Save 30% on #NewBook "Made in NuYoRico" by Marisol Negrón, which tells the cultural history of salsa over a 50-year period, showing how salsa became embedded in Nuyorican identity. #LatinxStudies #AmericanStudies ow.ly/soS150TEwFP

UC admin can’t expect their Academic Senate committees to simply rubber stamp policies that infringe on our students’ rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. Just because legal council approves it doesn’t mean that we do!

🧵 2 of 3 Here's the feature Cat and I worked on about the origins of conjunto in San Benito and the youth who have taken up the mantle of the genre. Tambien lo puedes leer en Español. texashighways.com/culture/the-re…

“For a long time, Latinos didn’t have a space in museums or special collections. We want to make sure there’s a place for them.” - Dr. Gabi Baeza Ventura, Deputy Director of artepublico and Director of @apprecovery stories.uh.edu/10724-uh-prese… #apprecovery #usLdh #Latina

Sixteen days til pub day! Use this discount to purchase ⬇️

Even though it’s 70 years old, Salt of the Earth (1954) still resonates when teaching about histories of race, labor, and gender ✊🏽

Some pictures from the Bienvenida hosted by UCR’s Office of Chicano Student Programs earlier this week ♥️ #HSI

I get that the phenomenon of Latinx folks voting for Tr*mp is novel, but let’s not overstate their numbers or their influence.

The real reason Texas can't control its border: it needs the migrants too badly. For 8 months, I've investigated undocumented construction workers, the bosses hiring them, and the politicians who look the other way: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

New Series Promo: Looking Beyond Borders: Undocu-Stories from UC Berkeley A podcast highlighting undocumented students' stories, experiences, and histories at Cal. Covering a variety of topics such as financial aid, housing, immigration policies, mental health, and more.

Join us Nov 1-2 at UC Riverside for Encuentro de Música Oaxaqueña: Raíces y Ramas. For more information boomingbandas.com Nancy Allende, share a special invitation! ucrperforms #IndigenousPeoplesDay #musicaoaxaquena

One of the things I love about El Norte Recuerda Magical/Realism is the way she puts together Mexican American cultural references. Vicente Fernandez, Selena Quintanilla, and Elizabeth Bishop? Yes, please #oneart

Bridging the generational divide with the nation’s oldest Latino civil rights group latimes.com/california/sto…

A coda to this thread: when I asked my students about what was happening in the 80s that wd make Rivera's "archival project" so important, they didn't know! How can the AIDS epidemic not part of their historical consciousness?