Archive for May 2nd, 2008
May Day At Union Square Video Crowd Clip
8:37 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration|New York City · Comments Off
2 May 2008 
Notes from the NYC Union Square May Day Pro-Immigrant Rally
8:06 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · New York City · Comments Off
2 May 2008After the Beyond Borders screening, it was time to head to Union Square Park. At 12:15 pm, the park was pretty empty, save the police and set up people. At 2:30 , it still was pretty empty. On the side of the park where the rally was not happening, the rest of NYC seemed to be oblivious or not care what was going on, as organizers led a practice round of bilingual chants (which were way too long!)
Hitting the playground with my kids as we waited for the official rally to start, immigrant women of color nannies watched their white charges. One said that she knew of the rally but had to work, she then called her friend to let her know about the rally.
Read more about what went down (including how a racist woman got in my kid’s face) after the jump.
May is Latino Books Month
2 May 2008The Association of American Publishers has named May as Latino Books Month. According to an interview with Marcela Landres on Latinidad:
Latino Books Month was created via the AAP’s Publishing Latino Voices of America subcommittee in its efforts to heighten the richness of works both in English and Spanish written by those of Hispanic descent. The breadth and depth of works in fiction and nonfiction, English and Spanish for adults and children for the Latino community is endless, and we wanted to ensure that all citizens have access to learn about such fabulous titles that are available to them, stories with which they can relate, and stories which inspire.
For the rest of the month VivirLatino will highlight a Latino book a day including my favorites and books that are on my reading list.
Also send us your favorite Latino books. Maybe we’ll post your book and reason for choosing it!
Hola!
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