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New book: Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana/ Latina, and Amerindian Women

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Congrats to Rose Mary Borunda and Melissa Moreno on their new book, Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian Women! At the heart of Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian Women are cultural narratives, trajectories toward decolonization offered by Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian women. The series of cultural narratives … Read more

New book: Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana/ Latina, and Amerindian Women

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Congrats to Rose Mary Borunda and Melissa Moreno on their new book, Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian Women! At the heart of Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian Women are cultural narratives, trajectories toward decolonization offered by Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian women. The series of cultural narratives … Read more

Deena J. Gonzalez promoted to Associate Provost

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History Professor Deena J. Gonzalez, Chair of Chicana/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University, and most recently Director of Faculty Development, has been promoted to Associate Provost at LMU. LMU Provost Joseph Hellige announced: “During the last year, we have been fortunate to have Dr. Deena González serving as Director of Faculty Development.  I am pleased … Read more

Understanding the Past and Shaping the Future of MALCS: the complete bylaws proposal

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New from the Executive Committee

2011-12 MALCS Chair Monica Torres, writing on behalf of the Executive Committee

Mónica F. Torres
2011-2012 MALCS Chair
Posted July 2012

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 we facilitated discussions during two workshops and the business meeting. We have spent the time since engaging in more discussions and revisions based on the feedback we received at the Institute.

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Mujeres Talk: Chicano’s in Amsterdam

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  I liked your latest blog entry from Barcelona.  Here’s a photo I took of an Argentinean restaurant in Amsterdam a couple of summers ago.  I also have photos of restaurants in Sweden and Denmark, but none are called Chicano’s. Catherine Ramirez is on the faculty at University of California, Santa Cruz and a member … Read more

Mujeres Talk: Latin@ in Spain?

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  In Barcelona, Spain, while speaking with friends over lunch at a communal picnic table – switching from Spanish to English and back again – I heard the woman in the family sitting next to us say, in a whispered voice, “son Latin@s.” She was referring to us, of course, answering what seemed to be … Read more