Fwd: Somos Primos April 2011 137th Online issue

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Dear friends and primos:

Texas' celebration of its declaration of independence and eventual
absorption into the United States 175th years ago is being recognition by a
full year of many activities, articles, and activism. Even if you do not
have Texas heritage, what happened in Texas affected the development of the
entire nation.

You'll all enjoy the special feature on the Latino History Baseball
Project. Our involvement in the all-American sport of baseball will
hopefully chip away at some preconceived ideas of what Mexican Americans
did and do in their spare time.

Thank you all for sharing an abundance of great information. We all
appreciate you.

God bless, Mimi

APRIL 2011 Content Areas

United States
Creating the legislative districts
2010 Population in Southwest
Latino Point of View
Governors file suit against Federal government
Gossip
Texas students, now majority
US Stamps of Latin Music Legends
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
House of Representative in session
Guns for us, not for you
Accumulated National Debt increases
The 'Utah Way' toward immigration reform
Growth Trajectory Continues
Linda Chapa LaVia, A Wise Latina by Mercy Bautista-Olvera
Hispanics Breaking Barriers, Part XXVII by Mercy Bautista-Olvera
MALDEF, Latino Officers Charge City of Westminster, CA

Latinos in the World of Baseball
Latino Baseball History Project
Memorial plaque Honoring Manuel "Shorty" Perez
Mexican American Baseball Exhibits in Los Angeles, in Pasadena, California
March 31st: Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles, Discussion/Book
Signing

Witness to Heritage
Story of Texas being retold, reconsidered
Travels with John Valadez By Daisy Wanda Garcia
An update on The Longoria Affair so far
Rudi Rodriguez receiving 2010 Texas Historical Commission
Myth Breakers by Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez, Ph.D.
The Little Ice Age& the Alamo in Winter Garden History by Richard G.
Santos
Mythologizing The Alamo by Richard G. Santos
The Mis-teaching of Texas History Began in 1920s by Richard G. Santos
It’s time to stop using ‘Remember the Alamo’ slogan by José Antonio López
Tejano Heritage Police Department Mission Statements

Erasing Historic Reality:
American Hispanics and the Civil Rights Struggle: by Felipe de Ortego y
Gasca

Hispanic Leaders
Frank Bonilla, Educator, Activist 1925-2010
Eddie Galvan, Music Teacher 1927-2011
Jack D. Forbes, Scholar, Educator 1934-2011

National Issues
More Illegals entering through Canada, than Mexico
Pig Races in Texas
An American Muslim's View
Muslims rated the United States as better than their home country
Mrs. Sabaditsch-Wolff convicted of hate speech
Invasion by Sea
Utah immigration idea gets hearing in Arizona
Utah’s Immigration Bills – A Blast from the Past
Birthright citizenship ban could hamper U.S. military recruiting
Colorado Latino lobby day underlines lopsided nature of immigration debate

Immigrants, not Australians, must Adapt . . Take It Or Leave It.
Ciudad Juárez and Mexico's 'Narco-Culture' Threat
San Francisco circumcision ban headed for November ballot

Action Item
Decorated War Vets Face Deportation
Historic Treviño Uribe Ranch House
Lanier basketball team learns a harsh lesson about life
It shouldn't be this hard

Business
The National Hispanic Business Women Association
Hispanic grocery stores proliferate in Maryland
Frijolitos Inc.
The current financial crisis explained in a single picture:
Mexicans& Jews Fight for the Rights of Mercado Workers

Education
Cartoon: Tagging, Spray Cans and Space by Sergio Hernandez
Santamaria v. Dallas Independent School District
Itinerant Life Weighs on Farmworkers' Children
Islamists wage 'soft jihad' to give students sanitized view of Islam

Culture
Lalo Sings No Chicanos on TV
Immerse Yourself in Chicano Art
Canto de la Monarca: Mujeres en México
2010-2011 Austin Music Awards
Luis Germán Cajiga
Latin@ Printmakers Exhibition: Grabados de Paz y Guerra
Latinopia.com

Literature
I am a Human by Xalli Gordon-Chavez
1st Annual Call for Entries: Bringchange2life Short Stories Awards!
Playwrights take on immigration in “Performing 1070 Short-Play Festival”
Texas A& M University Press invites submissions to the forthcoming
anthology

Books
Latinos in U.S Sport: A History of Isolation, Cultural Identity, and
Acceptance
By Jorge Iber, Samuel Regalado, Jose Alamillo, Arnoldo De Leon
The Islenos of Louisiana: On the Water's Edge
The Book of Want by Daniel A. Olivas
Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun
El Beso del Escapulario by Nicolás Rosendo García by Liza Bakewell

Latino Patriots
A Message to You, from Debbie Lee, Gold Star Mom
Miguel de la Pena: American Warrior

American Revolution Patriots
Galvez! Spain, Hispanics& The American Revolution, documentary
A Florida 500 Year Anniversary documentary
Granville Hough, Ph.D. Research Available

Family History
Downloadable Forms
9 Million Free Browsable Images from 9 Countries Added

DNA
Female mtDNA Haplotypes of Isabel Olea By Crispin Rendon

Orange County, CA
SAVE the date, November 13, 2011
RootsMagic by Tom Saenz, SHHAR monthly meeting, April 9th
We are not Alone, A Musical Tribute to Tomás Rivera
Writer brings heart to Huntington Beach, Elva Trevino Hart by Ron Gonzales
Santa Ana Public Library conducting Mexican State Oral History Project
A Voice From The Past Re-visits El Modena!
OC Unified School District Finally Honoring Lorenzo Ramirez by Gustavo
Arellano
Proclamation of the Board of Education to Lorenzo Ramirez

Los Angeles, CA
The new power of a Latino-Jewish coalition in L.A.
April 16: Architects and Architecture of Los Angeles, from Adobe to
High-rise

California
Rita Nieblas Remembered with Plaque
The Maple Street Project
Come tour the California State Archives!
Calendar of April Events in California Missions
Resident of Huelva, Spain seeks California family links.
Saturday, April 16, traditional Fiesta de las Regiones, San Diego
The Terrible Curse of Griffith Park
Census: East Bay cities see huge influx of Latinos

Northwestern US
Spanish language Family History Symposium in Salt Lake City
Digital Storytelling Workshop

Southwestern US
April 13-15, Our Lady of the Lake University's 8th Annual Mexican American

Studies& Research Conference
17th Annual tribute to New Mexico's Hispano Legislators
Estevan Rael-Gálvez, Ph.D., New Vice Pres of Historic Sites, NTHP
June 8-12, 2011, MANA Leadership Institute, 37th Annual Conference
Onate's Soldiers, Fathers of New Mexico Hispanic People by Dr. Ronald J.
Roman

Middle America
Native Waters, the Chitimacha Indians
Morgan Blanchard: "The Crawfish Boil"-Official Video
Alejandra "Ollie" Zuniga wins statewide honor
Historic New Orleans Collection, Ursuline Convent

Texas
Status of "El Tejano" Monument
April 2: Los Bexarenos April Meeting, Hispanic Heritage Matters
April 6th: The Green Flag Republic
Tejano Conjunto Festival
Maureen Brown, new Manager of Casa Navarro
300 years of Tejano History by Dr. Lino Garcia, Jr.
The Alamo a touchstone for songwriters
The other Texas Independence Day by José Antonio López
Mujeres in Texas History by José Antonio López

Mexico
6th Binational History Conference, Mar 11-12th, Coahuila, Mexico
Delfino Palmerín Mejía
El Museo del Valle del Pilón
Defunciones del Valle del Pilon, Montemorelos, N.L., Familias Cantu y de
Leon
Doña Esther González Pemoulié de Pérez Treviño
The Irish Presence in Mexico by Rose Mary Salum
Personajes en la Historia de México por José León Robles de la Torre
Jose Maria Iglesias Inzurragas
Juan Nepomuceno Laureano Méndez Sánchez
Cronica de la Revolucion Mexicana por Roberto Blanco Moheno
San Francisco Soyaniquilpan
Genealogía de México

Indigenous
Ball-play of the Choctaw: Ball-up, 1846-50
200-Year-Old Mural Wants Spotlight Again
This Place Matters: Protecting Chimney Rock

Archaeology
Cracked Mayan Code May Point to 8 Tons of Lost Treasure

African-American
Traditional Racial Labels No Longer Define New Generation of College
Students
The 3,000-Mile Field Trip
Black and White and Married in the Deep South: A Shifting Image by Susan
Saulny

East Coast
400-Year-Old King Signs Autographs
500 years Countdown Celebration of the discovery of Florida
Women of Impact 2011/ Mujeres de Impacto 2011

Caribbean/Cuba
Trace your Puerto Rican ancestry

Central& South America
María Dolores Vargas de Urdaneta por Eumenes Fuguet Borregales

Spain
Barberos en la Edad Media
Hernando de Alarcón

International
31 minutes of Canary Island music
A Toast to the Hispanic Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
Canada's Multicultural Trap: A Country Under Siege

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