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Chicanos plan conference Chicano culture will be reflected in dance, ballad, art, film and theater at the fourth annual Chicano Conference at the University of Iowa. The conference, Reflecciones da la Raza (Reflections of the People,) will be held Friday through Sunday in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The keynote address, "Chicanos and Education," will be presented on Friday evening by Salvador Ramirez, director of Chicano Studies at Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. Ramirez, born and educated in El Paso, Tex., was director of Mexican American Studies at the University of Colorado for five years. He has also served as consultant to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the U.S. Office of Education. His speech is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Union and is open to the public. He will also participate in a workshop titled The Chicano Movement -- An Assessment, on Saturday at 4 p.m. Other workshops will be: Historical Heritage of La Raza, 7:30 p.m. Friday; Education and the Law, 10 a.m. Saturday; Communication through Chicano Art and Literature, 1 p.m. Saturday, and Chicanos in Iowa, 10 a.m. Sunday. Workshop panelists include Chicano leaders from Texas, California, Chicago, Des Moines, Muscatine and Davenport. Art posters portraying cultural and political aspects of Chicanoism will be on display during the conference. The Royal Chicano Air force a traveling arts and theatre group,k will present poetry, songs and skits depicting the Chicano experience in the U.S. at 9 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, Spanish films will be shown in the Michigan Room, and Teatro Zapatista, a UI street theater group, will perform at 2:30 p.m. A program of Mexican folk dances will be presented by Chicano children from West Liberty at 4 p.m. Friday at Shambaugh Auditorium. Miguelito, a ballad singer; La Sombra de Amor, two guitarists; and the Bailadores Zapatistas, a UI musical group, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. An indoor street dance featuring Los Versitales playing a variety of Mexican and American music from traditional to rock will be held at 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets will be available at the conference registration desk. The conference, which is open to the public, is sponsored by the Chicano Indian-American (?) Student Union, the Iowa Humanities Board and the Iowa Arts Council. Registration will begin at noon Friday and at 9 a.m. Saturday. [image of mother, father, child] PAZ ES LA NAVIDAD DE NUESTRA RAZA
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Chicanos plan conference Chicano culture will be reflected in dance, ballad, art, film and theater at the fourth annual Chicano Conference at the University of Iowa. The conference, Reflecciones da la Raza (Reflections of the People,) will be held Friday through Sunday in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The keynote address, "Chicanos and Education," will be presented on Friday evening by Salvador Ramirez, director of Chicano Studies at Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. Ramirez, born and educated in El Paso, Tex., was director of Mexican American Studies at the University of Colorado for five years. He has also served as consultant to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the U.S. Office of Education. His speech is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Union and is open to the public. He will also participate in a workshop titled The Chicano Movement -- An Assessment, on Saturday at 4 p.m. Other workshops will be: Historical Heritage of La Raza, 7:30 p.m. Friday; Education and the Law, 10 a.m. Saturday; Communication through Chicano Art and Literature, 1 p.m. Saturday, and Chicanos in Iowa, 10 a.m. Sunday. Workshop panelists include Chicano leaders from Texas, California, Chicago, Des Moines, Muscatine and Davenport. Art posters portraying cultural and political aspects of Chicanoism will be on display during the conference. The Royal Chicano Air force a traveling arts and theatre group,k will present poetry, songs and skits depicting the Chicano experience in the U.S. at 9 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, Spanish films will be shown in the Michigan Room, and Teatro Zapatista, a UI street theater group, will perform at 2:30 p.m. A program of Mexican folk dances will be presented by Chicano children from West Liberty at 4 p.m. Friday at Shambaugh Auditorium. Miguelito, a ballad singer; La Sombra de Amor, two guitarists; and the Bailadores Zapatistas, a UI musical group, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. An indoor street dance featuring Los Versitales playing a variety of Mexican and American music from traditional to rock will be held at 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets will be available at the conference registration desk. The conference, which is open to the public, is sponsored by the Chicano Indian-American (?) Student Union, the Iowa Humanities Board and the Iowa Arts Council. Registration will begin at noon Friday and at 9 a.m. Saturday. [image of mother, father, child] PAZ ES LA NAVIDAD DE NUESTRA RAZA
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