Américas Award Virtual Award Ceremony
Educators and librarians, join us as we celebrate the award-winning book Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez, with author Belen Medina. Belen will share this inspiring true story about a Rarámuri athlete who captured the world's attention by running ultramarathons in traditional dress, honoring her Indigenous heritage.
This is a virtual read-aloud that can be livestreamed in your classrooms!
December 8, 2025
10AM Pacific / 11AM Mountain / 12PM Central / 1PM Eastern
Free and open to all
Artist Salon: Sarah Fouts and Fernando López
Join A Studio in the Woods on Monday, December 4, at 6 pm with Self as Universe Residents Sarah Fouts and Fernando López as they discuss their work, Fruit for Thought: Journeys Between New Orleans and Honduras. Fruit for Thought is a documentary series exploring the connections between Honduras and New Orleans through three key food commodities: bananas, palm oil, and coffee.
Américas Award Virtual Award Ceremony
Educators, librarians, and book lovers, join us as we present Bessie Flores Zaldívar with the 2025 Américas Award for her YA novel Libertad!
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear Bessie read an excerpt from Libertad and share insights about her writing process and the inspiration behind this riveting coming-of-age story set during Honduras's 2017 presidential election. Be inspired to explore new ways to bring Latine literature into your classroom!
December 4, 2025
4PM Pacific / 5PM Mountain / 6PM Central / 7PM Eastern
Free and open to all
Democratic Erosion as a Sequence of Regime Events: A Micro-Level Conceptualization
This talk presents a novel micro-level conceptual framework for analyzing democratic erosion, resilience, and recovery by disaggregating regime change into discrete, time-bound “regime events” —actions by political actors that modify specific democratic components. These events are classified as autocratizing, democratizing, or status quo, and are distinguished from contextual conditions such as polarization or economic crises, which influence but do not constitute regime change.
Stone Center Graduate Student Summer Funding Info Session
Join members of the Stone Center Staff to learn more about summer funding opportunities and applications for Graduate Students. Summer opportunities are open to students in any degree program pursuing a project related to Latin America or its diaspora.
Zoom link here. Password: Summer2026
Stone Center Undergraduate Summer Opportunities Info Session
Join members of the Stone Center Staff to learn about opportunities for undergraduate students including study abroad and research and internship funding. Summer opportunities are open to students in any degree program with an interest in Latin America or its diaspora.
Find the Zoom Link here. Passcode: 434819
