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Craft Cultura Poetry Workshop “Untamed Tongues”
September 19, 2021
ArianaBrownisaqueerBlackMexican AmericanpoetfromtheSouthsideofSan Antonio,Texas.InJanuary2020,Ariana releasedSanaSana,herdebutpoetry chapbookfromGameOverBooks.Shehas alsorecordedadigitalEPtitledLETUSBE ENOUGH,availableonBandcamp Arianaholds aBA inAfricanDiasporaStudiesandMexican AmericanStudiesfromUTAustinaswellasan MFAinPoetryfromtheUniversityofPittsburgh. SheistherecipientoftwoAcademyof AmericanPoetsPrizesanda2014national collegiatepoetryslamchampion.Shehas beenwriting,performing,andteachingpoetry fortenyears
Eventco-sponsorsFESTIBA,UTRGVCenterfor MexicanAmericanStudies,UTRGVCenterfor DiversityandInclusionandDREAMResource Center.WiththankstoGalleryLiterary Magazine.
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Adiscussiononthemostrecentevents affectingmigrantsattheUSMexico&theefforts toassistthem.
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Indigenous People’s Day
Event: “Reclaiming Indigenous Foodways through a Decolonial Praxis”
October 12, 2021
InhonorofIndigenousPeople'sDay,theUTRGV CenterforMexicanAmericanStudieswillbe hostingonTuesday,October12ththe presentation"ReclaimingIndigenousFoodways throughaDecolonialPraxis" Thepláticawill featureDr.LilianaSaldaña(UTSA)andAndrés Garza(NeighborhoodMolino),andwillbe moderatedbySilviaSolís(UTRGV).
Untamed Tongues: Poets Sin Fronteras (Spoken Word Poetry Festival)
October 22, 2021
CraftCulturaandtheCityofEdinburgare teamingupandexcitedtoannounceEdinburg’s firstSpokenWordPoetryFestival,Untamed Tongues:PoetsSinFronteras.Thispoetryfestival celebratesourMexicanAmericancultureonthe SouthTexasborderlands Weexploreourpast, present,andfutureasacommunitythroughthe artofstorytelling. Celebratelifeonthe borderlandsasanarrayofpoetsfromdifferent regionsoftheValleyperformtheiroriginal poemsforthefirsttime.Weinvitedtheentire familyoutforsome.tastyfood,drinks,livemusic, vendors,andevenalowriderdisplay.Musicwas curatedRioGrandeValleyartistsDJFlacucho, Fronterawave,andGenesis,withaspecial performancebySanAntonioHipHopEmcee, MexStep.
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Social Studies Through Authentic and Responsive Curriculum Symposium-The Importance of Mexican American Studies in Dual Language Classrooms
December 4, 2021
TheUTRGVCenterforMexicanAmericanStudies andtheUTRGVCenterforBilingualStudiesatthe NEHSSTARCSymposiumhighlightingthe importanceofMexicanAmericanStudiesinDual LanguageClassrooms.Sponsoredbythe NationalEndowmentfortheHumanitiesandthe CentersforMexicanAmericanandBilingual Studies
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¿Qué Son Los Estudios Mexicoamericanos?
February 23, 2022
ARISEofreciotallereseducacionalessobre "EstudiosMexicoAmericanos"
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Reading with Ivelisse Rodriguez
March 1, 2022
BorninArecibo,PuertoRico,Dr.IvelisseRodríguez grewupinHolyoke,Massachusetts Hershort storycollection,LoveWarStorieswasa2019 PEN/Faulknerfinalistanda2018Foreword ReviewsINDIESfinalist.Sheisthefounderand editorofaninterviewseriespublishedinCentro Voices,thee-magazineoftheCenterforPuerto RicanStudiesatHunterCollege.
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A Reading & Plática with Ivelisse Rodriguez
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BorninArecibo,PuertoRico,Dr Ivelisse RodríguezgrewupinHolyoke, Massachusetts.Hershortstorycollection, LoveWarStorieswasa2019PEN/Faulkner finalistanda2018ForewordReviewsINDIES finalist.Sheisthefounderandeditorofan interviewseriespublishedinCentroVoices, thee-magazineoftheCenterforPuerto RicanStudiesatHunterCollege
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“Latinx en el cine, series y medios “por Pepe Garczeia Gilling
March 23, 2022
Academia Comunitaria Virtual de Estudios Mexicoamericanos Pt. 2 "Latinx en el cine, series y medios" por Pepe GarczeiaGilling.
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Events on Gloria Anzaldua with Museum of South Texas History
March 27, 2022
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El Retorno Al Valle: Symposium on Gloria Anzaldua & Literary Landmark Unveiling
March 28, 2022
UTRGV Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) and partners invite the campus and community to attend “El Retorno Al Valle,” an inperson symposium (with Webinar option) and literary landmark unveiling in honor of Gloria Anzaldúa’s work at the UTRGV Edinburg campus. Scholars, poets, activists, and visual artists from the Rio Grande Valley and from beyond the region will gather to consider the impacts of Anzaldúa’sworkwithalooktothefuture
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (1942-2004) was a queerChicanapoet,writer,andscholar.Shewas born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley and was a farmworker. She was valedictorian of Edinburg High School in 1962, graduated from UTRGV legacy institution Pan American College in 1968, and taught in the PSJA school district from 1967-1973 Anzaldúa attended graduate schoolatUTAustinandatUCSantaCruz,where sheobtainedaPhDposthumously.
Anzaldúa wrote and published numerous texts including Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Luz en lo Oscuro/Light in the Dark: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality Anzaldúa served as editor/co-editor of several anthologies, including "This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color" and "this bridge we call home: radical visions for transformation."
Her work is also collected in "Interviews/Entrevistas"and"TheGloriaAnzaldúa Reader" edited by AnaLouise Keating. Anzaldúa is also the author of two children’s books: "Friends from the Other Side/Amigos del Otro Lado" and "Prietita and the Ghost Woman/PrietitayLaLlorona."
Of those times on campus in the 1960's, Anzaldúa writes: "At Pan American University, I, and all Chicano students were required to take two speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents" (Borderlands/La Frontera p 54, AuntLuteBooks)
EventSponsors:
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UTRGVCreativeWritingProgram
UTRGVCenterforBilingualStudies
UTRGV Department of Writing and Language Studies
UTRGVDepartmentofCurriculum&Instruction
UTRGVCollegeofEducation&P-16Initiatives
UTRGVCollegeofLiberalArts
TrinityUniversity,SanAntonio,TX
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South Texas College History/Mexican American StudiesDepartment
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#FreeMelissaLucio Film Screening and Discussion
April 14, 2022
FilmScreening&DiscussionontheCalltoAction toFreeMelissaLucio.MelissaLucioissettobe executedbytheStateofTexasonApril27th However,severalorganizationshavecalledto havehersentencecommuted.TheInnocence Project,acriminaljusticereformnonprofitthat aimstoexoneratewronglyconvictedpersons usingDNAandotherevidence,ispartofLucio's legalteam.inadditiontoothers.Eighty-three Texasrepresentativessignedaletteraskingthat shebegrantedclemencyJoinusaswescreen thedocumentaryabouthercaseanddiscuss theissuesofcriminaljusticeandthe intersectionsofrace,gender,andclass surroundingthecaseIfexecutedshewillbethe firstLatinaexecutedbytheStateofTexas. Opportunitiesfortakingactionwillalsobe discussed.ThiseventissponsoredbyAlphaPhi SigmaCriminalJusticeHonorSociety,Centerfor MexicanAmericanStudies,DeathPenaltyAction &StatewideLeadershipCouncil.
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Virtual Discussion with Juan Mancias, Tribal Chair, Esto’k Gna, Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas
May 18,2022
In an interview, Juan Mancias, Tribal Chair of the Esto'k Gna, Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas stated, "We need Native American Studies by peopleofthislandtoo."
In this forthcoming talk with the UTRGV community, Mancias will present on Esto'k Gna, Carrizo/Comecrudo history Learn about the tribe'scontinualcaretakingofthelandand
sacred sites and what decolonization and cultural survival mean to Mancias beyond colonialborders
This event is made possible with funds from the Dr. Robert S. Nelsen Professorship in Mexican AmericanStudies(MAS)atUTRioGrandeValley and is an effort organized by Prof. Emmy Pérez for the university community to learn more about the original Native peoples from the region.
Sponsored by the Robert Nelson Endowment for MexicanAmericanStudies.
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La Lucha Por Los Derechos Civiles En El Valle Del Rio
Grande
May 25, 2022
"La Lucha por los Derechos Civiles en El Valle Del Río Grande" es la tercera plática de las Academias Comunitarias de Estudios MexicoamericanosorganizadaporCMAS,ARISEy Voces Unidas RGV. *Disponible por Zoom y FacebookLive Enespañolyeninglés
Nuestro invitado, Eduardo Martínez, originario de Pharr(Texas),escribesobrelahistoriadelbarrio, El Valle del Río Grande, lucha libre, conjunto, la Unión de Trabajadores Agrícolas de Texas, la historia de la organización de movimientos socialesytemasqueafectanalascomunidades pobres y obreras, así como sobre historia y temas LGBQT. En los últimos diez años, Martínez ha escrito para el periódico The Monitor, las revistas Festiva y She Shreds, Neta RGV y The Gotch Special, además de haber aparecido en Texas Monthly y haber trabajado en diferentes proyectos (por ejemplo, como coorganizador de Aquí Estamos RGV y Curando RGV o como fotógrafo para acciones sociopolíticas. Sus ensayos pueden encontrarse en https://www.patreon.com/pharrfromheaven.
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