Boyle Heights as the Future of U.S. Democracy

USC professor George J. Sánchez will reflect on the context of anti-immigrant sentiment and violent attacks on the recent Latino population of Boyle Heights as being part of the larger evolution of the Eastside community in the 20th century. He’ll also spotlight local organizations like Homeboy Industries and Mothers of East L.A., showing how they have countered these anti-democratic impulses with their own sense of community and belonging.

George J. Sánchez is Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity, and History at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as Director of the Center for Diversity and Democracy and as chair of the Department of American Studies & Ethnicity. In addition, Professor Sanchez is director of USC’s Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows program and runs the university’s major in Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies. He is the author of Boyle Heights: How A Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of…