Latino Studies at UMass Boston

11/08/2022

Latino Studies courses are now listed under LATSTY on Wiser For more information text LATINO STUDIES to 22828.

09/20/2022

For those who would like to donate to recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, Professor Marisol Negrón, director of Latino Studies at UMass Boston recommends the following organizations:

MARIA FUND
https://www.mariafund.org/
Raises funds on behalf of various organizations. The María Fund was created on September 2017 by the Center for Popular Democracy in partnership with Puerto Rican organizations Taller Salud and G8/Proyecto ENLACE to support frontline efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane María. Recognizing that vulnerable communities are hit the hardest by climate disasters and are far too often left underserved by relief agencies, the María Fund was conceived to move resources to grassroots initiatives and community organizations that are part of an infrastructure that has the capacity to fulfill needs over the short and long-term.

TALLER SALUD
https://en.tallersalud.com/
https://www.english.tallersalud.com/
a community based feminist organization dedicated to improving women’s access to health care, to reducing violence within the community and to encourage economic growth through education and activism. Founded in 1979, Taller Salud is an independent, non-government based, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

CASA PUEBLO
http://www.casapueblo.org/es
https://casapueblo.org/eng
un proyecto de autogestión comunitaria que tiene el compromiso de apreciar y proteger los recursos naturales, culturales y humanos. Nace para el 1980 cuando el gobierno de Puerto Rico quería iniciar una explotación minera en 17 yacimientos de plata, oro y cobre. La minería hubiese causado una catástrofe ecológia y social en 36, 000 cuerdas de terrenos en los municipios de Adjuntas, Utuado, Lares y Jayuya. Entre los miembros fundadores que comenzaron esta lucha y que aún permanecen son la Sra. Tinti Deyá Díaz y el Ing. Alexis Massol González, unido a un ejemplar cuerpo de voluntarios.

The María Fund was created on September 2017 by the Center for Popular Democracy in partnership with Puerto Rican organizations Taller Salud and G8/Proyecto ENLACE to support frontline efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane María.  Recognizing that vulnerable communities are hit the hardest by cli...

05/31/2022

We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022 Latino Studies Book Award & Awards for Service!

Latino Studies Awards 2022

05/02/2022

TUESDAY, 5/3 @ 2pm

First-generation Black Latina scholar Dr. Lorgia García-Peña will lead a discussion on what it means to "teach in/for freedom" by centering the histories and knowledge of the and , and communities

On campus: Campus Center, Ballroom B
Via Zoom: https://bit.ly/TeachingInFreedom

04/29/2022

Latino Studies & Critical Ethnic and Community Studies invite to you "Teaching in/for Freedom" with scholar Dr. Lorgia García-Peña

Tuesday, 5/3 @ 2pm in Campus Center Ballroom B

Join via zoom @ http://bit.ly/TeachingInFreedom

04/28/2022

The Latino Studies Program & Critical Ethnic and Community Studies will host a conversation with Dr. Lorgia García Peña, a first-generation Black Latina scholar, who will speak on by centering the South and and communities

04/27/2022

A first-generation Black Latina scholar, Professor Lorgia García Peña will lead a conversation about what it means to center the histories and knowledge of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities.

04/20/2022

Voices From the Field: COVID-19 and Social Emotional Wellbeing Among Latinx Communities

03/30/2022

In 2013 the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court stripped the citizenship of approximately 200K ethnic Haitians. STATELESS follows families affected by the legislation through the grassroots electoral campaign of attorney Rosa Iris.

A discussion with Professors Rachel Afi Quinn and Edward Paulino will follow.