What‘s Current in HSI

 
Cover of Book La Gente
Speaker Event: Professor Lorena V. Marquez
La Gente (Feb 15, 2022)

An Aoki Center and Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion HSI Speaker Series Event
La Gente traces the rise of the Chicana/o Movement in Sacramento and the role of everyday people in galvanizing a collective to seek lasting and transformative change during the 1960s and 1970s. In their efforts to be self-determined, la gente contested multiple forms of oppression at school, at work sites, and in their communities.
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Speaker Event: Stella M. Flores
“Latinx Identity Educational Pipeline Stories: Barriers and Successes from State Policy” (Jan 22,2022)

A UC Davis Forums on the Public University and the Social Good Event
While Latinos have seen an increase in college enrollment over the last decade, completion rates are stagnant or declining. As a result, there is a widening gap between this group and non-Hispanic whites in the attainment of college degrees. This presentation highlights research related to Latinos’ college success, emphasizing the promise of Latino-attentive approaches for boosting college completion.
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Oscar Gomez
Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary

Author Adolfo Guzman-Lopez writes and speaks about Oscar Gomez—A star activist of the 1990s Chicano student movement who was majoring in Chicano Studies and Behavioral Science at UC Davis when his life was tragically cut short in 1994. Gomez was a DJ on La Onda Xicana, a weekly show he hosted on KDVS. He was granted his degree posthumously in 2019.
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