{"id":8929,"date":"2024-04-03T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=8929"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:02:12","slug":"celebrity-activist-carlos-andres-gomez-addresses-audience-at-bgsu-28th-annual-latino-a-x-issues-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/celebrity-activist-carlos-andres-gomez-addresses-audience-at-bgsu-28th-annual-latino-a-x-issues-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity activist Carlos Andr\u00e9s G\u00f3mez addresses audience at BGSU 28th\u00a0Annual Latino\/A\/X Issues Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Thoughts by Ram\u00f3n P\u00e9rez, Special to La Prensa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

March 28, 2024: A keynote presentation should connect with your audience. People need to be able to resonate with your message and identify with the subject matter. They have to be shaken a little in the way that they think, to get the opportunity to become inspired by it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same experience that movie makers and actors try to achieve on the screen. They want us to see and feel ourselves in the characters, to identify with the struggles they\u2019re facing, and to cheer when those struggles are overcome. And judging by the audience\u2019s applause, cheering, and whistles, mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

Carlos Andr\u00e9s G\u00f3mez<\/em>\u00a0is such an accomplished performer and speaker in so many genres he would require a 500-page bio to fully capture his total essence. However, as a former social worker, public-school teacher and actor he blended in perfectly into the audience with all his accomplished speaking skills.<\/p>\n

Although a native New Yorker of Colombian descent, Carlos shared with the audience that: he moved twelve times before graduating high school all the while living in four countries and attending twelve different schools. Carlos eventually obtained his Bachelor\u2019s degree in history at the\u00a0University of Pennsylvania.<\/em><\/p>\n

Carlos has spoken and performed at over 300 plus colleges and universities including tours covering\u00a0Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, North America, and Bowling Green State University (BGSU).<\/em><\/p>\n

Carlos Andr\u00e9s G\u00f3mez<\/em>\u00a0essentially made a similar observation of a keynote speaker I remembered years back. Which started off by making the following statement, \u201cI am not here to educate you but to obliterate everything you think you know about Indigenous history.\u201d\u00a0Russell Means,<\/em>\u00a0American Indian Movement, made that statement 1979 at the\u00a0La Union de Estudiantes Latinos (LSU) version of their Annual Latino Issues Conference at BGSU.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fast forward to 2024, Carlos also alluded to the Universities Ethnic Studies Departments as still having significance and paramount importance not only for white students and academic institutions across the nation but also for Latina\/o\/x generations coming through the education pipelines as a reminder of their true identity, history and the still unfinished work that needs to be woven into our teaching and learning fabrics K-16 and everyday life. Especially in these hateful times aimed at if you\u2019re not white.<\/p>\n

The days event was also filled with informing those in attendance with presentations and panels discussing past and present human and civil rights Latino\/a\/x issues championed and still not fulfilled. One such panel titled\u00a0\u201cActivism, Performance, and Protest\u201d<\/em>\u00a0was presented by 3 Latinas which really drove the message home why the\u00a0Latin American and Latino\/a\/x Studies Cluster, Department of Ethnic Studies, and Office of Multicultural Affairs<\/em>\u00a0still have significance and paramount importance on college campuses throughout the nation for all students, faculty, and presidents.<\/p>\n

In closing, for over 400 listeners, Carlos made the point \u201cthe mere teaching or observation in history of your people is against the law.\u201d The 3 Latinas and Carlos, no matter the societal obstacles, must continue to champion internal and external self-doubts and tear down the walls!<\/p>\n

Comments or questions:\u00a0<\/em>ramon1_98@yahoo.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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