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La Raza Justice Movement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:MARCH 10, 2010
La Raza Justice Movement Responds To Rumors of Raids At Wal-Mart
Description: LRJM continues to follow up on leads regarding immigration enforcement activity at or around Houston-area Wal-Marts
Rumors, sent via text messages, have suggested that within the past few days immigration enforcement activity has taken place, ranging from worker raids [...]

I received a text message from an out-of-state friend on March 8.  The text message said, “WALMART dio autorizacion para atrapar imigrantes (sic) dentro de la tienda empieza 20 de marzo apoya el movimiento hispano no comprando en walmar (sic).”
I took it as a hoax for many reasons that many of my activist colleagues did [...]

I received what seemed to be a hoax-like text message yesterday regarding Wal Mart having given permission to ICE to conduct raids on premises. I found various reasons to discount this as a rumor, for one, ICE doesn’t need permission to conduct raids, or so I reasoned.
I heard from a third-hand sources that two days [...]

Cesar Espinosa, Mike Espinoza, Maria Xiquin and I presented a panel discussion at St Thomas University.  Our sincerest thanks to Dave Atwood, St. Thomas U, Pax Christi, Maryknoll and Catholic Worker Newspaper.  My comrades knocked it out of the park.  I am posting a few pics, and the audio follows.
 
 
 

 
Still need to chop it into sections, [...]

XochiKwikatl-Cuitlapalli Teotlatoliztlli
XochiKwikatl. Flor Y Canto. Our ancestors equated the acquisition of knowledge with the beauty of nature and sacredness, with flower and song. Because nature is a part of the creator, the process of acquiring knowledge was considered sacred.
Cuitlapalli Teotlatoliztilli. The masses of our people were referred to in [...]

La Raza Justice Movement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:MARCH 5, 2010
La Raza Justice Movement Prez To Speak At St. Thomas
Description: LRJM’s President, active in immigration and community organizing projects, will be speaking at St. Thomas’ First Friday Forum.
Hector Chavana Jr., president of La Raza Justice Movement and small businessman, will be speaking at The University of St. Thomas, [...]

Next big event March 21, 2010
We are the original guardians of this piece of the planet
We are not immigrants

A Little bumpy, but aqui te va: Una explicacion de lo que creemos.  Click on the audio player below the picture.

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Orale!
The Coalition In Defense Of the Community hosted a well-received event at Iglesisa Hispana Nueva Vida on Telephone Road. 
Tarsha Jackson made an emphatic opening call for black-brown unity and reminded us that in addition to a moral call for unity, our communities have several interests in common.  Both of our communities have been victimized by [...]

Message To so-called Latino Youth: An Audio Recording
Can be downloaded here or heard @ my online speech page
Download here or listen to the file by clicking below.
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