“Latinx is just a word that is reaching for a better way to capture the diversity within Latinx cultures and Latinx people,” said professor Laura E. Pérez. “If it ends up largely becoming a homogenizing marketing tool, people may find a new term.” (AP photo by Stephen...
Stanislaus State will celebrate the 6th annual Day of the Dead event online on Monday, November 2, 6-9 pm. Please preregister here to receive a Zoom link! This digital event is organized in collaboration with the Chicana/o Studies program at CSU Channel Islands and...
Details: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I5FveXtaQzCCmqUNaiyrAw MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga in conversation with artist and scholar Amalia Mesa-Bains on the ofrenda in contemporary art at...
This past September, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and The Latinx research Center hosted a joint event inviting Roberto Lovato to speak on his latest novel Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas. Watch the...
UC Berkeley student Itzel Calvo Medina has spent the last six years advocating for her undocumented community across the state. Medina recently authored A Student Guide for Community Organizing. Illustrated by fellow immigrant rights organizer Maria Hu Wu, the guide...
Cristina Mora, professor of sociology at UC Berkeley, published an op-ed in Spanish on La Opinion about why the Latinx community must support the Black Lives Matter movement. Click the link below to read more her piece....
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https://www.dailycal.org/2017/04/16/civil-rights-activist-sylvia-mendez-speaks-berkeley-integration/