The Fight for Xicano Studies Documentary + Director Talk (Berkeley)
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Berkeley City College, Auditorium | 2050 Center St. Berkeley CA
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Please join us at Berkeley City College for a very special screening and platica [conversation] with the director of War of the Flea: The Fight for Xicano Studies on Tuesday, September 27, starting at 12:30 PM.
A real life David vs. Goliath story, War of the Flea: The Fight for Xicano Studies documents an eight-year struggle during the 1990s that led to the creation of a Xicano Studies program at Michigan State University. Through relentless organizing, direct action, and persistence, students and community members fought and ultimately succeeded in establishing one of the first Xicano/Latino Studies programs at a Big 10 university.
Dr. Mireles is a professor at Prescott College, where he serves as Coordinator of the Frantz Fanon Community Strategy Center, and teaches with El Colegio Chicano del Pueblo. He is author of Insurgent Aztlan: The Liberating Power of Cultural Resistance (2020 International Latino Book Award Winner–Best Political/Current Affairs), and active with La Raza Unida Party.
This event is part of Berkeley City College’s Latinx Heritage Month celebration, and completely free of charge.
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Cost: FREE*
