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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.

Conference: Quebrando Barreras - Breaking Barriers in STEM (April 17-18, 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

Hosted at UCLA, Day 1 of this free, two-day conference aims to establish, strengthen, and promote research collaborations between scientists committed to broadening participation in STEM disciplines.

Convening: "Quebrando Barreras: Breaking Barriers in STEM Tenure Track Positions" (April 18, 12:30 - 6:30 p.m.)

The Latina Futures 2050 Lab at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center invites early career scholars to a free, one-day convening focused on navigating gender, racial, and class dynamics in STEM tenure track positions. Includes lunch and networking reception! Registration required.

Joshua Javier Guzmán Named Next Editor of Aztlán Journal

Guzmán, associate professor and vice chair of graduate affairs in the UCLA Department of Gender Studies, will begin his term January 1, 2026, succeeding editor Charlene Villaseñor Black.

CSRC Library Exhibition "ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia!"

Rotating exhibitions are on display inside the library and in the vitrine at the entrance. All exhibitions are free to the public and viewable during regular library hours.

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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