Our LTNS Community
We Create Change
We achieve our mission through a curriculum that is both multifaceted and committed to community service and social justice. We educate and help grow future leaders who are civically engaged scholars, leaders and trailblazers.
See How We Work
Publications
Cipactli is a student-staffed journal published by Latina/Latino Studies. It features creative writing, short stories, poems, oral histories, as well as photographs and art. The journal is published yearly, and each publication is celebrated with a reception featuring the current writers and artists that appear on its pages.
Acción Latina
Is a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 that is dedicated to promoting cultural arts, community media and civic engagement as a way of building healthy and empowered Latino communities. Programming includes: publishing a free, award-winning bilingual newspaper, sponsoring year-round literary and performing arts events, showcasing visual artwork, a community art stroll series, and documenting the history of the social struggles and artistic movements of San Francisco’s Mission District.
Partnerships
As social activists, community organizers and scholars, our faculty utilize their networks to establish partnerships that build bridges between SF State and local Latina/Latino communities. An example of a collaborative partnership is the Clínica Martín-Baró Free Clinic, which is a community-focused effort in collaboration with University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) graduate medical students, undergraduate students of Latina/Latino Studies at SF State, faculty, community physicians and more.