2nd Annual Raza Graduate Student Conference
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
March 24th-25th, 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS
Extended Deadline February 1st, 2016
The Raza Graduate Student Association (RGSA) at the University of Nuevo Mexico, Albuquerque
cordially invites you to our 2nd Annual Raza Graduate Student Conference! The RGSA is an
interdisciplinary graduate student organization that seeks to empower and support scholars of color
through peer mentoring, bridging the community-academia relationship, and honoring the histories and
cultures of underrepresented groups. We welcome paper and panel proposals from all disciplines and
areas of the world that engage matters dealing with healing; community development/organizing;
Indigenous methodologies; Indigenous planning; historical trauma; indigenous struggles;
(de)colonization politics and theory; LGBTQ/Two-spirit studies; immigration and immigrant policy;
citizenship; oppression and agency; health, poverty, and welfare; and transnationalism.
The theme for this year’s conference is Atl-Tlachinolli: Decolonized Healing.
The Nahuatl term Atl-Tlachinolli means “burning water” and symbolizes the
coalescing of contraries or contradictions that creates a balanced union from
which neither force overpowers the other. As scholars of color we often
struggle to balance our identities with the realities of academe. However,
many of us see the power of education as an avenue to explore and challenge
the ways in which histories have been erased. By writing and presenting on
issues that are important to us we begin to heal ourselves and our community through the process of
sharing and exchanging the knowledge we have attained with others in our community. The RGSA Atl-
Tlachinolli: Decolonized Healing Conference will provide a place of decolonizing and healing by
sharing our research, passions and presenting our work in an open, inclusive, and safe space.
Conference Topics
● Community Development/Organizing
● Healing
● Historical Trauma
● Indigenous
struggles/methodologies/planning
● (De)Colonization politics and theory
● Immigration and immigrant policy
● Oppression and agency
● Transnationalism
● Health, Poverty, and Welfare
● Women’s and Ethnic Studies
● Social Movements
● LGBTQ/Two-Spirit Studies
Submission Guidelines
Deadline: February 1st, 2016
Send to: raza.graduates@gmail.com with subject line “Raza Conference Submission”
For single papers or posters:
● General Topic and Paper/Poster title
● Name, department, university, year in program, or community organization
● 200 word max. abstract
● Indicate single paper or poster
For panels, workshops, roundtables:
● General Topic and Name of Panel, workshop, or roundtable
● Name of panel chair, department, university, or organization
● List of participants’ names with department, university, year in program, and/or name of
organization(s)
● 200 word max. description of proposed panel, workshop, or roundtable
The 2nd Annual Raza Graduate Student Conference is proudly sponsored in part by: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center
for Health Policy at UNM, the Graduate Resource Center, New Mexico ENLACE, El Centro de la Raza, Chicana/o Studies
Department, and CESSOS.
For more information on the RGSA find us on Facebook or email us razagsa@unm.edu.
