SEPTEMBER 2003
Editor: Mimi Lozano, mimilozano@aol.com
SEPTEMBER
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Editor:
Mimi Lozano, mimilozano@aol.com
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Content Areas United States 3 Galvez 29 Surname 34 Orange CO 36 Los Angeles 40 California 45 NorthwesternUS 55 SouthwesternUS 57 Black 61 Indigenous 62 Sephardic 65 Texas 65 East Mississippi 84 East Coast 88 Mexico 91 Caribbean/Cuba106 International 107 History 113 Family Research 117 Miscellaneous 127 2003 Index Community Calendars Networking Meetings Sept 27th END 130
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El Paso, Texas Circa 1900, Matachines Performers |
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This never published before family photo was sent by Sergio Hernandez, (cartoonist in last month's issue) It is a picture of his wife Diane's maternal grandfather, Genaro Camacho, who danced with the Matachines. Genaro on the right side, between two boys with Indian headdress. He is wearing a cowboy hat and white scarf. This photo was taken about the turn of the century in old El Paso. |
| Sergio
writes: "What is interesting is that Diane's maternal
grandmother, Aurelia (Martinez) Camacho was born in Ranchos de Taos (New
Mexico), but was raised in "Vadito" one of the towns that is
tried
culturally to Picuris Pueblo and Los Matachines. When we were first
married we went to the funeral of an uncle who was honored by the Indios
of Picuris pueblo. They asked the family if they could bury him in the
pueblo cemetery. I believe he was a Matachine dancer as
well......However, the photo is of her grandfather who was from El Paso
and did not dance in New Mexico....So we have to find out if there is a
connection somewhere? .....look
at
this site as well." http://www.laplaza.org/penasco/activities/matachines.html Click to an article on the Matachines. |
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A man's feet should be planted in
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Primos Staff: Mimi Lozano, Editor Associate Editors John P. Schmal, Johanna de Soto, Howard Shorr Armando Montes Michael Stevens Perez Rina Dichoso-Dungao, Ph.D. Salena Ashton Contributors: Yolanda Alvarez Salena B. Ashton Jerry Benavides Bruce Buonauro Salvador Cabral Valdés Ellen Calomiris Norma E. Cantú Bill Carmena Ricardo Castanon Gus Chavez Raul Damas DearMyrtl Joan De Soto Rina D. Dungao, Ph.D. Megh Duwadi Darryl Fears |
Ken Flynn Lorri Frain Anthony Garcia Arnold Garcia Armando Garza George Gause Mauricio Javier Gonzalez Patrisia Gonzales J. Guthrie George F. Haskins Michael Hardwick Elsa Pena Herbeck Walter Herbeck Lorraine Hernandez Sergio Hernandez - - wife Zeke Hernandez Granville Hough, Ph.D Bernadette Inclan John D. Inclan David Lewis Cindy LoBuglio Luis Lopez Elizondo Gregorio Luke Juan Mayans J.V. Martinez, Ph.D. Ana Maria McGuan Roxanne Molina |
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Montes Paul Newfield Daniel A. Olivas Maria Angeles Olson Quentin Olson Guillermo Padilla Origel Juan Pardell Alejandro Pelayo Rangel Michael Perez Peter Phillips, Ph.D. Susan Goodman Novick Lorraine Quiroga Marguerite Rivera Houze Andres Rivero Roberto Rodriguez Viola Sadler Jack Scanlan Braulia Schipper John Schmal Albert Seguin Howard Shorr Mira Smithwick Ellen Sweet Mark Vallen Carlos Villanueva M. Ian West Carlos Yturralde |
| SHHAR Board: Laura Arechabala Shane, Bea Armenta Dever, Diane Burton Godinez, Steven Hernandez, Mimi Lozano Holtzman, Henry Marquez, Carlos Olvera, Crispin Rendon, Viola Rodriguez Sadler, John P. Schmal |
| Si...! Ours is a fast-transmuting culture! Hispanic Unity, Like Unicorns, is Mythical Largest Minority Remains Diverse, Scattered Latinos or Hispanics? A Debate About Identity Editor's comment on self-identity Positive Social Changes Characteristics of a warrior-healer: Paso al Norte Museum More Money Flowing Back to Mexico Immigrants Organizing Across Borders Top 10 U.S. Cities for Hispanics |
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2001 Hispanic Heritage Clip Art "Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam" on PBS StoryCorps Commentary: Hispanic 'race' categories odd Book: "My Grandfather’s Grandfather" Book: "Assumption and Other Stories" U.S. Elites Celebrate Racism and Class Privilege HispanicIssues.com Advancing Women, Hispanic Women Public Support for the Matricula Consular Raising Bilingual Children |
| Si...! Ours is a fast-transmuting culture! By Ricardo Castanon August 18, 2003 Summary:
Hispanic Think-Tank: Hispanic Culture today is the sum of all the good and the bad from
everyone of us in this country. Consequently, today's Hispanic Heritage
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Sent by Carlos Villanueva. MBA.
CEO. C&V International
PR, Marketing, Promotion & Business Development |
Largest Minority Remains Diverse, Scattered Byline: By Megh Duwadi, The Dartmouth, 9. University Wire, July 21, 2003, Monday Source: Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Sent by Carlos Villanueva They are young, urban and diverse. And as of this summer, Hispanics are also the most populous minority group in the country. Edging past the nation's African-Americans, Latinos have reached a total of 38.8 million, or 13 percent of the total population, the United States Census Bureau recently revealed. Still, within this group little uniformity exists, making it difficult to draw broad conclusions on what exactly it means to be Hispanic in America. Two-thirds are of Mexican origin, but the remaining percentage comes from a variety of backgrounds. More than one-half live in the suburbs, but sizeable populations remain in urban areas throughout the country. While more than 60 percent were born in the United States, immigration -- both documented and illegal -- is a large contributor to the population boom. And although many non-Hispanics perceive Latinos as lacking schooling, high-school graduates range from a high of 71 percent among Cubans to a low of 51 percent among Mexicans. "It's a very diverse population and becoming more so rather than less, in terms of differences between those who are native and foreign-born, national origin and regional differences," Pew Hispanic Center director Roberto Suro said. A high birthrate, especially compared to other ethnic groups, has also played a role in the surge in the nation's Hispanic population, which has more than doubled since 1980. Initially, Hispanics were not predicted to surpass blacks until 2014, although they were labeled as the majority among minority groups in 23 states as early as 2000. In the past three years, their numbers have increased by nearly 10 percent. "This is an important event in this country an event that we know is the result of the growth of a vibrant and diverse population that is vital to America's future," Census Bureau director Louis Kincannon said. Indeed, mainstream American society has felt the influence of this steady and significant growth, from the continually increasing popularity of Spanish language classes to changes in teen-age fashion styles and popular culture. Salsa, not ketchup, now ranks as the country's favorite condiment, according to industry reports. In every region of the nation, fast-food chain McDonald's offers its Tex-Mex-inspired breakfast burrito. And Latino performers, from the Venezuelan Shakira to Puerto Rico's Ricky Martin to the Bronx's Jennifer Lopez, are now top 40 staples. Missing from the scene has been political power. One in three Hispanics in the United States is under 18; many others cannot vote because they are not citizens. For these reasons, "it's important to remember that for Latinos, numbers will not for quite some time transfer into political clout," Suro said. "The important factor is that there are more than twice as many African-American voters than they are Hispanics -- the political power is going to follow very gradually." For the meantime, in town halls and on Capitol Hill, large numbers of Hispanics are politically voiceless. The situation affects all sectors of the population, but especially those immigrants who work menial jobs many Americans avoid, such as painting homes, washing cars and cleaning dishes. Education, above all, remains an issue of particular concern for this growing group. The Hispanic population is dependent on public schools, Suro said, especially since it is so disproportionately young. "The children of immigrants are fully absorbing English" they learn in the classroom, he added. "The vast majority of them are full English speakers by the time they're adults." AT DARTMOUTH, A DIFFERENT WORLD Hispanics, though they comprise the nation's largest minority group, make up only 7 percent of the College's student body -- a number dramatically and disproportionately lower than the nationwide figure of 13 percent would suggest, but significantly higher than the 35-to-40 student-per-class era of the mid-1990s. "We still don't feel they are represented enough at colleges, especially at elite ones," said Latino/Latina student advisor Alexander Hernandez-Siegel. Among Dartmouth's peer Ivy League institutions, the proportion of Hispanic students is comparable among undergraduate populations. A large part of the lag in numbers has to do with name recognition among Latinos, Hernandez-Siegel said, although he noted that under the leadership of College President James Wright, however, the atmosphere of inclusiveness at Dartmouth has significantly improved. A Latino recruitment committee exists to aid admissions efforts by strategizing on how to attract a more diverse population and to answer students' and parents' questions, he added. "We're very family-oriented," Hernandez-Siegel said. "Parents don't want their kids to go away." CLOSE TIES, BUT ONLY FOR SOME Once here, however, only a fraction of Latino students establish strong ethnic community bonds, joining groups with largely overlapping memberships to explore their cultures -- oftentimes recreating familiar, Spanish-centered environments in the process. Others choose not to emphasize their ethnic identity, participating in lesser degrees or not at all in campus cultural organizations. "I feel that the great majority of Latinos here on campus are not creating a real Latino community," Mexico-born Leandro Gonzalez '05 said. "Around 70 students per class are Latino, and honestly, when I look around, I don't see even half of that." Now active in M.E.Ch.A., an organization for Chicano students to promote cultural heritage, Gonzalez said that upon arriving at college, he felt that he had lost a sense of his ethnic identity, a phenomenon he attributed to an assimilationist tendency that exists at Dartmouth. "There are a lot of different cultures within the Latino community, but I don't see that being promoted as much as it needs to be," Gonzalez said. "Being a Latino means that you should try and attempt to help create a bigger and broader Dartmouth community and also to promote Latino culture." Through programs put on by the medley of Hispanic student organizations at the College, Latinos can make other students aware of their presence, he added. While participation has generally been anemic, signs of improvement have been made with time. ADDRESSING DIFFERENT NEEDS When two Latina students in the Class of 2003 didn't find a social outlet that fit their needs, they decided along with two underclassmen to transplant one from the outside. After two years of research, the women -- now numbering only two after Commencement -- formed a Dartmouth chapter of Sigma Lambda Upsilon, Inc., or Senoritas Latinas Unidas, a national ethnically-affiliated sorority. "The Latino community here isn't very united," President Betty Baez-Melo '05 said. "This was something that would empower Latinas, while at the same time helping out the entire community." When such community-outreach efforts are made, however, expected turnout remains consistently low, a factor Baez-Melo attributes to many of Dartmouth's Hispanic students feeling only a sense of racial -- not cultural -- links to their backgrounds. But for those who seek them out, an abundance of resources exist, she added. The Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies House, for example, is a place that mimics the Spanish-speaking households many students left behind when coming to Dartmouth. "It can make you feel at home," said Baez-Melo, who grew up speaking Spanish to her family while having a group of friends from a multitude of heritages. "When you meet someone with a similar cultural background, it's like an instant connection, or at least a conversation starter." A DIFFERENT ROAD "I've never been around large groups of Hispanics except when I'm with my family," Rosie Rodriguez '05 said. "I'm just used to that -- I've always had a mix of friends, and I didn't want to be the token Spanish person." Rodriguez, who is not affiliated with any ethnically oriented groups on campus or elsewhere, added that the diversity of Hispanic origins makes it impossible for her to adequately instruct others about Latino roots. Also, such organizations don't add to general understanding, she said. "I know about my own Cuban culture, but Spanish cultures are so varied that you can't generalize everything," Rodriguez said. In Census figures, 1.1 million Americans considered themselves black and Hispanic; 34.5 million white and Hispanic; and the rest as other groups and Hispanic. (C) 2002 The Dartmouth via U-WIRE |
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Latinos or Hispanics? A Debate About Identity By Darryl Fears, Washington Post, August 25, 2003 Sent by Howard Shorr, howardshorr@msn.com On a recent summer's day, Sandra Cisneros walked into Valenzuela's Latino Bookstore and thought she had discovered a treasure. It was one of the few independent book sellers in her home town of San Antonio, and on top of that, she said, its name appealed directly to her. But within minutes, her mood changed. A clerk innocently used a word to describe a section of books that made Cisneros's skin crawl. "She used the word Hispanic," Cisneros said, her voice dripping with indignation. "I wanted to ask her, 'Why are you using that word?' "People who use that word don't know why they're using it," said Cisneros, a Mexican American poet and novelist. "To me, it's like a slave name. I'm a Latina." That declaration -- "I'm a Latina" -- is resounding more and more through the vast and diverse Spanish-speaking population that dethroned African Americans as the nation's largest ethnic group a few months ago. It is also deepening a somewhat hidden but contentious debate over how the group should identify itself -- as Hispanics or Latinos. The debate is increasingly popping up wherever Spanish speakers gather. It was raised last month at the National Council of La Raza's convention in Austin. The Internet is littered with articles and position papers on the issue. Civic organizations with Hispanic in their titles have withstood revolts by activist members seeking to replace it with the word Latino. Cisneros refused to appear on the cover of Hispanic magazine earlier this year because of its name. She relented only after editors allowed her to wear a huge faux tattoo on her biceps that read "Pura Latina," or Pure Latina. Another Mexican American writer, Luis J. Rodriguez, only reluctantly accepted an award from a Hispanic organization "because I'm not Hispanic," he said. Some have called the argument an insignificant disagreement over words that is being blown out of proportion. But others believe such labels can change the course of a people, as advocates of "black power" showed when they cast aside the term Negro during their crusade for self-determination amid the 1960s civil rights movement. "I think the debate reflects the flux this community is in right now," said Angelo Falcon, a senior policy executive for the Puerto Rican Legal and Education Fund. "It's almost like a story where you ask, 'Where might this community be going?' " Although the terms Latino and Hispanic have been used interchangeably for decades, experts who have studied their meanings say the words trace the original bloodlines of Spanish speakers to different populations in opposite parts of the world. Hispanics derive from the mostly white Iberian peninsula that includes Spain and Portugal, while Latinos are descended from the brown indigenous Indians of the Americas south of the United States and in the Caribbean, conquered by Spain centuries ago. Latino-Hispanic is an ethnic category in which people can be of any race. They are white, like the Mexican American boxer Oscar de la Hoya, and black, like the Dominican baseball slugger Sammy Sosa. They can also be Ameri-Indian and Asian. A great many are mixtures of several races. More than 90 percent of those who said they are of "some other race" on the 2000 Census identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino. "As a poet, I'm especially sensitive to the power a word has," said Cisneros, who wrote the books "Caramelo" and "The House on Mango Street." "It's not a word. It's a way of looking at the world. It's a way of looking at meaning." Duard Bradshaw has a different opinion. "I'll tell you why I like the word Hispanic," said the Panamanian president of the Hispanic National Bar Association. "If we use the word Latino, it excludes the Iberian peninsula and the Spaniards. The Iberian peninsula is where we came from. We all have that little thread that's from Spain." A survey of the community conducted last year by the Pew Hispanic Center of Washington found that nearly all people from Spanish-speaking backgrounds identify themselves primarily by their place of national origin. When asked to describe the wider community, more than half, 53 percent, said both Hispanic and Latino define them. A substantial but smaller group, 34 percent, favored the term Hispanic. The smallest group, 13 percent, said they preferred Latino. A survey by Hispanic Trends magazine produced a similar finding. But advocates for the term Latino were unfazed. "The very fact that it's called the Pew Hispanic Center tells you something," said Fernando Guerra, the Mexican American director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. "The fact that Hispanic is in the name of the organization . . . biased the question." The term Hispanic was given prominence by the Nixon administration more than 30 years ago when it was added to the census questionnaire in 1970. Although that year's count of the large Mexican American, Puerto Rican and Cuban American populations was a disappointment, a seed had been planted. By the 1980 Census, Hispanic had become fixed as the official government term. It appeared not only on census forms, but also on all other federal, state and municipal applications for employment, general assistance and school enrollment. "It's a great gift that the government of the United States gave us," said Vincent Pinzon, the Colombian president and founder of the Americas Foundation. "If you want to acquire political muscle in this country, and you say you're just Argentinian or Colombian, then you have none." But Mexican American activists in California and Puerto Rican activists in New York were not pleased. They favored a term that included the brown indigenous Indians who they believe are the source of their bloodline. "Hispanic doesn't work for me because it's about people from Spain," said Rodriguez, author of the book "The Republic of East L.A." "I'm Mexican, and we were conquered by people from Spain, so it's kind of an insult." Rodriguez's views are typical of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, the epicenter of immigrants from that country, and the Chicano rights movement. The term Chicano is thought to have originated as slang that described immigrants and refugees from the Mexican revolution. The term later evolved to define the uprising of Mexican American reformers and rights activists as well as farm laborers and other workers who lived in squalor while toiling for low pay. As activists from other Latin countries joined the movement, Latino was adopted as an umbrella term for all groups. "In L.A., if someone says he's Hispanic, and he's not from the East Coast, you begin to question this guy," said Guerra, the Loyola Marymount professor. "It means he didn't grow up in a Latino neighborhood." In Washington, where the Pew Center is located, Salvadorans who dominate the area's large Central American population say "somos Latinos" -- we are Latinos -- according to José Ramos, director of the United Salvadoran American Civic Committee. "Hispanic is a category for the U.S. Census," he said. "It's a formality. For me, the correct term is Latino. It identifies people who speak the same language, people who share a vision of the historical meaning of our community. I am Salvadoran, and I am Latino." But Cuban immigrants in Miami, conservative Mexican Americans in Texas and a group of Spanish descendants in New Mexico are among the groups that strongly identify themselves as Hispanic. The word Latin dates to an 18th century spat between England and France, according to a historical resource guide written by journalist Frank del Olmo for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Latin was used to distinguish Italy, France, Spain and their conquered territories in the Americas from the British empire and its colonies. Latino was popularized during the social movements of the 1960s, Guerra and other historians said. The disagreement over the pair of ancient terms is an annoyance to some. When the subject came up at the National Council of La Raza's annual meeting, Lisa Navarette, the group's Cuban American spokeswoman, dismissed it. "We've got so many real important issues to work on, we can't be bothered with this nit-picking." The community indeed faces daunting challenges: high unemployment, a skyrocketing high school dropout rate, widespread opposition to immigration reform and crowded communities. But the issue isn't apt to disappear. A few years ago, Bradshaw's group, the Hispanic National Bar Association in Washington, had to fight off a resolution by a group of members to remove the word Hispanic from its name and replace it with Latino. Last semester, students at Southern Methodist University in Dallas talked about changing the name Hispanic Student Services. And earlier this year, Cisneros, the author who abhors the word Hispanic, refused to accept an award from a Hispanic organization. At the Latino bookstore Cisneros visited, owner Richard Martinez didn't know what to think. "I don't know which is correct," he said. "I'm a Mexican, a Latino, a Hispanic, whatever. Be who you are. Be proud, like everyone else." |
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Editor's comment on the terms Latino or Hispanic |
The earliest reference to the term Hispanic was in a book on Latin American. The copyright was early 1930s. The textbook was among the library collection of a retiring UCLA history professor. The text itself explained that the use of the term was as a result of the growing interest in studying the history of the European migration into countries of South American. Acknowledging that the northern Europeans countries of Spain, Italy, France, Portugal all shared Latin as the foundation of their language, Latin American was coined by history professors to unite for study all the countries in South America populated by descendants of those that came from Europe with Latin heritage. Latin was used to denotes the non-indigeous European. Since most of the people in Latin America came under Spanish authority, (except for Brazil) and the official language was Spanish, historians decided to use the term Hispanic (from its base Hispaña, ancient name of Spain.) The concept was simply that Spain was the land of origination for the majority of those that had emigrated into Latin America, Mexico, Caribbean, Philippines, and the U.S.. Using the term Hispanic was to look at the collective global presence of a people who migrated into all parts of the world and intermarried with natives all over the world. |
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[[Editor: We received so many comments concerning the summary of positive social changes in the July letter of notification, that we decided to publish the list.]] The recognition that Hispanics are now living throughout the U.S., not just concentrated in the Southwest, and now are the largest U.S minority - with the youngest population - has resulted in an awareness that is bringing about positive changes. · Instead of arguing pro-or-anti bilingual programs, educators are successfully implementing programs for Spanish dominant speakers. · The high dropout rate of Hispanics on all levels of education is being recognized as a social problem, affecting the well being of the entire nation. ·Political activists are shifting towards building and promoting economic inclusion and business possibilities for Hispanics. · The Hispanics middle class is growing and moving into diverse leadership roles. · Hispanics leadership is actively seeking cooperative program with other ethnic groups in all aspects of social involvement. · More and more individual researchers are sharing personal information to the benefit of all, just look at the increasing numbers of personal websites. ·Cross-cultural, cross-racial, and successful assimilation is beginning to be understood as part of the invisible aspect of the Hispanic presence. ·Family clans are promoting their family's historical connections in specific locations, bringing historical awareness to their community. · A more accurate history of the Hispanic presence, and other minorities in the U.S. is beginning to come forth through programs for gathering oral histories. Sharing results in empathy and compassion. ·The complexity of Hispanic research in Americas spans 700 years, but the Internet has served to bring Hispanic researchers together, promoting the understanding of a common root and connection to Spain. ·Historical articles such as those written in this issue by Granville Hough, Robert Thonhoff, are bringing awareness of the historical part that Hispanic have played in the development of the United States. ·Respect for Hispanics and the Latino culture is clearly growing. |
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COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS By Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez Universal Press Syndicate, August 22, 2003 http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/082503coa.htm [[Editor: The writers point out the need for warriors to protect a nation (a people) and warriors to heal. The following list suggests what kind of leadership is required.]] Characteristics of a warrior-healer: -- Respects elders, treats men and women with equal respect, and always values the opinions of the young. -- Does not subscribe to beliefs in racial, cultural or ideological extremism or purity. Believes all human beings were created equal and treats them accordingly. -- Upholds the belief in the sacredness and connectedness of all life, even (and especially) when fighting. -- Never acts pompously. Does not act as though he or she knows more than everyone else. Is a good listener and always learns from others. -- Does not buckle under pressure in the face of threats, always accepts the consequences for stepping forward and never puts others in harm's way. -- Questions everything, does not act mindlessly and always has a dialogue with his or her heart. -- Believes in something. Does not simply fight against something, and believes that every heart and mind is winnable. -- Is not motivated by hate. Understands his or her role in relationship to creation. Creates. Does not simply react. -- Does not succumb to or engage in the tactics of divide and conquer, or scapegoating, nor resorts to the use of guilt to win over allies. -- Does not subscribe to extremist ideologies. Does not hold intransigent views and does not treat friends like enemies because of mere disagreements. -- Fights always for what's in the best interest of humanity, ahead of any blind loyalty. -- Fights to rehumanize society. Points people in that direction, but ultimately knows that everyone must find his or her own path. As Gandhi noted, warrior-healers cannot become that which they're fighting against: They need to become that which they desire now. Peace, respect, truth, justice and equality begin today, not after a recall, an election, an impeachment or the building of a new world. |
Paso al Norte Museum, August 2003 Update [[ Editor: Many have asked about the status of the Paso al Norte Museum. As a member of the international Advisory Council, I received the following report from Marguerite Rivera Houze, Executive Director.]] Business Plan/Prospectus The business plan for the Paso al Norte Museum has been prepared and a limited number of copies printed for dissemination. The document, which builds on the studies done by Threshold Studio and Herndon, Stauch and Associates, outlines the mission and vision of the museum, activities to date, and proposed plan to fully develop the museum by 2008. Council members will be sent a copy of the prospectus later this month. The substance of the document will provide the content for the Paso al Norte Museum’s new web site, which we plan to launch on September 1. Washington, D.C. Meetings Thirty copies of the business plan were printed in time for meetings in Washington, D.C., in late July. The document was extremely well-received by Congressional staff who appreciated the business-like approach to our planning. I was able to meet with staff at the offices of Senators Hutchison and Cornyn and Representatives Ciro Rodriguez, Rubén Hinojosa, Henry Bonilla, and Silvestre Reyes. You may be aware that Congressman Reyes has introduced H.R. 2496, a bill “to authorize a national museum, including a research center and related visitor facilities, in the city of El Paso, Texas, to commemorate migration at the United States southern border.” The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and to the Committee on the Judiciary. Although it is highly unlikely that any action will be taken on the bill during the 2004 federal budget cycle, the prospects for securing an appropriation in FY 2005 are good. Briefings and Hill visits early next year will be critical to keeping the museum on the budget radar. I was also able to meet with Council members Refugio Rochin, Bill Parsons, and Ignacio Duran, each of whom provided good advice and additional contacts to increase our visibility. Meetings with El Paso City Officials The month of August has been dedicated to briefing the mayor and city council about museum plans. City Council representatives with whom I’ve met have been consistently supportive of our plans. Three city council members plan to introduce a resolution endorsing the museum; this expression of support will be extremely useful as we seek funding from corporations and other funding sources. Meetings with county officials are scheduled for later this month. Local Steering Committee Belen Robles met with El Paso’s new mayor to discuss, among other issues, the Paso al Norte Museum. Mayor Wardy expressed his support and offered the names of local El Pasoans who may be willing to participate in a local steering committee. I will be meeting this week with the mayor’s staff to discuss museum plans in greater detail. A local steering committee is being assembled to help build local community support and assist us in site selection. The committee will include Miguel Fernandez, Maria Socorro Tabuenca, Adair Margo, and Belen Robles as representatives of the International Advisory Council. Ms. Robles has graciously agreed to chair the initial meeting of the local steering committee to be held later this month. Fundraising As expected, the Texas State Legislature reduced UTEP funding, which forced the University to lay off staff members for the first time in memory. Many positions were eliminated through attrition; the Paso al Norte Museum lost one position in this manner. Despite having a smaller staff and budget beginning in September, we are confident that our fundraising efforts will be successful. Several corporations have been identified as potential major underwriters during the next stage of the museum development. We first plan to seek support from Dell Corporation and we have made connections that will permit us to brief Michael Dell directly. We will make similar appeals for support to other corporations. We are planning several new projects and building on projects already underway, such as the Bracero Oral History Project. We have identified foundations that are likely to support these projects and we are preparing grant proposals accordingly. We are also developing a strategy to seek individual contributions from the general public through the museum newsletter and web site. The local steering committee may have additional ideas about how to target the El Paso-Cd. Juárez metropolitan area. I will be in contact with members of the International Advisory Council for other ideas when the planning is more fully developed. Support from International Advisory Council members continues to be an important facet of our fundraising. We especially thank Demetri Papademetriou for his generous contribution, and Mimi Lozano, who has added information about the museum on her web site, http://www.somosprimos.org . Casasola Project Update The Paso al Norte Museum and the Special Collections Department of the UTEP Library sponsored a reception on July 30 to mark the opening of an exhibit of Casasola Photo Studio photographs at the UTEP library and at area shopping malls. Among the large crowd were several community members whose photographs have been identified, the individual who sold the collection of negatives to UTEP, and a photographer who worked as an apprentice to Alfonso Casasola in the 1940s. Reporters from the El Paso Times and El Diario of Ciudad Juárez, also attended. The local ABC affiliate covered the event and produced a segment that ran during various news broadcasts over the next two days. The segment included interviews with some of the people whose pictures were identified through the newspaper, and an interview with Susan Novick who has managed the project from its inception. The traveling exhibit has been well received at Sunland Park Mall and Bassett Center. The last mall exhibit will take place at Cielo Vista Mall on August 23 and 24. This outreach into the El Paso community has been very well received and is generating interest about museum activities. Newsletter The next newsletter will focus on the Bracero Oral History Project which is nearing completion under the Ford Foundation grant. We plan to secure additional funds to complete the transcription and digitization of interviews collected over the past year. Look for the newsletter in early September. Susan Goodman Novick snovick@utep.edu Director of Collections, Paso al Norte Museum University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 79968 915-747-5206 915-747-5032 - fax |
More Money Flowing Back to Mexico Top Headlines of HispanicOnline Briefcase, August 14, 2003 http://www.hispaniconline.com Mexican immigrants sent $6.1 billion back to their homeland in the first six months of 2003, a figure that is on track to equal or even surpass the amount that corporations invest in the country for the entire year. |
"The Sixth Section" Immigrants Organizing Across Borders" Sent by Zeke Hernandez LULAC147InfoNet@yahoogroups.com When we think of globalization, we usually think of corporations moving factories around the world in search of lower wages. But over the past few decades, there's been a second, parallel globalization occurring - this one driven by uprooted people from around the globe. Immigrants in the twenty first century are organizing across national borders, and forming "hometown associations." These immigrant-run organizations raise funds in the "First World" where the immigrants now live and work, but they use the money to rebuild their hometowns in the "Third World." There are at least a thousand of these roups around the United States, and collectively they send millions of dollars back to the hometowns they've left behind. Their stories shatter our assumptions about national identity, globalization, and the "American Dream." Award-winning filmmakers Alex Rivera and Co-Producer Bernardo Ruiz explore this complex phenomenon in THE SIXTH SECTION, which is scheduled to broadcast nationally on the critically acclaimed PBS series P.O.V. on September 2nd (check local listings). THE SIXTH SECTION blends digital animation with documentary to tell the story of Grupo Uni'n, an extraordinary transnational organization created by a community of Mexican immigrants living and working in upstate New York. Following its members over the course of 3 years, the film documents how they raised tens of thousands of American dollars to bring electricity, an ambulance and, most dramatically, a 2,000-seat baseball stadium to their Mexican hometown of Boqueron, Puebla. The group's remarkable ability to organize has transformed them into a political force to be reckoned with in southern Mexico. This revealing documentary makes it clear that immigrants are not only changing the face of America - they are radically altering the places they leave behind as well. Visit http://sixthsection.com and find out more about Hometown Associations, immigration policy, remittances, and U.S.-Latin American relations. Also on the website are ways you can work with advocacy organizations on the issues found in the documentary For a schedule of P.O.V. programs on your local PBS station, visit http://pbs.org/pov |
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Top 10 U.S. Cities for Hispanics According to the 2003 ranking by Hispanic magazine: Latino Clips, August 4, 2003 latino-business-owner@yahoogroups.com 1. Miami 2. San Diego 3. Austin, Texas 4. San Antonio 5. (tie) El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, N.M. 6. Albuquerque, 7. Tucson, Ariz. 8. Los Angeles 9. Chicago 10. Las Vega |
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2001 President Bush signed a proclamation this week
designating September 15 through October 15, 2001 as "National
Hispanic Heritage Month." Here is the announcement from the White
House: For more than 30 years, the United States has annually celebrated the rich history and cultural traditions of our Nation's Hispanic American people. National Hispanic Heritage Month provides us an opportunity to express deep appreciation to Hispanic Americans for their countless contributions to our society and to pay tribute again to America's distinctive diversity. Since our Nation's founding, Hispanic Americans have played an integral role in our country's exceptional story of success. Hispanic Americans served with heroism in every major American military conflict. The Continental Army benefited from the valor of Bernardo de Galvez, who led his frequently outnumbered troops to numerous victories against the British. Luis Esteves organized the first Puerto Rico National Guard and rose through the ranks of the U.S. Army to become a distinguished Brigadier General. And 38 Hispanics have earned our Nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. The United States academic and scientific communities benefited from the contributions of Hispanic Americans like physicist Luis Walter Alvarez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. Business leaders like Roberto Goizueta have had a positive effect on our Nation's economy; and many Hispanics have greatly influenced America's artistic, legal, and political communities. Today, Hispanic culture continues to shape the American experience. More than 30 million Americans, about 1 in 8 people in the United States, claim Hispanic origin. They contribute to every walk of contemporary American life, while simultaneously preserving the unique customs and traditions of their ancestors. All Americans, regardless of national origin, celebrate the vibrant Hispanic American spirit that influences our Nation's art, music, food, and faiths. We also celebrate the practices of commitment to family, love of country, and respect for others, virtues that transcend ethnicity, reflect the American spirit, and are nobly exemplified in the Hispanic American community. The strong ties that Hispanic Americans maintain with their ancestral homeland remind us that the United States must pursue robust relations with its trading partners in Latin America and the Caribbean. The future of our hemisphere is closely tied to these relationships, and improving trade will play a vital role in building important links with our Hispanic neighbors. Maintaining open and free trade creates job opportunities and promotes economic growth, improving the welfare of every citizen in every land it touches. Thus, we will negotiate for freer markets, which will allow us the opportunity to obtain better protections for our hemisphere's environment and will promote political freedom throughout the region. We have a great opportunity before us. By working together, we can achieve a fully democratic hemisphere, bound together by good will, cultural understanding, and free trade. The many contributions of Hispanic Americans to our Nation will help us reach this important goal by helping connect our country with the Hispanic nations to our south. This month, we celebrate the talents, culture, and spirit of Hispanic Americans, which deeply enrich our country and bless our people. The Congress, by Public Law 100-402, has authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating September 15 through October 15, as "National Hispanic Heritage Month." I am proud to do so. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 15 through October 15, 2001, as National Hispanic Heritage Month. I call upon all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth. GEORGE W. BUSH |
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*** "Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam" on PBS *** by Charley Trujillo and Sonya Rhee. (26 minutes) Broadcast Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2003 (Check local listings http://www.pbs.org/pov Sent by LULAC147InfoNet@yahoogroups.com |
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You may just learn something new about Grandma: "A microphone allows you to talk about things you wouldn't ordinarily say," ways the creator of StoryCorps, David Isay. The project, financed by a $50,000 grant from the Rockefeller foundation, will also make oral-history recoding kits available at library for those who can't make it to the StoryBooths. At the end of each 40-minute interview session, participants will receive a CD with their story; another copy will go to the StoryCorps archive. The StoryBooth in Grand Central has paired up with its local public-radio station, WNYC, and Isay is hoping other locations will follow suite. WNYC will choose interview excerpts to play on "The Brian Lehrer Show," while the best of the best will make it to National Public Radio's All Things Considered." Potential historians will be able to schedule their interview at storycorps.net, which will also have tips on how to record and edit oral histories. "I dream of the day that kids will trade these things as MP3s" Isay says. But while you may not want to groove to Grandma's sound bite, it will sure get you to listen up. |
Extract: Commentary: Hispanic 'race' categories odd By Gregory Tejeda United Press International http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20030818-090125-5794r.htm It was a bizarre experience when a Census Bureau worker showed up at my doorstep recently -- one that illustrated perfectly the difficulty many experience in trying to comprehend Hispanic people. The Chicago suburb in which I live is trying to revise its head count in hopes of qualifying for more state funding. Since many people were ignoring the mailed-in forms asking for information, census workers were doing a canvass of the neighborhoods to learn how many people live in each home This confusion over Hispanic racial perception is not unique. The statistic that still stands out in my mind from the 2000 census results is the racial breakdown for people who identified their ethnicity as some sort of Hispanic. Forty-eight percent of self-identified Hispanics went with "white," while 42 percent were like me in choosing "other" back in 2000. Another 8 percent went with American Indian, while 2 percent chose African-American. 48%/white 42%/other 8%/American Indian 2% African-American [[ Editor note: Interesting, most people think of Hispanics/Latinos as those that look indigenous, yet 48% self-identified as "white".]] |
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Extract: Article about book: "My Grandfather’s Grandfather" by Mauricio Javier Gonzalez Article by Emilio Rabago III Laredo Morning Times, Page 8D, 3-14-03 728-2543 or by e-mail at emilior@lmtonline.com Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu “My Grandfather’s Grandfather” or “El abuelo de mi abuelo,” focuses on a family legend. This is Gonzalez' third book and follows his grandfather’s (Juan de Dios Rodriguez) memories of his grandfather (Tomas Rodriguez-Benavides) through a combination of history and genealogy. Gonzalez, a 10-year English teacher at Memorial Middle School who has roots in San Ygnacio, said his imagination was captured when his grandfather spoke. “The story is that my great grandfather was in a dispute over a land purchase and ended up killing a Texas Ranger,” he said. “My grandfather told me the story, and I wanted to know how much truth was in the legend. I wanted to see what I could prove.” To explore different parts of the legend, Gonzalez looked at many components, including old vital records, such as marriage documents, old books and people‘s personal files. The whole process took about two years to accomplish, he said. “If you know where to look, you can trace your family some generations back,” he said. “But you have to have a foundation, know your great-great-grandparents’ names and so on.” Gonzalez provides San Ygnacio-area families vital information about their ancestors. “I found out that families who don’t think they’re related are actually related from five or six generations back,” he said. “I never expected to find all this.” One particular family he traced was the Zapata County Rodriguez family, which originated in Saltillo, Coahuila. That Rodriguez family moved to Guerrero Viejo, Mexico and eventually made its way to Zapata, he said. Another significant event Gonzalez discovered was an attack by a Mexican revolutionary. “Catarino Garza had started a revolution because he was upset with Porfirio Diaz’ administration. He was a self-proclaimed revolutionary who wanted to (overthrow) the government in Mexico,” he said. “Catarino attacked the Zapata area in Mexico with some men from the San Ygnacio area.” Gonzalez said some of the area’s families were traced back to Spain and the 1400s. Although Gonzalez said his grandfather was falsely accused, some people said it was in self defense. “So story has it that he had to leave San Ygnacio, the Zapata area, and the country for that matter,” he said. “He supposedly lived along the border in Mexico and came back only at night to visit his family.” A major discovery was that many of the aspects of the story are true – most of the people were real, most of the locales his grandfather described existed, and events were documented. “I’m happy to say that I’ve proved the majority of the things mentioned in the legend,” Gonzalez said. Mauricio Javier Gonzalez has published two
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Assumption and Other Stories (Bilingual Press, July 2003) By Daniel A. Olivas Olivasdan@aol.com ISBN: 1931010196, Format: Paper; $11.00; 157 pp [[ Dan sent the following press release for his new book. Good reviews.]] Assumption is a collection of 18 short stories that revolve around Latinos in Southern California. The characters are so varied, that they defy easy stereotypes: converted Jews, lesbians, lawyers, newscasters, Catholic schoolchildren - just to name a few. In the suspenseful "Summertime," the parents of nine-year-old Jonathan Cohen-Ramírez are confronted with their greatest fears when a deranged white supremacist opens fire on people at the Jewish children's day camp that Jonathan attends. "Weatherman" tells the amusing tale of José Castro, a Los Angeles media personality who builds his fame by using the correct Spanish pronunciation of California city names during weather broadcasts. When a ruthless competitor attempts to beat Castro at his own game, the results are startling-and hilarious. Shifting effortlessly between pathos and wry comedy, Olivas is able through his character-driven stories to explore how a married couple deals with infertility, how a lawyer reconciles her lesbian sexuality with the expectations of her traditional-minded parents, and how the students of a Catholic grammar school come to terms with the suicide of a popular young priest amid swirling rumors of his sexual improprieties. "These stories are filled with such gusto and skill that they left me wanting more. Daniel Olivas charges the page with a Mexican American sensibility that is refined and earthy, a rare combination of intelligence and corazón. He joins the front ranks of our writers." --Stephen D. Gutiérrez, author of Chato's Day (2003) "Daniel Olivas asks us to walk with the outcast, the dispossessed, the hopelessly 'other' among us. These empathetic vignettes and stories show us people we know, if we are not these people ourselves." --Kathleen Alcalá, author of Treasures in Heaven (2000) Daniel A. Olivas is the author of The Courtship of María Rivera Peña (Silver Lake Publishing, 2000). His second collection, Devil Talk: Stories, has just been accepted by Bilingual Press. His stories and poems have appeared in many publications including the Los Angeles Times, The MacGuffin, Exquisite Corpse, THEMA, The Pacific Review, and Web del Sol. His first children's book, Benjamin and the Word, will be published next year by the University of Houston's Arte Público Press. He received his BA in English literature from Stanford University and law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. The author practices law with the California Department of Justice specializing in land use and environmental enforcement. He makes his home with his wife and son in the San Fernando Valley. Web page: http://www.danielolivas.com. Bilingual Review/Press has been publishing the works of Hispanic writers since 1974. We have more than 150 titles in our backlist and publish eight to ten titles a year. Most of our books are by or about U.S. Hispanics and most are written in English, though we do feature bilingual and Spanish-only titles as well. Since its founding thirty years ago, the Press has pledged to forego the world of purely commercial entertainment and to focus instead on works of weight and significance. We are committed to publishing high-quality writing by both established and emerging writers, and a glance at but a few of the Press's titles reveals books that will not fall out of fashion or print any time soon. In addition to new works, classics of Chicana and Chicano fiction are being kept alive and available through the Press's Clásicos Chicanos/Chicano Classics imprint. As the Bilingual Review/Press begins its fourth decade, it solidifies its mission to make available the wealth that is to be mined from Hispanic writing. All signs indicate the next decades will be as rich as the previous ones. |
U.S. Elites Celebrate Patriarchy, Racism and Class Privilege By Peter Phillips. Ph.D. peter.phillips@SONOMA.EDU [[ Editor: This bit of social-class history is totally new to me. Ir was sent by Dr. Peter Phillips, a synopsis of his 1994 Ph.D. research on this fascinating topic.]] San Francisco Bohemian Club members and guests from around the world recently completed two weeks of celebration, self entertainment and partying at their private 2,700 acre redwood retreat on the Russian River in Sonoma County, California. Described as the "Greatest Men's Party on Earth," the members of the Club and international elites have been gathering in their redwoods for over 100 years. Private men's clubs have existed in the U.S. for over two and half centuries. U.S. clubs were modeled after British gentlemen's clubs, which date back 400 years. Gentlemen's clubs followed the English around the world and were a sanctum of racial, sexual and class homogeneity for English aristocrats throughout the British Empire. American men's clubs have served a similar function as did their British models. In most major American cities there are one or two distinguished metropolitan men's clubs whose members dominate the social and economic life of the community. Club activities are a blending of arts, business, and socio-political discussions. Men's clubs are private places where elites can mingle in an atmosphere of gentlemanly civility away from the common everyday world. The San Francisco Bohemian Club is unique among private men's clubs in that it holds an annual 16-day summer encampment where the 2,400 members are free to invite several hundred distinguished business associates and guests from around the world. Long days of glad-handing, off-the-record political discussions, government policy reviews, and the building of business friendships serve to facilitate consensus and ease of interaction among some of the top governmental and business leaders in the world. The collective corporate stock ownership by members and guests conservatively exceeds $100 billion. The Bohemian Grove summer gathering brings together the top business elite of California along with hundreds of men from leadership positions in government, education, business, military, and the arts from throughout the United States and the world. Foremost among attendees are former Republican presidents, numerous current and past U.S. cabinet members; military generals, famous actors; members of national policy councils, and CEOs and directors of hundreds of the largest corporations in the world. It is safe to say that the Bohemian Grove is one of the few locations in the world where such a large high level gathering of elites occurs without press coverage or public scrutiny. During the summer of 2003 the men at the Bohemian Grove heard off-the-record presentations -no media is allowed - from William F. Buckley Jr., William Safire, Charles Murray, George Shultz, Michael York and Charlie Rose. Additionally, there were daily lectures from world-class experts on global warming, war policy, school vouchers, mad deer disease, horse racing, stem cell research, terrorism, American-Russian relations, and marine ecosystem. Concerts, plays, and daily parties rounded out the two-week session for 2003. On June 4, 1994 a presentation at the Grove from a University of California Berkeley professor stressed that, elites are important and must set the values for society that are translated into "standards of authority," and that elites cannot allow the "unqualified masses" to carry out policy. The speech was given an enthusiastic standing ovation by the over 1,000 men present and seemed to represent the feelings of many club members. Like the British Empire's gentlemen's clubs, the American Empire elite gather annually in Sonoma County for an all-male 99%-white private party to find homogeneous comradeship and celebrate themselves through poetry, music, discussions and plays. And like the British before them they employ a cadre of servants, waiters, waitresses, grounds people, on-site medical personnel, and security officers to meet their every need, -women are prohibited from 90% of the Grove and can only work in the main dining area, the skeet range, and the parking lots. The Bohemian Club's summer encampment is the institutionalized embodiment of elite class privilege, a de facto celebration of race and gender exclusiveness, and a slap in the face to democratic process in the United States. Institutions of elite privilege like the San Francisco Bohemian Club run counter to the core American values of equality, due process and political openness. Americans deserve a public apology from the Bohemian Club for their celebration of eliteness, ongoing full disclosures of their lectures and presentations, and the transformation of the club to one of public service and gender and racial inclusiveness. Peter Phillips is a Professor of Sociology and Department Chair at Sonoma State University: Email peter.phillips@sonoma.edu. His 1994 dissertation on the San Francisco Bohemian Club is available at: http://libweb.sonoma.edu/regional/faculty/phillips/bohemianindex.html Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2588 http://www.projectcensored.org |
Extract: Hispanics in U.S. Report Optimism By Simon Romero and Janet Elder, August 6, 2003 Sent by Cindy LoBuglio lobuglio@thegrid.net and John Inclan fromgalveston@yahoo.com A new survey of the nation's Hispanics finds they are far more optimistic about life in the United States and their children's prospects than are non-Latinos, despite the fact that many are much poorer and many do not intend to gain the full benefits of citizenship. The New York Times/CBS News poll found that nearly 70 percent of foreign-born Hispanics say they identify more with the United States than with their country of origin. Still, many continue to send money to family members even though they rarely visit their home countries. Sixty-four percent of Latinos said there was no specific instance when they felt discriminated against because of their ethnicity. Those who said they had had such an experience said it involved employment or a general sense of exclusion. The finding was in sharp contrast to that of the poll's non-Hispanic blacks. Seventy-three percent of them said they had experienced discrimination, while 25 percent said they had not. Much of the optimism expressed by Latinos appears to be related to the fact that most, 57 percent, said they were immigrants. Just 39 percent said they were born in the United States, making it clear that the expectation of better economic circumstances for themselves and their children was inherent in their decision to uproot their lives and come to the United States. Follow-up interviews with some respondents revealed the extent to which economic opportunities had fueled their decision to immigrate. Sixty-six percent of foreign-born Hispanics said they moved north looking for jobs and other opportunities, while only 9 percent said freedoms were an incentive and 6 percent said a search for a different culture or lifestyle encouraged them to come to the United States. "In Mexico one can study and study but there's no good work when you finish school," said Sylvia González, 39, a custodian in Denver who moved to Colorado from the Mexican state of Morelos. "Here we do the jobs that no one wants to do because we know the value of work. Here we understand that the person without a job is the person who does not have the will to work." Only 9 percent of Latinos said they thought immigrants coming to the United States took jobs away from American citizens, compared with 33 percent of non-Hispanics and 34 percent of non-Hispanic blacks. Eighty-two percent of Hispanics said immigrants took jobs Americans did not want. |
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http://www.advancingwomen.com/hispanic.html Sent by Joan De Soto Subscribe to AdvancingWomen Network - A free Ezine from AdvancingWomen.com In the U.S. and many areas abroad, we are now approaching the era of the Latina. Americans with ancestral roots in Mexico, Spain, Cuba, Peru, Portugal, the Dominican Republic-- indeed, all the Hispanic cultures... have taken what's best and most vibrant in those traditions and married them to the energy and innovation of the United States, to create new styles and rythms for a wide variety of careers and professions. As the Latin population has grown in all of the U.S.'s major cities, new identities, forged by the challenge of equal rights and labor struggles, education, immigration, bi-lingualism and other daunting issues have created new power for Latinos who are seizing success in virtually every arena of life in the U.S. From cinema to restaurants, singing to salsa, Latinas are no longer on the fringes of power, but in the white hot center. Business and particularly advertisers, whose livelihood depends on keeping a sharp eye on such seismic shifts in population, buying power and increased affluence and success, have not failed to notice the next big trend: Latinas in the forefront. |
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Release, 8-11-03: Overwhelming Public Support for the Matricula Consular Treasury Department Receives Confirmation from the Public Sent by JV Martinez Source: Lorraine Quiroga LQuiroga@LULAC.org , (202) 833-6130 The U.S. Department of Treasury learned that 76 percent of those who submitted comments on the matrícula consular issue approve of this form of identification for Mexican immigrants. Recently a group of anti-immigrant members of Congress pressured the Treasury Department to reopen the issue of whether the Mexican consular ID cards are valid for financial transactions. Last month the Treasury Department responded to the request and asked for additional public comments on the final rule. The public response was overwhelming supportive of this form of identification. After the passage of the Patriot Act, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued a report that ruled that the matrícula consular is a valid form of identification for Mexican nationals. In light of this decision, sixty-six banks across the country -including Citibank, Bank of America, and the Wells Fargo Bank-accept the card, providing Mexican nationals with the means to open bank accounts. "LULAC was very pleased to learn that so many people support this vital form of identification. Without the matrícula consular immigrants are unable to open bank accounts and manage their money," said LULAC National President Hector Flores. "We hope this will put an end to those who question the value of this measure once and for all," added Flores. |
Extract: More Parents Want Their Children to Learn Second Language By Marilyn Gardner | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, August 29, 2003 http://cgi-bin/send-story?2003/0827/p11s02-lifp.txt [[Editor's note: Excellent article, with specific examples of strategies used by families trying to raise bilingual children in the United States.]] As the United States grows more culturally mixed,more parents share the Simões's desire to raise bilingual children. According to the US Census, 11 percent of the population was born in another country. That marks the highest percentage since 1930 and the largest number of immigrants in the nation's history. At least 10 million school-aged children live in homes where family members speak a language other than English, the Department of Education reports. When some family members speak little or no English, teaching children a second language is a necessity. In other cases, parents simply want to pass along their family heritage. "There is a growing appreciation of retaining one's home culture," says Carey Myles, author of "Raising Bilingual Children" (Parent's Guide Press). "There's a recognition that you can be an American and still have associations with another culture." That represents a sea change in attitudes from earlier generations, when the goal was assimilation and Americanization as quickly as possible. Whatever the motive for maintaining a bilingual household, linguists emphasize that parents must understand the long-term commitment it requires. That includes having clear goals. "You must have specific ideas about what you want your child to be able to do in both languages," says Ms. Myles. Most common other languages spoken at home in the United States. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Spanish: 28,101,052 Chinese: 2,022,143 French: 1,643,838 German: 1,383,442 Tagalog: 1,224,241 Vietnamese: 1,009,627 Italian: 1,008,370 |
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Long Beach City Council Presentation City of Long Beach, California Proclamation presented for Galvez Gala, October 12, 2003 September 3, Presentation to KCET September 8, Press Conference. . . Everyone welcome October 11, Long Beach hosting special reception for Galvez family members For Prospective DAR Members, Some Donativo Commissioners Macharaviaya, Spain, Bernardo de Galvez Hometown |
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City of Long Beach, California Proclamation presented for the Galvez Gala, October 12, 2003 Whereas, From 1776-1781, the colonial ancestors of Hispanic/Latinos throughout the Americas played a crucial role in the creation of the United States through Spain's contributions critical to the success of the American Revolution; and Whereas, Hispanic/Latino colonists in the Southwest and the
Americas assisted the American Revolution with arms, supplies, food,
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Whereas, General Galvez quickly raised a 5,000 man army which took
the British-held forts at Baton Rouge, Natchez, Fort Joseph, Michigan,
Mobile and Pensacola, and which closed British access to New Orleans and
the Mississippi River; and Now Therefore, I Beverly O'Neill, Mayor of the City of Long Beach, on behalf of the Long Beach City Council, support the Galvez Gala on October 12 and endorse the Hispanic American Heroes Series Project Series Project that will produce film documentaries to promote accurate historical understanding of the Hispanic contributions to our nation. Bevery O'Neill, Dated: August 5, 2003 |
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masters. This is the first time that many of the pieces will be on
display. http://www.lbma.org We are delighted to say that as part of the October 11th day's event, an 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. reception will be hosted by the Long Beach Museum of Art to honor the Galvez Family. In the afternoon, we have been invited by the
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The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, accepts descendants of soldiers who served under General Bernardo de Gálvez in his campaigns in Louisiana and West Florida, but it does not accept Spanish soldiers who served with him in Guarico (St Domingue). Nor does it accept descendants of Spanish soldiers who served in other parts of New Spain under other leaders. The NSDAR does accept descendants of those who made voluntary contributions to defray expenses of the War with Britain. King Carlos III signed the request for this “donativo” on 17 Aug 1780, and he suggested two pesos from each Spanish male over 18, and 1 peso from from each male over 18 from mixed or Indian ancestry. The Viceroy of New Spain, Mayorga, developed a list of 13 instructions to assure the contributions were voluntary, and sent them out to each jurisdiction. They reached the Comandante General Cabellero de Croix of the Provincias Internas in August 1781, and he transmitted them to each Governor of the Northern Frontier. Communications had just been cut with Alta California by the Yuma Massacre, so that the request for the donativo probably reached Alta California during the latter part of 1781. However, collections were soon underway in each jurisdiction and continued until news came in 1784 that the war was over. After that time, the only collections were for pledges made earlier. The final tabulations for 10 Jul 1786 showed the military personnel and settlers at the Tucson Presidio of Alta Pimeria (AZ) had contributed 459 pesos, more than enough to cover every male over 18, settlers, soldiers, and Indians. The total for Sonora (including Sinaloa) was 22,420 pesos, 4 reales. The 1787 tabulation for New Spain showed that almost one million pesos had been collected. That amount would have purchased about 150,000 excellent riding horses or 400,000 beeves for the Spanish Army. Theoretically, this should give the NSDAR a recruiting base of about 500,000 patriots; however, there were problems. First, in nearly all jurisdictions, there were wartime shortages of paper, which was a monopoly. This limited the way the Viceroy’s instructions could be carried out. Second, in many jurisdictions, the collectors did not read nor write, and the issue of paper made no difference. Thirdly, who would keep that scrap of paper receipt, if provided, over 225 years? So, the NSDAR has limited its acceptance to those at upper levels, typically the Commisioners for different jurisdictions whose names are known, or other public figures. It is conceivable that a few lists exist in some archive, but they have not been identified thus far. Still, the lists of Commissioners will be helpful to a few prospective DAR candidates. Following is a partial list for Sonora (and Sinaloa): Andrés Arias Caballero, Capt of the Altar Presidio, 332 pesos. Manuel de la Azuela, Captain of the Fronteras Presidio, 100 pesos. Diego de Barcona, Commissioner of Copala province, 1,217 pesos, Juan María Bojórquez, Commisioner of Alta Pimería, 641 pesos. Cabellero de Croix, the Comandante General, and his household, 24 pesos. Francisco Dorronsoro, Commissioner of the mining town of La Cieneguilla, 506 pesos. Francisco Xavier Figueroa, Commissioner of Villa, Fuerte de Montesclaros, 2,480 pesos. Patricio Gómez de Cossío, Commissioner of Ostimura province, 2,415 pesos. Migual de Hugues y San Martín, Commissioner of Sonora valley, 306 pesos. Juan Agustín de Iriarte, Commissioner of the town of Alamos, 1,943 pesos. Manuel Agustín Mascaró, the Royal Engineer, 20 pesos. Pedro de Mata Viñolas, Lt of the Santa Cruz Presidio, 174 pesos. Juan Mazón, Commissioner for Santa María Baserac mission district, 141 pesos. Juan Mazón, also shown as Commissioner for Oposura valley, 375 pesos, possibly same person. José Antonio de Mesa. Commissioner for the town of El Rosario, 652 pesos. Agustín Antonio de Norsagaray, Commissioner for Villa of Sinaloa, 2,085 pesos. Mateo Ortega, Commissioner for Mazatlán village, 200 pesos. Gregorio Ortiz Cortés, Commissioner of Tepachi valley, 353 pesos. Juan Francisco Rendón, Commissioner for Maloya province, 277 pesos. Juan Honorato de Rivera, Commissioner of the town of San Antonio de la Huerta, 583 pesos. Miguel Saenz de Escabosa, Commissioner of Opodepe valley, 234 pesos. José Antonio Serrano, Commissioner for Chinapa village, 212 pesos. Francisco Velásquez de la Cadena, Commissioner for Culiacán province, 2,381 pesos. Juan Ventura Batiz, Commissioner for town of Cosalá, 1,040 pesos. Others whose names can possibly be determined through additional research: Administrator of the tobacco tax at El Rosario and his dependents, 114 pesos. Administrators of sales tax and liquor tax at El Rosario, 86 pesos. Commissioners for San Miguel de Horcasitas, 908 pesos. Intendent-Governor, Capital at Arispe, 201 pesos. Secretary of the Comandancy-General and his dependents, 19 pesos. Treasury officials at El Rosario, their dependents, and administrators of salt beds, 84 pesos. Others who would be on donativo lists not yet found: Dragoons of Spain, at Villa of Pictic, 175 pesos. Military personnel and settlers at the Santa Cruz Presidio, 134 pesos. Military personnel at Altar Presidio, 1,211 pesos. Settlers at Altar Presidio, 131 pesos. Military personnel and settlers at the Presidio of San Carlos de Buenavista, 205 pesos. Military personnel and settlers at the Tucson Presidio, 459 pesos. The list of soldiers and settlers are known, but not the amount of individual contributions. Military personnel at Fronteras Presidio and settlers of the village of Cuquiárachi, 369 pesos pledged but not yet collected at the time of accounting. References: Kieran McCarty, pp 51-56, Chapter 12, “Arizona’s Contribution,” Desert Documentary: The Spanish Years, 1767-1821, Arizona Historical Society, Historical Monograph, No. 4, Tucson, AZ, 1976. A footnote on page 56 states: “An unsigned early copy of the Sonora tabulation is in drawer 1 of file cabinet 3 of the Archivo Histórico del Estado in the library of the University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora.” Granville W. and N. C. Hough, Spain’s Arizona Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England during the American Revolution: Third Study of the Spanish Borderlands, 1999. In this study we listed all known males over 18, military, settlers, and Indians, and we feel sure we found most of those who contributed; however, this would not be acceptable proof that any one specific individual contributed. The military personnel would be suitable ancestors for those joining the Sons of the American Revolution, based solely on their military service during the war period. |
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The village is situated at 235 metres above sea level and is reached by road from the coastal town of Rincon de la Victoria or in about ten minutes by car from the new motorway. The population is approximately 350 inhabitants and as is typical of most villages in the region the principal source of income comes from the cultivation of almond and olive groves as well as vineyards. The village was founded in the sixteenth century on what had originally been an Arab settlement. The tranquil lifestyle of the villagers, indeed the entire rural population of the Axarquia was seriously affected by a blight, Phylloxera, which practically obliterated the vineyards in the year 1870. Macharaviaya, however, is particularly distinguished by a single name, Galvez. A family of this name rose to prominence not only in the town but in the political life of Spain at the time and members of this distinguished family were selected by King Carlos the third ( 1759-1788 ) for positions of importance in his reformist administration. The Galvez family which lived mainly in Madrid never forget their native town and in spite of the then vast distance in terms of transport between the capital and this small village, important schemes were financed by the family and carried out to improve the economical and spiritual life of the villagers. Roads were built, streets were paved, a church was built, a public laundry and schools were constructed and most importantly a playing card factory was established in 1776 which supplied Spain and the American possessions. The political prominence of the family also extended to America and the town of Galveston in Texas bears testimony to the name of Don Bernardo de Galvez who was a general and viceroy at the time of the American War of Independence and played a part in the conflict. Dearest: As with most dynasties and empires and periods of great bounty, time took its toll and little by little the village reverted to its simple agricultural roots. The family is still remembered and the visitor can admire the magnificent facade of the church of San Jacinto in whose interior lie the mortal remains of Don Jose de Galvez, marquis of Sonoro. The main facade of the church bears the coat of arms of King Carlos the third of Spain. In the adjoining hamlet of Benaque the poet Salvador Rueda was born (1857-1933). Poet, novelist and dramatist his work,of great range and diversity on mainly Andalusian themes, influenced many writers of the time, particularly the early works of another significent writer, Juan Ramon Jumenez. |
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Este
apellido del género taponímico, tuvo tres casas salares en la villa de
Elizondo, enclavada en el histórico Valle navarro del Baztán, que se
denominaron de Sastrearena, Errazurena y Errotazarrena. Hubo
también importantes asentamientos en la ciudad de Estella, Burguete y
Aranaz. Desde Navarra pasaron a Guipúzcoa, radicándose en el Valle de
Oyarzun, Guetaria, Irún y Asteasu.
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Para los principales fi1ó1ogos, esta voz vascona significa junto a la iglesia. Las
armas más antiguas y difundidas de este linaje, utilizadas en el Valle
del Baztan son: JAQUELADO |
