Tuesday, May 15, 2025 5:20-6:55pm | Humanities Lecture Hall, UC Santa Cruz
Maria E. Ramirez, of Chicana, Puerto Rican, and Apache heritage, was a 1960s student activist fighting for racial justice in higher education. After joining Los Siete in San Francisco through her UCB prison project work, she left college for full-time community activism. In 1972, she became one of the first Chicanas to visit China. Later returning to Union City, she earned her master’s degree and has served as a community college counselor for over 25 years while developing her storytelling show “Chicana Herstory.” She continues fighting gentrification and pollution as co-founder of Families United for Equity, advocating for the developmentally disabled.
This Event is Sponsored By:
UCSC Literature Department | Creative Writing Program | UCSC Center for Racial Justice | Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund | The Laurie Saint Endowment | The Humanities Institute
