The Department of Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), was emerged thanks to the efforts to create an academic space in which social justice was a basic principle, and in which our communities would be heard. This book commemorates and reflects on this vision fifty years later –on what is now the largest Department on Chicano Studies in the nation. As many authors state, the major challenge we have faced as a Department has been, and continues to be the possibility of studying unexplored topics. Being one of the first departments devoted the study of political and economic inequalities meant we needed to wage more battles to achieve substantial structural changes. This compilation of works provides an opportunity to determine our responsibilities and obligations in creating a better world.