Facilitator Jorge Argueta is a native Salvadoran and Pipil Nahua Indian. He is an award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young children, and his work is featured in college textbooks and anthologies. Argueta lives in San Francisco, California. Where: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission St. Admission: $35 For more info: […]
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Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Breakfast
Celebrate the Life and Work of Civil Rights leader Cesar E. Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993). Proceeds benefit the Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade and Festival â ÂĄSi, Se Puede! Where: Mission Language and Vocational School Latino Culinary Academy, 2929 19th St. Admission: $60 Individual / Table Sponsor: $600: 10 Tickets and […]
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USF Art Gallery Celebrates Immigrant Rights
Thacher Gallery presents an exhibition of posters by the Oakland-based collective Taller Tupac Amaru: âA Decade of Radical Printmaking,â and a screen printing demo with Chicano printmakers Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes and Faviana Rodriguez, that reveals the social and political power of art as a tool for community organizing for social change Where: University of […]
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24th St. business owners struggle in changing market
For long-time residents and recent transplants to San Franciscoâs Mission District, the experience of strolling along the neighborhoodâs âvibrant corridorsâ may be as different as night and day.
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El Tecolote removes war death count
Since 2005, El Tecolote has released an updated death toll in military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. Back then, it seemed important to account for the lives of soldiers from the U.S. Army lost in these wars. Eight years later, while it still seems valid reporting on these deaths, the partial and arbitrary nature of […]
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Grassroots organization unites Latina women
One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime and only one-quarter of all physical assaults are ever reported.
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Mujeres jĂłvenes retan el gĂ©nero en la polĂtica
Del medio millĂłn de posiciones electivas en el paĂs, las mujeres ocupan menos del 25% . Este año, el centĂ©simo treceavo congreso, que consta de cien miembros, incluyĂł veinte senadores mujeres âcantidad record en la historia de los EEUU. Ignite, una organizaciĂłn polĂtica de Oakland, intenta cerrar la grieta genĂ©rica en la polĂtica ayudando a […]
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Young women challenge gender in politics
Of the half- million elective officials in the country, women reportedly hold less than 25 percent of those positions. This year the 113th Congress, which comprises 100 members, includes a total of 20 female senatorsâthe most ever in U.S. history. Ignite, an Oakland-based organization, is attempting to close the gender gap in politics by helping […]
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Carlos Ramirez (1938~2013)
Carlitos By Jorge Argueta In Memory of my good friend Carlos Ramirez Here comes Carlitos Ramirez Around 24 street He comes flying He comes singing Here comes Carlitos With clouds Clouds around his cheeks Clouds on his head Here comes Carlitos Happy like the birds Wonderful like the flowers Ayyyy such a cute and mischievous […]