IN THIS LESSON

Presentation Description:

Join Dr. Luis Alvarez-Hernandez in exploring how to co-construct liberative conocimiento while dancing in nepantla. This session will focus on how Latina and Chicana feminists encourage us to develop critical consciousness while telling our testimonios of resistance. Together, we will honor our ancestors while embracing the wisdom of our comadres’ life stories.


Learning Outcomes:

Participants will:

  • Be able to explain the therapeutic and liberatory properties of the practice of testimonios.

  • Be able to identify feminist liberative practices for individual and community wellbeing.

  • Be able to practice how to connect nepantla experiences with their testimonios for social change.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez is a queer Puerto Rican social work practitioner, educator, and researcher, currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Social Work. Dr. Alvarez-Hernandez is a community-engaged scholar, centering the transformational possibilities of iteratively linking research, community, and practice. His research focuses on the structural and social determinants of health of Latine, LGBTQ+, and immigrant communities with a particular attention to the liberatory experiences of people living at the intersections of these identities. He is the author of the award-winning book, "See Me! Gay and Trans Latinos' Testimonios on Mental Health, Discrimination, and Joy in South Texas."