CENTER FOR MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 2021-2022 NEWSLETTER
Craft Cultura Poetry Workshop “Untamed Tongues” September 19, 2021
Ariana Brown is a queer Black Mexican American poet from the Southside of San Antonio, Texas. In January 2020, Ariana released Sana Sana, her debut poetry chapbook from Game Over Books. She has also recorded a digital EP titled LET US BE ENOUGH, available on Bandcamp. Ariana holds a B.A. in African Diaspora Studies and Mexican American Studies from UT Austin as well as an MFA in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. She is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Prizes and a 2014 national collegiate poetry slam champion. She has been writing, performing, and teaching poetry for ten years.
Latinx Heritage Month Event “Update on the Border: A Plática with Rio Grande Valley Activists”
October 6, 2021
A discussion on the most recent events affecting migrants at the US Mexico & the efforts to assist them.
Event co-sponsors FESTIBA, UTRGV Center for Mexican American Studies, UTRGV Center for Diversity and Inclusion and DREAM Resource Center. With thanks to Gallery Literary Magazine.
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