May 28, 2018
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| Paul Ortiz |
Dr. Paul Ortíz is the director of the award-winning Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and associate professor of history at the University of Florida.
He is president of the Oral History Association for
the 2014-2015 term. He has previously served as vice-president as well
as chair of the nominating committee for the OHA. His publications
include the Emancipation Betrayed (University of California Press) a history of the Black Freedom struggle in Florida, and Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Jim Crow South (New Press) which went into its 4th printing in 2014.
He is the recipient of several book awards including the Lillian Smith Book Prize conferred by the Southern Regional Council & the Harry T. and Harriett V. Moore Book Prize bestowed by the Florida Historical Society and the Florida Institute of Technology.
Matt Sedillo and Irene Monica Sanchez
Matt Sedillo is an L.A. based poet
Irene
Sanchez is a Xicana, Mama, Educator and Writer. Born in Southeast Los
Angeles and raised mostly in the Inland Empire (IE), she has been
committed to social justice for many years living/organzing/working up
and down the west coast including in Watsonville, CA and Seattle, WA.
She has worked as an ethnic studies educator for over 8 years and
returned to Southern CA after completion of her Ph.D. in Education. She
now teaches high school Latinx Studies in Los Angeles County, enjoys
spending time with her kindergartener son, attending
cultural/education/political events, and writing.
Matt Sedillo is an L.A. based poet
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