Newark, NJ — The distinguished journalist Nuria Piera, known for her investigative reports in the Dominican Republic, will speak at the New Jersey Conference on Dominican Affairs on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the Rutgers School of Law in New Jersey.
 
“It is an honor for me to address Dominicans in New Jersey about the role of investigative reporting as an agent of social change.” (Es para mi un honor ir a hablar a los dominicanos en New Jersey sobre el periodismo investigativo y su efecto en la sociedad),” said Piera …

Book Will be Released at La UASD

Panfleteros-Portada
The New Jersey Conference on Dominican Affairs and the Institute for Latino Studies congratulate Dr. Ramon Antonio Veras (El Negro Veras, for launching his latest book Los Panfleteros de Santiago: Torturas y Desapacion. 
The release will be on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo at 7pm in the auditorium Pedro Mir in the library Manuel del Cabral.
An announcement of the event is available in the following link: Los Panfleteros de Santiago – Torturas y Desaparicion
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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY),
THE HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION &
BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOST PREMIERE OF
SANTIAGO’S PAMPHLETEERS

WHAT: The City University of New York, the Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Foundation, and Bronx Community College are proud to announce the Bronx première of Los Panfleteros de Santiago (Santiago’s Pamphleteers), an English-subtitled documentary film about the courage and heroism of 27 young Dominican rebels who used flyers to exercise freedom of speech in an attempt to reclaim the Dominican Republic from dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.  Only one of …