Obama dedicates Cesar Chavez National Monument at Keene, CA
“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 …
Telling
I deliberated over the topic of my first blog for Mujeres Talk this fall 2012. I wanted to pick something big—both central to the upcoming election and …
Conf: Women of Color in the Academy, Apr 2013 (UI Urbana-C)
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. …
California update: losses for domestic labor, undocumented immigrants
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) …
“Illegal” is NOT a neutral term, linguists say
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 …
Community-Based Research: Reporting Back
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 …
We Speak for Ourselves: “Decolonizing Nuestr@s Conciencias, Cuerpos, La Tierra y el Alma”
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: …
Mujeres Talk: Welcome to MALCS and Mujeres Talk!
We are happy to count you among our members and supporters. We are a national organization of Chicanas, Latinas (including Afro-Latinas and Asian-Latinas) and Indigenous …
CFP: Keeping our Faculty of Color Symposium
From Rusty Barcelo: Transforming Our Institutions: Advancing Inclusive Excellence Among Faculty in Higher Education Keeping Our Faculty of Color VI April 14-16, 2013 The University …