Category Archives: Education

The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators

The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators will be awarding several scholarships for students, which will include registration to attend the 18th Annual 2026 AHSIE Best Practices Conference scheduled March 8-11, 2026 at the Sheraton Boston – Boston, MA. Scholarship categories include: associate’s level, bachelor’s level, and graduate/doctoral levels.

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A Result Of Consistent And Unwavering Organizing

Once in awhile … A result of consistent and unwavering organizing: “In a key win for immigrant rights organizations, a California Court of Appeal ruled that the University of California has not provided sufficient legal grounds to justify its “discriminatory policy” barring the hiring of undocumented students from on-campus jobs.”

Celebrating The Life of Professor Dipa Basu

With colleagues, friends, and familia – Celebrating the life of Professor Dipa Basu from Pitzer College “where she became beloved as the “Professor of Hip Hop,” inspiring generations of students through her work on the sociology of music, Black popular culture, and the politics of race and ethnicity. She also co-edited the influential book The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture (2006), which brought critical international perspectives to hip hop studies and remains widely cited.

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Two Organizers In Pomona Are Still Connecting Their Learning With Community-based Oranizing

Laud these two students, Chris Gutierrez and Orlando Arias-Pulido, who I have known and walked paths with them as organizers in Pomona since their high school days – and are now building their pathways in higher education – with Chris completing his B. A. Degree and Orlando completing his first year at UC-Berkeley. As shown here, they are still connecting their learning with community-based organizing.

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