Schwarzman Session: Repairing La Memoria Rota 

Schwarzman Sessions are peer-led gatherings where conversations generate collaborations and move ideas into action. Because seats are limited, registrants will be automatically placed on the waitlist and will be notified via email if they are selected to participate. 

There's an expression, "boricuas hasta en la luna," about how Puerto Ricans retain our identity even on the moon. The phrase hints at the challenge of so many diasporas: How do we maintain a common memory of our people and where we came from? How can we try to satisfy our nostalgia with a deeper, more informed understanding of our history? Please join Alana Casanova-Burgess, host of La Brega podcast, and Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón, the author of Los días hábiles, for a conversation discussing how both journalism and fiction can fill in the gaps in our broken memory while affirming a sense of belonging. 

Alana Casanova-Burgess, 2024 Poynter Fellow at Yale

Alana Casanova-Burgess is an audio journalist, producer, and reporter. She’s the host of both seasons of the bilingual podcast La Brega from WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios, hailed by The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Atlantic for its groundbreaking format. Previously, she was a reporter and producer for WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show and On the Media. She received an Exceptional Journalism Award from the Women’s Media Center for her work on La Brega, and was also part of a team that won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for Blindspot: Tulsa Burning, a six-part podcast about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Her reporting has been featured in The Guardian, The New Yorker, 99% Invisible, Planet Money, Throughline, and Latino USA, among other radio shows and podcasts.

You might also enjoy: 

• September 30: 5pm - 7:30 pm Latine Heritage Month Keynote Featuring Alana Casanova-Burgess at Luce Hall. Free and open to the public with registration
• October 1: 2pm - 3pm Davenport Tea: Alana Casanova-Burgess, Host of La Brega podcast at Davenport College. Free for Yale students with a current ID.