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Thursday, June 11, 2009

David S> Resoonse: On Chicano Identity from Peta-de-Aztlan

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6-11-2009 @11:45 PM ~ PST

Venceremos Companero David ~

Are we still debating what the hell to call ourselves? Let each
decide for him or her own self in good conscience and evolve
beyond ethnic labels in unity with all peoples yearning to breathe
free and in the bold collective quest for spiritual liberation.

I am first and foremost a humane being. I was raised with a
self-identity of being a Mexican, both my parents always referred
to themselves as Mexicans. Later I learned that I was of Spanish
stock on my Mom's side and Chiricahua -Apache and Sonoran Yaqui
from my Padre's bloodline. In essence I am indigenous to Aztlan!

Then the late 60's happened, for a short while I considered myself a
Mexican-American, was a member of the MAYA student group in high
school, then the Chicano Movement came into being. I helped with
the Grape Boycott and was in the Brown Berets for a few years, though
I also related to the Black Berets from San Jose. Later I helped build up
MECHA at Sac State then I got married and settled down for a few years.
Now it seems lifetimes ago and life goes on within us and without us.

I see the validity of identifying with the term Latinos because we do
not want to alienate others who claim to be Latinos the same way
that we alienated a lot of Mexicanos during the early Chicano days.

However, I find the term Hispanics a total government label in terms
of its usage and origin.

So I relate to them all though in different ways I most closely identity
with the Lost Tribe of Chicanos. We should see Chicanos as a generational
social phenomena, not a separate ethic group. How many of our lost barrio
youth relate to the term 'Chicano'?

The main actual race of people upon planet Earth is and always has been
the human race of two-legged homosapiens of possibly extraterrestrial origin.

I believe that more and more of us all over the globe are becoming more
and more humane beings in terms of having care, concern and compassion
for all living beings, regardless of one's subjective self-identity in terms of
any illusionary concept of race, nationality, ethnic group or tribe.

The right to label ourselves is a key part of being liberated. We must come
to the realization that we are all one on the quantum level and should strive
to be one on the cosmic level. There is a devil in divisions that splinter us and
separate us from each other. We are hungry and the first impulse is to eat.

When the shit hits the fan I just want to have the comrade next to me able
to shoot straight with a cold dead-eye on the target.

Sometimes in order to move forward we need to let go of the past.
All we really have to work on and to work with is here now. The past
is gone forever and the future never really arrives here now.

Seize the Time! Education for Liberation!
Peter S. Lopez ~aka: Peta
Sacramento, California, Aztlan
Yahoo Email: peter.lopez51@yahoo.com

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From: "davidsanchezphd@webtv.net" <davidsanchezphd@webtv.net>
To: DAVIDSANCHEZPHD@webtv.net; NetworkAztlan_News@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:13:53 AM
Subject: [NetworkAztlan_News] Fwd: On Chicano Identity

The erasing of Chicano identity continues as schools and institutions
continue to appease the system to hide a huge political force and
population. For example, at ELA College, they now call Chicano Studies:
Chicano Latino Studies eventhou, 90% of Raza in the U.S. is of
Chicano-Mexican decent. The Chicano is the core base of the Mexican
American population which consist of over 27 million. Latino does not
connect with Mexican and Azteca origins. For example, The Southwest and
Mexico is local history. "We were not brought here". Before the Indians
of the Southwest were American Indians, they were Mexican Indians
because this was once Mexico, and before that, they were natives of the
same and similar culture. For example, the native indians in Los Angeles
spoke Nahuatl which is the same language of the Aztecas. The Aztecas
were Mechicas or Mechicanos. The problem is that middle class education
continues to erase the theoretical history and framework which made
Chicano Studies. David Sanchez, Doctor of Philosophy

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Latinos and the Green Movement, Part I

http://www.pontealdia.com/columnistas/latinos-and-the-green-movement-part-i.html

Latinos And The Green Movement, Part I

Por Jonathan Higuera - Hispanic Link

11:06 | 06/10/09

(First of two parts)

Mary Helen Sotelo, a retired nurse, chuckles when recalling how her kids would poke fun at her as she washed plastic food bags to reuse later. That was in the 1980s before the terms "sustainability" and "going green" were yet to become part of the national lexicon.

Sotelo's concern for the environment is still going strong. So much so, in fact, that last year she decided to buy a 2009 Camry Hybrid. While it was a big upfront investment, she's happy with her purchase, which she had been contemplating for several years.

"Not only is it protecting the environment, but it's going to save me money in the future," she says, citing the 37 to 44 miles per gallon it gets.

Despite notions that Latinos are not broadly engaged in saving polar bears or the rain forest, they may very well embody the term "sustainability."

In fact, as the environmental movement broadens its perspective on what it means to be green, its leaders may want to take note of the way many Latinos live their lives. Whether following customs and practices handed down from sus padres or los abuelitos or borne from economic necessity, many Latinos have found ways to reduce, reuse and recycle long before these became the mantra for the green movement.

"A lot of Latinos like me had aunts, uncles, grandparents who were conservationists," says Nicole Greason, marketing and public relations administrator for Fennemore Craig law firm. "They collected rain water for their gardens, composted, recycled cans and metals. They were people who, out of necessity, found uses for everything."

These practices have rubbed off on Greason, who donates to groups such as the World Wildlife Federation, and has made a conscious decision to reduce her carbon footprint.

To this day, she does not use a clothes dryer, preferring instead to air-dry her garments. "The dryer is an evil thing," she half jokes. "It uses a lot of energy and ruins my clothes."

She also owns a lower-carbon-emitting Honda Element and decided to buy an existing home rather than a new one at a time when new homes were plentiful and in vogue. "It was counterintuitive to get an older home but it worked for me," she says.

Now that the green movement has touched nearly every corner of the country, many Latinos simply need to step back and look at their family practices more closely to see if they are being good stewards of the planet, says Raquel Gutiérrez, a Tempe, Arizona-based consultant to non-profits and foundations.

For Gutiérrez, the sustainable practices she's using in her Tempe home differ little from the practices her parents instilled in her childhood. As Chicano activists who have long celebrated their Native American roots, her family practices "7th generation thinking," she says. This calls for making decisions with thought about how their choices will impact generations far into the future.

She and her husband Ward compost and use xeriscape landscaping in their backyard. Years ago, they changed all their light bulbs to CFLs. They also reduced and or eliminated their use of paper and plastic.

Gutiérrez, who received her Ph.D. from Arizona State University last year, recounts how one small step of buying enough silverware and plates to use at family get-togethers dramatically reduced the amount of paper and plastic they had been using.

"If enough people do enough small things, together they can make a difference," says Gutiérrez.

It's that type of cultural environmentalism that really didn't register with the mainstream environmental movement for many years, says Adrianna Quintero, staff attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. From her base in San Francisco, she directs the NRDC's La Onda Verde initiative, which was launched in 2005 to inform and involve Spanish-speaking Latinos both here and abroad about the broad spectrum of environmental issues.

"If you look at Latinos who belong to movements, it's more about participating," she says. "It's not about giving $20 to an organization….This is about being part of the solution."

Sotelo, the hybrid owner, often scours magazines searching for ideas on how to reduce, reuse and recycle. She is no Johnny-come-lately to green practices, either. She began recycling in the mid-1980s when she lived near Cal-State University at Bakersfield. The school had recycling bins and she would take all her recyclables there.

Her biggest concern these days is the amount of plastic going into landfills. She's alarmed that much of the plastic we use will be around longer than us.

Always finding something she can contribute to a recycling drive — half-empty cans of paint, computers, old batteries, used cell phones, she says, "I just want to do my part. We have a wonderful planet and we need to take care of it."

(Jonathan Higuera, of Phoenix, Ariz., is a freelance writer.)

(NEXT: Greenies and Environmental Justice — Mutually Exclusive Movements?)

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Education for Liberation!
Peter S. Lopez ~aka: Peta
Sacramento, California, Aztlan
Yahoo Email: peter.lopez51@yahoo.com

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Mariana> Re: [NetworkAztlan_News] EDUCATION YES! DEPORTATION NO! | ¡EDUCACIÓN SÍ! ¡DEPORTACIÓN NO! [1 Attachment]

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Gracias Companera Marianna ~ I requested to Join Raza Educators,
though I usually do not Join a bunch of groups these days because
I would not be an active participant and do not want to spend all my
time in the Emailing Mode when so much need to be done out in the calles.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/razaeducators/

I have my hands full and my fingers busy a lot anyways, but this kind
of straight up fascist behavior by DHS is an example of the raging insanity
in these times. Presidente Obama has failed miserably in this area for all
his excellence. The Bush Regime may be gone but the new regime also
needs to be educated. The honeymoon is over!

For starters we need to have at least a limited amnesty and definately
a freeze on fascist ICE military maneuvers.

Education for Liberation!
Peter S. Lopez ~aka: Peta
Sacramento, California, Aztlan
Yahoo Email: peter.lopez51@yahoo.com

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/
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From: Mariana Ramirez <meramcar@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:07:13 PM
Subject: [NetworkAztlan_News] EDUCATION YES! DEPORTATION NO! | ¡EDUCACIÓN SÍ! ¡DEPORTACIÓN NO! [1 Attachment]

[Attachment(s) from Mariana Ramirez included below]

****ESTE MENSAJE SE REPETIRA EN ESPAÑOL*****

STOP THE BORDER PATROL RAIDS ON THE TROLLEY!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 8, 2009

EDUCATION YES! DEPORTATION NO!

Teachers, students, parents and community members to monitor trolley to ensure students are not intimidated Border Patrol agents.

Contact

Dawn Miller – Educator

619/261-1222 (mobile)

Aremi López-Educadora/ Español

562/355-3745 (mobil)

Human Rights observation and monitoring on Thursday, June11th will begin at 6:30 AM at the 12^th and Imperial Trolley Station.

Teachers and students expected to attend the Metropolitan Transit System Board Meeting following the Human Rights Observation session at 9 AM at the James R. Mills Building, Board Meeting Room-10^th Floor 1255 Imperial Ave, San Diego CA, 92101..

San Diego-Two weeks after three local high school students were detained, handcuffed and deported to Tijuana on a May 20^thfollowing a raid launched by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials in the Old Town Trolley Station. Local teachers and students will begin to monitor the trolley system in order to ensure that the rights of students are protected.

Nearly a month after a joint operation launched by the US Border Patrol, the Transportation Security Administration and the Metropolitan Transit Police, teachers and students are still outraged that local elected officials have not publicly condemned immigration checks aboard the trolley.

"Immigration checks on board the trolley severely undermine the trust that we deposit on public transportation and are an affront on the rights of our community," said Aremi Lopez a local middle school teacher and member of the Association of Raza Educators.

The DHS raid prompted at least one hundred students and teachers to gather in front of the MTS offices to rally in order to demand an immediate halt to the raids.

"The students were deported to Tijuana within 6 hours of detainment - a place where they know no one, have no money and no resources." stated Dawn Miller, a local teacher.

Now teachers say that they will continue to ask the Metropolitan Transit Board to stop collaborating with Border Patrol and DHS officials during immigration checks aboard the trolley.

"We expect public transportation to be safe for our students, without the fear that they will be intimidated by Border Patrol, MTS must stop taking part in these egregious actions," concluded Miller.

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¡EDUCACIÓN SÍ! ¡DEPORTACIÓN NO!

¡ALTO A LAS REDADAS EN EL TROLLEY!

URGENTE

9 de Junio, 2009

CONTACTO:

Aremi López - Educadora

562-355-3745 (móvil)

¡EDUCACION SI! ¡DEPORTACION NO!

Mitin de protesta Jueves 11 de junio 2009 de las 6:30 a 7:00 a.m. en la estación de trolley 12 y Imperial

Los maestros, estudiantes, padres de familia y miembros de la comunidad estaremos observando y asegurándonos que ICE no deporte a nuestros estudiantes del trolley.

La comunidad no permitirá que los derechos humanos de los estudiantes sean violados y negados. El jueves 21 de mayo tres estudiantes fueron detenidos y deportados, negándoles el derecho a un proceso legal garantizado por la Declaración de Derechos Humanos (Articulo 9) y por el contrato Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos (Articulo 9, sección 4), por la Administració n de Seguridad en el Transporte (TSA).

"Los estudiantes fueron deportados a Tijuana en menos de 6 horas a un lugar donde no conocen a nadie, no tienen dinero o recursos," asevero la educadora de un estudiante deportado, Dawn Miller.

La comunidad exige que el Sistema Metropolitano de Tránsito de San Diego (MTS) deje de colaborar con ICE y no permita ninguna deportación más. Que el transporte publico sea seguro sin la presencia de agentes migratorios.

La comunidad también participara en la junta de la mesa directiva de MTS el jueves 11 de junio a las 9:00 a.m. en la oficinas centrales del trolley, para presentar sus demandas.

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