Call for Submissions: Chicana/Latina Testimonios….

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Equity and Excellence in Education Special Issue Chicana/Latina Testimonios: Methodologies, Pedagogies, and Political Urgency Guest Editors: Dolores Delgado Bernal, Rebeca Burciaga, and Judith Flores Carmona The genre of testimonios has deep roots in many oral cultures and in Latin American human rights struggles. The publication of Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios (2001) almost a … Read more

MALCS 2011 Los Angeles Call for Papers

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New Online Submission form available here now! (now closed)

Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
Summer Institute
California State University, Los Angeles
August 3-6, 2011

Against Fear and Terror:  Una Nueva Conciencia Sin Fronteras

MALCS is a “national organization of Chicanas/Latinas and Native American women working in academia and in community settings with a common goal: to work toward the support, education and dissemination of Chicana/Latina and Native American women’s issues.”  The theme this year aims to foreground the academic and activist endeavors contesting the current framing of citizenship and belonging through binaries such as immigrant/non-immigrant that ignore lived relationship, histories and transformative practices in rights-based struggles.

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Save Ethnic Studies

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The struggle to SAVE ETHNIC STUDIES in Arizona crosses state and national borders! Scholars and activists in Chicana/o Studies recognize that attacks on immigrants and attacks on learning about our history equal attacks on our hearts and minds! (See the website for great visuals, videos, and more about the landmark Arizona case: https://www.saveethnicstudies.org/) Outraged at … Read more

MUJERES TALK: L.A. Supporters of Ethnic Studies Gather

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We are pleased to offer the third post in our new series, Mujeres Talk: Mujeres & Migration. This entry is from The Los Angeles Committee to Support Ethnic Studies (LACSES) and The National Association for Chicana & Chicano Studies (NACCS): As you may know, Arizona has been passing laws that affect Chicana/os and their extended … Read more

Plan ahead: MALCS Writing Workshops at Summer Institute

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Having trouble carving out space for writing? Need some inspiration and incentive? Get ready for the annual MALCS Writing Workshops, coming this August at the 2011 MALCS Summer Institute at CSULA. Finish that scholarly article by May 15, 2011, renew your MALCS membership, and you will be ready to participate in the most successful writing … Read more

MUJERES TALK: Y las mexicanas migrantes, ¿cuándo?

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We are pleased to offer the second post in our new series, Mujeres Talk: Mujeres & Migration. In this entry, Gloria González-López reflects on the unique social contexts and circumstances surrounding Mexican immigrant’s women  journeys. “Compañera, tenga cuidado, what you are suggesting has the risk of dividing our immigrant communities and families.” The above comment … Read more