Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids
March 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
“Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids” is part of the Kutsche Office of Local History’s 14th Annual Local History Roundtable. Attendees are welcome to attend any or all of the day’s panels.
Registration is free: gvsu.edu/kutsche/rt
This panel is from 6:00 – 8:00 pm on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. There will be a light dinner available from 5:00 – 6:00 pm for registered attendees.
Dr. Delia Fernández-Jones (Michigan State University department of History) will present on her forthcoming book that explores the history of different Latin American populations as they came together and forged a new identity and community in Grand Rapids, Michigan from the 1950s onward.