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March 2019
Chicana Movidas | Book Celebration and Roundtable Discussion
Please join us for a roundtable discussion to celebrate the publication of Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era. Chicana Movidas is a groundbreaking anthology…
Find out more »April 2019
Latina Poets | Book Celebration (Reading + Signing)
Readings and Platicas
Join the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center for a poetry celebration with six Latina writers! All six women have recently released new books and will be reading from them, and…
Find out more »June 2019
Cabañuelas | Book Reading with Norma E. Cantú
Join the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center for a book reading & signing of Norma E. Cantú's new novel Cabañuelas (published by University of New Mexico Press)! Books will be available for…
Find out more »February 2020
In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown & Queer – Book Release
Join us on Saturday, February 29 at the Esperanza for a reading and plática with Lydia R. Otero! Her latest book, In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown…
Find out more »August 2020
Did suffrage matter to Tejanas? Plática with Dr. Cynthia Orozco
Museo del WestsideJoin us on Wednesday, August 26th at 8PM CST for: "Did suffrage matter to Tejanas before and after 1920?: The case of Adela Sloss-Vento" which will include stories of other…
Find out more »September 2022
“Crossing Borders, Building Bridges” Plática & Book Signing by María Martin
Readings and Platicas
Join us for a plática and book signing with pioneering journalist María Martin on September 10, 2022, at 6 PM. In Crossing Borders, Building Bridges: A Journalist’s Heart in Latin…
Find out more »“Home, Where Memories Wait” Book Release
Arte es Vida Westside Cultural Project
Join us for a book release and reading of Teresa Villarreal Rodríguez' memoir Home, Where Memories Wait to be Remembered on September 16, 2022, at 6 PM. About the book:…
Find out more »July 2023
Macondo Writers Workshop Guest/Faculty Reading and Pachanga
Readings and PlaticasJoin us for the conclusion of the 2023 Macondo Writers Workshop Saturday, July 29, at 7 PM @ the Esperanza. Join us for the culmination of the 2023 Macondo Writers…
Find out more »January 2024
The Emma Tenayuca Speaker Series with Dr. Lydia R. Otero
Readings and Platicas
The Westside Preservation Alliance, the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute and the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center welcome you to a presentation by Dr. Lydia R. Otero. Dr. Otero will…
Find out more »March 2024
Corazón Collective Chapbook Release
Join us for the Corazon Collective Chapbook “there is so much I want to tell you” Release. Featuring Corazón Collective Poets: Carmen Calatayud, author of In the Company of Spirits…
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