la Webjefa Faced with the lingering war and unrelenting sectarian violence, [Iraqi] students by the thousands have been leaving campuses to return home or enroll at universities in other countries. Enrollment fell by more than half at some colleges in the past year alone, education officials said. Meanwhile, Iraqi professors continue to be targeted for assassination and … Read more
Estimad@s Colegas, Please take a look and consider using this in your courses, etc. Renee Saucedo’s piece on immigration enforcement violence against migrant women, Sylvanna Falcon’s piece on border violence against women (she introduces the term “militarized border rape,”) and Rosa Linda Fregoso’s piece on Juarez would add substantially to the discussion of gender, patriarchy … Read more
[Apologies for this late post; members should have received this note last year on the email list –webjefa]Â Dear MALCS Members and Allies: Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS is now accepting proposals for focused issues. In the future, proposals for focused issues are accepted at any time, but for the first open call, proposals … Read more
Rethinking Racial Classifications – An Education Department plan to change the way colleges collect and report data on their students’ racial and ethnic backgrounds is attracting growing criticism. MALDEF and the ACLU are challenging legislation passed in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas, that prohibits landlords from renting to undocumented immigrants. Oaxacan women and … Read more
December7: House Fails to Pass Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act. Yesterday, representatives tried to push the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act through the House, and failed. This bill would have required doctors to inform some women seeking an abortion that the fetus might feel pain. MORE Maternal and Child Health in Southeastern Pennsylvania A new … Read more
Professors Elma Gonzalez, Diana Marinez, Elvia Niebla and doctoral candidate Elisa Ruiz read excerpts from their essays in Norma Cantu’s recent book project, Flor y Ciencia: Chicanas in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Thursday, Nov. 16 on the UT San Antonio campus. Sponsored by the departments of Women’s Studies, English, Classics, & Philosophy, Gonzales is a … Read more
I just received the latest gorgeous copy of Chicana/Latina Studies featuring a cover image of Guatamaltecas demonstrating in the streets, and a preface by outgoing editor Alicia Partnoy. The Fall 2006 issue features articles on puertorriqueña filmmaker Frances Negron-Muntaner and the late Gwen Araujo, by Rosa Campos-Brito and Linda Heidenreich respectively, as well as poetry … Read more