Welcome to the new public blog space of MALCS:Â Mujeres Talk
This site represents our renewed effort to be a space where Chicanas and Latinas can address issues of concern to ourselves and our multiple communities. Â Mujeres Talk will be a public space from which we can make our voices heard, exchange ideas, disseminate information, collaborate and participate in social change. Â We are each responsible for our own posts and responses, but we ask all participants to act with respect and consideration for each other in blog discussions. Individual views expressed on this site are just that, individual views. Â Any official positions or views of the MALCS organization will be expressly indicated by its officers.
Please submit to Mujeres Talk.  Your submission might be a reflection, a report on events or discussions in your local area on current events, a brief meditation on your research, a story, a poem – in short, the content is up to you.  We ask bloggers to submit entries of 500 words, but we will not object if you are moved to write more or slightly less.
The series is currently edited by MALCSista Theresa Delgadillo. Â If you would like to contribute to the current theme, or suggest another, please drop her a line at Theresa@malcs.org/archive-2017. Â We look forward to hearing from you!
We hope that each submission will open a space for MALCS members and followers to dialogue about how we can all more effectively intervene now in movements and discussions that affect our communities, and to support each other in our individual local efforts. Â Your submission will also be archived on our site for future reference.
We also hope you will join the discussion by simply leaving a comment in the Comment Box below each post. Comments may not appear immediately, but will be posted as soon as possible.
Mujeres and Migration
We open Mujeres Talk with a focus on the issue of migration as it impacts or affects women throughout the hemisphere.  Given the recent passage of SB1070 in Arizona and the emergence of similar political and legislative projects around the country, this issue is a pressing one.  This past summer our compañeras in Arizona held an Arizona MALCS Summer Institute focused on SB1070, Ethnic Studies, Dream Act and Labor Issues. We invite you to join in this continuing discussion.
MUJERES TALK:
Los Angeles Supporters of Ethnic Studies GatherÂ
Jan 24, 2011
As you may know, Arizona has been passing laws that affect Chicana/os and their extended communities. One law in particular (HB2281) was put into effect this January 1, 2011 that outlaws La Raza Studies. The Tucson School district has a fully developed K-12 La Raza Studies that is graduating over 80% of its students. Other schools districts in Arizona that don’t have La Raza Studies mirror the rest of nation’s drop out rate of over 50%. It is obvious that when our children are taught critical thinking skills and are presented with a broader view of history and society they are engaged to the point of graduating and work towards higher education. This law HB2281 will force the Tucson school district to stop teaching La Raza studies despite their success.
MUJERES TALK:
Y las mexicanas migrantes, ¿cuándo?
By Gloria González-López
Jan 24, 2011
“Compañera, tenga cuidado, what you are suggesting has the risk of dividing our immigrant communities and families.â€
The above comment is my paraphrase of the concerned voice of a highly committed community activist, a Mexican man I met more than a decade ago as I completed my doctoral studies in Los Angeles. Back then I was trying to engage in a conversation with him and other activist men about my ongoing research with immigrant women.
MUJERES TALK:
Mujeres, Migration & Arizona’s SB1070: Codifying Patriarchy and White Privilege
By C. Alejandra Elenes
Jan 19, 2011
There should be no doubt that patriarchal and white supremacy and privilege are the ideological underpinnings of anti-immigrant legislation and policy in Arizona. ….