Announcements

MALCS Summer Institute Call for Performers

May 16, 2012May 11, 2012 by la Webjefa

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Monday, May 21, 2012 This yearâ€™s Summer Institute will be hosted at the University of California Santa Barbara, July 18-21, 2012. MALCS, in collaboration with the UCSB site committee, seeks performers for the Summer Instituteâ€™s Noche de … Read More

Scholarships for Immigrant Youth in New York

May 7, 2012May 7, 2012 by Theresa Delgadillo

The New York State Youth Leadership Council is the first undocumented youth based and youth based organizationÂ that empowers immigrant youth to stop being afraid of their undocumented immigration status and challenge the broken immigration system through leadership development, grassroots organizing, educational advancement, and a safe space for self-expression.

We are proud to announce that 2012 will be the fifth year the NYSYLC Awards Program will provide monetary support to youth, regardless of their immigration status, who aspire to continue their higher education, being active in the immigrant rights movement and wish to continue their commitment in the coming years.

Eligibility:

* Currently a graduating high school senior residing in the NY state area planning to attend college in the fall of 2012, or a student attending college in New York (priority given to undergraduate students)

Vendors Welcome at Summer Institute!

May 14, 2012May 7, 2012 by Theresa Delgadillo

The Summer Institute Site Committee is accepting applications from academic departments, non-profits, artists, publishing houses and others interested in vending at the womenâ€™s marketplace to be held July 19-21, 2012 at Storke Plaza on the UCSB campus. If you are … Read More

From the Windy City Times

March 29, 2012 by guest

Latina filmmakers on companies, movie projects by Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times 2012-03-28 Linda Garcia Merchant has been making films for the last six years and with her latest productions, Thresholds and The A Word, she covers two controversial … Read More

The Border Book Festival April 19-22 in Mesilla, New Mexico

February 9, 2012 by Theresa Delgadillo

PRESS RELEASE CONTACT Denise ChÃ¡vez The Border Book Festival 575-523-3988 moc.lavitsefkoobredrobobfsctd@fbb THE SHAMANIC JOURNEY/LA JORNADA CHAMÃNICA 2012. Â Year of Healing and Transformation. Â The Completion of a 26,000 year cycle according to the Mayan and Aztec calendars. Â The Border Book Festival … Read More

2012 Summer Institute @UC Santa Barbara July 18-21

March 4, 2012January 23, 2012 by la Webjefa

Secretary Judith Flores Carmona and the Executive Board have recently announced that this year’s Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) Summer Institute will be at UC Santa Barbara, July 18-21, 2012. Nos vemos por ahi! Renew your membership … Read More

Introducing the Association for Joteria Arts, Activism & Scholarship

November 24, 2011October 28, 2011 by la Webjefa

Forwarded from Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson:

Dear Comunidad,
On October 14 and 15, 2011, we took steps toward building an organization that brought together JoterÃa arts, activism and scholarship. After years of community dialogues and three JoterÃa 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 JoterÃa consciousness surfaced.