A Brief Timeline of MALCS Events by Historian Cynthia Orozco

1972­ – Cecilia Burciaga wrote a proposal for a National Chicana Foundation in Washington D.C.

Winter 1981 РAntonia Casta̱eda (Stanford) and Ada Sosa-Riddell (UC Davis) discussed the lack of Chicana courses.

January 20 April 4, 1982 – UC Davis organized the “Chicana Lecture Series” in honor of Magdalena Mora with nine speakers.

June 4-5, 1982 Chicana Academic issues Conference, Part 1 held at UC Davis, attended by eight undergraduates, nine graduate students, one staff member, and six professors.

1982­ – Declaración de MALCS is written.

1983 – Chicana Academic Issues Conference. Part II held.

1983­ – MALCS meetings began on a formal basis.

January 1984 – UC Davis produced the first MALCS newsletter.

1984 -­ Discussion of a research institute began.

November 1984 – 150 persons subscribed to MALCS newsletter.

May 7, 1985 – Ada Sosa-Riddell, Deena González, and Elisa (Linda) Facio wrote the proposal for the “Chicana Summer Institute. Planning Session.”

1985 – Trabajos Monográficos, the MALCS working paper series began. The editorial board consisted of Antonia Castañeda, Alma Garcia, Clara Lomas, Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell and Lenora Timm.

August 16-17, 1985 – Workshop/meeting held in Pomona to write a proposal for a research center and the first Chicana/Latina Summer Institute. A 17 page+ document was produced.

1986 РFirst MALCS Summer Research Institute at UC Davis. Representatives from Mexico attended. Emma P̩rez wrote summary of the event for La Red.

July 24, 1986 – MALCS By­Laws were written.

Spring 1987­ – Women’s Unit, Chicano Studies Research Center sponsored the first MALCS organizational meeting in Southern California at Pomona.

July 27, 1987­ – First printed by­laws of MALCS made available to members.

1987 – 2nd MALCS institute at UC Davis. Theme: Ethics. Dolores Huerta, Ana Nieto Gómez, and Cherrie Moraga were plenary speakers. Constitution revised. Ideological debate over the goals and objectives of MALCS.

1988­ – Yolanda Lopez developed the MALCS logo.

July 20-­23, 1988 – 3rd MALCS institute at UC Davis. Theme: Beyond Stereotypes. Deena González was a plenary speaker on sexuality.

1988­ – Chicana Studies Policy work group formed.

March 20, 1989­ – Margarita Melville (UC Berkeley) and Ada Sosa-Riddell wrote “Preliminary Proposal Submitted by Chicana Policy Issues Workshop.”

April 1, 1989­ – MALCS sponsored a meeting at NACS to discuss a Chicana Studies journal.

June 27, 1989 – Angie Chabran at UCLA and UC Davis members protested the depiction of Mexican women in a film by a UCLA student.

August 16-­20, 1989 – 4th MALCS institute at Santa Clara, California. Theme: Achieving Education & Equity. First conference outside of UC Davis. Organized by Alma Garcia and Martina Valdez. 80 attended, of whom 61 were undergraduates, many of whom were able to attend due to funding efforts by Margarita Melville. Members of the Latina Leadership Network attended.

August 1989 – 400 persons subscribe to MALCS Newsletter.

August 3-­6, 1990 – 5th MALCS institute at UCLA. Organized by Angie Veyna, Chicana/Latina Studies, Office, Chicano Studies Research Center. Theme: Conflict and Contradiction. First conference outside of Northern California.