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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Vacationing while an academic… [sigh] what is this elusive work-life balance I keep hearing about??? #academia #ishouldbewriting #thatacademiclife #historian

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

We are still going strong in Evans 116 @alliancefortexashistory. Dr. Aaron E. Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social (@texastech ) takes center stage to talk about the importance of the 1968 US Commission on Civil Rights for the Mexican American community. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thanks @alliancefortexashistory for such a great conference! I’m sad I’m going to miss the final day, but my final batch of grading beckons! 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Dr. Raul Ramos offers comments to the panel that pushes them to think about the ways in which political ideals inform ethnicity and poses the thought “most would say identity is found in consensus, but maybe identity is also found in conflict.” 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The content continues with Dr. Enrique Dávila (@slu_official ) shares a portion of his forthcoming book centering the Idar family of Laredo. In this presentation, Dávila focuses on Clement Idar, LULAC, and the 1930 Box Bill Debate. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Se corré y se va with Dr. Citlali Sosa-Riddell ( @csusm ) shares her work on conventional rights and the intellectual legacies of Mexico in the political views of Jose Antonio Navarro y Pablo de la Guerra in the Texas and California Constitutional Conventions from 1846-1849. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

@alliancefortexashistory I’m playing catch up, but here’s a snippet of “Spectrum of Mexican American Political Ideologies” panel! 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Graduate student Samantha Fuentes (@utrgvhistorydept ) responds to an audience question by sharing that a strategy to get mujeres involved in the struggle… 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Dr. Robles responds to audience questions about how activists self-identify before, during, and after the movement. Mexicanas? Tejanas? Chicanas? #texashistory #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 3/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Audience member Dr. Emilio Zamora encourages panelists to think broadly about the extensive officially recognized & community recognized networks Chicanas built across South Texas. That may or may not appear in archives. #chicanxhistory #borderlandshistory #texashistory #alliancefortexashistory 2/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Audience member Dr. Antonia Castaneda challenges the panelists to think critically about how they define activism and the actions people took to organize. #texashistory #chicanohistory #borderlandshistory #alliancefortexashistory 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

We are still going strong in Evans 114! Dr. Tiffany Gonzalez (@universityofkansas ) shares a portion of a chapter of a forthcoming publication that centers Chicano participation in La Raza Unida Party during El Movimiento. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The conversation continues in Evans 114! Dr. David Robles (@lamaruniversity ) shares his work on the role of local groups like the Mujeres Unidas and the greater Mexican American community’s struggle for change in the wake of the Pharr Police Riot. 1/

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Dr. Priscilla M. Martinez @drprismmartinez.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Se corré y se va with scholar Samantha Fuentes, @utrgvhistorydept , sharing the inspirational story of Mexicana participation in the 1966-1967 Texas melon strike. 1/

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