Projects & Publications
The Latinx Center plays a critical role in the creation and dissemination of knowledge and understanding about the Latinx experience.
Documenting the Past - Fostering the Future
DPFF is designed to detail and activate the central role of young adults in understanding, leading, and transforming the elusive search for racial equity, personal dignity, and human rights.
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Luminarias: An Empirical Portrait of the First Generation of Latina Lawyers 1880-1980
Luminarias is the result of Dolores Atencio’s study to identify the first Latinas who earned law degrees in the USA and Puerto Rico.

Our Story Forum: Rebuilding Our Future Together
Dr. Deb Ortega is on an intergenerational panel discussing community.
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The Color of Water in Colorado
Tom Romero writes about communities of color in the realm of water and climate justice
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On Day Laborers’ Digital Mobile Memories.
Carlos Jimenez wrote a chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Mobile Socialities.
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DU Ethnography Lab
A catalyst for interdisciplinary scholarship and learning opportunities surrounding ethnographic research.
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Denver Urban Debate League
Denver Urban Debate League programs break barriers for underserved students.
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Trails of Hope and Terror
Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre was the screenwriter on this documentary about two teen girls' encounters with the border.
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Migrant Remittances and Demand for Redistribution
Jesse Acevedo writes on the political economy of remittances.
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OSOMA: Our Stories Our Medicine Archive
Dr. Beltrán is the Principal Investigator for The Our Stories, Our Medicine Archive Project.
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One Tribe Family Freedom School
An enrichment program offered online free of cost two Saturdays a month youth ages 3 to 18.
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From Coveralls to Zoot Suits
Elizabeth R. Escobedo writes about the lives of Mexican American women on the World War II home front.
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ReVisión: Art in the Americas
Fajardo’s earliest games will be part of ReVisión, an exhibition at the Denver Art Museum.
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Novelas bolero: Ficciones musicalizadas posnacionales
Esta investigación estudia cinco novelas que canibalizan el bolero como parte de sus estrategias narrativas.
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Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Groundbreaking language program, designed to facilitate the transition into participating in academic and professional settings.
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Documenting the US-Mexico Border
Photography, Movement, and Paradox. Article by Kristy L. Ulibarri.
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Healing through Ancestral Knowledge and Letters to Our Children
Miriam Valdovinos writes about mothering infants during a global pandemic.
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