March 31, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, DeWitt Theatre
with Reception Following
Hope College was pleased to host as our keynote
speaker, Dr. Ilan Stavans, who is the Lewis-Sebring Professor
in Latin
American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. A native of Mexico,
he received his doctorate
in Latin American Literature from Columbia
University and is one of the most eminent Latino writers of our time.
He presented, "César Chávez’ Legacy in Obama's
America"