Lisa SZ

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• Posted Reflexiones 2011-2012 to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Reflexiones: Looking back and planning forward As the 2011-12 academic year comes to a close it's a good time to think about our accomplishments and challenges. And what a year it's been! In honor of our 40th anniversary as the...
• Posted Narratives of Undocumented Immigrants to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  La Raza Student Cultural Center and the Department of Chicano Studies present: Narratives of Undocumented Immigrants-an interactive exhibit....
• Posted Chicano Studies Seniors Paper Presentations to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Graduating seniors complete a Senior Paper, which is a project that students spend significant time and energy completing....
• Posted Department Alum's Play to Show at Neighborhood House May 4th to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Join us Friday May 4th at the Wellstone Neighborhood House in St. Paul for the showing of Chicano Studies alumna Donna Peña's play, Sigan la Bandera-Guadalupe's Journey with Mexico. The play is a bilingual musical historical narrative. We are pleased...
• Posted A Very Busy Month of March! to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  In additional to two campus visit by 6-12th graders from El Colegio and Juventud Conectada, a CASA SOL and La Raza combined trip to Chicago for the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies, we will also be hosting a...
• Posted Rogelio Saenz ppt on Latino Demographics to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Look at this informative ppt delivered by R. Saenz at his recent visit to Chicano Studies: Rogelio Saenz_U Minnesota_Jan 2012.ppsx...
• Posted Trader Joe's Signs With CIW. Pressure pivots to Publix to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Congratulations to the Coalition of Immokolee Workers. Read more about the farmworkers tireless campaign: http://ciw-online.org/...
• Posted February's Messages from the Heart to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Life has its ups and downs, its good days and bad days as well as its love affairs and its break ups. News and issues of importance to the Latino community certainly are no different. This month's second Chicano Studies...
• Posted Spring Semester 40th Commemoration to Begin Thurs. Jan 19th to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Welcome back to all students, staff, faculty, families and community! We hope you are ready for 2012. While there have been indeed many gains and important work done to achieve community voice and agency, there still remains significant work and...
• Posted National Scholar to Speak on Latinos and Educational Justice to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Talk and Discussion: "Establishing High Expectations and Inclusiveness in the Curriculum and Classroom Culture" As part of commemorating the 40th anniversary of Chicano Studies, for the months of November and December, we are focusing on Latinos and Education in our...
• Posted Film and discussion to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Precious Knowledge Flier.pdf Precious Knowledge-Arizona's battle over Ethnic Studies illustrates what motivates Tucson High School students and teachers to form the front line of an epic civil rights battle--the heart of which is the Mexican-American Studies program in Tuscon's high...
• Posted Meditations on Latinoization, Citizenship, and Belonging to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  The following essay is taken from the conclusion of Louis Mendoza's forthcoming book, Conversations Across Our America: Talking About Immigration and Latinoization (UT Press, Spring 2012) Conversations Across Our America is and is not my story, just as it is...
• Posted Dia de los Muertos, 2011 to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  This year marks the 6th anniversary of Chicano Studies, La Raza Student Cultural Center and Casa Sol celebrating Dia de los Muertos with altars, a procession, danzantes and ending with a community gathering at La Raza Student Cultural Center...
• Posted Programs and Outreach Update-Fall 2011 to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Happy fall and school year 2011-2012! While classes have been in session for just a few weeks, Chicano Studies has been busy, involved and active in many arenas! Certainly very high on the list and quite present in our daily...
• Posted Chicano Studies: ¡Presente! to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  ¡Happy New Academic Year 2011-2012! As many know, this academic year, we are celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Chicano Studies. Forty years ago, students from the Latin Liberation Front (pre-cursor to La Raza Student Cultural Center), demanded from the University...
• Posted Welcome from the Chair to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  ¡Bienvenidos! I hope everyone's return to campus has gone smooth and that all friends, students, staff and faculty are feeling energized by the beginning of what is sure to be an exciting new year. As we launch our year-long celebration...
• Posted Departmental Videos Now on the Website to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  We invite you to view some videos produced by students, staff and/or faculty in the Department of Chicano Studies. We are working to get on the website many of the interviews completed for the Department's Oral History Project as well...
• Posted Chicano Studies Names New Faculty! to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  To the students, staff, instructors, faculty affiliates, and friends of Chicano Studies: I am very pleased to announce that Jimmy Patino has accepted our offer to join us as an Assistant Professor of Chicano Studies in the coming year! Professor...
• Posted Summer and fall registration opens! to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  We are excited to offer a full range of classes in the Department of Chicano Studies for fall 2011. Please see One Stop's Class Schedule for more information, but for a brief glance at upcoming classes, see below. Summer classes...
• Posted New videos! to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Check out this video made by students who traveled to the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas to better understand the everyday realities of people who live, work and travel through the region. Click Link to view:...
• Posted Job talks March 2-10 to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Stay tuned for more details as we warmly welcome four candidates for job talks between March 2-10. All talks will be from 3:30-4:45 in Walter Library. Candidates and their respective talk titles, will be announced soon....
• Posted MN DREAM Students Break Hunger Strike in DC After Vote to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Five Minnesota youth participated in a hunger strike to pressure the US Senate to vote on the DREAM ACT, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented students who attend college or join the military. The House passed...
• Posted Chuy Negrete Performs at Community Partner Sites to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  The Department of Chicano Studies in collaboration with La Raza Student Cultural Center brought nationally recognized ethno-musicologist, Dr. Chuy Negrete to the Twin Cities to perform at the University of MN and at the Department's community partner sites last week....
• Posted ¡Fall Welcome 2010! to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  It is fall semester 2010 and we welcome everyone to the Department of Chicano Studies in Scott Hall on the East Bank. Whether you are new to campus or very familiar to campus and the University of MN, we invite...
• Posted Ethnic Studies Week October 1-7 to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Twin Cities Ethnic Studies Week Goals & Objectives Ethnic Studies Week in the Twin Cities grew out of a national call to defend Ethnic Studies across the nation. The goal is to defend multicultural education and reject the recent legislative...
• Posted Casa Sol group attends annual retreat to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Begun as a way to make the university stronger, to combat isolation and provide support for first year students, this year marks the 6th cohort of Soler@s here at the University of MN, TC. All students take a Chicano Studies...
• Posted Department's Migrant Class Students Organize Farmworker Forum to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  From Field to Table: Workers in the Food System Making Change Date: Monday, April 26, 2010 Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Saint Paul Public Library, Riverview Branch 1 E. George St, West Saint Paul Join the University of Minnesota's Department...
• Posted Casa Sol trip-The Windy City to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  From Friday March 26th-Sunday March 28th, 2010 Soler@s and staff drove to Chi-town for a fabulous learning and group bonding experience! Sights visited included: National Mexican Art Museum, Casa Aztlan, Bombazo-Afro-Caribbean drumming, Millennium Park and Chinatown. What a whirlwind! More...
• Posted CARAVAN TO FARMWORKER FREEDOM MARCH in FL to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Hey everyone, Fair Food Twin Cities is organizing a caravan from the Twin Cities to join the Farmworker Freedom March in Florida (see below for more info)...anyone interested in joining? Or know anyone who might be? We're exploring funding options...
• Posted National Farmworker Awareness Week is March 29-April 2! to CLA: Department of Chicano Studies
  Commemorating the March 31st birthday of the great labor leader Cesar Chavez, organizations across the country are hosting a week of action to bring attention to the plight of farmworkers in the United States. Through National Farmworker Awareness Week 2010,...