Our New Anahuac

On November 13, I am hosting a prayer/discussion session regarding the topic of starting a new forum/form for prayer. I have shared some of these ideas with some of you before. Some were at the floricanto we did many years back, and the idea is similar to this. Some might not be familiar at all [...]

“(The Zapatista Organizer) stated that one of the most important traits of the ezln organizing strategy has been patience (remember they organized in secret for over ten years) and secondly, that all who work in communities are taught that they must not run with the fastest, but crawl with the slowest in order to build [...]

Over the past few years, due to both external and internal factors, I had changed a great deal of my focus in my personal life. It was in around 05 that I left danza, and in 07 my career was significantly altered by the mortgage collapse. Leaving danza left me with a spiritual hole, which [...]

  Immediate Job Opening For Qualified Candidates Entry Level Sales Representative   Description: El Pueblo is a bilingual community newspaper.  We have published our newspaper for almost one year.  El Pueblo is looking for full time sales representatives.  In the beginning stages of this position, sales representatives will spend a majority of their time prospecting [...]

Perhaps if I had never worked in the world of mortgages, I would count myself among my friends who decry “subprime mortgages” merely as a way to rob minority communities of wealth. As an ex-mortgage broker I am intimately familiar with the products known as subprime mortgages. Admittedly, there is a great deal to criticize [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2011 El Pueblo Community Newspaper Adds Three Areas of Distribution And Almost Doubles Circulation Description: Houston’s Premier Bilingual Community Newspaper, El Pueblo, grows its circulation and distribution through an agreement similar to a franchise agreement. El Pueblo Newspaper will offer three additional areas of distribution to the three it already [...]

So this is our dog.  We found him about a year ago, in front of our home.  Citlali begged to keep him.  The price was right, so I agreed.I still mess with her about the name she picked.  I guess everyone does.  Salt? Anyway, he spent the cold months with us last year, and he [...]

    Dear Friends, Just a quick note to announce that El Pueblo Newspaper will become a reality on August 1st.  We will print on the 1st and the 15th, and we will distribute 40,000 copies monthly in the Northeast, Northwest and Southeast.  All copies not picked up at the racks will be distributed house [...]

Some photos and my talk at the Immigrant Nation Art Opening. In my address, I review some of the words of my great-great grandfather, argue that we are fighting the same fight as he was and advocate for a new revolutionary vocabulary.   [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Share and Enjoy:

I haven’t really written much about my forthcoming journey into print journalism. On August 1st I will publish the first issue of El Pueblo Newspaper, a free community newspaper. Without question, the media landscape is extremely volatile. That major daily newspapers go out of business is no longer headline news. Here in Houston, El Dia, [...]