El Pueblo Museum Hosts Talks On Gentrification

From El Pueblo History Museum: El Pueblo History Museum will host activist Andrea Merida as part of its Borderlands of Southern Colorado lecture series on Wednesday, November 14, at 6 pm at 301 N. Union Avenue.

Merida's talk, "Dispossession in the Borderlands," will cover the deep and broad roots of gentrification in the Southwest. With the introduction of H.R.6365—the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018—in the House of Representatives, a new call for an exploration of the methods of colonization is arising. Merida will draw correlations between the events surrounding Guadalupe Hidalgo and the current tenor of how gentrification impacts the descendants of the original indigenous people to this day.

Coffee and biscochitos will be served at 6 pm. The lecture will begin at 6:30 pm.

The Borderlands of Southern Colorado lecture series began on October 4 and will continue each week through November 14 to complement and expand on the stories in the museum's new Borderlands of Southern Colorado exhibit. All talks are free and open to the public. More information about the Borderlands of Southern Colorado exhibit and lecture series can be found at www.ElPuebloHistoryMuseum.org.

El Pueblo History Museum is located at 301 N. Union Avenue in the heart of historic downtown Pueblo. El Pueblo History Museum is open Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Current exhibits include Borderlands of Southern Colorado, Without Borders: Art Sín Fronteras, Children of Ludlow, and the Museum of Memory. For more information, call 719-583-0453.

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