I and several fellow bloggers/friends have submitted two panel proposals for next year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX. This year, the organizers of SXSW have moved to a “yes or no” system of voting. Our fate is based on the number of votes that we receive. So every vote counts!

These are the two panel proposals that were submitted:

What is Possible?
New media is our new frontier. The possibilities for what we can create online are endless. As humans it is ultimately up to us what we decide to invent, imagine and make possible. This panel will explore the possibilities for innovation, collaboration and transformation that become possible through New Media.

Is Technology the Great Equalizer?
Is technology the great equalizer or is said meme disguising another truth? This panel will explore said question and reflect on the experience, perspective and vision of the panelists and the community who comes willing to grapple with the question and its relevance in our current digital world.

Fellow panelists are:

Marisa Treviño
Marisa Treviño is a Dallas, Texas-based freelance opinion journalist and the publisher of the site Latina Lista. Latina Lista (www.latinalista.net) is an extension of her 16-year journalism career where she takes the news of the day that impacts the Latino community and adds her perspective — with the goal of creating dialogue and understanding across communities and borders. In addition, she is a weekly columnist with the online news site Rio Grande Guardian, a contributing columnist with Hispanic Link News service and is an award-winning public radio commentator for Texas public radio station KERA. Her columns have appeared in USA Today, as well as, syndicated across the country in both English and Spanish. She has also been a guest on CNN and NPR news shows.

Manuel Guzmán
Manuel Guzmán is a resident of Tucson, Arizona and has been blogging as ManEegee since 2004, covering border policies and promoting a human rights-centric view of immigration reform. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Arizona and s the founder of Latino Politico as well as a contributor to The Sanctuary. Manuel sees the web as a tool to magnify grassroots efforts that fight on behalf of migrant workers and families as well as leverage political power to enact comprehensive immigration reform that respects the dignity and hard work of those ensnared by a broken system.

Dee Perez-Scott
From Migrant Worker in Michigan to Business Woman in Texas, Dee has supported Immigrant and Minority rights volunteering in the community, reading to children and advocating Education in order to achieve the American Dream. Dee’s Blog is: Immigration Talk with a Mexican American. She also writes for: The Sanctuary, Citizen Orange and The Peace Tree.

Kety Esquivel
Kety Esquivel is the New Media Manager for the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). She has over ten years of experience in the non-profit, private and political sectors. She directed Latino outreach for the Clark Presidential Campaign. Esquivel graduated from Cornell University where she served on the Board of Trustees. She is the founder of CrossLeft and co-founder of the Institute of Progressive Christianity and The Sanctuary. Her commentary has been featured and quoted in stories for the Wall St. Journal Online, HITN, PBS, XM radio, CNN, Televisa and Univision.

One more thing. Once you voted, if you could please leave a comment letting people know how awesome we are and it would be a mistake to leave us out.

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