NACCS Familia, Knowledge & Activismo: Contemplations from a Past Chair

Abstract

In April of 2022, the words of our Chair, Roberto D. Hernández called ustogether to “remember, recall, honor, and embrace—warts and all—themayrespective elders and scholars of [our] particular geographies... whose effortsover the past 50 year have allowed each of[our]campuses to have space fromwhich[we]do the work that matters.”1And so we gathered, to remember and recall, and to do the work. We engaged multiple opportunities to reflect on thedeep roots of our interdiscipline, and to celebrate the critical ways in which thefield continues to evolve and diversify, while striving to create a more justsociety, and to open the doors ofthe university to new generations of Chicanxscholars. We strove, as we continue to strive, to build on a rich legacy, where 1972 stands out as a critical watershed, emerging amid what we now know as the Chicano Movement