LATINO BOOK &FAMILY FESTIVAL

5TH ANNUAL SAN DIEGO

SEMINAR SCHEDULEJulian Nava, PhDMy Mexican-American Journey tells the personalstory of the first and only Mexican/American ambassa-dor of the United States to Mexico.

Daniel Chacon and the shadows took himAn upcoming novel that narrates the cruderealities of life in the barrios of Northern California.

LATINO AUTHORS ON THE EDGEESCRITORES LATINOS AL FILOParticipants:Julian Nava, PhD My Mexican American JourneyManuel Murrieta, PhD Gringos A la VistaDaniel Chacon And the Shadows Took HimDavid A. Muoz, PhD Ramifications of Christianity

Leading edge authors from different genre will read and

discuss their work within the context of the changingpublishing environment for Latinos in the US and theAmericas.

Renonbrados escritores, con diferentes perspectivas, lee-rn y profundisarn sobre el cambiante mundo editorialpara los Latinos a traves de EU y las Americas.

Saturday, 10:30 am

LATINA WRITERS WORKSHOPAND SYMPOSIUMTALLER Y PRESENTACION DEESCRITORAS LATINASParticipants:Mary Castillo - Hot Tamara and Friday Night ChicasSyvia Mendoza - The Book of Latina Women: 150 vidasof passion, strength and success.Martha Lomeli - Cuentos from the House on WestConnecticut AvenueAntonieta Villamil - poet and performerIrene Armenta Desgeorges - Inocencia Patricia Santana Motorcycle ride on the Sea ofTranquilitySilvana Rohana Mujeres de Hierro y de Cristal

Latinas authors recount their experience and the signifi-cance of getting published. The variety of genre andpersonal recollections will highlight the discussion andreadings.

Escritoras que han trabajado arduamente para logra quesus libros fueran publicados, compartirn sus xitos yexperiencias. El rango de la obra literaria que ellas hanrealizado incluye novelas, biografas, estudios socio-econmicos, cocina adems de literatura con entornopoltico.

Saturday, 11:30 am

Mary Castillo Patricia SantanaMarta A. Lomeli has over twenty-five years ofteaching experience, over ten years in the martialarts, and years of community involvement: youthmentoring programs [MANA's Hermanitas project],police community relations support, and precintwalking.

Irene Armenta DesGeorges nace yse cra en Cananea, Sonora, Mxico, centro minero ycuna de la Revolucin Mexicana. Su adolescencia lapasa en Baja California y su edad adulta, mayor-mente en San Diego California.

Antonieta Villamil is a bilingualpoet, cultural activist and performer fromColombia, author of 7 books and winner of theGastn Baquero award in 2002. Villamil combinessong to poetry. She weaves to the poem, rhythmsfrom Middle-East, Spain and Africa, to the voicesof Latino-African and Indigenous women ofAmerica.

PUBLISHING AND JOURNALISM ON THE BORDERPERIODISMO Y MEDIOS DE DIFUSION FRONTERIZOSParticipants:Jose Santiago Healy Diario LatinoManuel Murrieta, PhD CulturaDoorAida Bustos Garcia EnlaceKirk Whisler Latino Print NetworkCarlos Gonzalez - UnivisionKarina Munoz - Televisa

The opportunities and challenges to Latinos that wantto enter the profession and the role of broadcast mediain cross-border relations.

Las oportunidades y retos para jovenes Latinos quedesean ingresar a la profesion. La importancia de losmedios de comunicacion en las relaciones fronterizas.

Saturday, 1:30 pm

Jose S. Healy

Camilo Cruz, PhD Edmundo Sanchez Rafael Coln

Karina Muoz Aida BustosGarcia

ManuelMurrieta, PhD

SELF HELP AND PERSONAL STRATEGIC PLANNINGAUTO AYUDA Y PLANEACION ESTRATEGICA PERSONALParticipants:Camilo Cruz, PhD Taller Del ExitoJose Manuel Palacio KENFATRafael Coln Voices InternacionalEdmundo Snchez edmundosanchez.comJos Luis Burgos. MD - HHSA, County of San Diego

Professionals in the fields of self help and personal

improvement will discuss the latest trends and theireffectiveness as they relate to the Latino experience.

Profesionales en los campos de auto ayuda y superacinpersonal profundizaran sobre temas de actualidad y lasdiferentes corrientes intelectuales dentro de la industria, enparticular su relacin y efectividad en la comunidadesLatinas.

Saturday, 3:30 pm

Participants:Dr. Vahac Mardirosian Parent Institute for QualityEducationMs. Barbara Antinoro Kid Angel Foundation

What is the benefit of a college education for your chil-dren? It is well documented and the panelist will dis-cuss what does it take for your children to achieve uni-versity level education.

Kid Angel Foundation will also donate several scholars-

hip packages for students wishing to improve their rea-ding skills.

Cual es el valor de una educacin universitaria? Estacomprobado y los panelistas presentaran varias alternati-vas de cmo sus hijos pueden lograr obtener una educa-cin universitaria.

La Fundacin Kid Angel otorgara varias becas paraestudiantes que necesiten mejorar sus nivel de lectura.

THE MILLION DOLLAR GIFT UNREGALO DE UN MILLN DE DLARES

Sunday, 3:30 pm

Manuel Murrieta. PhD David A. Muoz, PhD