The JSLP website has undergone massive changes. We have been busy at the Project and our website reflects our activity. This past summer we held an event, Narrativas de Nuevo Mexico, and much of it is now on our site. Explore Narrativas to see our film detailing some of the achievements in the lives of Ted Martinez, Mari-Luci Jaramillo, Vicente Ximenes, Graciela Gil Olivarez, and Julian Samora. Check out interviews, timelines, and photos. We also filmed the panel discussion and that is available to view.

We are very pleased to announce that the Julian Samora papers are available online. Most of the scholarly papers from the Julian Samora Archive, housed at the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas, Ausitn, are scanned and available to be searched. Go to Search the Archives or click here and investigate them.

We have revised Featured Articles and look for recent pieces concerning the state of Latino Affairs world-wide. We have also updated our store to offer mugs and T-shirts. Our book on Dr. Samora, Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies is also for sale.

If you appreciate our ongoing work collecting the stories of our elders’ who worked for social justice please feel free to send a donation in any amount. Your donation helps fund students, oral history collections, and films.

Till next time,
Carmen Samora PhD

Those of us here would like to call attention to the good work done by our colleagues in Chicana/Chicano studies. You can visit their website or their blog to find out what Chicana/Chicano studies is up to.

Narrativas de Nuevo Mexico is a wonderful exploration of the lives and times of five prominent New Mexican activists. This event was held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Wells Fargo Theatre at 1701 4th street sw Albquerque, NM from 2 to 4 pm on June 26th, 2011. The event was free and open to the public. The event has an interactive website at www.samoralegacy.org/Narrativas and under the Narrativas button. This event was sponsored by the New Mexico Humanities Council, the Samora Legacy Project, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Office of the State Historian, the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, and the Graduate and Professional Student Association of UNM.