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20th Annual John Perkins Lecture: April 21

Robert Chao Romero, UCLA professor, author, and 2026 John Perkins Lecture speaker

°µÍøTV welcomes , professor of Chicana/o & Central American Studies, UCLA, for the 2026 Perkins Lecture, “Migration as Grace,” on Tuesday, April 21.

He will speak at Chapel, 11 a.m., First Free Methodist Church (adjacent to campus) and at 7 p.m. in the FFMC's Fine Center for the 20th annual Perkins Lecture.

Dr. Romero’s scholarship explores the intersection of faith, history, and social change, with research spanning Latina/o Christianity, religion, and social movements, Chinese communities in Mexico, Asians in Latin America, and Chicano legal history.

He is the author of The Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity (2020) and Migration, Mission, and Ministry: An Introduction (2021).

Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2026