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  • Healing Voices, Silenced Histories: Oral Testimonies of Sexual Violence in Post-Conflict Societies – The Case of El Salvador

    Paula Cuellar Cuellar, PhD. LL.M., Assistant Professor of History and Fellow, “Jacqueline and Michael Wald Professorship on Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies”, University of Texas at Dallas

    My research explores the transformative role of oral history in documenting sexual violence during El Salvador’s armed conflict (1981–1992) and in shaping processes of memory, healing, and transitional justice. Drawing from over sixty testimonies of women who endured rape by both state security forces and guerrilla combatants, the research underscores how oral narratives disrupt dominant, elite-driven accounts that have historically silenced victims’ experiences. MORE >

    Many women who participated in this study had never publicly shared their stories before. For most of them, the interviews became a space of recognition, agency, and release from long-carried burdens of trauma. By voicing their lived realities, survivors not only reclaim ownership of their narratives but also challenge the partial truths or half secrets preserved in official records, including the Salvadoran Truth Commission, which frequently marginalized, neglected or intentionally excluded women’s testimonies.

    The presentation highlights oral history as a methodology that fosters empathy, inclusivity, and social accountability. It also emphasizes the ethical imperative of preventing re-victimization and epistemic extractivism by ensuring that knowledge production returns to and benefits the communities involved. This commitment is illustrated through the process of filming and disseminating the award-winning documentary Añil (Indigo), which extended research findings back to victims and broader audiences. Ultimately, the project demonstrates how oral histories of sexual violence enrich collective memory, deepen our understanding of democratic transitions, and contribute to more authentic and gender-sensitive accounts of El Salvador’s recent past.

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  • From Panic to Poise: Master Your Message and Your Mindset

    Mike Bromberg, M.A., Professor, UT Dallas

    In a post COVID world many are dealing with speech anxiety. Not sure how to clean up your slides and make your presentation stand out? Are you working on a speech for work, school, or your association? As a current professor in communication studies, I have worked with students on making themselves the best speakers of the room. Speech anxiety is common and often terrifying, so how do we approach a presentation if we are hardcore nervous and/or trying to impress important people in the audience? MORE >

    This presentation gives great action tips, tricks, and tools to make your next speech better than all the others in your room. This is no-nonsense, fun, interesting, and promotes the mindset needed to become the best presenter you can be!

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  • From Classroom to Career: Making Your Degree Work in an AI World

    Vamsi Nellutla, President, Dallas Data Science Academy

    For college students and recent graduates in any major. How to add practical AI and data skills on top of any degree, what employers now expect, and how to stand out in a job market where AI literacy is becoming baseline. Honest about what matters and what's hype

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  • Early Childhood Literacy Will Save A Child from a Later Life of Poverty and Crime

    Richard Rosen, Rotarian and Literacy Chair, Rotary District 6440

    There is a clear cause to effect relationship between literacy versus crime and poverty. No matter what income level those who can read at 4th grade reading levels upon entering 5th grade, over 90% will graduate high school, many go onto college and end up as productive members in our community. On the other hand statistics show that 2/3 of those who cannot read at 4th grade levels will end up in poverty and/or crime. MORE >

    This presentation focuses on lower income families located within many of our communities. With program ideas, this presentation will show how you can directly make a difference and impact these households who lack books and to parents who lack the know how to teach their child essential literacy skills before entering kindergarten.

    Richard lives in the Chicagoland area and is available in DFW for virtual presentations.

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  • AI for the Next Generation: Helping Your Teen Build Skills That Matter

    Vamsi Nellutla, President, Dallas Data Science Academy

    For parents and educators wondering how to prepare kids for an AI-shaped future. Covers what teens should actually learn now, how to spot real skill-building versus screen time, safe and creative ways young people can start using AI tools, and how these skills strengthen college applications. Jargon-free, aimed at parents with no technical background.

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