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The UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives and the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture proudly present A talk by Dr. Miguel Moniz FLAD/Brown Visiting Professor in Portuguese Studies at Brown University Thursday, January 30, 2020 11am–12:30pm UMass Dartmouth Main Campus Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Park in Lot 13 For further information, 508-910-6888 [email protected] Eula Mendes: Portuguese migrant labor activism and the criminalization of protest M iguel Moniz is a researcher at the Center for Anthropological Research (CRIA) at ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Moniz studies racialization and ethnic group formation. He examines the histories of migrant mobility, settlement, marginalization and efforts at civic inclusion among Portuguese-speaking geographies with a focus on New England. T his talk looks at the life of Eulalia “Eula” Mendes, and other migrant labor leaders from Portugal and their early contribution to the American labor movement. The political marginalization and criminalization of migrant labor activism made Eula Mendes a key figure in — and ultimately a martyr of — the fight for not only workers, but also for migrant civic rights.
