Jilary Guaman Calle

Jilary is a double major in Political Science and Women’s & Gender Studies with a concentration in the Honors College and a minor in Social Justice through the HLLC. A junior at Rutgers-Newark, they are committed to space building for women and gender-queer folks within academia. Jilary’s racial justice work interests include protecting and acknowledging im/migrant rights, especially with Queer, racialized communities.
 

Media Appearances/Speaking Engagements:

• Reparations 400+ Years: Panel with filmmaker D. Channising Berry.

Previous Organizations: 

• Honors Living Learning Community

• Latino Justice PRLDEF

Accomplishments:

• Project Curation for the 2024 Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series

• Racial Justice Fellowship

Upcoming Projects:

• RAJU SAP: Decolonial Narratives Anthology

Social and racial justice concerns are set within my work as I center often forgotten, eclipsed narratives. Through a focus on these narratives I have worked on an anthology on post-colonial narratives. Where one can reflect on the impact of the colonial work on one’s own body, mind and spirit. Through each own understanding of the historical context of colonialism within a present perspective.