Archive for October 15th, 2008
Finally! The Last Presidential Debate and We’re Liveblogging It (With Some Help from My Friends)
7:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Blogs| Politics| US Presidential Race 2008| VivirLatino · No Comments
15 Oct 2008I’d never thought I’d be excited about a presidential debate, pero tonite is the last one! Jack from Angry Brown Butch hooked me and some other blogamigos up and VL will be liveblogging the debate at 9 pm tonite along with Jack, Nezua, Jose Vilson, Holly from Feministe and internets willing, Sylvia.
Texas Event: Screening of Austin filmmaker Susanne Mason’s “Writ Writer” to be followed by readings from award-winning ex-convict poet Jorge Antonio Renaud
3:55 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Uncategorized · No Comments
15 Oct 2008Sounds like an amazing event, if you’re in the area–GO! And then come back and tell us how it was!
Red Salmon Arts and the Mexican American Cultural Center of Austin present Writing Behind Bars, a special screening of the new documentary “Writ Writer” by Susanne Mason and poetry reading by award-winning writer Jorge Antonio Renaud on Thursday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m. at the Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street, Austin, Texas.
The event celebrates the creativity and courage of two convicted felons who refused to be shamed into silence by their history. With their pens they gave voice to the crushing brutality of prison life, seeking humane treatment of prisoners.
“Writ Writer,” portrays the historic conflict that emerged in the 1960s when prisoners in Texas rose up to challenge the brutal conditions in state prisons.
Focusing on the story of self-taught jailhouse lawyer Fred Arispe Cruz, the film portrays the protracted legal battle for the right of Texas prisoners to assist each other with lawsuits.
In retaliation, prison officials subjected Cruz to untold months of solitary confinement and other punishments in an attempt to coerce him to drop his lawsuits. This attracted concerned civil rights attorneys who came to assist Cruz with his litigation for prisoners’ rights.
Ultimately, Cruz’s legal battle initiated what lead to the most comprehensive court-ordered state prison reform in U.S. history.
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
3:25 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT| Health| Women| children · 1 Comment
15 Oct 2008
Today is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, and with it come La Macha’s insistent reminders to get yourself tested. HIV is a disease that can be managed for many years–to the point it is no longer the death sentence it used to be. But it has to be caught while still in the HIV negative stage for management to be as effective as possible.
Unfortunately, Latin@s are not being tested nearly often enough nor soon enough, and that’s resulting in devastating loses to our communities:
Overall, the mode of HIV infection for 61 percent of Hispanic males was male-to-male sexual contact, while 17 percent of infections occurred through heterosexual contact and 17 percent through injection drug use, the CDC said.
Among HIV-infected Hispanic women, 76 were exposed through heterosexual contact and 23 percent through injection drug use, the CDC said.
The report noted that Hispanics face disproportionate rates of HIV infections, with the second-highest infection rate among all U.S. racial and ethnic groups, behind blacks.
“The rate of HIV diagnosis for Hispanic males is about three times higher than the rate among white males. And for Hispanic females, it’s about five times higher than among white females,” Dominguez said.
Please, get yourself tested! If you’re not sure where to go or don’t have access to a doctor, this website will help you find places where you can go to get confidential and even free testing done!
Miercoles Musica : Aterciopelados Rio
12:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Music · No Comments
15 Oct 2008
I heart Nacional Records with all their Colombian alterLatino musica. Now they are bringing us new Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago aka as the team Aterciopelados.
They are dropping their new album Rio on October 21st, pero you can have a sneak peak and download the single Rio here.
Via / Lossip
In Times of Economic Crisis : Is Spending $160,752,000,000 on Deportations Smart?
10:08 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| Money| Politics · No Comments
15 Oct 2008
With the U.S. government’s enforcement first and only immigration policy, meaning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids communities, here at VivirLatino, we often talk about the human cost, the families broken, the children left behind. Pero thanks to the Des Moines Register, there is now a clearer picture of the monetary cost of raids and deportations and since for so many, especially in these times, money talks, it begs the question: how much are people willing to pay?
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