Friday, April 4, 2008

SPRING CONFERENCE '08 - Princeton University

On behalf of ECCSF, Chicano Caucus of Princeton University cordially invites you to the Spring 2008 East Coast Chicano Student Forum held at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.

The conference will be held April 4-6, 2008. During our conference, we would like to discuss the importance of media and artistic endeavors for the Chicano/ Latino experience in the United States. We want to explore how our American experience has helped to shape the way we express ourselves via art and media. At the same time, we would like to examine how we have changed the artistic and media landscape of America with our unique forms of expression.

We will send more specific information to respective school representatives as it becomes available. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Oscar Castro at ocastro@princeton.edu or caucus@princeton.edu .


Estimated Fees
Regular (By March 10): $25
Late (After March 10 until April 1): $30


On behalf of Chicano Caucus of Princeton University,

Oscar Castro ‘09
President, Chicano Caucus
Princeton University

WINTER CONFERENCE '08 - University of Pennsylvania

Monday, October 1, 2007

FALL CONFERENCE '07 - Columbia University

The Chicano Challenge: Evaluating our dualities
Fall Conference 2007

On behalf of the Chicano Caucus, I cordially invite you to this year’s fall 2007 East Coast Chicana/o Student forum held at Columbia University in the City of New York. We are committed to continuing the longstanding tradition of bringing together Chicano students from Universities across the Northeast to discuss relevant political, economic, social, and cultural issues that we face as a Chicano community.

The title for this year’s conference is The Chicano Challenge; Evaluating our Dualities. We will discuss in open forum 3 particular dualities: 1) Bilingualism within society, 2) The feminist movement within the Chicano Patriarchy, 3) Chicano [Mis]Representation in the media. We are honored to have been chosen to host the fall conference once again and hope that this year’s conference will again serve as an effective forum for intellectual discourse, as well as a precursor for the productive conferences to come next semester.

Included with this letter are the following:
Registration Form*** (to be printed out and sent by October 6)
A List of Workshops
Please keep in mind that we will be matching hosts with guests at random. If you would much rather room with someone from your own school, please let us know in the comment section of the application. We are accepting checks as well as cash. Checks should be made payable to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/CHICANO CAUCUS and mailed to the address provided on the registration form. If you would rather pay with cash, you may do so upon arrival. In order to pay the regular fee, however, you must send a registration form by mail. Otherwise, you will have to pay the late fee of 35 dollars. If you have to cancel your registration, please do so by 11:59pm on Friday, October 12. After that date, your school is entitled to pay the price for each student registered, regardless of the circumstances.

Any further questions should be directed to Eloy Gardea at erg2104@columbia.edu or Fernando Rojas at fr2120@columbia.edu. Housing questions or concerns should be e-mailed to Rosemary Almonte at ra2226@columbia.edu.

Sincerely,
Fernando Rojas
Chicano Caucus - Chair

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Information

THE East Coast Chicana/o Student Forum

The Chicano Challenge: Evaluating our dualities

Fall Conference 2007

STRUGGLE WITHIN A STRUGGLE:
The Chicana in a Patriarchal Society
This workshop will focus on the patriarchies that operated within the Chicano movement and how Chicanas were able to maneuver within this system. While the phenomenon of patriarchy is pervasive in many societies, it is pertinent to analyze the feminist movement within the Chicana community due to its two-tiered struggle for equality: the struggle towards acceptance in American society, and the struggle to join the fight at an equal level with their male counterparts. This also spawned ideological works complicating the issue of identity even further, no longer just satisfied with seeing the Chicano identity recognized, but that of
the Chicana as well.

WHAT LANGUAGE DOES THE MOVIMIENTO SPEAK?
One of the first dualities that some Chicanos and other Latino groups are faced with is the complexity of learning two languages. Spanish is often spoken around the home, while english is predominantly spoken in education and on television. further complicating the issue is the fact that many chiicanos speak only english. we will explore how the spanish/english dichotomy is influenced through educaiton and popular culture and how the chicano communities interact with the languages and influence their composition. thinking in terms of the future, we must ask where the spanish language stands today.

MY NAME IS RICKY RICARDO:
Latinos in the Media
This panel seeks to explore the impact that the U.S. media has had on the creation of a Chicano/Latino identity. it will also examine contradictions that arise from having a constructed identity imposed on us by an outside entity. Chicanos/Latinos often compromise their identities in order to advance their careers. The discussion will address the steps that need to be taken in order to be in charge of the portrayal of our identity as we move forward.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

SPRING CONFERENCE '07 - Williams College


VISTA de Williams College

Williamstown, Mass


March 6, 2007


Fellow Students,

You are cordially invited to join us at Williams College the weekend of April 6th – 8th 2007 for the East Coast Chicano Student Forum (ECCSF) spring conference. VISTA is deeply committed to rejoining the greater Latina/o student community on the East Coast and strengthening the ties with institutions of equal caliber. We believe it is time for Williams College to once again regain its leadership role in hosting ECCSF.

The theme for our Spring conference is “Trafficking Bodies: Agitation through media art and performance.” Invited lecturers, artists, and activists include: award winning director of “Señorita Extraviada,” Lourdes Portillo, world renowned artist/activist Favianna Rodriguez, avant-garde performance artist Nao Bustamante, and critically acclaimed filmmaker Sergio de la Torre.

Our aim with this conference is to depart from traditional representations of urban turmoil, border industrialization, performance of labor, and disjuncture within feminist discourses. Media art and performance operates with the symbolic currency of trafficked bodies in order to critically engage witnesses/consumers in discussions about the aforementioned concerns. With lectures about art interventions, we hope to catalyze dialogue about the ways in which today’s visual culture (re)produces images of bodies that can provoke indignation, arouse concern, and/or move viewers to action. How do we balance artistic endeavors with debates over the ethics and politics of image making?

We hope that you will join us in our exploration of such critical issues. We look forward to hosting you this Spring! Attached you will find registration information, directions to our campus, and our schedule of events.

Sincerely,

The ECCSF Planning Committee, VISTA de Williams College

Registration Information

Registration Information

The deadline for registration is March 31, 2007. The cost of attendance will be $20 per delegate. Once you have a final list of students coming from your school, RSVP via email to Juanita.A.Monsalve@williams.edu with the following information for each delegate:

Name, Class Year, Gender, Phone Number, Email

Your main ECCSF contact person will receive an invoice via email. The sooner we get your delegate list, the faster we can process an invoice for fundraising at your respective school. All schools will be expected to pay for the number of students that RSVPed upon arrival.

Also, check out our Facebook event-“ECCSF at Williams -Spring 2007”

Registration will begin at 8:00 PM on Friday, April 6, 2007. Plan to arrive around that time as we will be screening “Señorita Extraviada” at 10:00 PM; Lourdes Portillo, the director of the documentary, will give a lecture the following day.

Getting to the Paresky Center, Williams College

Directions to Williams



Getting to the Paresky Center, Williams College

39 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267

Williams College is located in the center of Williamstown, along Route 2 (Main Street), next to

the junction of Routes 2 and 7 in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. We are about one

hour's drive from the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstates 91, 90, and 87. Driving time from

Boston or New York City is about three hours; from Albany, NY, about one hour; and a good

two hours from Bradley International Airport outside of Hartford, CT. The Paresky Center is

located behind the President’s House (D4 in the campus map). Free parking is available for

visitors.

From New York City and points south

I-87 north to I-84 east

I-84 east to the Taconic Parkway north

Taconic Parkway north to Route 295 east

Route 295 east to Route 22 north

Route 22 north to Route 43 east

Route 43 east to Route 7 north

Route 7 north to Route 2 east

From Boston and points east

Route 2 west all the way to Williamstown

--or -

Mass Pike (I-90) west to Lee (exit 2)

Route 20 west to Route 7 north

Route 7 north to Route 2 east

From New Haven, CT and points south

Follow signs to I-91 north

Exit on Mass Pike (I-90) west to Lee (exit 2)

Route 20 west to Route 7 north

Route 7 north to Route 2 east