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Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
Summer Institute
California State University, Los Angeles
August 3-6, 2011

Against Fear and Terror:  Una Nueva Conciencia Sin Fronteras

MALCS is a “national organization of Chicanas/Latinas and Native American women working in academia and in community settings with a common goal: to work toward the support, education and dissemination of Chicana/Latina and Native American women’s issues.”  The theme this year aims to foreground the academic and activist endeavors contesting the current framing of citizenship and belonging through binaries such as immigrant/non-immigrant that ignore lived relationship, histories and transformative practices in rights-based struggles. [Read more…] about MALCS 2011 Los Angeles Call for Papers

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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