Historical Timelines

Historical Timeline

Timeline of MALCS — Timeline graphic reprinted from News from Nepantla, UCSB Chicano Studies Newsletter, Fall 2011, No. 5. Thank you to Aida Hurtado, Jessica Lopez Lyman, and William Calvo-Quiros.

A Brief Timeline of MALCS Events by Historian Cynthia Orozco

1972

January 1, 1972

Cecilia Burciaga wrote a proposal for a National Chicana Foundation in Washington D.C.

October 1, 1981

October 1, 1981

Antonia CastaÃ±eda (Stanford) and Ada Sosa Riddell (UC Davis) discussed the lack of Chicana courses.

January 20, 1982 to April 4, 1982

January 20, 1982

UC Davis organized the â€œChicana Lecture Seriesâ€ in honor of Magdalena Mora with nine speakers.

June 4-5, 1982

June 4, 1982

Chicana Academic issues Conference, Part 1 held at UC Davis, attended by eight undergraduates, nine graduate students, one staff member, and six professors.

1982Â

August 26, 1982

DeclaraciÃ³n de MALCS is written.

1983

May 1, 1983

Chicana Academic Issues ConferenceÂ -Â Part II held.

1983

August 26, 1983

MALCS meetings began on a formal basis.

1984

August 15, 1984

Discussion of a research institute began.

November 1984

August 15, 1984

150 persons subscribed to MALCS newsletter.

January 1984

August 15, 1984

UC Davis produced the first MALCS newsletter.