"UNIDAD" Film Screening + Community Conversation

Name: "UNIDAD" Film Screening + Community Conversation
Start: 2025-08-30T14:00:00-07:00
Location: 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA, United States, California 91754

Schedule

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA, United States, California 91754 | Monterey Park, CA

Join us for a screening of the documentary film "UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos." Founded in 1981, Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLLU) was the Los Angeles area’s first major Queer Latine organization. The film chronicles events surrounding GLLU at a pivotal time in the history of LGBTQ equality, women’s rights, and civil rights movements that shaped the destinies of GLLU’s communities for decades to come.
This event is free and open to the public.

Schedule:
‣ 2:00 PM: We will open with the 7-minute short film Nancy from Eastside Clover, honoring Latina lesbian pioneer Nancy Valverde (1932–2024).
‣ 2:10 PM: Screening of "UNIDAD" documentary.
‣ 3:15 PM: Community panel moderated by "UNIDAD" Executive Producer and GLLU co-founder, Roland Palencia, in conversation with: Laura Esquivel, Veronica Flores, Rita Gonzales, and Elena I. Popp.
‣ 3:45 PM: Light refreshments provided. Visitors are encouraged to view "On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism."

About the Exhibition:
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) in collaboration with Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) proudly presents "On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism." This exhibition presents selections from the archival collections of prominent Latina lesbians, narrating their involvement in LGBTQ+, immigrant, labor, and housing justice movements from the 1980s through the late 2000s. Featuring materials from the CSRC, the exhibition includes photography, posters, magazines, and video footage from the collections of policy and civil rights advocate Laura Esquivel, tenant rights attorney Elena Popp, and archivist, herstorian, and former CSRC librarian Yolanda Retter Vargas.