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Convening: "State of the Eastside" (June 25, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

Join Innercity Struggle and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center for a discussion addressing some of the most pressing issues facing the Eastside of Los Angeles. CSRC Director Veronica Terriquez will moderate the discussion.

Breaking Barriers: Two-Day Inaugural STEM Conference at UCLA

Hosted by the CSRC, Latina Futures 2050 Lab, and the UCLA Physical Sciences Department, “Quebrando Barreras: Breaking Barriers in STEM” brought nearly 270 people from across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Learning to Lead: Youth Organizing in Immigrant Communities

In Learning to Lead: Youth Organizing in Immigrant Communities (Russell Sage Foundation, 2026), CSRC Director Veronica Terriquez offers a rich examination of how youth organizing groups enable low-income, second-generation immigrant adolescents to collectively exercise political power alongside their non-immigrant peers and adult allies.

Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies

The Spring 2026 issue includes essays on the Mexican Easter eggs in the Disney-Pixar film Coco and the analysis of narcocorridos through schizophonic listening. The Dossier section presents recent research on Latinas and Latina identity. The art of Margaret Garcia is featured. Print and online subscriptions available!

Since its founding in 1969, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) has played a pivotal role in the development of scholarly research on the U.S. Chicano-Latino population. Our research mission is supported by five distinct components: a library with special collections archive, an academic press, collaborative research projects, public and academic programs, and community-based partnerships.

The CSRC is proud to be a part of the Institute of American Cultures. We actively collaborate with the Institute's three other ethnic studies research centers and other campus units. Groundbreaking projects include:

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