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California Superintendent Joe Jaconette Participates In Denying Free Lunch to Child / Mother Domestic Violence Victim

Tweet The buck stops with the superintendent… We know that the Orinda Union School District Superintendent Joe Jaconette has been in a lot of hot water before in light of making sure a complaint filed by one of their own teachers via Kristen Nielson never got heard.   Nielson wrote the reason for leaving was exhaustion.  […]

National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators to present the Award of Excellence in Education on Dec. 8

Tweet Monday, December 01, 2014 Miranda nominates Carl Hayden High School’s robotics team for national award By Arizona House Democrats at 3:00 PM Miranda nominates Carl Hayden High School’s robotics team for national award Team will receive Award of Excellence on Dec. 8 STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Next week, the National Hispanic Caucus of State […]

Native American Indigenous Coalition Filing FCC Complaints Regarding Derogatory “Redskins” Name

Tweet Brave #ChangetheName protestors at today’s game in Indianapolis.    Members of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry (EONM) began an event today during the Washington “Redskins” and Indianapolis Colts NFL game that is sparking FCC complaints against the derogatory term “Redskins.”  Here is the link to file an FCC complaint against the offensive and derogatory term:  […]

TeaDREAMers losing more allies for disrespectful heckling towards President Obama

Tweet Another Chanclaso in order… TeaDREAMers losing more allies for disrespectful heckling towards President Obama Posted by Somos Independents It’s a well known fact there are a few DREAMers who were hijacked by the Republican Party.  We call them “TeaDREAMers” for pushing the Republican Party agenda … never mind the 2012 anti-immigrant platform adopted by […]

Pitbull Twitter Racism After He Supports Racist Florida Governor

Tweet Twitter Racism Strikes Again Against Pitbull At The AMAs according to the Huffington Post, however, Chicano and Latino heads turned when Miami native Armando Christian Pérez, who most know as Pitbull, posted a photo with Gov. Rick Scott and gave the Florida Governor a shout out. Chicanos and Latinos who do not benefit from Cuban amnesty […]

Ruben Salazar: Why President Obama’s Immigration Executive Order Is A Big Deal

Tweet   From a Chicano lawyer’s lens…   OBAMA’S EXECUTIVE ACTION IS A BIG DEAL, FOLKS – AND IT’S LEGAL TOO. SO, STAND IN LINE- IT’S FINALLY HERE! In the aftermath of President Obama’s announcement on his executive action, some critics are minimizing the scope and effectiveness of the new immigration initiatives. Some people believe […]

George Lopez Travels to Jerusalem; Visits Jesus’ Tomb, Gets Re-Baptized, and Proclaims ‘He is Risen’

Tweet Actor/comedian George Lopez had a spiritual reawakening during his recent visit to Jerusalem. According to photos he posted the 53-year-old visited parts of the region considered holy including the Wailing Wall, the supposed tomb of Jesus, and was re-baptized in the Jordan River. Lopez traveled around the country of Israel mid-November and shared the […]

Arpaio Lawsuit Against Obama Really About Wanting Secure Communities Program And Continued Racial Profiling & Immigrant Women Domestic Violence Abuse

Tweet FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2014 Posted by Somos Independents     Arizonans to Arpaio:  Lawsuit Against Obama Really About Wanting Secure Communities Program And Continued Racial Profiling and Immigrant Women Domestic Violence Abuse        Paola Eden Delagado Polanco was a young thriving girl and full of life, with charming simplicity and […]

Rest In Peace Ben Saiz

Tweet If there was a Chicano Hall of Fame, Ben Saiz would be a member of it.  Ben had come from ELA to CSUN in 1969 when there was a push to recruit Chicano students. Ben was from the mean streets of ELA. However he blossomed at CSUN and became a Chicano student leader. His […]

Chicanos / Latinos Anticipate Big President Obama “Immigration” Move Within Purview of the Constitution

Tweet Gary Dorr is NezPerce who works with Lakota warriors in the Dakotas, also Veteran of our United States Armed Forces writes: We’re all in the same boat of Broken Treaties. And we’ve all been subjected to the imaginary border drawn on a map, irrespective of traditional, ceded, and un-ceded territory. There have been illegal […]