Open Plaza 8/14/24 Open Plaza 8/14/24

The Land, Indigenous Communities, and Their Church

Scholars Rebecca Mendoza and Anthony Trujillo discuss the work of the Terralogian and what it means to decolonize religious practices

Open Plaza 6/12/24 Open Plaza 6/12/24

Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz

Theologians Dr. Theresa L. Torres and Dr. Theresa A. Yugar discuss Latinx women's leadership in the context of the 17th-century Mexican protofeminist and ecofeminist

Open Plaza 4/29/24 Open Plaza 4/29/24

Borderlands Corpus

Texas Poet Laureate 2020 Emmy Pérez presents six poems

Open Plaza 4/1/24 Open Plaza 4/1/24

The Look of Common Prayer

Historian Dr. Felipe Hinojosa talks to PhD candidate The Rev. Francisco García, one of the few Latino Episcopal priests in the U.S.

Open Plaza 3/4/24 Open Plaza 3/4/24

Lady Justice

Historian Dr. Felipe Hinojosa talks to attorney Luz Herrera about her legal journeys–from study and practice to teaching and research

Open Plaza 1/22/24 Open Plaza 1/22/24

Notes from El Mundo

César L. de León presents ten poems

Open Plaza 12/15/23 Open Plaza 12/15/23

Return to Rancho La Ceja

Journalist Macarena Hernández on the wings of one family, two homelands

Open Plaza 11/13/23 Open Plaza 11/13/23

Soundtracking ‘Blue Beetle’

Listen alongside Sudabée Lotfian-Mena for theological imagery in the superhero movie

Open Plaza 9/4/23 Open Plaza 9/4/23

La Buddhalupana Way

Journalist Macarena Hernández interviews celebrated author Sandra Cisneros

Open Plaza 7/17/23 Open Plaza 7/17/23

Will New Mexico Sing Their Spanish in Heaven?

Christian Silva on embodiment, prayer, and Spanish-nuevomexicano

Open Plaza 5/22/23 Open Plaza 5/22/23

Ode to OLG, San Bernardino

liz gonzález presents poetry and prose that celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe and life in Southern California

Open Plaza 5/17/23 Open Plaza 5/17/23

Sowing the Sacred

Dr. João Chaves talks to Dr. Lloyd Barba about his recent book on Mexican Pentecostal farmworkers in California, 1916-1966

Open Plaza 3/27/23 Open Plaza 3/27/23

Sacred Fields, Sacred Nostalgia

Dr. Lloyd D. Barba presents excerpts from his recent book on Mexican Pentecostal farmworkers in California

Open Plaza 9/12/22 Open Plaza 9/12/22

Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

Dr. Angela Valenzuela and Patricia Núñez talk to El Librotraficante Tony Diaz about community organizing

Open Plaza 6/20/22 Open Plaza 6/20/22

Phantoms of Fire

Sammie Seamon on growing up within the Apostolic Pentecostal tradition

Open Plaza 5/2/22 Open Plaza 5/2/22

…And the Barrio Did Not Devour Me

San Antonio-based Chicano artist José Esquivel highlights a career spanning over 50 years

Open Plaza 2/7/22 Open Plaza 2/7/22

Dreams of Reversal

Miguel Escobar offers a biblical understanding of money and prosperity from the perspective of his migrant farmworker family experience

Open Plaza 4/6/20 Open Plaza 4/6/20

Fish Out of Water

Dr. Angela Tarango on telling the stories of others