City Council will take up the proposed baseball stadium on Tuesday, June 26 at City Council Chambers. You must sign up to speak by 8:30 am (Colonial Rule)

Baseball in "FOSTERVILLE"!!

The El Paso City Council will meet Tuesday, June 26, beginning at 9 AM, City Council Chambers Downtown.

On the agenda for discussion is the public funding for a $50 million dollar baseball stadium for the privately owned Triple A team being purchased by “Billionaires for Progressives" (BFP) - the Hunts and the Fosters. A new colonial rule by the BFP controlled City Council, is that you must sign in by 8:30 to speak (I don't know how they do that, restrict people from speaking but they will do anything to limit public debate – unheard of in state government public hearings).

The El Paso Times has already taken a position on the issue by posting an editorial in favor which means they have more information than they have shared with their readers. (I am editing a long blog on that in a bit).

I am not going to support a bond that isn't inclusive and where public funds are not fairly distributed.  Historically, South of the Freeway and the Lower Valley always get short changed in projects funded by public bonds.  In addition, bond monies usually get hijacked and redirected to other projects when no one is watching. In addition, City Council recently gave Lincoln Center back to Texas DoT and my understanding is that Lincoln Center is being considered for a health clinic and there are rumored conversations being coordinated by the office of State Senator Jose Rodriguez regarding some sort of Lincoln Community Center being part of the public use.  (I’ll believe it when I see it). Meanwhile, the infrastructure South of the Freeway corrodes everywhere else other than the property around the medical school.

If you are interested in voicing your opinion on this (for or against) you must go to this emergency meeting.  It is an emergency because the “Big Boys” have to seal their purchase of the baseball team with the condition that we the taxpayers build them a “fancy shmancy” stadium with an equally fancy “owners box” that you and I will never see.

Date:  Tuesday July 26

Where:  City Council Chambers, 2^nd Floor

Time:  To speak you must sign up by 8:30 am

Expect to be there a long time.  The strategy utilized by the powerful elites when trying to pass a controversial agenda item that has to do with taxpayers publicly funding a private enterprise, is to “wait-out the opposition”.  So pack a lunch!

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Martha Dominguez, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE OFF BALLOT! Demonstrates Notarized Paperwork!!

Martha Dominguez the Democratic Nominee for SBOE, has provided the "certificate of withdrawal" statement issued by the Secretary of State.  The date of the statement was acknowledged on April 25th and received by the Secretary of State on May 1, 2012. 

This means the SBOE 1 will go into Democratic Rules and Election Statues to determine who will be the nominee.  I believe that this will kick in the power of the SDEC to select the nominee from the two candidates, Sergio Mora of Laredo and Andres Muro of El Paso.  Mora had the 2nd most votes in the race. 

Stay tuned......

TOP RANK CHAVEZ vs LEE FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE!

HBO will show Pacquio vs Bradley fight will be re-telecast and then the El Paso fight!

TeXas Democratic Convention: Hispanic Caucus

Texas Democratic Treasurer Endorsement EL PASO's Mike Apodaca. Hispanic SDEC Male Huey Rey Fischer.....El Paso bus late details later....

The Texas Democratic Party Convention Calendar of Events: El Paso Your Delegates & Alternates are Traveling to Houston!

The Texas Democratic Party Blue Print to turn Texas BLUE!!

Prayers for the El Paso Delegates and Alternates who are on their way to Houston, Texas.  A bus is departing at 6:30 pm today, at 1401 Montana. Several of our elected officials and Delegates and Alternates will be flying to represent El Paso Democrats.  We pray for everyone's safety.  At the end of the day we are seres humanos with feelings!! I will blogging from the Texas Democratic Convention and calling into BORDER TALK from the convention, between 10 am and 12 noon (MST). Stream in real time anywhere in the world, by going to our website www.khro1150.com or in El Paso put your radio on 1150 am.  BORDER TALKING the Texas Democratic Convention to you!!

Schedule for the 2012 Texas Democratic Party State Convention 

Houston, TX 

Thursday, June 7 - Hilton Hotel 
Temporary Credentials Committee Meeting 9:00 am (Room 343-A)
SDEC Nominations Committee Meeting 10:00 am (Room 343-B)
Temporary Rules Committee Meeting 12:00 pm (Room 344-A)
SDEC Resolutions Committee Meeting 1:00 pm (Room 344-B)
SDEC Meeting 2:00 pm (Room 335 A-B-C)

TDP VIP Reception  5:00-6:00 pm (Skyline Room)

TDP Kickoff Reception 6:00-8:00 pm (Grand Ballroom)

Stonewall Reception 7:00-9:00 pm  (2nd Floor Atrium)

Sen. Royce West & Rep. Senfronia Thompson Reception 8:00 pm (Grand Ballroom KL)

Thursday, June 7 – Other Locations 
8:00 pm  - HDCC Reception at St. Arnolds Brewery (2000 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX)

7:30 pm - Legislators & Labor Unite for the Democratic Party Reception  at CWA Hall (1730 Jefferson, Houston, TX)
     Sponsored by:
     Senator Rodney Ellis                                IBEW Local 66
     Senator Mario Gallegos                            ILA
     Senator John Whitmire                             Latin Labor Leadership Council
     AFSCME                                                   Pipefitters Local 211
     CWA Local                                                Teamsters Local 988
     Houston Firefighters

Friday, June 8 - Convention Center 
8:30 am - 2:30 pm Credentials Distribution (Exhibit Hall E)

9:00-10:00 am Workshop Organize Your Face(book) Off-Finally Turning Facebook       into Voters, Dollars, and Volunteers. (Room 340AB) Workshop: Community Organizing and Voter Targeting (Room 330 AB)

9:30-10:30 am
East Texas Caucus (Room 360 ABC)
West Texas Caucus (Room 360 DEF) 2
Progressive Hispanic Caucus (Room 310 ABC)
Mexican American Democrats (Room 310 DEF)
Tejano Democrats (Room 320 ABC)
Veterans (Room 350 DEF)

10:00-11:00 am
Democrats Against the Death Penalty (Room 370 ABC)
Oilpatch Democrats (Room 382 ABC)
Gun Owners Caucus (Room 370 DEF)
Workshop: DIY Web Video for your Campaign/County Party (Room 340 AB)
Workshop: Keep the Momentum (Room 330 AB)

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
TSDC Executive Board Meeting (Hilton Room 337 AB)

10:30-11:30 am
Non-Urban Caucus (Room 360 DEF)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Hispanic Caucus (Grand Ballroom C)
Houston Black American Democrats Brunch (Grand Ballroom B)

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Texas Environmental Dems (Room 382 ABC)
Coffee Party Austin (Room 350 DEF)
Texas Coalition to Abolish Death Penalty (Room 360 ABC)
Workshop: Social Media Caucus (Room 340 AB)
Workshop: Take the Money and Run! The Basics of Fundraising (Room 330 AB)

11:00 am – 1:00 pm
It’s Our Time: A Conversation for The Young, The Motivated, The Now (General Assembly B)

11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Labor Caucus (Grand Ballroom A)

12:00-1:00 pm
Muslim Democratic Caucus of Texas (Room 322 AB)
Democrats With Disabilities Caucus (Room 350 A)
Pro-Life Democrats (Room 370 ABC) 3
Friday, June 8 - Convention Center (continued)

12:00-1:00 pm
Workshop: Fundraising for County Parties (Room 330 AB)

12:00-2:00 pm
Technology Caucus (Room 370 DEF)

12:00-2:30 pm
Texas Can Do Better Workshop led by your Democratic Senators (Hilton Room 335) Registration required.
Black Caucus (Grand Ballroom B)

1:00-2:00 pm
Stonewall Democrats Caucus (Room 350 DEF)
Texas State Teachers Association Caucus (Room 320 ABC)
United Auto Workers Caucus (Room 310 DEF)
Labor Retirees Caucus (Room Grand Ballroom A)
Silver D Democratic Club for 50 + (Room 350 A)
Not Your Parents Progressive Movement: Training & Tactics for Youth Activists (Room 330 AB)

1:00-2:30 pm
TDW Women’s Caucus (Room 382 ABC)
Muslim Prayer Service (Room 322 ABC)

1:00-2:45 pm
Workshop: Reaching Latino Voters- Univision/Promesa Project (Room 340 AB)

2:00-2:45 pm
Jewish Democrats (Room 330 AB)
Texas Young Democrats (Room 350 B)

3:00-5:00 pm
Senate District Caucuses
1 350  D,E,F
2 371 A,B,C
3 372 A,B,C
4 361 A,B,C
5 381 A,B,C
6 351 D,E,F
7 351 A,B,C
8 361 D,E,F
9 360 D,E,F
10 352 D,E,F
11 342 D,E,F
12 310 D,E,F
13 Ballroom C
14 Ballroom A
15 General Assembly C
16 332 A,B,C
17 General Assembly B
18 362 D,E,F
19 332 D,E,F
20 371 D,E,F
21 342 A,B,C
22 362 A,B,C
23 General Assembly A
24 320 D,E,F
25 382 A,B,C
26 372 D,E,F
27 320 A,B,C
28 370 A,B,C
29 310 A,B,C El Paso, Texas (Our Caucus)
30 360 A,B,C
31 370 D,E,F4

4:30-6:30 pm
Permanent Credentials Committee (Hilton Room 335 ABC)

5:00-6:30 pm
Asian American Caucus (Convention Center Room 322)

6:00 pm Convention Called To Order (Convention Center Exhibit Halls C & D)

Friday, June 8 – Other Locations 
Friday Receptions
ROAD Women Hospitality Suite at the Hilton

8:00 pm – Tejano Democrats  at CWA Hall (1730 Jefferson, Houston, TX)
9:00 pm  - Keynote After Party at House of Blues (1204 Caroline St, Houston, TX)

Saturday, June 9 
8:00 am
Permanent Rules Committee (Convention Center 310 DEF)
Permanent Resolutions Committee (Convention Center 320 ABC)
Permanent Platform Committee (Convention Center 370 DEF)
Permanent Nominations Committee - Delegates (Convention Center 350 DEF)
Permanent Nominations Committee - Party Officers (Convention Center 360 DEF)

8:30-9:30 am
Lady Bird Johnson Breakfast (Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom)

9:00-11:00 am
TDCCA (Convention Center Room 370 ABC)

9:30-10:45 am
Workshop:  Ignorance Is not a Texas Value: Electing a Smarter State Board of Education (Convention Center Grand Ballroom A)

11:00 am
Convention Reconvenes (Convention Center Exhibit Halls C and D)

Onward and Forward Democrats!!

"Dos Pajaritos Cantando" It's Not How The Sausage is Made - El Paso Democrats!!

All kinds of sausage out there!

A political mentor once told me "it's not how the sausage is made, it's how good it tastes after, cause no one remembers how it is made when you eat it".  It is a take from the quote , "Laws are like sausages.  It's better not to see them being made", by Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) a German Prussian politician.


I have a colorful conversation bashing me on my Facebook page "The Norma Chavez Blog" about my last post where "dos pajaritos cantando" let the cat out of the bag on the talk about town (in Demo circles) of a smack-down take over of the El Paso Democratic Party by the Veronicun political faction and their new aligned political allies.


I want to remind people that when I started to blog I stated that "Dos Pajaritos Cantando" would be bout "political chisme" because I wanted to separate blog posts on real issues and political opinion.  So, be clear if I have "dos pajaritos cantando" in the title or beginning of my piece, it is CHISME! These quickie political chisme bloggies called "Dos Pajaritos Cantando" are intended to tell who is saying what to who and where in the "who done it" method of providing "chisme".  That is all.  Some "shock and awe" and some of it TRUE!!


This being said, the Texas Democratic Party is full of "pajaritos cantando" first the word on the street in Facebook posts and private FB message groups is that County Judge Veronican Escobar will be taking her entourage of voters that include State Representative Marisa Marquez, County Commissioner Anna Perez, former Senator Eliot Shapleigh, City Rep. Susie Byrd, former Mayor Ray Caballero, Senator Jose Rodriguez, (these are the actual names I have heard NOT confirmed). These are not folks taking the Democratic bus, they are flying on exotic airlines and via fancy shmancy land rover type vehicles to do exactly what? I don't know.  First time EVER (and I have been to conventions for the last 20 years) that I have EVER EVER, EVER, seen this political group at a Democratic Convention.


I've already mentioned the known or alleged candidates for our local Democratic Party positions but now is when the sausage is made (and sometimes it ain't pretty). Coalitions will be formed, aligned, and realigned, a vote taken and the cards will fall as they fall.  Clearly, something is going on if in fact this group is going to the convention.


Die hard loyal Democratic Party loyalists are going, as are members of the El Paso Young Democrats, El Paso Stonewall Democrats, Paso Del Norte Tejano Democrats, West Tejano Democrats, Black El Paso Democrats, West Side Democrats, East Side Democrats and independents will be heading on a bus, via private vehicles, and plane.  Who will have the winning coalition?  Will be interesting to see.


All these groups will be solidly united on one vote.  That is the vote of El Paso's own Michael "Keny" Apodaca as our Texas Democratic Party Treasurer.  This is really outstanding for El Paso to have a state Democratic Party officer on the board.  A bigger blog will be dedicated to Mike and his Democratic leadership roles.  Best to you, unless he gets an opponent at the last minute, his vote is pretty much an insider agreement by all.  That is a huge testament to Michael Apodaca!


to be updated....

El Paso Democratic Party Politics & the Texas Democratic Convention: The Alonzo Factor or Non-factor

"Dos Pajaritos Cantando (pio pio pio)":  In the political rumor mill the whisper campaign is that County Judge Veronica Escobar and State Representative Marisa Marquez are secretly recruiting and hauling voters on a plane and land rovers to the Texas Democratic Convention to oust local political operatives from the camp of former State Representative Paul Moreno (interesting, rumor I heard not once but twice and on air today on BORDER TALK). 

State Representative Robert Alonzo is a strong and experienced Democratic Party Latino Organizer in the Hispanic Caucus and is rumored to be helping with the underground operation (allegedly).  He and Dr. Jose Angel Gutierrez (a primary founder of La Raza Unida Party) are credited with orchestrating necessary votes to take over the Texas Mexican American Democrats (MAD) causing the now famous and historical split that resulted in the formation of the Tejano Democrats.  I was at that historic convention and witnessed the vote and the walk-out by legends in Texas Latino politics led by former State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos. 

Rep. Alonzo worked with me (like Michelle Obama says it) and former County Commissioner Carlos Aguilar III to set up a local chapter of MAD, Camino Real Mexican American Democrats when I sent  Rick Armendariz of the infamous Forma Group to a convention to file the necessary paperwork to form the organization.  Armendariz is said to be going to vote (I don’t think that it is likely for a campaign consultant to do this but he owes Marquez). The organization was formally dissolved last year. This ousting strategy is not new but something I participated in when I recruited Norma Fisher Flores at a motorcycle run to run against the incumbent DNC Hispanic female Blanche Darley.  I asked her if she knew who Blanche was, to which she replied “no” and that act and her victory added to the feud between Blanche and I (bad Norma, and I use to wonder why she was so helpful to my opponent(s)). Fisher Flores was elected by the Hispanic Caucus in a bitter contested race that Darley challenged and took to the DNC at the national DNC Convention.  I asked for strategy assistance from Rep. Alonzo who represented Fisher at the challenge. Fisher Flores won the challenge and served as the DNC Hispanic female until 2008.  

Alonzo is an experienced Party and convention strategist. His involvement or non-involvement will have consequences either way.  

Robert Grijalva has announced his candidacy for State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC) Male for Senate District 29. He will be challenging local attorney and President of the Black El Paso Democrats Don Williams in what is being talked about as an attempt to take out Williams, who was a newbie to Democratic Party politics until 2008. Grijalva is the Chief of Staff of State Representative Chente Quintanilla and was Chief of Staff of former State Representative Paul Moreno and an experienced political operative.  “Los dos pajaritos cantantando” sing that Williams has brokered a deal with the Veronicuns (quien sabe)? Grijalva is definitely not the Veronicun candidate.

Yolanda Clay, the niece of former State Representative Paul Moreno and SDEC Committee Woman, is said to be “undecided” if she will run as she and incoming El Paso Democratic Party Chair Rick Melendrez and her don’t see eye to eye. Local attorney Becky Robledo is said to be interested in running for the position which will make for a 3 woman race and means one of the candidates will have enough votes to cut a deal to crown the winner. The Veronicun candidate is unknown but “dos pajaritos” are singing the candidate is Carmen Rodriguez, the wife of Senator Jose Rodriguez. It is interesting that the information of a Veronicun running was raised on BORDER TALK  radio earlier today by C Leroy Cavazos, a listener from Mission, Texas, who called in about his candidacy for SDEC Committeeman in the Person with Disabilities Caucus. Rumors heard that far away have to have some grain of truth to them don’t you think?  Best of luck and shout out to C Leroy Cavazos!!  Si Se Puede!!

The elected leaders for SDEC Committeeman and Committeewoman work hand in hand with the Democratic Party Chair on Democratic Party issues. Rep. Alonzo’s involvement or participation is not confirmed….and this just might be “dos pajaritos cantando”……

Facebook rants and postings indicate a run on the current El Paso Party leadership.  Houston, Texas is further away from El Paso than the Capitol of New Mexico and Phoenix Arizona, but the Moreno faction has always been successful in hauling Delegates and Alternates to conventions in years past.  Political organization attending include the El Paso Young Democrats, the El Paso Young Stonewalls, Paso Del Norte Tejano Democrats, elected officials and independents.

I will be attending the convention in a new role as a former elected, a talk radio host and producer of BORDER TALK, calling in from the floor of the convention and blogging the intimate details as I witness events unroll in Houston, Texas at the Texas Democratic Convention…..stay tuned……..it is going to be interesting!

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THE HORSE RESULTS: "Norma's PICKS & PREDICTS" 14 out of 18 Correct or 1/2 Correct, 4 Wrong!! (Not bad since 2 of the 4 were picks I just COULDN'T call for the winners ).

The political horses have finished their races and taking laps around the track to cool down and figure out what went right or what went wrong and what could they have done for a photo finish victory.

Last City election (2011), I was making "picadillo" when I wrote a "note" called the "Picadillo Derby" on Facebook (it is still there if you care to look at those picks and predicts) and I gave horse names to candidates in the grand spirit of horse racing as a comparative to political races. In those races I too had wins, loses, and run-offs. It is in the spirit of American politics that I do the picks.  

I picked a few horses this delayed Democratic Primary and I get the last say on my "Norma's Picks and Predicts".  That is the fun part of of writing a blog, writing political satire, "picks and predicts", and sharing those predictions as a radio talk show host of a "Democratic leaning" talk show I host BORDER TALK (time for a plug: KHRO 1150 AM, Monday - Friday 10 am to 12 noon and can be streamed at www.khro1150.com) is that you can write what you want, in the style that you want, the grammar that you want, the language that you want, the Spanglish if you want.  It's my bloggie.

And so out of "18 picks and predicts"  I accurately called 8 races, I called at least one of the candidates in a run-off in 6 races, and I called 4 races wrong.  Granted the 4 races I called wrong, two of those races, I would have never called for the people who won because of my bias (yes I said it...I was biased).

I am working on a "Picks and Predicts" quick wrap up on this blog post that will be updated and I am working on an extensive piece with political junkie and numbers guru Alex Guzman (my guest host on BORDER TALK on KHRO 1150 for the two El Paso Democratic Primary shows we did election day) on the specific Reyes vs O'Rourke race. This piece is will be statistical in nature with opinion on what the data means. (Alex you ROCKED as a radio co-host).

A big thank you to David Candelaria and Joe Joe Garcia at Entravision for recognizing the public value of a second show in the afternoon on Election Day.  If you see them out and about let them know you appreciate the return of talk radio during the week and the two shows on Election Day.  Lots to talk about on BORDER TALK!!

Updates on this blog, are forthcoming on the 18 races.  I have already posted a lot of my public commentary and concepts on my Facebook wall. I will be expanding on some of these political thoughts and or concepts and adding new commentary to the subject matter of voting, Latino empowerment, politics, gender, and specific elections.

to be continued......

Planning Meeting for the 40th Anniversary of the La Raza Unida Party Historic Commemoration in El Paso!!

 There will be a planning meeting for the “La Raza Unida 40^th Anniversary Commemoration” on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 2-4 pm, in the Media Room at the Mercado Mayapan. 

September 1, 2012 marks the 40^th year anniversary of the Raza Unida Party’s first national conference and political convention that took place September 1-4, 1972 in El Paso, Texas at the El Paso County Coliseum.  More than 1,500 delegates from throughout the United States, over half of them women, converged in El Paso to caucus around social and political issues important to the Chicano(a) community and to elect a leader of the new political party.  Delegates caucused at the Sacred Heart Gym in Segundo Barrio before assembling at the Coliseum.

Dr. José Angel Gutiérrez is a Chicano activist, a primary co-founder of La Raza Unida, and political leader of the Chicano Movement during the 1960s and 1970s in Texas.  La Raza Unida Party was a political organization that emerged to help to raise public consciousness of Chicano civil rights and to politicize Latinos into getting in control of their community threw the ballot box, because the Democratic Party had taken advantage of Latino voters and provided empty promises. Gutierrez will be in El Paso for the historic reunion of Chicano activists and leaders of the Chicano Movement that emerged out of the Civil Rights Movement.

Jose Angel, is a personal friend a leader and mentor, I am honored to have been included in one of his books, “Chicanas in Charge: Texas Women in the Public Arena” and to have served as a primary organizer in El Paso of his campaign for the US Senate in Texas.  He is a boisterous and opinionated Chicano, out spoken, well read, and fearless.  His presence, persona, and political knowledge on empowerment shatter the political conscience because Jose Angel speaks not only with authority but passion for politics and power.  

His book publications include El Político: The Mexican American Elected Official (El Paso: Mictla Publications, 1972); A Gringo Manual on How to Handle Mexicans (Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico: Imprenta Velasco Burkhardt, 1974); A War of Words (co-authored) (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985); The Making of a Chicano Militant: Lessons from Cristal (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998); and translator of Reies López Tijerina, They Called Me "King Tiger": My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights (Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2000); a revised and expanded edition of A Gringo Manual on How to Handle Mexicans (Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2001); Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos (Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2003); We Won't Back Down: Severita Lara's Rise from Student Leader to Mayor (Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2005); and Making of a Civil Rights Leader (Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2005).

He also has written several articles and chapters over the years, the most recent being "Chicano Music: The Politics and Evolution to 1950", for an anthology edited by Lawrence Clayton for Texas A & M University Press, forthcoming; "Binacionalismo en el siglo XXI: Chicanos y mexicanos en los Estados Unidos", Fondo Editorial Huaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, forthcoming; "Experiences of Chicana County Judges in Texas Politics: In Their Own Words", Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, 20:1, Spring 1999; and, "Los dos Mexicos", Extensiones: Revista Interdisciplinaria de la Universidad Intercontinental, Mexico D.F., Mexico 4:1 y 2. 1997. Gutierrez organized and conducted most of the interviews for the oral history project Tejano Voices at the University of Texas at Arlington.

The cry of Crystal City resulted in the birth of the Raza Unida Party, and one cannot mention Crystal City without reference to Jose Angel Gutierrez. It was established on January 17, 1970, at Campestre Hall in Crystal City, Texas, where a meeting of 300 Mexican Americans was held. In 1967, Gutiérrez and Mario Compean founded MAYO, the Mexican American Youth Organization.  In 1969, at the first and only national MAYO meeting, Chicano activists endorsed the formation of a third party.  Gutierrez is credited for proposing the establishment of the third party.

The Raza Unida Party then filed for party status in Zavala, La Salle, and Dimmit counties in January 1970.  The rest is Chicano history that will be retold during the historic September 40^th Anniversary Commemoration. 

Miguel Juarez is on the committee and has informed me that there is an extensive outreach to the founders and participants of the 1972 Raza Unida Party Convention.  Dr. Dennis Bixler-Marquez is an academic facilitator, under Chicano Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso for the event.  This event will be a great historical reference for old Chicano activists, academics, historians, the young, and the young at heart.  Our better educational, social and economic standing is a result of a hard struggle that continues to exist, even though generations of Latinos have now successfully moved up the social and political empowerment ladders. Let’s join the community in organizing a great event!!

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