In this day long workshop we will be traveling from the RGV-Upper Valley to the Lower Valley. We will visit a respite center, meet with local organizations, walk in a nature sanctuary and have lunch in a small taqueria. The workshop will be centered on how to do Activism and Scholarship while learning about the USA/Mexico border and Wall. All day of preconference workshop is $90.00 that will include transportation, lunch, and a donation.

Edinburg Campus, CEP, Dean's Conference Room EDUC 3.10-B

This session is designed to focus on the craft and process of scholarly writing.  All day of preconference workshops is $90.00 for faculty.  This session if FREE to graduate students.

Edinburg Campus, CEP, Dean's Conference Room EDUC 3.10-B.  This presentation will present on and engage scholars and graduate students on historicized critical and critical pedagogy traditions. All day of preconference workshops is $90.00.  This session is FREE to graduate students.

The organization Las Imaginistas will present on their activism in the RGV and their search for decolonial alternatives.

This session presents Dr. Rodriguez's Ed Branch grant and related research aimed at tranforming teacher education in the Rio Grande Valley.

Any and all interested mentees and mentors who are free at this time are HIGHLY encouraged to attend the second informal mentoring meeting to be announced on the October 17 . These sessions intend to make the C&P conference and community a bit less mysterious, as more seasoned C&Pers allow for Q&A with the audience, as well as fleshing out some of the philosophy, design, and intended function of the evolving mentoring program. This will offer a chance for those participating to make introductions and connections both between and across assigned mentor/mentee pairings.

PLENARY SESSION with Dr. Patricia McHatton, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Success, and P-16 Integration: Lessons Learned from Critical Self-Reflection at a Predominantly Hispanic Serving Institution

In this day long workshop we will be traveling from the RGV-Upper Valley to the Lower Valley and to South Padre Island. We will visit the Brownsville campus, meet with local organizations, engage at the SPI Turttle Center with free time to roaming at the Bay with a Sunset performance at Lobo de Mar. The workshop will be centered on how to do Activism and Scholarship while learning about the USA/Mexico border and Wall. All day of preconference workshop is $90.00 that will include transportation, lunch, and a donation. Dinner will be on your own.