Race and Identity

Monday, January 16, 2023 - 1:00pm

CST

Cliff DuRand

We celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday by examining the thorny questions of race and identity. What is race? Who is Black? Who is White? Why be Black? Can we choose our race?

Cliff DuRand is a founder and Research Associate of the Center for Global Justice. A retired Philosophy professor, he taught at historically Black Morgan State University in Baltimore. He has lived in San Miguel for 18 years.

Suggested donation:

50 pesos

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 13, 2025 - 1:30pm

CST

Film Screening

Sound Track to a Coup d' Etat

Followed by discussion with Brad Rockwell

Location:

La Biblioteca, Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

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2025 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary

Remarkable largely unknown footage of a dramatic turning point in world history covering events over three continents concerning a tragic coup in the Congo. Featuring: Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy... Read more

Monday, October 13, 2025 - 3:00pm

CST

Viva Palestina 2025

Location:

1º de Mayo #58, Colonia Aurora, San Miguel de Allende

In October 2024, we had our first artistic and cultural project to continue speaking about Palestine and to raise our voices in favor of the liberation of the Palestinian people and against the genocide being committed in Palestine.

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm

CST

How the West Was Stolen: The U.S.-Mexican War of 1846-48

Joe Belden

Location:

La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

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This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more