2017 Thirty-first Annual Galarza Lecture
Alicia Schmidt-Camacho, Professor of American Studies, and Race, Ethnicity & Immigration at Yale University
"Defending Mobility: Migrant Struggle in the Age of Illegality"
2016 Thirtieth Annual Lecture
Francisco Jiménez, Author and Professor Emeritudes, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, Santa Clara University
2015 Twenty-Ninth Annual Lecture
Al Camarillo, Professor of History (Emeritus), Stanford University
2014 Twenty-Eighth Annual Lecture
Arturo Vargas, Executive Director of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO)
Ricardo Ramirez, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
2013 (No lecture given this year)
2012 Twenty-Seventh Annual Lecture
Cherrie Moraga, Author and Playwright
2011 Twenty-Sixth Annual Lecture
Michael Nava, Novelist and Activist
2010 Twenty-Fifth Annual Lecture
Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
2009 Twenty-Fourth Annual Lecture
Rosa Rosales, National President of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
2008 Twenty-Third Annual Lecture
Lourdes Portillo, Screenwriter and Filmmaker
2007 Twenty-Second Annual Lecture
Maria Echaveste, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
2006 Twenty-First Annual Lecture
Sandra Cisneros, Author
2005 Twentieth Annual Lecture
Michael Olivas, Distinguished Chair of Law, University of Houston Law Center
2004 Nineteenth Annual Lecture
Juliet Villarreal Garcia, President, University of Texas Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
2003 Eighteenth Annual Lecture
Luis Valdez, Founder & Artistic Director, El Teatro Campesino
2002 Seventeenth Annual Lecture
Dolores Huerta, Co-founder and Vice President Emeritus, the United Farm Workers of America
2001 Sixteenth Annual Lecture
Jose Padilla, Musician
2000 Fifteenth Annual Lecture
Renato Rosaldo, Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
1999 Fourteenth Annual Lecture
Arturo Madrid, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, Trinity University
1998 Thirteenth Annual Lecture
Vilma Martinez, Civil Rights Attorney and Activist
1997 Twelfth Annual Lecture
"The Political Integration of Racial and Ethnic Minorities"
Joaquín G. Avila, Voting Rights Attorney
1996 Eleventh Annual Lecture
Bert Corona, Labor and Civil Rights Leader
1995 Tenth Annual Lecture
"Memory, Cultural Identity and the Social Imaginary: Art of the Chicana/o Community"
Amalia Mesa-Bains, Artist
1994 Ninth Annual Lecture
"Ernesto Galarza’s Legacy to the History of Labor Migration"
Jorge A. Bustamante, President, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Eugene Conley, Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame
1993 Eighth Annual Lecture
"Latinos in the Decade of the 90’s: A Political Coming of Age"
Antonia Hernandez, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
1992 Seventh Annual Lecture
"Mestizaje: The Formation of Chicanos"
Julian Samora, Professor Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
1991 Sixth Annual Lecture
"Silent No More—A Latina’s Vision for Leadership"
Polly B. Baca, Executive Director, Colorado Institute for Hispanic Education and Economic Development
1990 Fifth Annual Lecture
"On the Bridge, At the Border: Migrants and Immigrants"
Arturo Islas, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
1989 Fourth Annual Lecture
"The Passing Gusts of Social Change"
Herman Gallegos, Management Consultant
1988 Third Annual Lecture
"Resolana: A Chicano Pathway to Knowledge"
Tomás Atencio, Associate Director of the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, University of New Mexico
1987 Second Annual Lecture
"Democracy and Diversity"
Cruz Reynoso, Former California Supreme Court Justice
1986 Inaugural Lecture
"The Undying Love of 'El Indio' Córdova: décimas and Oral History in a Border Family"
Americo Paredes, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas--Austin