Viva Nuestro Caucus

García Et Al.

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Viva Nuestro Caucus celebrates the history of the Latinx Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English and of the College Composition and Communication Conference since its inception in 1968 as the Chicano Teachers of English. The Caucus emerged because of a lack of representation and support and today maintains its vision and agenda of advocating for Latino peoples. The impetus for Viva Nuestro Caucus began both from a lack of recognition amongst NCTE and CCCC and an acknowledgment that no written history exists of the Caucus. Its editors provide a partial history of the agendas, activities, and achievements of the Caucus from its formation to the present, set against the backdrop of changing times. It includes interviews with founding and current Caucus members, an annotated Caucus archive, and a working bibliography of publications by Caucus members.

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• Publié par: Parlor Press, LLC
• Date de parution: 13 octobre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781643171258
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 35 Mo

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García, Ruiz,
VIVA NUESTRO CAUCUS
Hernández & Regidor
Viva Nuestro Caucus celebrates the history of the Latinx Caucus of the National
Council of Teachers of English and of the College Composition and
Communication Conference since its inception in 1968 as the Chicano Teachers of English. The
Caucus emerged because of a lack of representation and support and today
maintains its vision and agenda of advocating for Latino peoples. The impetus for Viva
Nuestro Caucus began both from a lack of recognition amongst NCTE and CCCC VIVA NUESTRO and an acknowledgment that no written history exists of the Caucus. Its editors
provide a partial history of the agendas, activities, and achievements of the
Caucus from its formation to the present, set against the backdrop of changing times.
It includes interviews with founding and current Caucus members, an annotated CAUCUS
Caucus archive, and a working bibliography of publications by Caucus members.
ABOUT THE EDITORS Rewriting the Forgotten Pages of Our CaucusRomeo García is Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric
Studies at the University of Utah. He teaches and publishes in the areas of
decolonial theory, settler colonialism, and writing and rhetorical studies. He is co-editor
(with Damían Baca) of Rhetorics Elsewhere and Otherwise: Contested Modernities,
Decolonial Vision, published by the CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric series. 
Dr. Iris D. Ruiz is a Continuing Lecturer for the Merritt Writing Program and also
lectures for the Ethnic Studies department at CSU, Stanislaus. She is the author
of Reclaiming Composition for Chicano/as and other Ethnic Minorities: A Critical
History and Pedagogy and co-edited Decolonizing Rhetoric and Composition Studies: New
Latinx Keywords for Theory and Pedagogy. 
Anita Hernández is Professor and the Don and Sarrah Kidd Endowed Chair in
Literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at New Mexico State
University. She teaches and publishes in the area of language, literacy, and culture.
She is co-author of Interactive Student Notebooks for English Learners and Text Sets:
Scafolding Core Literature for Secondary Students .
María Paz Carvajal Regidor is a PhD Candidate in English and Writing Studies at
the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She currently serves as Assistant
Director and Graduate Consultant at the Writers Workshop. Her research interests
include literacy, translingualism, Spanglish, and archival historiography. She has
been a member of the CCCC Latinx Caucus since 2016. 
WORKING AND WRITING FOR CHANGE
Series Editors: Steve Parks and Jessica Pauszek
PARLOR
PRESS
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Edited by Romeo García, Iris D. Ruiz, Anderson, South Carolina 29621
Anita Hernández, and María Paz Carvajal Regidorhttp://www.parlorpress.com
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ISBN: 978-1-64317-124-1Viva Nuestro CaucusWorking and Writing for Change
Series Editors: Steve Parks and Jessica Pauszek
Te Writing and Working for Change series began during the 100th
anniversary celebrations of NCTE. It was designed to recognize the collective
work of teachers of English, Writing, Composition, and Rhetoric to work
within and across diverse identities to ensure the feld recognize and respect
language, educational, political, and social rights of all students, teachers,
and community members. While initially solely focused on the work of
NCTE/CCCC Special Interest Groups and Caucuses, the series now
includes texts written by individuals in partnership with other communities
struggling for social recognition and justice.
Books in the Series
CCCC/NCTE Caucuses
History of the Black Caucus National Council Teachers of English by
Marianna White Davis
Listening to Our Elders: Working and Writing for Social Change by Samantha
Blackmon, Cristina Kirklighter, and Steve Parks
Building a Community, Having a Home: A History of the Conference on College
Composition and Communication edited by Jennifer Sano-Franchini,
Terese Guinsatao Monberg, K. Hyoejin Yoon
Viva Nuestro Caucus: Rewriting the Forgotten Pages of Our Caucus, edited
by Romeo García, Iris D. Ruiz, Anita Hernández and María Paz
Carvajal Regidor
Community Publications
Other People’s English: Code-Meshing, Code-Switching, and
African American Literacy by Vershawn Ashanti Young, Rusty Barrett,
Y’Shanda Young-Rivera, and Kim Brian Lovejoy
Becoming International: Musings on Studying Abroad in America, edited by
Sadie Shorr-Parks
Dreams and Nightmares: I Fled Alone to the United States When I Was
Fourteen by Liliana Velásquez. Edited and translated by Mark Lyon
Te Weight of My Armor: Creative Nonfction and Poetry by the Syracuse
Veterans’ Writing Group, edited by Ivy Kleinbart, Peter McShane, and
Eileen Schell
PHD to PhD: How Education Saved My Life by Elaine RichardsonViva Nuestro Caucus
REWRITING THE FORGOTTEN PAGES
OF OUR CAUCUS
Edited by:
Romeo García
Iris D. Ruiz
Anita Hernández
María Paz Carvajal Regidor
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out about Parlor Press publications, write to Parlor Press, 3015 Brackenberry
Drive, Anderson, South Carolina, 29621, or email [e-mail].A Note on Terminology
In Viva Nuestro Caucus, we use CTE to refer to the Chicano Teachers of
English. We also use Caucus (capitalized) to encompass the CTE, Hispanic Caucus,
Latino Caucus, Latin@ Caucus, and Latinx Caucus of the National Council
of Teachers of English and of the College Composition and
Communication Conference. When referring to the Chicano and Chicana Movement as
well as the Chicanos and Chicanas who were instrumental in this movement,
we use both identity markers, “Chicano and Chicana.” Similarly, when
referring to the broader population of Latinos and Latinas, we also offer both the
masculine and feminine “o” and “a.” We don’t negate the importance of the
neutral purpose of the “x” in the identity marker, “Chicanx” and “Latinx,” as
is more common among the millennial Chicanx/Latinx populations, but we
do recognize the debate is permanently changing Chicano/Chicano, Latino/
Latina to Chicanx/Latinx. As such, we don’t use “Chicanx” and “Latinx” until
we begin talking about our Latinx Caucus at the present moment.CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION: AN IMPETUS FOR VIVA NUESTRO
CAUCUS
Romeo García
PART I
HISTORIES: THE STORY OF THE CAUCUS
9 CHAPTER ONE: SIDESTEPPING RADICAL CHANGE: A
SHORT HISTORY OF NCTE
Romeo García
25 CHAPTER TWO: CREATING A “NEW HISTORY” WITHIN
NCTE/CCCC: CIVIL RIGHTS, THE CHICANO MOVEMENT,
AND HONORING FELIPE DE ORTEGO Y GASCA
Iris D. Ruiz
46 CHAPTER THREE: FOUNDING FIGURE
FORGING A PATH: FELIPE DE ORTEGO Y GASCA
María Paz Carvajal Regidor
62 CHAPTER FOUR: FOUNDING FIGURE
DESPITE SETBACKS: CARLOTA CÁRDENAS DE DWYER
Romeo García68 CHAPTER FIVE: FOUNDING FIGURE
INSURING INCLUSION OF LATINO AND LATINA LITERATURE:
ROSEANN DUEÑAS GONZÁLEZ
Anita Hernández
80 CHAPTER SIX: GENERATIONS OF LEADERSHIP
Anita Hernández and Iris D. Ruiz
92 CHAPTER SEVEN: THE EVOLUTION OF THE LATINX CAUCUS
IN THE NCTE AND CCCC
Anita Hernández and Romeo García
116 CHAPTER EIGHT: WE’RE HERE TO STAY: THE CURRENT
STATE OF THE CAUCUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Romeo García, Iris D. Ruiz, Anita Hernández,
and María Paz Carvajal Regidor
PART II
EXPERIENCES: IN THEIR OWN WORDS
127 FELIPE DE ORTEGO Y GASCA
131 CARLOTA CÁRDENAS DE DWYER
139 ROSEANN DUEÑAS GONZÁLEZ
146 VICTOR VILLANUEVA
153 CECILIA RODRÍGUEZ MILANÉS
163 BOBBIE HOUTCHENS AND MARY CARMEN CRUZ
173 CRISTINA KIRKLIGHTER
180 DAMIAN BACA
192 STEVEN ALVAREZ 199 CRISTINA RAMÍREZ
202 AJA MARTINEZ
209 TRACEY FLORES
PART III
RESULTS: WORK AND WORKS ACHIEVED
215 ANNOTATED CAUCUS ARCHIVE
Maria Paz Carvajal Reg