Efrén Olivares’ memoir My Boy Will Die of Sorrow chronicles his work as an immigrant lawyer in South Texas braiding his own story as an immigrant with similar life experiences to that of his clients. Efrén is the Deputy Legal Director at Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project in McAllen, Texas.
September 28
Conversations with Efrén C. Olivares C’05 at Penn Carey Law
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Penn Carey Law School (3501 Sansom St.) Silverman 240B
September 29
Cafecito con Efrén C. Olivares C’05 (students and alumni)
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
La Casa Latina ARCH Building 3601 Locust Walk, Suite G-12 (Lower Level)
Dolores Huerta Keynote Lecture ft Efrén C. Olivares
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Huntsman Hall – 3730 Walnut St – JMHH G65
Listen the The PARK Podcast with Efrén Olivares.
Event Partners
Albert M. Greenfield Intercultural Center
Association of Latino Alumni
Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies
La Casa Latina
Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Immigration (CSERI)
The Huntsman Program of International Studies and Business
The Office of Social Equity and Community
Penn Carey Law
Penn First Plus Alumni
Penn Libraries Community Engagement Program
Penn Spectrum Programs
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) Program
SNF Paideia Program