Mujeres de Maiz at NACCS

SESSION ONE – Thursday, April 25, 2024 

Book Talk Part I: Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: Epistemologies and Pedagogies 

Time: 8:30am-9:50am 

 Location: TBA 

Presenters: 

Montes, Felicia “Fe”. California State University, Long Beach & Mujeres de Maiz. Mercado, Claudia. Mujeres de Maiz.

Gonzalez, Amber Rose. Fullerton College & Mujeres de Maiz.

Pennings, Megan. Mujeres de Maiz. 

Chair: Zepeda, Nadia. California State University, Fullerton & Mujeres de Maiz. 

SESSION TWO – Thursday, April 25, 2024 

Book Talk Part II: Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: La Cultura Cura, Artivist Aesthetics 

Time: 10am-11:20am

Location: TBA

 Presenters: 

Montes, Felicia “Fe”. California State University, Long Beach & Mujeres de Maiz.

Zepeda, Nadia. California State University, Fullerton & Mujeres de Maiz.

Martinez, Norell. San Diego City College.
Lopez, Michelle. Mujeres de Maiz & California State University, Long Beach.
Martinez, Maribel. Community Artist & Manager, County of Santa Clara.

Chinchilla, Maya. Independent Author & Educator. 

Vertiz, Vickie. University of California, Santa Barbara.

Serrato, Claudia. Co-Founder, Across Our Kitchen Tables.

Vega, Christine. José State University.

Chair: Gonzalez, Amber Rose. Fullerton College & Mujeres de Maiz. 

Chronicling its quarter-century-long herstory, this collection weaves together diverse stories with attention to their larger sociopolitical contexts. The book crosses conventional genre boundaries through the inclusion of poetry, visual art, testimonios, and essays.

MdM’s political-ethical-spiritual commitments, cultural production, and everyday practices are informed by Indigenous and transnational feminist of color artistic, ceremonial, activist, and intellectual legacies. Contributors fuse stories of celebration, love, and spirit-work with an incisive critique of interlocking oppressions, both intimate and structural, encouraging movement toward “a world where many worlds fit.”

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