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Introducing the Association for Joteria Arts, Activism & Scholarship

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Forwarded from Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson:

Dear Comunidad,
On October 14 and 15, 2011, we took steps toward building an organization that brought together Jotería arts, activism and scholarship. After years of community dialogues and three Jotería conferences, which took place at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2007), California State University, Los Angeles (2008) and the University of Oregon (2010), the need for institutional spaces that support, affirm and manifest Jotería consciousness surfaced.

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Introducing the Association for Joteria Arts, Activism & Scholarship

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Forwarded from Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson:

Dear Comunidad,
On October 14 and 15, 2011, we took steps toward building an organization that brought together Jotería arts, activism and scholarship. After years of community dialogues and three Jotería conferences, which took place at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2007), California State University, Los Angeles (2008) and the University of Oregon (2010), the need for institutional spaces that support, affirm and manifest Jotería consciousness surfaced.

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Civil rights violations, violence, emerging from Alabama

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As Alabama continues to enforce the harshest immigration law in the land, faith, civil rights, and Hispanic group leaders came to Capitol Hill today to ask lawmakers to put an end to the “man-made humanitarian crisis” unfolding in the state. Telling stories of racial profiling, harassment, violent thefts, assault, threat of murder, and worse, the … Read more

New Fire: Cherrie Moraga seeks support for new Cihuatl Productions

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Querida veterana Cherrie Moraga and her amazing colleagues are halfway to raising $26,500 for a new Cihuatl Productions Theatre Project – please support it at Kickstarter A World Premiere Play:  NEW FIRE – To Put Things Right Again Written and Directed by Cherríe Moraga Designed by Celia Herrera Rodríguez From the website: After a fifteen-year … Read more

JOB: Latino Studies & English, Cornell University

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The Cornell University Latino Studies Program and the Department of English invite applications and nominations for a tenure-track assistant professor (beginning or advanced) to begin July 1, 2012, with a focus on U.S. Latino/a literatures and cultures. Candidates should be able to teach across the broad spectrum of U.S. Latino/a and American literatures as well … Read more

FELLOWSHIP: Dissertation research in Latin America & Caribbean

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IAF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States. Fellows must be U.S. citizens or citizens of the independent Latin American countries. Proficiency in the language(s) appropriate to the research proposal is required. Awards are based on … Read more