{"id":7498,"date":"2024-11-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7498"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:57:45","slug":"commemorating-gloria-anzaldua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/commemorating-gloria-anzaldua\/","title":{"rendered":"Commemorating Gloria Anzald\u00faa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3442-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"The altar for D\u00eda de los Muertos at the University Library lobby is set up Tuesday on the Edinburg campus.\n Celeste Cruz\/Vaquero Radio\" class=\"wp-image-7499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3442-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3442-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3442-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3442-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3442-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The altar for D\u00eda de los Muertos at the University Library lobby is set up Tuesday on the Edinburg campus.<br><\/em><strong> Celeste Cruz\/Vaquero Radio<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/convivio-4_mixdown.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The <em>Siempre con Nosotrxs: D\u00eda de los Muertos <\/em>Communal Altar &amp; <em>Convivio<\/em> event held Tuesday gathered students to honor Gloria Anzald\u00faa and commemorate their loved ones in respect to <em>D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimberly Grimaldo, a Mexican American Studies graduate student and vice president of the Mexican American Studies Club, explained who Anzald\u00faa was.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cGloria Anzald\u00faa was actually a student in UTRGV at the time when it was UTPA,\u201d Grimaldo said. \u201cAnd she graduated from here early on and moved on to do future graduate studies across the country. And she began publishing and sharing her work in presentations and conferences. And today we try our best to honor her legacy.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anzaldua, a queer Chicana poet, writer, and feminist theorist, was born in Harlingen in 1942. She earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from legacy institution University of Texas Pan American and master\u2019s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, according to poetryfoundation.org. She passed away in 2004.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor Seaver De La Fuente, a Mexican American Studies graduate student and president of the Mexican American Studies Club, spoke about the roles Anzald\u00faa had.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cGloria Anzald\u00faa was such a powerful woman,\u201d De La Fuente said. \u201cShe\u2019s an amazing scholar, researcher, Chicana. She has opened so many doors for us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She added Anzald\u00faa\u2019s work has influenced her cultural identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cShe talks about being from the border, right,\u201d De La Fuente said. \u201cAn open wound, that\u2019s how she describes the border as. And that also describes being both Mexican and American. And I\u2019m biracial, so I\u2019m white and I\u2019m Mexican. So, that really resonated with me when I first read her book, \u2018Borderlands,\u2019 because she\u2019s describing being in a <em>nepantla,<\/em> in a in-between space, which is what the border is. So that specific book is vital.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She said Anzald\u00faa encouraged women to empower themselves by writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThrough writing, [she] found her voice and that\u2019s what she influences women to do,\u201d De La Fuente said. \u201cThat\u2019s what she encourages women to do, is [to] use writing, and use art, and use space and community like this to empower yourselves.\u201d.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grimaldo explained how these events help the community come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cEvents like this help create awareness and just create a sense of community where people can share their stories and remember our loved ones,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd, especially share our other experiences that may not be shared often, and also just creating this safe space where we can gather and just <em>convivir<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; 2;25<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Samantha Lopez, director of La Uni\u00f3n Chicana de Hijxs de Aztl\u00e1n, hopes to keep this event a tradition and make improvements for the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe hope to continue this tradition,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cWe want to keep improving not just the altar, but improving the event. Having, maybe, workshops leading up to the event so students can learn more about their culture while they are here, so we hope to make it bigger next year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students may visit V Link for upcoming events by<strong> <\/strong>La Uni\u00f3n Chicana de Hijxs de Aztl\u00e1n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Siempre con Nosotrxs: D\u00eda de los Muertos Communal Altar &amp; Convivio event held Tuesday gathered students to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commemorating Gloria Anzald\u00faa - 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