Connecting Wilson and Trump: How anti-immigrant hate has spread since Prop 187

September 24, 2019November 9, 2019 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ Leave a comment

Connecting Wilson and Trump: How anti-immigrant hate has spread since Prop 187By: Irene Sanchez It has almost been a year since Trump released a political ad on Twitter that demonizes Mexican/Latina/o/x people, yet we must remember he is not the first to use political ads to invoke fear of these particular groups. While many news … Continue reading Connecting Wilson and Trump: How anti-immigrant hate has spread since Prop 187

Why We Still Need Chicano/Latino Studies

March 1, 2019April 4, 2019 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ 4 Comments

Why we still need Chicanx/Latinx Studies By Irene Sanchez A student last year in my Latinx Studies class wrote, "If I am not myself, who will I be?" I asked myself when I read it: Who would I be? Would I be bowed head, eyes lowered, and ashamed? Would I be neither here nor there? … Continue reading Why We Still Need Chicano/Latino Studies

AB 2772 (Medina) Ethnic Studies Bill Moves Forward in California

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ 2 Comments

AB 2772 (Medina) Ethnic Studies Bill Moves Forward in California Xicana Ph.D. By: Irene Sanchez #ethnicstudiesforall Today AB 2772 passed the Senate Education Committee and will now move forward to Appropriations, a vote by the Senate and if passed, the Governors signature. The movement to make Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement in K-12 has been … Continue reading AB 2772 (Medina) Ethnic Studies Bill Moves Forward in California

Exceptionalism Can Never Be Radical: On use of sCHOLAr, and other things people think is ok.

April 15, 2018May 17, 2022 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ 1 Comment

Exceptionalism Can Never Be Radical: On use of sCHOLAr, and other things people think is ok. By Irene Sanchez (Xicana Ph.D.) Resistance is more than our existence. It is the constant challenging of the idea that somehow we got to where we are because we are the good ones, the ones who followed the rules, … Continue reading Exceptionalism Can Never Be Radical: On use of sCHOLAr, and other things people think is ok.

50 Years After The East LA Walkouts, We’re Still Fighting For Latino Students

April 15, 2018 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ Leave a comment

50 Years After The East LA Walkouts, We’re Still Fighting For Latino Students By: Irene Sanchez (Xicana Ph.D) In the Huffington Post Opinion Section last month https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-sanchez-east-la-walkouts_us_5a981ef2e4b07dffeb708bc5

Rubidoux Resist! A Year Later

February 17, 2018February 17, 2018 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ Leave a comment

Rubidoux Resist! A Year Later Xicana Ph.D. By: Irene Sanchez A year after the Rubidoux High School Walkouts in 2017, there is still much work to be done? Many years after walkouts I experienced for myself during the time of Prop 187 as a student in Jurupa Unified School District, I ask what has changed? … Continue reading Rubidoux Resist! A Year Later

Surviving while in graduate school and beyond

March 19, 2017 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ 3 Comments

Surviving while in graduate school and beyond By: Xicana Ph.D. "...and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive". -Audre Lorde While finishing gradute school, I continued … Continue reading Surviving while in graduate school and beyond

Activism in Graduate School: Our communities can’t wait for the degrees

March 19, 2017June 8, 2017 ~ Irene Sanchez ~ 1 Comment

During my first week in a new state, my advisor invited me to a meeting where policy makers would be sitting in the room. She told me I didn’t have to go, because techincally I didn’t start working for her until the quarter would begin a month later, but I decided what else was I … Continue reading Activism in Graduate School: Our communities can’t wait for the degrees