Plática at The Cheech:

“Brown Body as a Site for Disruption”

Michelle Téllez and Mike Chávez engage in conversation on topics related to the Xican-a.o.x. Body exhibition. Dr. Chávez wrote the essay “Los de Abajo: Lowriders, Bodies, and Rasquachismo” that is included in the exhibition catalog. He is the co-executive director and founder of the Inland Empire Labor Institute and a professor of sociology at Riverside City College. Dr. Téllez is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in Community Studies, Sociology, Chicana/o Studies and Education who writes about identity, mothering, transnational community formation, cross-border labor organizing, gendered migration, autonomy and resistance along the U.S./Mexico border.

Wednesday, Oct. 18th, 2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The Cheech Auditorium
3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA

Free and open to the public. Registration reccomeneded.  Details here.

Presented by EXO Roast Co. and the University of Arizona Press, join us to celebrate Michelle Téllez’s new book, Border Women and the Community of Maclovio Rojas: Autonomy in the Spaces of Neoliberal Neglect.

When: Wednesday, October 6, 5:30 p.m., at EXO Roast Co., 403 N. 6th Avenue

Free event, no registration required. Books will be available for sale. EXO Roast Co. currently requires all customers and staff wear masks. The number of people in the café may be limited due to social distancing guidelines.

Purchase book here.