Writer Submissions open
BorderSenses Literary and Arts Journal seeks to provide a venue for emerging
and established writers/artists from the U.S.-Mexico border area and beyond to
share their words and images.
We seek poetry, fiction,
nonfiction, and book reviews in both Spanish and English from every corner of
the world. We also cherish a diversity of visual artists. Translations can
be accepted provided the original author has consented to publication rights
and to reprinting.
The open submission
period for volume 20 is: March 5th to June 30th, 2014. Check our submission guidelines.
Mexican
American Studies for Texas Children & Schools
Day of Action - Monday,
April 7, 2014
1) E-mail all of the Texas
State Board of Education at sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us and in the
body of the e-mail put: To All Texas State Board of Education members (insures
all 15 board members receive it) and simply tell them you support the
implementation of Mexican American Studies in Texas schools, and that
this is important for the success of all Texas children and the State of
Texas.
2) Sign the petition for
Mexican American Studies.
3) You can also
call Texas State Board of Education representatives and tell them you
support Mexican American Studies in Texas schools.
(SBOE members, districts
they represent and contact numbers)
Martha M.
Dominguez - D, El Paso 915-373-3563
sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Ruben Cortez,
Jr - D, Brownsville (956) 639-9171
sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Marisa B. Perez
- D, San Antonio (210) 317-4651 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Lawrence A.
Allen, Jr. - D, Fresno (713) 203-1355
sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Ken Mercer - R,
San Antonio (512) 463-9007 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Donna Bahorich
- R, Houston (832) 303-9091 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
David Bradley -
R, Beaumont (409) 835-3808 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Barbara Cargill
- R, The Woodlands (512) 463-9007 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Thomas Ratliff
- R, Mount Pleasant (903) 717-1190
thomas@thomasratliff.com
Tom Maynard -
R, Florence (512) 763-2801 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Patricia Hardy
- R, Ft Worth (817) 598-2968
sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Geraldine
Miller - R, Dallas (972) 419-4000 qtince@aol.com
Mavis B. Knight
- D, Dallas (214) 333-9575 sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Sue
Melton-Malone - R, Waco (254) 749-041 smelton51@gmail.com
Marty Rowley -
R, Amarillo (806) 373-6278 martyforeducation@gmail.com
We
ask all of colleagues and friends from across the state and the nation to E-mail
and call into the Texas State Board of Education this coming Monday, April
7, "Day of Action," and to spread the word on this
initiative. This is in preparation for the SBOE meeting on April 8-9 in Austin
where a vote is anticipated. There will also be a march and press
conference from Cesar Chavez Blvd. to the Texas State Capitol
on Tuesday, April 8 beginning at 9am.
If
you want to testify at the April 8-9 SBOE meeting in Austin, you may register
on the website or by fax between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. this coming Monday; or, in
person or by telephone with the appropriate agency office. You can also
register for this.
See
additional information from our friends at Librotraficante and MASTexas.
Gracias for your support and action on Monday.
Juan
Tejeda
Chair/National
Assoc. for Chicana & Chicano Studies Tejas Foco Committee on MAS
Pre-K-12
Recognition for a Chicana advocate
Next Saturday you can
throw some chanclas around to the sound of some of the best Tex-Mex in Denver,
and join in celebrating the good works of Flo Hernandez, chingona advocate of
bilingual radio in the Southwest.
Stopping XL
Pipeline
From
350.org comes this:
We’ve gone to DC to stand against the Keystone XL
pipeline before -- but never like this. In the last week in April, a powerful
alliance of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities will converge in
Washington for a demonstration called “Reject & Protect,” and it’s shaping
up to be the most beautiful demonstration against Keystone XL yet. We have the ingredients we need to make this
action unignorable — what we need is your help to bring it all together. Can
you pitch in to make a BIG impression on the President and help stop this
pipeline once and for all?
It’s going to be a sight to behold. There will be
dozens of riders on horseback. And Native Americans raising 30 tipis ready to
go up on the National Mall. There will be demonstrations and ceremonies to tell
President Obama that the risk to our land, water and climate from Keystone XL
is too great to allow. And all of this will be led by an unprecedented alliance
that won't back down.
The goal is to be the talk of the town
during the crucial last week of April when President Obama will be making up
his mind about the pipeline. This is our exclamation point on two years of
powerful action against Keystone XL.
It’s a bold vision, and we don’t have much time
to pull it off. If it’s going to work, it’ll take all of us. So please pitch in whatever you can, and let’s
make this happen together.
Onwards!
P.S. If you can join the
big “Reject and Protect” rally in DC on Sat., April 26th (date changed from
April 27th due to permitting issues) please sign up to stay in the loop.
http://act.350.org/signup/rejectandprotect/?akid=4377.851902.hdKJVd&rd=1&source=350&t=3
Es todo, hoy,
RudyG
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