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Petra Mata (right) organized protests on behalf of Fuerza Unida, a social justice organization she helped found in 1990 to address issues confronting garment workers released from the Levis Strauss factory after its closing. | Courtesy of UTSA Libraries Special Collections, Fuerza Unida Collection

Fronteras: Preserving Fuerza Unida's Legacy — The Closure Of A San Antonio's Levi's Plant Sparked A Movement

Norma Martinez

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A 1993 class action lawsuit against Levi Strauss & Co. was ultimately dismissed, but it catapulted the work of Fuerza Unida empowering women workers of color and fighting for social, economic and environmental justice.

Arts & Culture

Just Desserts: UTSA Libraries Pulls Recipes From Their Archives In New Cookbook

Jack Morgan

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If COVID-19 isolation is getting to you, UTSA Libraries has a delicious idea you can sink your teeth into. UTSA's Amy Rushing said that even creative…

Amy Rushing holds handwritten notes by archivist Leah Rios that detailed how the SVREP collection would be organized.

Community

UTSA Special Collections Preserve Legacy Of Latinx Voter Registration Efforts

Norma Martinez

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The Latinx vote gets a lot of attention in an election year. Many groups worked against the odds to organize the vote, including the League of United…

Arts & Culture

Diana Kennedy Collection: 'If Something Happened To Me, What Would Happen To All These Things?'

Norma Martinez

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One of the largest collections of Mexican cookbooks in the nation recently received a donation of archives, letters, and rare Mexican cookbooks from a…