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MALCS Webjefa job position

MALCS Webjefa job position

MALCS seeks a volunteer webjefa to manage our website (www.malcs.org/archive-2017). The Webjefa is appointed by the Executive Committee, is a member of the Coordinating Committee, and serves for 3 years with possibility of reappointment.

 

Primary responsibilities

*Maintain, update, and manage the MALCS website. Specifically, the Webjefa will:

  • Perform regular maintenance including updating specific webpages as needed, deleting outdated content, and adding new content as directed by the Executive Committee.
  • Look for and fixes errors, repairs broken links, making certain that all pages are correctly formatted, and other basic upkeep.
  • Create new webpages as directed by the Executive Committee that may include forms, menus, tables, frames, graphics, and other elements as needed.
  • Maintain the website structure and organization including backing up the website, deleting unused files and organizing directories.
  • Make recommendations for design changes to the website as needed

 

*Serve on the organization’s Communications Team with the MALCS Chair-­‐elect and the Administrative Coordinator.

  • The Communications Team is tasked to develop and recommend to the Executive Committee a strategic and implementation plan to ensure a stable and vibrant community employing communication technologies.

 

*Coordinate Chicana/Latina Studies journal webpage updates with the Lead Editor(s) or her/their designee.

 

Skills, Knowledge and Experience Desired

  • Webpage design experience and knowledge of good web design (including accessibility)
  • Website maintenance experience
  • Familiarity with WordPress platform or other comparable platforms
  • Ability to communicate technical information to a non-­‐technical audience
  • Ability to take direction and work following feminist principles
  • Ability to work independently and organize workflow efficiently

Other Requirements

  • Your own computer with necessary software and hardware
  • Attendance at monthly virtual meetings with Coordinating Committee

Work Location: Anywhere

Time Commitment: 3-­‐4 hours/week on average, with 8-­‐10 hours during membership drives and lead up to annual Summer Institute

Application packet

  • Letter of interest which includes information on past webjefa experience
  • Resume
  • Webpage portfolio

 

Please send application materials to Dr. Nohemy Solórzano-­‐Thompson, Communication Committee Chair (nohemy@malcs.org/archive-2017) with the subject line WEBJEFA APPLICATION – “your last name”

 

Application review begins June 16th; open until filled.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: MALCS Writing Workshop @ 2014 SI (July 30- Aug 2)

 

Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social invites your participation in the Writing Workshop at the 2014 MALCS Summer Institute at Northern New Mexico College.

 

One Writing Workshop will be held this summer:

1) The Academic Article, July 30 and Aug. 1

BOTTOM LINE: The deadline for submission for the Academic Article is postmark June 25, 2014.

WHEN: July 30 at 2:00-4:00 p.m. and Aug. 2 at 8:00-10:00 a.m.

Participants may arrive on Tuesday July 29, but must contact the Site Committee to arrange housing.

FOR QUESTIONS: Contact Karen Mary Davalos ude.umlobfsctd-364eca@solavadk

WHAT FOR: Feminist collaboration for publication!

 

The Writing Workshop is one of the Journal’s formal methods of creating a feminist editorial process. Following the spirit and mission of MALCS, the journal’s editors offer the workshop in order to energize through collaboration, programmatically link scholarship and leadership, and institutionalize mentorship. Participants bring their work-in-progress and depart with clear recommendations for meeting criteria of Chicana/Latina Studies, specific direction about revision, and first-hand knowledge about our feminist editorial production process.

To create an intellectual community, prior to the workshop, participants read and commented on the material of the other writers. Attending both two-hour sessions (the first on Weds. July 30, and the second on Friday Aug. 2) is required.

 

WHY: It really works!

Past participants who have been published in the journal are: Dora Ramirez-Dhoor (5:1), Rosalia Solorzano Torres (5:1), Ann Marie Leimer (5:2), Patricia Trullijo (6:1), Carmelita “Rosie” Castañeda (7:2), Marivel Danielson (7:2), M. Bianet Castellanos (8: 1 & 2), Rosa Furumoto (8: 1 & 2), Irene Mata (10:2), Ella Diaz (11:1), Marci R. McMahon (11:1) and more!

 

WHO: The editors encourage applications from writers at all professional levels, including tenured or mid-career professors.

Due to the goals of the workshop, we cannot accept submissions of dissertation chapters. Dissertation chapters are not suited for the workshops since the dissertation style, genre, and goals are distinct from those of the academic article. Ideally, graduate schools and faculty should offer the type of mentorship offered in MALCS Writing Workshops. Facilitators of the workshop strongly urge dissertation writers to demand, negotiate, and mobilize for such support.

 

HOW MANY: The workshop has space for 8 participants, who must register for the Summer Institute and be current MALCS members. Proof of membership is required.

 

FINE PRINT: Acknowledge the labor of others who assist your development.

Although participation does not guarantee publication, the information and experience facilitates the submission and double-blind-peer review process. Our track record speaks for itself—see above partial list of workshop participants who have been published in the journal.

Although MALCS supports the publication activities in other venues, it cannot misappropriate the labor of its editors. Therefore, participants are required to sign an agreement that guarantees the journal’s Right of First Review of the material developed through the workshop. The agreement allows authors to compensate participants and editors for their labor and guarantees that the author will formally submit the work to Chicana/Latina Studies for consideration of publication. It also requires the author to acknowledge the assistance of the participants if the work is published elsewhere. The Right of First Review is understood as an aspect of feminist practice, accountability, and leadership and scholarship.

 

HOW TO APPLY FOR

The Academic Article: A Writing Workshop

DEADLINE: Postmark of hardcopy package: June 25, 2014.

 

FOR QUESTIONS: Contact Karen Mary Davalos ude.umlobfsctd-2cde24@solavadk

WHERE: Postal and email of documents to

 

Dr. Josie Méndez-Negrete

University of Texas at San Antonio / Downtown Campus

501 West Cesar E. Chavez, DB 4.346

San Antonio, Texas 78207- 4415

 

Email: ude.astuobfsctd-8d483c@etergeNzedneM.enihpesoJ

 

WHAT TO SEND:

Please submit a cover letter describing the project and the author’s goals for publication (audience, timeline, etc.), the author’s contact information for various media and technology or the lead author’s contact information, and one copy of the scholarly article of 5,000 words or 25 pages (not including tables, notes, or references). All submissions must conform to the journal’s style (Chicago Manual of Style with in-text author-date system) and the text must be double-spaced.

 

Also send the package via email.

 

FOR QUESTIONS: Contact Karen Mary Davalos ude.umlobfsctd-46589f@solavadk

 

MALCS Summer Institute Pre-Conference Workshops (July 28-29, 2014)

For those wishing to further explore the uniqueness and cultural heritage of Northern New Mexico, Northern New Mexico College’s El Rito campus is offering heritage arts workshops prior to the conference, Monday July 28 and Tuesday July 29. Packages including class fee, meals and lodging are available at a special rate to Summer Institute attendees. Choose from the following:

Introduction to Weaving
Individuals will emphasis on shuttle techniques, block designing using dovetailing, Rio Grande multi-color bands.  Individuals will design a beautiful block pattern jerga rug.

Introduction to Spanish Colonial Woodworking
Individuals will learn gluing, sanding, and finishing. Individuals will show evidence of a fully completed project with a Spanish Colonial design.

Introduction to Retablos
Individuals will learn basic techniques that include development of skills for choosing appropriate wood; painting in the northern New Mexico tradition using homemade materials such as gesso and piñon varnish.

Rates
  •  Two day package deal:  $250.00 (Includes:  Class fee, meals and room (2 nights stay)
  • Three day package deal (for those arriving on Sunday, July 27):  $295.00 (Includes:  Class fee, meals for two days and room.

 

Updates and information about registration can be found here (Pre-Conference Heritage Arts Workshops)

MALCS 2014 Summer Institute- Call for Papers (SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: APRIL 7, 2014)

MALCistas,
The deadline to submit proposals for the 2014 MALCS Summer Institute has been extended! The new deadline is Monday, April 7. Please send proposals or questions to moc.liamgobfsctd-4c39c5@ocixemwen.4102sclam.
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
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Mapping Geographies of Self: Woman as First Environment (July 30th -August 2, 2014)

Northern New Mexico College //  Española, New Mexico

Call for Papers Announcement 

 Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) invites submissions for its annual Summer Institute to be held this year at Northern New Mexico College in Española, NM from July 30-August 2, 2014. This year’s theme is “Mapping Geographies of Self: Woman as First Environment.”  MALCS invites conference participants to submit proposals for papers, workshops, posters, and performances that relate to this year’s theme.

Española, New Mexico is ninety miles from Albuquerque to the El Rito campus of Northern New Mexico College. To the West is the Rio Grande; to the East are the Sandia and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges. These mountains cradle the entire route as it snakes North into the geographic landscape of northern New Mexico. Four sacred peaks mark this landscape, tracing P’o (water and time). Etched into the countless volcanic rocks surrounding the trails of the North are millions of images recording time immemorial –histories of the Old Ones and the Mother from whom they emerged. She is the origin; she is the first environment. While this concept is not particular to northern New Mexico, to the Southwest or to the Americas, it is a critical component of our experiences and our stories as Chicana, Afro-Latina, Asian- Latina, and Indigenous women.

Northern New Mexico has remained a rural and heavily agricultural area of the U.S. Southwest. Consequently, farming and sustainability are key elements of our lifeways. At the same time it has also engaged in the complexities of technological and health advances that have driven the U.S. economy. We are a sited people, whose spirit of place influences our work, our art, our communities, our lives. Attentive to Nambi Nava (our land), mind, body and spirit and carrying on the tradition of Las Vegas, New Mexico partera Doña Jesusita Aragón, we choose “Mapping Geographies of Self: Women as the First Environment” for the 2014 Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social Summer Institute theme. We bring together Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept “the geography of self” and Mohawk activist and mid-wife Katsi Cook’s “woman is the first environment.”

We invite proposals focused on, but not necessarily limited to, the following topics:

Agriculture

Health (physical and emotional)

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Health (STEM-H)

Trauma (physical and emotional)

Knowledge in the Digital Age

Education, Literacies, and Critical Pedagogies

Migration and Technology

Healing, Religion, Spirituality and Indigenous World Views

Access and Inequality

Identities, Hybridity, Intersectionality and Invisibility

Career Pathways

Power, Community, Social Activism and Decolonial Politics

Environmental Justice

Sustainability Practices

Latinas & Indígenas in Transnational and Global Contexts

Theater and Social Performance

Research Focused on Underrepresented Populations in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Health/Medicine

Gender, Sexualities, Queer and Trans Movements and Belonging

Support Networks and Best Practices

Interdisciplinary Work

 

All materials must be electronically submitted via email to: moc.liamgobfsctd-164087@ocixemwen.4102sclam

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: APRIL 7, 2014

Notifications of acceptance will be made by April 30, 2014
Questions about the submission process may be sent to: moc.liamgobfsctd-985797@ocixemwen.4102sclam

 

Proposals must include the following:
1) 100-word abstract suitable for publication in the conference program book

2) 250-word proposal narrative
Submissions for Panels must include proposals and abstracts for each paper
and the name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and affiliation of each participant
3) Audio/visual needs
4) Contact person’s name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and
affiliation (if applicable)

MALCS 2014 Summer Institute to be Hosted by Northern New Mexico College (July 30-Aug 2, 2014)

SI 2014 Savedate

Mapping Geographies of Self: Woman as First Environment

July 30th-August 2, 2014

Northern New Mexico College

Española, New Mexico

It is ninety miles from Albuquerque to the El Rito campus of Northern New Mexico College. To the West is the Rio Grande; to the East are the Sandia and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges. These mountains cradle the entire route as it snakes North into the geographic landscape of northern New Mexico. Four sacred peaks mark this landscape, tracing P’o (water and time). Etched into the countless volcanic rocks surrounding the trails of the North are millions of images recording time immemorial –histories of the Old Ones and the Mother from whom they emerged. She is the origin; she is the first environment. While this concept is not particular to northern New Mexico, to the Southwest or to the Americas, it is a critical component of our experiences and our stories as Chicana, Afro-Latina, Asian- Latina, and Indigenous women.

Northern New Mexico has remained a rural and heavily agricultural area of the U.S. Southwest. Consequently, farming and sustainability are key elements of our lifeways. At the same time it has also engaged in the complexities of technological and health advances that have driven the U.S. economy. We are a sited people, whose spirit of place influences our work, our art, our communities, our lives. Attentive to Nambi Nava (our land), mind, body and spirit and carrying on the tradition of Las Vegas, New Mexico partera Doña Jesusita Aragón, we choose “Mapping Geographies of Self: Women as the First Environment” for the 2014 Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social Summer Institute theme. We bring together Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept “the geography of self” and Mohawk activist and mid-wife Katsi Cook’s “woman is the first environment.” This framing will allow us to engage in conversations regarding agriculture, gender, sexuality, health (physical and emotional), sustainability practices, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Health (STEM-H) and trauma (physical and emotional). Within each of these subjects, there are myriad possibilities for exploration and discussion. We think of our identities as synergetic – like the braiding of air, land, water. As has been done for thousands of years, we will join the migrations of many; respect the places of emergence of all. With our voices, our bodies, our spirit, and our work, we will transform, inspire and empower one another. We look forward to working together as we develop the Summer 2014 Institute.

 

** Call for papers will be send out in Jan, 2014.   Keep an eye out!!!

 

 

Call For Nominations: 2013 MALCS Tortuga Award (July 10, 2013 Deadline)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2013 MALCS TORTUGA AWARD

History of Tortuga Award

The Tortuga Award originated in 2004 when Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) recognized the need to formally acknowledge the tremendous professional accomplishments and contributions of its members. Annually, this award is given to a MALCS member who has used her expertise, experience and commitment to support and advance the MALCS mission. The Tortuga Award is a token of appreciation for making MALCS a stronger organization.

Previous recipients include Ada Sosa-Riddell, Elisa Facio, Norma Alarcon, Inés Talamantes, Karen Mary Davalos, Lupe Gallegos-Diaz, Nancy “Rusty” Barcelo, and Gloria Cuádraz, scholars and administrators whose work has made a difference in their respective academic and administrative fields, whose work has cleared the educational path for many women of color, whose work established and stabilized MALCS.

Annually, there are two awards that are presented at our annual MALCS Institute. The first award acknowledging the work of a local person is nominated and determined by the Institute Site Committee.  The Site Committee determines the criterion for nomination. The second award acknowledges the work of a MALCS member and is determined by the Executive Committee. This year marks the second year for this nomination process.

Nominations for MALC Tortuga Award

Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) invites nominations for the 2013 Tortuga Award. The award recognizes the achievements, and contributions of members of MALCS. To ensure the special quality of the award, the nominee must be a member of MALCS. Nominations can only come from MALCS members.

The nomination must be limited to the nominee’s CV, a two-page letter of nomination describing how the candidate meets the criterion, and two additional letters of support written by other MALCS members.

To be considered for the Tortuga Award, nominating letters should speak to these criteria:

1. A commitment to interdisciplinary Chicana, Latina, Afro-Latina, Native American and Indigenous feminist scholarship, cultural productions, and activism (belief in the scholar-activist model).

2. A member’s history of involvement and significant contribution to the MALCS organization.

The deadline for nominations is July 10th. Please submit an electronic nomination packet (CV, nomination letter, and two letters of support) to Marivel Danielson, MALCS Membership Coordinator, at gro.sclamobfsctd-276f0f@leviram/archive-2017.

Questions regarding the process may be addressed to Lupe Gallegos-Diaz at gro.sclamobfsctd-71e4ef@epul/archive-2017.

Call for Nominations: MALCS Executive Committee Officer Elections

MALCS Executive Committee Officer Elections to be held at the 2013 Summer Institute

At this year’s Summer Institute, we will elect officers for four positions on the organization’s Executive Committee: chairperson elect, treasurer, recording secretary, membership coordinator. We will also be electing three at-large representatives for the Coordinating Committee. With the exception of the Chairperson-elect, who serves a three-year term (Chairperson-elect, Chair, Ex-Officio), all elected officers serve two-year terms.

We invite all members to participate in the elections this year and to consider running for office. MALCS needs your energy, talent, and skills! Given the considerable leadership experience among our membership, we hope that elections will showcase this wealth.

Currently, our Nominations Committee is composing a slate of candidates for the election. Members may also self-nominate. Below, please find descriptions for each of the positions up for election.

If you have any questions, you may contact any member of the Nominations Committee (Ella Diaz, Brenda Sendejo, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz, Monica F. Torres, Lupe Gallegos-Diaz) at: gro.sclamobfsctd-590f41@snoitanimon/archive-2017

If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please submit a statement of interest to Nominations Committee at gro.sclamobfsctd-2aca61@snoitanimon/archive-2017 by Monday, July 1, 2013. The statement should be one-paragraph introduction (no more than 250 words) and should articulate your interest in and qualifications for serving MALCS in this position.

Candidate statements will be distributed to members in advance of the Business Meeting at the 2013 Summer Institute at OSU.

 

MALCS Executive and Coordinating Committees: Position Descriptions

Chairperson-elect

Election to this position means a three-year commitment on the MALCS Executive Committee–as chair-elect, chair, and ex-officio. The Chairperson-elect shall

  • support the chair in the implementation of the policies and procedures of the organization;
  • assume the duties of the Chairperson, in the absence of the Chairperson;
  • in consultation with the webjefa and communications team, be responsible for making recommendations to the Executive Committee on editorial policy, publishing and functionality of the MALCS’ digital presence and for working with webjefa and communications team to assure implementation of said decisions;
  • be responsible for promoting MALCS’ digital publications and recruiting writers for those publications;
  • call a meeting of the Executive Committee for the purpose of determining whether the Chairperson is unwilling or unable to perform the duties of the Chair; such a meeting must be called in writing with no less than five (5) days notice, and only when the Chair-Elect has a good cause to believe that the Chairperson is unable or unwilling to perform the duties of the Chair;
  • assume the duties of Chairperson if so directed by the Executive Committee;
  • assume the office of Chairperson when the Chairperson’s term expires.

 

Treasurer

The Treasurer shall

  • in collaboration with the Administrative Coordinator, regularly review, report, and reconcile financial documents and statements for the organization;
  • in consultation with the Administrative Coordinator, advise and consult with the Executive Committee regarding budgetary constraints, financial policy, audits,  development strategies and activities;
  • make recommendations on all routine and non-routine financial matters;
  • review any items or requests with financial implications that are made to the National Office, Executive Committee and/or Coordinating Committee;
  • chair the Funds Development Committee;
  • in the absence of Chair, Chair-Elect, the Ex-Officio, the treasurer will facilitate meetings.

 

Recording Secretary

The Recording Secretary shall

  • keep the minutes of all regular and special meetings of the Executive Committee, Coordinating Committee, and national business meeting;
  • distribute minutes to the Executive Committee and the membership within (30) days after adjournment of each meeting;
  • in collaboration with the Chair, prepare the agenda for all meetings;
  • compile, organize, and deliver all documents to Administrative Coordinator and to the MALCS archives at UCLA;
  • collect and keep contact information on chapters, caucuses, officers and awards.

 

Membership Coordinator

The Membership Coordinator shall

  • conduct a yearly membership drive before the Summer Institute;
  • in collaboration the Communications Committee and Webjefa, be responsible for making recommendations to the Executive Committee on the uses and functionality of the listservs and email lists and other social media;
  • be responsible for maintaining moderation of public and member listservs;
  • work in consultation with webjefa to create and maintain the content of the MALCS website’s membership section;
  • serve as a liaison between MALCS Executive Committee and the Historian;
  • serve as a liaison between MALCS Executive Committee and chapters including soliciting reports and chapter activities for publication on MALCS website.

 

At-large Representatives

Representatives shall

  • be elected at the Summer Institute and serve two-year terms with staggered start dates and end dates to ensure office continuity;
  • attend the Summer Institute;
  • attend meetings of the Coordinating Committee scheduled at the Summer Institute;
  • recommend and organize workshops, panels, and themes for future institutes;
  • identify pertinent topics in relation to their special interest and regions;
  • prepare, report, and submit reports to Secretary;
  • submit announcements and items of interests from their region for publication on the MALCS website or other digital venues;
  • elected at-large representatives will train incoming at-large representatives in duties;
  • keep the chair and recording secretary informed of current contact information.