Saturday March 9th
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9AM-10AM
Morning Mingle with Cafecito & Pan Dulce
10AM-10:45AM
Panel I (Hybrid)I: Storytelling & History Making Thru Zines & Collage
Katlin Marisol Sweeney-Romero (UC Davis), Hector Garza (IDSVA; Incarnate Word High School)
Workshop I:Visual Storytelling: Composing Narrative Thru Image Placement, Symbolism, & Color Palette
Facilitator: Ernesto Cuevas (Art of Ernesto Cuevas )
11AM-11:45AM
Panel II: Black to the Future: Black Scholars on Black Comics Now
Jo Davis-McElligatt (UNT), Christian Hines (TXST), Kiana Murphy (Brown), D'Arcee Neal (Fairfield U), Sasha Sanders (UNT), Julia Brown (U of H)
Moderator: Stanford Carpenter (Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival)
Workshop II: Zine-Making with Barrio Writers!
Facilitator: Leticia Urieta (Co-Director, Barrio Writers Austin and Pflugerville) & Youth Council
Noon-1PM
Lunch
Screenings II: BIPOC POP Animation Shorts
BIPOC POP Animation Short Award
Presented by Presented by Dr. Intergalactic, & Professor Latinx
1PM-1:45PM
Panel III: Latinx/e Communities in Comics
Anthony Ramirez (UHouston-Downtown), Sam Ceballos (UT Austin), Ana Gutierrez (UT Austin), Hector Garza (IDSVA; Incarnate Word High School), Ivan Martinez (UT Austin)
Moderator: D'Arcee Neal (Fairfield U)
Workshop III: Visual Voices: Telling Diverse Stories through Comics
Facilitator: Bahar Momeni (UT Dallas)
2PM-2:45PM
Panel IV: Making Fiction, Writing Histories, Fighting Real Stereotypes
Chris González (Big Scary Brown Guy), Darius Yancy (A Fightomian Story: Survival of a Bloodline), Carlos Espinoza (The Sacred History of Braulio Cantero), Rosaura Rodríguez & Omar Banuchi (Rapiña/Carroña), Carlos Gabriel Kelly Gonzalez (Rice U)
Moderator: Domino Perez (UT Austin)
Workshop IV: Legends Unleashed: Crafting a Latinx Podcast
Facilitator: Ayden Castellanos (Susto Podcast)
3PM-3:45PM
Panel V: Author Meets Critic
Dani Orozco (OSU) & Carlos Gabriel Kelly Gonzalez (Rice U)
Moderator: Regina Marie Mills
Workshop V: Latinx Life Tales: Writing Workshop From Memory to Memoir
Facilitator: Christopher González (SMU)
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4PM-4:45PM
Fireside Chat: Creators Speak with Critics
Bahar Momeni (UT Dallas), La Morris Richmond (B.L.A.M. COMICS), Stanford Carpenter (Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival)
Facilitator: Professor LatinX & Katlin Marisol Sweeney Romero (UCDavis)
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