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Founder of Nuestra Palabra: Latinos Having Their Day. Author of THE TIP OF THE PYRAMID: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

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23.10.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump hasn't proclaimed Hispanic Heritage Month. And we don't need him to. Since 1968, every U.S. president has issued a proclamation. But not this year.

Trump hasn't proclaimed Hispanic Heritage Month. Who cares? Let's celebrate. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

16.09.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas is showing up!
After great events in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and El Paso, we culminate in Dallas for the release of the book DETAINED. Rsvp lu.ma/wscasmzq

29.05.2025 02:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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See you tomorrow night in San Antonio, 7 PM, at Trinity University, Dicke Hall #104. Last night in Austin was amazing, as we work our way back to Tornillo, Texas, where D Esperanza, who wrote the book, was originally detained. Now we free his voice. lu.ma/56vf4u8q

17.05.2025 00:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Child migrant's book recounts harrowing journey and detention Trinity University has an event this weekend featuring a book on an immigrant boy’s journal of survival as he seeks asylum in the U.S.

Migrant authors book about his harrowing journey and experience in Texas child detention camp. sanantonioreport.org/migrant-auth...

15.05.2025 05:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Freeing DETAINED Texas Tour: Houston Join us for a powerful panel discussion, moderated by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, featuring leading voices in activism, archives, and journalism as they explore the...

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05.05.2025 23:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NP Frees DETAINED in Texas: Dallas Β· Luma Nuestra Palabra and the Librotraficantes are proud to organize the Texas book for the powerful memoir DETAINED by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Ivan Morales. During…

I am going to NP Frees DETAINED in Texas: Dallas. Join me! lu.ma/wscasmzq via @LumaHQ

03.05.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Freedom of Speech TX Tour. Stock Under Ground Libraries with DETAINED. Immigrants Tell Their Stories. Email from Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say NP: A Houston Cultural Treasure. Since 1998. Press Release Nuestra Palabra & Librotraficante. Freedom of Speech Texas Tour. Start or Stock U

Freedom of Speech TX Tour. Stock Under Ground Libraries with DETAINED. Immigrants Tell Their Stories. : conta.cc/3YuZA8V

02.05.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The image is a poster with a bold message painted in large, green, brushstroke-style letters on a dark background. It reads:
β€œFIGHT POVERTY NOT THE POOR”

The style is raw and expressive, conveying urgency and social activism. At the bottom, it includes the text β€œPoor People’s Campaign | poorpeoplescampaign.org” and credits the design to Jesse Purcell, 2017.

The image is a poster with a bold message painted in large, green, brushstroke-style letters on a dark background. It reads: β€œFIGHT POVERTY NOT THE POOR” The style is raw and expressive, conveying urgency and social activism. At the bottom, it includes the text β€œPoor People’s Campaign | poorpeoplescampaign.org” and credits the design to Jesse Purcell, 2017.

01.05.2025 18:55 πŸ‘ 13406 πŸ” 2878 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 69
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Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

01.05.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 13662 πŸ” 5352 πŸ’¬ 804 πŸ“Œ 417
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The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a β€œhistorical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...

they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...

01.05.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 19424 πŸ” 6976 πŸ’¬ 551 πŸ“Œ 604
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Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS The Trump administration has accused the two broadcasters of using public funds to produce biased coverage and β€œleft-wing propaganda.”
02.05.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

The people of TX-30 elected me to speak up and speak out for them β€” and that’s exactly what I’ll continue to do.

02.05.2025 00:15 πŸ‘ 20928 πŸ” 2458 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 99
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I’m proud to join the great Cyndi Lauper in the fight for women’s rights & healthcare. Go to www.bonfire.com/girlswantrights2025 to get a shirt and learn more about the #GirlsJustWantToHaveFundamentalRights Fund. @tidescommunity.bsky.social

01.05.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 59883 πŸ” 9587 πŸ’¬ 954 πŸ“Œ 328

Hola! New platform, same mission, Intellectual Freedom! Tell your story. #Librotraficantes #NuestraPalabra #Writers unite.

01.05.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0