Schedule

1:00pm Registration
Chancellor's Conference Room 206
University Village

1:30pm Welcome and Overview of Conference
•  Concha Rivera, Conference, Co-Chair
•  Juan Felipe Herrera, Professor & Tomás Rivera Chair holder, University of California , Riverside

2:00pm Keynote Presentation
"A Conversation on the Future(s) of Latina Literature"
Dr. Alvina E. Quintana, Associate Professor of English
University of Delaware

3:00pm Tomás Rivera Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented to:
Dr. Luis Leal, Endowed Chair, Professor Emeritus
Chicano Studies Department
University of California, Santa Barbara

Presented by:
Concha Rivera & Dr. Maria Herrera-Sobek, Associate Vice Chancellor, University of California, Santa Barbara

3:30pm BREAK

3:45pm Tomás Rivera Speaks: Germination of Tierra
Juanita Luna Lawhn, Professor of English
San Antonio College

Panel:
Juan Felipe Herrera, Professor, Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair
University of California, Riverside
Eliud Martinez, Professor of Creative Writing Emeritus,
University of California, Riverside

5:30pm BREAK

6:00pm Reception
International Lounge, University Common

7:00pm Performance
University Theatre

Tomás Rivera:

Celebration of a Life

The story of Tomás Rivera

as told in his own words, and

those of his friends and admirers.

Presented by Concha Rivera and

the Tomás Rivera Planning Committee

Narration by Carlos E. Cortés

Multimedia Collage by Jim Brown

Music Performed by Hector Ceballos, Jr.