Nov. 20Sonoma State University, Friday, 11/20, 1:00 - 3:40 pm, Stevenson Hall, room 2001; Rohnert Park, CA.Nov. 28 Rosas en el Mar: Lorna Dee Cervantes, MamaCoatl, Avotcja, and others. 6-10 pm, Dance Mission Theater, 24th Street & Mission, San Francisco, in honor of INTERNATIONAL MONTH FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE TOWARD WOMEN AND GIRLS.Dec. 2Lorna Dee Cervantes w/ Francisco Alarcón & José Montoya at Stanford University. Dr. Yvonne Yarbro-Bejerano's class.Dec. 5Lorna Dee Cervantes w/ Francisco Alarcón, DJ, bar & more: book party for STREET ART SAN FRANCISCO: MISSION MURALISMO; artists…
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Where In The World Is Lorna? Revised Fall/Winter Schedule: Sonoma State University, TODAY, 1-3:30pm
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Where In the World is Lorna? Lorna Dee Cervantes Fall Poetry Readings Calendar
6 Nov 2009 | 2:41 pmLorna Dee Cervantes Readings:Nov. 6• Kickoff Extravaganza: “Mission Muralismo: The HEART of the Mission, A Celebration of Art and Community” celebrates Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, edited by Annice Jacoby with a foreword by Carlos Santana, in partnership with Precita Eyes Muralists; this will be one of the most ambitious book signing events ever hosted by the de Young, featuring many of the artists, photographers, and writers showcased in the book, with live music by Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalepeño Band; poetry and performances by Lorna Dee Cervantes, Stephen Cervantes,… -
15 Years Ago Today...
29 Sep 2009 | 3:31 pm...my one and only baby was born. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! May all your passages be smooth.I'm back in Boulder, feeling odd and strange to be back for a few days after 2 years and a few months away. Looking at my office again, I'm trying not to feel overwhelmed at the task of moving. Just gathering my papers together will take a LONG LONG TIME. (hmm, my capital letters agree.) I might consider looking for a house swap or sublet or house-sitting situation here in Boulder while I pack.I was just going to sell things. But I still like them. Ha, well. Time to get steak and lobster. No internet at the old… -
Susan Cervantes, Master Muralist, Gets Her Own Day In SF. Precita Eyes Muralists Desperately Need A Van!
23 Sep 2009 | 3:54 pmSeptember 19, 2009, Susan Kelk Cervantes Day in San Francisco!My step-mother, Susan Kelk Cervantes, was awarded a proclamation from Mayor Newson Gavin at the Precita Eyes Muralists Gala, "Community Art From the Heart" for her many contributions to the culture and quality of life in San Francisco. You can sign up now for the rare opportunity to take a Master Class from her in mural painting, Oct. 1 - Nov. 1: http://www.precitaeyes.org/cmpw.html. Now, Precita Eyes Muralists and SUSAN CERVANTES DEPERATELY NEEDS A VAN to replace their old one which broke down, never to run again, Saturday… -
100-Word Love Poems to Strangers: Poems for Francisco X. Alarcon On His 20th Anniversary
23 Sep 2009 | 10:48 am100-Word Love Poem to Javier for Francísco X. AlarcónI was alone in shadows,a thief in the shadows,a regiment of one inthe shadow of you onthe night you appeared. Yougrasped me from the shadowslike the migra grabs livesout of the transatlantic water.I am no longer drowningin the shadow of you.I am alive to yourshadow, to your flank andfile. I am no longergroveling in anyone's shadow whileyours lies luxuriously in mysun. I am enormous withshadows until the sum ofyour tongue. You lick upthe galaxies in my me,my confidant, compañero de sí.8-15-09Lorna Dee…
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Column of the Americas 2008-1994
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Running… Past PTSD or my Susto Profundo
7 Nov 2009 | 6:46 amSPECIAL LENGTH COLUMNBy Roberto Dr. Cintli RodriguezNovember 7 marks 30 years since I won my first police brutality trialin East L.A. in 1979. After all these years, I have now come tounderstand the meaning of resilience. Equally important, I now havecome to understand something that always eluded me; the knowledge thatthe attempt to silence me – was an act of political violence.I’m not sure why this knowledge eluded me. Perhaps it was because allthese years, people would always ask me if my skull had been crackedby Sheriff’s deputies during the 1970 protest against the war in EastL.A. -
Leticia X is Human
23 Oct 2009 | 9:14 pmColumn of the AmericasOct 23, 2009Leticia X is HumanBy Roberto Dr. Cintli RodriguezI’ll refer to her as Leticia X.She is undocumented but has been in this country since the age ofthree and is a top student at her high school. Yet, unless the lawchanges soon, she will be unable to continue with her studies. Ingripping testimony, she tells my students at the University of Arizonathat it is wrong that she will not be able to attend college nextyear: “I consider myself a U.S. citizen. It’s the only country I’veever known.”Her symbolic mother is Leticia A. -- a student who set the… -
Health, War-Peace, Hypocrisy & Taxes
9 Oct 2009 | 8:39 amBy Roberto Dr. Cintli RodriguezOver the past several months, conservatives seemingly made headway convincing a good portion of the U.S. public that Congress may not be able to produce a national health care plan that will not bust the budget – something that president Barack Obama has promised not to sign. And then came Afghanistan.Conservatives almost had the nation convinced that despite the laudable goal of improving the overall health of the nation, insuring everyone is simply too costly. There’s no money to save lives, to prolong life or to heal those who would otherwise die or live… -
Neither walls or moats can hold them back…
15 Sep 2009 | 8:07 amColumn of the AmericasBy Roberto RodriguezCongressman Joe “You Lie” Wilson has touched a raw nerve. Yet he may have also opened wide the proverbial Pandora’s Box regarding “illegals.” Not dealt with properly by the president and the Democratic Party, Wilson’s incivility could end up unleashing a new and more rabid anti-immigrant movement comparable to those seen in Europe.Played out to its logical conclusion, this dynamic of not providing health care for migrants, in the event of a pandemic, could lead to calls for widespread quarantines and calls for massive dragnet raids,… -
Fear: It’s What’s Behind Door #2
26 Aug 2009 | 9:04 amColumn of the AmericasFear: It’s What’s Behind Door #221st Century Indian RemovalBy Roberto Rodriguez Upon arrival recently from Mexico City, after inspecting my passport, a U.S. immigration official at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport instructed me to “Please go to door number 2.”When the same thing first happened to me at DFW several years ago, I replied: “Did I win a prize?”This time, it was on the same day that Bollywood Superstar, Shah Rukh Khan was detained at Newark’s Liberty International Airport. Officially, Kahn was “not detained” for 66 minutes. His…
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Michael Jackson’s This Is It
21 Nov 2009 | 6:16 amreviewed by Deborah GarciaYou’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by a smooth criminal … and so, I was. My initial curiosity to see the last footage of Michael Jackson’s final concert rehearsals became utter fascination and inspiration within seconds after the film began.Throughout my life, I hadn’t ever gotten overwhelmed with fandom for Michael’s music, even if it played in the backdrop to many of my formative years. This Is It has changed that and offers the same potential to others like me who never thought they’d fall under Michael’s spell.Never-ending streams and pulses… -
Mexico City Noir and the Six Word Story
19 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pmMexico City Noiredited by Paco Ignacio Taibo IIAkashic Books - February, 2010I recently learned about this upcoming book - here's the publisher's announcement:Launched by the summer '04 award-winning, best-seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Mexico City enters the Noir Series arena, edited by one of Mexico's most revered novelists. Brand-new stories by: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo… -
Just finished reading...
18 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pm...Demasiados Héroes (Too Many Heroes) by Laura Restrepo. Inspired by her own experiences as an activist in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship, Restrepo's latest novel revisits the legacy of the conflict, especially for the children of those who opposed it. It revolves around Lorenza, a Colombian native who, like Restrepo, lived in Argentina during the 70s and actively opposed Videla's regime of terror. There she meets Ramón, a comrade in the movement, and together they have a child, Mateo. Circumstances force the couple to emigrate to Colombia, where Lorenza soon falls back into… -
Arte Público Press
18 Nov 2009 | 12:46 amLetter from Nicolás Kanellos, Ph.D.Arte Público Press DirectorHere is wishing you well during these economically trying times. Because many sectors in the economy are fairing poorly, Arte Público Press has also been suffering. As usual, the first budgets to be cut by state and local authorities are those for schools and libraries, precisely the major consumers of our books and where our children most need them. What’s worse, our largest consumers are from California, the state that has seen its schools and public services cut back the most.If you wish Piñata Books, Arte Público Press… -
Review: Homicide Survivors Picnic. Cano Reads At AMVETS Post.
16 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pmLorraine M. López. Homicide Survivors Picnic and other stories. Kansas City MO, BkMk Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-886157-72-9. Michael Sedano“That’s what I like about the South,” goes the refrain of an old toe-tapping song that I’m pretty sure readers of Lorraine M. López’ darkly intense stories will not be humming to oneself after completing the ten stories in Homicide Survivors Picnic. But then, given the irony of linking “homicide” with “picnic”, a reader does not pick up Homicide Survivors Picnic expecting sweetness and light to emanate from the pages. And it doesn’t.Most…
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UMX | El Machete
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Storm y Luz. Sombra and Sky.
20 Nov 2009 | 11:13 amTHE POLITICAL WORLD IS A WHIRL OF CHAOS. And change. And resistance to currents of change. It smells like thunderstorm. When I was a young teen living in upstate new york and surrounded by wilderness on my parent’s land (we were caretakers of the property, of many properties, always moving, never owning), I would walk through the fields of overgrown grass, parting the slender stalks, moving toward storms that rolled through the valley. Slowly and with quickened pulse, I’d wade forward into thickening electricity, despite any warnings dully rising in my mind (Never walk into the… -
Three Really Sort of Gross Advertisements…
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Weekly Diaspora: Fort Hood Shootings Unleash Poisonous Punditry
19 Nov 2009 | 9:57 am[For those new to the Unapologetic Mexican Blog (UMX), The Weekly Diaspora is a (paid) article I write for The Media Consortium. It is a column that runs on a few other sites, as well. (Linked at end of post.)] [Alternate Title: Weekly Diaspora: Fort Hood, Pundits and Immigration Reform] By Nezua, Media Consortium Blogger First it was immigrants from Mexico, now Muslims in the armed services. After the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, conservative pundits are verbally attacking Muslims and Arab-Americans, much like they have vilified the immigrant community. The complexities of Islamic faith… -
A Global Poetic Positioning System
18 Nov 2009 | 9:44 amfoto © Brett Stalbaum ELECTRONIC CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE and BANG labs brings us the latest in Electronic Disturbance Theater and artpixel poetix in the shape of the new Transborder Immigrant Tool. While some US denizens concern themselves with fences, walls, and shrug off deaths in the desert as “their own fault” or some other loathesome croaking of inhumanity and ignorance, rebel artists and tech entrepreneurs are painting crystal cathedrals of resistance and poetry that illuminate the earthy corridors leading toward tomorrow. The Transborder Immigrant Tool is a demonstration of… -
Nezua Named Recipient of Narco News Scholarship
17 Nov 2009 | 7:46 amTHIS MAY HAVE BEEN the hardest news I’ve had to sit on for a full week, ever. I’m ecstatic to announce that after a written application that daunted any I’ve filled out yet, a phone interview and a bit of waiting, I’ve won a scholarship to the 2010 Narco News School of Authentic Journalism this coming Febrero, on the Yucatán peninsula. From Narco News: They work or hail from 24 countries across the five major continents. They investigate and write news reports, create documentary films and viral videos, and among them are up-and-coming pioneers of Internet journalism.
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Soccer hair-pulling fuels debate over sport sexism
21 Nov 2009 | 12:14 pmNEW YORK (AP) -- The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game....Click Here for the full article -
Galaxy Wins MLS Cup … in FIFA 10 – New York Times
21 Nov 2009 | 6:56 amguardian.co.ukGalaxy Wins MLS Cup … in FIFA 10New York TimesEA Sports Landon Donovan, center, scored a goal in the 59th minute that proved to be the game-winner as Los Angeles beat Real Salt Lake, 2-1, in the EA Sports FIFA 10 simulation of MLS Cup '09. Simulation — the word many Europeans use to A look inside MLS Cup '09: Galaxy vs. Real Salt LakeLos Angeles TimesDavid Beckham shakes off foot injury, controversy as he chases MLS Cup with New York Daily NewsThis MLS Cup to cap a memorable seasonHouston ChronicleMLS - Major League Soccer -Washington Times -Salt Lake Tribuneall 1,054 news… -
Socialite’s School Brings Hope To Brazilian Slum
20 Nov 2009 | 2:01 pmBrazil's ghettos are poverty stricken and violent. But there are people fighting against the odds to turn things around for the poor children of Rio de Janeiro. Among them is an unusual apostle: a Rio socialite who founded a school for slum-dwelling children and views education as an equalizer.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Click Here for the full article -
Flood Of Immigrants To Long Island Sparks Tension
19 Nov 2009 | 10:44 amPeople born and raised in Suffolk County, N.Y., complain about dozens of people living in single-family homes; immigrants complain that they are victimized by locals. An Ecuadorean day laborer was murdered last year, allegedly by teenagers who said they regularly looked for immigrants to bash.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Click Here for the full article -
Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality
19 Nov 2009 | 10:43 amSEATTLE (AP) -- Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality - from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay....Click Here for the full article
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Soy Chicano! blogs
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MY SAD STORY
10 Nov 2009 | 8:10 pmI LOVED DIS GIRL A LOT SHE WAS MY LIFE MY EVERY THING. I WROTE HER THIS POEMS: MY LOVE TO U IS LIKE A RIVER LIKE THE SUMMER BREEZE THAT MAKES MY SOUL SHIVER BBY WAT IM TRING TO SAY IS read more -
Is she taking my place?
10 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pmBaby our relationship has always been based on telling the truth, but now i don't know everyday i get that feeling that your cheating on me, and the worst part is that it's with her. read more -
wats up
15 Oct 2009 | 8:39 amwats up everybody im kinda bored with nothing to do hit me up i need some entertainment hahaha -
WAtS gOOd?
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Fuck it, its just BS♥
12 Aug 2009 | 2:28 pmS0 Here I am again... And really im not sure why? I hate this feeling,This is so stupid and i realize that and i wonder why im still around. read more
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Immigration Talk with a Mexican American
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ICE Has Changed Strategy Under the Obama Administration
19 Nov 2009 | 7:34 pmWith Comprehensive Immigration Reform next on the National Agenda, it is important to understand how ICE has changed its strategy under the Obama Administration:1. Target Felonious Criminals instead of Workers2. Rigorously target Exploitive Employers to stop them from establishing and maintaining exploitive worksites, thereby eliminating the need for inhumane workplace ICE Raids and costly, inhumane detention centers. 3. Reward Employers for using e-verify.These changes have been effective in enforcement, reducing crime, increasing safety, while being humane. We can expect more of the same… -
Arpaio Continues ABUSE of POWER, this time with a Superior Court Judge!
18 Nov 2009 | 7:33 pmAs I previously reported, two weeks ago, one of Arpaio's deputies, Adam Stoddard, during court proceedings, took documentation from the defendent's lawyer's folder and copied it, without asking permission from the lawyer or the court. A hearing was held. The deputy admitted he took the paperwork and had it copied. This morning, Stoddard was found in contempt of court for taking documents out of defense attorney Joanne Cuccia's files as she was addressing the court at a sentencing hearing for her client, Antonio Lozano. (Actions caught on video -- check it out here.The officer, Adam Stoddard,… -
INFIGHTING BETWEEN HATE GROUPS: So Much Infighting Between ANTI Immigration Reformers, TeaBaggers and ANTI Obama Birthers!
16 Nov 2009 | 5:11 pmINFIGHTING BETWEEN HATE GROUPS: Some significant happenings in the Immigration Reform movement this week:1. Last Friday, the Obama Administration reiterated their support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation in 2010. 2. CNN Dropped Lou Dobbs. His contract was bought for $8M. The BastaDobbs campaign worked! 3. Tea Parties Ship Sank! Willie Gheen decided to make a move to piggy back onto the National Teabaggers party boat by jumping on-board with ANTI Immigration Reform anchors. Unfortunately for Willie, no one showed up to his little parties. Of course Jim Gilchrist, Willie's old… -
Dobbs Leaving CNN!
11 Nov 2009 | 5:39 pmLou Dobbs is leaving CNN. Advocacy groups have been calling for his dismissal. While neither CNN nor Dobbs acknowledges the advocacy groups had a role in Dobbs leaving, it is clear the decisions of sponsors leaving and the number of groups advocating his leaving had an impact on this decision. Mr. Dobbs informed his staff members of his intentions in a meeting Wednesday afternoon, catching some of the staffers off-guard. Well known for his political positions, Mr. Dobbs is an outlier at CNN, which has sought to position itself as a middle ground of sorts in the fractious cable news arena. The… -
Honoring All Veterans Today!
11 Nov 2009 | 7:13 amAs the nation pauses today to honor the men and women who have put on the uniform and served their country in wartime and peacetime, consider this: There are approximately 23.2 million military veterans in the United States, according to the most recently available figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. That includes 18.3 million whites, 2.3 million blacks, 1.1 million Hispanics, 276,000 Asians, 160,000 American Indians or native Alaskans and 27,000 Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders. Some 1.8 million veterans are women. There are 9.2 million veterans age 65 or older; 1.9 million are…
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The Mex Files
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Ignorance is no excuse…
22 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amIn addition to various Spanish language sites, the Mexican newspapers, and a couple of on-line wonkish foreign policy publications. Mex Files subscribes (via RSS feeder) to about two dozen English-language blogs. Most are in Mexico, although that includes blogs from throughout the hemisphere. Some are seldom quoted, but read regularly, and — if if not directly related to what is written about here — a joy to read. Like Bob Mrotik’s wonderful and erudite “Mexico Bob Blogspot“. Mexico Bob knows his history, his Mexican culture and a good eye for… -
A Rumor of War
21 Nov 2009 | 3:02 pmPhilip Caputo has been writing about war and the corruption of war since his Vietnam memoir, A Rumor of War, first appeared in 1977. As a Chicago Tribune reporter, that includes the generally bloodless — but highly corrupting — world of Chicago politics. In the December 2009 The Atlantic Caputo turns his attention to the “War on Drugs” in Mexico. I have a problem with the title — “The Fall of Mexico” — suggesting first that the Calderón-Bush-Obama Administrations “War” is central to the Republic (only to the present… -
Progress, not perfection, for Latin American GLBTs
20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pmAlthough the news of the gruesome murder of a Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, a cross-dressing Puerto Rican teenager — seen as a test of new hate-crimes laws in the United States — received extensive attention in both the Latino/a and gay media, the Latin American press gave more coverage to the upcoming nuptuals of José María De Bello and Alex Freyre, scheduled for the first of December in Buenos Aires. De Bello and Freyre will be the first legally married same-sex couple in SOUTH America, although not in Latin America. Coahuila state in northern Mexico has had same-sex marriages… -
The Mex Files police blotter
20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 amDear kindly Sergeant Krupke You gotta understand It’s just our bringin’ upke That gets us out of hand Two thousand, four hundred and seventy-five posts ago, The Mex Files started life as another one of those “my life in Mexico” blogs … but I got over it. I seldom mention my private life, not just because it’s rather dull, but because I don’t think it’s all that instructive or enlightening when I’m talking about the politics, culture and history of a “normal” country not my own, but usually misrepresented in my own. That… -
I never died, says he
19 Nov 2009 | 10:13 amToday is the 94th anniversary of the judicial murder of Joe Hill, executed by a Utah firing squad 19 November 1915. Hill, a Swedish immigrant (born Joel Hägglund in the 1870s — no one seems to be certain), while working as an itinerant laborer throughout the U.S. west, was also an entertainer, songwriter, and — most dangerously — an IWW organizer. Charismatic and handsome, Hill’s labor organizing skills were a threat to the mining company management, and several attempts had already made to silence him. Having been treated for a bullet wound in Park City, Utah, on…
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Chicana on the Edge
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Work and not-work
21 Nov 2009 | 8:29 amMy husband, Bob, and I had lunch with a friend recently. I talked about Rotary International and what I do there. I mentioned that it's a rather low-status job, but I like the lighter workload and the people."And that's all right with you?" my husband's friend from work asked."The workload?" I asked."No, I mean that it's not a high-status job?""Oh, yeah. That's fine with me. I mean, sometimes I get tired of being a secretary AGAIN, but I totally don't mind having a low-pressure job where I never work overtime and I'm not in charge of anyone else. Yeah, that part's fine with me."She said,… -
You put THIS in the dryer?
1 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pmSo, in 2007 the spinster and the bachelor moved in together. I was 40, he was 44. I had spent 12 years living alone, he had spent even longer. Because I knew I'd need plenty of space (and patience) as I adapted to life in a couple, we deliberately melded our lives in a spacious two-bedroom apartment with a sunroom.We divided the chores, which we've gradually adjusted and settled into over time. Bob logs our expenses and pays bills, cleans ours acres of hardwood floors and takes out the garbage. I do the grocery shopping, clean the bathroom and the kitchen and do most of the dishes, although… -
2009 Goals Group
24 Oct 2009 | 5:51 amCranky Pumpkin (I made this for work this past week)That's my gratuitious cake photo for the month. It was devil's food inside.Last March I blogged about a goals group I started so I could have help with my 2009 resolutions. It started out great, with nine women meeting monthly to discuss our intentions and accomplishments. Some goals were about fitness or nutrition, some were about personal relationships and as the year went on, an increasing number were about job-hunting. I want to report that the experiment went very well. Although the number of attendees has ebbed and flowed (and ebbed),… -
Rogers Park and how I feel about it
12 Sep 2009 | 7:54 pmThis is for Rudy, who asked a couple of questions about the place where I live.Rogers Park, which is on the far northside and borders the next town, is one of the most racially integrated neighborhoods in Chicago and I moved here in 1995. I love being a 50-minute train ride from downtown. I also like the rents, the friends I've made here, the proximity to the lakefront and the little restaurants nearby. Rogers Park has some great neighborhood bars and cafes and it's definitely home for me. In terms of safety, I find it a patchy neighborhood. I walk down one block and feel perfectly safe, but… -
Bob went on vacation
29 Aug 2009 | 8:14 pmSo my husband went on vacation in August, all by himself. I enjoyed very much having the apartment to myself, eating whenever I wanted and falling asleep without the white noise machine blaring to drown out his snoring.It reminded me of my old spinster days when I lived alone and hop scotched from relationship to relationship, unable to relax into intimacy, unable to trust, unwilling to let anyone know what was really going on inside here. The week alone also helped me realize that I have managed what I didn't used to think was possible: I have initiated a legal marriage with a real, live man…
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Funding the Arts
21 Nov 2009 | 11:35 pmDespite my criticisms of Art, every once in awhile I do make a major contribution to support that field of human expression. I don’t think this recent grant will get me a plaque (maybe just a mention in a catalog regarding my sponsorship) but i figured I’d let you all know about my efforts to fund the Arts. See, I care. The sign above translates as “if you know how to appreciate art, YOU WILL COOPERATE!” Emphasis my own. Cuz yeah, it sounds like a threat. Before this shot, Mr. Green Cantinflas was covering his face with his right hand while simultaneously pointing… -
Por Solo $5 Dolares
15 Nov 2009 | 12:34 amI couldn’t figure out what this guy was selling. Paquia? Packaged mantequilla? Migel = my gel? Lotus flower? What strange things for sale. And then I see that Pacquiao beat Cotto in a boxing match. Oh, now I get it. -
Stray Dogs of Mexico
15 Nov 2009 | 12:12 amI’m not a dog person. At all. I actually kinda hate them. Well, mostly cuz they bark at me when I go by, hiding in a corner of a yard waiting for the perfect moment to make their woofing racket when I will be most scared. That shit is mean, you stupid dogs. On this recent trip to Mexico I saw a bunch of fairly nice dogs, aka ones that aren’t barking at me. There seems to be lots of strays there, but just like the humans, they seem to mind their own business trying to figure out how to get by. I took a few pics, nomas por nomas. Wow, what fun. Yup, a dog. A fake cheetos eating dog. -
Que pasa en LH?
8 Nov 2009 | 10:34 pmI was away for just a spell, but I’m back, safe and unsound in Los Angeles. I have lots of stuff to share, hopefully soon (haha!) but I figured I’d take a quick look at what’s happening NOW in the big ol’ LH. Alot can change in just a few weeks. Why, it suddenly feels like the sun is setting super early, or is that just me? No matter, I’ll light me up some candles and work til the crack of dawn to get this important information out to the world! BTW, if you lost a Pitt Bull DOG, somebody found it. I get back and right away there’s breaking news of another… -
GDL: Some Pics
27 Oct 2009 | 10:48 pmI’m down South for a lil’ spell, escaping my obligations, checking out new places, and recharging the batteries. Of this laptop and my own I suppose. I’m taking a few pictures just cuz. So here goes a few, just to keep on the general theme of this blog. That being the blog that makes no sense! Jaja! Dia de las Brujas is getting mixed up nicely with Dia de Muertos, as you can see from some of the items available at a papeleria. Some man at a plaza seems to like having pigeons all over him. Kinda cool, kinda asco. Muscle man with child photographer. Muscle-less man with child…
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Equal Rights
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All are welcome, as long as you aren’t the public
22 Sep 2009 | 6:27 amI live very close to my “Neighborhood Pride Center“. It is a pretty cool idea I think, to house community space, the police, university safety patrol and basic city services all in one place. I’d like to make a recommendation to the City and the University who are joint partners in sharing the space and in trying to bring communities together, please take down the sign at the entrance that says “NO PUBLIC RESTROOM” and replace it with a sign that says “ALL ARE WELCOME!” Northside Neighborhood Pride Center -
why suffer?
27 Aug 2009 | 5:48 amLast night I was at one of my favorite hangouts, CaraBar, with my aunt (from my Mexican side), and my friends Tony from the Bahamas, and Jason. My aunt doesn’t speak English and so I spent a good deal of the time doing simultaneous interpretation of our conversation. We talked about missing food from home countries, and cultural differences of people in our lives in the US compared to back in Mexico or Bahamas. Then my aunt asked, what Tony’s document status was, and what was it like for those in the Bahamas to immigrate to the United States. Tony explained, which I had never… -
Workers in Texas
3 Aug 2009 | 5:08 pmMy little sister Cristina Tzintzun, is the director of a Non-Profit, Workers Defense Project/ Proyecto Defensa Laboral, that recently teamed up with the University of Texas to do a study on working conditions for laborers in Austin. Shortly after the study was published my sister recieved a call from an OSHA representative, that due to the study, they were going to increase their number of federal agents investigating the high number of on work site deaths in Texas. For more information regarding the report, please check here. Or to see a video clip of my sister talking about a worker… -
Triathlon
27 Jul 2009 | 6:14 pmI did my first triathlon on Saturday. I am proud of myself. I’m looking forward to doing better and actually training. Setting goals for myself and hoping to keep better track on www.dailyburn.com come join me there. A big thanks to my little brother who got me ino the triathlon…he placed first for his age group/gender.
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Dialectical Migrations
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18 Nov 2009 | 5:22 pm"Community is a verb, not a noun, cuz no matter what you do, it's irrelevant unless your name ends in an o. Yes, it's true, you're name must end with an "o" or else you're going to get screwed in this "community."I'm sure glad I've found another one? Oh, that's right, I don't have all the answers because my name doesn't end with an o.My name ends with a friggin' l!I mean, Lord, all the reviews I wrote were friggin' nouns.Community is a verb, my ass. Community is an inverse number, zero, a sphere of empty space. Community is a construct, a linguistic move, a semiotic swing, a surreal dream.My… -
18 Nov 2009 | 2:28 pm
18 Nov 2009 | 2:28 pmLetras Latinas "fosters community"--- yeah, right.I'd rather have been featured at Poetry Foundation along with the folks who lost the Andres Montoya "Prize" in 2004.I suggest you intentionally lose the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize; you'll get more publicity that way.Fosters community.Yeah, right. -
18 Nov 2009 | 10:18 am
18 Nov 2009 | 10:18 amI still haven't smoked, but I found this video funny. It's sort of like the Latino Poetry Community interacting. Ha! Musicians, artists, poets, it's all the same.But there's no one conglomoration of Latino/a poets; although there is sort of one which most definitely ends in "o". That's all I'll say about that though I'm very, very tempted to elaborate. I'm pretty sure you're getting the humor slowly. Right about now possibly. Maybe not. Today I'm back blogging because I'm addicted to blogging. It's sad, I know. Nobody really reads blogs anymore. I think they are out of fashion. But here I am… -
16 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am
16 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am"Nature, it turns out, isn't like us;it doesn't have a warehouse of memory."--Louise Gluck
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My Word is My Weapon
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Media Campaign Seeks to Link Chiapan Social Organizations to Narcos
21 Nov 2009 | 9:58 pmGovernment Allows Misleading and False Information to Spread in the Corporate Mediareposted from Narco News On October 24, Chiapan state police arrested Rocelio de la Cruz Gonzalez and Jose Manuel de la Torre Hernandez, both leaders of the Emiliano Zapata Peasant Organization (OCEZ). Narco News' Fernando Leon reports that the men say police tortured them during interrogation. De la Torre Hernandez said in a statement: "Multiple times they put a nylon bag over my head, suffocating me, so that I would answer affirmatively to a list of questions. [The questions included] if our organization OCEZ… -
Electricians Take Over Luz y Fuerza Buildings
21 Nov 2009 | 9:55 pmEx-Workers from Luz y Fuerza del Centro Tried to Enter the Pachuca Station and Hung Red and Black Banners in the Nuevo Necaxa, Puebla, Hydroelectric PlantWire ReportsEl UniversalEx-workers from defunct Luz y Fuerza del Centro power company intensified their actions in simultantaneous protests outside the company's buildings in two states.In Hidalgo, the protesters created a protest encampment (plantn) outside the Juandho division in the Tetepango municipality, where the majority of the residents are ex-Luz y Fuerza workers. Meanwhile, in Tula and Pachuca, they burned banners, flags, and… -
Chiapas Government Tries to Pin Narco Arsenal on Peasant Leader
6 Nov 2009 | 6:27 pmConflicting Press Releases Cast Doubt on Government ClaimsThis past October 16, the Mexican Federal Police transferred Chiapan peasant leader Jose Manuel “Don Chema” Hernandez Martinez to a maximum-security federal prison located in Nayarit, 26 hours from his home. Don Chema is a leader of the Emiliano Zapata Peasant Organization (OCEZ). The government claims that it transferred him “for his own safety.”On October 9, the government claims to have uncovered a massive weapons stockpile—reportedly the largest weapons seizure in the history of Chiapas, and the biggest weapons seizure in… -
Detained Chiapan Peasant Leader Treated Worse Than a Drug Kingpin
24 Oct 2009 | 1:40 pmGovernment Transferred “Don Chema” to a Federal Maximum-Security Prisonreprinted from Narco NewsThe way the government is treating Jose Manuel Hernandez Martinez, also known as “Don Chema,” one would think he’s the head of a drug cartel.According to witnesses, on September 30, at least eighteen police officers—many disguised as electrical workers—kidnapped Don Chema from his home in the 28 de Junio community in Chiapas. The operation included state and federal police officers working together in a “joint” or “mixed” operation—the sort of operation that characterizes… -
Privatization Behind Calderon's Attack on Electricians Union
21 Oct 2009 | 10:40 pmA Spanish Company and National Action Party Members Hope to Exploit Luz y Fuerza's Fiber Optic Networkreposted from Narco NewsMexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) Secretary General Martin Esparza claims that President Felipe Calderon busted his union in order to take control of a 1,100-kilometer fiber optic network. The fiber optic network in question was built with public money and was the property of Luz y Fuerza del Centro, the government-owned electricity company that the military and federal police shut down this past weekend. The union's opposition to Calderon's agenda of cronyism and…
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¿Chicano y que?
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Professors receive awards for Hispanic cultural contribution
17 Nov 2009 | 9:30 pmCarlos Vélez-Ibáñez and Paul Espinosa, professors in ASU's Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, are recipients of awards from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. The awards recognize energy, expertise and remarkable contributions to the Hispanic community.Vélez-Ibáñez is the recipient of the Outstanding Support of Hispanic Issues in Higher Education Award. The award distinguishes someone who demonstrates exceptional accomplishment in the academic community and support of Hispanic… -
Jesse Treviño's evolution shown at Museo Alameda in San Antonio
8 Nov 2009 | 5:35 pm[Click photo to enlarge. Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Express-News.]By Elda Silva - San Antonio Express-NewsIn a sense, Jesse Treviño became a Chicano artist in Vietnam.Hit by the blast of a booby trap and a sniper's bullet, the 19-year-old Treviño lay bleeding in a rice paddy, his body peppered with shrapnel. A medic injected him with morphine, he recalls, and as the drug began to kick in, he reflected on his life."I was thinking about my mother, my brothers, the barrio where I grew up and all those images — 'I want to paint them'," says Treviño, 62. "That's what I was thinking:… -
California cuts clip classes, futures
8 Nov 2009 | 5:17 pm[Click photo to enlarge. Photo by Dean Musgrove/Staff Photographer/LA Daily NewsSome of the 250 Los Angeles Vallege college students respond to a speakers question during a noon time campus rally on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, about growing concerns over the budget crisis. (Dean Musgrove/Staff Photographer/LA Daily News)Hammered by state budget cuts, Los Angeles community colleges are being forced to jettison up to one-third of their classes this year even as campuses swell with laid-off workers from the recession.Despite some $2.2 billion in voter-approved construction and modernization… -
Off target
6 Nov 2009 | 8:33 amA new show at the Colorado Springs, Colorado Sangre de Cristo Arts Center unveils the importance of fact-checking ... or notby Edie AdelsteinMaria Lopez's upcoming exhibit at the Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center features colorful, abstract works depicting Christian scenes. But the most eye-catching aspect of the Pueblo artist's self-titled show came within a press release."Her works," the Sangre wrote of Lopez, "are currently in the art collections of celebrities such as: Barack Obama, Dane Cook, Cheech Marin, George Lopez, Carlos Mencia, Chris Rock, David Letterman, Martha… -
Photography Studio Flash Choice
28 Oct 2009 | 8:41 am[Click photo of Profoto D1 Air kit to enlarge]Recently I have been researching various brands of portable studio strobes for purchase. I need something that is rugged and easily transportable from location to location. The units I've been looking at vary in price from $99 to thousands.I need a strobe that gives me plenty of bang for my buck. Here is what I am looking for; repeatable color temperature, high quality build, radio and/or light synchronization, low weight, medium power output, fast recycle time, quality accessories and of course a great price. In the past I have used Norman,…
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¡Para Justicia y Libertad!
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Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success
20 Nov 2009 | 10:41 pmMaking the rounds in the Latinosphere is former Florida House Speaker and Republican senatorial candidate Marco Rubio and his take on President Ronald Reagan’s immigration policy. I don’t know if I want to hang my head in shame or die laughing at the irony of it all. One thing is for sure, I am awarding Marco Rubio the “Crossover King” Award. What is “Crossover King” Award you ask? The award is inspired from one of the Latino characters John Leguizamo plays in Mambo Mouth. Leguizamo plays the role of the “Crossover King,” a formerly… -
South Park Tackles Racism: Cartman’s Anti-Minority Ballad
19 Nov 2009 | 7:21 pmThis week’s season finale of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker tackles, in their own way, extremist views about minorities in America. The general premise of the episode is that the local water park, Pipi’s Splash Town, is no longer what it seems, it has been “taken over” by minorities. Cartman is clearly disturbed and bemoans how there are too many “Mexicans” and other minority groups at “his” water park. In South Park fashion, Cartman breaks out into a song, “Not My Water Park.” -
Na Na Na, Hey Hey Lou Dobbs Goodbye
12 Nov 2009 | 1:48 pmVictory for people power. Under tremendous pressure from the Basta Dobbs and Drop Dobbs Campaigns, CNN’s Lou Dobbs resigned from CNN. Never again do we have to hear Lou Dobbs anti-immigrant vitriol. Last night, Dobbs told viewers during his 7pm show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, that he was resigning immediately, saying that “some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in positive problem-solving, as well as to contribute positively to the great understanding of the issues of our day.” Yes, Lou I do not deny I took… -
Homeland Security’s Mass Deportation Program
5 Nov 2009 | 10:11 pmReporting for the Big Bend Sentinel, Sterry Butcher reported on the US Department of Homeland Security’s new mass deportation program taking place in Presidio, Texas. On Nov 1, Homeland Security and Border Patrol began transferring 94 undocumented men a day from Tucson, AZ Sector to Presidio under the guise of cracking down on human smuggling. The Alien Transfer and Exit Program (ATEP) is an effort by Border Patrol to disrupt human smuggling in the Tucson Sector. The program will bus Mexican men ages 20 to 60 from Arizona to Presidio and force them to cross the Presidio–Ojinaga… -
Will Kay Bailey Hutchison Resign: Not Likely
3 Nov 2009 | 11:25 amThere is something about running for public office. Like a game of chess, its all about trying to outsmart your competitor based on his or her moves. Since both parties are placing a priority on nominating candidates who can beat the other’s nominee, activists in each party are likely to base their decisions on what the other party seems to be doing. In my last post, I mentioned that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison decided to delay her resignation from the Senate as she pursues her gubernatorial campaign against incumbent Gov Rick Perry in the Republican Primary. When Senator Hutchison…
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Wild Chihuahuas
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The Rape of America
30 Oct 2009 | 1:26 pmIf you're like me, you sorta do and you sorta don't understand why Wall Street and significant parts of corporate America are implicated in the destruction of the American middle class. You sorta get what all these high-level finance shell games have to do with unemployment, home foreclosures, closed schools and hospitals, but you couldn't really point to anything to explain it. Well, rejoice. Voila la explanation.This should clarify a few things, and scare the hell out of you. (Shortly after reading it, I sent $25 to Alternet for its fall fundraising campaign. Reason why? I don't recall… -
Republicans for Rape
27 Oct 2009 | 8:38 amYa, so I'm a little late with this, but surely there's somebody besides me who missed this latest GOP marvel.Check out TYT for some background.So let me get this right. The party of law 'n order is for law 'n order except when they interfere with bidness. That about it?Why does ANYBODY sane vote Republican? Oh. Wait....http://www.wildchihuahuas.blogspot.com -
AZ Republican Rep Calls Obama "Enemy of Humanity"
29 Sep 2009 | 9:52 amFrom Salon's War Room today:Republican congressman: Obama "enemy of humanity""Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., has always been a little skeptical of President Obama. Skeptical enough, in fact, that he flirted with the Birther movement for a while, and even considered filing a lawsuit before the election in order to seek proof that the then-senator was eligible, under the Constitution's guidelines, to be president. He's moved past that -- mostly -- but he hasn't exactly embraced Obama, either."This past weekend, Franks spoke at the How to Take Back America Conference, an event co-chaired by Phyllis… -
Uninsured Texas Fill Free Houston Health Clinic
28 Sep 2009 | 1:57 pmThis is evil funny. Texas is probably the reddest state in the Union, and lookee here: "One out of every three adults in Harris County is now uninsured and Texas ranks the worst among the 50 states in healthcare coverage, according to the U.S. Census. The National Association of Free Clinics decided it was time to hold a massive free clinic at Houston's Reliant Center." Good thing it wasn't "socialized medicine."There they were, all lined up like villagers come to Port au Prince. It's a live, 3-D, walking-around prognostication, a glimpse of the future in the here-and-now if the GOP has its… -
"I don't need you to tell me that I'm amazing!"
24 Sep 2009 | 9:54 pmThis is Brava. This is her history. Her story is triumph over every adversity, with a loving heart.http://www.wildchihuahuas.blogspot.com
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South Texas Chisme
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Why does it cost 20% more to house Nueces County inmates?
22 Nov 2009 | 6:44 amNueces County taxpayers spend about 20 percent more to house offenders than the average Texas county, a cost increasing with the jail’s constant overcrowding.Higher medical costs, more staff overtime and costly meals drive the expenses above what other counties with comparable populations and jail capacities spend to do the same job.Why are the meals more costly? -
Border residents delivered by a mid wife apply for passports
22 Nov 2009 | 6:38 amThe U.S. Department of State will have special passport processing services next month in Brownsville and Harlingen for a number of South Texas residents whose passport applications were denied because midwives attended their births.At the "acceptance events" to be held Dec. 1, U.S. citizens will be allowed to reapply for passports free of fees and under a new application process. But not all of those who were denied passports will be allowed to attend.The events, which already have been held in El Paso, Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Laredo, come as a result of a settlement agreement in a year-long… -
Cities want to ignore the open meetings act
22 Nov 2009 | 6:36 amI'm sure they do. Who wants citizens second guessing the anointed ones?A controversial resolution that seeks to lessen penalties against elected officials who violate the Texas Open Meetings Act is raising debate throughout the state.According to the Austin-based Texas Municipal League, a nonprofit organization that, for a fee, represents the interests of more than 1,100 cities in the state, the resolution was adopted by TML’s board at its annual conference. The TML in turn will lobby state representatives and senators during the next legislative session to replace the enforcement… -
Former Travis County Sheriff goes looney tunes over the air waves
21 Nov 2009 | 7:52 amRaymond Frank, who served as Travis County sheriff in the 1970s and lost a bid for reelection to the office in 2008, has been fined $10,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for broadcasting radio signals from his Westlake-area home without a license.Frank, 84, responded to the FCC notice of his violation by saying that as a citizen of the Republic of Texas, his broadcasts within the boundaries of the Republic were not bound by FCC rules or the laws of the United States, according to a forfeiture order issued Nov. 9 by the FCC. -
San Antonio cop should be in deep trouble for DWI
21 Nov 2009 | 7:39 amHe was banned from driving patrol cars, yet he was driving an undercover vehicle. He may have been on duty, and yet he was over the limit.A San Antonio police officer who killed a motorist while responding to a call three years ago was charged with driving while intoxicated Friday after wrecking an undercover police car, internal police documents obtained by the San Antonio Express-News show.Officer Winder Amedalio Morales, 33, who reportedly was banned from driving patrol cars following his involvement in a 2006 collision that killed a 25-year-old man, told arresting officers Friday he was…
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Man Eegee's Latino Politico
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Lou Dobbs Resigning Immediately from CNN
11 Nov 2009 | 4:06 pmDon't let the puerta hit you on the nalgas on the way out, Lou! Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said. A CNN executive confirmed that Mr. Dobbs will announce his resignation plans on his 7 p.m. program. His resignation is effective immediately; tonight’s program will be his last on CNN. His contract was not set to expire until the end of 2011.NYTimes' Media Decoder BlogGreat work to all the activist bloggers and campaigns like BastaDobbs.com and… -
Arpaio's Policies Include Shackling During Birth
22 Oct 2009 | 2:33 pmLast summer, I covered the horrific story of Juana de la Paz being shackled during labor and, after the birth of her child, prevented from breastfeeding. That outrageous human rights abuse occured in Tennessee.Well, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has brought this scourge of inhumane policy to Maricopa County:During her second night behind bars, the bleeding started. On the morning of October 14, she felt contractions. Her hands and feet shackled, she was in labor and ushered into a paramedic's van by a detention officer who restrained her to the stretcher. "That's not necessary," the paramedic told the… -
Kyl Must've Been Delivered by Stork
25 Sep 2009 | 3:04 pmThe general rule is that if Senator Kyl is speaking, Arizona is being embarrassed. Even by those standards, though, this is nuts:"I don't need maternity care," Kyl said. "So requiring that on my insurance policy is something that I don't need and will make the policy more expensive." Stabenow interrupted: "I think your mom probably did." It's bad enough that the Senate doesn't reflect gender or ethnic parity found throughout the country, even worse that it retains a neanderthal like Kyl who is so devoid of empathy that the question must be asked if he was delivered by stork.Maternity care is… -
Arizona Schools Getting Screwed on Tuesday
11 Sep 2009 | 9:34 amArizona districts and charters operate on an equalization payment that arrives monthly on or around the 15th from the Arizona Department of Education. There has been a lot of fear recently that the state legislature would be irresponsible and do one of two things since those who call the shots are anti-government conservatives: 1) education budgets would be gutted or 2) refuse to protect current funding levels by kicking shortfalls down the road.Well, the GOP leaders picked the "all of the above option" and as a result, the following memo was issued to schools YESTERDAY at 5:55pmSeptember 10,… -
Una Identidad Sin Fronteras: Piedras
27 Aug 2009 | 7:40 pmThis site has been quiet for the past few months, but not without reason. Something snapped in me around the inauguration. My life felt stagnant and I was ready for a major change beyond the Change that was bandied about during the Presidential campaign. I made the decision to put my social life on hold and save money like there was no tomorrow in order to invest in buying a roof over my head. Well, that day came on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at approximately 2pm. I have joined the ranks of home ownership.What's been amazing is the support from my family and friends, most of whom live over 100…
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Latina Lista
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Guest Voz: First Latino President-elect of American Bar Association speaks out about civic education
20 Nov 2009 | 6:55 amBy Stephen N. Zack With a last name like "Zack," most people don't realize that the president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) is Latino, Cuban-American to be exact. Mr. Zack will be the first president in the ABA's 131-year history who happens to be both Latino and Jewish. Yet, being a trailblazer is nothing new to Mr. Zack. In a career spanning 35 years, he was the first Hispanic American and youngest president of the Florida Bar and a founding member of the Cuban American Bar Association. He is a specialist in civil trial law, as well as eminent domain, corporate and… -
Credit card companies build reward programs from the pocketbooks of low-income, non-card holding minorities
19 Nov 2009 | 1:03 pmA new report by the Hispanic Institute has uncovered an alarming practice by credit card and debit companies and banks that result in basically stealing money from the poor to reward the wealthy. Trickle-Up Wealth Transfer: Cross-subsidization in the payment card market is a long and complicated name for a report that uncovers the extent of how low-income people are being taken advantage of at the cash register -- especially people of color. We all know that merchants (grocery stores, gas stations, department stores, etc.) charge customers the same price. For example, people, from the same… -
USDA data shows more Latino children going hungry
18 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pmIn a nation of over 307 million people, 2.3 million doesn't sound like a very significant number. As a number by itself, it isn't. Only when it's realized that 2.3 million refers to the number of Hispanic households with children who feel the pangs of hunger because they are "food insecure" does it become a crucial amount. According to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (USDA): 177,000 non-white Hispanic households with children - an almost 50 percent increase over 2007 -- experienced very low food security, meaning that the food intake of one or… -
Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn't bode well for congressional representation
17 Nov 2009 | 3:17 pmIt seems there is a flipside to driving undocumented immigrants out of your state. In the past two years, there has been an irrational vengeance by some state legislators to drive undocumented immigrants out of their states. It didn't matter that these migrants were the main workers in industries that had little appeal to the average American worker, regardless of salary increase, or that these migrants were the only ones keeping Small Towns USA still on the map. It didn't matter that these same migrants were paying taxes every time they bought food, gas, clothes, furniture, etc. It didn't… -
Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn't address it in immigration reform bill
16 Nov 2009 | 3:08 pmWhen it comes to Congress undertaking immigration reform, there is one special demographic for whom it will mean a world of difference -- undocumented students. It's known that any type of immigration reform will include a provision called the DREAM Act -- an official recognition of those young people, who were brought here by their parents at an early age, living their formative years in this country, and who will be allowed to put their college degrees to use or enter the military and serve their country. There are an estimated 65,000 undocumented students in the country. Among them are two…
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Hasta Los Gatos Quieren Zapatos
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Again with the shroud
21 Nov 2009 | 9:30 amLast month I wrote about the Shroud of Turin and how it was discovered to be a fake by Italian scientist Luigi Garlaschelli whose invitation to the Vatican has been lost in the mail as a result.Now Vatican researcher Barbara Frale has said that faint writing on the shroud proves that it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Does she not get that whoever faked the shroud could have also written on it? Jeeesuz!Oh well, she has after all just released another book. They sell better with controversy.As expected, experts have poopooed this and say that she's reading too much into the markings. They of… -
Is it a good idea to "hit the bitch"?
21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am...and I'm not so sure it gets the point across, some assholes might just enjoy this.So how do you educate a man not to beat up a woman? Good question.Anti-violence site urges you to 'hit the bitch'There are subtle ways to raise awareness about relationship violence. And then there's "Hit the Bitch," a Web campaign by a Danish advocacy group. Setting up an interface where you're encouraged to slap and punch a woman seems pretty extreme. It's almost like an advergame, except you're delivering an adverbeating! (You can use the mouse, or connect with your Webcam and swing at the girl with your… -
Seven Kinds Of Sex .... Or Is It Eight?
21 Nov 2009 | 8:30 amThe 1st kind of sex is called ... Smurf Sex.This kind of sex happens when you first meet someone and you both have sex until you are blue in the face.The 2nd kind of sex is called ... Kitchen Sex.This is when you have been with your partner for a short time and you are so needy you will have sex anywhere, even in the kitchen.The 3rd kind of sex is called ... Bedroom Sex.This is when you have been with your partner for a long time. Your sex has gotten routine and you usually have sex only in your bedroom.The 4th kind of sex is called ... Hallway Sex.This is when you have been with your partner… -
A creative way to get your point across....
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What's in your pizza? - Or - Why you should worry about mystery meat.
21 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
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Viva la Feminista
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There will never be closure in the Nicarico case
17 Nov 2009 | 9:03 pmOriginally posted at the AWEARNESS blog There will never be closure in the Nicarico case as long as Jim Ryan continues to run for public office. The Nicarico family never missed a court date. For years they sat in courtroom after courtroom listening to the lies from Attorney Jim Ryan's team as they refused to admit their mistakes and consider Brian Dugan as a suspect. Instead, Ryan kept the case rolling along to wrongfully convict two innocent men and send them to death row. Jim Ryan is now running for Illinois Governor and "spent a decade as DuPage state's attorney, previously had said he… -
Book Review: Impossible Motherhood by Irene Vilar
14 Nov 2009 | 10:50 pmThe book is traumatic with a capital, bold T. At one part about 1/3 of the way thru, I threw the book down in disgust and decided I was done. You are warned. Impossible Motherhood by Irene Vilar has received a lot of press and been a topic of debate on many a listserv due to the subtitle "Testimony of an Abortion Addict." When I first found out about this book my first thought was "Oh shit." Many people, including Vilar, believe that this book will be used by anti-abortion activists as proof of women using abortion as birth control and thus a reason for the procedure to be banned outright. -
Aren't Latinas women too?
14 Nov 2009 | 11:52 amOriginally posted at the AWEARNESS blog The Stupak amendment is the disappointment that just keeps on giving. Monday morning, my inbox was flooded with emails from many organizations appalled by the passage of the House healthcare bill. One email stood out from the rest (including a few celebratory emails) and that was from the National Council of La Raza. It was celebratory and failed to mention the Stupak amendment, which would ban abortion coverage in public and private insurance plans: "The health care reform bill passed by the House is a fundamental step toward making health care more… -
Interview: Lise Eliot, Ph.D. Author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain
11 Nov 2009 | 8:54 pmLise Eliot, Ph.D., has been getting a lot of media attention about her latest book, Pink Brain, Blue Brain, and it was a pleasure to chat with her over the phone and an honor that she did it despite one of her sons being sick that day.This is far from a transcript of our conversation, but a summary of what we discussed. VLF: Why did you write this book? LE: The size is reflective of my compulsive nature. My first book was on brain development and it was inspired by my pregnancies and children. I kept running into brain development stories and began to wonder what do we really know about… -
Living in a culture of rape - From AWEARNESS
11 Nov 2009 | 7:24 amOriginally posted at the AWEARNESS blog: Our culture is still in a state of shock over the gang rape of a 15-year old girl outside her homecoming dance last week. But what is even more upsetting to me than the news of this crime is the type of responses I have seen regarding her attackers and the victim-blaming. Fellow students (and administrators, and people who don't know the victim or have any real information on the subject) are saying the rape is the victim's fault because she was drinking, and that the rapists themselves are not to blame for their actions. What should shock us is not…
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Los Ziegler en Canada
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Fin de semana… Tema Libre!
20 Nov 2009 | 11:36 amEn un ratito mas empezamos el fin de semana, así que voy a aprovechar para trabajar en un proyecto muy interesante que tengo con una colega blogger y que les va a interesar mucho cuando salga “al aire”. También voy a aprovechar para escribir las notas de la semana que viene. Tengo bastante en los borradores para elegir, veamos que me motiva mas cuando llegue el momento. Hay un “podcast” guardado… pero no sé si me animo a hacer otro “videocast”. A ustedes les dejo algo para que se entretengan… si tienen ganas… Google Wave: Ya tenés tu… -
Para que vayas armando tu CD…. Canciones de Navidad!
20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 amLa navidad canadiense esté llena, pero llenísima les aseguro, de costumbres y tradiciones que se repiten sin falta todos los años. Cada año el “drill” es el mismo: desfiles, ofertas, villancicos por al radio, más ofertas, José Feliciano y su “Feliz Navidad”, más ofertas, más desfiles, la foto con Santa en el Shopping, etc. Lejos de ser aburrido y monótono, tiene un encanto muy especial y le da el toque de alegría y festividad que la época se merece. Para que vayan armando su CD de música navideña, les dejo los enlaces a tres sitios para bajar música de… -
Fabuloso Video de Ottawa
19 Nov 2009 | 12:34 pmNuestro amigo de la casa “Mis Vivencias en Canadá” publicó ayer un muy buen video de Ottawa que se encontró en vimeo. Lo comparto con ustedes por que no tiene desperdicio. Recomiendo ampliarlo a pantalla completa. Son dos minutos y quince segundos no desperdiciados… Click aquí para ingresar al Blog y ver el video. Y pensar que si hubieras venido a Gatineau tendrías todo esto a 5 minutos de tu casa! Visto en “Mis Vivencias en Canadá“ Copyright 2004-2009 Los Ziegler en Canada: Este feed es solamente para uso personal y no comercial. No esta permitido bajo… -
15 Maneras de Ahorrar en Calefacción este Invierno
19 Nov 2009 | 1:00 amEl invierno es lindo, la nieve es romántica, tiene su encanto y todo lo que quieran. pero el invierno también es caro: abrigos, botas, neumáticos y una serie de detalles más que, sumados al uso intensivo de la calefacción, pueden hacernos un tremendo hoyo en el bolsillo y las finanzas. Comparto con ustedes una nota encontrada en el “Canadian Finance Blog” sobre este tema. Espero que les sea de ayuda! Tienen algún tip más para compartir? Déjenlo en los comentarios! Les dejo, entonces, 15 maneras fáciles y baratas de ahorrar en calefacción este invierno. 1 Deja entrar la… -
Rumbo a la Ciudadanía VI: Hay fecha de exámen
19 Nov 2009 | 12:20 amAyer llegó la carta que dice que el próximo 2 de Diciembre a las 11am tenemos que dar el exámen para la ciudadanía. Que llevemos los documentos originales, los IMM1000 y las tarjetas de residente permanentes. Ayer me puse a armar la carpeta con toda la documentación que hay que llevar el 2 y… y de repente me “cayó la ficha”… Click aquí para ingresar al Blog y ver el video. Copyright 2004-2009 Los Ziegler en Canada: Este feed es solamente para uso personal y no comercial. No esta permitido bajo ningun punto de vista duplicar el contenido de este feed. Si usted ve…
