Writer Submissions open
BorderSenses Literary and Arts Journal seeks to provide a venue for emerging and established writers/artists from the U.S.-Mexico border area and beyond to share their words and images.We seek poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and book reviews in both Spanish and English from every corner of the world. We also cherish a diversity of visual artists. Translations can be accepted provided the original author has consented to publication rights and to reprinting.
The open submission period for volume 20 is: March 5th to June 30th, 2014.Check our submission guidelines.
Mexican American Studies for Texas Children & Schools
Day of Action - Monday, April 7, 2014
1) E-mail all of the Texas State Board of Education atsboesupport@tea.state.tx.us and in the body of the e-mail put: To All Texas State Board of Education members (insures all 15 board members receive it) and simply tell them you support the implementation of Mexican American Studies in Texas schools, and that this is important for the success of all Texas children and the State of Texas. 2) Sign the petition for Mexican American Studies.
3) You can also call Texas State Board of Education representatives and tell them you support Mexican American Studies in Texas schools.
(SBOE members, districts they represent and contact numbers)
Martha M. Dominguez - D, El Paso 915-373-3563 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Ruben Cortez, Jr - D, Brownsville (956) 639-9171 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Marisa B. Perez - D, San Antonio (210) 317-4651 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Lawrence A. Allen, Jr. - D, Fresno (713) 203-1355 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Ken Mercer - R, San Antonio (512) 463-9007 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Donna Bahorich - R, Houston (832) 303-9091 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
David Bradley - R, Beaumont (409) 835-3808 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Barbara Cargill - R, The Woodlands (512) 463-9007 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Thomas Ratliff - R, Mount Pleasant (903) 717-1190 thomas@thomasratliff.com
Tom Maynard - R, Florence (512) 763-2801 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Patricia Hardy - R, Ft Worth (817) 598-2968 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Geraldine Miller - R, Dallas (972) 419-4000 qtince@aol.com
Mavis B. Knight - D, Dallas (214) 333-9575 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Sue Melton-Malone - R, Waco (254) 749-041 smelton51@gmail.com
Marty Rowley - R, Amarillo (806) 373-6278 martyforeducation@gmail.com
We ask all of colleagues and friends from across the state and the nation to E-mail and call into the Texas State Board of Education this coming Monday, April 7, "Day of Action," and to spread the word on this initiative. This is in preparation for the SBOE meeting on April 8-9 in Austin where a vote is anticipated. There will also be a march and press conference from Cesar Chavez Blvd. to the Texas State Capitol on Tuesday, April 8 beginning at 9am.
If you want to testify at the April 8-9 SBOE meeting in Austin, you may register on the website or by fax between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. this coming Monday; or, in person or by telephone with the appropriate agency office. You can also register for this.
See additional information from our friends at Librotraficante and MASTexas. Gracias for your support and action on Monday.
Juan Tejeda
Chair/National Assoc. for Chicana & Chicano Studies Tejas Foco Committee on MAS Pre-K-12
Recognition for a Chicana advocateNext Saturday you can throw some chanclas around to the sound of some of the best Tex-Mex in Denver, and join in celebrating the good works of Flo Hernandez, chingona advocate of bilingual radio in the Southwest.
Stopping XL Pipeline
From 350.org comes this:
We’ve gone to DC to stand against the Keystone XL pipeline before -- but never like this. In the last week in April, a powerful alliance of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities will converge in Washington for a demonstration called “Reject & Protect,” and it’s shaping up to be the most beautiful demonstration against Keystone XL yet. We have the ingredients we need to make this action unignorable — what we need is your help to bring it all together. Can you pitch in to make a BIG impression on the President and help stop this pipeline once and for all?
It’s going to be a sight to behold. There will be dozens of riders on horseback. And Native Americans raising 30 tipis ready to go up on the National Mall. There will be demonstrations and ceremonies to tell President Obama that the risk to our land, water and climate from Keystone XL is too great to allow. And all of this will be led by an unprecedented alliance that won't back down.
The goal is to be the talk of the town during the crucial last week of April when President Obama will be making up his mind about the pipeline. This is our exclamation point on two years of powerful action against Keystone XL.
It’s a bold vision, and we don’t have much time to pull it off. If it’s going to work, it’ll take all of us. So please pitch in whatever you can, and let’s make this happen together.
Onwards!
P.S. If you can join the big “Reject and Protect” rally in DC on Sat., April 26th (date changed from April 27th due to permitting issues) please sign up to stay in the loop.
http://act.350.org/signup/rejectandprotect/?akid=4377.851902.hdKJVd&rd=1&source=350&t=3
Es todo, hoy,
RudyG