Category: Past Events

JOIN US for a talk by eminent scholar, Dr. Lorgia García Peña!

When: THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2020, AT 7PM Where: Webex Virtual event URL –> bit.ly/3gMTbNS Prof. García Peña is the author of The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nations and Archives of Contradictions (Duke University Press, 2016) a study of the impact of stories — historical and fictional — on the national and racial identity of a … Continue reading JOIN US for a talk by eminent scholar, Dr. Lorgia García Peña!

Join us for the USLS Minors Pizza Party!

USLS at the Ames Public Library!

Save the dates for the following USLS and APL film series THE OTHER SIDE OF LATINX: CUBAN FILMS     For more details on each film, visit the following links:   January 18th: Return to Cuba: Life in Cuba After Castro (2016) March 1st: Black and Cuba: Students Explore Race and Society in Cuba (2015) April … Continue reading USLS at the Ames Public Library!

USLS 25 Art Exhibit

Click here to revisit USLS 25 Art Exhibit: Mextasy!

USLS 25 Film Festival

Click here to revisit the USLS 25 Film Festival!

ISU Theater Presents: Iowa Odyssey

5K for DACA

On Saturday, April 6, SACNAS, the Latinx Student Leaders Council, and MSLC will be hosting the annual 5K for DACA run, which will raise funds for DACA students at Iowa State.   Check-in will begin at 7:20 am on the Curtiss Hall Lawn on campus, and the race will begin at 8:00. The cost is … Continue reading 5K for DACA

Sponsored Event: Chicano Activism and Immigration with Jimmy Patiño

On Monday, February 11 in the South Ballroom of the Memorial Union, Jimmy Patiño will join us as he discusses the perspectives of working-class Mexican-American communities and activism within them. Jimmy Patiño is an assistant professor of Chicano & Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota. We are excited to welcome Jimmy Patiño to ISU and to hear … Continue reading Sponsored Event: Chicano Activism and Immigration with Jimmy Patiño

USLS Co-Sponsored Event: Precious Knowledge Film Viewing

In an event co-sponsored by the Iowa State USLS program, Join us in Parks Library on September 21 for a viewing of Precious Knowledge, a film discussing the importance of ethnic studies in education!

Latinx Heritage Month: Marjorie Agosín

    In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, Join the Iowa State USLS program in Welcoming award-winning Chilean-American author Marjorie Agosín as she speaks at the Memorial Union Sun Room! This event is sponsored by the Iowa State Women’s and Gender Studies Program.   Marjorie Agosín is known for literary works such as Of Earth and … Continue reading Latinx Heritage Month: Marjorie Agosín