“César Chávez gave a voice to poor and disenfranchised workers everywhere,†said President Obama. “La Paz was at the center of some of the most significant civil rights moments in our nation’s history, and by designating it a national monument, … Read More
The inaugural Women of Color in the Academy (WCA) Conference will be held on April 3-5, 2013, hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The conference will focus on Issues of Politics and Scholarship, and will feature keynotes by Professor … Read More
Many in California are disappointed at Governor Jerry Brown for his veto of two labor rights bills, including the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights (AB889) and the Trust Act. The Trust Act would have  provided the state’s undocumented immigrants some protection … Read More
So a group of 24 linguistic scholars have joined the effort to remove the term “illegal” immigrant from our national vocabulary.  The progressive magazine ColorLines launched a campaign late last year to “Drop the I Word” after a series of articles … Read More
In September 2012, I and my research partners from Arizona State University hosted a Community Forum in South Phoenix to report back to this community the preliminary results of our research. The room at the community center was almost full. A … Read More
CALLING ALL ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS AND SCHOLARS The Association for JoterÃa Arts, Activism and Scholarship (AJAAS) Invites proposals for our 1st National Conference: “We Speak for Ourselves: Decolonizing Nuestr@s Conciencias, Cuerpos, La Tierra y El Alma†October 19-21, 2012 University of New … Read More
