Future Meetings are Proposed February 6, 1993 By Yolanda Reynolds Alarmed with the realization that time is running out for several death row inmates in prisons in Texas, several representatives of San Jose’s Committee in defense of Ricardo Adalpe Guerra met Monday, February 1st with San Jose Mexican Consul Arturo Balderas to press for …
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Donald Trump Lacks Moral Character and Sides with White Supremacists, Community Leaders to Hold Action Urging Congress to Take Action SAN JOSE, CA — On September 5, 2017, the White House announced the sunset of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months. “This cruel action by Trump is nothing less than …
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Stanford historian Ana Raquel Minian traces the establishment of Mexican social clubs and the funds they raised for their hometowns between the 1960s and 1980s. BY ALEX SHASHKEVICH Stanford News Service – In 1962, a group of Mexican migrants in Los Angeles wanted to raise money to help the elderly in their mutual hometown of …
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Coverage of Mexican Heritage Gardens yet another example January 27, 1993 By Yolanda Reynolds Alum Rock Union School District Board of Trustees members Alex Salazar, Félix Alvarez, and Juanita Ramírez held a press conference in front of the offices of the San José Mercury News, the city’s lone daily. They held the conference last Thursday …
August 20, 2017 By Sharon McElhone Freedom has a flavor, and once someone tastes it, it’s hard to go back to life the way it was. A woman who breaks the cycle of domestic violence; African-Americans who rise up against police brutality; transgenders who are safe to use the bathroom of their identifying sex; and …
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Agosto 20, 2017 Por Sharon McElhone La libertad tiene un sabor y una vez que alguien lo ha probado y conoce, es difícil regresar a la vida anterior. Una mujer que rompe el ciclo de violencia doméstica, afroamericanos que se levantan contra la brutalidad policial; transgéneros que se sienten seguros al usar un baño con …
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Por Nahuí Ollín (Twitter @aojosvistas, Facebook Nahuí Ollín) San José, CA. Agosto 7, 2017.- La Congresista por San José, Zoe Lofgren se reunió en una parrillada (BBQ), con seguidores y amigos el domingo próximo pasado en el Parque Histórico de la ciudad, como ha sido una tradición para ella desde 1980. Como en los años …
December 23, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds NINETEEN NINETY-TWO is ending. It was a year in which some major changes occurred. At the national level, 16 years of Republican control of the White House ended when the nation gave overwhelming support to the Democratic party challengers, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. In 1992, the nation sank …
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“Luchen por sus sueños, porque finalmente, no existe meta inalcanzable”, Irazú Alamillo Dávila, de 16 años de edad, originaria de la Ciudad de México Por Nahuí Ollín (Twitter @aojosvistas, Facebook Nahuí Ollín) San José, CA, ago. 1, 2017 —De visita en el Área de la Bahía se encuentran 30 jóvenes mexicanos de edades de entre …
IBM sending experts here to help San Jose develop new technological tools in support of the City’s affordable housing and homelessness initiatives San Jose, CA. – The City of San Jose has announced that it is one of five cities across the globe who have been awarded an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant for the …
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