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RISTED BY THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOCO / • - .aM-r '.'.r ;NTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE »w - -;>; 'tj' SABIDU YOUTH, CO ;> A'.ST- ;*•-/> r' •#• rvc^irm/naccs / /W i»> • >»Miitfi.Mi).Vriiiiiiiiii.. II I TOwk HILTON • POBTLAND OREOO^ Loeo OfSIStti ANDII£S BAIfeAJAS / WEB PROORAMMiNO. SANTOS CASH CONFERENCE EVENT MAP FOR HILTON HOTEL DIRECTORS THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SENATE EXECUTIVE B B NATIONAL CONFERENCE THIRD LEVEL PAVILION BALLROOM ^ EAST KAVILIUN I i BALLROOM / \ \ "EST II i J II ]mi•JII— MJ LB TiB• •} (i- 1J .t PLAZA LEVEL 1 FT PARLOR F A PARLOR GRAND BALLROOM L/LL • »ARLOR I ' C • SABIDURIA, LUCHA Y LIBERACION: YOUTH, COMMUNITY S. CULTURE EN EL NUEVO SOL B BALLROOM LEVEL TABLE OF CONTENTS I The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies 1 INTRODUCTIONS (NACCS) was founded in 1972 to encourage research to further the political actualization of the Chicana and Chicano community. NACCS calls for committed, critical, and rigorous 1 Welcome Letters 2 1 research. NACCS was envisioned not as an academic 1 Dedications k 1 embellishment, but as a structure rooted in political life. 6 1 From its inception, NACCS presupposed a divergence from 1 National Coordinating Confimittee mainstream academic research. We recognize that 1 Conference Organizing Connnnittee 7 1 mainstream research, based on an integrationist perspective emphasizing consensus, assimilation, and the legitimacy of 1 Conference Sponsors 8 1 society's institutions, has obscured and distorted the 1 Vendors and Exhibitors 9 1 significant historical roles class, race, gender, sexuality and group interests have played in shaping our existence as a 1 Hotel Infornnation 10 1 people. Our research confronts these perspectives and 1 Sexual Harassnnent Statement 11 1 challenges the structures and ideologies of inequality based on classist. racist, sexist, and heterosexist privileges in society. 1 CONFERENCE EVENTS In shaping the form of this challenge, the Association 12 1 contends that our research generate new knowledge about 1 General Plenary Speakers the Chicana and Chicano community. It should also help solve 1 NACCS Scholar and Student Awards U 1 problems in the community. Problem-solving cannot be detached from an understanding of our position in this 1 NACCS Community Awards 15 1 society. Solutions must be based on careful study and 1 Cultural Events 19 1 analysis of our communities. Concern with the immediate 25 1 problems of our people, then, is not separated from a critical 1 Educational March and Rally assessment of our conditions and the underlying structures and ideologies that contribute to our subordination. 1 CONFERENCE SCHEDULES NACCS recognizes the broader scope and significance of Chicana and Chicano research. We cannot overlook the crucial 1 NACCS Meetings 27 1 role of ideas in the construction and legitimization of social 28 1 reality. Dominant theories, ideologies, and perspectives play a 1 High School Day significant part in maintaining oppressive structures on 1 Conference Overview 29 1 theoretical, experiential, and policy levels. NACCS fosters the 32 1 construction of theories and perspectives which attempt to 1 Conference Sessions explain the oppression and resistance of the Chicana and 1 Index of Presenters 62 1 Chicano past, present, and future. Ideas must be translated into political action in order to foster change. 1 ADVERTISEMENTS 66 1 1 NOTES 69 1 LETTERS LETTERS LETTER FROM CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR LETTER FROM THE MAYOR Bienvenidos a Aztlan del Norte Welcome to Northern Aztlan On behalf of the NACCS Pacific Northwest Foco and the NACCS 2000 Conference Organizing Committee. I welcome you to the NACCS 2000 Annual Conference and to Portland. Oregon. This year's conference theme, "Sabiduria. Lucha y Liberacion: Youth. Community and Culture en El Nuevo Sol" focuses on NACCS' political and historical mission to engage in knowledge- CITY OF PORTLAND building and cultivating new generations of Chicana/Chicano scholar-activists that will advocate VERA KATZ for our communities' development and self-determination. El Nuevo Sol (our new "millennium") MAYOR will necessitate Chicanas/os to engage in an important discourse and activism critically needed to address the significant challenges facing our community in this new epoch. We recognize that our youth, community and culture will underscore our ability to meet El Nuevo Sol with confidence and determination. The organization of the NACCS 2000 Annual Conference has been a truly collaborative effort. March 22. 2000 The NACCS 2000 Conference Organizing Committee members represent a diverse group from across the Pacific Northwest. Faculty, staff, students and community members have On behalf of the citizens of the City of Portland, welcome! contributed their leadership, hard worl< and dedication to the preparation of this important conference. As a committee, we dedicate the NACCS 2000 Conference to those who have blazed We are delighted to host the participants of the 27th Annual Conference of National Association the trail of Chicana/Chicano activism. Likewise, we commit to imparting their vision of activism for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS). As Portlanders, we are very proud of our city; by the among our youth - the next generation of scholar-activists. time you leave us, I am sure you will understand why. Portland has something lo offer to everyone. This important event also underscores the fact that Chicanas and Chicanos in the Pacific Northwest are truly part of the national dialogue promoting activism in the Chicana/Chicano We have maintained a small community environment, with unique vibrant neighborhoods. We community. are blessed with a wonderful quality of life that includes nearby parks, rivers, mountains, and the Pacific Ocean. Opportunities for enjoyment of the arts are also abundant. Every hotel, The NACCS 2000 Annual Conference is a gathering which will provide professionals, academics, restaurant, attraction, retail outlet, theater—everything you might wish to see or experience- students, community members and activists ample opportunity to engage in dialogue which will has its own personality. culminate in developing strategies towards community development. We trust that the NACCS 2000 Annual Conference will provide an exciting conference experience - one that is welcoming The people of Portland and of all Oregon are ready to assist in making your visit as enjoyable to all, intellectually rich and filled with opportunities to establish new friendships and renew as possible. Enjoy yourself at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies old ones. (NACCS) 27th Annual Conference. I thank the members of the NACCS 2000 Conference Organizing Committee, our funding With warm regards. contributors and the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies for collectively bringing about this opportunity to promote Chicana and Chicano Studies. Vera Katz Dr. Carlos Saldivar Maldonado Chair, NACCS 2000 Conference Organizing Committee INTRODUCTIONS i Committee Chair LeHer INTRODUCTIONS Mayor's LetterMD DEDICATIONS DEDICATIONS EMMA TENAYUCA. "LA PASIONARIA DE TI^JAS." 1916 - 1999 AMERICO Y EMMA; DOS EJEMPLOS BY CARLOS MALDONADO. NACCS 2000 CHAIR Emma Tenayuca. union organizer, community activist, and teacher died July 23, 1999 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 83. Tenayuca The 2000 National Conference of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies is joined the labor movement at the age of 16 when she took part in a dedicated to the spirit and memory of Americo Paredes and Emma Tenayuca who both passed away strike in 1932 against the Finck Cigar Company of San Antonio, in 1999. In honoring Paredes and Tenayuca, we recognize that these two individuals exemplified the Texas. Tenayuca is recognized as a dominant figure and leader in spirit of La Raza's intellectual and activist tradition. Their contributions fit well in this year's NACCS the pecan shellers strike of the late 1930s in San Antonio, Texas. conference theme. "Sabiduria. Lucha y Liberacion: Youth. Community and Culture en El Nuevo Sol". Mexicanas represented the majority of the strikers. Tenayuca s Paredes and Tenayuca leave us a tremendous legacy to guide and challenge us en El Nuevo Sol. striking leadership embodies the historical workers struggle toward empowerment. In the 1930s, Tenayuca contributed to the DON AMERICO PAREDES. 1915 - 1999 emergence of several local unionization efforts in San Antonio, including chapters of the International Ladies Garment Workers Americo Paredes, pioneering folklorist. teacher, writer, songwriter Union. Tenayuca became known as one of the most charismatic and poet died May 5, 1999 in Austin. Texas at the age of 8A. and committed union leaders during the harsh period of anti- Paredes has been credited as a trailblazer in Mexican American Mexican and anti-union sentiment. intellectual thought and more specifically the study of the border region. Paredes had a lengthy teaching tenure at the University of She joined the ranks of the Worker's Alliance and the Communist Texas. Austin. He taught English, Anthropology and Folklore. party to further advocate for workers' rights. Tenayuca engaged Paredes focused his scholarly efforts on writing about the Mexican herself in the trenches of union activism. Chicano Studies and Mexican American folklore and culture of south Texas. Upon scholars, regardless of gender, recognize the important and retirement from UT, Austin in 1984, Paredes was honored with the historical role Tenayuca played in the Chicano