Andrea Fautheree Márquez (Art,IntlAf’16; MATLAS’21) grew up in Pagosa Springs hearing stories about the racism her family faced in Colorado and her mother and grandmother's roles as activists in the ...

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Elizabeth Martínez, a feminist, writer and community activist who helped organize the Chicana movement, which sought to empower people, like her, who were of Mexican descent and born in the United ...

Monica De La Torre, professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, says she is empowered by photos of women in front of microphones. As a guest speaker for Tuesday’s RTVF ...

The two-dimensional pieces of subtle artwork were something she'd always been exposed to, but had never seen herself being depicted as. Romero became one, along with 20 other community activists, in ...

Alicia Escalante, who led the fight for justice and dignity in the turbulent 1960s, has donated her papers to UCSB Alicia Escalante was an unlikely hero. A poor single mother of five, she became one ...

Rodriguez Corona, Ed.D., is director of the Office of Student Equity Programs and Services at Southwestern College District. She lives in City Heights. As a young Chicana activist at San Diego State ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Two UNM professors have launched an exhibit at the National Hispanic Cultural Center highlighting six New Mexican artists. Dr. Irene Vasquez and Dr. Ray Hernandez-Duran ...

Leading Chicana activist, Elizabeth (Betita) Martinez, spoke last night in Thompson Hall about the lack of participation by people of color in the present day anti-war movement. Continuing in the ...

Chicana literature has grown from the activism of the Chicano Movement into a vibrant, multi-voiced exploration of identity, culture, and resistance. From early pioneers like Sandra Cisneros and ...

Through her writings, she inspired, provoked, educated, strategized, organized and built cross-racial and cross-ethnic alliances, all in pursuit of social justice. By Katharine Q. Seelye Elizabeth ...