Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social

Program schedule is here (pdf), at the Summer Institute page, with lots of details.   It’s not too late to register onsite – just get your nalgas to Salt Lake City!

Site chair Dolores Delgado Bernal writes:

Those of you coming to the MALCS Institute next week might be interested in these articles about the Mestizo Coffeehouse and Art Gallery where we will be holding our annual baile. The gallery is also hosting a month log exhibit with art work from local and national MALCS participants.

“Mixed Use: Mestizo Coffeehouse re-opens with a vision” in Salt Lake City Weekly

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The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, invites applicants for a position as tenure-track Assistant Professor with strong research experience in the field of political economy in the Americas. (more…)

UC SANTA BARBARA – CHICANA AND CHICANO STUDIES
ONE-YEAR VISITING PROFESSORS or LECTURERS 2008-09 (3 OPENINGS) (more…)

CALL FOR PAPERS!  Presumed Incompetent:
The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

Edited by: Grace Chang, Carmen G. González, Mary Romero, Yolanda Flores Niemann,
Angela Harris, and Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

We are soliciting academic papers written by academic women of color examining issues of racism, class bias, tokenism, and sexism. All contributions should explicitly address the question of socio-economic status/social class (both class privilege and class-based obstacles) and its intersections with race and gender. We welcome first person narratives and analytical papers that examine the underlying structural factors that perpetuate bias and exclusion as well as recommendations on how academic institutions might address these issues. Pseudonyms for authors are acceptable.

Submission Guidelines: Deadline for abstracts: August 1, 2008 (more…)

MAIZ: Movimiento de Accion, Inspirando Servicio
The Third Annual Frida Kahlo Fundraiser
Friday, July 25th
6:31pm-8:46pm
510 South First St SJ CA 95112
The Program:
* Silent Art Auction  * Tamales, Elotes  * Frida Award  * Frida Look A Like Contest  * Raffles
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Latin American and Latino Studies – Assistant Professor
The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, invites applicants for a position as tenure-track Assistant Professor with strong research experience in the field of political economy in the Americas. (more…)

A Knight to Remember
Honoring the life and vision of Yolanda Retter
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008
Time: 6pm-10pm
Place: 6304 TAHOE DRIVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90068
Donation: $50.00 per guest
Tickets: available through Paypal.com (send to: lesliestampler@gmail.com)
or send check payable to:
Yolanda Retter Memorial Fund c/o Leslie Stampler
6654 Sunnyslope Ave, Van Nuys CA 91401

Please join us at a beautiful home overlooking Lake Hollywood!
We’ll have dinner, music, comedy and silent auction (including unique items from Yolanda’s collection).
RSVP to: lesliestampler@gmail.com
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on
Latina/Chicana Mothering
Publication Date: Fall 2010
Editors: Dorsía Smith Silva and Janine Santiago

We are very excited to edit an interdisciplinary book on mothering in the Latina and Chicana communities.  We seek papers that examine the narratives, histories, practices, and theories of Latina and Chicana mothering as they reflect the realities and complexities of diverse perspectives.  Latina and Chicana mothering is a rich experience, which engenders a sense of identity, multiple viewpoints, and cultural orientations.  Here, the Latina/Chicana mothering experience seeks to provide a site for inquiry of those life histories and legacies, which have been marked by undergoing childbirth, raising children, or becoming mothers, as well as transatlantic mothers.  One of the main goals of this text will be to examine the complex representations of Latina and Chicana mothering and to address the space where Latina and Chicana perspectives are in many cases rendered invisible. (more…)