Blogging for MALCSS. Gallardo

The MALCS website

2005

The MALCS website

2006

The MALCS blog, 2005-2010

The current MALCS blog /

website 2010-2012

The Mujeres Talk blog

A brief community blog tour, 2005-2010

• Antonia’s fault• Our history

Member productivity

And more productivity…

And yet more productivity…

Maylei Blackwell and Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez,finalists for 2011 Berkshire Women’s History Book Prize

Dolores Delgado Bernal, C. Alejandra Elenes, Francisca E. Godinez, and Sofia Villenas

2006 American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award

Cindy Cruz, AERA Gender Equity Award for “LGBTQ Street youth talk back”

Other creative projects

Member honors

• Karina Avalos, Calif Ethics Bowl, NHU• Antonia Castaneda, 2007 NACCS Scholar• Dionne Espinoza, 1st Annual Gracia Molina Latina

Feminisms Lecture, UCSB• Aida Hurtado, AERA Gender Equity Award• Ana Juarez, NSF Research Grant, Texas State Univ• Patricia Zavella, Honored USC Founders Day• New Ph.D.s: Lorena Marquez, Rocio Delgado, yours truly

Members gaining tenureAssoc. Prof Marivel DanielsonArizona State University

Assoc. Prof. Gabriella Gutierrez y MuhsSeattle University

Assoc. Prof. Dionne EspinozaCal State Los Angeles

Assoc. Prof. Linda HeidenreichWashington State University

Assoc. Prof. Anna M. SandovalCal State Long Beach

Assoc. Prof. Josie Mendez-NegreteUT San Antonio

And other promotionsRusty Barcelo, PresidentNorthern New Mexico College

Deena Gonzalez, Associate ProvostLoyola Marymount University

Rallied around our sick…

CSU Eastbay Assoc Prof. Luz Calvo, in remission from breast cancer, with wife Catriona Esquibel

Betita Martinez, currently in S.F. retirement home

Remembered those who have passed on

• Yolanda Retter• Angela de Hoyos• Karin Duran• Shifra Goldman• Ada María Isasi-Diaz• Ricardo Favela

Seen institutional change…or not

• Birth of Chicana/o Studies Ph.D. program at UCLA, 2010

• Naming of ASU Transborder Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies Department

• Birth of Association for Joteria Arts, Activism & Scholarship• Yolanda Broyles’ Gonzalez departure from UA Women’s Studies• Firing of Ward Churchill• Tenure denial of Andrea Smith

And news…

• Cherrie raised $27k for New Fire Theatre

• Sandy Soto heckled at ASUgraduation over SB1070

• Fight against SB1070/HB2281 and debate over the Arizona boycott

• Formation of MALCS Arizona State Conference• Dreamers!• Immigration, immigration, immigration

And finally, shared in landmark national moments….

Conclusion

• Marking our achievements, documenting our history as mujeres, carving out a public space for ourselves, as Chicanas/Latinas, Afro-Latinas, and indigenous women is important.

• We need your help. • Here’s how:

What to blog for MALCS?• A significant event, news story, commentary• Personal knowledge of honor or accomplishment• Share a resource or CFP• A request for information, or need for support