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  Wednesday,
  October 29th 
  
   
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     1:30-4:30 
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     Executive Council
    Retreat 
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     4:00-7:00 
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     Registration 
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     5:15-6:30 
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     Executive Council
    Dinner 
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     7:00-8:30 
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     Welcome: Krista Comer,
    Rice University, WLA President 
    Readings by Artists/Activists from "Voices
    Breaking Boundaries" 
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     8:30-9:30 
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     Opening Reception 
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     9:45 
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     Film Screening: Come
    and Take It Day (2002) 
    Introduction: Priscilla Ybarra, Rice University 
    Q&A with Director Jim Mendiola to follow 
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  Thursday,
  October 30th 
          
             
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                 8:00-4:00 
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                 Registration 
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                 9:00-5:00 
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                 Book Exhibit 
                   
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                 8:00-9:30 
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                 Panel 
                  Session A 
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                 9:30-10:00 
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                 Coffee Break 
                   
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                 10:00-11:30 
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                 Panel 
                  Session B 
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                 11:30-12:45 
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                 Past Presidents’ 
                  Luncheon 
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                 1:00-2:00 
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                 Plenary Session: "Why 
                  in the World Study Diaries: A Tale of the Road Less Traveled," 
                  Judy Nolte Temple, Past President's Address 
                  Introduction: Melody Graulich, Utah State University 
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                 2:15-3:45 
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                 Plenary Session: "The Ethnicity of Environment" 
                Soenke 
                  Zehle, Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Universität des 
                  Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany: “Integrating ‘Regional’ 
                  Environmental Justice Issues Into Transnational Networks: Virtual 
                  Water and the Hydro-Politics of IT Development” 
                Other 
                  Speakers: TBA 
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                 3:45-4:15 
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                 Coffee Break 
                   
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                 4:15-5:30 
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                 Panel 
                  Session C 
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                 5:30-7:00 
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                 Graduate 
                  Student Reception 
                  Chicano/a Studies & Friends Reception (All Are Welcome) 
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                 7:30-9:00 
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                 An Evening 
                  with Sandra Cisneros, Recipient of WLA’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Literature 
                Featuring 
                  Special Guests, Nuestra Palabra: 
                  Latino Writers Having Their Say 
                Sponsored 
                  by Rice University President's and Provost's Offices 
                  Award Presentation: WLA President Krista Comer, Rice University 
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              Reception 
                and Book Signing for WLA Members and Their Guests (Not open to 
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  Friday,
  October 31st 
  
   
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     8:00-4:00 
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     Registration 
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     9:00-5:00 
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     Book Exhibit  
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     8:00-9:30 
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     Panel
    Session D 
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     9:30-10:00 
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     Coffee Break  
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     10:00-11:45 
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     WLA Distinguished
    Achievement Award Plenary (Award to be presented at the awards banquet)  
    Featuring: José David Saldívar, Ramón
    Saldívar, and Sonia Saldívar-Hull 
    Award Presentation: WLA President Krista Comer, Rice University 
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     12:00-1:30 
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                 Post-Plenary 
                  Luncheon & Conversation 
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     1:30-2:45 
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     Panel
    Session E 
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     2:45-3:15 
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     Coffee Break  
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     3:15-4:30 
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     Panel
    Session F 
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     6:00-7:00 
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     Reception 
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     7:00-9:30 
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                Annual Banquet
                Speaker: TBA 
                Brief Reflections: 
                  Ann Ronald, University of Nevada, Reno: “Sites and Sounds 
                  of WLA” 
    Award Presentations: 
                WLA Distinguished Achievement Award for
    Literary Criticism 
            Thomas
    J. Lion Award
            J.
    Golden Taylor Award 
            Don
    D. Walker Award 
            Delbert
    and Edith Wilder Award 
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     9:30 
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     Dancing 
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  Saturday,
  November 1st 
  
   
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     8:00-12:00 
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     Book Exhibit  
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     8:00-9:15 
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     Panel
    Session G 
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     9:30-10:30 
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     WLA Business Meeting
    and Coffee Break 
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     10:45-12:00 
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     WLA Readers'
    Theatre: Hispanic Playwrights Project 
    A Revue of Selections from Plays from South Coast Repertory 
    Directed and adapted for WLA by David Fenimore, University of Nevada, Reno 
    (cast to follow) 
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     12:30 
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     Buses Depart for Saturday Tours 
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