Thank you for your interest in the Xicano Institute for Education and Self-Determination (XIES) Summer Program, "Año de Cierre y Renovación, Year of Closure and Renewal". Dr. Jorge F. Rodriguez, now Associate Professor at Chapman University, and Silvia Gomez de Soriano co-founded the Xicano Institute for Education and Self Determination (XIES) summer program in 2015 in Madison, Wisconsin. This two week summer program was created to help Raza students dig deeper into their roots, find their identity, learn about OURstory, and teach and encourage social justice skills to prepare them to engage in their community with confidence and knowledge via invited presenters such as university professors, activists and other community leaders and elders. With this knowledge, we hope to awaken your inner ancestors to help fight the many injustices and the many ways the colonizers tried to eradicate our existence.

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