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Leal-Anzaldúa Fireside Chat

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November 20, 2025

"Promotional flyer for the University of San Diego’s Leal-Anzaldúa Fireside Chat, hosted by the Center for Cultural Development. The design features a large photo of Brittany Asaro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Italian Studies in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures, smiling against an outdoor backdrop. Event details: Thursday, November 20, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Maher Hall’s Salomon Hall, Room 240. Below are smaller photos of two men smiling: one in a casual shirt and one in a suit and tie. Background includes the USD campus and blue wave-like design elements, along with the university’s logo and a link to sandiego.edu/cultural-development.

This lecture series features the scholarship and research of USD faculty that centers around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. The goal of the Leal-Anzaldúa Fireside Chat is to inspire campus conversations, elicit community engagement, gather feedback on the scholarship, and increase our collective learning about a broad range of diverse topics. Faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to present their work during the Leal-Anzaldúa Fireside Chat.

The Center for Cultural Development invites you to attend the Fall 2025 Leal-Anzaldúa Fireside Chat, Thursday, November 20, from 4pm-6pm at Maher Hall's Salomon Hall, Room 240.

The Leal-Anzaldúa Fireside Chat is named for scholar activists Luis Leal and Gloria E. Anzaldúa. Dr. Luis Leal was a scholar of Mexican, Chicano, and Latin American Literature, and the Chicano experience in the United States. Dr. Gloria E. Anzaldúa was a scholar of Chicano Cultural Theory, Feminist Theory, and Queer Theory.