General

2nd Annual Barrio Bookfest

Saturday, 01 October 2005
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Organizer: Raza Press Association

2nd Annual Barrio Bookfest Program

MC: Luis Moreno and Virginia Sanchez

Keynote Speakers:

Jose G. Moreno - RPA Editorial board member

Omali Yeshitela - APSP

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Panels:

1) Progressive/Revolutionary Raza Press, Its Past, Present,
and Future. This panel will examine the role of the Raza
Press and Its Struggle To Give A Voice To An Oppressed and
Colonized People.

Facilitator: Jose G. Moreno

Panelists:

Luis Moreno - RPA Coordintor

Rudy Acuña - Professor Chicano Studies and Scholar from CSUN

Juan Gomez Quinones Professor of History and Scholar from
UCLA
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2) No Excuses: Writing and Producing Progressive Raza
Literature And Media
This panel will discuss how people could produce their own
publication and become progressive journalists/media
workers.

Facilitator: Luis Moreno

Panelists:
Ernesto Bustillos - RPA editorial board

Cathy Espitia - Coordinator of the Chicano Mexicano Prison
Project

Raymundo Reynoso- AMATE

David Diaz - Associate Professor of Chicano Studies and
progressive writer from CSUN
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3) Creating a Culture of Resistance: Raza Cultural and
Popular Expression

This panel will focus on how cultural and popular expression
could be use a means by which to raise the political and
social awareness of the masses.

Facilitator: Francisco Romero
Panelists:
Chicano Secret Service

Louie H. Moreno - Local Chicano Artists

Luis Guereca - Coordinator of the Oxnard Independent Film
Festival

Richard Sonny Espinoza - Asst. Professor of Chicano Studies
at Loyola Marymount University

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Plus: AK PRESS, FLOR Y CANTO, AND OTHERS WILL BE SELLING
BOOKS, COME OUT A PICK ONE UP!

Location:
Acuna Gallery and Cultural Center/ Cafe on "A"
438 South "A" Street
Downtown Oxnard

Cost: -free-

Directions: From SB: 101 South, exit Wagon Wheel in Oxnard onto Oxnard Blvd., head South on Oxnard Blvd, right on Fifth Street, Right on "A" Street

URL: http://razapressassociation.org/bookfest2005.html