Last year, I wrote throughout our lives, we can identify changes in one’s own personal life by associating them to certain events that we either experienced or witnessed personally. Once again, going to Taylor, TX had an effect on me. However, it wasn’t just going there, it was an accumulation of things.
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This past weekend I attended a march and rally in Taylor, TX, home of the infamous T. Don Hutto Residential Center. Normally, I would just post the photos I took whenever I attended one these events, but this time around, I decided to be a little creative. I decided to be a little adventurous and [...]
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Over the weekend, I received an email from Jay Johnson-Castro about a family that was separated at the border by our immigration rules had a happy ending as they finally reunited in South Florida last Friday (video). Abel Gómez showed up one day last month at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Texas certain that immigration [...]
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We are able to identify changes in one’s own personal life by associating them to certain events that we either experienced or witnessed personally. We do this as a way to expand our sense of purpose and transcend our ordinary lives, consequently questioning and integrating beliefs and values with actions. This past weekend is one [...]
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I finally made up Hutto, I am currently doing a write up on my visit but here are some of the pictures I took, I have plenty more and with some video footage. I will be posting those shortly.
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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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