Projects & Publications

The Latinx Center plays a critical role in the creation and dissemination of knowledge and understanding about the Latinx experience.

documenting the past fostering the future

Documenting the Past - Fostering the Future

DPFF is designed to detail and activate the central role of young adults in understanding, leading, and transforming the elusive search for racial equity, personal dignity, and human rights.

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luminarias de la ley, luminaries of the law

Luminarias: An Empirical Portrait of the First Generation of Latina Lawyers 1880-1980

Luminarias is the result of Dolores Atencio’s study to identify the first Latinas who earned law degrees in the USA and Puerto Rico.

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Our Story Forum: Rebuilding Our Future Together

Dr. Deb Ortega is on an intergenerational panel discussing community.

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On Day Laborers’ Digital Mobile Memories.

Carlos Jimenez wrote a chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Mobile Socialities.

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DU Ethnography Lab

A catalyst for interdisciplinary scholarship and learning opportunities surrounding ethnographic research. 

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Denver Urban Debate League

Denver Urban Debate League programs break barriers for underserved students.

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Trails of Hope and Terror

Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre was the screenwriter on this documentary about two teen girls' encounters with the border. 

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Migrant Remittances and Demand for Redistribution

Jesse Acevedo writes on the political economy of remittances.

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OSOMA: Our Stories Our Medicine Archive

Dr. Beltrán is the Principal Investigator for The Our Stories, Our Medicine Archive Project.

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Mexican American Women on the World War II

From Coveralls to Zoot Suits

Elizabeth R. Escobedo writes about the lives of Mexican American women on the World War II home front.

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ReVisión: Art in the Americas

Fajardo’s earliest games will be part of ReVisión, an exhibition at the Denver Art Museum.

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LETTERS FROM HEAVEN / CARTAS DEL CIELO

A children's book authored by Lydia Gil

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Novelas bolero: Ficciones musicalizadas posnacionales

Novelas bolero: Ficciones musicalizadas posnacionales

Esta investigación estudia cinco novelas que canibalizan el bolero como parte de sus estrategias narrativas.

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students discussing at Spanish for Heritage Speakers class

Spanish for Heritage Speakers

Groundbreaking language program, designed to facilitate the transition into participating in academic and professional settings.

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Documenting the US-Mexico Border

Photography, Movement, and Paradox. Article by Kristy L. Ulibarri.

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Healing through Ancestral Knowledge and Letters to Our Children

Miriam Valdovinos writes about mothering infants during a global pandemic.

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