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In preparation for City of Austin’s Mexican American CulturalCenter’s grand opening September 15, 2007: The public is invitedto a MEET and GREET Sneak Preview honoring raulrsalinas.Join us to honor and celebrate the life of Austin’s elder Xicanindiopoet/human rights activist. 2pm - 7pm Saturday, August 25, 2007Mexican American Cultural Center 600 River Street, Austin, Tejas$10 dollar suggested donation. A veterano of Chicano literature/letters, raulrsalinas’ writingand activism have earned him international recognition as aspokesperson for a diversity of political causes, ranging fromprisoner rights and national liberation struggles to gang interventionand youth arts advocacy. raulrsalinas is the author of threecollections of poetry: Un Trip Thru the Mind Jail y OtrasExcursions (Editorial Pocho-Che, 1980; Arte Publico Press, 1999),East of the Freeway: Reflections de mi pueblo (Red SalmonPress, 1995), and Indio Trails: A Xicano Odyssey thru IndianCountry (Wings Press, 2006). Recently, UT Press published aselected collection of his prison wirtings, raulrsalinas and theJail Machine: My Weapon Is My Pen (edited by Louis Mendoza,2006). The tribute will feature performances and presentations byrenowned Chicana/o and Latina/o writers and scholars: MiguelAlgarin (NYC), Sandra Cisneros (San Antonio), CarmenTafolla (San Antonio), Norma E. Cantu (San Antonio), AlejandroMurguia (San Francisco), sharon bridgforth (Austin), RobertoVargas (San Antonio), Tammy Gomez (Fort Worth), RosemaryCatacalos (San Antonio), Levi Romero (Albuquerque, NM),Tony Spiller (NYC), Celeste Guzman Mendoza (Austin),Jessica Torres (San Antonio). Presenters on raulrsalinas’ lifeinclude: Antonia Castaneda (San Antonio), Roberto Maestas(Seattle, WA), and Alan Eladio Gomez (Corpus Christi). Therewill be an opening ceremony by Danzantes Concheros y musicamovimiento Chicano by Conjunto Aztlan. The celebracion will also include a Silent Art Auction, curatedby Chicana artist Jane Madrigal, with over 30 pieces by artiststhroughout the Southwest, and Food/Refreshments provided byAlma de Mujer Catering Dept. All proceeds will support RedSalmon Arts, a Native American/Chicana/o based cultural artsorganization with a history of working within indigenouscommunities of Austin since 1983. This event is sponsored byRed Salmon Arts, Alma de Mujer, and UT Press. For more info:512-416-8885/ revolu@swbell.net.

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People in the News Jose Medina is one of twonew Assistant Principals atJohnston High School. He is afirst generation Mexican-American originally from ElPaso, Texas who enteredschool speaking only Spanish. After graduating in 1989 fromYsleta High School, he enrolledat the University of Texas at ElPaso where he received his B.A.in 1993. Mr. Medina thenreceived a Rockefeller BrothersGraduate Fellowship to NewYork University where heearned his masters degree in1995. Prior to coming to AISD andJohnston High School, heserved the needs of students forover a decade in the Socorro,Ysleta, and Copperas CoveIndependent School Districts.

Rick NoriegaExploring Run for

U.S. Senate

Ricky Martinez ofHometown Boys

Fame Passes Away

Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez Contin-ues Fight with PBS

Ricky Martinez, 48, the leadsinger of the popular conjuntogroup, The Hometown Boyspassed away last month from kid-ney failure. Martinez and his brothers fol-lowed in their father’s foot stepswhen they got into the musicbusiness in Lubbock, Texas.Their foot stomping style of mu-sic brought them a large follow-ing from throughout the UnitedStates. The band which was playedunder the Hacienda RecordsLabel was inducted into the

Texas State RepresentativeRick Noriega from Houston,Texas has announced plans forman exploration committee in a bidfor the United States Senate. Noriega, a Lt. Col. in theTexas National Guard was firstelected to the Texas House ofRepresentatives in 1998. In2005, he was called up with hisunit to serve in Afghanistan andspent a year training the policeforces over there. Rick received his bachelors de-gree from the University of Hous-ton of Houston in 1984 and amasters degree in public admin-istration from the John F.Kennedy School of Govern-ment at Harvard University in1990. Rick is married to Hous-ton City Councilwoman Mel-issa Noriega and they have twochildren.

Jimmy SmitsGetting Ready for

New TV Series

Actor Jimmy Smits is gettingready to star and produce a newtelevision series called “Cane.” Adrama about an affluent CubanAmerican family that is runningsugar and rum out of SouthFlorida. Joining Smits in this produc-tion is Rita Moreno, an Oscar,Emmy, Tony and Grammy awardwinner, Hector Elizondo andNestor Carbonell. “All of theseactors bring years of experienceto the set and are expected tosurprise the audience eachweek,” according to one of thedirectors working on the project. As one of the producers JimmySmits says that music will be animportant component of eachshow. “It is something that weplan to deliver on a weekly ba-sis.” Look for Cane this fall onyour local TV stations.

Gerardo CastilloTakes New Positionat Capital METRO

Gerardo Castillo is the newManager for Community Involve-ment at Capital Metro Trans-portation Authority. Previously

he was Chief of Staff for TexasState Representative EddieRodriguez. In this new job hewill be working with a team thatis preparing for the introductionof the Capital MetroRail. Castillo is a native Austinitewho grew up in the East Austinat the public housing complex,Chalmers Courts. He used hisexperiences growing up there toinspire him to improve his life andthat of his family. As a productof Austin public school and thesegregation experiment, Castilloattended Zavala Elementary inEast Austin and Casis Elemen-tary in the affluent neighborhoodof Tarrytown . During middleschool, Castillo traveled 30 min-utes to Murchison in far North-west Austin and finally graduat-ing from Austin High. He wenton to attend and graduate fromThe University of Texas-Aus-tin with a B.A. in Governmentand a minor in Economics andMexican American studies.

West Texas Walk of Fame, for-merly Buddy Holly Walk ofFame, in 1996.

Jose MedinaNamed AP at

Johnston High Sch.

Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguezis an Associate Professor at theUniversity of Texas at Austin.For the past eight years she hasbeen spearheading the U.S.Latino and Latina World WarII Oral History Project. So farher team has collected interviewswith over 450 men and womenthroughout the country. When PBS (Public Broadcast-ing Service) decided it was timeto produce an epic film on WorldWar II, it hired veteran filmmakerKen Burns. Burns completedthe 14 hour film but forgot to in-clude the many contributions byLatinos and Latinas. Dr. Rivas-Rodriguez foundout and began a campaign calledDefend the Honor to lobby PBSand Burns about who helped to

defeat Adolf Hitler’s rear end.So far it is unclear whether Burnsunderstands the importance ofgetting this story right.

Elvira Arellano was arrestedSunday afternoon in LosAngeles, California. She wasdeported several hours later, saidthe Rev. Walter Coleman,pastor of Adalberto UnitedMethodist Church in Chicago,where she had taken refuge. Arellano, 32, became asymbol of the struggles of illegalimmigrant parents when shetook refuge in the church to avoidbeing separated from her 8-year-old son Saul, who was born inthe U.S. and is thus a citizen.She had said Saturday she wasnot afraid of being taken intocustody by immigration agents. “From the time I took sanctuarythe possibility has existed thatthey arrest me in the place andtime they want,” she said inSpanish. “I only have twochoices. I either go to my country,Mexico, or stay and keepfighting. I decided to stay andfight.” Arellano came to Washingtonstate illegally in 1997. She wasdeported to Mexico shortly after,but returned and moved to Illinoisin 2000, taking a job cleaningplanes at O’Hare InternationalAirport. She was arrested in2002 at O’Hare and convicted ofworking under a false SocialSecurity number. She was tosurrender to authorities lastAugust. She sought refuge at thestorefront church on Chicago’sWest Side on Aug. 15, 2006.

Immigration ActivistElivra Arellano

deported to Mexico

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Who is a Mexican? Carlos Mencia says,in the southwest if you are brown you’re aMexican. If you are back East in say NewYork and your brown, you’re a Puerto Rican.If you are brown and in Florida, you are aCuban.

If you are in brown and in California, thereis no telling with all the diversity going onout there. Just in the Los AnglesIndependent School District there are 92languages spoken. In San Francisco thereare 39 different languages spoken.

The fact of the matter is that people judgeus by the color of our skin. But there isanother aspect to this question, namely howdo we judge or view ourselves?

This is an especially interesting questionas college students get ready to go back toschool. Did you know that there are collegestudents out there who have at least oneparent who is Mexican, Hispanic, Latino olo que tu quieres? For all or most of theirlife these students have been able to passas a non Latino. It is not surprising to hearstudents exclaim to one another: “I didn’tknow you were Mexican!” You certainly don’tlook Mexican.” Some students sheepishlysmile to themselves as they take theseremarks as compliments. Other react byasking; “What are Mexicans suppose tolook like to you?”

What is particularly interesting aboutcollege students is that when it came timeto go to apply for college, some of them,along with their parents finally figured outthat applying as a Hispanic might improve

their chances of getting into the school oftheir choice or getting scholarship money.So when it came time to check that littlebox that asked for ethnicity, all of a suddenlittle Susan becomes Susana and Frankbecomes Francisco. Yeah, now it’s coolto be Hispanic! Each year there arethousands of “new Hispanics” enrolling incollege. ¡Que bonito!

Aside from the college experience, beingHispanic or Latino is now advantageouswhen telemarketers are calling at dinnertime. Ring. Ring. “Who, quien, no . . . heno live here. No. No I no speeky Engleesh.”This routine is especially popular when thebill collectors call. “Ah, Mr. Hijo de su Madre,do you speak English? Is there anyonethere who can speak English?” And so goesthe telephone conversation until the callerrealizes that he is not going get a productiveconversation going.

Yes, more and more people are startingto realize that there are times when it isgood to try and pass as a Hispanic andthere are times when admitting to being ofMexican origin is the last thing one wouldwant to do. I am reminded of one lastexample that I must share with you. I grewup near the Mexican border and we wouldoften cross into Mexico at PiedrasNegras. We would go shopping and to visitrelatives. On the return trip, it was veryimportant as we were going through theimmigration line in our car to not get pulledover for a search. It was not that we werecarrying anything illegal. It was just thehassle and time it took up. So as our carwould approach the guy in the booth on theTexas side, we knew he was going to ask:

“American citizen?” Sometimes the manwould ask, “Where are you going or areyou bringing back any prohibited items?”

So as many other families did, theperson who spoke the best English andlooked the least Mexican in the car wouldbe assigned the job of responding in theirbest Texas accent, “Yes sir, Americancitizen. We’re head’in back to Uvalde,Texas.” Everyone else in the car would holdtheir breath for 5 seconds until they heardthe immigration guy, “Ok move on.”

As the United States of Americacontinues to see the border moving North,the dynamics that dictate identity and theopportunities to use it or abuse will continueto grow.. It is said that the United Statesand South Africa are the only two countriesin the world that use the racialclassification system we use. (White,Black, Asian, Native American) And morerecently I have heard that in France it isactually illegal to use and collect databased on race or ethnicity. What wouldhappen if some day here in the UnitedStates we were to stop asking being toidentify themselves as to race or ethnicity?

Who is aMexican?

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NCLR PRAISES JUDGE’SRULING IN HAZLETON CASE

Anti-Immigrant Ordinance is Unconstitutional

Washington, DC – The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) commended a federaljudge in Scranton, Pennsylvania, after he ruled against the City of Hazleton in alandmark challenge to a local anti-immigrant ordinance (Lozano v. City of Hazleton).The ordinance was an extreme measure that would have resulted in racial profiling,discrimination, and denial of benefits to legal immigrants. Today’s ruling sends aclear message that the Hazleton ordinance and similar measures around the countrywill not be allowed to stand.

“The proponents of this ordinance exploited theissue of immigration for political gain. They knewthe proposal was not an effective way to resolvethe immigration issue, and they knew it would bechallenged in court. Today’s ruling makes it clearthat attempting to regulate immigration at the locallevel creates enormous problems for the entirecommunity, and runs afoul of the law,” stated JanetMurguía, NCLR President and CEO.

The failure of the U.S. Congress to enactresponsible and practical immigration reform hasresulted in an environment in which states andlocalities across the country attempt to regulateimmigration through local laws. “While we are alllegitimately frustrated by Congress’s inaction, we must not abandon reason andsensibility,” stated Murguía. “Unfortunately, immigration cannot be regulated stateby state, and local attempts have tremendous negative impacts on immigrantcommunities and U.S. citizens alike. We are hopeful that today’s ruling will convincecities contemplating similar legislation to abandon their efforts and put pressure onCongress to do its job.”

“Congress failed to act earlier this year, but the Latino community remains hopefulthat fair and reasonable immigration reform can and will pass,” Murguía continued.“The American people have been clear that we want a solution to our broken immigrationsystem. The Latino community will continue to oppose ineffectual and harmful anti-immigrant measures at the state and local level, and pressure our representatives inWashington, DC to reject destructive ‘enforcement-only’ proposals and pass effectiveimmigration reform.”

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Native Born 25,085,528

Foreign Born 16,840,774

TOTAL 41,926,302

1. Mexican 26,784,268 2. Cuban 1,462,593 3. Salvadoran 1,240,031 4. Domincan 1,135,756 5. Guatemalan 780,191 6. Colombian 723,596 7. Honduran 466,843 8. Ecuadorian 432,068 9. Peruvian 415,35210. Nicaraguan 275,126

Table # 2Top Ten Countries of Origin for

Latinos in the United Statesin 2005

As can be seen, the number of Latinos inthe United States now stands at41,926,302. Five before, in 2000, the His-panic population in the United States wasestimated to be 34,494,801. In five yearsit has grown by 21%. Table # 1 also showsthat the majority of the Hispanic popula-tion in the United States is native born. In terms of context, the current popula-tion of Mexico, is pegged at 108 millionpeople. The size of the Latino populationin the United States is about 40%. Somedemographers believe that in twenty yearsthe Latino population in the United Stateswith stand at 65 million people.

Source: United States Census Bureau

How Many Latinos?The Latest Numbers on the Growing Latino Presence in the USA

0-4 85,229 76,548 2,262,783 2,137,575 5-9 229,021 195,401 1,809,934 1,735,73910-14 308,850 281,495 1,643,184 1,591,21415-19 506,974 412,889 1,235,089 1,207,51320-24 944,823 664,293 950,896 975,25725-29 1,275,588 910,745 861,780 862,50030-34 1,233,606 997,683 715,462 722,69435-39 1,146,025 965,702 621,776 626,17340-44 980,527 850,938 548,579 607,04945-49 721,094 669,172 491,359 510,03050-54 525,024 509,182 375,060 414,75755-59 350,786 372,512 300,657 340,58760-64 248,116 276,253 209,935 243,85365-69 172,005 209,601 158,074 185,57770-74 126,325 158,454 120,484 154,62975-79 84,740 128,266 94,660 136,32580-84 50,294 77,513 56,807 88,35985-89 20,221 29,634 15,155 31,54990 plus 12,170 33,075 13,939 28,535

Foreign Born Native Born

Male Female Male Female

Table # 1Number of Hispanics in the

United States in 2005

Number of Hispanics by Age, Place of Birth and Gender

Age

Table # 3

9,021,418 7,819,356 12,485,613 12,599,915

How many Mexicans are in the UnitedStates? Are there other Spanish Speak-ers here from other countries? Are morecoming? The answer to the first questionis about 26 million. The answer to the sec-ond question is about 8 million. And theanswer to the last question is yes, thereare more coming. The information on this page providesa quick snapshot of a few of the dynam-ics taking place among Latinos in theUnited States. We switch to the term“Latino” so as to include everyone fromMexico on down to South America. Whilethere is indeed a lot that can be said aboutthe growing presence of Latinos in theUnited States, space limitations preventus from digger deeper at this time. ThePew Hispanic Research Center, fromwhere some of this material was obtainedis an excellent place for those seekingmore detailed information. With that said, look at Table # 1. Thissimple table shows the number of Latinos/Hispanics in the United States in 2005.

Table # 2 contains the top ten sendingcountries of foreign born Hispanics.Mexico is the leader in this category inpart because of its proximity to the UnitedStates and because of its sheer size.

When one looks around the country, itis no secret who is doing a lot of the workin construction, landscaping, the clean-ing of hotels, in the agricultural fields andin the restaurants. It is Latinos.

Now look at Table # 3. Upon a closeexamination it can be seen Latino for-eign born males between the ages of 25and 40 make up the largest percentage ofthe foregin born population. The bulge inthis group as evidenced in the graphs im-mediately to the right. The data and thegraph of the native born Latino shows avery different picture. In this group, thereis a very young component as shown bythe large base in the graph on the far right.It is native born Latinos who are respon-sible for “growing” the population. It is theforeign born population which is carryingmost of the burden of working. Again, be-cause of space limitations, we are onlyable to take the analysis this far.

Who is coming tothe United States?

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2005 Hispanic Foreign Born 2005 Hispanic Native Born

Source: United States Census Bureau

NOTE: The X axis represents the percent of each group’s total.

AGEFemales Males Females Males

Source: United States Census Bureau

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La Virgen deSan Juan de Los Lagos

La estatua dela Virgen de SanJuan de LosLagos fue hechaen 1521. Unreligioso regaloesta pequeñaestatua a losIndios la cualrepresentaba ala Virgen de laC o n c e p c i ó n ,pero más tardetomo el nombredel lugar; desdeentonces esl l a m a d a“Nuestra Senorade San Juan deLos Lagos,”duena de la fe demillones degente, desdeque se dio a conocer su primer milagro. Aciertan las más altas autoridadeseclesiasticas que se han ocupado de referirnos la vida de la SantisimaImagen, que al pasar los años comenzo a deteriorarse, por lo que algenaconsejo que fuera guardada en otro lugar del templo. Aunque dice lamisteriosa leyenda que la rodea, “Que despues de ser bajada a la sacristia,al dia siguinte aparecio en el Altar Mayor”, donde la hemos admirado desdeentonces. Mas tarde fue restaurada por un artista desconocido el cual sepresenti envuelto en el mas raro misterio. Por lo que se cree que fue unAngel enviado para realizar el milagro.

The Statue of Our Lady ofSan Juan de los Lagos

The Statue of the Virgen de SanJuan de Los Lagos was made in1521. A Friar gave this smallstatue to the Indians, sherepresented the Virgen of theImmaculate Conception, but latertook the name of the town; sincethen she has been called “OurLady of San Juan de Los Lagos”,venerated by millions of peoplesince the first miracle took place.With the passage of time theImage began to deteriorate , andauthorities advised that the imagebe kept someplace other than thetemple. According to themysterious legend that surroundsit, “after being taken to thesacristy, the following day theimage was found on the mainAltar”, where it has been admiredsince. Later it was restored by anunknown artist who appeared

mysteriously. This is the reason that we have been led to believe that he was anAngel sent to miraculously restore the Image.

At Sta. Julia Parish we will have the Honor of having the Statue of Our Lady of SanJuan de Los Lagos on October 5, 6, 7, and 8 of 2007. we will celebrate mass andconfessions throughout these days. We will be selling food and religious articlesalso. The parishioners of Sta Julia would like to extend an invitation for all who aredevoted to The Virgen de San Juan de Los Lagos to come and celebrate this joyousoccasion with us. For more information call (512) 926-4186

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Antonio AguilarPascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza, actor and singer: born Villanueva,Mexico 17 May 1919; married 1960 Flor Silvestre (two sons); diedMexico City 19 June 2007.

Antonio Aguilar was, for several decades, Mexico’s most popular singer and film star,appearing in 167 movies and putting out more than 150 albums of popular ranchera music,many of them bought by Hispanics in the United States. A fine horseman since hischildhood, he was known as “el charro de México”, invariably appearing or performing inthe traditional giant sombrero and tight, sequinned outfit of the charro, a horse rancher androdeo rider, now most often seen on street-singing mariachi bands.

In most of his films, initially during the “golden era” of Mexican cinema in the 1950s,Aguilar rode a prancing stallion into town, punched out stubbly, tequila-swigging bandidos,serenaded the girl with a tear-jerking ballad from below her balcony and won her heart.Mexican macho men wanted to be like him and women wanted to ride off with him into thesunset.

He also won the heart of the beautiful Flor Silvestre, who became one of Mexico’s most-loved screen stars and singers, appearing with Aguilar in many films and selling around150 albums of her own. Their long, happy marriage, and Aguilar’s image as a singingcowboy, led to their being billed at joint concerts, particularly in the United States, as“Mexico’s Roy Rogers and Dale Evans”. From the 1960s, Aguilar’s popularity soaredafter he combined his concerts with charreadas, or rodeos, with roping, bull-riding, equestrianclowns and a chance for Aguilar himself to demonstrate his formidable riding skills.

Even at the age of 78, in 1997 Aguilar became the first Hispanic artist to sell out MadisonSquare Garden in New York for six nights in a row, bringing tears to the eyes of nostalgicMexican-Americans with his songs of unrequited love and mucho “ay, ay, ay, ay”. Threeyears later, aged 81, he received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame for selling over 25million records.

Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza was born in his family’s 18th-century hacienda in thevillage of Tayahua, in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, in 1919, learning to ride almost assoon as he could walk and singing while he rode. As a youth, he was said to have hikednorth and swum across the Rio Grande as a mojado, a “wetback” or illegal immigrant,sleeping rough in Los Angeles and working as a waiter to earn enough to study acting andsinging, with the initial intention of going into opera.

When he returned to Mexico in 1945, he started off with small parts in opera until a friendtold him: “Use that powerful voice to sing the songs of the people. Be a mariachi.” He did,got a breakthrough on a 1950 radio show, cut his first album and was offered his first filmrole, in 1950, alongside the Mexican legends of the “golden era”, Pedro Infante andMarga Lopez, in Un Rincón cerca del Cielo (“A Corner near Heaven”). His first starringrole came in Tierra de Hombres (“Land of Men”) in 1956.

Hugely popular by the Sixties, usually producing and often writing his own scripts to fitaround his songs, Aguilar also played the roles of many historic Mexican characters,notably the revolutionaries Emiliano Zapata, in a 1970 film of that title, and PanchoVilla. In 1969, he was recruited for his first major Hollywood movie, The Undefeated,starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson, as a Union colonel and a Confederate colonelrespectively, in the ragged wake of the Civil War. Aguilar played the Mexican GeneralRojas in the film, as usual in Hollywood a bad guy, who held Hudson’s Confederate troopshostage. After he had seen the final cut, Aguilar expressed disilussionment with thestereotyping of Mexicans in Hollywood and declined to work there again.

Last year, knowing he was ill, Aguilar made a “farewell tour” of major US cities, performingwith his wife, sons and horses in a concert and charreada, although he himself could nolonger ride. One of his two sons, Pepe, is now one of Mexico’s most popular singers, andthe other, Antonio Jr. (“Toño”), is also a successful singer and actor.

A TRIBUTE TO

A 15-hour “documentary” about Americans and World WarII, to be broadcast by PBS in September 2007, initiallyexcluded any mention of Latino heroes who fought to defendthe United States from its enemies. After much publicpressure, producer Ken Burns agreed to include interviewswith Latinos and hired a Latino documentary producer.Subsequently, the new material added up to interviews withtwo Latino WWII Marines, and one Native American WWIIveteran — a total of 28 minutes.

But will it be meaningful? Defend the Honor is concernedthat the new material was added simply to silence critics,and does not address the unique WWII Latino experience.For instance, in a major national meeting with the TelevisionCritics Association on July 18, the critics were provided,in advance, boxed DVDs of the series — minus the newmaterial on Latinos and a Native American. Without accessto the new material, television critics could not evaluate itand ask questions in open forum at their meeting with KenBurns, associate producer Lynn Novick and PBS CEO andPresident Paula Kerger. Burns comments, as reportedthroughout the country, indicated he saw the issue of Latinosbeing omitted from the documentary as a “political” issuewhich he was able to “rise above.” PBS and the corporate and foundation sponsors of this“documentary” need to know you object to the arrogantattitude toward Latinos! You need to tell them. Look forcontact information at the Defend the Honor website.

This website is dedicated to supporting efforts ofindividuals and organizations to ensure that WWII-eraLatinos and Latinas are included in today’s general historicalnarratives. Currently, the focus of this effort is the scheduledSeptember 2007 airing of The War. The stories of the LatinoWWII generation are significant and should be included.The story of our country’s wartime experiences areincomplete without including the telling of what happenedto Latinos.

The Story Must BeTold and The History

Preserved

Defendthe Honor

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The 28th AnnualTexas Conference onHispanic Genealogy

and HistorySeptember 13 to September 16,

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Thursday, Sept. 13 “Welcome Reception” 4 – 9 PM Registration & Exhibits 7 – 10 PM Welcome Reception, Embassy Suites Hotel Friday, Sept. 14 “Plenary Session at the State Capitol” 8 – 8:30 AM Bus departs Embassy Suites for Capitol (Bus Transport is available for ALL registrants) 9 – 10 AM Plenary Session , State Capitol Auditorium 10:30 AM Galen Greaser on General Land Office in the Capitol Autidorium FridayEvening: “U.T. LibraryReception” Hosted by the Benson Latin American Collection 6 PM Bus departs Embassy Suites for The University (Bus Transport is available for ALL registrants) 7 – 9 PM Buffet in the University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Library Book Signings by Distinguished Authors Saturday, Sept. 15 “Awards Banquet” 7 – 9 PM Grande Lobby, Bullock Texas History Museum Keynote: Dr. Jesus F. de la Teja, Official State Historian Tejano Book Prize Open Tour of the Museum1st Floor Music and Buffet Dress: Tejano Chic (coat & tie, boots, hats, trajes típicos de Tejana) EXAMPLES worn for Tejano Monument, http://tejanos.com/galapic.htm (NO BUS TRANSPORT PROVIDED. NO CHARGE for Parking in Bullock Underground Parking Garage or State Parking Lot across the street) Sunday, Sept. 16 “Presidents Meeting” 9:30 AM Embassy Suites Hotel, Executive Board Room A

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Last Tuesday, on July 10,2007, at the Social JusticeSummer School, we had aspeaker named Judy Canalescome. When I saw her, my firstimpression was that she wouldbe the type of person that isquiet, reserved, that was shy,and that wasn’t very talkative. When I walked in throughthe doors she wassitting with a man, andhad a smile on her faceevery single time Ilooked at her. The firstimpression I got of theman that was with herwas that he had thecomplete opposite typeof personality. I thoughthe would be anenergetic, funny, andtalkative type of guy. A while later, everyonein the Social JusticeSummer School sataround a table, with JudyCanales standing infront of us. The firstthing she asked was forsomeone to come up anddraw a picture of the state ofTexas. Another classmate in thesummer school walked up anddrew a picture of Texas. Once he had sat back down,she looked at the drawing, andshe showed us where she wasborn, and where she now lives.She said that she was born inUvalde, Texas, but she now livedin Eagle Pass. She told us thatwhen she was growing up, herparents were very supportive ineverything that she wanted todo. She told us how her mothertaught her to be open, andconfident, and not be scared tosay what you have to say. Shetold us that before she couldeven read, her mom had her

memorize parts of plays. Sheoften recited them to her momso she could later perform themin front of an audience. Thesupport she got from her parentsand the way they raised her,made her feel real confident.

This was a major influence onher, it’s what made her the typeof person that she is today.

From this, I started to realizethat Judy was so different fromthe type of person I thoughtshe was. She was a lot moreopen, confident, and talkativethan I thought she was. Thisshowed me that you should notalways judge people before youreally know them. You neverknow, they could surprise youby turning out to be a different

person from what you firstimagine. The first school that sheattended in her hometown wasa Catholic school. She attendedseveral grades fromkindergarten to sixth grade. Shethen had to leave her Catholicschool and attend junior highschool at a different place. JudyCanales told us about that thechange was very difficult for her.She was used to being with thesame people, and she knew allher classmates really well. Now,she had to move to this hugeschool where she didn’t knowas many people. Mostlyeveryone was a stranger. Judy Canales always madegood grades in school. Shealways tried to make the bestgrades that she could make.While in school, she alwayswanted to join as many clubs aspossible. She saw studenthelping out teachers and gettingextra credit point, and alwayswondered what that could be.After asking around for advice,she soon found out that theclub for her was called FutureTeachers of America. Shejoined and started doing betterin school because she was nowgetting points as extra credit. Judy Canales was alwaysvery interested in the studentcouncil, and dreamed of someday being in it. She explainedthat during elections therewould be one white person andthree Hispanic people runningfor the same position. She toldus that this had been a bad idea,

that the Hispanics should haveunited. They divided their votesbetween three candidates, whilethe white person, had all thewhite votes, which of course ledhim to winning the election. Ifthe Hispanics had united, theycould have all voted for oneHispanic person. They wouldhave won with the majorityvotes. Though there was more thatJudy Canales spoke to us about,like having graduated from theUniversity of Texas at Austinand Harvard University, justfrom this part of her talk I learneda lot. I learned that it’s good tobe a leader, and that you shouldalways try your best in school,because in the end it will payoff. I learned that you shouldalways stand up for your rights,and if you see something wrongwith the environment that you’rein, whether it’s at school, athome, or with your friends, youshould do whatever you haveto do to fix it. I also learned that everyonehas rights no matter who youare, and you shouldn’t be scaredto stand up for what you believein. From this talk, I have learneda lot, and I will take it with meand use the advice she gave usto better myself and mycommunity now and the future.

2007 Social JusticeSummer School Essayby Clara Zamora

Judy Canales

From this, I started torealize that Judy was so

different from the type ofperson I thought . . .

Clara Zamora is going to be a9th grade student in the fall.

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During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall- she assured everyone that she was fine (they offeredto call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick becauseof her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate offood - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid wentabout enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid’shusband called later telling everyone that his wife hadbeen taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passedaway.) She had suffered a stroke at theBBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of astroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Somedon’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless conditioninstead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victimwithin 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of astroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a strokerecognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patientmedically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

Do You Know theSigns of a STROKE?

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult toidentify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spellsdisaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe braindamage when people nearby fail to recognize thesymptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystandercan recognize a stroke by asking three simplequestions:

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

S * Ask the individual to SMILE.

T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLESENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today.)

R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

NOTE: Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the personto ‘stick’ out their tongue. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, ifit goes to one side or the other that is also an indicationof a stroke. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE ofthese tasks, call 911 immediately!! and describe thesymptoms to the dispatcher.

They got her cleaned up and got her anew plate of food - while she appeared a

bit shaken up

To learn more about this program please contactMax Elliott at (512) 342-0424 or his website: max@youthlaunch.orgwww.lavoznewspapers.com

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School EscuelaReady ListoTo ParaStart ComenzarSoon ProntoYour SuChild Hijo/HijaBegin EmpezarSuccessful ExitosoYear AñoWhat QuéYou UstedGoing VasDo HacerDifferent DiferenteThis EsteHello BuenoO my God! ¡Hay Dios Mio!

No one can ever argue in thename of education, that it isbetter to know less than it isto know more. Being bilin-gual or trilingual or multilin-gual is about being educatedin the 21st century. We lookforward to bringing our read-ers various word lists in eachissue of La Voz de Austin.

Nadie puede averiguar en elnombre de la educación quees mejor saber menos quesaber más. Siendo bilingüe otrilingüe es parte de sereducado en el siglo 21.Esperamos traer cada mes anuestros lectores de La Vozde Austin una lista depalabras en español con susequivalentes en inglés.

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El Abogado Daniel R. Gonzalez anuncia la apertura de oficina deleyes ubicado en la 13284 de el camino Pond Springs # 403 aquíen Austin, Texas 78729. La oficina esta abierta de las 8:30 hasta las5:00 de lunes a viernes. El teléfono es (512) 219-9300. El fax es(512) 219-9375.

If you have any legalquestions, pleasegive me a call. Gracias

Daniel R. Gonzalez, Attorney at Law, P.C., wishes to announce theopening of his law office at 13284 Pond Springs Road Suite # 403Austin, Texas 78729. The office is opening from 8:30 to 5:00pmMonday thru Friday. The telephone number is (512) 219-9300. Thefax number is (512) 219-9375.

La Voz de Austin- August, 2007 Page # 11

The Mexican American Center for Community and Eco-nomic Development is pleased to announce the third edition ofThe Directory of 100 - A Guide to Latino Organizations in Austin,Texas. This directory continues the tradition set by long time Austincommunity activist Martha Cotera who produced the first directoryin 1976. Included inthis directory are158 Latino orga-nizations in thefollowing cat-egories:

Order FormPlease send ____ copy of The Directory of 100 - A Guide to Latino Organizations in Austin, Texas at $24.95 percopy. Texas residents please add sales tax: 8.25% ($2.05 per book) Shipping is $1.25 per book. There is nocharge for shipping of bulk orders. Call for more information.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alfredo Rodriguez Santos c/s is acommunity activist now living in Austin, Texas. A graduateof the University of California at Berkeley, he is preparing toenter graduate school in the fall.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”Eleanor Roosevelt

Mendez v. Westminster School District The issuance of the 2007 stamp by theUnited States Postal System, of Mendez v.Westminster School District, celebrates the60th anniversary of a groundbreaking WorldWar II-era legal case in which a group of civic-minded Hispanic parents in Californiasuccessfully sued to end segregation in theirschools. Mendez et al. v. Westminster et al,Mexican American Desegregation Case fromOrange County California in 1946. Thecase was decided 7 years before Brown v.The Board of Education, and argued onAppeal by Thurgood Marshall of theNAACP, among many others. The Mendezcase is a civil rights study about how onefamily stood up to a segregated society andwith the support of their friends, relatives,community and hosts of lawyers and civilrights groups, convinced the Courts thatsegregation had no place in our schools orin our society.

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