Confronting Anti-Blackness, Reimagining Solidarity: Race and the Mexican American Experience

Join us as we welcome Saint Mary’s alumna Dr. Bianca Sofía Rubalcava back to campus for a thought-provoking conversation about race, identity, and solidarity.

Dr. Rubalcava, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Pacific, will discuss her book, Naming Racism, Confronting Anti-Blackness: Mexican American Transnational Antiracist Activism Before 1960. Her research uncovers histories of racism, resistance, and cross-racial solidarity within Mexican American communities, inviting us to consider how these histories inform our understanding of race and belonging today.

This event offers students, faculty, staff, and the broader campus community an opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue about the complexities of race, identity, and the possibilities for solidarity across communities.

Wednesday, October 21, 2026
4:30–6:00 PM | Galileo 201

All are welcome.

Sponsored by the Institute for Latino and Latin American Studies (ILaLS), Women's and Gender Studies, Politics, the Department of World Languages and Cultures and the Office of Inclusion and Belonging