Grijalva, who won a special election to replace Rep. Raúl Grijalva, her late father, is the first Latina and “first Chicana" ...
In the late 1970s and 1980s, public radio responded to the needs and interests of local communities often ignored or sidelined by commercial and mainstream media outlets. Radio Cadena, KDNA 91.9 FM, ...
Over the past decades, many Chicana artists have used Our Lady of Guadalupe to emphasize issues of justice around immigration. Judith Huacuja, University of Dayton professor of art history, shares the ...
For decades, the Chicana Service Action Center received millions of dollars in taxpayer money to help some of the county’s most disadvantaged residents: the homeless, the unemployed, victims of ...
In the second episode of Portraits of Heritage, a new series created in partnership with Modelo, Esperanza "Runsy" Rosas says ...
Rodriguez Corona, Ed.D., is director of the Office of Student Equity Programs and Services at Southwestern College District. She lives in City Heights. As a young Chicana activist at San Diego State ...
Mexican. Mexican-American. American. Chicana? Growing up, I never understood what the terminology meant. My parents defined a Chicana/o as someone who lost their heritage, their true Mexican culture: ...
A brightly colored Chicana/o themed license plate is now among options available to Coloradans for their cars or motorcycles. The plate features a pair of clasped brown hands with mountains and a ...
(The Conversation) — In 1975, Chicano artist Amado M. Peña depicted police brutality by showing the bloodied head of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez, whom Dallas police had shot for allegedly stealing $8 ...