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What We're Fundraising For
La Tiendita Student Pantry
Since 2017, La Tiendita has been addressing food insecurity among our students by proving non-perishable food items, toiletries, household cleaning products, and more. Our donation-based pantry is completely anonymous and is located on the second floor of the Gordon-White Building.
With the rising cost of living in the Austin area, we have seen an exponential increased usage of La Tiendita. Our resources are limited and quickly depleting. This year we are asking for your help to keep La Tiendita stocked for many semester to come!
We thank you for your support.
MALS Graduation Info
Please join us for the 29th Annual MALS Graduation Ceremony and CMAS Graduation Reception. We are very pleased to announce this year's esteemed graduation speaker, Dr. Rubén Parra-Cardona, Interim Director of the Latino Research Institute and Associate Dean for Global Engagement at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work.
Graduation takes place on Saturday, May 11th, 2024, at 10am in the William C. Powers Jr. Student Activity Center Auditorium (1.402). The reception will immediately follow in the WCP Ballroom (2.410 and 2.412). MALS majors, MALS minors and students, faculty and staff who share the mission of Latina/o Studies at UT Austin are all welcome to attend. Please contact Luis Guevera at lvg@austin.utexas.edu to RSVP for the ceremony and reception.
Texas Exes is sponsoring the Affinity and Cultural Graduation Celebrations at the UT Alumni Center. The Latinx Graduation Celebration is scheduled for Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Contact latinxgraduation@gmail.com for more information.
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40 for Forty
40 hours of fundraising can go a long way if your friends support you! On April 10th and 11th UT Austin launches its annual giving campaign 40 Hours for the Forty Acres, and Latino Studies is raising money for our free student pantry La Tiendita and Latino Studies as a whole. Make a donation or sign up to be a Latino Studies Ambassador and reach out to your network to find donors who are willing and able to give. There are all sorts of goodies and incentives to Ambassadors who help to get the word out! Thank you!
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Three Units. One Mission.
Latino Studies is a powerhouse of Latino thought and advocacy at The University of Texas at Austin, fearlessly upholding the mission of ethnic studies by creating space to explore and understand the lives of Latinos in the U.S. while using our knowledge and resources to support Latino communities everywhere. Since 1970, we’ve grown from a student initiative calling for courses on Mexican American topics to a substantial organization of recognized stature encompassing three program units: as the oldest unit, the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) builds on its legacy of collective action by connecting our students to the Austin community through outreach and public events. The Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies (MALS) offers a full spectrum of interdisciplinary courses that challenge traditional narratives through emboldened scholarship. The newest of our units, the Latino Research Institute generates data and research that is vital to sustaining healthy, productive and just environments for Latinos, working closely with policy makers, activists, and other community partners to turn research on topics like immigration, women’s and mental health, and education into practice. Together as Latino Studies, all three units are fiercely committed to the empowerment of students, scholars, and communities for the purpose of realizing a just and affirmative future for all.
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210 W. 24th Street
GWB 2.102, F9200
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-471-4557
Fax: 512-471-9639