Latino arts, history and culture
June 24, 2020 An Open Letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Ethnic Studies Dear Governor Gavin Newsom: As one of the few tenured Latina/o faculty members at the California State … [Read more...]
I first learned about MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán) during UCLA’s Freshman Summer Program (FSP) in 1985, as a 17-year-old freshman. Many moons later, when I became a member, I … [Read more...]
In November, the urban planning community in general and Latina/o community in particular experienced a devastating blow with the death of Leo Estrada. As one of the few Latina/o urban planning … [Read more...]
On the first day of class, I always inform my university students that I hold two PhDs. One from a premier research institution, UC Berkeley, and the other from one of the toughest neighborhoods in … [Read more...]
“Global Migration Represents a Universal Human Right” In life, as the saying goes, nothing is certain except for death and taxes. I propose another: migration. Migration represents a … [Read more...]
