Students in Latinx Communication Studies have welcomed various guest speakers over the years, including poet Willy Palomo. Following Palomo’s performance at Willamette University, which Capital Community Media’s Luis Mendoza recorded, class members facilitated a panel on local migrant justice organizing. They also shared their zines on a variety of topics, including Latinx popular music, white allyship, and the role of machismo in shaping different diets.
This collaborative Día de los Muertos documentary film was made with HC 444/421 Latine Testimonios class members, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art staff members, guided by Dr. Adriana Miramontes Olivas, MEChA students, and community partners. Students in the class contributed questions in advance to ask the interviewed organizers, Ashley Pech Nunez, Armando Morales, and Rebeca Urhausen. This video records reflections on many years of organizing efforts and the cultural importance of this holiday. Video produced by Kelly Lyon Photography.
“Medical Interpretation and the Art of Storytelling,” by Sebastián Ibáñez Sanhueza, and “Paño Art—Beyond the Success Story,” by Skye Grubb, both received the 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Project Award from the UO Center for Latina/o and Latin American Studies. As part of our Fall 2023 Latine Testimonios course, these class members and their colleagues created StoryMaps to communicate expressive efforts centering Latine/x lives and cultures.
In Spring 2023, students in HC 301H: Environmental, Climate, and Energy Justice in Latine Communities created zines, or do-it-yourself magazines, to communicate their research projects in relation to the course title. Journalism major Ruby Wool created a zine honoring murdered journalists and activists who communicated environmental justice advocacy in Mexico. Her project, “Amplifying Silenced Voices: Supporting Mexican Indigenous Environmentalists and Journalists through Collaborative Journalism,” concludes with a call to collaborate with journalists and activists facing violence and death for their environmental justice work.
Catalina M. de Onís 