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Each Panel is labelled at with the day room and panel number.

F – Friday; S – Saturday; 1,2,3,4 – Panel Sessions

A – Room C2107; B – Room C3107; C – Room C3109

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— D E T A I L S / D E S C R I P T I O N S — 

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Fri. Nov. 8, 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Concurrent Panels Session One (F1A, F1B, F1C)

F1A

Chicanas Chingonas: Reframing Discourses of Resistance

Maria Cuevas , Yakima Valley Community College

Dr. Linda Heidenreich, Washington State University

Veronica Sandoval, Washington State University

Lynn Becerra, Washington State University

Lizeth Gutierrez, Washington State University

F1B

Masculinity workshop

Milena Seymour

Victor Ortiz, The Evergreen State College

F1C

Back to the Basics: Why Chican@ Studies Needs Political Economy to Stay Relevant

José Barragan, The Evergreen State College

Mayra Espinoza, The Evergreen State College

Maria Polanco, The Evergreen State College

Giovanni Sánchez De Leon, The Evergreen State College

Anthony Zaragoza, The Evergreen State College

Fri. Nov. 8, 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Panels Session Two (F2A, F2B, F2C)

F2A

Neoliberalism workshop

Juan Carlos Ruiz Duran, South Puget Sound Community College

Kevin Peña, The Evergreen State College

F2B

Emerging Latina/o Scholarship at Central Washington University: Psychological, Sociological, and Political Perspectives

Dr. Heath Marrs, Central Washington University

Laura Ramirez, Central Washington University

Brendan Shearer, Central Washington University

Dr. Gilberto Garcia, Central Washington University

F2C

Film Screening: Precious Knowledge is a 2011 political documentary centered on the banning of the Mexican American Studies Program in the Tucson Unified School District of Arizona.

Fri. Nov. 8, 12:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m: Plenary I 

*Concurrent with eating lunch.

Familias Unidas por la Justicia is made up of over 300 indigenous migrant farmworker families who have held six strikes this season and who also launched a boycott in order to secure a contract with their employer, Sakuma Bros. Farm.

Matt Sedillo, a two-time national slam poet, grand slam champion of the Damn Slam Los Angeles 2011 and teh author of For What I Might Do Tomorrow published by Casa De Poesia 2010. His poetry has been published by anthologies alongside the likes of such literary giants as Amiri Baraka, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hircshman and Luis Rodriquez.

Fri. Nov. 8, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Panels Session Three (F3A, F3B, F3C)

F3A

Action Research: Community Struggles, Power, and Chicana/o Studies Scholarship

Martín Meráz García, PhD, Eastern Washington University

Raul Garcia, University of Washington, Seattle

Tomás Alberto Madrigal, UC Santa Barbara

Dr. Gilberto Garcia, Central Washington University

F3B

Activism, Education, and Identity

SimHayKin S. Jack, Eastern Washington University

Amy Núñez, Eastern Washington University

F3C

Women of Color/Chican@s in the Sciences

Dre Avila, The Evergreen State College

Mimi Alcantar, The Evergreen State College

Fri. Nov. 8, 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Panels Session Four (F4A, F4B, F4C)

F4A

The New Activists of the 21st Century: Reuniting our Voices to Empower our Youth 

Lucia Vasquez, Eastern Washington University

Jackie Vaugh, Eastern Washington University

Stephanie Fuentes, Eastern Washington University

Amy Núñez, Eastern Washington University

Dr. Martín Meráz García, Eastern Washington University

F4B

Chicanos and Class: Current and Future Possible Struggles

Peter Bohmer, The Evergreen State College

Larry Mosqueda, The Evergreen State College

Devon Peña, University of Washington, Seattle

F4C

People’s Permanent Tribunal

Dante Garcia, The Evergreen State College

Ricardo Ortega, Legacy of Equality, Leadership, and Organizing (LELO)

Sat., Nov. 9, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Concurrent Panels Session Five (S1A, S1B, S1C)

S1A

Challenging The Latina/o Academic Achievement Gap—Exploring Schools and Community Efforts Thru Participatory Research and Film

Grace Huerta, Ph.D., The Evergreen State College

Anne Fischel, The Evergreen State College

S1B

Tomorrow Today: A Future of Chican@ Communities and Chican@ Future Studies

Anthony Zaragoza, Ph.D., The Evergreen State College

S1C

Inmigrantes Unidos de Shelton: Mobilizando con la comunidad inmigrante 

Octavio Sánchez- IUS

Julio González- IUS

Stefanie Gottschalk Huerta- IUS

Sat., Nov. 9, 2013, 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 Concurrent Panels Session Six (S2A, S2B, S2C)

S2A

Borderlands and the Future Identity of Chicano Studies

Lauro Flores, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

Erasmo Gamboa, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

Alice A. Nelson, Ph.D., The Evergreen State College

S2B

Women of Color Caucus

Maira Ramirez, The Evergreen State College

Kayla Perez, South Puget Sound Community College

S2C

Matt Sedillo Poetry Workshop

Sat., Nov. 9, 2013, 12 noon – 2:00 p.m : Plenary II

*Concurrent with eating lunch.

Hij@s de Su Madre is a triad of intergenerational complex performers with different experiences of Latinidad and migration. Mimi Alcántar, Fabian Romero, Alejandra Abreu and Norma Alicia share their stories and vulnerably look to how their lives are shaped by their complex identities. Together they provide a multi-layered transformational storytelling performance.