La Voz Latina is sponsoring a screening of the film, Precious Knowledge (2011) Dir. Ari Palos, this Sunday, Sept. 30, at 4:00pm in Mather Terrace Room B.
Precious Knowledge tells the story of disenfranchised high school seniors as they become academic warriors and community leaders in Tucson, Arizona’s embattled Ethnic Studies classes while state lawmakers attempt to eliminate the program. Please come hear the stories of the students and educators who continue to struggle for the right to learn and teach their own histories in school.
Watch the trailer:
Also, Curtis Acosta, one of the educators in the Mexican-American Studies program in Tucson, Arizona will be speaking in Rittenberg Lounge on Tuesday, Oct. 2 during the common hour (see info below).
First & Last pizza will be provided!
BANNED HISTORIES
Mexican-American Studies and the Struggle for Educational Justice in Arizona
A talk by Curtis Acosta
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 12:15-1:30pm
Rittenberg Lounge
On Jan. 10, 2012, the governing board of Tucson Unified School District voted to terminate the popular and enormously successful Mexican American Studies program, under pressure from the Arizona State Superintendent of Instruction. Two weeks earlier a judge had found it in violation of a new Arizona state law prohibiting classes designed for particular ethnic groups. Curtis Acosta, an educator from Tucson, will speak about the development of the Mexican-American Studies curriculum, its success with students, how and why it was found illegal, and the ongoing struggle for Mexican-American rights in Arizona.
