The first book-length study of women's involvement in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, ¡Chicana Power! tells the powerful story of the emergence of Chicana feminism within student and community-based organizations throughout southern California and the Southwest. Based on rich oral histories and extensive archival research, Maylei Blackwell analyzes the struggles over gender and sexuality within the Chicano Movement and illustrates how those struggles produced new forms of racial consciousness, gender awareness, and political identities.

Maylei Blackwell is an Assistant Professor, Department of Chicano/a Studies and Women's Studies at UCLA. Her teaching and research also explore the possibilities and challenges of women’s transnational organizing around various axes of difference, or across what she calls "geographies of difference." She works with indigenous women’s organizers in Mexico, Latin American feminist movements, and sexual rights activists, all of who are involved in cross border organizing and community formation. Her most recent research projects with farm worker women and indigenous migrants seek to better understand new forms of grassroots transnationalism. Born in Long Beach, California, professor Blackwell received her B.A. from California State Long Beach and her M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Light Refreshments, Books for Sell & Cultura!
When: Lunes, March 5th, 6:30pm-8pm
Where: MLK Library, Cultural Heritage Center 5th Floor
150 East San Fernando Street  San Jose, CA 95112
Info/Parking: 408-250-9245 maizsanjose@gmail.com Free Or Paid Parking
http://www.sjdowntownparking.com/free_parking.html
·CSJ: Fourth/St. John Garage FREE 6 pm - 10 pm Monday 50 N. Fourth St. (408) 794-1090 Open to public
·CSJ: Fourth/San Fernando Garage $5 after 6 pm 44 S. Fourth St., at San Fernando Street.  (408) 279-8782 Open 24 hours  
 This event is wheelchair accessible. Students with disabilities who need special accommodations should contact the Wellness & Health Promotion office @924-6280 @ least 2 weeks in advance.