Happy birthday to Dolores Huerta, born #OTD in 1930. A prominent leader & labor organizer for decades, she is best known for founding United Farm Workers with César Chavez. She received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in 1998 & the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
Next up! Tune in to hear Ralston and Ford discuss an exchange program between @TCU and Jarvis College, in the context of the desegregation of higher education.
With our own @cecilianshill as special guest!
https://t.co/a4oLFs0FEu
1) I did a lecture today on the “Middle Passage” and spoke of how the owners of slave ships put nets on the side of their vessels because too many of the captured were jumping overboard.
Registration for the 4th Annual ESNTX Summer Convergence is open! When you register, we invite you to share a reel about your favorite Ethnic Studies experience. Please share! #ESNTXConvergence2023#EthnicStudiesforthePeople https://t.co/U1BJTshL7e
#OTD on January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers massacred fifteen men and boys at the village of Porvenir, Texas, in what is perhaps the single most notorious and consequential event in the history of the Ranger Force. 1/
On #Fronteras:
Life & Death on the Border, a traveling panel exhibit organized by @Refusing2Forget, is at the @OLLUlibrary.
If you have items/photos/docs related to the matanza, you can lend them to the exhibit. Find out how, and hear more here:
https://t.co/WhTwT3gZNZ
Just finished my first Night Owl Writing group session. I am shocked that I was so productive! Thanks @grodriguezlemus for providing the space. #dissertation#phdchat
@grodriguezlemus When does the group meet again? I filled out the form and replied to the email but I have not received the zoom link. I’m hoping to join soon. Thanks!