El Retorno: El Valle Celebra Nuestra Gloria 2024
Schedule
Wed May 15 2024 at 11:30 am to 03:00 pm
Location
UTRGV - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Edinburg, TX) | Edinburg, TX
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Please join us for a day of celebration in honor of Gloria E. Anzaldúa on the 20th anniversary of her transition. 9:45am: Ceremony at Valle de la Paz Cemetery in Hargill. More details on the following event page: https://facebook.com/events/s/el-retorno-el-valle-celebra-nu/771451648453504/
UTRGV (Edinburg campus) Events (free and open to all):
11:30am-12pm: Welcome and lunch in the Ballroom
12pm: Alma López’s featured talk “Relating with Anzaldúa through Visual Language” and Q&A (introduction by Alejandra Ramírez)
1pm: UTRGV student panel: Taylor Seaver de la Fuente (MAIS in Mexican American Studies), jo reyes-boitel (MFA in Creative Writing), Briana Garcia (MA in Writing and Language Studies), and Abigail Cantu (MA in English). Moderator: Mariana Alessandri
2:15pm-3pm: Closing gathering at the Anzaldúa Literary Landmark in the Anzaldúa Plaza/Library Courtyard (a short walk from Ballroom). Featuring Norma E. Cantú and other poets/speakers, including performance by students in the UTRGV Dance Department.
For more information or accommodations, please contact [email protected]
To register for this free event, please complete this short form: https://forms.office.com/r/uEyryQte9y
Brief history: Gloria Anzaldúa was born and raised in El Valle. She was valedictorian of Edinburg High School in 1962 and graduated from legacy institution Pan American College in 1968. She went on to publish numerous books, and her theories and writings continue to influence poets, writers, artists, scholars, and more. A few years after her transition in 2004, local poets began the tradition of honoring her work in her home community with the formation of the community-based Gloria Anzaldúa Legacy (GAL) Project in 2007 and later the Valley International Poetry Festival. In 2008, faculty and students at UTPA collaborated with community members and the SSGA on the first El Retorno event on campus. Many years of these collaborations led to a literary landmark for Anzaldúa that was celebrated at UTRGV in 2022.
El Retorno 2024 co-sponsors and community partners:
UTRGV Department of Creative Writing, UTRGV Department of Writing and Language Studies, UTRGV Department of Philosophy/Center for Collaboration and Ethics, UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts, UTRGV Center for Mexican American Studies, UTRGV Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies. UTRGV Mexican American Studies program, UTRGV Dance Department, UTRGV School of Interdisciplinary Programs and Community Engagement, UTRGV Women and Gender Studies program. With special thanks to the Gloria Anzaldúa Legacy Project and the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa.
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