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| The Lagartista Movement started last July 9, 2011 |
LOTS OF LOVE TO SHARE: LAGARTISTAS - LA VICTORIA!!
I am happy to report that the final drawings and plans for the Plaza de Los Lagartos were approved by the Historical Commission on Monday February 13, 2012. Formal committee members for the San Jacinto Plaza attended the final meeting where the Commission voted for the final drawing prepared as a result of the "Lagartista" movement that provided testimony, human billboarding, petition gathering, historical documentation and plain old CORAZON for the PLAZITA! Committee members Miguel Juarez, Katherine Brennard, Nestor Valencia, Xochi Valencia, Peter Svarzbein were in attendance. I arrived after the discussion and final vote of the plans and had a cafecito with the committee members who shared with contentment and much satisfaction that the Lagartos are staying in the middle of the park, a canopy has been added to protect the statue, and Miguel will send me some artwork to share of drawings and full details of the renovation of our Plazita.
This victory, the "peoples victory" could not have happened without all the people, all the "Lagartistas" who came together, raising their voices and demanding that our cultural symbol remain as the center of our beloved Plazita. Most important "las voces del pueblo unido" and our actions honor the life works and legacy of Luis Jimenez!! Felicidades a TODOS!
The poster is the first "grito" that was organized by Chicano historian Miguel Juarez (yes I said Chicano because that is what he is and a PhD candidate in history at UTEP) and Ray Rojas! Gracias hermanos for planting the seed to "La Victoria de Los Lagartos". I will do a more thorough blog on this, but this is such a "heart felt" victory on so many levels for our community that I had to post it! YES!! SI SE PUEDE!!
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