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Latinx: The Future is Now

4/19/2019

The University of Texas Press just announced the launch of a new series, Latinx: The Future is Now, edited by Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez and Lorgia Garcia-Peña.

The series editors invite projects that consider the multiple queer and gender-fluid possibilities that are embodied in the “x”; projects that have a feminist critique of patriarchy at the center of their intellectual work; projects that deploy a relational approach to ethnic and national groups; and projects that address the overlapping dynamics of gender, race, sexual, and national identities.

Visit the University of Texas Press to learn more.

Victor Rios speaks at “We the Future Social Justice Conference”

4/18/2019

On April 12, 2019 "students piled into Carole L. Ellis Auditorium to listen to UC Santa Barbara professor Dr. Victor Rios, a professor and award winning author, discuss Latinx students and community involvement issues during a daylong social justice conference . . . on the Petaluma campus of Santa Rosa Junior College."

Article written by Jesse Kapukui, a staff writer for the Oak Leaf News. Read the full article on their website.

Photo by Jesse Kapukui

“Stick Together and Come Back Home” by Patrick Lopez-Aguado just released from UC Press

4/12/2019

From the publisher:
"In Stick Together and Come Back Home, Patrick Lopez-Aguado examines how what happens inside a prison affects what happens outside of it. Following the experiences of seventy youth and adults as they navigate juvenile justice and penal facilities before finally going back home, he outlines how institutional authorities structure a “carceral social order” that racially and geographically divides criminalized populations into gang-associated affiliations.

These affiliations come to shape one’s exposure to both violence and criminal labeling, and as they spill over the institutional walls they establish how these unfold in high-incarceration neighborhoods as well, revealing the insidious set of consequences that mass incarceration holds for poor communities of color. Learn more at University of California Press.

How Funding and Collaboration Can Address Violence: Lessons from the Past

4/6/2019

Poli Margarita shared her work through social media:

"According to a 2017 U.S. Department of Justice report, the City of St. Louis experienced a notable decrease in homicides in the year 2003 but the rate has subsequently rebounded. As we continue to see violence in our city and search for what works to prevent it, can we learn from the past?

The key takeaways from this project are: 1) leadership is a vital component for sustainable outcomes and real impact; 2) willingness to cooperate among and within agencies, and to share responsibility, information and resources, is necessary to achieve results; and 3) funding that aids collaboration and programs provides the infrastructure for continued collaboration and sustained funding, as oftentimes funding leads to more funding."

Learn more about this community academic partnership at The Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis.

XAVIER PEREZ ENVISIONS BETTER WAYS TO DEFINE CRIMINALITY, John Jay College of Criminal Justice HSI Speaker Series

3/29/2019

On March 25 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Xavier Perez delivered a talk titled, Critical Perspectives in Criminology: Moving beyond the Rhetoric of Law & Order. Watch his talk or read more about it here: https://tinyurl.com/xpjjccj

John Jay College of Criminal Justice HSI Speaker Series: Anthony Peguero

1/1/2019

In Fall 2018, Anthony Peguero was invited to John Jay College of Criminal Justice to speak about Latina/o/x Criminology and how inform their curriculum, pedagogy, and mentoring. Watch his full talk, delivered as part of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Hispanic Serving Institution speaker series, Latina/o Criminology: The Importance for Research, Education, Service, and Representation within the Academic Community.

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