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Chicanos Por La Causa cancels César Chávez holiday, removes artwork

Azcentral 21 Mar 2026
Chicanos Por La Causa removed César Chávez Day from its employee holiday calendar, spokesperson María Jesús Cervantes said ... The group was founded in 1969 by young Chicano men and women who were inspired by Chávez, Huerta and the farmworker movement.
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USPS celebrates Chicano culture with new lowrider stamps, Released March 13

Daily Press Victorville 13 Mar 2026
Postal Service is celebrating Chicano culture with limited edition lowrider stamps, available for purchase on Friday, March 13 ... Lowriders were born in the 1940s and shaped by Chicano culture, USPS wrote online.
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The first ‘Chicano Coachella’ to debut in Victorville

Daily Press Victorville 13 Mar 2026
'Chicano Coachella' comes to Victorville ... "We want this festival to be the Chicano Coachella," Jocson laughed. More than 20 Chicano, hip-hop, and oldies artists will take the Mojave Narrows stage for the festival.
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Royal Chicano Air Force, a groundbreaking Sacramento group, honored at Crocker

Sacramento Bee 22 Feb 2026
The Crocker exhibition on the RCAF, a Latino art and social activist collective founded in the ’70s, is part of a series of events honoring the group ....
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UCSB historian publishes testimonio of consequential Chicano artist Rupert García (University of California - Santa Barbara)

Public Technologies 19 Feb 2026
UCSB historian publishes testimonio of consequential Chicano artist Rupert García ... García, a distinguished professor of Chicano/a studies and history and the author of "Rupert García.
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Is the State of Texas Trying to Kill This Chicano Activist?

The New Republic 06 Feb 2026
He tried hoisting himself up within the confines of his six-by-eight-foot solitary prison cell, and fell to the ground ... .
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They Want To Rewrite Our Narrative. This Chicano Artisan Refuses To Let That Happen.

Huffington Post 05 Feb 2026
Unless we take back our power, they will continue to try to define us ... .
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Her art saved her and she’s using it to encourage pride in Chicano culture and history

The San Diego Union-Tribune 24 Jan 2026
Today, Meza, 45, is an artist, muralist, instructor who runs Arte Hasta La Muerte, and illustrator of the children’s book “The Spirit of Chicano Park/El espíritu del Parque Chicano” by Beatrice Zamora, winner of the 2021 Tomas Rivera Book Award.
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‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’ brings Chicano history to Sundance

The Los Angeles Times 22 Jan 2026
A “brujo,” a “magician,” “a social arsonist” and the “father of Chicano Theater” — these are just a few of the monikers that have been bestowed upon Luis Valdez over the course of his decades-long career.
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The Chicano Kennedys of San Diego County put out a photo book

The Los Angeles Times 18 Jan 2026
In San Diego County, the Inzunzas are the region’s Chicano Kennedys ... There are shots of what would become Chicano Park, the world-famous collection of murals underneath the Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan.
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San Antonio documentary showing will examine lasting impact of ’70s Chicano art collective

San Antonio Current 15 Jan 2026
" data-image-caption=". The members of ASCO eschewed traditional forms of Chicano art to create risky performative work ... ....
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Calendar of Events | Rasquache Liberation Front brings Chicano rock to El Vaquero

Santa Cruz Sentinel 17 Dec 2025
Rasquache Liberation Front brings Chicano rock to El Vaquero. With a large Chicano population in the Pajaro Valley, it is no wonder El Vaquero Winery frequently hosts a band that blends the traditions of Latin music with blues, rock and more.
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