. Chicano authors

LATINOPIA WORD DANIEL ACOSTA “HOMEBOY 2”

Daniel Acosta is a writer whose short stories have appeared in Nuestro and Lowrider magazines and in Anthologies. Latinopia caught up with Daniel at the 2010 Flor y Canto Literary Festival convened by … [Read more...]

RICKY LUV VIDEO “OFFICE IS…”

Multi-talented author and filmmaker Ricardo Lira Acuña is back on Latinopia this week with his regular monthly video blog, Ricky Luv Video. This video is all about working in an office and how it … [Read more...]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 10.19.18 ”INDIGENOUS POLITICAL REPRESENTATION”

October 19, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Indigenous political representation… Arizona recently made history by electing three Indigenous women—Jamescita Peshlakai (Navajo), Victoria Steele (Seneca), and Sally Ann Gonzales (Pascua Yaqui)—to the Arizona Senate. All three won their respective Democratic Primaries, and only one has opposition in the General election (a long-shot write-in opponent). Two Indigenous men—Myron Tsosie, Arlando Teller, both Navajo—also have […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 10.19.18 “DESASTRES”

October 19, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Desastres El 11 de octubre del año en curso la Junta de Retiro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico emitió la convocatoria para asamblea a todos los participantes activos (10,200) y pensionados (8,800) del sistema universitario. La misiva apunta al serio peligro que representan los cambios que pretenden imponer la Junta de Control Fiscal y […]

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – PAT VEGAS OF REDBONE

September 28, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Mark Guerrero interviews Pat Vegas, bassist, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the legendary band Redbone, and plays selected recordings from their catalog.Check this cool interview with an amazing musician.

POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 9.19.18 “HISTORY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT…”

September 19, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

History is not a spectator sport… I taught Chicano history at the University of Arizona, and to make the material more relevant, whenever I could I gave a Tucson perspective to historical dynamics. Fortunately, I had much to work with, for Tucson has been a key player in the realm of Mexican American/Chicano history. Many […]

LATINOPIA WORD “DOÑA JULIA’S CHILDREN”

By Tia Tenopia on November 24, 2013

Latinopia’s blogger Luis R. Torres has recently published a biography of Mexican American education activist Vahac Mardirosian. It was Mardirosian who led the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee, the activist group made up of parents, teachers and students following the 1968 East Los Angeles high school Walk-outs. In later years Mardirosian founded the Parent Institute for […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

By Tia Tenopia on March 19, 2013

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]

Category: History, LATINOPIA EVENT

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.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART