Undocumented Knowledges Digital Archive Launch & Celebration
March 31, 2026
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
Rafael Cintrón Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, Lecture Center B2
Address
826 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Calendar
Download iCal FileYou're invited to celebrate the digital launch of the Undocumented Knowledges archive! Undocumented Knowledges is a project by Esmeralda Arrizón-Palomera, Jorge Robles Mena, and Barbara Sostaita that seeks to document and preserve the histories of undocumented student activism at UIC and in Chicago more broadly. This public digital archive is a collection of oral histories from past UIC student activists who participated in undocumented social movements from the mid-2000s to the 2010s, most notably leading the first National Coming Out of the Shadows Day. At our launch, we will feature a panel of organizers who participated in the project on how they think about histories of undocumented-led organizing in Chicago and what these past struggles can teach us in the present moment. This event is sponsored by theUIC Institute for the Humanities, the Latino Cultural Center, and the UIC Library.
Date posted
Jan 12, 2026
Date updated
Feb 6, 2026