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A Celebration of Words, Power & Latina Lesbian Identity

7:00 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events|GLBT|New York City · Comments Off

1 Mar 2009

Seems like this is a good way to start March.

Sunday
A Celebration of Words, Power & Latina Lesbian Identity

March 1, 2009 / 3p.m. – 5p.m.

LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street (close to 14th street trains: A, 1, 2/3, C)
NYC 10019
Hosted by Las “Buenas Amigas”
Refreshments served – $5 donation

Sinister Wisdom and Las “Buenas Amigas” co-host a stimulating,
scintillating, thought-provoking afternoon of “Words, Power & Latina
Lesbian Identity” – Issue74 available on site with signing by
authors

Sinister Wisdom “Issue 74″ features 76 Latina contributors –

Juanita Ramos, Guest Editor

“This issue of Sinister Wisdom brings together the voices of 76 women born in 12 Latin American countries and across the United States. It is an honor for me at this time to once again gather together the voices of so many Latina lesbians.”

“Este ejemplar the Sinister Wisdom reune las voces de 76 mujeres
nacidas en 12 paises latinoamericanos y los Estados Unidos. Es para mi un gran honor una vez mas poder exponer a las voces de tantas lesbianas latinas.”

Featured NYC Writers include:

Rosita Angulo Libre de Marulanda
Glorya Cabrera
Alina Galliano
Antonieta Gimeno
Juanita Ramos
Rose Santos-Cunningham
Sinister Wisdom is a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal, based in Berkeley California, committed to publication of voices of all lesbians be heard and documented.

Las “Buenas Amigas” is a Latina Lesbian educational, social/cultural, political, and recreational organization; based in New York, devoted to the ideal of creating a visible presence in our society, and a unique, safe space in which to address, discuss, inform, act on, and empower ourselves on the issues that affect our community the most (such as homophobia and any and all other forms of oppression).

For more information, contact: Glorya Cabrera @ lababycakes@ yahoo.com

Real Scary Stories : Homelessness in NYC Reaches Record High

9:21 am By Maegan La Mala · children|housing|New York City · Comments Off

31 Oct 2008

NYC Mayor Bloomberg may be the boogeyman this year. With him running for a third term, he is pretending to be the business man who can save the city from a tumbling economy. Problem is, so far, he hasn’t handled the situation that well.

According to the Coalition for the Homeless, the number of new homeless families has surpassed all-time record levels each of the past three months.

Last month, 1,464 new families moved into the shelter system, which is the “highest one-month count since the City began keeping records 25 years ago” and it’s 22% higher than September 2007. The group’s head, Mary Brosnahan, told the Daily News, “While both city and state budget shortfalls require difficult choices, vulnerable New Yorkers now need more support, not less.”

Via / Gothamist

Image Via / NYT

Update : Outcome of Court for Educator Amaris Mesa Arrested at Religious event in the Bronx

10:03 am By Maegan La Mala · Justice|New York City|Religion · Comments Off

1 Oct 2008

Last night, we wrote about how a religious event in the Bronx, NY ended with community members harassed and arrested. This is how the powers that be treat even the most sacred things in our lives : with suspicion and ultimately, violence and repression.

Those expecting justice in the court system come out with a mixed bag.

Last evening about 15 members of the community gathered in court to await Amari’s arraignment. The Judge, District Attorneys and Court Officers were not happy. As Amaris was released on here own recognizance on multiple misdemeanor charges and her supporters walked out of the courtroom, court officers grabed Mujahid, a member of Taino Survivalists.
A face off between community people and court officers ensued in which we were told that Mujahid was arrested for disorderly conduct. When asked what had he done , we were told that “Constitution had been suspended by officer James badge # 3726. This was then echoed by officer Jack # 6788.

All supporters were then ordered out of the Court Building. About 1/2 hour later Mujahid was released without charges.

They just need to remind us who is in charge.

Via / Personal Email

Met Offers Art in Spanish

11:54 am By Maegan La Mala · Arts|children|Events|Family|New York City · Comments Off

9 Jan 2006

The world famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City, to make sure that children and their families have access to the world of fine arts regardless of what language is spoken. The Education Department of the Met is sponsoring a Spanish language program named El primer contacto con el arte. The lectures and activities are being held every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. a 1:00 p.m. in the Uris Education Center and are open to children between 6 and 12 years of age accompanied by one adult. Each month a new artistic theme or time period is studies. In January the theme is The Renaissance in Europe. The program is scheduled to run through May and is free with paid admission to the museum. For more information regarding these and other programs call (212) 650-2833 or visit www.metmuseum.org.

Via / El Diario NY

Street Easy Makes Finding a NYC Dwelling Easy

8:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Internet|New York City · Comments Off

3 Jan 2006

If you’re a New York City resident and one of your New Year’s resolutions is to find a new place to buy and to move into, Street Easy is a new website that can help make the difficult process easier.

You can search for apartments and houses available for sale in all five boroughs of New York City. You can search the listings which are compiled from different real estate brokers by type of dwelling you want, number of bedrooms, price range and of course neighborhoods. The site is constantly adding new features and is a promising new online resource for New York City house hunters.

Via / zonageek

Half- Huelga on Public Transport in NYC

8:44 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City · Comments Off

19 Dec 2005

Today is the first day of a partial strike by two private bus lines that were recently acquired by the Metropolitan Transit Association (MTA). The two bus lines, Jamaica and Triboro bus lines, run through Queens, which is populated by 551,004 Latinos according to 2000 Census figures. Workers of the two lines have been working without a contract for about three years. The partial strike began because the lines are not officially under the MTA umbrella they are not subject to the high fines under New York State’s Taylor Law. The negotiations between the Transit Worker’s Union (TWU) and MTA continue today but if an agreement is not reached by midnight (EST) tonight, the entire public transport system including subways is set to go on strike.

Via / NY1

Poeta Tells Stories from and of the Cold

8:30 am By Maegan La Mala · Books|Events|New York City · Comments Off

12 Dec 2005

Ricardo León Peña-Villa is known to many simply as Poeta, and even though his latest book, Loisaida: Historias del Frío, is filled with short stories and not poems, his verse carries a rhythm that more than earns him the title. On Friday, December 9, at the Lectorum bookstore in Manhattan, the book containing 24 stories was officially presented in the U.S. The stories take readers from la Habana, to Umbrella House, occupied by squatters in the Lower East Side (a movement which the Poeta was a part of and the place the story collection is named for), to the country of his birth Colombia.

Freddy Blames His Guayabera

8:00 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Newspapers|Politics · 1 Comment

7 Dec 2005

It’s been over a month since the New York City Mayoral election and I have one message for losing Democrat Freddy Ferrer and his camp: let it go. Roberto Ramirez, advisor to the once Bronx Borough President, said that a Sunday Times Magazine picture that showed Freddy wearing a guayabera and Mayor Michael Bloomberg wearing a suit, made Freddy look like a stereotype. According to a Village Voice article

A Ferrer aide explained that the candidate had gone to the Times photo shoot in a suit and changed into the guayabera afterward because he was heading to a parade. The photographer asked him for quick shots as he was leaving.

El Museo to get a Makeover

4:07 pm By Maegan La Mala · New York City · Comments Off

6 Dec 2005

El Museo del Barrio, the leading NYC institution on Latino and Latin American culture broke ground yesterday on a $14 million expansion that includes adding a sleek new glass entryway and lobby to the building and a Latin café. The entire project is expected to be finished by fall 2007.

Via / NY1

Lo Que Hay: Events for December 5 – December 8, 2005

10:27 am By Maegan La Mala · Events|Lo Que Hay|Los Angeles|New York City · Comments Off

5 Dec 2005

A feature of VivirLatino, “Lo Que Hay” will feature events from across the country that we think will interest our VL readers.

To submit an event, please use our contact form.

Los Angeles Area

Mark Towns Latin Jazz Quartet
When: Monday, December 5, 8 pm
Where: Spazio’s Restaurant, 14755 Ventura Blvd. , Sherman Oaks
Cost: No cover – but two drink minimum and be sure to make dinner reservations

Performance: La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin
When: Wednesday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Corner of Temple & N. Grand Ave., Downtown LA
Cost: Free

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