2015 PREMIO ESTRELLA DE AZTLAN

by Tony Diaz on 11/24/14

2015 PREMIO ESTRELLA DE AZTLAN

A Lifetime Achievement Award

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Sponsored by The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Foco

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The Texas Foco of NACCS is proud to announce the Call for Nominations for the Premio Estrella de Aztlán Lifetime Achievement Award to honor individuals whose work has contributed towards the betterment of Chicanas/os in Tejas. The 2015 Premio Estrella de Aztlán will be awarded to up to three individuals.  While the nominees may not currently reside in Tejas the contributions or body of work for which they are being honored must have taken place or been about Chicana/os in Tejas.  The deadline for submitting the letters of nomination is December 31, 2014. Nominations will be reviewed by a committee comprised of prior Premio Estrella de Aztlán recipients.

 

The Committee seeks letters of nominations of individuals whom we wish to celebrate and honor with the Premio Estrella de Aztlán at our forthcoming NACCS Tejas Regional Conference. 

 

The Premio will be announced and presented to the recipient(s) at the 2015 NACCS Tejas Foco Regional Conference, “Putting More Community in Community College and Beyond: Scholars, Professors, Writers, Teachers, Students and Families Unite to Open Higher Education to Our Youth,” which will take place at the Lone Star College – North Harris, Houston, Texas, February 26-March 1, 2015. Awardees must be present to receive the Premio Estrella de Aztlán.

 

Please e-mail nomination letters to Arturo Madrid, Chair, Premio Estrella de Aztlán Committee, at amadrid@trinity.edu  

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