The Chicano Movement will be the focus of a three-part lecture series presented by the Cal State San Bernardino History Club/Phi Alpha Theta, with the opening event set for Thursday, Oct. 22.
“The Role of Students in the Chicano Movement” is the title of the opening lecture by Ed Gomez, a history professor at San Bernardino Valley College. His talk will be from 2-4 p.m. in the university’s John M. Pfau Library, room PL-4005.
The lecture is free and open to the public; parking at the university is $6.
Gomez will discuss the different roles that students and youth played – from political to anti-war activism, formation of youth organizations and student walkouts – in the initial formation and in the early years of the Chicano Movement.
A professor of history at San Bernardino Valley College for 16 years, Gomez has also taught at UC Riverside, San Jacinto Community College, Cal State Los Angeles and Palomar College. He has an associate’s degree from Los Angeles City College, a bachelor’s from Cal State Los Angeles, a master’s from UC Riverside and is in the final writing stages of his Ph.D. at UC Riverside. He is an active leader on his campus and in the community, working with many groups, including MEChA, CTA and the City of Redlands Human Relations Commission.
The lecture series will continue on Nov. 3, when Tomás Summers Sandoval, a history professor from Pomona College, will analyze the legacy and impact of the Chicano Movement in his talk, “What Happened to the Chicano Movement?”
The series will conclude on Nov. 5 when Armando Navarro, political scientist and professor of ethnic studies at UC Riverside, will present “Mexicano and Latino Politics: Under a State of Siege and Crisis.” Navarro will examine the Latino politics within the context of its Chicano historical evolutionary aspects, current demographics, socio-economics, organizational and electoral politics and immigration.
Light refreshments will be provided and the club will raffle off free books at every lecture. The lecture series was made possible with the support of the Intellectual Life Fund and the history department at CSUSB.
For more information, contact Maria Figueroa at 003852718@coyote.csusb.edu.
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