Featuring lectures, book talks, community gatherings, and symposia that showcase the research and scholarship of our community.
View our full LRC Fall 2025 Event Calendar here!
"The Soul - The Spirit is My Altar" with Martha Moreno Vega
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
"Espiritismo - Honoring Ancestors and African American Sacred Thought and Practice: The Continuum"
This presentation will focus on both research woven with actual lived experience of Martha Moreno Vega's family. Their fortitude in protecting their spiritual practices as systems of memory, knowledge, and survival have survived in a multiplicity of locations including Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean Islands and urban areas in the United States. This presentation will take place at the Alumni House, Toll Room at the UC Berkeley campus from 4-6pm.
For more information, please go to the link: The Soul - Spirit is My Altar
"Dia de los Muertos"
Thursday, October 30, 2025
We invite you to be a part of our vibrant "Día de los Muertos" celebration as we honor and remember our loved ones, while coming together as a community to share culture, tradition, food, and reflection.
We will be screening a documentary film by Chicana queer filmmaker Lourdes Portillo, "La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead" (1988, 51 mins.)and sharing pan dulce y chocolate caliente together.
Be sure to RSVP, and forward this event to peers who may be interested in attending. We look forward to seeing you there!
RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/xbbiLesusjvwnaAb8
"Celebrating Chicana Legacy Codices"
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Join us for "Celebrating Chicana Legacy Codices: Tlacuila Visions," a special event honoring the artistic, cultural, and historical contributions of Chicana creators. Come connect with community and explore powerful expressions of legacy and identity. The event will be held at Galeria de la Raza, in San Francisco, CA, from 1 pm-3 pm. Stay tuned for more information.
End-of-Semester "Latinx Posada"
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Join us for our End-of-Semester "Latinx Posada," a festive gathering to celebrate the holiday season, honor our Latinx traditions, and close out the semester together in community. Enjoy good food, music, and good conversation! The event will be held at the LRC from 4 pm to 6 pm. Stay tuned for more information.
Welcoming Reception
Thursday, October 2, 2025
This event took place at the LRC, in which we reconnected after summer break and welcomed back our Latinx alums, students, and the broader campus community, celebrating and strengthening our community! We also presented the FMURF recipients for the current academic year. The reception was held at the LRC from 4 pm to 6 pm.
"Tailgate" at the LRC
Saturday, October 4, 2025
In partnership with the Chicanx Latinx Studies Program and the Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association Bay Area Chapter, we held a tailgate at the LRC to cheer on our California Golden Bears as they took on the Duke Blue Devils in our annual Homecoming football game. We fired up the grill and offered a selection of refreshment options for everyone to enjoy! The tailgate was held a the LRC from 3-7 pm.
"Lorena Gutierrez & The Fight to End Feminicide in Mexico"
Monday, October 6, 2025
In partnership with the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley's School of Law, we held a screening of a sneak preview of a new documentary by Colectiva Varinia, featuring Dawn Valadez and Rodrigo Reyes. The event featured a conversation between Lorena Gutiérrez, an extraordinary mother fighting to end violence against women and girls, and Omar Gómez Trejo, the former Special Prosecutor for the Ayotzinapa case. The event was held at the LRC from 4-6 pm.
