Assistant Professor Sylvia Rosillo will guide us through an exploration of the lasting impact of the Americanization movement on the educational experience of the Mexican Pilsen community in Chicago. This presentation will delve into the transition from English-only pedagogy during the late 1960s to the evolution into the Bilingual Education Act in the 1970s, and the opposition to bilingual education in the 1980s. Using Critical Race Theory and Latino/a Critical Legal Theory, this session will focus on centering the voices of Latino/a individuals and examine how they navigated the bilingual educational policies in the United States. Through interviews with four family members, we will highlight the consequences of an English-only pedagogy curriculum in the 1960s, the transition and experiences into bilingual education initiatives in the 1970s, and the challenges facing bilingual education and the lasting stigma of the Americanization movement on bilingual education in the 1980s.

Location: Online

Date: Monday October 2nd 

Time: 1:00- 2:00pm