Embracing Diversity:
Latino Immigration and the Transformation of American Society

The Embracing Diversity conference will take place Friday, October 13 and Saturday, October 14, 2006 at Harvard's Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, Belfer Case Study Room ( S020), which is located at 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA. The conference is open to members of the Harvard community and to the general public. Please contact diverse@wjh.harvard.edu with any questions and to RSVP so that we can save you a seat!

Hotels and Restaurants in Cambridge, MA

For information about hotels, restaurants and other places of interest around Harvard Square, please visit Harvard's Visitor's Guide.

Map of 1730 Cambridge St.

You may find a map of the location for the conference here.

Directions

By the T (Subway) from Logan Airport: 30-45 minutes, $1.25 (token required)

Take Silver Line bus from the Airport to the South Station. At SOUTH STATION, take the Red Line outbound ALEWIFE station train; HARVARD SQUARE is the fourth stop.

The T (Boston's subway system) may be the best way to get to CGIS from most places in the Greater Boston area. The Harvard Square stop on the Red Line is approximately 8 minutes from CGIS South by foot.

 

By walking from Harvard Square:

Leave Harvard Square Station and cross Massachusetts Ave. (also known as Mass Ave.). You'll see a tall fence - part brick, part wrought iron. Pass through one of the many gates and you'll find yourself in Harvard Yard (a large quad surrounded by brick buildings). You should be able to see the statue of John Harvard in front of a light gray granite building. If you face the statue and turn left, you'll see a gate at the far end of the Yard. If you pass through this gate, the Science Center (a modern building with several telescope domes on top) is in front of you. To your right will be Memorial Hall, a large brick building which has a striking copper and slate steeple complete with gargoyles. About 50 feet after exiting the gate, you should see a path on your right that runs behind Memorial Hall, which is guarded by black railings and parallel to a main street . Walk down this path, away from the yard, till you get to Quincy street, cross Quincy, and you will find yourself on Cambridge St. Keep
walking on Cambridge St. and you should see two new brick buildings on both sides of Cambridge St. The CGIS South building would be on your right.

By driving:

Parking

Before driving to Busch Hall (CES), you need to plan where you are going to park. If you don't plan ahead or don't have lots of time to search for a parking place, you will be very frustrated. Please consider parking someplace outside the Harvard campus area and take the T the rest of the way in.

Directions from Logan Airport

Follow signs to the Sumner Tunnel into Boston ($3 toll). Stay in the right hand lane. (The BIG DIG is a huge ongoing construction project. Downtown Boston is undergoing drastic changes as a major highway is routed underground and new bridges, overpasses, tunnels and detours proliferate.) Immediately as you leave the Sumner tunnel take the Storrow Drive ramp to Storrow Drive. Continue on Storrow Drive approximately 4 miles to Cambridge/Allston. Look for exit marked HARVARD SQUARE/CAMBRIDGE. Turn right at end of ramp onto John F. Kennedy Street. Harvard Square is approximately 1/2 mile straight ahead.

From North and South of Boston

Take I-93 to Storrow Drive exit. Continue on Storrow Drive approximately 4 miles to Cambridge/Allston. Look for exit marked HARVARD SQUARE/CAMBRIDGE. Turn right at end of ramp onto John F. Kennedy Street. Harvard Square is approximately 1/2 mile straight ahead.

From West of Boston

Take I-90 East (Mass Turnpike) to exit 18. (Cambridge/Allston). Bear right after toll booth at end of exit ramp. Turn left after lights (before the bridge) onto Storrow Drive. Take Cambridge/Allston exit (1/2 mile ahead) and turn right at end of ramp onto John F. Kennedy Street. Harvard Square is approximately 1/2 mile straight ahead.