{"id":44,"date":"2025-09-08T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/latinidad\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:21:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:21:56","slug":"1970s-1980s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/latinidad\/1970s-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"1970s-1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s a noticeable gap in archival records featuring Latina students at Mount Holyoke up until the founding of La Unidad. Starting in 1976, La Unidad served as a space for visibility and reunion, during which Latinas could partake in their culture, discuss issues on campus, and eventually act on those issues. The first portion of this exhibit traces the beginnings of Latina movements on campus up until 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La Unidad Proposal, 1971. Click on the image to read the entire proposal.<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The initial proposal for a cultural organization titled \u201cLa Unidad,\u201d which will represent approximately 60 Latina and otherwise interested students on campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VIDA Volume 1. No. 2, 1982. Click on the image to read the entire issue.<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The earliest available copy of VIDA<\/em>, a multilingual literary magazine. VIDA<\/em> was founded by Janet Lustgarten, class of  1982, and Mercedes del Carmen Arias, class of 1985, in 1981 to be a space for Latina students to discuss their experiences as Latin Americans at Mount Holyoke and elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of La Unidad, 1983<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLa Unidad Celebrates Tenth Anniversary,\u201d Mount Holyoke Now, May 1985<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cEliana Ortega, certificate 1968, MA 1972, at 10th Anniversary of La Unidad\u201d 1985<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


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