Jose Felix Castro Jr. eagerly awaited the chance to present his final project, a replica of a classical renaissance painting, to his class at San Franciscoâs Academy of Art University. âSkin tones are some of the hardest parts I deal with on a painting. A painting I considered my first best really slapped me on […]
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The Invisible Condition: Having a mental illness and being DACAmented
[su_box title=”The Invisible Condition. By David Rodriguez “][su_audio url=”https://eltecolote.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the_invisible_condition_final.m4a”] [/su_box] Before President Barack Obama initiated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programâwhich granted undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children temporary legal stay and work permitsâJenny faced another issue in addition to being undocumented: mental illness. A citizen of Australia whose family […]
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Chabot, Las Positas Community College set to decide âSanctuaryâ resolution
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College Districtâs (CLPCCD) board of trustees will meet Tuesday, Dec. 5 to decide whether to adopt sanctuary policies for both its campuses, but a recent vote of âno confidenceâ for District Chancellor Jannett Jackson will also likely be addressed in the public comment portion of the hearing. Faculty and students of […]
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A new producer for âLa Posarelaâ
[su_label type=”info”]Column: The Devil’s Advocate[/su_label] [su_carousel source=”media: 36371,36372,36373,36374,36375,36376,36377,36378,36379,36380″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] For more than 10 years, the Community Music Center (CMC) has produced âLa Posarela,â a musical/theater celebration of the journey of Joseph and Mary as they search for a safe space where baby Jesus can be born. They knock on […]
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Editorial: Indigenous resistance rises with the sun at Alcatraz
[su_label type=”info”]Staff Editorial [/su_label] [su_carousel source=”media: 36348,36349,36350,36351,36352,36353,36354″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″][su_carousel limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] [/su_carousel] Nearly five decades removed from the daring Indigenous occupation that held it for 19 months, Alcatraz island continues to be a symbol of resistance. Each year on Thanksgiving morning as the sun rises […]
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Bay Area Latino EMT helps victims of Hurricane Harvey
Vincenzo Boyd had been working as an emergency medical technician (EMT) for barely two months when he made the decision to travel to Texas to volunteer with the disaster relief effort for Hurricane Harvey, which devastated the Gulf Coast on Aug. 17. âI was at church on Sunday with my daughter, and the pastor said, […]
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Long-awaited community Hummingbird Farm opens to the public
[su_carousel source=”media: 36308,36309,36310,36311,36312,36313,36314,36315,36316″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″][su_carousel limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] [/su_carousel] On the idyllic Sunday afternoon of Nov. 12, among soccer matches and accompanying families, the long-awaited inauguration of Hummingbird Farm at Crocker-Amazon Park finally came to fruition. A partnership between the Mission-based community organization People Organizing to […]
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El Tecolote wins big at SF Press Club awards
At the 40th annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards hosted by the San Francisco Press Club on Nov. 16, El Tecoloteâthe Bay Areaâs premier Latino bilingual community newspaperâtook home an impressive 17 awards. Judges from the press clubs of Milwaukee, San Diego, Orange County and Cleveland evaluated more than 300 entries this year from journalists […]
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10-year-old movie critic gives âCocoâ five stars and a chancla
Editorâs note: At El Tecolote, we value the diverse voices of our community. So when AcciĂłn Latina was able to secure passes for a special advanced screening of âCoco,â Disney Pixarâs new Day of the Dead-themed animated film directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina, we thought it would be great opportunity to have someone […]
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Author imagines life of Ăscar Romero as childrenâs book
Based on the life of Archbishop Ăscar Arnulfo Romero (1917-1980), the new childrenâs book âTelegrams to Heaven,â by Salvadoran writer of childrenâs literature RenĂ© Colato LaĂnez, narrates the life of Ăscar as a child. The son of the telegraph operator in a small town in El Salvador, Ăscar learns how to send telegrams from his […]