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Subject: Somos Primos November 2013 158th Online Issue
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Dear Primos and Friends:
May your heart and life be filled with gratefulness for your many blessings of family and friends. The six-hour documentary, Latino Americans has surely given visibility to our varied, yet connected histories. We have leaders whose stories were finally told; but we have thousands of others who have dedicated their lives, to nurturing and uplifting those around them, whose stories have not been told. I invite you all to do so.
You may want to interview your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or someone who has made an impact on your life, someone who taught you a skill, or shared a value, or concept which has guided you. I invite you all to send in your thoughts. We are not looking at or for writing skills, we are looking for stories reflecting us, Latino Americans, in all our diversity.
In this issue you will see one of the changes which 2014 will bring:
CUENTOS, personal, first hand family stories will be scattered throughout the issues, based on where the incidences took place. I was hoping that it would increase networking and help stir familiar memories.
I have also included a category of FICTION/NON-FICTION for those that would like to share stories based on true experiences, but with adjustments or additions for more dramatic impact or privacy. Louis F.
Serna, sent a page from the journal of a fictitious Spanish soldier, My Days as a Colonist/Soldier with Don Juan de Onate - Part 1 by Louis F.
Serna.
Each of us may think that we do not have enough personal stories to write a book, but we all have some memories that are special to us, for some reason. That reason may touch someone else's heart, and uplift them. For the December issue, I invite you all to send a personal Christmas memory via an email. . . length, a half a page to 3 pages, who, what, when.
God bless, Mimi
Table of Contents for November 2013
UNITED STATES
Concerning Letters to the Editor by Mimi The Hispanic Art Contest by Wanda Garcia The Tex/Mex Heritage of "Lady Bird" Johnson Latino American Documentary Resources
2013 National Council of la Raza ALMA Awards Denial of a History is a Denial of a People by Wanda Garcia
2013 Jose Marti Publishing Awards of the National Association of Hispanic Publications'
Ruben Salazar was a Mexican-American journalist Con Safos: Reflection from Up On the Hill, teaser by J.A. Velarde El Movimiento, How Latino Americans Fought for Civil Rights by Esther J. Cepeda Latinos 101, the Hispanic Heritage of the United States by Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, Ph.D.
The 1940's
Kilroy was here!
HISPANIC LEADERS
Frank Martinez: 1924-2013, artist and mentor dies at 89 Elisa Perez, Family Historian and Genealogist dies at 87 Carlos Blanco-Aguinaga: 1926-2013, literary critic, fiction writer dies at 87 Jose Montoya: 1932- 2013, poet and artist dies at 81 Raul Cortez: 1933-2013, businessman dies at 80
WITNESS TO HERITAGE
Save Tejano History Symposium' Held September 28th Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) Thought you would like this history lesson San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy
NATIONAL ISSUES
Freedom of Speech issue
Sergio Hernandez Cartoonist, Don't Vote For Any Incumbents Definition of Insanity
Court: Applicants wrongly denied US citizenship
Judge: Tribal arrest a U.S. Issue
ACTION ITEMS
Why Save Lincoln Center: For Our Gente
EDUCATION
Less educated Hispanic population presents both a promise and a challenge
Cuento: My Father, the Miracle Maker by Esther Bonilla Read Why Your Mind is a Hurt Locker Ivan Enrique Espinosa Takes First Place in Texas A&M University Mandarin Returns Home -- SAT Scores Climb for Asian Americans Second Feria Educativa was held at the 2013 7th Annual "Festival Cardenas"
CULTURE
Serna's Santos
The Flamenco Peñas in Southern Spain
Ramón “Chunky” Sánchez,: NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert Webcast Martha González, Musician, Dancer, College Professor, Activist , Author Latina Icon Magdalena Gómez Donates personal papers to University of Connecticut Archives
Documentary: Paper Cutouts to Steel, The Art of Carmen Lomas Garza Sandias y Cascarones Statement by Armando Durón about Artist Jose Ramirez Statement by Armando Durón about Artist Ramon Ramirez
SURNAMES: Fernandez, Part II
DNA: Researching the DNA of Historical Figures
