Thursday, September 15, 2022 6:00pm In-person: Fordham University Lincoln Center Leon Lowenstein Building 12th Floor Lounge | E. Corrigan Conference Center 113 W. 60th Street, NY, NY 10023 Online (TBD) Fordham Law Professor, Center on Race, Law and Justice Associate Faculty Director and critical race relations expert Professor Hernandez's new book Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino […]

Growing extreme heat events in the United States pose an increasing threat to the health, safety, and prosperity of Latino communities living on the frontlines of climate change. Join academic experts, government officials, and nonprofit advocates as they share data and approaches in responding to current and anticipated community impacts of extreme heat from a […]

Tiffany González is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University (JMU) where she teaches courses on Latinx History, Social Movements, and Women in Politics. She is currently working on her manuscript-in-progress, Representation of Change: How Chicanas Reshaped the American Political Process in the Late Twentieth Century, which examines how Chicanas contributed to changing Texas politics […]

Have you heard about the Bracero Program? Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, TX was a point of entry for the US' Bracero guest worker program, where laborers from Mexico were processed before being sent to jobs across several states. Learn about the history of Rio Vista Farm and recent efforts to preserve this historic site […]

The Latino Resource Center presents: Rene Izquierdo in A Musical Anthology of Cuba and Puerto Rico. Cuban-born René Izquierdo is a unique artist and passionate educator whose career has been dedicated to inspiring individuals and connecting communities. Whether passionately performing on stage, devotedly mentoring his students, fundraising, or leading community outreach, René’s multi-faceted approach endeavors […]

By the mid 1960s, the largest plurality of Americans grew up in or moved to the suburbs. Few people have considered the experience of Mexicans and other Latinxs in this quintessentially American situation. Urban Studies historian Jerry González, author of In Search of a Mexican Beverly Hills, will center Latinos in his discussion of the […]

About the Book In Panama in Black, Kaysha Corinealdi traces the multigenerational activism of Afro-Caribbean Panamanians as they forged diasporic communities in Panama and the United States throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on a rich array of sources including speeches, yearbooks, photographs, government reports, radio broadcasts, newspaper editorials, and oral histories, Corinealdi presents the Panamanian isthmus […]

The U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) is proud to launch the 2022-2023 “X as Intersection” series, a four-part public program featuring conversations with fellows from the second cohort of the Latinx Artist Fellowship. Material Constellations October 12, 2022 4pm PST/6pm CST/7pm EST This panel brings together artists Leslie Martinez, Tanya Aguiñiga, and Amalia Mesa-Bains to […]

Multiple cultures. Multiple languages. Multiple lived and living experiences. When honoring our Hispanic and Latinx heritage, it's impossible to find just one word to describe the vast diversity within our communities. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Center for Latino Studies at UHD welcomes you to join our esteemed panelists for a discussion of […]

Buy Let The Dead In here! Buy Refuse to Disappear here!  Buy A More Perfect Union here! About the Authors Saida Agostini Saida Agostini is a queer Afro-Guyanese poet whose work explores the ways Black folks harness mythology to enter the fantastic. Her work is featured in Plume, Hobart Pulp, Barrelhouse, Auburn Avenue, amongst others. […]

Featuring Diaz, Raquel Gutiérrez, Sheila Maldonado,  mónica teresa ortiz, and Yvette Siegert Óscar Moisés Diaz curates our 108th poetry reading with Raquel Gutiérrez, Sheila Maldonado,  mónica teresa ortiz, and Yvette Siegert. In this talk Raquel Gutiérrez Raquel Gutiérrez is an arts critic, writer, poet, and educator. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Gutiérrez credits the queer and feminist […]

Buy the book here! About the Book  In powerful, formally inventive essays, The Visible Unseen disrupts the purported cultural divide between arts and science. As both a chemist and an award-winning author, Chapela zeros in on the literary metaphors buried in the facts and figures of her scientific observations. Through questioning scientific conundrums that lie beyond the […]

Get inspired by Mexican American civil rights history! Join us live at the historic Guadalupe Theater or from the comfort of your home. About this event Join us for two days of learning about Mexican American civil rights past, present, & future. Featuring over two dozen speakers from across the country, this Symposium will leave […]

**This event will be on Zoom. We will send you instructions 24 hours before the event on November 1st at 4PM. If you register after 4PM on November 1st, then the instructions will be emailed at 3PM the day of the event, an hour before the event starts. Please note all times are Pacific Daylight […]

**This event will be on Zoom. We will send you instructions 24 hours before the event on November 15th at 4PM. If you register after 4PM on November 15th, then the instructions will be emailed at 3PM the day of the event, an hour before the event starts. Please note all times are Pacific Standard […]

The U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the 2022-2023 “X as Intersection” series public program.  The Present Moment  Nov 16, 2022 4pm PST/6pm CST/7pm EST Virtual Event + Free Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, TX) & The National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago, IL) As another tumultuous year […]