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 TOURS

June 15, 2025 to June 25, 2025

Visit Cuba with the Center for Global Justice

Join us in an exciting visit to Cuba--a country committed to building socialism. We will learn about Cuba’s stunning accomplishments such as free health care and education, its collective production in agricultural and urban cooperatives, We will dialogue with leading thinkers about their visions... Read more

March 3, 2025 to March 7, 2025

Visit Morelia & Patzcuaro with the Center for Global Justice

We will depart from San Miguel early in the morning to Patzcuaro, where we will spend three days. We will visit the most important buildings and churches in Patzcuaro and also visit a number of nearby indigenous villages:

Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 1:00pm

CST

Mexico's 4th Transformation

José Alfredo Gutiérrez Falcón

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Join in person at the Hotel Quinta Loreto Community Room

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While much of the world is shifting to the right, Mexico is moving in a progressive direction. In 2018, the electoral victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA party) initiated "The Fourth Transformation" which is working, against entrenched opposition,... Read more