Mujeres Talk: Recent Raza Unida Party Commemorations: Chicanas Claiming a History of Progressive and Grassroots Organizing

Over the last three years there have been a spate of “reunion” and “commemoration” gatherings around major moments in the Chicano movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This past summer I attended two such gatherings in Texas, one in Austin and one in El Paso organized by raza in each place to reflect … Read more

Mujeres Talk: Notes from a Trans* Chicana/o Survivor

This is an excerpt from a plenary talk delivered at the 2011 MALCS Summer Institute at Cal State Los Angeles. Trans* is used here as a more inclusive and encompassing term for those who would be included under the umbrella term “transgender” but do not necessarily fully identify with the term. This term is being … Read more