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Affect and Space Making in Afro-Latina Poetics

Online via Zoom

This webinar explores how Afro-Latina writers challenge colonial ideas of space through storytelling. Focusing on Daughters of the Stone (2009) by Afro-Puerto Rican author Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, the talk examines how Black Puerto Rican women use literature to preserve emotional and spatial knowledge rooted in resistance, community, and spirituality. It highlights how Afro-Latina poetics reshape Latinx and Black geographies… Continue reading Affect and Space Making in Afro-Latina Poetics

Affect and Space Making in Afro-Latina Poetics Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - 11:30am to 12:45pm

SŪKŪJULA TEI’ (Stories of My Mother) Virtual Film Screening & Conversation with David Hernández Palmar

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Join us for a virtual screening of SŪKŪJULA TEI’ (Stories of My Mother), a powerful and intimate film by Wayuu filmmaker David Hernández Palmar. Rooted in Wayuu memory and oral tradition, the film weaves together personal narrative, maternal legacy, and cultural continuity, offering a moving reflection on identity, territory, and belonging. Following the screening, participate… Continue reading SŪKŪJULA TEI’ (Stories of My Mother) Virtual Film Screening & Conversation with David Hernández Palmar

Book talk and discussion: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons

Nordhoff Hall 113

Anthony Christian Ocampo, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race, which has been featured on NPR, NBC News, Literary Hub, and in the… Continue reading Book talk and discussion: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons

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Organizing Democracy: How Unions Build Power in Higher Education

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Labor organizer Michelle Gutiérrez examines how unions in higher education function as spaces where democracy is practiced, contested, and sustained. Drawing on years of organizing experience, she explores how collective action counters authoritarian pressures through solidarity, shared leadership, and coalition-building. The lecture offers practical insight into how workers build power and defend democratic institutions in… Continue reading Organizing Democracy: How Unions Build Power in Higher Education

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