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Dear friends and primos:
Texas' celebration of its declaration of independence and eventual
absorption into the United States 175th years ago is being recognition by a
full year of many activities, articles, and activism. Even if you do not
have Texas heritage, what happened in Texas affected the development of the
entire nation.
You'll all enjoy the special feature on the Latino History Baseball
Project. Our involvement in the all-American sport of baseball will
hopefully chip away at some preconceived ideas of what Mexican Americans
did and do in their spare time.
Thank you all for sharing an abundance of great information. We all
appreciate you.
God bless, Mimi
APRIL 2011 Content Areas
United States
Creating the legislative districts
2010 Population in Southwest
Latino Point of View
Governors file suit against Federal government
Gossip
Texas students, now majority
US Stamps of Latin Music Legends
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
House of Representative in session
Guns for us, not for you
Accumulated National Debt increases
The 'Utah Way' toward immigration reform
Growth Trajectory Continues
Linda Chapa LaVia, A Wise Latina by Mercy Bautista-Olvera
Hispanics Breaking Barriers, Part XXVII by Mercy Bautista-Olvera
MALDEF, Latino Officers Charge City of Westminster, CA
Latinos in the World of Baseball
Latino Baseball History Project
Memorial plaque Honoring Manuel "Shorty" Perez
Mexican American Baseball Exhibits in Los Angeles, in Pasadena, California
March 31st: Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles, Discussion/Book
Signing
Witness to Heritage
Story of Texas being retold, reconsidered
Travels with John Valadez By Daisy Wanda Garcia
An update on The Longoria Affair so far
Rudi Rodriguez receiving 2010 Texas Historical Commission
Myth Breakers by Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez, Ph.D.
The Little Ice Age& the Alamo in Winter Garden History by Richard G.
Santos
Mythologizing The Alamo by Richard G. Santos
The Mis-teaching of Texas History Began in 1920s by Richard G. Santos
It’s time to stop using ‘Remember the Alamo’ slogan by José Antonio López
Tejano Heritage Police Department Mission Statements
Erasing Historic Reality:
American Hispanics and the Civil Rights Struggle: by Felipe de Ortego y
Gasca
Hispanic Leaders
Frank Bonilla, Educator, Activist 1925-2010
Eddie Galvan, Music Teacher 1927-2011
Jack D. Forbes, Scholar, Educator 1934-2011
National Issues
More Illegals entering through Canada, than Mexico
Pig Races in Texas
An American Muslim's View
Muslims rated the United States as better than their home country
Mrs. Sabaditsch-Wolff convicted of hate speech
Invasion by Sea
Utah immigration idea gets hearing in Arizona
Utah’s Immigration Bills – A Blast from the Past
Birthright citizenship ban could hamper U.S. military recruiting
Colorado Latino lobby day underlines lopsided nature of immigration debate
Immigrants, not Australians, must Adapt . . Take It Or Leave It.
Ciudad Juárez and Mexico's 'Narco-Culture' Threat
San Francisco circumcision ban headed for November ballot
Action Item
Decorated War Vets Face Deportation
Historic Treviño Uribe Ranch House
Lanier basketball team learns a harsh lesson about life
It shouldn't be this hard
Business
The National Hispanic Business Women Association
Hispanic grocery stores proliferate in Maryland
Frijolitos Inc.
The current financial crisis explained in a single picture:
Mexicans& Jews Fight for the Rights of Mercado Workers
Education
Cartoon: Tagging, Spray Cans and Space by Sergio Hernandez
Santamaria v. Dallas Independent School District
Itinerant Life Weighs on Farmworkers' Children
Islamists wage 'soft jihad' to give students sanitized view of Islam
Culture
Lalo Sings No Chicanos on TV
Immerse Yourself in Chicano Art
Canto de la Monarca: Mujeres en México
2010-2011 Austin Music Awards
Luis Germán Cajiga
Latin@ Printmakers Exhibition: Grabados de Paz y Guerra
Latinopia.com
Literature
I am a Human by Xalli Gordon-Chavez
1st Annual Call for Entries: Bringchange2life Short Stories Awards!
Playwrights take on immigration in “Performing 1070 Short-Play Festival”
Texas A& M University Press invites submissions to the forthcoming
anthology