“Dominicans and Puerto Ricans have maintained a very close historical relationship dating back to colonial times. In the Caribbean and in their common immigration experience in the United States both people have shared similar struggles and aspirations to raise their families and live the American Dream;  in their quest to achieve social mobility and political enfranchisement both people have also faced discrimination and challenges in the urban centers of USA; let’s talk about their historical relationship,” said Dr. Maria Teresa Feliciano, President of CODA and the Institute for Latino Studies in …

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Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdez will present at the CODA’s 10th Annual Conference at Rutgers School of Law in Newark on Sunday, February 21, 2009.
She will present at a panel titled Women in Politics scheduled to take place from 10 am to 12 noon on the day of the conference. 
Valdes, a former assistant federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark, became the first Latina to hold the office of county prosecutor and the first Dominican woman prosecutor in the United States.
Ms. Valdez has dedicated her professional life …

Book Will be Released at La UASD

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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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In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the New Jersey Conference on Dominican Affairs, the Institute for Latino Studies will premiere a twenty-seven minute documentary titled New Jersey Dominicans: A Decade of Accomplishments.  This is the first part of the series Dominicans in New Jersey commissioned by the Institute for Latino Studies via The Common Roots Project, an initiative to document the human migratory experience. 

Film documentary is from María Teresa Feliciano, President of the Institute for Latino Studies, and Néstor Montilla, Sr., producer of documentaries “Dominican Identity & Migrations to …