The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2017- (poetryny.com) is the fourth multilingual poetry festival and writers’ conference organized by poets and professors Carlos Aguasaco, Yrene Santos and Carlos Velásquez Torres. This year the festival will take place on October 4^th, 5^th and 6^th. The festival will feature sixty poets representing twenty-two countries and five languages.

Date:  July 17-20 2017

Location: The City College of New York, NY

The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2016 (poetryny.com) is the third multilingual poetry festival and conference organized by poets and professors Carlos Aguasaco (CCNY), Yrene Santos (CCNY) and Carlos Velásquez Torres (NMHU). This year the festival will take place on October 12, 13 and 14. The main venues are: Center For Worker Education CCNY, Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center, Consulate of Argentina in New York, and Instituto Cervantes NY.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Eighth Biennial Education and Science Forum will be jointly hosted by NOAA EPP/MSI 

The study of the historical ties between North America and Spain is of vital importance for the Social Sciences and Humanities. Furthermore, the present and future of its inhabitants is marked and defined by economic and cultural ties. Current trends in globalization cannot be understood or analyzed outside the framework of these connections.