Undergraduate student altarists worked with Las Maestras Center to create an altar for display in the Library at UC Santa Barbara. The altarists sat down to talk about their experience creating the altar and having it on display.
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Cherríe Moraga, playwright, essayist and activist, gave a talk titled “Imagine This: The (Re)generation of Place,” for the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s Imagining California series. Moraga tackled the inherent struggle to define one’s cultural identity in the aftermath of hundreds of years of degradation and mistreatment.
UC Santa Barbara undergraduate student Bryan Perez attended Las Maestras Center’s ‘Literary Skulls’ event, where the history of Dia De Los Muertos and its traditions were discussed through poetry and verse. In this personal reflection, they explore how the event allowed them to feel more in touch with their own identity.
Cherríe Moraga, UCSB professor of English and co-director of Las Maestras Center for Xicana Thought, Art, and Social Practice, was recently awarded the annual Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano and Latino Literature. Moraga spoke at an IHC event, delving into her role as a writer and her passion for Chicano studies. She shared part of her memoir, Native Country of the Heart, explaining the meaning behind the story.