Spring 1969, at the height of the Chicano Renaissance, a group of Chicana/o/x activists and intellectuals met on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara and prepared the foundational document "El Plan de Santa Bárbara." Inspired by their own culture and communities, these men and women generated an educational model for institutions of higher learning intended to be more responsive to Chicana/o/xs and to provide a bridge for a new generation of Chicana/o/xs to higher education. "El Plan de Santa Bárbara" recognized the central role of knowledge and representation in power structures and in producing real social change. "El Plan" provided inspiration for the formation of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCSB and it continues to exert a profound influence on the discipline here.
During the 2018-19 Academic Year, the Department of Chicana/o Studies will commemorate the 50thAnniversary of El Plan de Santa Barbara with a series of events. We invite the campus and community to join us all year long at colloquia, CHST Reads discussions and our two-day conference in the Winter Quarter. Keep an eye on our website for updates and additions to the following events:
2018.10.24 – Luis Leal Literature Award Ceremony, with reading by honoree Tim Hernandez. McCune Conference Room, 4 – 5 pm
2018.11.7 – CHST Reads: Starving for Justice: Hunger Strikes, Spectacular Speech and the Struggle for Dignity. A discussion led by Prof. Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, 1623 South Hall, 3:30 – 5pm
2018.11.29 – “Father Luis Olivares,” a faculty presentation by Professor Mario Garcia at the McCune Conference Room, 4 – 5 pm
2019.2.6 – CHST Reads: Loving in the War Years, a conversation with Cherrie Moraga and Chela Sandoval, Las Maestras Center, 3:30 – 5pm
TBD – Chicana Dissertation Fellowship Alumnae Panel
TBD – CHST Reads: UC Santa Barbara CHST Faculty Selections
50th Anniversary of El Plan de Santa Bárbara Conference
February 22-23, 2019
