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Global Neighbors: Hope, Hard Work, & Solidarity

A Panel on Puerto Rican History

2025-09-29 10:30:00 2025-09-29 12:00:00 America/Chicago Global Neighbors: Hope, Hard Work, & Solidarity Niles-Maine District Library - Commons Meeting Room A&B

Monday, September 29
10:30am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-09-29 10:30:00 2025-09-29 12:00:00 America/Chicago Global Neighbors: Hope, Hard Work, & Solidarity Niles-Maine District Library - Commons Meeting Room A&B

Niles-Maine District Library

Commons Meeting Room A&B

A panel discussion by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. This program is primarily in English. Una mesa redonda del Centro Cultural Puertorriqueño. Este programa está principalmente en inglés.

This presentation will offer a history of the Puerto Rican community in Chicago, touching on when and why Puerto Ricans migrated to Chicago, the conditions they confronted, and the struggles they are still facing. Panelists include Margaret Power, President of the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and Professor of History Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology; José E. López, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center; and Elvira Arellano, Mexican immigrant and activist, who sought sanctuary with the help of the Puerto Rican community.

Esta presentación ofrecerá una historia de la comunidad puertorriqueña en Chicago, abordando cuándo y por qué los puertorriqueños emigraron a Chicago, las condiciones que enfrentaron y las dificultades que aún enfrentan. Entre los panelistas se encuentran Margaret Power, presidenta de la Junta Directiva del Centro Cultural Puertorriqueño y profesora emérita de Historia del Instituto Tecnológico de Illinois; José E. López, director ejecutivo del Centro Cultural Puertorriqueño; y Elvira Arellano, inmigrante y activista mexicana, quien buscó refugio con la ayuda de la comunidad puertorriqueña.

The panelists will focus on the founding, programs, and activities of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and its extensive history of solidarity, highlighting the close relationship that has existed between Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and other Latines in Chicagoland. Elvira Arellano will share her powerful story as a sanctuary seeker in the heart of Chicago's Puerto Rican community.

Los panelistas se centrarán en la fundación, los programas y las actividades del Centro Cultural Puertorriqueño y su extensa trayectoria de solidaridad, destacando la estrecha relación que ha existido entre puertorriqueños, mexicanos y otros latinos en el área metropolitana de Chicago. Elvira Arellano compartirá su conmovedora historia como persona que busca refugio en el corazón de la comunidad puertorriqueña de Chicago.

The Q&A portion after the presentation will be in Spanish & English.

La parte de preguntas y respuestas después de la presentación será en español e inglés.

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