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MALCS 2011 Los Angeles Call for Papers

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Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
Summer Institute
California State University, Los Angeles
August 3-6, 2011

Against Fear and Terror:  Una Nueva Conciencia Sin Fronteras

MALCS is a “national organization of Chicanas/Latinas and Native American women working in academia and in community settings with a common goal: to work toward the support, education and dissemination of Chicana/Latina and Native American women’s issues.”  The theme this year aims to foreground the academic and activist endeavors contesting the current framing of citizenship and belonging through binaries such as immigrant/non-immigrant that ignore lived relationship, histories and transformative practices in rights-based struggles.

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Save Ethnic Studies

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The struggle to SAVE ETHNIC STUDIES in Arizona crosses state and national borders! Scholars and activists in Chicana/o Studies recognize that attacks on immigrants and attacks on learning about our history equal attacks on our hearts and minds! (See the … Read More

MUJERES TALK: Y las mexicanas migrantes, ¿cuándo?

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We are pleased to offer the second post in our new series, Mujeres Talk: Mujeres & Migration. In this entry, Gloria González-López reflects on the unique social contexts and circumstances surrounding Mexican immigrant’s women  journeys. “Compañera, tenga cuidado, what you … Read More