San Diego’s Chicano Park, a treasure and a battleground

San Diego’s Chicano Park, a treasure and a battleground

By Mike McPhate – Medium.CaliforniaSun.co – Photo: kellinahandbasket/CC BY 2.0. Photo: Dozens of colorful murals pay tribute to Chicano heroes and heritage in Chicano Park. Under a bridge in San Diego is an unlikely wonderland of colorful murals known as...
Caltrans installing debris fence above Chicano Park

Caltrans installing debris fence above Chicano Park

By KUSI Newsroom – KUSI.com – Video Capture: KUSI News. San Diego, California (KUSI) — The connector ramp linking northbound Interstate 5 to the Coronado Bridge will be closed overnights for four consecutive nights, beginning Monday night, to allow for the...
New Frontiers for Mexican-American Literature

New Frontiers for Mexican-American Literature

By Arts & Sciences/University of Kentucky – hs.as.uky.edu – Mural Not Credited. This presentation begins by outlining the near invisibility of Mexican American writers in elite cultural circles and their rather partial depiction in popular culture...
Chican@s Studies At UNM: A Historical Debt

Chican@s Studies At UNM: A Historical Debt

By Cristina Baccin – kunm.org – Poster: 2008, Dallas Latino Cultural Center. Image: Danza de la Tierra by Judy Baca Mon. 4/2, 7p: Today, on Espejos de Aztlán we´ll talk about a long standing need at the University of New Mexico: a deeper investment and...
New Chicano Park mural will celebrate work of Border Angels

New Chicano Park mural will celebrate work of Border Angels

By Kate Morrissey – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Video: San Diego Union Tribune. A new mural featuring the Virgin of Guadalupe as an activist carrying a jug of water in the desert for migrants will be completed at Chicano Park just in time for the National...