Faculty Lead for Vivir Mexico Study Abroad Program

This summer Dr. Téllez spent 4-weeks as faculty lead for the Vivir Mexico Study Abroad Program through the Guerrero Center, the Department of Mexican American Studies and the Global Experiential Learning Program at the University of Arizona. 

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Event Present by The Center for Critical Race Studies and Interactions Journal Includes Keynotes by Artist/Activist Edxie Betts and Michelle Téllez of The University of Arizona

InterActions, the UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, and the Center for Critical Race Studies will host “Visions of Justice & Liberation: How Do We Get Free Through Education and Technological Practices?” on May 18, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Campbell Hall, Rm. 1101. The symposium will include keynotes by Edxie Betts, a multiracial and trans artist, activist, and cultural producer, and Michelle Téllez, assistant professor of Mexican-American Studies at the University of Arizona.

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Cumbia Summit of the Borderlands Panel

El Tambó Fest, Night One: First-Ever Cumbia Summit of the Borderlands kicked off on April 27, 2018 at Hotel Congress. The event was part of the annual Agave Heritage Festival which explores and celebrates the cultural, commercial, and culinary significance of agave on the border region through a festival of seminars, trade shows, and world-class culinary events. The evening began with a panel discussion of cumbia artists and was sponsored by Southwest Folklife Alliance and CALA Alliance (Celebración Artística de las Américas.) 
 
Founder and Artistic Director of El Tambo Logan Phillips introduced the moderator and the speakers. El Tambo began in 2013 and bills itself as Tucson’s legendary dance party without borders. El Tambo loosely translates as “the Drum” and celebrates the cultural remixing that has always taken place here in the borderlands.
 
University of Arizona Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies Michelle Téllez moderated this panel of four cumbia musicians from four of the bands who performed at El Tambó Fest, Night One: First-Ever Cumbia Summit of the Borderlands. Gabriel Sullivan from Chicha Dust, Adrian Rodriguez from La Diabla, Cody Lopez from Tohono O’odham cumbia band Native Creed, and Kiko Rodriguez from El Paso’s Frontera Bugalú.

To listen to the panel: Part 1 and Part 2 (in 30 minute segments)
Recorded by KXCI Music Director Duncan Hudson. 
Edited and produced by Amanda Shauger.

Click here to watch video about the Cumbia Summit by Arizona Public Media.
Producer/Editor: Andrew Brown
Videographer: Nate Huffman, Mitch Riley

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