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CYNTHIA OROZCO 06.07.25 CESAR CHAVEZ IS NOT THE ONLY LATINO WE SHOULD KNOW

César Chávez is not the only Latino that Americans should know about  Many have heard of the famous Latinx activist César Chávez —but which other Latinos do we know? Most of us in the US cannot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: César Chávez, Dr. Cynthia Orozco, Dr. Natlia Molina

June 7, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 CÉSAR CHÁVEZ FAST

In 1968, the United Farm Workers were in the third year of a struggle to get California grape growers to sign just contracts with the union. But the strike was becoming ever more violent. Beaten by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: César Chávez, César Chávez 1968 Fast, Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers history

May 5, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD CÉSAR CHÁVEZ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“It is not enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is right and just.” “Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BIOGRAPHY, History, LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: César Chávez, Cesar Chavez quotes

March 25, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA EVENT 2019 JOSÉ ÁNGEL GUTIÉRREZ ON THE EAGLE HAS EYES

José Ángel Gutiérrez is an author, scholar and political activist best known as the founder of the La Raza Unida political party. His most recent book is The Eagle Has Eyes: The FBI Surveillance of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: César Chávez, FBI Surveillance of United Farm workers Union, José Angel Gutíerrez, The Eagle Has Eyes: The FBI Surveillance of César Estrada Chávez

June 2, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 4.03.21

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: LATINOPIA HERO JORGE BUSTAMANTE, CYNTHIA OROZCO ON ADELA SLOSS-VENTO, RICARDO ROMO ON MY FAMILY CROSSED THE RIO GRANDE IN 1752 AND REMEMBERING CESAR CHAVEZ'S HUNGER … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: César Chávez, Jorge Bustamante, Ricardo Romo, This weekon Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

April 3, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 02.12.17

Honoring MLK and Chávez correctly… It’s the season to honor two human-rights icons and role models who put into practice the Gospel instruction: Insofar as you do this unto the least of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Political Salsa y Más Tagged With: César Chávez, Martin Luther King, Political Salsa y Mas, Sal Baldenegro

February 11, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA CINEMA REY VILLALOBOS CÉSAR CHÁVEZ FUNERAL

Rey Villalobos is the acclaimed Director of Photography of such motion pictures as "Urban Cowboy," "Nine to Five," "A Bronx Tale," and "American Me." He has also directed numerous episodic television … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: César Chávez, César Chávez Funeral, Latino Cinema, Rey Villalobos

January 14, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLE BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 4.07.14 “CÉSAR CHÁVEZ REMEMBERED”

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ: AN AMERICAN LEGEND REMEMBERED. “We need a leader, not a martyr!" pleads the brother of beloved labor leader César Chávez in a memorable scene from the film of the same name. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Mirándolo Bien with Eduado Díaz Tagged With: César Chávez, César Chávez the movie, What's New

April 7, 2014 by

THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 4.23.13

WALKING IN SEARCH OF CÉSAR CHÁVEZ. Jorge Chino has watched with both fear and pride over the years as Latinos in this country have risen and fallen with the tide of anti-immigrant sentiment. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Sara Ines Calderon Tagged With: 1966 Peregrinacion, César Chávez, Jorge Chino, Sara Ines Calderon

April 23, 2013 by

ASK TIA TENOPIA 3.31.14

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, DOLORES HUERTA, ENA VALLARDES, REY VILLALOBOS, PORFI AND ARNIE AND MORE THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA! What up Latinopians! Tia Tenopia here and I’m all excited about the new biopic on farm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tia Tenopia Tagged With: César Chávez, César Chávez Day, César Chávez Funeral, Cesar Chavez quotes

March 31, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

BURUNDANGA BORICUA 8.01.25 DAY OF THE INVASION AND OF THE CONSTITUTION

August 1, 2025 By wpengine

July 25: Day of the Invasion and of the Constitution July 25 is an important date for Puerto Ricans who pay some attention to political and ideological matters. I don’t pretend to be all of them and I even wonder if there are really so many. This coincidence gives us the extraordinary uniqueness of being […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.01.25 MARGARET GARCIA PORTRAIT ARTIST AND MURALIST

August 1, 2025 By wpengine

Latina Portrait Artist and Muralist Margaret Garcia: Visual Narrator of Los Angeles History I returned to the fabulous art studio of Margaret Garcia in late July of 2025, joined by famed Chicano film producer Jesús Salvador Treviño and my Substack editor Dr. Harriett Romo, for an exclusive interview with the prominent and talented Chicana artist. […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA 8.01.25 EL DIA DE LA INVASIÓN Y CONSTITUCIÓN

August 1, 2025 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre 25 de julio: El Dia de la Invasión y Constitución El 25 de julio es una  fecha importante para los puertorriqueños que prestan alguna atención a los asunto politicos e ideológicos, no pretendo sean todos y hasta me pregunto si somos muchos. La coincidencia nos otorga la extraordinaria singularidad […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.17.25 ART “QUINCEANERA” AT THE BORDERLANDS

July 17, 2025 By wpengine

An Art “Quinceanera” in the Borderlands. An exhibition featuring large prints by a talented cohort of borderland artists opened last week  [July 12, 2025] at the Centro Cultural Aztlan in San Antonio, Texas.  The Centro press release described the exhibit as a prime example of community artists engaging “in the deeply rooted democratic art form of […]

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LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

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LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL JULISA BERMEJO “OUR LADY OF THE WATER GALLONS”

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

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