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SUMMARY:MACRI TALK - Independence Lost: Another Side of the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:This year marks the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. In the year of this milestone\, we are called to reflect: What does the United States semiquincentennial mean to Mexican Americans? How have Mexican Americans shaped this country\, and what do we want to see for our communities in the future? \nJoin us for the fourth talk in our series of special America 250 MACRI Talks\, Independence Lost: Another Side of the American Revolution\, featuring Dr. Kathleen DuVal\, historian of early America. Learn about other perspectives on the American Revolution\, including those of Indigenous and Spanish communities living in what would become the United States.  \nWednesday\, April 1\, 2026 |  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Central Time \nOJO! This is a virtual event. The talk will livestream via Facebook at https://bit.ly/FB-MACRI and YouTube at https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI \n  \n⭐️This program is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas\, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. ⭐️ \n  \n*** \n  \nAbout our guest \nKathleen DuVal is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Native Nations: A Millennium in North America\, Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution\, and the U.S. history textbook Give Me Liberty! She is a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. DuVal is a Guggenheim Fellow and has won the Bancroft Prize and the Cundill History Prize. She has written for The Atlantic\, Time magazine\, the New York Times\, and the Wall Street Journal. \n  \n*** \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias!  \nAs always\, views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI\, its staff\, board\, or funders.
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/macri-talk-independence-lost-another-side-of-the-american-revolution/
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SUMMARY:FILM - Latina Spring: Salón de Cortos
DESCRIPTION:The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute and MonteVideo celebrate Women’s History Month with Latina Spring\, a curated selection of inspiring films by Latina and Indigenous women directors! Latina Spring is presented in partnership with UNAM San Antonio and Austin Film Society Cinema. \nThe Latina Spring Film Series concludes in Austin\, Texas with Salón de Cortos\, a collection of award-winning shorts featuring selections from France\, Mexico\, Peru\, and the United States. The films will be followed by a Q&A with Chelsea Hernandez and Karina Lomelin Ripper\, moderated by filmmaker Sharon Arteaga.  \n  \n🗓️ Thursday\, April 2\, 2026  |  7 PM \n📍 Austin Film Society Cinema\, 6406 N I-35 Suite 3100\, Austin\, TX \n🎟️ Purchase your ticket at https://www.austinfilm.org/screening/latina-spring-salon-de-cortos/ \n  \n Films contain mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages. \n  \n⭐ MACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias! ⭐ \n  \n*** \nAbout the films \nAn Uncertain Future \nChelsea Hernandez & Iliana Sosa\, 2017\, USA\, 11 min \nIn Austin\, Texas\, two expectant mothers-one undocumented and one US citizen-must contend with increased ICE raids and mounting hostility towards immigrants under President Trump. \nMorenita \nDiana Valencia\, Gabriela Ortega\, 2024\, Mexico\, 8 min \nA poetic exploration of womanhood\, friendship and migration through the intersecting stories of two Latin American women. \nComo si la tierra se las hubiera tragado \nNatalia Leon\, 2025\, France\, 13 min \nOlivia\, a young woman living abroad\, returns to her hometown in Mexico in the hope of reconnecting with her past. \nKusi Smiles \nSisa Quispe\, 2024\, Peru\, USA\, 15 min \nUnable to sing\, a Quechua teenager returns to her Andean community\, where sisterhood\, music\, and the land that raised her guide her through grief toward healing. \nThere’s a Devil Inside Me \nKarina Lomelin Ripper\, 2024\, USA\, 15 min \nAfter a Catholic confirmation class\, Teresa\, a devilish teen\, pretends to be a nun but things go sideways when she’s mistaken for a real nun and given the church’s collection basket full of cash. \nTigueronas \nImani Celeste\, 2025\, USA\, 14 min \nAfter ending an abusive relationship with her narcissistic boyfriend\, Aaliyah and her friends hatch a bold plan for revenge on a girls’ night out\, igniting a journey of self-empowerment and sisterhood.
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/film-latina-spring-salon-de-cortos/
LOCATION:Austin Film Society Cinema\, 6406 N I-35 Suite 3100\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:EXHIBIT - You Have the Right! Mexican Americans and Due Process of the Law
DESCRIPTION:Explore MACRI’s new traveling exhibit\, You Have the Right: Mexican Americans and Due Process of the Law. \n  \nThis exhibit explores three court cases involving Mexican Americans and Mexican-perceived individuals that have been significant to the interpretation of the Fifth\, Sixth\, and Fourteenth Amendments and shaped interpretation of due process of the law in the United States: Miranda v. Arizona (1966)\, United States v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975)\, and Chavez v. Martinez (2003).  \nThe verdict in these cases\, whose plaintiffs were Mexican American and Latino individuals\, affect all Americans today. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) secured what we now call our “Miranda rights;” United States v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975) prohibited law enforcement from stopping and questioning someone on the basis of their appearance; and Chavez v. Martinez (2003) marked a rollback in protections from coercive questioning from authorities.  \nThe three moments featured in this exhibit remind us that the interpretation of constitutional amendments is constantly debated in courts at all levels of government\, and can result in expansions and contractions of civil rights. The legal struggle for civil rights is continuous\, and rarely a linear progression.  \n  \nThe exhibit will be on display from Monday\, April 27\, 2026 through Tuesday\, June 30\, 2026.  \nThe exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday\, 10 AM—NOON and 1 – 4 PM\, or by appointment. \n  \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias!
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/exhibit-you-have-the-right-mexican-americans-and-due-process-of-the-law/
LOCATION:MACRI Visitor Center\, 2123 Buena Vista St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:MACRI Talk - Storied Property: María Cordova’s Casa
DESCRIPTION:La Casa Cordova\, known as Tucson\, Arizona’s oldest building\, was formerly the home of María Navarrete Cordova (1895–1975). In 1972\, gentrification and urban renewal pushed Cordova out of her home. She and her family fought the removal in court\, but lost the case. The historic building was preserved as a museum. The stories told there\, however\, did not represent María and her family’s history in the property\, and their struggle to keep it.  \nThe story of Casa Cordova raises questions about the role and practice of historic preservation in the face of the displacement of historic communities of color.  \n  \nJoin us for a virtual MACRI Talk featuring historian and memoirist\, Dr. Lydia Otero\, who will present on María Navarrete Cordova’s and her family’s history at Casa Cordova\, telling the stories that are missing from the historic site’s narrative. \nWednesday\, April 29\, 2026  |  6PM – 7PM Central Time \nOJO! This is a virtual event. The talk will livestream via Facebook at https://bit.ly/FB-MACRI and YouTube at https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI \nRSVP to receive the links for the talk! \n  \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias!  \nAs always\, views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI\, its staff\, board\, or funders. \n  \n*** \nAbout our guest \nLydia R. Otero is a writer\, historian\, and activist deeply rooted in the Arizona-Sonora border region\, where they were born and raised. They were a tenured professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona (2003-2020). They were one of the original or founding members of Lesbianas Unidas in 1983 and were active in efforts including Lesbians of Color\, Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos in Los Angeles\, and the First National Lesbians of Color Conference. Their experiences as a queer activist\, and blue-collar worker from 1978 to 1998 in Los Angeles form the basis of their book\, L.A. Interchanges.
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/macri-talk-storied-property-maria-cordovas-casa/
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