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<div>See news below from Maria Cotera at U of Michigan on Latinx student demands on their university. </div>
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<div>See also the news from students at Northwestern who are pushing for a Latina/o Studies and Asian American Studies Department and circulation of letter: <a href="https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/01/23/lateststories/letter-editor-aasp-llsp-demand-resources-autonomy-departmental-status/" target="_blank">https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/01/23/lateststories/letter-editor-aasp-llsp-demand-resources-autonomy-departmental-status/</a></div>
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<div>See also news of demands at U of Chicago for Latina/o Studies Department: </div>
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<div>Things are picking up in the Midwest! </div>
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<div>All best,</div>
<div>Theresa<br>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">Theresa Delgadillo<br>
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Director, Latina/o Studies Program </span></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri">Editor,
<a href="http://latinxtalk.org">Latinx Talk</a><br>
Author of <i>Latina Lives in Milwaukee</i> (2015) and <i>Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative</i> (2011)</span></div>
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<div id="divRpF331937" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Maria Cotera [mcotera@UMICH.EDU]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 07, 2018 5:58 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Latinx students at the University of Michigan<br>
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<div>I wanted to alert you to events that are happening on the University of Michigan's campus.</div>
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<div>A Latinx student group, La Casa, has been pressuring the university to respond to the needs of Latinx students, faculty and staff since last Fall, when they were subjected to <a href="http://www.latinorebels.com/2017/09/04/university-of-michigan-latinx-students-greeted-with-fck-latinos-and-maga-graffiti/" target="_blank">hate
speech</a> at the start of the term.</div>
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<div>On Monday they submitted a list of demands to University Administration. They will be sharing these demands with the Regents at their next meeting in a few weeks time. You can read a story about these efforts
<a href="https://www.michigandaily.com/section/campus-life/latino-students-send-demands-representation-u-administrators" target="_blank">
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<div>If you'd like to see a copy of their demands (which are beautifully cogent) just shoot me an email and I can share the document with you.</div>
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<div>I am deeply inspired by the commitment, intelligence, and perseverance of these students, they are actively shaping their future against great odds...</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Native Speakers: Ella Cara Deloria, Zora Neale Hurston, Jovita Gonzalez and the Poetics of Culture</i></div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px">Winner of the Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize, National Women's Studies Association (2009)</div>
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