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Chican@ Studies Dia De Los Muertos Workshop

The Chicana and Chicano Studies department will host a workshop to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos.

When: 4:30pm-6:30pm on October 28, 2015

Location: Multicultural Center Lounge

This event is free to attend.

“Donald Trump And Immigration Dominating Spanish-Language Radio” – Prof. Dolores Inés Casillas is interviewed by NPR’s Here & Now

Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti talks with Dolores Inés Casillas, an associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of “Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy,” about what Spanish-language radio is saying about Trump, who’s listening and what impact Spanish media is likely to have on the 2016 race.

Trump's Opposition to Illegal Immigration Focuses Only on Mexico by Mario Garcia

From UCSB Chicana/o Studies Professor Mario Garcia--- on Donald Trump and Immigration.

21st Annual Backpack Drive

Please join UCSB's Professional Women's Association (PWA) for our 21st Annual Backpack Drive for local elementary kids!

Prof. Gilberto Conchas co-publishes a new article: "Superstar Scholar? African American Male Youths' Perceptions of Opportunity in a Time of Change" (with Alex R. Lin, Leticia Oseguera, & Sean J. Drake).

Through a Multiple Marginality Framework, this exploratory case study highlights how African American male youth in an urban high school setting perceive the opportunity structure during the historic election of the first African American President. Youth optimism generated by Obama’s election gives students a sense of hope despite the persistent inequality they face in inner-city communities and schools.

Prof. Mario T. Garcia publishes a new book: The Chicano Generation: Testimonios of the Movement (University of California Press, 2015)

Veteran Chicano civil rights scholar Mario T. Garcia provides a rare look inside the struggles of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles during the 1960's and 1970's. Based on in-depth interviews conducted with three key activists, this book illuminates the lives of Raul Ruiz, Gloria Arellanes, and Rosalio Munoz.

Weaving these activists' stories against a backdrop of Mexican American activism from the 1930's to the 1960's and the contemporary black power and black civil rights movements, Garcia gives readers the best representations of the Chicano generation in Los Angeles.

Prof. Gilberto Conchas co-edits a new book: Inequality, Power, and School Success: Case Studies on Racial Disparity and Opportunity in Education (with Michael A. Gottfried and Briana M. Hinga, Routledge, 2015)

This volume highlights issues of power, inequality, and resistance for Asian, African American, and Latino/a students in distinct U.S. and international contexts. Through a collection of case studies it links universal issues relating to inequality in education, such as Asian, Latino, and African American males in the inner-city neighborhoods, Latina teachers and single mothers in California, undocumented youth from Mexico and El Salvador, immigrant Morrocan youth in Spain, and immigrant Afro-Caribbean and Indian teenagers in New York and in London.

Sal Castro Memorial Lecture

Event Start: February 20, 2015 01:00 PM

Event End: February 20, 2015 01:00 PM

Event Location: McCune Conference Room

Event Price:

Free and Open to Public

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RAZA SI! GUERRA NO!

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