In this talk, you will learn about the history of community ties and race in the making of southern Arizona borderlands. Dr. Grace Peña Delgado will explore the relationships among Chinese and Mexican fronterizos (border people) and how they were critical in mitigating the force against anti-Asian hatred.

Grace Peña Delgado is Associate Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a historian of borderlands and migration as well as an author of Making the Chinese American: Global Migration, Localism, and Exclusion in the US-Mexico Borderlands (Stanford: 2012), distinguished as a CHOICE Academic Title. She continues her work today, and works to educate others on these matters.

This event is FREE with a suggested donation of $10.

The Zoom link will be sent via email the day prior to the event with RSVP/registration.