MALCS Gathering
“Doing Work that Matters”: Bridging Letras y Cambio Social
November 6th and 7th, 2010
San Antonio, Tejas

Dear MALCista,

The MALCS Gathering launches an assessment of our organization as a national body to bridge all aspects of our organization and especially as we work to perpetually nurture and recognize the interconnection of academic labor and social activism. The MALCS Gathering entails a collective conduit through which we can explore new and existing strategies of bridging letras y cambio social.

In order to hold the gathering, the Executive Committee worked with The  Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa (SSGA) that graciously provided their final plenary session to MALCS in order to begin our discussion. This plenary opens up the MALCS Special Gathering to begin a series of discussions about MALCS and what we want it to become  (“Doing Work that Matters”: Bridging Letras y Cambio Social, A National MALCS Roundtable, Saturday, Nov. 6).

Then on Sunday, Nov. 7 at Trinity University we will have discussion of what chapters/regions are doing as well as continue discussion on ideas, concerns, and needs in order to develop an assessment of where and how to continue.

On Monday, Nov. 8 at UTSA we will have a two-hour meeting to develop operational plans.

Your contribution as a participant will be invaluable to our project as your work has been critical to the developing MALCS’ as a national organization that dreams and acts to the fluctuating political landscape.

Please read below for information about housing, travel, registration and renewing MALCS membership.

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Siempre,
Keta Miranda
Chair

Things to do:

1.  Membership -  PLEASE RENEW your membership:  form here in msdoc or pdf (also available at https://malcs.net/

Mail to:
MALCS  / ATTN: Lupe Gallegos
1404   66th Street
Berkeley, CA 94702

2. Hotel reservation
Accommodations can be found at Doubletree Hotel located across the street
from the University of Texas at San Antonio downtown campus. Some SSGA
break-out sessions will be held at Doubletree as well as vendors tables will
be found there.

Call or log-on now to reserve your room at Doubletree Hotel and be sure to
mention that you are with the SSGA conference for the special discounted conference rate.  502 West Durango, San Antonio, Texas, United States 78207
Telephone: 1-210-224-7155

3. Private Housing
The MALCS exec is working with the San Anto MALCS chapter for housing in
private homes.  More news soon.

4. Register for the SSGA conference – Get reg form here in msdoc or pdf

Please make check or money order payable to UTSA Women’s Studies Institute.  Mail to:

Carolyn Motley, Sr Admin Associate
UTSA Women’s Studies Institute
One UTSA Circle

San Antonio, TX 78249

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Chair Keta Miranda writes:

As MALCS defended immigrant rights, ethnic studies and domestic partners benefits in Arizona by cancelling our 2010 Institute in league with thousands of voices for justice, at the same time we committed our organization to support the incredible efforts of our Arizona colleagues. They have continued to focus on human rights and re-tooled their work to hold a MALCS Arizona State Conference illustrating the basic ideals of MALCS of bridging letras and cambio social.

Info for the State Conference that will be held from July 22 ­ 24, 2010 in Phoenix, Az is at their website (https://malcs.newcollege.asu.edu/) provides details of the agenda and workshops.

To enhance support to our Arizona compañeras, the conference will be on webcast! Additionally, the technology will allow for questions from a national audience to the presenters through real time on email. The Court hearing on the legality of SB 1070 underscores the urgency of the moment. The technological platform provides MALCS with the connections to mobilize support.

Stephanie Mendez adds:
the link for the Arizona MALCS Institute webcast page for national participants to join in the panel sessions. The website is https://live.asu.edu/2010/07/new-college-of-interdisciplinary-arts-sciences/.

Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social will still hold Writing Workshops in July 2010 via web-conferencing.

To maintain the journal’s momentum and it’s vital status as the only interdisciplinary Chicano or Latino studies journal of a professional organization, the editors have decided to hold the Writing Workshops in virtual space or via telephone conferencing.

We encourage applications from writers at all professional levels, including tenured or mid-career professors. Facilitators are mid-career scholars with robust publication records and nearly a decade in editorial work.

Two Writing Workshops are offered this summer:
1) Creative Writing, a workshop facilitated by Dr. Tiffany Ana Lopez, editor of creative writing
and
2) Scholarly Article, a workshop by facilitator Dr. Karen Mary Davalos, former editor of Chicana/Latina Studies. Lead Editor, Josie Méndez-Negrete will join the virtual discuss during the second session. [Read more…] about Update: Chicana/Latina Studies Writing Workshops, July 2010