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Día de la Raza
Columbus Day/Día de la Raza October 12 is a feast-day known in various regions and times by many names: Columbus Day, Discovery Day, Hispanic Culture Day, Day of the Americas, Day of the Race, Day of the Indigenous Peoples. In Mexico in 1928 at the insistence of the philosopher José Vasconcelos, ... -
Event ~ La Tercera Raiz: The African Heritage in Mexico
Join the California-Mexico Studies Center as we attend this wonderful event in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. In this multimedia lecture, Dr. Gloria Arjona highlights Mexico's African heritage through codices, a set of 18th-century paintings known as Pinturas de Castas, Afo-mestizo music interpretation, and guest musicians. Please join us to ... -
In downtown Santa Ana, some Latino merchants try to surf wave of gentrification
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times ~ October 11, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-santa-ana-latinos-embrace-gentrification-20160922-snap-story.html Quinceañera dresses besieged with organza ruffles no longer take center stage at Genesis Bridal Boutique on downtown Santa Ana’s “Calle Cuatro.” The brightly colored ball gowns that have swaddled countless girls on their 15th birthday celebration have been relegated ... -
Long Beach to Rename Three Schools
By: Jennifer Rice Epstein, Gazettes Newspaper ~ July 19, 2016 http://www.gazettes.com/news/long-beach-to-rename-three-schools/article_43edd8fe-4dd0-11e6-8af7-234d98574d53.html For some Long Beach children, the new school year also will mean a newly re-named school. The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to rename three schools, effective Aug. 1, 2016. International Elementary School, 700 ... -
Grupo de estudiantes concluyen primer curso de Estudios Étnicos en California
Los Ángeles, 7 Julio (EFEUSA).- http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/espanol/2016/07/07/grupo-de-estudiantes-concluyen-primer-curso-de-estudios-etnicos-en-california/ Un grupo de 55 estudiantes de una escuela secundaria de Los Ángeles terminó el primer curso de Estudios Étnicos realizado en California, de acuerdo a sus organizadores, y que otorga créditos académicos validos para la universidad. Los 55 estudiantes de El Rancho de Pico ... -
Why Hamilton is so important to the Latino community
By Julissa Catalan | SheKnows (May 3, 2016) Hamilton has made huge strides when it comes to pop culture and changing history Hamilton is reinventing history yet again, this time by breaking the record for most Tony Award nominations, with a total of 16 nominations, sweeping almost every category. This isn't ... -
100,000 in Tucson embrace Mexican approach to death with All Souls Procession
By Nigel Duara, L.A. Times ~ November 12, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ff-all-souls-tucson-20151111-story.html We are forever in the midst of death, and yet we try to believe it doesn't exist. We put our dead in cemeteries and, when we pass them, we superstitiously hold our breath. We tell our children the dog has ... -
The Great Wall of Bert - Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller
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Adios, Columbus!
By Kent Paterson, FNS Feature ~ October 11, 2015 On Monday, October 12, 2015, Christopher Columbus will be laid to rest in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For the first time Duke City residents will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (IPD), as proclaimed October 7 by the Albuquerque City Council. The proclamation was ... -
'Devastating' looting hits Native American archaeological sites
By J. HARRY JONES, l.a. times ~ September 15, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0816-sd-archaelogy-20150816-story.html State parks officials and Native American leaders are decrying what they say has been a devastating spate of vandalism and looting at historically and culturally significant sites in San Diego County's backcountry. At least five times in the past two ...