DAY 2 - Seeking Educational Justice: The 1968 Chicana/o Student Walkouts Made History - FILM SCREENINGS

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the East L.A. Walkouts, the Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) presents two days of programming. On Saturday, March 10, a speakers’ program will feature Walkouts participants and scholars and conclude with the announcement of a new CSRC Press publication addressing these historic events. On Sunday, March 11, the 1996 documentary Taking Back the Schools and the 2006 HBO film Walkout! will be screened. Producers Susan Racho and Moctesuma Esparza, respectively, will introduce their films. A Q&A will follow the screenings.* Both events are free; RSVP required. Please register for each day you wish to attend. Twenty minutes after the program begins, walk-ins will be accommodated according to seat availability.

12:00 pm

Welcome and remarks by Chon Noriega, Director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

12:30 pm

Introduction and screening of the documentary Taking Back the Schools, produced by Susan Racho.

Running time: 55 minutes.

1:30 pm

Q&A with producer Susan Racho

1:45 pm

Introduction and screening of the feature film Walkout! produced by Moctesuma Esparza.

Running time: 120 minutes.

3:45 pm

Q&A with producer Moctesuma Esparza

*Schedule is subject to change.

Parking available in UCLA Lot 4, 398 Westwood Plaza, directly off Sunset Blvd | $12/day

For more parking info, visit: https://www.fowler.ucla.edu/visit/

This two-day event commemorating the 1968 Walkouts in East Los Angeles is organized by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Cosponsored by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, the Institute of American Cultures, the Division of Social Sciences, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the Latino Policy and Politics Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies.

To register for DAY 1: Seeking Educational Justice: The 1968 Chicana/o Student Walkouts Made History - CONFERENCE, go here.

Image: Graffiti on the sidewalk at Roosevelt High School, March 1968. Photograph by Devra Weber; image courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center