Yovani Flores participated in Tucson’s Save Ethnic Studies Cinco de Mayo event featuring with Dr. Ana Castillo to support students, attend the public readings of two of Castillo’s banned books and learn from the Saturday writing workshop led by Dr. … Read More
This presentation supported Dr. Revilla’s remarks at the 2011 MALCS Summer Institute Plenary at Cal State Los Angeles. Anita Revilla is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada where she serves as Director of Women’s Studies. Revilla is a past Chair … Read More
A Message from MALCS Member Alvina Quintana: Subject: Superintendent Huppenthal, Stop attacking Mexican American Studies & reinstate TUSD’s MAS program Hello MALCS Members and Friends, Huppenthal has eliminated a successful Mexican American Studies in Tucson Unified School District, and is … Read More
It’s a week since the 2012 El Mundo Zurdo Conference at UTSA. I feel a rejuvenated sense of purpose about my work, my heart is full, and my mind and soul inspired. I sat at my desk working on an … Read More
Back home from another stimulating gathering of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa, a conference held every 18 months at the University of Texas at San Antonio, hosted and sponsored by the Women’s Studies Institute. Kudos to Professor … Read More
Last week, the U.S. State Department announced that it would not return a girl adopted from Guatemala in 2008, even though courts there found that she had been kidnapped. The child’s mother, working with Fundación Sobreviventes (a feminist group that works on … Read More
This past academic year, I have served as the Women Studies liaison to the Women’s Center on my university campus. In this capacity, I had the privilege of working with work-study students on a variety of issues, one of … Read More