MALCS: Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
What it is
The 2009 institute
Past institutes
Chicana/Latina Studies: the journal of MALCS
Woodcut image at top of page by Nora Gonzalez Dodson is from the cover of Martha Cotera's groundbreaking 1977 work, The Chicana Feminist
The MALCS Summer Institute
The Summer Institute is the highlight of the year for MALCS regular members. Held on various member campuses since the first Institute at UC Davis in 1985, the event is a yearly reunion of Chicanas/Latinas and Native American women from all across the country. With lectures, workshops, seminars, and various social activities, the Institute is designed to challenge us intellectually by sharing work and ideas; it creates an informal space for socializing and networking, and offers a safe space to present early work for discussion and development. The institute is a unique and creative space from which we emerge energized and ready to engage the world again.
MALCS is open to all Chicanas, Latinas, and Native American women 
working
toward the support, education and dissemination of Chicana/Latina &
Native American women's issues. This includes faculty, staff,
graduate students, undergraduates, and community members. If
you are interested in joining us, please see our membership
page or drop
us a line. Please note that you must be a member in
order to attend the summer institute; you can register for both at the
same time, if necessary, though the fees are collected separately.
The 2010 institute...
Past Summer Institutes
| 2009 | The Border as Mirror: Negotiating the View From Here New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico Site Chair: |
| 2008 | Mujeres (Re)member: Creating Spaces of (Be)longing Across Latinidades and Indigenismas University of Utah, Salta Lake City Site Chair: Dolores Delgado Bernal |
| 2007 | Among Women, Between Nations Entre Mujeres,
Entre Naciones University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus August 2–4, 2007 Site chair: Eden Torres |
| 2006 | Transfronteras,
Geographies & Generations UC Santa Cruz, August 3-5 Site chair: Felicity Schaeffer Gabriel Site coordinators: Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel, Rosa-Linda Fregoso, Aida Hurtado, Pat Zavella, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Norma Klahn, Gabriela Arredondo, Catherine Ramírez, Rosie Cabrera, Roberta Valdez, Xochitl Chavez, Susy Zepeda, Sandra Alvarez, Cindy Bello, Elisa Huerta, Gloria Moran |
| 2005 | "Sabiduría
y Acción:" La Fuerza de las Mujeres UC Berkeley, August 4-7 Site chairs: Adriana Ayala & Cristina Perez Program in MSWord format (293kb) |
| 2004 | Cyber
Imaginaries: Decolonizing the Future August 6 - 8, 2004 Seattle, Washington Site chairs: Rusty Barcelo & Magdalena Fonseca Program in MSWord format (293kb) Site committee: Laura Avila, Crystil Barragan, Andrea Gamboa, Angela Ginorio, Gabriela Gutierrez y Muhs, Linda Heidenreich, Elizabeth Salas, Yvonne Sanchez, Anita Sitio, Cecilia Valenzuela |
| 2003 | Reflexiones
y Visiones: MALCS Building the Future August 10-13, 2003 San Antonio, Texas Site chairs: Norma Cantú & Gaye Okoh |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | ¡Activismo! Académicas, Artistas, Científicas
y más... August 2-5, 2001 California State University, Northridge Site chair: Mary Pardo |
| 2000 | University of California, Davis Site chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
| 1999 | Los Recuerdos del Porvenir/Remembrances of Things to
Come August 12-15, 1999 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Site chair: Rusty Barcelo & Carmen A.... Docs: Call for Papers |
| 1998 | University of California, Santa Cruz Site chair: Kathy Blackmer-Reyes |
| 1997 | Solidaridad: Collaborating Across Identities, Communities & Boundaries July 30-August 3, 1999 University of Colorado, Boulder Site chair: Elisa Facio |
| 1996 | California State University, San Diego |
| 1995 | Heterogeneity of Chicana Feminism: Problems and Possiblities August 16-19 University of California, Davis Site chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
| 1994 | University of Illinois, Chicago Site chair: Irene Campos-Carr |
| 1993 | August 14-15 University of California, Santa Barbara Site chair: Denise Segura |
| 1992 | Resistance and Celebration: La Fuerza de las Mujeres August 1-5, 1992 University of California, Berkeley Site chair: Julia Curry |
| 1991 | Laredo State University Site chair: Norma Cantú |
| 1990 | University of California, Los Angeles Site chair: Angelina Veyna |
| 1989 | Santa Clara University Site chair: Alma Garcia |
| 1988 | July 19-31, 1988 University of California, Davis Site chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
| 1987 | Ethics July 27-31, 1987 University of California, Davis Site chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
| 1986 | Violencia y la Mujer August 21, 1986 University of California, Davis Site chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
| 1985 | Sexual Politics July 22, 1985 University of California, Davis Site chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |