Author Reyna Grande speaking at the Child Migration Across the Americas symposium, the first public event funded by the AMH grant, in Fall 2023. Photo: Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago has evolved into a cross-regional hub for cutting-edge research and community engagement.  

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Building Bridges with Latinx Studies 

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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