CCAS Statement on 2024 UAW Strike
Given our origins in a historic hunger strike 31 years ago, the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies supports the rights of graduate student workers to…
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CCAS Faculty Statement of Solidarity
We, the undersigned faculty of the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA, express our full support and solidarity with our students who have been peacefully protesting and demanding that…
Publication: Congratulations to Dr. Karina Alma on her new book!
Congratulations to Dr. Karina Alma, Assistant Professor of CCAS, on her new book Central American Counterpoetics: Diaspora and Rememory published by The University of Arizona Press. “Connecting past and present, Central American Counterpoetics proposes the…
Erika Hirugami UCLA Magazine Feature, Building a Portfolio of Hope
Check out ErikaHirugami, Doctoral Candidate, who was featured in UCLA Magazine. To read, click the following link: “Building a Portfolio of Hope.” Congratulations Erika!
Publication: Read Leonardo Vilchis-Zarate’s LA Times Opinion Piece
We invite you to read and share the LA Times opinion piece co-authored by Leo Vilchis-Zarate, Doctoral Candidate in Chicana/o and Central American Studies. To read “How tenant unions are finding…
Announcement: CCAS 8-Year Review Site Visit
Attention Members of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies As you know, the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies will beundergoing a regular programmatic…