April 30 2026 9:00AM-9:00PM | ROOM 9205/06 GRADUATE CENTER CUNY 365 FIFTH AVE

PROGRAM II NY INTERNATIONAL FORUM “EL SALVADOR 1932: From Colonialism to CECOT”

(This program is subject to change)

9:30 AM – Registration

10:00 AM – Opening remarks
Dr. Mila Burns & Daniel Flores y Ascencio  

Pedro Escobar Castaneda (Universidad de El Salvador)

Session I 
Historical Memory, Human Rights, and Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles

10:20 AM – Erik Ching, Fordham University

10:40 AM – Ingrid A. Escobar, Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (El Salvador)

11:00 AM – Reynaldo Patriz, Consejo Comunitario Indígena de Nauizalco

11:15 AM – Discussion & Q&A

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch

Session II 
Displacement, Deletion, and Invisible Existence

1:00 PM – Juan Carlos García, The Graduate Center, CUNY

1:15 PM – Tesora García, Virginia Commonwealth University

1:30 PM – Samuel Moscoso, NYU Steinhardt 

1:45 PM –Mario Escobar, Los Angeles Mission College

2:00 PM  Discussion & Q&A

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Coffee Break

Session III 
Memory, Colonialism & the Ancestral Voice/Presence 

3:15 PM – Kevin Ramírez, New York University

3:30 PM – Petuuche Gilbert, Pueblo Acoma *

3:45 PM – Haydee Sánchez, Tenatchit Cultural Center, Los Ángeles

4:00 PM – Jorge Cuellar, Dartmouth College 

4:15 PM – Discussion & Q&A

5:30 PM – 6:15 PM – Reception

Session IV Artistic interventions

6:15 PM – Poetry reading by Juana Ramos, York College, CUNY

6:30 PM – Special Film Screening 
*AMA: La memoria del tiempo*, directed by Daniel Flores y Ascencio

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Forum / Open Discussion/ Closing Remarks