Date & Time: Saturday, September 12; 1-3pm

Location: Stamp Student Union, Jimenez Room (2208)

IPS’ SALSA and Grupo Afro Descendiente invites you to a dynamic forum with Professors Gerónimo Alberto Sanchez Garcia and Alejandro Israel Correa Ortega, two top administrators from the Instituto Universitario de Barlovento (IUB) of Venezuela. Founded in 1991, IUB is one of the only historically Black institutions of higher education in Latin America. Join us for their in-depth and informed perspectives about: the history of African people in Venezuela; the impact of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution (led by Hugo Chavez) on African descendants; and advances in Afro-Venezuelan and African studies in the education system. Sanchez and Correa will also discuss plans for a fall 2010 study abroad project, which will help six students from IUB visit the US in the spring semester of 2010.