Beginning March 21 UCSD TV and The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies will present the four-part series on the arts, culture, science, philanthropy and business interests that are leading Mexico in the 21st Century
View online at
www.ucsd.tv/mexicomovingforward
and on the air
Mondays at 8 PM
March 21 Arts and Culture
Novelists Cristina Rivera Garcia, Rafael Tovar y de Teresa and Sculptor Sebastian share how their art inspires and reinforces Mexican identity.
March 28 Museums and Culinary Arts
Diana Magaloni, director of Mexico’s Museum of Anthropology; chef and restaurant owner Mónica Patiño; and Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo, executive director of the San Diego Museum of Art, discuss the importance of fomenting national pride and identity through food and culture.
April 4 Science and the Environment
World-renown Stanford University botanist Rodolfo Dirzo, Eduardo Santana, co-founder of the Inter-municipal Environmental Agency for the Integrated Management of the Ayuquila River Watershed, and plant ecologist Exequiel Ezcurra, director of the University of California’s Institute for Mexico and the United States, discuss how science and technology impact society.
April 11 Philanthropy and the Corporate Community
Business executives Manuel Arango, Herminio Blanco, and Roberto Servitje Sendra discuss how strategic philanthropic practices can stimulate change and development in Mexico.