“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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