Everything Diane Milliken Garza said at the 6th Annual Conference on Border Studies

Published: Nov. 20, 2023, noon

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EDINBURG, Texas - The 6th Annual International Conference on Border Studies was co-hosted by UT-Rio Grande Valley and the Universidad Aut\\xf3noma de Tamaulipas. The theme of the conference was \\u201cTransborderism: Reimagining Social Space.\\u201d

Speakers from 15 countries and more than 30 national and international academic institutions participated.

According to the organizers, the conference sought to \\u201cfacilitate discussion and research that will positively impact the Rio Grande Valley community as well as migrants, asylum seekers and border communities around the world.\\u201d

A press advisory promoting the conference said: \\u201cThe proximity of UTRGV to the U.S.-Mexico border is a special opportunity for scholars and researchers from around the globe to collaborate in a unique geographic region and present multidisciplinary research on the important and timely issues related to borders.\\u201d

One of the panelists was Diane Milliken Garza, a commissioner on the Texas Commission on the Arts. Milliken Garza spoke about the "Cultural Corridor" project she is spearheading. Here is an audio recording of everything Milliken Garza said at the conference.

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