Politics of Language
Cross Disciplinary Symposium and Workshops:
The Invisible Majority of the Southwest
Learners of Spanish as a Heritage Language

October 19 - 21, 2006

at the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque.
Events to take place in the Student Union Building.

Keynote Speakers:

Thursday, October 19, 2006
Otto Santa Ana - UCLA
Associate Professor - Chicano/a Studies, Linguistics

"English and the Discourse of Fear,
American and a Discourse of Challenge"

and

Friday, October 20, 2006
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry - Oregon State University
Chair, Ethnic Studies Department

"Nuestra Herencia, Nuestro Tesoro: Salvaging the Cultural Self
through Heritage Language Programs"

Due to overwhelming response, on-line registration is closed,

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

For more information please contact any member of the Southwest Spanish as a Heritage Language Consortium.

Conference Sponsors:

• McGraw-Hill Higher Education

• Sabine Ulibarrí Spanish As A Heritage Language Program

• University of New Mexico, Department of Spanish
  and Portuguese - Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Instituto Cervantes

• Centro Español de Recursos

• Engaging Latino Communities for Education

• Vice President of Student Affairs Office

• Tey Diana Rebolledo

• Western New Mexico University - Silver City, New Mexico

• New Mexico Highlands University - Las Vegas, New Mexico

• Santa Fe Community College - Santa Fe, New Mexico

• The University of Texas Pan American - Brownsville, Texas

• Adams State College- Alamosa, Colorado