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Centro Journal Fall 2020 Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local Participation.
The Fall 2020 issue of CENTRO Journal is now available. Special Issue: Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local Participation Guest Editor: Edwin Meléndez Visit the Centro bookstore to order your copy today.
Far and away: Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rican communities in the United States
We are in the midst of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, and September tends to be the month with the most frequent and most destructive hurricanes. This week there have been five tropical cyclonic disturbances in the Atlantic, with hurricane Sally battering the Gulf of Mexico coast. The...
Centro researcher to present at Conversaciones Necesarias: Racismo, comunidad y activismo en Puerto Rico
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Undergraduate Learning (CRiiAS) at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras has invited Centro researcher, Dr. Carlos Vargas-Ramos, to present and participate in its upcoming Conversaciones necesarias: Racismo, comunidad y activismo en Puerto Rico to...
Clark University and Centro receive a Knowledge Challenge grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Clark University and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) received a Knowledge Challenge grant for $224,000 from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to study how local ecosystems drive entrepreneurial outcomes in Puerto Rico after recent disasters devastated the island. Professor Ramón...
Centro Puerto Rico Initiative
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies’ (Centro) Puerto Rico Initiative began in 2015, shortly after three major credit agencies downgraded several bonds issued by Puerto Rico to “junk status,” thus ushering the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis. Centro’s main concern at that time was to brainstorm...
CALL FOR PAPERS Back to the future?: The Implications of Balzac One Hundred Years Later
Between 1898 and 1901, the United States began to develop a new expansionist territorial law and policy to rule Puerto Rico and the other territories anne xed during the Spanish-American War. Sometimes described as the doctrine of territorial incorporation or the doctrine of separate and unequal,...
COVID-19 Web Resources
Hunter College Coronavirus update CUNY Coronavirus Update Online Resources for Children and Adolescents Building our home in uncertain times The negative psychological effects of living on isolation can be reduce by following a series of important steps... Asociación de Psicología de Puerto Rico...
Aviso para medios de comunicacion: Estoy con Puerto Rico esfuerso de alivio reinstalado para recaudar fondos
AVISO PARA MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION ESTOY CON PUERTO RICO ESFUERZO DE ALIVIO REINSTALADO PARA RECAUDAR FONDOS PARA FAMILIAS AFECTADAS POR LOS TERREMOTOS RECIENTES Donaciones para ir directamente a organizaciones sin fines de lucro en Puerto Rico QUIÉN: Teresa A. Santiago , Presidenta, Comité...
National Puerto Rican Day Parade launches 2020 scholarship program
NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE LAUNCHES 2020 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Applications available now on NPRDPinc.org Deadline is February 29, 2020 Eligibility nationwide, including Puerto Rico Past recipients now eligible to re-apply December 23, 2019, New York City - The National Puerto Rican Day Parade...
Where to Donate to Help Puerto Rico with Disaster Relief and Recovery after the Earthquakes
Where to Donate to Help Puerto Rico with Disaster Relief and Recovery after the Earthquakes On the early morning of January 7, 2020, the southwestern part of Puerto Rico was struck by an earthquake measured at a magnitude of 6.4. One person was killed, several others were injured, and thousands...

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