“El Retorno: El Valle Celebra Nuestra Gloria”
Events in honor of Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Friday, May 15, 2009
These events are free and open to the public.
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>10am: Ceremony, Valle de la Paz Cementerio*, Hargill, Tejas

>12-2:30pm: Luncheon & Celebration in Honor of Gloria
IT² International Room, UTP, #29 on UTPA map http://www.utpa.edu/files/campusmap.pdf

Keynote speaker, Dr. Norma Alarcón, “Becoming MeXican@ with Gloria Anzaldúa”
w/poetry & art inspired by Gloria Anzaldúa’s work presented by UTPA students & El Valle community members

Sponsored by the Gloria Anzaldúa Legacy Project, UTPA’s Mexican American Studies Program (College of Arts & Humanities), MFA in Creative Writing Program (Department of English), Women’s Studies Program, Department of Modern Languages and Literature, and South Texas College’s Mexican American Studies Program.  UTPA Student Organization Sponsors: MEChA, MUJERES, Writers’ Bloc, and Cosecha Voices.

Artists in exhibit: Celeste De Luna, Beatriz Guzman Velasquez, Leticia L. Reyna, & Emi Z.

For more information on “El Mundo Zurdo: The First International Conference on the Work and Life of Gloria E. Anzaldúa” (May 16-17, 2009) sponsored by The Society for the Study of Gloria E. Anzaldúa (SSGA) and the Women's Studies Institute at the University of Texas at San Antonio, please visit http://colfa.utsa.edu/English/mundozurdo.html

*Valle de la Paz Cemetery is located south of Hargill near the NW corner of F.M. 493 and Cemetery Road. Directions: From U.S. 281, take State Highway 490 East (heading east to Hargill, about 8.6 miles). Take a right (heading south) at the corner of S.H. 490 and F.M. 493, for 6/10 of a mile. Take a right at Cemetery Road. The entrance to Valle de la Paz is about 4/10 of a mile on the right (north) side.

For more information about the UT-Pan American event, please contact Emmy Pérez, Assistant Professor of English, at (956) 381-3435 or LPerez16@utpa.edu.

For the event poster, click here.