By Chicana historian Cynthia Orozco
1972 Â Cecilia Burciaga wrote a proposal for a National Chicana Foundation in Washington D.C.
Winter 1981  Antonia Castañeda (Stanford) and Ada Sosa Riddell (UC Davis) discussed the lack of Chicana courses.
January 20 Â April 4, 1982Â UC Davis organized the “Chicana Lecture Series” in honor of Magdalena Mora with nine speakers.
June 4-Â5, 1982 Â Chicana Academic issues Conference, Part 1 held at UC Davis, attended by eight undergraduates, nine graduate students, one staff member, and six professors.
1982  Declaración de MALCS is written.
1983 Chicana Academic Issues Conference. Part II held.
1983 Â MALCS meetings began on a formal basis.
January 1984 Â UC Davis produced the first MALCS newsletter.
1984 Â Discussion of a research institute began.
November 1984Â 150 persons subscribed to MALCS newsletter.
May 7, 1985  Ada Sosa Riddell, Deena Gonzalez, and Elisa (Linda) Facio wrote the proposal for the “Chicana Summer Institute. Planning Session.â€
1985  Trabajos Monograficos, the MALCS working paper series began. The editorial board consisted of Antonia Castañeda, Alma Garcia, Clara Lomas, Adaljiza Sosa Riddell and Lenora Timm.
August 16-17, 1985 Â Workshop/meeting held in Pomona to write a proposal for a research center and the first Chicana/Latina Summer Institute. A 17 page+ document was produced.
1986  First MALCS Summer Research Institute at UC Davis. Theme: Violencia y la Mujer. Representatives from Mexico attended. Emma Perez wrote summary of the event for La Red.
July 24, 1986 Â MALCS ByÂLaws were written.
Spring 1987  Women’s Unit, Chicano Studies Research Center sponsored the First MALCS organizational meeting in Southern California at Pomona.
July 27, 1987 Â First printed byÂlaws of MALCS made available to members.
1987Â 2nd MALCS institute at UC Davis. Theme: Ethics. Dolores Huerta, Ana Nieto Gomez, and Cherrie Moraga were plenary speakers. Constitution revised. Ideological debate over the goals and objectives of MALCS.
1988 Â Yolanda Lopez developed the MALCS logo.
July 20-Â23, 1988 Â 3rd MALCS institute at UC Davis. Theme: Â Beyond Stereotypes. Deena Gonzalez was a plenary speaker on sexuality.
1988 Â Chicana Studies Policy workgroup formed.
March 20, 1989  Margarita Melville (UC Berkeley) and Ada Sosa Riddell wrote “Preliminary Proposal Submitted by Chicana Policy Issues Workshop.â€
April 1, 1989Â MALCS sponsored a meeting at NACS to discuss a Chicana Studies journal.
June 27, 1989 Â Angie Chabran at UCLA and UC Davis members protested the depiction of Mexican women in a film by a UCLA student.
August 16Â-20, 1989 Â 4th MALCS institute at Santa Clara, California. Theme: Achieving Education & Equity. Organized by Alma Garcia and Martina Valdez. First conference outside of UC Davis. 80 attended, of whom 61 were undergraduates, many of whom were able to attend due to funding efforts by Margarita Melville. Members of the Latina Leadership Network attended.
August 1989 Â 400 persons subscribe to MALCS Newsletter.
August 3-Â6, 1990 – 5th MALCS institute at UCLA. Theme: Conflict and Contradiction.Organized by Angie Veyna, Chicana/Latina Studies, Office, Chicano Studies Research Center. First conference outside of Northern California.
