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Equity and Social Justice at ELAC

This guide was created to provide supplementary reading and viewing materials for ELAC's Equity Dialogues and Town Hall Series.

ELAC Women's History Month Events

Celebrating Women's History Month at ELAC in March 2023

East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is proud to celebrate and commemorate the many contributions women have made to the U.S. – in business, education, literature, sports, music, agriculture, fashion, and groundbreaking research and discoveries.The following events are co-sponsored by the ELAC President’s Office, Office of Professional Development, Women and Gender Studies (WGS), and LACCD African American Outreach Initiative (AAOI).

  • Nikki Giovanni: Diversity as Art: Art Is Diversity on Friday, March 10, 2023 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Virtual)
    • Join us in conversation with Nikki Giovanni, poet, educator, & best-selling author.
    • RSVP on Zoom: http://bit.ly/3HKaazy
  • From Movement to Movement: A Hip-Hop Feminist Journey with Rosa Clemente on Thursday, March 16  from 12:00-1:30 PM (Virtual)
    • Join us in a conversation with Rosa Clemente, a Black-Puerto Rican woman who is an award-winning organizer, producer, independent journalist, and scholar-activist. She will also discuss social justice issues and confronting and disrupting anti-Blackness within the larger Latina, Latino, and Latinx communities.
    • RSVP on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3Yajd3x
  • Equity Dialogue: Resisting from the Margins: A Dialogue with Women and LGBTQ+ Students on Friday, March 17th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Virtual)
  • A Conversation with Patssi Valdez: Breaking Barriers as a Chicana Artist on Tuesday, March 28th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Virtual)
    • Join us in this conversation with artist and activist Patssi Valdez as we discuss the history of the avant-garde art group ASCO and her unique role as a solo female member.
    • RSVP on Zoom: http://bit.ly/40fXIjz

ELAC encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. For disability accommodation requests for these events, please contact the Office of Professional Development at professionaldevelopment@elac.edu.

Spotlight on Patssi Valdez

Patssi Valdez standing in front of a colorful building with the sun shining on her faceA Conversation with Patssi Valdez:

Breaking Barriers as a Chicana Artist

Tuesday, March 28th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Zoom RSVP)

Join the ELAC Equity leads in a conversation with artist and activist Patssi Valdez as they discuss the history of the avant-garde art group ASCO and her unique role as a solo female member.

Photo via National Museum of Mexican Art

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Recommended Videos

Resistance and Puerto Rican Independence with Rosa Clemente (2018)

An Evening With Nikki Giovanni (2005)

Miss Representation (2011)

Available to stream on Kanopy via the ELAC Library

RBG (2018)

Available to stream on Kanopy via the ELAC Library

Chicana Dance Crew Blends Tap and Mexican Footwork (2020)

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Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement (1998)

Available to stream on Kanopy via the ELAC Library

Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed: The First Black Woman to Run for President (2004)

Available to stream on Kanopy via the ELAC Library

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About the page creators, Jamie Carranza and Nery Alcivar-Estrella

Jamie and Nery are our Spring 2023 Library Interns. Jamie will receive her Masters in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University in spring 2027 and Nery will receive her Masters in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University in spring 2023.