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The historical legacy of the Raza Unida Party
By José Angel Gutiérrez and Luz Bazán Gutiérrez, founders of La Raza Unida Party, Exclusive for El Magonista, January 15, 2020 La Raza Unida Party (RUP) was created shortly after negotiating a settlement between boycotting Chicano students and the Crystal City Independent School District Board of Trustees in early January ... -
50 years later, Chicano Catholic activists recall their midnight Mass clash with police
By: Alejandra Molina, Religion News – January 16, 2020 LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Fifty years later, Richard Martínez still remembers the yelling and screaming. He and a group of supporters of Católicos por La Raza, a lay Catholic group, were trying to get into the midnight Mass at St. Basil ... -
Conferencia del 50 Aniversario de la Creación de Estudios Chicanos - October 10-12, 2019
El Centro de Estudios California-México (CMSC), El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef), San Diego State University (SDSU) y el Centro Cultural de Tijuana (CECUT) se complacen en invitar a la Conferencia del 50 Aniversario de la Creación de Estudios Chicanos, que se dará a cabo en El Colef ... -
Chicano Studies at U.S. universities "should be a subject in Mexico"
By Latino Impact / EFE ~ September 9, 2019 The Chicano Studies university subject, door for the dissemination of the Chicano culture of Los Angeles and the basis of Mexican influence in the country, turns 50 this 2019. The Chicano Studies university subject, door for the dissemination of the Chicano ... -
De vendedor en el parque a dueño de restaurantes de mariscos en L.A.
Por: Araceli Martinez Ortega ~ La Opinion ~ 25 de Agosto, 2019 Cuando Paul Peñuelas ya no pudo vender mariscos en un parque donde jugaban volibol en la ciudad de Paramount, decidió abrir su propio negocio de comida del mar en la Ciudad de South Gate. De eso han pasado ... -
We Commemorate the 49th Anniversary of the National Chicano Movement and the Tragic Killing of ...
Read full newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/46f1e699829f/we-commemorate-today-the-49th-anniversary-of-the-national-chicano-movement-and-the-tragic-killing-of-ruben-salazar In Memoriam of Ruben Salazar and Gus Chavez Voices: Remembering the Chicano Moratorium and Ruben Salazar By: NBC ~ August 29, 2014 From the few times I heard it, the story went something like this: It was a hot day in August when my father left ... -
A man’s lifelong quest to build his own Chicano library
By JULIA WICK, LA Times ~ AUG. 22, 2019 History usually belongs to the conquerors, or the esteemed academics. But sometimes it also gets told by whoever most carefully corrals all the pieces and wrestles them into place. The Chicano Research Center, a storefront library on a rundown stretch of Stockton’s east ... -
‘Chicano’ and the fight for identity
50 years after activists reclaimed the word, a new generation wrestles with whether it’s inclusive enough... By Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times ~ June 3, 2019 Joe Rodriguez was a teenager when he first embraced the slur. For years, Mexican Americans of low social status like him were called Chicanos. ... -
AMLO llama a la reconciliación y al combate contra la corrupción
Por Redacción ~ El Universal ~ 1 de Julio 2018 El abanderado de la coalición de Morena, PT y PES, “Juntos Haremos Historia”, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, agradeció a quien votó por él, a quien no votó por él y a los tres candidatos que reconocieron este domingo su triunfo ... -
INE Registration to vote for Mexico's 2018 Presidential and State elections
Exercise your right to vote from abroad. Register to vote by March 31! Sin importar en dónde estés, haz valer tus derechos como mexicano. Registro abierto hasta el 31 de Marzo.