2020-2021 Full Archive List
Fall 2020
Sept. 22, 2020
“Lighting of the Fire”
Community gathering hosted by Las Maestras to mark the beginning of the “Voz, Vela y Voto” series.
Hosted via Zoom
October 6, 2020 - October 27, 2020
“Voz, Vela y Voto”
Virtual community conversations -- four Tuesdays in October.
Hosted via Zoom
October 30, 2020
“Xicana[x] Indigenous Values”
Filmed conversation on Xicana[x] Indigenous Values between Celia Herrera Rodríguez and Charlene O’Rourke (Lakota)
November 1 - November 2, 2020
“Día de Muertos Vigil”
Short solo commentaries, dialogues, ritual moments, and arts offerings (recorded and live).
Hosted via Zoom
Winter 2021
“Sana, Sana, Colita de Rana - Ancestral Medicine Strategies for Health and Wellbeing.”
In light of Covid-19, LMC shifted all of our programming into a virtual format. Co-director Celia Herrara Rodríguez curated this series of Indigenous/ Xicana[x] healers and health practitioners to host workshops for our intergenerational communities. With support from the office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we were able to hire a graduate student coordinator, and two undergraduate interns to support publicity and documentation of each public workshop.
January 19 & January 21, 2021
Herbalistas, Doña Enriqueta and Norma Yescas Contreras (Oaxaco, MX)
2. January 28, 2021
Remedios para el Aire...Remedios para el Alma with Estela Román
3. February 9, 2021
Healing Plant Medicines with Berenice Dimas from Hoodherbalism
4. February 16, 2021
CuraTé: The Healing Power of Plants and Palabra a healing arts workshop focusing on wellness and writing with Felicia Montes from Mujeres de Maiz
Spring 2021
April 13, 2021
Evolving Xicana[x] Spiritual Thought and Practice
“Voices from the Ancestors” -- co-editor Lara Medina and contributors Suzy Zepeda and Omar Gozalez discuss the new anthology and related teaching practice.
April 8, 2021 - May 27, 2020
“In Good Company - The Latinx Public Voice”
Through the lens of ‘I’ in the name of ‘we,’ this series intends to make visible the invisible population changing the face and mind of the United States of North America.
Co-Sponsored by The Chicano Studies Institute, The Multicultural Center, The Department of English, and Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
Curated by Cherríe Moraga, who also served as interlocutor. This series was taught concurrently with her graduate course in English, by the same name.
April 8, 2021
Featuring Luís J. Rodríguez
2. April 22, 2021
Featuring Roberto Lovato
3. May 6, 2021
Featuring Maria Hinojosa
4. May 20, 2021
Featuring Cristina Rivera Garza
5. May 27, 2021
Roundtable discussion with Luis J. Rodríguez, Roberto Lovato, María Hinojosa, Cristina Rivera Garza, and Cherríe Moraga
June 29, 2021
LMC Presentations on Learning
Interns: Angel Ponce, Yesenia García Ramos, Vanessa Garcia
Summer 2021
June 22, 2021-June 26, 2021
“Xicana[x] Indigenous Values Convening at Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego
Interdisciplinary convening on the role of XIcana[x] Indigenous Values within Chicanx Studies.
Co-Sponsored by: Chicanx Studies - UC Davis, Chicanx Studies - CSU San Diego, and Chicanx Studies - CSU Channel Islands.