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CSRC Newsletter - Spring Quarter 2025

CSRC assists UCLA faculty and recruitment efforts, updates on California Freedom Summer and the Latina Futures 2050 Lab, more reports from the Thriving Youth Study, a new exhibition on Latina lesbian activism, CSRC Press wins awards, and more in the Spring Quarter newsletter.

A Message from the CSRC Director

As the Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC), a sociologist, and daughter of formerly undocumented immigrants, I believe it is critical to stand in solidarity with immigrant communities—especially during times of heightened enforcement.

CSRC Reports Released on State of Latinas in the Central Coast

At the symposium "State of Latinas in the Central Coast: Ensuring that All Residents Access Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Well-being," university professors, graduate students, and community leaders provided insights into the Latina wage gap in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, barriers and opportunities for Latinas’ economic mobility in the childcare sector, and trends among Oxnard’s young adult Latina workforce.

Latina Futures 2050 Lab

The Latina Futures 2050 Lab, a research initiative spearheaded by the CSRC, seeks to increase knowledge and insight through applied policy research on the contours of the economic, political, and social lives of Latinas living in the United States over the next several decades.

Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies

The Spring 2025 issue considers the systematic removal of Brown people of Indigenous people from the United States, gay heartbreak narratives, and the cultural importance of El Famoso's boxing robe. The Dossier explores the work of artists who challenge gendered constructs and expectations, and Nao Bustamante is the featured artist. Print and online subscriptions available!

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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