University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: September 2021

Latinx Heritage Month Begins

The University’s annual Latinx Heritage Month begins this week with the “March Up Bascom,” organized by the Latinx Cultural Center, ChiLaCSA, and the CLS Program.  Students will meet at the bottom of Bascom Hill at 5pm on September 15th, and will march up to the top with the flags of many Latin American nations.  Activities …

Marla Ramírez Receives PACI Grant for Undocumented Organizing Collecting Initiative

Congratulations to CLS faculty member Marla Andrea Ramírez Tahuado, who has secured funding from OVCRGE’s Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative for oral history research on undocumented youth organizing in the United States.

Armando Ibarra wins Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award

CLS professor and former director Armando Ibarra will be among those honored when Community Shares of Wisconsin celebrates its 50th anniversary on September 23rd.  Prof. Ibarra, whose home department is the School for Workers, was nominated by Voces de la Frontera for the Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award.  The award is given every year to …