https://news.ucr.edu/ en https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/11/08/new-book-tells-stories-undocumented-students <img loading="eager" width="1170" height="450" src="https://news.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article_featured_l/public/2024-10/jennifer-najera-uc-riverside.jpg?h=40522549&amp;itok=p_W6kFcQ" alt="Jennifer Nájera, associate professor of ethnic studies at UC Riverside, holds her new book, Learning to Lead: Undocumented Students Mobilizing Education. (UCR/Sandra Baltazar Martínez)"> Ethnic studies professor Jennifer R. Nájera captures narratives of UC Riverside students in “Learning to Lead: Undocumented Students Mobilizing Education.” Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Sandra Baltazar Martinez custom--department-ethnic-studies--a905fdff-f7c3-4e42-bb35-8d8511abf6b0 https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/02/22/conference-explore-surge-latino-activism-after-californias-prop-187 <img loading="eager" width="1170" height="450" src="https://news.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article_featured_l/public/2024-02/latino-activism-gettyimages-953610026.jpg?h=776898d6&amp;itok=eeaiMfnG" alt="Latino activism- Getty Images"> Nearly 30 years later, experts will discuss why this short-lived law sparked change within Latino communities. Conference will be March 1-2 in downtown Riverside. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Sandra Baltazar Martinez custom--department-ethnic-studies--0ae0e57c-8685-4959-8efb-701064202285 https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/02/13/korean-american-history-become-traveling-exhibition <img loading="eager" width="1170" height="450" src="https://news.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article_featured_l/public/2023-02/2021-05-26%20Edward%20Chang%2003.jpg?h=cda740c8&amp;itok=8_mUHwjK" alt="Edward T. Chang, professor of ethnic studies and founding director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at UC Riverside. He stands in front of the statue of Korean independence activists, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho in downtown Riverside on May 26, 2021. (UCR/Stan Lim)"> UCR professor receives $850,000 Mellon Foundation grant to share history of American’s first Koreatown. Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 Sandra Baltazar Martinez custom--department-ethnic-studies--45c5728a-412b-4f03-b4b6-c67849987f04 https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/01/25/asian-american-shootings-not-exception-and-other-issues-need-be-discussed <img loading="eager" width="1170" height="450" src="https://news.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article_featured_l/public/2023-01/GettyImages-1459253655.jpg?h=b487ebe3&amp;itok=owAXdnyj" alt="MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: People attend a candlelight vigil for victims of a deadly mass shooting at a ballroom dance studio on January 24, 2023 in Monterey Park, California. Eleven people died and nine more were injured at the studio near a Lunar New Year celebration last Saturday night. Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit the predominantly Asian American community tomorrow. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)"> Farm working, mental health, and social and cultural barriers that some Asian American communities face. Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 Sandra Baltazar Martinez custom--department-ethnic-studies--056271e6-c6ac-41d1-a186-400819888dc9 https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/09/21/new-look-chicano-experience <img loading="eager" width="1170" height="450" src="https://news.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article_featured_l/public/2022-09/2022-9-21%20Aldredo%20Mirande%20007_0.JPG?h=774582b3&amp;itok=wdg6p2Rr" alt="Alfredo Mirandé, a UC Riverside distinguished professor of sociology and ethnic studies, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (UCR/Stan Lim)"> Professor Alfredo Mirandé’s 1985 foundational sociology book has a completely revised second edition. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700 custom--department-ethnic-studies--03d72858-146b-4ed5-870f-a8f80090d24d