From MALCS Chair Monica F. Torres: Bylaws In 2010, the MALCS Executive Committee suspended the MALCS bylaws in order to engage in a major revision of the document. It became clear that the bylaws, last revised in 1991, were in … Read More
From MALCS Chair Monica F. Torres: Bylaws In 2010, the MALCS Executive Committee suspended the MALCS bylaws in order to engage in a major revision of the document. It became clear that the bylaws, last revised in 1991, were in … Read More
Some good sources analyzing the Supreme court Decision on S.B. 1070 “In Plain English” analysis of S.B. 1070 by Amy Howe at the SCOTUS blog “Ending the State of Exception? Critical analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling” by NACCS former chair … Read More
Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Arizona’s notorious SB 1070.  I was profoundly interested in the outcome not only because I am an Arizona resident and aware of the human rights implications if this law was … Read More
Chicana chingona playwright, poet, and essayist CherrÃe Moraga has announced a summer writing workshop as she “stays home” for the summer.  See complete info at https://www.cherriemoraga.com. Workshop Description: I am ‘staying home’ this summer and in that staying, invite writers … Read More
Members of the MALCS email lists received an overload of email messages Sunday afternoon, July 1, in an email snafu for which I am very sorry! Â I was updating the archives, and the old blogposts were accidentally sent off as … Read More
These remarks were delivered at the 2012 NACCS Conference Panel titled “Callin’ It Like It Is: Transforming Gendered, Sexual and Heteropatriarchal Violence in Chican@ Studies and Academic Institutions†Fear cannot simply be created from thin air. There … Read More