Challenging Power & Privilege in Schools Event: 6pm 12/14

Challenging Power and Privilege in Schools:
Un Encuentro in Applied Chicana/o Studies
Featuring the Work of MAS Graduate Students at SJSU

Monday, December 14, 2009  -  6pm
Cultural Heritage Center ­ Room 525
MLK Library (5th Floor) -  San José State University

This event is the culmination of the Applied Seminar in Chicana/o Studies in the SJSU Master¹s Program in Mexican American Studies.  The students in this class will share our efforts to bring Chicana/o Studies to life in our communities.  In several distinct projects, we focused on developing Chicana/o Studies Methods for Social Justice.  We will share our preliminary insights from individual projects, as well as the collective lessons we have developed together.  Our goals are to share specific strategies that may be applied to other communities and issues, and to dialog about what this work means and where it can go next.  You are invited to join us for the presentations and to share in the dialog.

Students in the class and their projects include:

• Lupe M. Allen, ­ Finding Voice & Creating Safe Spaces: An Analysis of the Experiences of Undocumented University Students
• Elizabeth Caldera, ­ The Impact of Teacher Expectations on the Academic Achievement of Latina/o Students
• Alicia Casas, ­ Understanding the School Disengagement of Fifth Grade Chicano Boys
• Claire González, ­ Latina/o Student Voices: High School Students¹ Insights on the Latina/o Achievement Gap
• Yanira I. Madrigal, ­ Responding to the Internalization and Normalization of Violence in Oakland: Listening to the Voices of Chicana/o Youth
• Margarita Ortiz, ­ Where is Osvaldo?: Confronting the Absence of Latinas/os in US History Textbooks
• Robert Unzueta, ­ Debunking Meritocracy: Understanding Intergenerational Chicano School Experiences