News
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We Are Here for You! A message from Centro
Announcement from El Centro Chicano y Latino on the importance of providing a supportive environment where all students can thrive and live as their authentic selves at Stanford.
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Panel at El Centro will feature trailblazing Class of 1973 Stanford Graduates
The article below uses the term “Chicano,” a popular identifier for Mexican Americas at that time. A more diverse Latino student population did not begin until the mid-1970s
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2016 Alum(na)
"I always admired [Elvira's] ability to strike a balance between honoring Stanford's rich Chicano legacy and creating room for an increasingly diverse student body.""
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Letter of Support for El Centro and Elvira from Alum(na)
"When we organized Afro-Latine and Caribbean-centered events, Elvira and El Centro staff supported and celebrated alongside us."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2017 Alumna
"I remember how we came together frequently to engage in discussion over machismo, racism within the Latine Diaspora, and attacks against our community..."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and Casa Zapata from Alum(na)
"As a queer, GNC, Haitian-American, I had been welcomed so warmly and so easily within the community."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from current student
"Elvira has demonstrated that serving comunidad takes more than demanding things to get done; it takes hard work, life experiences, and a genuine love for the empowerment..."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2019 Alumna
"I discovered that Elvira was always ready to lend an ear and offer valuable advice and support."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2013 Alumna
"Growing up, I was raised in a culturally rich Mexican and Puerto Rican household."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2021 Alum
"I also observed a growing awareness that the center needed to be more inclusive of all facets of Latinidad"
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2018 Alumna
Elvira "consistently modeled what it meant to bring in perspectives from across our community."
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Letter of Support for director Elvira Prieto from 2017 Alumna
"Elvira is an institution at the university: for years, she's created open spaces for building community, encouraged open dialogue, and tirelessly championed students..."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2017 Alum
"I discovered a community that was made to authentically nurture and uplift students not only like those of my specific background, but all who were in pursuit of belonging."
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Letter of Support for El Centro and director Elvira Prieto from 2016 Alumna
"As a person of Central American heritage, I felt welcomed, seen, and included."
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Letter to our comunidad about El Centro Chicanx/Latinx
Reposted from an opinion letter on The Stanford Daily
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Account of May 5th incident at Centro by community member and alumn
"I opted to use my training in nonviolent crisis intervention and violence de-escalation to assess and diffuse the level of hostility being incited by the students"
