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Upon returning to the ‘real world’ after a wonderful time spent with mujeres at UC Santa Barbara last week, I have been reflecting on how those few days at the MALCS Summer Institute can be transformative. I organized a workshop on Rasquache Technology and the excitement of the attendees was so palpable, I was inspired … Read more
Remembering this wonderful actress, Lupe Ontiveros.  By Mireya Navarro, from the NY Times (July 27, 2012) Lupe Ontiveros, a Mexican-American character actress who struggled through Hollywood typecasting to play memorable roles in television and film and become a model of perseverance for Latino actors, died on Thursday [July 26] in Whittier, Calif. She was 69. A … Read more
Muchisimas gracias to UCSB graduate student Ester Trujillo for spontaneously posting to our Facebook page this series of three daily reports from the Summer Institute (mirrored here with photos added). Ester is a graduate student in Chicana/o Studies who works in Salvadoran-American culture and identity formation; Latinas/os and new media; Pan-Latinidad, diasporas and globalization. … Read more
The second day of MALCS got started off bright and early as the cool sea breeze rolled onto campus. At 9:00 I walked over to make sure all the panels were set and ready to go with their individual technology requests and I ran into none other than Ana Nieto Gomez! I had one of … Read more
Arcelia Hurtado, Deputy Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, addresses the membership next to Martha Gonzalez (U Washington) and Stephanie Alvarez Martinez (UT Pan Am) at MALCS second plenary in UCSB’s Corwin Pavilion, titled “Technologies of Visibility: The Practice of Dialogo, Testimonio y Performance.” They were introduced by site chair Aida Hurtado. Table … Read more
By Ester Trujillo, UCSB Site committee As the first full day of the MALCS Summer Institute, I am happy to report that everything was absolutely incredible. The panels got started today at 9:00 in the morning and as Session 1 began, the excitement could be felt throughout the registration area. For the first time in … Read more
In 2010, the MALCS Executive Committee suspended the MALCS bylaws in order to engage in a major revision of the document. It became clear that the bylaws, last revised in 1991, were in need of updating. We spent approximately one year discussing and producing a draft. We presented that draft at the 2011 Institute where … Read more