{"id":883,"date":"2011-10-28T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T16:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malcs.org\/archive-2017\/?p=883"},"modified":"2011-11-24T02:18:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T02:18:42","slug":"introducing-the-association-for-joteria-arts-activism-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2011\/10\/28\/introducing-the-association-for-joteria-arts-activism-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Association for Joteria Arts, Activism & Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forwarded from Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson:\"\"<\/p>\n

Dear Comunidad,
\nOn October 14 and 15, 2011, we took steps toward building an organization that brought together Joter\u00c3\u00ada arts, activism and scholarship. After years of community dialogues and three Joter\u00c3\u00ada conferences, which took place at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2007), California State University, Los Angeles (2008) and the University of Oregon (2010), the need for institutional spaces that support, affirm and manifest Joter\u00c3\u00ada consciousness surfaced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Association for Joter\u00c3\u00ada Arts, Activism and Scholarship (AJAAS) is intended to build on the ways of being and knowing of our communities by creating a space where Joter\u00c3\u00ada consciousness thrives. This organization will embody the interwoven nature of the arts, activism and scholarship. Recognizing the ways in which we move within and across multiple mediums, practices and disciplines, we are forging an organization capable of supporting its members in multiple formats and contexts.<\/p>\n

The meeting was hosted at the University of California-Berkeley. We are grateful for the generous support and hard work of our hosts, YQUE! (Young Queers United for Empowerment). We had an amazing gathering and accomplished a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n