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2024 EWU Latino/a/x & Chicano Graduation Ceremony

July 25, 2024

2024 EWU LATINO & CHICANO GRADUATION

The Latino and Chicano graduation was first celebrated in June of 2021, an alternative commencement to celebrate the work of EWU Latino and Chicano students from marginalized communities – an opportunity to honor shared perseverance in the face of unique obstacles. 80% of the graduates fell under the category of first-generation college students – undergraduates

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Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life

January 26, 2024

Chertok Lecture Asad Asad

Thursday, March 7th Noon to 1:30pm | PUB NCR Zoom option available: ewu.zoom.us/j/82411008097 Some eleven million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, carving out lives amid a growing web of surveillance that threatens their and their families’ societal presence. Asad L. Asad’s book Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday

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2023 EWU LATINO & CHICANO GRADUATION

July 10, 2023

2023 EWU LATINO & CHICANO GRADUATION

The Chicana/o/x Studies program of Eastern Washington University celebrated its 2nd annual Latino and Chicano Graduation Ceremony on June 16th and we had over 80 students walk across the stage with over 320 of their family and friends attending! The Latino and Chicano graduation was first celebrated in June of 2021, an alternative commencement to

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