Celebrate Mes de la Cultura and LGBTQ+ History Month in October

Saturday, October 17 from 2 to 4 pm
Richard Elías-Mission Library

Join the Library’s Pride and Nuestras Raíces teams for a special hybrid author event with Jonny Garza Villa (via Zoom) and Sonido Reyes (in person)! Attendees can attend online or in person.

The co-hosts of the podcast Bidi Bidi Book Pod will talk about their most recent books, what it means to be a queer author of color, and more! The event will include an audience Q&A and book signing (books will be available for purchase).

Saturday, October 17 from 2 to 4 pm
Richard Elías-Mission Library, 3770 S. Mission Rd. and via Zoom
Advance registration (either in-person or via Zoom) is required.

2024 Officer Elections

All positions are open! Declare your candidacy for office by December 19, 2023 here.

Officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster

Learn more about officer roles and responsibilities here.

2024 officer elections take place December 20th-21st by electronic ballot. We will announce new officers at our January membership meeting.

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Cultural Organizing and Archiving in the Borderlands

Please join us for this FronteriForum, our second virtual activation event for the Ford Foundation Initiative, Reclaiming the Border Narrative: Storytelling and Cultural Power for Migrant  Justice.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 1:00 pm| Zoom| Register

From the Rio Grande Valley to the Paso del Norte Region, Baja California, and beyond, borderlands communities are engaging a vast toolbox of cultural organizing strategies to advance homegrown narratives and challenge harmful perspectives about the US-Mexico border and migration. Join the University of Arizona’s Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry and Libraries’ Special Collections for this virtual roundtable to hear how organizations across the borderlands are using art, culture, storytelling and archiving to build power.

For information about the panelists and to register visit: Reclaiming the Border Narrative