Upon returning to the ‘real world’ after a wonderful time spent with mujeres at UC Santa Barbara last week, I have been reflecting on how those few days at the MALCS Summer Institute can be transformative. I organized a workshop … Read More
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 need of updating. We spent approximately one … Read More
I liked your latest blog entry from Barcelona. Â Here’s a photo I took of an Argentinean restaurant in Amsterdam a couple of summers ago. Â I also have photos of restaurants in Sweden and Denmark, but none are called Chicano’s. … Read More
In Barcelona, Spain, while speaking with friends over lunch at a communal picnic table – switching from Spanish to English and back again – I heard the woman in the family sitting next to us say, in a whispered … 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
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
Dear Graduate and Undergraduate Students of MALCS, I write one last blog for the 2011-2012 academic year to offer some concrete advice about how to make the most out of the 2012 MALCS Summer Institute at U.C. Santa Barbara. I … Read More