Re-examining the Legacy of the 1994 Ethnic Studies Protests at CU Boulder

1750 13th Street,Boulder CO 80302

10 June, 2022

Description

Join Mateo Manuel Vela and UMAS y MECHA for an interactive exhibit discussing the history of CU Boulder social movements from the 1960-1990. Mateo Manuel Vela’s program was selected by Sylvia Montero and the family members of Los Seis as part of the free public programing, during the year-long exhibition of El movimiento sigue, that honor the history of Los Seis de Boulder. Join Mateo Manuel Vela and UMAS y MECHA for an interactive exhibit discussing the history of CU Boulder social movements from the 1960s-1990s with archival sources and newspapers utilized in Vela’s research, and chosen by UMAS y MEChA members. Participants will be provided with guided questions, copies of these documents and art supplies to interpret and engage with the history of the CU Ethnic Studies protests. Afterwards participants are invited to join in an intergenerational dialogue about the links between CU Boulder BIPoC and Chicanx protest movements across time. This will be done to establish a historically informed dialogue on how BIPoC and Chicanx social movements can be sustained at CU in a new political and economic moment. A panel of former CU Boulder Alumni and participants in the 1994 Ethnic Studies protests will be in attendance, which will be moderated by Vela and other UMAS y MECHA members. Participants will also be given an opportunity to ask their own questions to the panelists at the event. Food and drinks will be provided by “LOCAL BROWN OWNED RESTAURANT TBD”. Image: Los Seis de Boulder Sculpture Project and Jasmine Baetz, El movimiento sigue. Image courtesy of BMoCA.