Thanks to Matt Ortega, he posted the online video of the “Our ‘Dos Centavos’: Strategies For Latino Bloggers.” Blogamigo (and Mayor of Blogtown :p ) Manny, a person who I had the honor of meeting this weekend, live blogged our discussion. You can find the transcript on his site.
Dos Centavos Session
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And so it begins? After two years of blogging, I have finally made my way into the belly of the beast. To some, I know this comes as a surprise. I never talked about, nor have I ever mentioned my interest in being part of the Netroots Nation in crowd. And now that I am [...]
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Here is the CNN video clip of Kety Esquivel, blogamiga, Sanctuary Editor and Crossleft.org Founder, addressing the political pandering and the poor outreach efforts to the Latina/o community by both presidential candidates.
Kety was eloquent, on-target, and very professional. We are proud of you Kety, you did an awesome job. YOU ROCKED!!!!
CNN transcript below the fold
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First off, I like to thank Wall Street Journal correspondent Ana Rivas for picking up the recent rift between the Latinosphere and the current outreach efforts by both presidential candidates to the Latino community.
In her blog post (which I, Edmundo “XicanoPwr” Rocha, happened to be mentioned) Rivas writes:
Latino bloggers covering the presidential campaign reacted this [...]
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With the race for the White House between Barack Obama and John McCain on its way, the political phenomenon that occurs every four years, “Christopher Columbus Syndrome” is just getting started. The “Christopher Columbus Syndrome,” coined by Jorge Ramos, occurs every four years when politicians from both political parties suddenly rediscover the Latino community [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
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