¡ANUNCIOS! Department of Chicano and Latino Studies| University of Minnesota, TC
E-newsletter connecting departmental friends, family, alumni, allies, and others interested in issues impacting Chicanx and Latinx communities and the
Chicano & Latino Studies Department.
Content: Departmental Happenings|Campus Happenings|Community Happenings| Career Corner
Can you believe it is the end of January already? While the semester is just starting up, there are so many issues, activities, programs and organizing campaigns impacting Chicanxs and Latinxs on campus, locally, regionally and nationally.
Our humanity is lived out in commundity. Fuel your heart knowing our strength of spirit, the brilliance of mind and our love of comunidad. We need to be strong and healthy in our lucha para un mundo justo y una vida digna.
~Siempre adelante~ Ever onward~
Departmental Happenings
Please join the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies for our spring Critical Conversation lecture.
In this lecture Dr. Cotera offers a critical examination of Chicago-born filmmaker Nancy De Los Santos's image-making in the 1970s.Cotera's lecture will illuminate the historical importance of De Los Santos's documentation of UFW, anti-gentrification, and other struggles in Chicago, as well as the ways in which her photographs and early video exposed the gendered contradictions of the Chicano movement.
Thursday February 6th, 2020
4:30 pm
Walter Library #402
Chicano and Latino Studies Undergraduate Scholarships awarded at Maria Cotera event!
Congratulations to Chicano and Latino Studies scholars Erika Hernandez, Jocelyn Santos Aparicio and Monica Yañez--please join us February 6th to celebrate their awards!
Estudiantes: We invite you to our student appreciation event. Thursday February 13th from 8:30-10:30 am at La Raza Latinx (Coffman 2nd floor) we will be hosting a FREE waffle bar. Stop by and grab a waffle to go or stay and pláticar with us. We will also have a raffle. Feel free to invite your friends even if they are not already part of CLS. The more the merrier!
Bienvenida to the new academic advisor for Chicano and Latino Studies!
Marisela Rodríguez-Gutiérrez begins this week as the new academic advisor for Chicano and Latino Studies.
Thank you to Charissa Blue-Downs for her work the last years in this position. Charissa will continue as advisor in the MLK Program and for the Department of American Indian Studies.
Please feel free to connect with Marisela at rodr0679@gmail.com for an appointment or any questions/concerns.
!Marisela-bienvenida a la familia de Chicano and Latino Studies!
Border CrosSing This Weekend: Early music from Latin America performed with period instruments!
Amazing musician, Border CrosSing founder and amigo de hicano and Latino CStudies explains the problem of a single story of Latin American music:
When Border CrosSing performs school concerts I will often ask students to tell us what sorts of things they think about when they think about “Latin American music.” The responses invariably include mariachi, salsa, Shakira, and “La cucaracha.” Adjectives such as rhythmic, spicy, festive, and colorful are also quite common. While there is certainly a lot of music from Latin America that matches these descriptions, this “single story” of Latin American culture can contribute to stereotypes that dehumanize – a slippery slope that may lead to Latinxs being regarded as lazy, prone to partying instead of working, and perhaps not capable of experiencing the world as seriously or fully as others. These responses also speak to a “single story” that is pervasive in classical music: that historically it has been exclusively the realm of white, European men.
MCBA Studios / Outlook Gallery
Friday, February 14, 2020; 6–8pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Minnesota Center for Book Arts currently has an exhibition on view by artist Krystal Ramirez Krystal was inspired by “Whose Diversity?”, a group of students at the University of Minnesota who are challenging the ways historically white institutions approach inclusion and diversity--rallying for substantive rather than just cosmetic changes.
Krystal is based in Las Vegas, NV but will be coming to MCBA to give an artist talk on Friday, February 14 at 6PM in our space.
CTUL continues tremendous work supporting workers, community in pursuit of justice
On January 15, 2020, Ricardo Batres was sentenced to 270 days in the workhouse and five years of probation, convicted of labor trafficking and insurance fraud while working on projects of large developers in the Twin Cities metro area, like Lennar Homes. This is the first case of labor trafficking to be tried in Hennepin County, and the first case to be brought to light in construction in Minnesota.
This is a good first step towards change, bringing to public light the rampant and systemic abuses that are happening in non-union construction work. Following the conviction, the Worker-driven Social Responsibility Network published a report highlighting the systemic abuses happening in non-union construction work in the Twin Cities, and pointing to a long-term solution that would give workers in the industry a voice through Building Dignity and Respect Standards Council
Here is an opportunity to get paid while you learn about organzing. Organizing Corps 2020 will have a Bootcamp here in MN during spring break--with a $500 living stipend.
Application deadline is February 5th.
What does democracy look like to you?
Career Corner
Interested in more information about the Chicano and Latino Studies major or minor? Wondering about other major or minor opportunities? Register ahead or just stop by--this is your one-stop shop!
Come meet the new Academic Advisor for Chicano and Latino Studies--Marisela Rodriguez-Gutierrez!
Main Street Project is Hiring!
Main Street Project is seeking Seasonal Farm Stewards to join our farm team. Farm Stewards will support Co-Farm Managers with perennial and annual crop production and general field work. This work includes; planting, weeding, harvesting, and post harvest handling. Additional tasks include environmental stewardship and infrastructure improvements.
The DFL is hiring a full time Latino Community Engagement Director for the 2020 cycle. The Director will report directly to the Political Program Director. This position is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Latino Community Engagement Director will work closely with grassroots community leaders, local elected officials, and partner organizations to empower, engage and mobilize Latino voters in the 2020 election.
The ideal candidate will be an innovative thinker with deep ties to Minnesota’s Latino communities and experience organizing in an electoral context.
