Selected Readings

2011 Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR2009 Poets for Gaza, Oakland, CA2004 Made in Califas Intergenerational Puerto Rican Poetry and Music, Berkeley, CA

New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJOhio State University, Columbus, OHIn Other Words Bookstore, Portland, ORCSU San Diego, San Diego, CACSU Long Beach, Los Angeles, CAUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MNRed Dog Café, St. Paul, MNCSU Humboldt, Arcata, CAUC Davis, Davis, CA

2002-03 Portland State University, Portland, ORBrecht Forum, New York City, NYSt Catherine's College, St Paul, MNAmazon Bookstore, Minneapolis, MNCity Lights Books, San Francisco, CA

2000-01 Writing & Healing Series, St Paul Public Library, St. Paul, MN Colorado College, Colorado Springs, COWestern Washington University, Bellingham, WADePaul University, Chicago, ILLatino Authors Festival, St Paul Public Library, St. Paul, MNLatina Writer's Conference, San Antonio, TX

1998-99 University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CTBucknell University, Lewisburg, PAWesleyan University, Middletown, CTUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MNCornell University, Ithaca, NYHamilton College, Clinton, NYThe Ark, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1997 California State University at Monterey Bay, Monterey, CASan Francisco State University, San Francisco, CAUC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CAHamilton College, Clinton, NYBates College, Lewiston, MEWichita State University, Wichita, KS

1995-96 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIUniversidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PRUniversity of Vermont, Burlington, VTPortland State University, Portland, OR

1994 Adrian College, Adrian, MIUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIUC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CAHamilton College, Clinton, NYColgate College, Hamilton, NYHunter College, New York, NY

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OHSelected Speaking Engagements

2010 UC Berkeley, Berkeley. Keynote, 25th Anniversary Women of Color Conference 2007 Jewish Voice for Peace National Conference, Oakland2004 CSU San Diego, San Diego, “Healing and Story.”

CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, "Why We Need History"CSU San Marcos, Oral History and Community OrganizingCSU Humboldt, Arcata, Latino Heritage CommemorationStetson University, DeLand, FL History Poetry and ProphecyUniversity of Minnesota, US Latina History

2003 Portland State University, Portland, Feminist Conference. Keynote: "Why Feminists Need History" Workshop: "Telling to Live: Bearing Witness to History". First Congregational Church of Oakland, Oakland, "Memory and Hope"

2002 Puerto Rican Studies Association, U of Illinois, Chicago "Shaken by the Spirit: California Puerto Rican Pentecostals"

2001 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA "Take Back the Night"

2000 DePaul University, Illinois. Latino Jewish Series. "Puerto Ricans and Jews"

1999 University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island. "The Historian as Curandera"Bucknell University, Pennsylvania. "History as Medicine Story"University of Connecticut, Connecticut. "Doing Feminist History"

1998 University of Minnesota, Minnesota. "The Historian as Curandera." and "Feminist Approaches to Puerto Rican History" at 1898-1998: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. University of Michigan, Michigan. "Remedios: Retelling the Lives of Working Women" Conference on Women and Labor.Rutgers University, New Jersey. Keynote: Women's History Month.

1997 Bates College, Maine. "Walking the Talk, Dancing to the Music: Living a Sustainable Activist Life."Wichita State University, Kansas. "The Historian As Curandera: Doing Community Based History" CSU Monterey Bay, California. "Life Stories and History" UC Santa Cruz, California. "The Historian As Curandera: Doing Activist Historical Research."

1996 University of Michigan, Michigan. With Richard Levins. "Activist Science, Activist Culture: A Daughter and Father on Their Work."Adrian College, Michigan. Día de los Muertos Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference, Puerto Rico. "Migration: The Story I Call Home."

1995 Adrian College, Michigan. Día de los Muertos: Honoring Our Ancestors.Brown University, Rhode Island. Keynote, Mixed Heritage Week.San Francisco JCC. “Radical Jewish Heritage.” Panel: Diversity Among Jewish Women.California Institute for Integral Studies. "Understanding and Dismantling Privilege."

1994 University of Michigan, Michigan. " The Historian as Curandera," and "Jewish Diversity."Adrian College, Michigan. Postomodernist SymposiumKeynote: "Remedios: Retelling History Through Puerto Rican Women's Lives." Cabrillo College, California. "Building Community, Building Alliances." UC Santa Cruz, California. "Activist Jews: Acting from Our Jewishness"San Francisco Hillel, California. Keynote: "Ain't I A Woman: Women, Identity and Diversity"Hillel, Berkeley, California. Workshops: "Radical Jewish Heritage," "The Isms Intertwined."

1993 Earlham College, Indiana. "Cultural Identity/Cultural Activism"Antioch College, Ohio. "Coalition Building Workshop" Diversity Training Series,

Brooklyn College, New York. "Puerto Rican Jewish Identity."UC San Diego, California. Coalition Building Workshop, Women's Resource Center.University of Vermont, Vermont. "Education for the Long Haul"Knox College, Illinois. "Coalition Building"

1992 SUNY-Albany, New York. "Multiple Identities"Antioch College, Ohio. "Multicultural Feminisms"Middlebury College, Vermont. "Multiple Choices: Puerto Rican, Jewish and Immigrant in the USA"

1990 Radcliffe University. Women's Expo, "Feminism and Racism"Smith College, Women's Awareness Week, Keynote speakerAmherst College, “Writing From Your Roots”