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October 14-28th

The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance presents its annual BlakTina Performance Series

A festival celebrating works by Black, Latina/o and Blatina/o artists. This year we are using BlakTina in the festival’s title to flip the Spanish language norm that uses the masculine to describe the universal.

Check out all the events at BAAD!’s website here

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As the #OccupyWallStreet protest enters it’s third week, I was finally able to head down to Zuccotti Park aka Liberty Plaza to get a first hand sense of what was happening.

I will admit to feeling somewhat ambivalent about the #OccupyWallStreet actions. Not because I don’t believe that Wall Street is fucked up – I temped at a big investment bank for a number of years and witnessed first hand the manipulation of other people’s money and other people’s governments. My lack of full support is not because I don’t think the economy is jacked up – no one needs to tell me how hard it is for people to pay bills, keep roofs over their heads and feed themselves. These are issues I struggle with daily – as do most of my neighbors. My guarded enthusiasm comes from a concern with the messaging – which is critical in any action that claims to be resisting existing power structures. So I went to witness and to feel the messaging, not just by reading words on signs but by seeing who are the participants and who are they representing.

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NYC Peoples’ Justice Cop Watch Training March 20th

8:22 am By Maegan La Mala · Justice|New York City · Comments Off

10 Mar 2011

What Would Police Accountability Look LIke?
Spring Training Series by Peoples’ Justice
Sun. Feb. 27, 2-5pm:  Know Your Rights
Sun. March 20, 2-5pm:  Cop Watch
PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: Community Service Society, 105 E. 22nd St. at Park Ave., Room 4A.
6 or N Trains to 23rd Street.
*** It is preferable, but not necessary, to attend both trainings.  TO RSVP for either: Emailinfo@peoplesjustice.org and specify which training(s) you wish to attend.***
Who Should Attend:
-  Groups of 3-5 who wanna start Cop Watch teams.
-  Folks who wanna learn about their rights when approached by the cops (esp. poc, youth, immigrants, trans and
queer folks).
-  Folks who are tired of watching police violence in their neighborhoods.
-  Folks who wanna plug into PJ’s work.
-  Lawyers who want help hold the NYPD accountable to NYC communities.
-  Folks who wanna talk to their communities about issues they face.
Brought to you by:
Peoples’ Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability
212.614.5343

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Wednesday, March 30th,
7:30PM – 9:30PM

At Nowhere – 322 E 14th St (1st/2nd)21+, FREE

New York’s most avant-garde Latino reading series peeks over the edge this month with a reading dedicated to PUNK and the various meanings it has come to embrace. As a popular music movement in the Mexican “desmadre” scene and as a very top-secret phenomenon in Cuba, punk music has seduced Latinos all around the globe.

 

Grab a beer, kick back, and listen to the peculiar perspectives of Dan Lopez, J Skye Cabrera, Sam J Miller, Charlie Vázquez, Roberto Plena Irizarry and the inimitable East Village performance art originator Ms. Penny Arcade herself for an unforgettable evening of words and music. Try to beat that!

Facebook event page: http://tinyurl.com/6fspjup

Information: http://www.firekingpress.com

Image Credit: Antony Zito

 

 

 

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I’m actually looking forward to a break from all the heavy politics of life and this week I have to thank the Latin Alternative Music Conference, which kicks off today with panels and concerts all over NYC.

Tonight, at 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m) Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) is holding its annual “Verano Alternativo” Showcase at S.O.B’s with featured performer Manhattan-bred Maluca. Put your rolos on ladies.

Other performers include Punto G NYC, Maria Isa, and Bachaco.

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NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade Controversy

8:43 am By BiancaLaureano · Culture|New York|New York City|Violence · Comments Off

11 Jun 2010

There’s been a lot of conversation around the NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade coming up this weekend. All the talk is about the assigned “godfather” for the Parade, model, actor and singer Osvaldo Rios, who has a history of violence against women. There has been an amazing response to his participation at the parade this year from community members and elected officials. The communal response to his violent acts gives me a lot of hope and I wanted to share a piece I wrote specifically about this topic that was published today. This also fits really well with how we may define and identify as survivors. You can read the full article here.

The most recent story that has been at the center of discussing the Parade this year is the chosen “godfather,” actor, singer and model Osvaldo Rios. Huge controversy surrounds his presence at the Parade because of his history of violence against women. This controversy began back in May of this year when the announcement was made. In 2004 Rios spent 3 months in a Puerto Rican prison for abusing his partner at the time. Part of the controversy that has begun was when council member in Spanish Harlem Melissa Mark-Viverito stated:

“It’s not a positive role model for my people, for my community and for our children. I personally will not march in the parade and I will ask other elected officials to consider doing the same thing.” Not everyone agreed with Mark-Viverito and believed that people “deserve second chances.”

Following Mark-Viverito’s statements, the Marshal for the Parade, Chicago Rep. Luis Gutierrez quit and Verizon pulled its sponsorship earlier this week, the first full week of June. This has resulted in Rios making a decision about his presence and participation at the Parade. Rios recently announced he has chosen to not attend the Parade. He is quoted in the NY Daily News as saying:

“After discussing this issue with my wife, my children and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, to whom I’m grateful for her wise words, my family and I have decided … not to attend the parade and promote the unity and the consensus between the Puerto Rican people at such a great event.”

I have to admit that I am one of the people who believe this is a good decision to not have Rios be the “godfather” at the Parade, this year or any year for that matter. I’m proud to have read that several representatives and sponsors recognize that women’s bodies, Latina bodies, Puerto Rican women’s bodies, Caribbean women’s bodies, LatiNegra bodies are important. That the abuses our bodies endure are not ones that can be easily rectified. That our bodies have endured so much already, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually and that our lives matter too. I hope this will be an opportunity for community members to consider a communal response to ending violence within our communities.  I know I will be using this story and other forms of media in my classroom this summer and next semester as I discuss rape, sexual assault, and violence.

It has been recently announced that singer Marc Anthony will be the new “godfather” of the Puerto Rican Day Parade.

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I went back to 47th Street and 3rd Avenue, in front of Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, to check up in how the 9 young people engaged in a hunger strike were doing as they entered Day 3 of their fast for a stand-alone DREAM Act.

All of the participants were in good spirits and were reading recent media coverage from the New York Times and the NY Daily News.

Senator Schumer’s office has yet to acknowledge that there are 9 young people outside his office demanding action. The fasters will be holding a vigil tomorrow night, at 7 pm, at 47th Street and 3rd Avenue.

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Yesterday, nearly two dozen New Yorkers were arrested in front of 26 Federal Plaza in an act of civil disobedience calling on Obama and the the U.S. Federal Government to stop playing with people’s lives and move on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. From the Unity Statement signed by those arrested in NYC yesterday:

Being conscientiously of the opinion that our current immigration laws betray our core principles of democracy, inclusiveness and justice; that they allow for Arizona’s immoral and unconstitutional SB1070; and that their continued enforcement through detention and deportation separates families and destroys communities; we are compelled to escalate our call for Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the face of inaction from our nation’s elected representatives.


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Racial and ethnic profiling is all over the media. Last night, with a knot in my stomach, I watched the local news talk about the raids that happened all along the U.S. Northeast in search of those involved with the failed Times Square bombing fireworks show. I do not feel any safer.
As a survivor of 9-11-01, I feel less safe when I hear pundits on television saying this is the way to do ethnic profiling. Already one of the Muslim Junior High School students I work with is being bullied again. I don’t think she feels any safer either. I especially feel less safe for her and so many others when it is being argued that it is ok to suspend Constitutional Rights in the name of the “war on terror”.

And before anyone jumps on me in the comments section, pointing out to me that this site is called VivirLatino, here is the connection.

Recently another report came out of my city, New York City, saying that people of color, specifically Blacks and Latinos were more likely to be stopped and frisked BUT that they were not more likely to get arrested. Meaning that ::gasp:: Blacks and Latinos are not more predisposed to criminality. We just always seem to fit the description or look “suspicious”. Don’t tell that to a “cop in the hood” though. It just makes sense that more of “us” are stopped in “our” neighborhoods.

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It pained me to hear that poet Tato Laviera was going through some hard times following some health issues.

Poesia, especially when it reflects and represents the comunidad, isn’t an easy hustle. It does make me happy to see peeps coming out and supporting him. Tonight’s event has an amazing lineup so if you can spare the $25 please do go and support.

Tuesday, April 27, 6-10PM
New York University
Kimmel Center, Room 401
60 Washington Square South
(corner of LaGuardia Place, NYC)

Tkts available day of event at
NYU Central Tkt office – General Admission: $25
Students/Seniors: $15
NYU Students: $7

For more information call Tato: 917-364-2223
or send email to: rcruzrios1@nyc.rr.com

Hosted by Juan Flores and Lorraine Montenegro (United Bronx Parents Inc.)

Participating Poets will include: Sandra Maria Esteves, Maria Aponte, Caridad De La Luz (La Bruja), Mariposa, Nancy Mercado, Prisionera, Myrna Nieves, Miguel Algarin, Louis Reyes Rivera, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, Fish Vargas, Rich Villar, George Zavala, Frank Perez, Sery Colon with Luisito Ayala, Raul Rios and Jose Angel Figueroa.

Music will include: Poet Americo Casiano Jr. and singer Jacqueline Flowers with their ensemble: NuyoRican School of Poetry Jazz Ensemble, Inc. with bassist Andy Gonzalez, and percussionists: Gene Golden, Vincent George and Abe Rodriguez, Carmen Ambert singing the Puerto Rican National Anthem, and will be highlighted by DASO under the direction of David Soto. Presenters: Edwin Melendez, Centro; Dr. William Luis, Vanderbilt University; Stephanie Alvarez Martinez, University of Texas, Panamerican.

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