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American Women Quarters Program: Celia Cruz
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11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | In-Person and Zoom
Humanities Gateway, Room 1030
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch reception
Humanities Gateway 1030, 1010 and Courtyard
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Register: https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e9iUyIVlSTKzYLIM9D7zxw#/registration
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The 2024 Celia Cruz Quarter is the 14th coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program. Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer, cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Join us to learn more about the American Women Quarters program and the life and work of Celia Cruz.
The event will take place in-person and via Zoom. In-person space is limited, registration is required. Thanks to the generosity of the U.S. Mint, the first 100 in-person registrants will receive a 2024 Celia Cruz Quarter in a commemorative coin board.
This is the third in a series of events sponsored by the School of Social Sciences at UC Irvine in recognition of the American Women Quarters program and the impactful women it honors. Prior events can be viewed here: Anna May Wong Quarter and Patsy Takemoto Mink Quarter.
Panelists include:
Michele Thompson
Program Lead, American Women Quarters™, Chief, Program Management Office, United States Mint
Michele Thompson joined the U.S. Mint in 2015, where she has led numerous strategic marketing initiatives including the annual holiday and military campaigns, and has been instrumental in developing and implementing a new Program Management Office, where she currently serves as Chief. Thompson is currently the program lead for the American Women Quarters™ Program. In this role, she leads a cross-functional team of experts through the ideation, strategic development, and overall execution of this groundbreaking initiative. Michele earned a master's in business administration from Cornell University, and a bachelor's in arts from George Washington University.
Tracy Scelzo-Chavez
Program Lead, American Women Quarters™, Program Analyst, Program Management Office, United States Mint
Tracy Scelzo-Chavez serves as a program analyst at the United States Mint in Washington DC. Since joining the United States Mint in 2010, she has successfully led marketing, communication, strategic and event planning efforts for the organization. She currently serves as program lead for the American Women Quarters™ Program. Tracy holds an MBA from Fordham University and a master's in communication from Johns Hopkins University.
Génesis Lara
Assistant Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI School of Social Sciences
Génesis Lara received her Ph.D. from UC Davis. She specializes in the African diaspora, Caribbean history, and postcolonial and revolutionary studies. Her recent work explores the ways Afro-Dominican women challenged state sanctioned violence during the 1960s and 1970s in the Dominican Republic and the United States. Her work has been supported by the Tinker Foundation and several other institutional awards and has been published in Estudios Sociales.
Raúl Fernandez
Professor Emeritus, Social Sciences, UCI School of Social Sciences
Raúl Fernandez completed his secondary education in Cuba before coming to the United States to earn his bachelor's at UC Berkeley and Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University. He spearheaded the creation of the UC-Cuba Multi-Campus Research Program. He is the author of six books, and was the curator of the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta, which opened in Washington, DC in 2002 and traveled to 12 U.S. cities through 2006. Fernandez interviewed Celia Cruz as part of the Smithsonian's Latin Music Oral History Program.
Monika Gosin
Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
Monika Gosin specializes in African American and Latinx relations, migration studies, and Afro-Cuban and other Afro-Latinx immigrant experiences in the United States. She is the author of The Racial Politics of Division: Interethnic Struggles for Legitimacy in Multicultural Miami (Cornell University Press, 2019). She also publishes in the areas of race and gender in popular culture and media. Gosin holds an master's in sociology from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. in ethnic studies from the University of California, San Diego.
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The webinar is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required for this event. A Zoom link will be provided prior to the event for confirmed Zoom registrants. For further information or questions, please contact Fran Hom, fhom@uci.edu.
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