January 17, 2026
January 17, 2026 LBJ Student Center at Texas State University 6:30pm-10:00pm The guest speaker for the evening will be Norma V. Cantú, an American Civil Rights lawyer andeducator. From 2021 to 2023, she served as chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights,the first Latina to hold the position. In addition Cantú was named as a volunteer for Joe Biden’spresidential transition agency review team. In 2001 until retirement she served as a visiting professorof law and education at the University of Texas at Austin. Nominated by President Bill Clinton, Cantúserved from May 1993 to 2001 as the Assistant Secretary...