OCTOBER 11th, 2025 11am - 1pm CENTRAL TIME

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In this 2 hour platica, we will revisit the landmark 1954 Hernandez v Texas Supreme Court ruling which acknowledged that Mexican Americans experienced systemic discrimination and segregation, despite being classified as White.

Largely overshadowed by the Brown v Board of Education decision, the Hernandez case was a huge victory for Chicano/a civil rights, yet few of us learn about this historical event in school.

We will discuss how the acknowledgement of Mexican Americans as a protected class mirrors the identity processes of “in betweenness” that many Raza navigate growing up in a country that frames race as Black versus White.

We will also consider strategies for learning and teaching our history as a way to strengthen our own and our youths’ ethnic-racial identity and promote flourishing.

Registration Fee: $25

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Platica will also be recorded and the recording will be sent to all who register and will be available for viewing for 2 weeks.