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Zarco Guerrero Chicano Sculptor, MaskMaker & Performance Artist Displaying Art In Phoenix, Arizona Thru May 8 at Francesca’s Art Gallery

Tweet (Above) Zarco Guerrero.  El Profeta is the name of this mask. Currently in exhibition at Francesca’s Art Gallery.   Now you can see some of Zarco’s work never seen before at Francesca’s Art Gallery thru May 8, 2015.  Click Francesca’s Art Gallery located at 4745 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, to learn more about […]

North California Schools Show Ugly Discriminatory Pattern: Denise Elsken’s No AC Idea Likened to Superintendent Joe Jaconette Denying Free Lunch to Little Girl

Tweet Chicanos are drawing attention to Denise Elsken — a heartless woman out of the Martinez School District that should NOT be a school board member. In fact, we are going to demand she resign forthwith for her derogatory and offensive views towards brown kids vs. her views for the affluent.  Essentially Elsken believes La […]

Mormons/LDS/FLDS want to pass bill requiring for everyone to go to Church.

Tweet Now let’s see, I’ve been on Facebook since 2009. From the beginning I have been against the Mormon/FLDS/LDS for profit and deviance because of what they do and have done to the state or Arizona. I’ve said time and time again that they believe that church and state are one of the same. I […]

More Chicano Voting Power! Assemblywoman Gonzalez Partners with Secretary of State Padilla To Bring Oregon’s Universal Voter Registration Law to California

Tweet Photo Credit:  Califaztlan / Adam Sandoval California is going to work on adopting Oregon’s automatic voter registration. In CA, this will add nearly 7 million more voters onto the rolls. Many of them Chicano and/or Latino. Thanks for sharing this Ryan Trabuco! Just in:   Assemblywoman Gonzalez Partners with Secretary of State Padilla To […]

The Chicano Collection / La Colección Chicana Documentary Film

Tweet In this documentary film, Cheech Marin reveals his passion for collecting Chicano art and shares his life’s mission to elevate public consciousness of it throughout the nation and the world. It features interviews with many of today’s top Chicano/a artists, including Chaz Bojorquez, David Botello, Melesio Casas, Gaspar Enriquez, Margaret Garcia, Rupert Garcia, Carmen […]

Immigrant History Reminder From Alejandro G. Iñárrit At The Oscars

Tweet “I just pray that they can be treated with the same dignity and respect of the ones who came before and built this incredible immigration nation.” – Alejandro G. Iñárrit  

Downtown L.A. to Restore Mural Honoring Anthony Quinn, the First Mexican Actor to Win an Oscar

Tweet We all know Los Angeles as the city of sprawl. Highways, freeways, expressways and cars, lots of cars. It’s a city that truly came of age at a time when American society was rapidly suburbanizing and followed a model of expansive development that effectively left its urban core forgotten and underutilized. Now, thanks to […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with Salomon Baldenegro “CHICANO HISTORY WEEK?” – Should there be? Please give us your thoughts below..

Tweet January 18, 2015 by salomon Members of a Listserv I subscribe to were recently asked to lobby their respective legislatures to designate the week of February 2-8 as “Chicano History Week.” That week was chosen because the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, ending the Mexican-American War. With all due […]

New Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey Begins Legacy Tying Immigration Test To Education

Tweet Posted by Somos Independents   According to the Associated Press, “Arizona became the first state in the nation on Thursday to enact a law requiring high school students to pass the U.S. Immigration citizenship test on civics before graduation.” Both the House and the Senate rushed the bill without first addressing: COST.  How much […]

Jaime Seall-Gutierrez Letter to Santa Barbara News Press Editor for “Illegals Line Up For Driver’s Licenses” Controversy

Tweet Photo: California Chicano Lawyer, Jaime Segall-Gutierrez with Dolores Huerta   Chicano lawyer, Jaime Segall-Gutierrez writes with regard to Santa Barbara News Press’ usage of the term “illegal” when referring to immigrants.  It’s too bad they won’t drop an antiquated offensive word and follow the Associated Press’ suit.   Please sign this petition Chipsterlife began here.  […]