The Worst State for Latino Children: Most of the Nation
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Dominicanos Unidos en Minnesota celebraron la Independencia de la Republica Dominicana este sabado primero Continue Reading
When I worked for the Citizens League, we did this work (Citizens Solutions) around health care reform and convened hundreds of Minnesotans to talk about i Continue Reading
Shelby Pasell and I spoke about creating something that included stories of undocumented students a couple of years ago when I was leading NAVIGATE MN. Continue Reading
The Dominicanos Unidos en Minnesota celebrated Christamas with some 150 participants December 15, 2013 at the Do Continue Reading
During a speech by President Obama, a young man started shouting “stop deportations.” You can read a few stories about it Continue Reading
Minneapolis Mayor-Elect Betsy Hodges recently announced her transition committee. Continue Reading
Mientras el Congreso de EE.UU. estaba tratando con el cierre del gobierno federal y la crisis de la deuda nacional, alrededor de 3,000 personas de todo Minnesota marcharon el 5 de octubre de la Basílica de St. Mary’s a la Plaza de Gobierno del Condado Hennepin en el centro de Minneapolis para mantener la reforma migratoria también en la vanguardia de nuestra funcionarios electos.Estamos esperando que la Camara de Representantes vote por la reforma migratoria. El Senado ya aprobó un proyecto de ley que incluye una avenida a la ciudadanía para inmigrantes calificados, reforma nuestro sistema de inmigración legal y militariza aún más la frontera entre EE.UU. y México (ambos senadores Al Franken & Amy Klobuchar votaron por la reforma). Continue Reading
While the US Congress was dealing with the federal government shutdown and debt-ceiling crisis, some 3,000 people from across Minnesota marched October 5th from St. Mary’s Basilica to the Hennepin Center Government Plaza in downtown Minneapolis to keep immigration reform also in the forefront of our elected officials.
Mayra and Miriam Medina Macias, seniors who happen to be twins (it took me quite a while to distinguish one from the other), currently each have their own art galleries in the Christiansen Center at Augsburg College. Here is a little bit about each gallery, why they are important, and why you should go see them.[I am not posting pictures of the whole galleries because you should go see the whole thing. I am terribly tempted to just post all the images I have!] “Reflejos” – Miriam Medina Macias, Augsburg CollegeLooking at Miriam’s self-portraits–portraits that you could divide by the middle where one side reflects her American side and on the other her Mexican side. In the paintings, there are simple symbols that make this division. Miriam also uses words that, I assume, describe each side. Continue Reading