership with the City of Albuquerque, Letras Latinas, and the Latinx Writers Caucus, will host the first National Latinx Writers Gathering, “Sembrando y Soñando,” open to any Latinx writer working in any genre. As a result of the new coronavirus, our first gathering will be virtual.
The first year emphasizes community-building, networking, and creative collaboration, a result of a national survey of Latinx writers who expressed what they want from a national convening. The first event will also determine the shape and content of annual Latinx convenings in the future.
The NHCC is grateful to the National Endowment for the Arts for its funding support for this first convening of its kind.
Organizing committee: Valerie Martínez, Francisco Aragon, Beca Baca, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Jen Ghivan, Demetria Martínez, Elise McHugh, Genaro Padilla, Sara Rivera, Levi Romero, Shelle Sanchez
Please check back for the virtual version of our conference sessions--now in the works!
AM
9:0O
Registration Opens /
Education Building/Grand Hall
10:00
Pre-Gathering Caucus: U.S. Programs and Organizations Serving Latinx Writers. Open to program/organization staff/ Salon Ortega
NOON
Lunch Break/See your registration
packet for suggestions
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
PM
1:00
Opening Ceremony:
Soñando Social, Social Dreaming /NHCC Plaza
2:30
4:00
Free Time
5 PM
Dine Arounds. Groups of 10-15 will dine in the homes of Albuquerque writers and creatives. See your registration packet for information about your group.
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
AM
8:30
Coffee and Refreshments
Education Building/Grand Hall
9:30
10:30
Break
10:45
Session A: Lingocelebro/Escribiendo la voz del cuerpo/Brainlingo: Writing the Voice of the Body with Edwin Torres / Salon Ortega
Session B: Escribiendo el bosque/Writing the Bosque with Michelle Otero /starts at the NW corner of north parking lot
11:30
Break
11:45
Session A: Lingocelebro/Escribiendo la voz del cuerpo/Brainlingo: Writing the Voice of the Body with Edwin Torres / Salon Ortega
Session B: Escribiendo el bosque/Writing the Bosque with Michelle Otero /starts at eh NW corner of north parking lot
PM
12:30
Lunch on your own/
See your registration
packet for suggestions
2:30
Genre gatherings:
Poetry/Salon Ortega
Nonfiction/Education 122/124
Children's/Library
Playwriting/HLA Conference Rm
3:15
Break
3:30
Genre gatherings:
Young Adult, Middle Grades/Salon Ortega
Fiction/Education 122/124
Children/Library
Hybrid/Multi-Genre/HLA Conference Rm
4:15
Break
4:30
Group Discussions/Pláticas I:
Moving Forward Together. What do we want the 2021 Latinx Gathering to look like? / Salon Ortega
6 PM
Dinner, Music and Dancing. Buffet Dinner at La Fonda del Bosque Restaurant followed by music and dancing in the Patio Courtyard
SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
AM
8:30
Café y pan dulce/ Salon Ortega
9:30
Discussion/Plática II: Together we'll review the results of Saturday's platicas and take the next steps toward 2021/ Salon Ortega
11:00
Brief Closing Ceremony
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