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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Monday, October 1, 2007
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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.
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.
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