Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
30
This is in response to Kyle’s questions he asked on the Shattered Dreams post. I have decided to write a separate post because the questions he asked are very thought provoking and really should not be buried in the comments section.
Surely after the DREAM Act is put into practice and if it truly is horrendous, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
01
How you respond to adversity in life? According to Martin Seligman, a renowned psychologist and clinical researcher, there are three levels on which to evaluate things: whether the event is personal, whether it is permanent, and whether it is pervasive. He states that pessimists believe that the bad events in their are their fault and [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Sep
06
This past Labor Day, the Sin Fronteras Defense Committee held another protest in front of the Corrections Corporation of America’s Houston Processing Center. Here are some photos from the protest. I will be updating this post with more photos.
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Aug
31
California Highway Patrol in riot gear have shut down all southbound traffic lanes at San Ysidro, CA (h/t to Erwin C at The Latin Americanist). Hundreds of Mexican teachers are blocking the world’s busiest border crossing. Members of a teachers union demonstrating against changes in Mexico’s pension system briefly blocked holiday weekend traffic Friday through [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Aug
08
This past weekend I attended another demonstration against this country’s use of the privatized prison complex to detain undocumented immigrants. The protest was the third protest sponsored by Houston Sin Fronteras, which took place outside the Corrections Corporation of America’s (CCA) Houston Processing Center. During the protest, I could not help but think how George [...]
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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.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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