ROCLA’s monthly programs are held on the first Wednesday of each month. Usually at 7:00 pm via Zoom or at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church – 121 N. Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, NY.
Video Available - Mapudungun Ideologies in Chile: race, indigenousness, nation, and language
A Zoom presentation sponsored by ROCLA & LASC (and supporters like you!) - Wednesday October 6 - 7pm ET
Video now available!
Haiti Since Duvalier and Now
A Zoom presentation sponsored by ROCLA & LASC (and supporters like you!) - Wednesday September 15 - 7:30pm ET
Video now available!
Central American Punching Bag: The Pathological cycle of U.S. & Canadian policies in Honduras & Guatemala
A Zoom presentation for Upstate New York - Wednesday June 2 - 7pm ET
Video Now Available!
Cuba: Confronting COVID and the US Blockade
A Zoom presentation for Upstate New York - Wednesday May 5th - 7pm ET
Video now available! We are honored to present our next ROCLA speaker, Mr. Jaime Hermida Castillo, who currently serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua to the UN, and previously was Deputy Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations since March 2007.
Video now available! Bill Jungels, Tom Potts, and Christine Eber, ROCLA’s January presenters, have all spent many years in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, where most inhabitants are impoverished indigenous Maya.
Video now available! Two Bolivian educator/activists will share their experiences, struggles, and successes against the backdrop of a pandemic, climate change, and political turmoil in the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Learn how the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund (BQEF), founded by LASC friend Newton Garver, helps young people access higher education amid great challenges.
Jim Goodman, a Rochester-based journalist who has been publishing articles about immigration in The Progressive magazine, will remind us about the xenophobic streak that runs throughout our history as a backdrop to the Trump assault on immigration. He will discuss the repressive legacy of Trump and what needs to be done to reverse these anti-immigrant policies.
