ELAC History Discipline

04/04/2023

03/29/2023

Join this Sunday, at 1:30 pm at the Japanese American National Museum for "History on Trial." This event is free and open to the public. https://www.oah.org/meetings-events/oah23/network/

01/31/2022

Did you know that Esteban Torres was a husky?
An accomplished ELAC Alum, QEPD.

Torres, 91, arose from the Chicano rights movement to become an eight-term congressman who also served in President Carter administration.

01/07/2022

Comments come as many Americans, particularly Trump supporters, continue to deny the dark reality of the insurrection

10/22/2021

ELAC is #1 in Social Science Degrees!
https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/top-100-colleges-and-universities-hispanics?fbclid=IwAR1WT8RZ0NejIfCAdf1ps451G5JCkXHFQzQoW1MfJjumHMupcOtvSK3bdYk

It is especially important to honor the work of these institutions over the course of a pandemic year that has been marked by unprecedented challenges, particularly for minority students

06/07/2021

If you’re interested in healing a divided nation and combating inequality, look for inspiration to the cross-cultural cooperation among immigrants groups in Boyle Heights in the first half of the 20th century.

01/27/2021

COLEGAS is thrilled to be a co-sponsor of this amazing event! As part of its ongoing commitment to celebrate diversity and inclusion, Cañada College will host an important conversation with Latino Thought Maker's Rick Najera featuring renowned speaker, author and Harvard scholar, Dr. Cornel West. The event, discussing the shared history of African American & Latinx Communities, will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 4 p.m. PST via Zoom. Event registration is required.

Dr. Cornel West is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton. He has authored 20 books and edited 13 and is best known for his classics, Race Matters, Democracy Matters and for his memoire, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, and his most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, which offers an unflinching look at nineteenth and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/DrWestJan28

Thank you to our Event Sponsors: https://canadacollege.edu/speaker-series/dr-cornel-west/

For additional information, please visit https://canadacollege.edu/speaker-series

06/07/2020

Historian Carlos Ramirez en la marcha
https://laopinion.com/2020/06/07/por-que-es-importante-marchar/?fbclid=IwAR3yHR0gvkv8bWCUhH_KBwD_3ayX3uAKO6wedgT-XM0VxPhoj6VTjJodV6U

06/07/2020

Our Virtual Recognition Ceremony will be June 9, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. There will be special guest speakers as well as a celebration video from ELAC faculty and staff. this will be broadcast on our Facebook and YouTube channel

For all viewing instructions and links to the ceremony visit the links below.

https://bit.ly/37cfAks
https://bit.ly/3eOgbey

05/11/2020

Every civilization eventually faces a crisis that forces it to adapt or be destroyed. Few adapt. On July 10, 1520, Aztec forces vanquished the Spanish conquistador