Schedule of Events

Schedule of Events
 
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Thursday, Feb. 4
 
5:00 - 6:00pm    Speakers Reception (invitation)
 
6:30 - 7:30pm    From Mountain to Mug: How Coffee Gets to Your Cup
Terrace Room, Paige Hall
 
8:00 - 8:10pm    Formal Introduction
Terrace Room, Paige Hall
 
8:10 - 9:30pm    The Guatemalan Civil War: Perspectives on the Clandestine Conflict
Terrace Room, Paige Hall
 
Friday, Feb. 5
 
12:30 - 1:50pm Lunch and Discussions (prior registration)

• Root Capital, Finance for Grassroots Businesses: the “Missing Middle” of Development (Stratton Hall Lounge)
• Ted Fischer, “Algo Mas” and Guatemalan Commodity Chains (Carmichael Hall Lounge)
• Just Coffee & Dean’s Beans, Percolate Your Interest in Responsible Entrepreneurship (Tilton Lounge)
• Santa Anita, The Faces of Development and Reconstruction (conducted in Spanish) (Hodgdon Lounge)**
  *Lunch generously provided by Dave’s Fresh Pasta, Danish Pastry House, and Nick’s Pizza
  **Translation provided

2:00 - 2:30pm   The Power of Collaboration: BUILD Guatemala and Santa Anita la Unión
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
2:30 - 3:30pm   How Fair is Fair Trade?
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
3:30 - 5:00pm   U.S. Consumers and Local Agricultural Development
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
5:30 - 7:00pm     Santa Anita la Unión: Emblem of the Past, Hope for the Future
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
Saturday, Feb. 6
 
12:00 - 1:30pm   Caught in Trafficking: Gang Violence, the Drug Trade, and Youth
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
3:00 - 4:15pm     Coming and Going: Migration, Displacement, and Reintegration
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
4:30 - 5:30pm     Concluding Address: Ambassador Villagrán
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
5:30 - 5:45pm     Final Remarks
Cabot Intercultural Center
 
5:45 - 7:00pm     Dinner with Ambassador Villagrán (invitation)