Event Dime

Time to Get Ready: Fotografía Social | Civil Rights Photography of Maria Varela

When:

October 19, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Where:

The African American Library at the Gregory School, 1300 Victor St., Houston, TX

Inspired by social justice activism in her south side Chicago Catholic high school, Maria Varela (b. 1940) accepted an invitation in 1963 to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a civil rights organization working in the U.S. south. She helped develop a voter literacy program and by 1965 was the only female staff photographer for SNCC. In 1968 the experienced civil rights activist accepted an invitation from Reies Lopez Tijerina to join the Land Grant Movement in New Mexico