Chicano/Latino Studies at PSU

We're BACK for round 3 of our Leading Latin@s program! 😊 AND we have A LOT of great networking and professional development workshops ahead.
But first, join us November 16 from 5-6:30PM for our opening reception! Mingle and network with professionals, enjoy some refreshments, and get a feel for the program. See you there!😉

🔴LATINO/A STUDENT ORG FAIR IS TODAY! 🔴

Get involved in student organizations AAANNNNDDD possibly win all this swag! 🎉

Can't wait to see you there!😉

Details: 4:30-6:00pm in the Multicultural Student Center!

🔴 GIVE AWAY! 🔴
TWO CHANCES TO WIN ALLLLL THIS SWAG!

1. Follow us on instagram @ casalatina_psu

OR

2. Take a selfie of yourself at the Latino/a Student Org Fair, happening today from 4:40-6:00pm, and post on instagram with the hashtag
Contest closes 10/5/2017 at 6:00pm
Winners announced 10/6/2017 at 12:00pm

We're Hiring!

Students:

To apply, please submit via email a cover letter and current resume to
Prof. Roberto de Anda no later than October 4, 2017, at the following email address: [email protected].

2018 Heritage Spanish Language Contest!

World Languages and Literatures and Chicano/Latino Studies want YOUR short story, Testimony, Poetry or Essay Telling!!!

This year's theme is: Mi lengua heredada es más que un segundo idioma/My Spanish is more than a second language.

Deadline: February 19, 2018😊

DACA: Know Your Rights
Facebook event page
Wed. Sept. 27th
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Multicultural Student Center (SMSU 228)

On September 5th, President Trump signaled the end of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. What does this mean for you? Should you continue to renew or should you let it lapse? How can you support those with DACA? Join Student Legal Services, La Casa Latina Student Center, and the Multicultural Student Center as we provide practical information for folks with DACA. Come ask an immigration defense attorney your legal questions.

If you have questions, please contact [email protected]. For accessibility tools please contact the Disability Resource Center [email protected] as soon as possible. Dinner will be provided. FREE event. Community welcome.

Gloria Anzaldúa featured on Google Doodle....Happy Birthday!

Gloria E. Anzaldua: Google Doodle salutes ‘Borderlands’ author who defied divisive bias "It's not a comfortable territory to live in, this place of contradictions,” said the late scholar of Chicana studies and q***r and feminist theory.

👀 Looking for another class to complete your schedule!?

Check out this amazing course: Native American Health
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Have you read the latest issue of the Heritage Spanish Literary Magazine?!

The 2017 Heritage Spanish Literary Contest asked students to share their essays, letters, stories, and poems telling about the moment when they became aware of the importance of Spanish in their lives. Their writing reflects bilingual heritage at the intersection of changing global and local attitudes towards Spanish-English bilingualism.

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For those who have dual enrollment or have friends and family at Portland Community College, check it out!

PCC is proud to announce the establishment of the first-ever resource center specifically for students. The center, housed within the PCC Rock Creek Multicultural Center, will provide advocacy and community resources, bilingual materials, and funding for urgent and emergency services for undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) students and their families.

09/17/2017 DACA Renewal Day!

An Artist and “Dreamer” Discusses the Potential End of DACA With the DACA policy being arbitrarily ended by the current administration, Correa's entire academic pursuit has been thrown into jeopardy.

PSU Website Changes! Finally.

Portland State myPSU | myPSU Website Changes PSU is excited to announce a new version of myPSU! Beginning September 18, you'll experience a site that has been completely redesigned based off feedback from more that 1,000 students.