Lecture: Latino Migrants and Agriculture in Franklin County

This lecture will explore some of the links between land and agricultural policies in Latin America and the U.S. through an examination of Latin American migration. Extensive interviews with farmers and workers in Franklin County were conducted as source material for this talk. Manuel Matos is a fourth year Ph.D. student in Sociology Department at UMass/Amherst. His work focuses on political sociology of land disputes between black communities and the states in Latin America.

Free. Refreshments served.