• May 5, 2021

Adios Amor: Film Screening & Discussion

  • 7:00-9:00 PM
  • Zoom

Join us for a screening of the documentary Adios Amor, followed by a panel discussion.

In Adios Amor, the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot— Maria Moreno, a migrant mother who sacrificed everything but her twelve kids in the passionate pursuit of justice for farmworkers. Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launched the United Farm Workers, Maria picked up the only weapon she had—her voice—and became an outspoken leader in an era when women were relegated to the background. The first farm worker woman in America to be hired as a union organizer, Maria’s story was silenced and her legacy buried—until now.

Panelists:

  • Yareli Castro Sevilla, Harvard Graduate Students Union member and PhD student in American Studies
  • Doris Reina-Landaverde, who is a Harvard custodial worker, labor organizer and TPS (Temporary Protected Status) holder

Moderated by David J. Harris, Managing Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice

This is part of the Anti-Racism Film Series we are co-sponsoring with Harvard Library, the Harvard Office for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.