The Fall/Holiday Potluck is this SUNDAY, December 16th at 12 p.m.! Click on the link below to view the Evite and get all the info ~ hope to see you there!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
[Minutos] Meeting on November 5th, 2007
MALCS Minutes
Day: November 5, 2007 (Fall Quarter)
Time: 3:20
Location: CSGS
Robin called the meeting to order at 3:20 pm at the CSGS. Robin, Reina, Adilia, Erika, Karla, Carmen, and Eva were in attendance. There was no formal agenda and discussion, just updates and event information.
Robin informed the mujeres that elections will take place during the next meeting for the winter 2008 quarter.
Eva proposed, as a collaborative idea, to put together a booklet of research, creative though writing and art. This is a good way to fundraise, simultaneously show working research and document expression from the MALCS CSULA chapter. Most of the women seemed to agree.
Erika asked that the women come out and show support at two events where she will be at this weekend, one of them being at Olvera Street.
Eva proposed that MALCS put on a workshop for individuals interested in learning about college, especially for undocumented peoples in the community. The consensus was that we have this information during the Grad Workshop. Karla proposed that we have the Grad Workshop every quarter and all women were in agreement.
Robin also brought up the symposium, as an event that we could have in the future. As of yet there has been no further discussion of what or when it will be, but Robin proposed that we keep it in mind for a future event as it involves a lot of planning.
Adilia is working on the Vagina Monologues, and asked women if they are interested in collaborating in planning. Adilia provided the details as to when the next VM meeting is to be.
The meeting ended at 4:15 and it was decided that we would meet next Monday, November 12, 2007 at 3:15, again at the CSGS.
Day: November 5, 2007 (Fall Quarter)
Time: 3:20
Location: CSGS
Robin called the meeting to order at 3:20 pm at the CSGS. Robin, Reina, Adilia, Erika, Karla, Carmen, and Eva were in attendance. There was no formal agenda and discussion, just updates and event information.
Robin informed the mujeres that elections will take place during the next meeting for the winter 2008 quarter.
Eva proposed, as a collaborative idea, to put together a booklet of research, creative though writing and art. This is a good way to fundraise, simultaneously show working research and document expression from the MALCS CSULA chapter. Most of the women seemed to agree.
Erika asked that the women come out and show support at two events where she will be at this weekend, one of them being at Olvera Street.
Eva proposed that MALCS put on a workshop for individuals interested in learning about college, especially for undocumented peoples in the community. The consensus was that we have this information during the Grad Workshop. Karla proposed that we have the Grad Workshop every quarter and all women were in agreement.
Robin also brought up the symposium, as an event that we could have in the future. As of yet there has been no further discussion of what or when it will be, but Robin proposed that we keep it in mind for a future event as it involves a lot of planning.
Adilia is working on the Vagina Monologues, and asked women if they are interested in collaborating in planning. Adilia provided the details as to when the next VM meeting is to be.
The meeting ended at 4:15 and it was decided that we would meet next Monday, November 12, 2007 at 3:15, again at the CSGS.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Summer Social!
MALCS de CSULA Summer Social :
you're invited!
Location:
Dockweiler Beach
Dockweiler Beach
12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey, CA 90293
When:
Saturday, August 11, 6:00PM
Saturday, August 11, 6:00PM
"Fuego, fuego!": Did someone say Bonfire??!
Save the date: Saturday, August 11th, 6pm @ Dockweiler Beach
CSULA MALCSistas will be taking over your local fire pit at Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey for a BONFIRE! It will be a time to come together with current members, friends, and any other mujeres who are down for good conversations, good munchies, and good energy on a collective scale!
Remember to bring something to sit on as well as any goodies that you'd like to share with the rest of us!
Click here to view the Evite and RSVP:
Monday, August 6, 2007
[Minutos] La Segunda del Verano ~ Our 2nd Summer Meeting
MALCS Minutos
July 25th, 2007
3:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Cross Cultural Center
Mujeres Presentes: Gladys, Connie, Robin, Adilia, Lizbeth, Mica
I. Just a Reminder: Officers* for 2007-2008
As a few of us needed a refresher on which mujeres were taking on which positions for the upcoming year, here they go:
- Chairmujer: Robin
- Co-Chair: Mica
- Treasurer/Fundraising: Martha
- Programming: Addy
- Herstorian: Eva
- Mentorship/Outreach: Margarita
- Publicity: Connie
*Please note, these positions are more to indicate point-people for the different responsibilities that we take on in the planning of events, etc.; however, the most important MALCSistas are all our mujeres as a whole, hence decision-making and buy-in is collective! =)
II. Update on Paleta Sales for Welcome Week
- CSDP won't be giving away any popsicles or cold items during Welcome Week... so we have the market cornered! =)
- Now we need to get the paperwork from them (CSDP) for tabling, as well as looking into more specifics about the paleta sales --> Connie has the contact info for a dry ice vendor; any more help/411 that mujeres can offer???
- Note Dates: We will definitely be selling on Wednesday, Sept. 26th but still need to decide if our 2nd date for selling will be the 25th (Tues.) or 27th (Thurs.)
III. Update on Flor y Canto Event...
- We are in the process of confirming the October 3rd date for our Flor y Canto ~ Connie has been a major help in this effort by submitting it for the official Cross Cultural Center calendar! =)
- Still very much needed: a location! The library pation sounds most attractive to everyone, and is something we will be pursuing...
- Martha is going to further investigate funding from ASI ~ we need to verify the date of the meeting that we need to attend in order to be recognized for funds; it may be either the 2nd or 3rd week of August
- And... we picked a title for the event: "An Evening of Flor y Canto with Las Mujeres de MALCS" --> simple yet muy sofisticada and powerful, just like us! ;)
IV. More on Our Grad School Workshop
- Questions to consider: Should we invite other professors to present? Grad students from other campuses to share their stories??
- Date: Either late October or early November; we need to pick a specific date SOON!
- Adilia has fliers from last year's event, and we will work on modeling the event on whatever other information we have from that time, too... (namely, major consultation with our Profa. Dee!!)
V. Other Events to Consider...
- Panocha Platicas: Robin shared the exciting possibility of having a group of mujeres come and facilitate a workshop that is part of a series called "Panocha Platicas". *Things to Think About: Would this be most appropriate to do during our Winter Symposium, or at another time? (We need a date in order to schedule the group...) If we did have them as part of the Symposium, we will have to look into funding sources for an honorarium outside of ASI (since the space will be mujeres-only)...
- Service Learning: In the future, we will be looking for opportunities to serve and learn from our community together as MALCSistas...!
- Fun Fun FUNDS: We currently have about $700 in the bank, which means we're in an aiiight position but it definitely would not hurt us to raise some more dollars! ;)
VI. "Fuego, fuego!": Did someone say Bonfire??!
Yep, we sure did! Save the date of Saturday, August 11th: CSULA MALCSistas will be taking over your local fire pit at Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey for a BONFIRE! It will be a time to come together with current members, friends, and any other mujeres who are down for good conversations, good munchies, and good energy on a collective scale!
More details will be coming soon (e.g. what to bring, specific location, etc.) ~ in the meanwhile, be ready at 6 p.m. because that is when the fun begins! =)
VII. Finally... Our Next Meeting Dates!
- Wednesday, August 8th at 3:15 p.m.
- Wednesday, August 22nd at 3:15 p.m.
Both meetings will take place in the Cross Cultural Centers (King Hall D140 -- in the basement!)..... See you soon and see you there, mujeres! =)
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
[Pa' que sepan] Ana Castillo in Town...!
Author Ana Castillo
Will be reading and signing her new book, The Guardians
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
IMIX bookstore - Los Angeles
http://www.imixbooks.com/events.html
Ana Castillo is a celebrated poet, novelist, short story writer, and esaayist. Castillo was born and raised in Chicago. She has one son, Marcel Ramón Herrera, born in Evanston, Illinois, on September 21, 1983. Long considered one of the leading voices to emerge from the Chicana experience, Castillo is a prolific author whose work has been critically acclaimed and widely anthologized in the United States and abroad. Ilan Stavans writes “She is the most daring and experimental of Latino novelists.” Castillo’s books include the novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters (Bilingual Review Press, 1986; Doubleday, 1992), for which she received the Before Columbia Foundation’s American Book Award in 1987. Sapogonia (Bilingual Review Press, 1990), is a complex and engaging novel and a literary triumph, according to the renowned Chicano novelist Rudolfo Anaya who calls Castillo “one of our finest Chicana novelists.” Her more recent books include the novel So Far From God (Norton, 1993), which earned her both the Carl Sandburg Literary Award in Fiction of 1993 and the Mountains and Plains Bookseller Award of 1994, and a work of non-fiction, Massacre of the Dreamers: Reflections on Mexican-Indian Women in the United States 500 Years After the Conquest (University of New Mexico, 1992). Michael Sinayerson writes in Vanity Fair that her essays “make the case for a new, aggressive brand of feminism she calls Xicanisma, to win brown women a place in a black-and-white country.” The 1991 edition of Hispanic Writers describes Castillo’s epistolary novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters, as a probing description of the relationship between the sexes that encompasses both Mexican and United States Hispanic forms of love and gender conflict. That work has been hailed as having “ushered the Chicana voice into the feminist discourse with a bang.” One critic of Chicana literature, Norma Alarcón, has identified the deft use of irony as one of Castillo’s trademarks. Another, Alvina Quintana, believes that “her style reflects the influence and power of many of Latin America’s greatest writers.”
As a poet Castillo is the author of several works, including the chapbooks Otro Canto (1977) and The Invitation (1979); these were followed by several volumes of poetry which include Women Are Not Roses (Arte Publico, 1984), and My Father Was a Toltec (West End Press, 1988). In reference to Women Are Not Roses Marisa Cantu writes, “Castillo’s artistry lies in her ability to discover the meaning in the random experiences that fill our lives and communicate directly to us in sensuous, heartfelt bursts of revelation.” Most recently she published Water Color Women, Opaque Men, a novel in verse (Curbstone Press, 2005).
Castillo has coordinated an anthology on la Virgen de Guadalupe entitled La Diosa de las Americas/Goddess of the Americas (Riverside/Putnam, 1996). She signed a three-book contract with W. W. Norton: one of new poetry, another a collection of short fictions, and the last one a novel.
Castillo, along with Norma Alarcon and others, co-founded the literary magazine Third Woman; she has since been a contributing editor to Third Woman and Humanizarte magazines. Castillo’s speaking engagements are extensive and have been internationally sponsored, including the Sorbonne University (1985-1986), and a Germany reading tour (1987) sponsored by the German Association of Americanists. In 1988 Castillo was honored by the Women’s Foundation of San Francisco for her “pioneering excellence in literature.” She was featured, along with three other renowned Chicana writers Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Denise Chávez, in Vanity Fair (September 1994) and Hispanic (March 1995).
Castillo’s education was in Chicago. Following her graduation from Jone’s Commercial High School, she attended Chicago City College for two years before entering Northeastern Illinois University, where she received a B.A. in 1975, majoring in Art and minoring in Secondary Education. Castillo then relocated to Sonoma County, California where she taught Ethnic Studies at Santa Rosa Jr. College in 1975-76. Between 1977 and 1979 she was a writer in residence for the Illinois Arts Council. Due to her keen interest in Latin America, she became a Graduate Fellow in 1979, earning an M.A. degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies in the Social Science Division at the University of Chicago. She was a community activist throughout the 1970s. Throughout this period, Castillo taught English as a Second Language, Mexican and Mexican American history in community colleges in the Chicago and San Franisco areas. She returned to California from 1986 to 1990, where she taught feminist journal writing, women’s studies, creative writing, and Chicano literature at various colleges and universities.
From 1989 to 1990 Castillo was a Dissertation Fellow in the Chicano Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It was there that she continued her work on a new collection of poetry, I Ask the Impossible (Anchor Books, 2001) and her collection of essays Massacre of the Dreamers. From 1989 to 1994, she taught fiction writing and Latina literature at several colleges, including the University of New Mexico, Mills College of Oakland, CA, and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. Supported partly by a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in this period, Castillo finished So Far from God in 1993. It has been also published in Great Britain, Germany, and elsewhere. Castillo received a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Bremen, Germany, in 1991. In 1995, Castillo won a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for creative writing (fiction).
Until recently Ana Castillo lived in Chicago with her son. In June 2006 she relocated to her new home in New Mexico. In addition to the works cited above, she published Peel My Love Like an Onion (Doubleday) in 1999 and a children’s book My Daughter, My Son, The Eagle, The Dove. In 2005 she published a dramatic work Psst…I have something to tell you, mi amor (Wings Press) and this year The Guardians will be published by Random House. A noted columnist and essayist, she has written for newspapers and magazines across the country on various topics as far ranging as the murder of Tejano singer, Selena; gender roles in the farmworkers movement (Los Angeles Times, 4/20/97); being a mother (Salon, 4/12/99); and feministas turning 50 (Oxygen.com). She has been profiled and interviewed on National Public Radio and the History Channel, and has been featured along with Sandra Cisneros and Denise Chavez in Vanity Fair (9/94) and Hispanic (3/95).
Her awards include an American Book Award for The Mixquiahuala Letters ,the Carl Sandburg Award, a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in fiction and poetry. In 1998 she was awarded the Sor Juana Achievement Award by the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago. In 2006 she was winner of the Independent Publisher Story Teller of the Year Award.
Will be reading and signing her new book, The Guardians
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
IMIX bookstore - Los Angeles
http://www.imixbooks.com/events.html
Ana Castillo is a celebrated poet, novelist, short story writer, and esaayist. Castillo was born and raised in Chicago. She has one son, Marcel Ramón Herrera, born in Evanston, Illinois, on September 21, 1983. Long considered one of the leading voices to emerge from the Chicana experience, Castillo is a prolific author whose work has been critically acclaimed and widely anthologized in the United States and abroad. Ilan Stavans writes “She is the most daring and experimental of Latino novelists.” Castillo’s books include the novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters (Bilingual Review Press, 1986; Doubleday, 1992), for which she received the Before Columbia Foundation’s American Book Award in 1987. Sapogonia (Bilingual Review Press, 1990), is a complex and engaging novel and a literary triumph, according to the renowned Chicano novelist Rudolfo Anaya who calls Castillo “one of our finest Chicana novelists.” Her more recent books include the novel So Far From God (Norton, 1993), which earned her both the Carl Sandburg Literary Award in Fiction of 1993 and the Mountains and Plains Bookseller Award of 1994, and a work of non-fiction, Massacre of the Dreamers: Reflections on Mexican-Indian Women in the United States 500 Years After the Conquest (University of New Mexico, 1992). Michael Sinayerson writes in Vanity Fair that her essays “make the case for a new, aggressive brand of feminism she calls Xicanisma, to win brown women a place in a black-and-white country.” The 1991 edition of Hispanic Writers describes Castillo’s epistolary novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters, as a probing description of the relationship between the sexes that encompasses both Mexican and United States Hispanic forms of love and gender conflict. That work has been hailed as having “ushered the Chicana voice into the feminist discourse with a bang.” One critic of Chicana literature, Norma Alarcón, has identified the deft use of irony as one of Castillo’s trademarks. Another, Alvina Quintana, believes that “her style reflects the influence and power of many of Latin America’s greatest writers.”
As a poet Castillo is the author of several works, including the chapbooks Otro Canto (1977) and The Invitation (1979); these were followed by several volumes of poetry which include Women Are Not Roses (Arte Publico, 1984), and My Father Was a Toltec (West End Press, 1988). In reference to Women Are Not Roses Marisa Cantu writes, “Castillo’s artistry lies in her ability to discover the meaning in the random experiences that fill our lives and communicate directly to us in sensuous, heartfelt bursts of revelation.” Most recently she published Water Color Women, Opaque Men, a novel in verse (Curbstone Press, 2005).
Castillo has coordinated an anthology on la Virgen de Guadalupe entitled La Diosa de las Americas/Goddess of the Americas (Riverside/Putnam, 1996). She signed a three-book contract with W. W. Norton: one of new poetry, another a collection of short fictions, and the last one a novel.
Castillo, along with Norma Alarcon and others, co-founded the literary magazine Third Woman; she has since been a contributing editor to Third Woman and Humanizarte magazines. Castillo’s speaking engagements are extensive and have been internationally sponsored, including the Sorbonne University (1985-1986), and a Germany reading tour (1987) sponsored by the German Association of Americanists. In 1988 Castillo was honored by the Women’s Foundation of San Francisco for her “pioneering excellence in literature.” She was featured, along with three other renowned Chicana writers Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Denise Chávez, in Vanity Fair (September 1994) and Hispanic (March 1995).
Castillo’s education was in Chicago. Following her graduation from Jone’s Commercial High School, she attended Chicago City College for two years before entering Northeastern Illinois University, where she received a B.A. in 1975, majoring in Art and minoring in Secondary Education. Castillo then relocated to Sonoma County, California where she taught Ethnic Studies at Santa Rosa Jr. College in 1975-76. Between 1977 and 1979 she was a writer in residence for the Illinois Arts Council. Due to her keen interest in Latin America, she became a Graduate Fellow in 1979, earning an M.A. degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies in the Social Science Division at the University of Chicago. She was a community activist throughout the 1970s. Throughout this period, Castillo taught English as a Second Language, Mexican and Mexican American history in community colleges in the Chicago and San Franisco areas. She returned to California from 1986 to 1990, where she taught feminist journal writing, women’s studies, creative writing, and Chicano literature at various colleges and universities.
From 1989 to 1990 Castillo was a Dissertation Fellow in the Chicano Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It was there that she continued her work on a new collection of poetry, I Ask the Impossible (Anchor Books, 2001) and her collection of essays Massacre of the Dreamers. From 1989 to 1994, she taught fiction writing and Latina literature at several colleges, including the University of New Mexico, Mills College of Oakland, CA, and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. Supported partly by a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in this period, Castillo finished So Far from God in 1993. It has been also published in Great Britain, Germany, and elsewhere. Castillo received a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Bremen, Germany, in 1991. In 1995, Castillo won a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for creative writing (fiction).
Until recently Ana Castillo lived in Chicago with her son. In June 2006 she relocated to her new home in New Mexico. In addition to the works cited above, she published Peel My Love Like an Onion (Doubleday) in 1999 and a children’s book My Daughter, My Son, The Eagle, The Dove. In 2005 she published a dramatic work Psst…I have something to tell you, mi amor (Wings Press) and this year The Guardians will be published by Random House. A noted columnist and essayist, she has written for newspapers and magazines across the country on various topics as far ranging as the murder of Tejano singer, Selena; gender roles in the farmworkers movement (Los Angeles Times, 4/20/97); being a mother (Salon, 4/12/99); and feministas turning 50 (Oxygen.com). She has been profiled and interviewed on National Public Radio and the History Channel, and has been featured along with Sandra Cisneros and Denise Chavez in Vanity Fair (9/94) and Hispanic (3/95).
Her awards include an American Book Award for The Mixquiahuala Letters ,the Carl Sandburg Award, a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in fiction and poetry. In 1998 she was awarded the Sor Juana Achievement Award by the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago. In 2006 she was winner of the Independent Publisher Story Teller of the Year Award.
Monday, July 23, 2007
[Minutos] First Meeting of Summer 2007!
MALCS Minutos
July 18th, 2007
3:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Cross Cultural Center
July 18th, 2007
3:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Cross Cultural Center
Mujeres Presentes: Adilia, Connie, Martha, Marlen, Lizbeth, Mica
I. Summer Meeting Time
For the summer quarter, we will be meeting bi-weekly on Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m. in the Cross Cultural Center. This will allow us to have 4 more meetings before the Fall quarter! *Note: There will be a meeting on Wednesday, July 25th, since many of the mujeres will be leaving for Minnesota on August 1st!
II. MALCS Symposium Update
Those present at the meeting unanimously decided to plan the MALCS Symposium for Winter 2007. Besides the benefit of having a whole Fall quarter to plan out sessions and schedule, an added plus of a Winter date is that we will not be restricted to having it in the Golden Eagle and can use the Student Union for free!
We would, however, like to start a conversation amongst all MALCSistas to hear their thoughts so that the final decision is truly a collective one!!
Those present at the meeting unanimously decided to plan the MALCS Symposium for Winter 2007. Besides the benefit of having a whole Fall quarter to plan out sessions and schedule, an added plus of a Winter date is that we will not be restricted to having it in the Golden Eagle and can use the Student Union for free!
We would, however, like to start a conversation amongst all MALCSistas to hear their thoughts so that the final decision is truly a collective one!!
III. Programming Brainstorm - Overview
We had an energetic and creative discussion about smaller events that we can do during the Fall to generate interest for the upcoming Symposium. Here are some of the ideas we came up with:
- Paleta Sales (Fundraiser) during Welcome Week
- Flor y Canto event
- Applying to Graduate School Workshop
- Movie Night(s)
Now, for some more detail....
IV. Paleta Sales During Welcome Week
- We are looking into the possibility of selling paletas during Wednesday (26.9) and Thursday(27.9) of Welcome Week.
- What this would look like: MALCSistas moving up and down the walkways where folks table during Welcome Week with a decorated cart holding a cooler of paletas for sale!
- Each paleta would have a mailing label that says "MALCS" on it and possibly other brief information
What we need to make this happen:
- Lizbeth knows a paleta wholesale business in L.A. and volunteered to find out the price of paletas and the cost of possibly renting a cart
- We will be asking mujeres for their availability on September 26/27th so that we can assign shifts of a few hours each
- We will eventually need to make the labels and affix them to the paletas
- We also need to apply for a table for Welcome Week (sooner rather than later!)
V. MALCS Flor y Canto
- Proposed date: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
- Possible locations might include the library patio or University Club
- At this event, we would like to schedule campus and community performers to share their work - whether it be poetry, art, or any other type of creative expression! - and then open up the space for others to share as they feel inspired!!
- We could also have an art exhibit set up at the location, as well as a jar for donations
What we need to make this happen:
- Martha will contact Raquel Salinas and invite her to perform
- CSULA MALCSistas attending the Summer Symposium will invite the mujeres from UCLA to attend our event and possibly perform
- We need to advertise the event on campus and contact others who might be interested in sharing some of their work that we have heard in other spaces
- At our next meeting, we will brainstorm a theme for the Flor y Canto
VI. Applying to Graduate School Workshop
- Possible Date: To be determined, but definitely after Flor y Canto
- This has been a successful event for the last two years, so we will be consulting with Profa. Dee for more specifics on how we'd like to do it this year
- Past Profesoras participating have included Profa Dee, Profa. Hernandez, and Profa. Talavera-Bustillos
VII. Movie Nights with MALCSistas!
- Since we typically spend so much time working on putting together events for and recruitment from the wider campus, it is important to carve out times when we can foster our own relationships amongst each other!
- Movie nights can be rotational --> move from house to house
- We can also invite mujeres from other local chapters to join us in viewing good movies and afterwards engaging in good discussion
- We will determine the schedule and movies at future meetings... so start brainstorming some titles now! =)
VIII. Other Random Bits of Information!
- A note to keep in mind: ASI can provide funding of up to $999.99 per event, so we need to be proactive and get us some of that money!
- We would like to attend more cultural events together, so keep those ojitos open for some good ones to peep!
- A great suggestion was made to compile a binder to let folks know more about MALCS, using basic information such as : *explanation of organization; * contact info (email) of officers/members; *older and newer minutos.
- And finally... next meeting will be July 25th at 3:15 p.m. in the CCC; see you there!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
[Upcoming Event] Platica with Dorinda Moreno!
Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
invites you to a platica with…
invites you to a platica with…
Dorinda Moreno
May 1, 2007
7:00-8:00 p.m.
King Hall B3008
Dorinda Moreno is a longtime performer, activist, and writer. She developed some of the first Raza Women’s classes in the 1970s. Dorinda was editor of La Mujer en Pie de Lucha, a compilation of writings by Third World women. She is active in cyber communities working towards social justice. Her most recent project is "We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For".
[Minutos] First Meeting of Spring 2007! We're Back! =)
MALCS Minutos
April 21, 2007
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Integrated Humanities Center
I. Elections
The time has come to start thinking ahead for next year... Following are the positions and people who have been humbly nominated so far...
* Chair: Robin Paredes
* Co-Chair: Michaela Mares
* Programming Chair: Adilia Torres
* Herstorian: Yvonne Gutierrez
* Treasurer/Fundraising: Ninon Soto & Martha Gonzalez
* Mentorship/Outreach: Margarita Padilla
* Publicity/Advertising: Lucila Chavez
II. Next MALCS Actividad: Denim Day
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Time: 12-4pm
Location: CSULA Walkway
Come design your own jeans and learn about Denim Day!
III. More MALCS Events to Mark on your Calendars....!
* Chair: Robin Paredes
* Co-Chair: Michaela Mares
* Programming Chair: Adilia Torres
* Herstorian: Yvonne Gutierrez
* Treasurer/Fundraising: Ninon Soto & Martha Gonzalez
* Mentorship/Outreach: Margarita Padilla
* Publicity/Advertising: Lucila Chavez
II. Next MALCS Actividad: Denim Day
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Time: 12-4pm
Location: CSULA Walkway
Come design your own jeans and learn about Denim Day!
III. More MALCS Events to Mark on your Calendars....!
Be sure and tell a friend about these upcoming dates... better yet, bring her/him along!
- Dorinda Moreno Platica
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Time: 6:10-7:50pm
Location: KH B3008
Funding: $150 will be provided from ASI
- CSGS Student Research Conference
Date: May 15, 2007
Time: 9am-3pm
Presentation: Any volunteers? This will be an incredible event complete with a fabulous full lunch provided by our friends at CSGS... How can you resist??
- Noche de Loteria
Date: May 25, 2007
Time: 6pm-9pm
Location: Housing; More information to follow!
IV. MALCS Summer Institute ~ Start Planning NOW!
Date: August 2-4, 2007
Location: University of Minnesota , St. Paul --> Visit the MALCS website (link at the bottom of our bloga) to get all the details... !Ojo! Proposals for presentations have an extended deadline of May 21st!
Our next meeting will be at 10 a.m. on May 5th ~ keep your ears and eyes open to see if it will be at the IHC or la casa de Margarita... =) Spread the word, mujeres!
Monday, April 23, 2007
WEAR YOUR JEANS!!!!! AND STOP BY THE MALCS TABLE TO DESIGN YOUR OWN JEAN PIN!!!
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month ~ join communities throughout our state in taking action as part of Denim Day California!
Denim Day in LA
Join us to design your own jean pin!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
12-4 pm
Main Walkway
What is Denim Day?
Denim Day California campaign began in 1999 with CALCASA and Peace Over Violence, formally known as LACAAW, as part of an international protest of an Italian High Court decision to overturn a rape conviction because the victim was wearing jeans. The Italian Supreme Court dismissed charges against a 45-year-old rape suspect because his 18-year old victim was wearing jeans at the time of the attack. The Court stated in its decision that “It is common knowledge...that jeans cannot even be partly removed without the effective help of the person wearing them...and it is impossible if the victim is struggling with all her might.” The judgment sparked a worldwide outcry from those who understand coercion, threats and violence go along with the act of rape. The unpopular verdict became an international symbol of myth-based injustice for sexual assault victims.www.calcasa.com
How can I help?
-- Wear Your Jeans on April 25, 2007
-- Support your local Rape Crisis Center
-- Talk About It
-- Don’t Be Quiet
-- Challenge Harmful Myths
-- Create Change
-- Create Change
-- Organize to help make our community safe from sexual assault
Sponsored by:
Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
MALCSistas Presentes at PSWSA
(Profa.Dee, Lucila, Adilia, Mica, y Reina)Saturday, April 14, 2007
Next Meeting and Dates to Save! =)
Hello everyone,
Join us at the first general meeting of the quarter on Saturday, April 21, 2007! The meeting will be held at the Integrated Humanities Center, King Hall D4050 at 10am.
On 4/21 we will be having elections for the 2007-2008 MALCS officers. The following positions will be available:
*Chair
*Co-Chair
*Programming Chair
*Herstorian/Secretary
*Treasurer/Fundraising
*Publicity & Advertising
*Outreach & Mentorship
If you are unable to make the meeting but would like to nominate someone, please email malcsdecsula@yahoo.com with that information.
The following are other important dates to mark on your calendar!
*4/19 Take Back the Night, 6-10pm
Student Housing Phase II
Lounge & Quad
*4/25 Denim Day (Sponsored by MALCS)
Come design your own jeans and learn about Denim Day!
12-4pm Walkway (across from Textbook store)
*5/1 Dorinda Moreno (Community Activist)
Details coming soon!
*5/15 CSGS Student Research Conference
9am-3pm, Golden Eagle Ballroom
**Dont forget to submit for presentation!
*5/18 MALCS Noche de Loteria!
(MALCS Fundraiser)
Details coming soon!
Join us at the first general meeting of the quarter on Saturday, April 21, 2007! The meeting will be held at the Integrated Humanities Center, King Hall D4050 at 10am.
On 4/21 we will be having elections for the 2007-2008 MALCS officers. The following positions will be available:
*Chair
*Co-Chair
*Programming Chair
*Herstorian/Secretary
*Treasurer/Fundraising
*Publicity & Advertising
*Outreach & Mentorship
If you are unable to make the meeting but would like to nominate someone, please email malcsdecsula@yahoo.com with that information.
The following are other important dates to mark on your calendar!
*4/19 Take Back the Night, 6-10pm
Student Housing Phase II
Lounge & Quad
*4/25 Denim Day (Sponsored by MALCS)
Come design your own jeans and learn about Denim Day!
12-4pm Walkway (across from Textbook store)
*5/1 Dorinda Moreno (Community Activist)
Details coming soon!
*5/15 CSGS Student Research Conference
9am-3pm, Golden Eagle Ballroom
**Dont forget to submit for presentation!
*5/18 MALCS Noche de Loteria!
(MALCS Fundraiser)
Details coming soon!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
You are invited to a Conversation with
Enriqueta Vasquez
Chicana Activist, Artist, and Writer
Followed by a Book Signing
Tuesday, April 3
6:15 p.m.
Library Conference Room
Vasquez is co-author, with Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, of Viva La Raza! (1974) and is currently working on a sweeping history of the women of La Raza from indigenous times to the present. Her writings in El Grito del Norte focus on issues of racism, sexism, imperialism, and poverty, issues that remain pressing today. She will be joined by Lorena Oropeza (History, UC Davis) and Dionne Espinoza (Chicano Studies, CSULA), co-editors of Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano Movement: Writings from El Grito del Norte (Hispanic Civil Rights Series, Arte Publico Press Books).
Sponsored by: Chicano/Latino University Association, CSULA Library, Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, Department of Chicano Studies, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS)
Enriqueta Vasquez
Chicana Activist, Artist, and Writer
Followed by a Book Signing
Tuesday, April 3
6:15 p.m.
Library Conference Room
Vasquez is co-author, with Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, of Viva La Raza! (1974) and is currently working on a sweeping history of the women of La Raza from indigenous times to the present. Her writings in El Grito del Norte focus on issues of racism, sexism, imperialism, and poverty, issues that remain pressing today. She will be joined by Lorena Oropeza (History, UC Davis) and Dionne Espinoza (Chicano Studies, CSULA), co-editors of Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano Movement: Writings from El Grito del Norte (Hispanic Civil Rights Series, Arte Publico Press Books).
Sponsored by: Chicano/Latino University Association, CSULA Library, Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, Department of Chicano Studies, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS)
Thursday, March 15, 2007
MALCS Spring Gathering
....and it is time for another MALCS Gathering!
Join us for an evening of para comer, compartir poes`ia y convivir! Check out the Evite at http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=VAVHUIYDKRFZIXKRYKAL&li=iq&src=email&trk=aer6.
HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THIS SATURDAY!! =)
Saturday, February 3, 2007
[News] Jennifer López' Human Rights Award
Here is the link to the article on Yahoo News about the new movie she will be in about the Femicidio in Ciudad Juárez, and the award she is apparently going to receive:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_en_mo/people_jennifer_lopez_5
A ver si les interese....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_en_mo/people_jennifer_lopez_5
A ver si les interese....
Friday, February 2, 2007
[News] Gender Issues in the Hispanic Caucus
Sanchez quits Hispanic caucus
The Santa Ana congresswoman says Rep. Joe Baca broke voting rules to become chair, and that he is demeaning to her and other women.
By Richard Simon, Times Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2007
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was thrown into turmoil Thursday after Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) resigned her membership amid accusations that its chairman, Rep. Joe Baca (D-Rialto), had been demeaning to women. Two of the remaining five women in the 21-member caucus expressed concerns about how the group treated them, but did not resign.
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte) complained about the "lack of respect afforded to women members of the Hispanic Caucus." And Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D-Lakewood) stood by her sister and fellow congresswoman, saying: "I am waiting to see whether the Hispanic Caucus leadership will make good on its promise to be more fair and inclusive of Latina members.""Latinas are the fastestgrowing segment of the minority population," the Lakewood congresswoman said. "And their perspective deserves to be represented, not denigrated."
On Wednesday, Loretta Sanchez told the Politico, a new Capitol Hill newspaper, that Baca had called her a "whore." She has not responded to requests for an interview since then. Baca denied the charges Thursday, saying, "These accusations are categorically untrue."
The Orange County congresswoman's resignation comes after six caucus members last year cut their ties to the group's political action committee after it made campaign contributions to relatives of caucus members — including Baca's sons Joe Jr. and Jeremy, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate and Assembly, respectively."At a time when the public is crying out for a more ethical government, we should be taking every step to avoid any appearance of preferential treatment for relatives," Solis said in a statement Thursday.Some female caucus members also complained earlier this year that Baca's election as chairman was not conducted by secret ballot as required.
In her resignation announcement Wednesday, Sanchez cited her concern about the election as her only reason. "I and other members of the caucus voiced our strong opposition to Mr. Baca's chairmanship due to a violation of election rules," she said.Baca dismissed these complaints Thursday, noting: "These issues have been discussed, reported, and laid to rest."
Sanchez told the Politico that she heard Baca had made the demeaning remark about her to California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez.But at a news conference Thursday in Sacramento, Nuñez said, "I have no recollection of any conversation with anybody about a dispute between Congressman Baca and Congresswoman Sanchez." He added that he would "rather not be dragged into the mud" of a congressional fight.
Sanchez also told the Politico that when the caucus had approached her earlier this year to pay her contribution to support the caucus staff, she asked to be removed from the list of members. "There's a big rift here," she told the newspaper. Using a vulgarity to describe how Baca treated women, she concluded, "I have no use for him." Baca, in a statement Wednesday, called Sanchez's resignation "unfortunate." But in his statement Thursday, he implicitly criticized her, saying: "This 'controversy' is of the most disrespectful nature to our constituents and to our colleagues in the House because it is based on untruths."
A congressional staffer, who was not authorized to speak on the matter and requested anonymity, said that some of the male members of the caucus were often disrespectful of the women — talking, laughing or making jokes while they were trying to speak at caucus meetings. "This is a serious rift; it's bad for the community," the aide said. "If other women follow her lead, it looks bad" for the caucus. "They let internal bickering override what they can do as a key bloc in Congress."
richard.simon@latimes.comTimes staff writers Nicole Gaouette in Washington and Ashley Powers and Robert Salladay in California contributed to this report.
The Santa Ana congresswoman says Rep. Joe Baca broke voting rules to become chair, and that he is demeaning to her and other women.
By Richard Simon, Times Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2007
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was thrown into turmoil Thursday after Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) resigned her membership amid accusations that its chairman, Rep. Joe Baca (D-Rialto), had been demeaning to women. Two of the remaining five women in the 21-member caucus expressed concerns about how the group treated them, but did not resign.
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte) complained about the "lack of respect afforded to women members of the Hispanic Caucus." And Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D-Lakewood) stood by her sister and fellow congresswoman, saying: "I am waiting to see whether the Hispanic Caucus leadership will make good on its promise to be more fair and inclusive of Latina members.""Latinas are the fastestgrowing segment of the minority population," the Lakewood congresswoman said. "And their perspective deserves to be represented, not denigrated."
On Wednesday, Loretta Sanchez told the Politico, a new Capitol Hill newspaper, that Baca had called her a "whore." She has not responded to requests for an interview since then. Baca denied the charges Thursday, saying, "These accusations are categorically untrue."
The Orange County congresswoman's resignation comes after six caucus members last year cut their ties to the group's political action committee after it made campaign contributions to relatives of caucus members — including Baca's sons Joe Jr. and Jeremy, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate and Assembly, respectively."At a time when the public is crying out for a more ethical government, we should be taking every step to avoid any appearance of preferential treatment for relatives," Solis said in a statement Thursday.Some female caucus members also complained earlier this year that Baca's election as chairman was not conducted by secret ballot as required.
In her resignation announcement Wednesday, Sanchez cited her concern about the election as her only reason. "I and other members of the caucus voiced our strong opposition to Mr. Baca's chairmanship due to a violation of election rules," she said.Baca dismissed these complaints Thursday, noting: "These issues have been discussed, reported, and laid to rest."
Sanchez told the Politico that she heard Baca had made the demeaning remark about her to California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez.But at a news conference Thursday in Sacramento, Nuñez said, "I have no recollection of any conversation with anybody about a dispute between Congressman Baca and Congresswoman Sanchez." He added that he would "rather not be dragged into the mud" of a congressional fight.
Sanchez also told the Politico that when the caucus had approached her earlier this year to pay her contribution to support the caucus staff, she asked to be removed from the list of members. "There's a big rift here," she told the newspaper. Using a vulgarity to describe how Baca treated women, she concluded, "I have no use for him." Baca, in a statement Wednesday, called Sanchez's resignation "unfortunate." But in his statement Thursday, he implicitly criticized her, saying: "This 'controversy' is of the most disrespectful nature to our constituents and to our colleagues in the House because it is based on untruths."
A congressional staffer, who was not authorized to speak on the matter and requested anonymity, said that some of the male members of the caucus were often disrespectful of the women — talking, laughing or making jokes while they were trying to speak at caucus meetings. "This is a serious rift; it's bad for the community," the aide said. "If other women follow her lead, it looks bad" for the caucus. "They let internal bickering override what they can do as a key bloc in Congress."
richard.simon@latimes.comTimes staff writers Nicole Gaouette in Washington and Ashley Powers and Robert Salladay in California contributed to this report.
[Minutos] 2nd Meeting of Winter 2007!
Minutos from MALCS Meeting #2
January 20, 2007
Antigua Cultural Coffee House
January 20, 2007
Antigua Cultural Coffee House
Mujeres Presentes: Lucila, Profa. D, Yvonne, Connie, Robin, Ninon, Michaela
I. Organization Status
a. There will be a mandatory meeting on 2/13 at 3 p.m. in the Center for Student
Development.
b. This is the earliest date that we can be formally recognized as a campus org.
c. Who can attend? (Possibly Adilia and/or Margarita?)
II. Meetings
a. After taking an informal poll of mujeres’ availability, we have decided to keep the meeting dates for Saturday mornings during the Winter Quarter.
b. A possible location for future meetings may be the East L.A. library à they have nice meeting spaces available, and we may even do a screening there in the future.
III. Programming
a. On the Edge Screening
i. Lucila emailed Victoria and is waiting for a response; she will try calling her to make contact.
ii. The tentative date for the screening would be during either Week 6 or Week 7.
b. Femicidio en Guatemala
i. Date: February 28th (Wednesday) at 4:30 p.m.
ii. Possible Locations….
1. Cross Cultural Centers à there will be another event in the bookstore sponsored by the CCC later that night, though, so this location is more an option than a first choice…
2. Golden Eagle Ballroom à we cannot secure the space until 13.2 à maybe other groups could do it for us? (We will be contacting either MEChA or the Latin American Studies Society to see if they can help/hop on board!)
iii. Advertisement
1. Connie will be creating the flyer.
2. Mike (Soldatenko) may have images that can be used.
iv. Honorarium… (pending)
1. Christy had originally said that the Women’s Resource Center could provide $100 towards the Symposium
2. Perhaps that money could be used as the honorarium??
c. CA Latinas for Reproductive Justice
i. Lucila and Dionne met with Gabriela Valle and Rocío Córdoba on 1/17
ii. A little more about them…
1. This is a brand new organization that seeks to reframe issues of reproductive rights within a social justice framework --> also takes into account how the state regulates women’s bodies, cultural constructs --> how can we as women make choices with full support and necessary knowledge?
2. “Reproductive Justice” --> a woman has a right to decide whether to have kids or not, with access to choices, and not have the state regulate her choice.
iii. Date: March 3, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
1. They will hold a workshop on campus to introduce the idea of reproductive justice -->this is like an introductory meeting where both men and women are welcome.
2. Also, they’ll pay the cost for women’s travel expenses to CSULA that day.
3. The ultimate goal is to have a second “training” where they take interested folks to Sacramento and get them involved on the policy side.
iv. Location: Roybal Center (pending)
v. Advertising/Ways We Can Help
1. They are asking for our help in securing the space.
2. We can also help out with outreach on campus -->they’ll provide us with a flyer.
IV. Announcements (and, mainly, discussion on Programming Ideas for Spring)
a. May 8th ~ Panel on Women Immigrant Workers
i. Profa. D. is working on putting this together.
ii. Some things to consider: space? Names of participants? Title?
iii. The goal is to have a combination of the academic perspective with, most importantly, the voices of workers themselves.
b. May 15th ~ CSGS Student Research Conference
i. Would any mujeres be interested in acting as presenters or helping with registration?
ii. Planning meeting on Tuesday, January 23rd at 3 p.m. in the CSGS.
c. More to Mark on Your Calendars!
i. April 13th ~ PSWSA Conference on campus (organized by Profa. Hernández)
1. MALCS should do a presentation on “Defining New Role”
2. We will talk more about what we can do there; this is a great space to utilize for those mujeres who are starting to do research and need/want opportunities to present!
ii. April 19th ~ Take Back the Night event
d. What would we like to see as programming possibilities in the Spring?
i. MALCS networking with mujeres from other campuses (UCLA? Cal?)
ii. Roundtable Discussions (pláticas)
iii. A Tuesday 3:15-4:15 event?
e. February 17th ~ Eagle Fest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
i. This is the campus Open House event that aims to recruit students to the CSULA campus.
ii. We had a good discussion on whether or not this would be a worthwhile event to attend.
1. We decided that it was a good opportunity for visibility not just with potential students, but also with other orgs. on campus.
2. Volunteers to staff table? (2 hour shifts)
f. MALCS de CSULA binder!
i. We have decided to start a scrapbook/binder that will hold pictures from various events as well as member bios.
ii. The Bios can take any form that you like à just as long as it fits on a standard 8 ½ x11 sheet of paper.
1. You don’t have to put all your personal chismes on your page: just what you are comfortable sharing, and so that others reading it will get an idea of who you are and why you are in MALCS.
iii. Michaela will compile the Bios and pictures into an “album” by Eagle Fest so that we can use it as a recruiting tool.
iv. Tentative deadline for submitting Member Bios: at our next meeting!
g. MALCS Account
i. We are running very low on funds in our account…!
ii. If everyone can donate $5 to maintain the account, that would be a great help.
h. Summer Possibility: 2 weeks in Cuernavaca!!
i. Profa. D. is looking into a program that has been done at other Southland campuses which takes students to an institute in México that uses the Freirean method to teach Mexican issues (content-based instruction).
ii. The cost of attending would be around $2000, but la Profa. is looking into ways to get that partially subsidized through campus.
i. Margarita will do a workshop on Popular Education for Adults with the MALCS mujeres !
j. Hasta la próxima: February 3rd in the IHC at 10 a.m. !
[Minutos] 1st Meeting of Winter 2007
Minutos from First MALCS Meeting of the Winter Quarter!
Mujeres Presentes: Profa. D., Yvonne, Connie, Lucila, Ninon, Michaela
Agenda
I. Elections
a. Good news to start off the New Year = a new Programming Chair!
i. Connie will take on this role for our chapter!
II. Programming
a. MALCS Symposium
i. Things to consider --> PSWA on 4/13 and CSGS SRC on 5/15
ii. The collective decision was made to postpone the Symposium until the Fall Quarter
b. On the Edge Screening
i. We are currently looking to have this event take place sometime around Week 7, although a definite date is still to be determined!
ii. Victoria is the mujer who goes to campuses to screen the film
1. She does not ask for monetary compensation, but does ask for art supplies to support a curriculum used with youth
2. This means that we will need to coordinate an art drive prior to and during the event ~ more details to come!
c. Femicidio en Guatemala
i. Date: February 28th at 4:30 p.m.
ii. Mike Soldatenko is making all of the arrangements; our role will be more in terms of advertisement
iii. We have also been asked to provide an honorarium
d. CA Latinas for Reproductive Justice
i. Gabriela Valles, meeting on January 17th at 2p.m.
ii. Lucila attend the meeting to see what a collaboration with this organization for an event would entail
iii. The group is not asking for money, but a space in which to make a presentation
iv. More details to come!
III. Announcements
a. MALCS as an Official Student Org.
i. Lucila will attend the meeting required in order for MALCS to be recognized as a student org. on campus
ii. This is a must so that we can later request funding!
b. “Youth, Student, and Women’s Activism in the Chicano Movement”
i. Taking place on Tuesday, January 23rd at 6:15 p.m. in Profa. D’s class
ii. This event is open to all who want to attend ~ it should be a great, empowering opportunity for those who can make it!
c. “Magic Cleaners” and IDEPSCA
i. Profa. D. shared initial information with us on this new project that is being undertaken with the mujeres at the Day Labor Center on Lake Avenue in Pasadena
ii. The idea is for them to create a niche in providing eco friendly cleaning services
iii. Their need is support in terms of learning English for: language of environmentalism; cleaning; terms for interaction with employers à want more practical, immediate English skills
iv. Profa. D. will keep us updated on what future collaborations might look like!
IV. Next Meeting: 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 20, 2007 at Antigua
a. This time will be used to divvy up tasks for the three aforementioned events, get a sense of mujeres’ availability this quarter, and enjoy ourselves once more in a space off campus….hasta sábado! =)
[Minutos] First MALCS Meeting of Fall 2006!!!
“Minutos”/Highlights from the First MALCS Meeting of the Fall!
2.10.2006
Integrated Humanities Center
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Mujeres Presentes:
Lucila, Margarita, Profesora Dionne, Rosalba, Nadia, Elena, Ninón, Robin
Agenda Items:
- Welcome from Margarita
Margarita started the Fall off with a warm, empowering bang and welcomed back both familiar and new mujeres to the MALCS Chapter of Cal State L.A. She also shared the beautiful premio that our chapter was awarded in Spring 2005 for being Best New Group on Campus. A note a todas: don't forget to check out the MALCS general website! Http://malcs.net - Meeting Schedule for Fall
We'll be meeting on the First Monday (*on campus) and Third Saturday (*in community) of each month! Our next meeting is Saturday, October 14th at 10 a.m. (*Location and directions follow at the end of this posting...!) - We Have Subcommittees!
We decided at the meeting to spread our energies into four main subcommittees so that each mujer can help take the lead on one area where she feels her talents will be used best. The four subcommittees are:
* Programming
* Advocacy/Mentorship
* Fundraising
* Recruitment/Outreach
To sign up, please contact our mighty chairmujer, Lucila. =)
- Juanita Díaz-Cotto Visit
As our first event of the year, MALCS will be co-sponsoring a campus-wide event featuring Juanita Díaz-Cotto. She will be giving a talk about her new book, “Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio”, on Wednesday, October 23, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. in the Golden Eagle Ballroom.
ALSO, we are in the works of scheduling a more intimate plática with
Juanita Díaz-Cotto during the week of her lecture. This event will be
specifically for those who belong to organizations focusing on women, genders,
and sexualities; it will be a discussion on women of color generally and lesbian
women of color specifically. It's going to be potluck, so bring a tasty sumthin'
sumthin' as well as your appetite for good eats and great dialogue.
- Graduate School Workshop
Save the date: Monday, October 30th, 2006 at 6:15 p.m. In the IHC (King Hall D4051)
Following the success of the Thesis Workshop last year, we will be presenting a Graduate School Workshop for MALCS undergraduates and other interested Chicana/Latina/Native American women on campus. Topics to be covered include Admissions; Financial Aid; Non-traditional programs; and Personal Experiences of current graduate students. Here is another look at some of the proposed topics and presenters:
* Dr. Talavera will be contacted to present on Admissions* Lucila will discuss Financial Aid
* Dr. Espinoza will present on Non-traditional programs (e.g. Women's Studies, Chicana/o Studies, creating Masters Programs)
* Margarita and Ninón will share their personal experiences as graduate students
We are going to need help advertising; more details to follow!
MALCS Symposium
A full day of programming and empowerment awaits us all!
This year MALCS will be putting together the 1st Chicana/Latina/Native American Women's Symposium at CSULA. The Symposium will include:
~ Writing Workshops
~ Scholarship Information
~ Women's Health
~ Being a Mujer in College
~ And other issues relevant to us and our communities!
*The tentative date for this gran evento is February 24th, 2007 (during the 8th week of the Winter Quarter). Our target number of participants for now is 30 mujeres.
**We are still in the process of compiling and utilizing all of our funding sources, though we will most likely have to fundraise some ourselves. (Some potential ideas included selling pan dulce y chocolate when the nights start getting colder and folks are hungrier coming out of class.)
*** There is still much to discuss about the planning of the Symposium! This will be a hot topic for our next meeting, again at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 14th !
More Ideas to Pursue: Fundraising for Las Mujeres de Juárez
Profa. Espinoza passed out literature and shared some information about projects currently going on that are bringing light to the femicide in Juárez. More specifically, we will be inviting Victoria Aguilera to show the film “On the Edge” which deals with the continued femicide. We will also do an art supply drive in exchange for her coming to present at our campus. More to come on this as well!
“Word on the Street”
The following announcements were shared with the group:
* Cafe Para La Vida Digna ~ information was shared about this project that works to sell the coffee produced by Zapatista growers at a rate better than that of fair trade. To learn more, visit the website at http://www.cafeparalavidadigna.com/
* “No Human Being is Illegal” Day Laborer/Household Worker Soccer Cup ~ the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA) is seeking support for its annual soccer cup. They are trying to raise $2000.00 for the women's soccer team; anyone able to contribute is asked to make the check payable to IDEPSCA and mail it to 1565 W. 14th Street; Los Angeles, California; 90015. The cup itself will take place on Sunday, October 29th from 8a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rose Bowl.
HASTA LA PróXIMA...
What a great way to start off the Fall Quarter! Our next meeting will be held at 10 a.m. 0n Saturday, October 14th at
Antigua Cultural Coffee House
4836 Huntington Drive South
Los Angeles, California 90032
From Lot F on the CSULA campus, you will make a right on Valley Blvd.; left on Fremont Avenue; and at Huntington you will turn left. However, you will need to make a U-turn on Huntington North to get to Huntington Drive South....
¡Ojo! Antigua is on Huntington Drive South between N. Eastern Avenue and Thelma Avenue.
For more detailed driving directions, please also visit http://www.mapquest.com/.
So much great information to read, so many great things to DO! Gracias, mujeres, and see you SOON!
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