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LATINOPIA EVENT 2019 EL PASO SHOOTING AFTERMATH

In the aftermath of the purposeful killings of Latinos in Gilroy, California  and El Paso, Texas by deranged gunmen what should the response be of the Latino community? Urban planner Dr. Alvaro Huerta … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, El Paso killings, Elpaso Massacre, Gilroy attack

September 8, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA “AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM ON ETHNIC STUDIES”

June 24, 2020 An Open Letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Ethnic Studies Dear Governor Gavin Newsom: As one of the few tenured Latina/o faculty members at the California State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Ethnic Studies in California, Fierce Politics

June 28, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA – 01.12.20 BARRIO WISDOM

Nietzsche warned me about gazing too long into the abyss, but I didn’t listen. It gazed back into me. After spending my early years with extended family in Tijuana (Baja California) and Hollywood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Poltitics, Salomon Huerta

January 12, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD – “TRUMP: MAKING AMERICA UNGREAT”

Dr. Alvaro Huerta is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. In his recent book, Defending Latina/o Migrant Communities in the Xenophobic Era … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta

December 8, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD ALVARO HUERTA DEFENDING LATINA/O MIGRANT COMMUNITIES

Dr. Alvaro Huerta is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. In his recent book, Defending Latina/o Migrant Communities in the Xenophobic Era … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Dr. Alvaro Huerta, Latinopia Word Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities

August 18, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA “THE WAY OF LEO: 5 LESSONS OF ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP”

I have been practicing academic mentorship since I was a 17-year-old freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (many moons ago). Once accepted into UCLA, I started to mentor high school … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Dr. Alvaro Huerta

June 29, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 4.07.19 “REFLECTIONS OF A MECHISTA BY A CHICANO SCHOLAR ACTIVIST”

I first learned about MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán) during UCLA’s Freshman Summer Program (FSP) in 1985, as a 17-year-old freshman. Many moons later, when I became a member, I … [Read more...]

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April 7, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA “REMEMBERING LEO ESTRADA” 01.12.19

In November, the urban planning community in general and Latina/o community in particular experienced a devastating blow with the death of Leo Estrada. As one of the few Latina/o urban planning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Dr. Leo Estrada, Fierce Politics

December 24, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 5.13.18 “LATINA/O POLITICS IN THE RACIST ERA OF TRUMP”

President Donald J. Trump represents an existential threat to immigrants in the United States. Trump’s immigration rhetoric and policies consist of racist, xenophobic, enforcement-only and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Alvaro Huerta

May 20, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 4.22.18 “I AM NOT YOUR WETBACK.”

I Am Not Your “Wetback” “Anti-Mexicanism is a form of nativism practiced by colonialists and their inheritors. —Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (2017) To borrow—more like steal—from the great James … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Dr. Alvaro Huerta

April 21, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD ALVARO HUERTA’S “CRUISING WITH NAYTO”

Part I I have always been nervous about visiting my old neighborhood. One day, my brother Salomon—an acclaimed artist—invited my younger brothers (Noel and Ismael) and I to meet him at our old … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Chicano Literature, Crusing with Nayto, Dr. ALvaro huerta, Homeboy literature

March 26, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 1.28.18 “NO DEAL ON “S—HOLE” BORDER WALL!

If Democratic leaders make a deal with President Donald J. Trump on his "s---hole" border wall, they will secure his re-election in 2020. (Here, I’m borrowing a word, "s---hole" or “shithole,” from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: DACA, Dr. ALvaro huerta, Firece Politics with Alvaro Huerta, Trump's "S--hole" comment

January 26, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS WITH DR. ALVARO HUERTA 8.06.17 “RACIST POLICIES IN THE TRUMP ERA”

The "War on Immigrants": Racist Policies in the Trump Era President Donald J. Trump and his administration’s immigration agenda centers on draconian, enforcement-based policies and executive orders, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Dr. Alvaro Huerta

August 6, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 01.29.17 “I AIN’T NO ANCHOR BABY!”

I'm the son of Mexican immigrants, but I ain’t no anchor baby. My late father, Salomon, first migrated to the United States during the 1950s via the Bracero Program, in which more than 4.6 million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Alvaro Huerta

January 29, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS 11.20.16 2016 ELECTION RESULTS -MEXICANS WILL SURVIVE TRUMP PRESIDENCY”

After failing to predict the 2016 U.S. presidential election, I recently attended and returned from our monthly Mexican meeting in Los Angeles, California. At these monthly meetings, all individuals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: 2016 Presidential Election, Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics with Alvaro Huerta

November 20, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS BY ALVARO HUERTA 4.17.16 “GLOBAL MIGRATION A UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHT”

“Global Migration Represents a Universal Human Right”  In life, as the saying goes, nothing is certain except for death and taxes. I propose another: migration. Migration represents a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Fierce Politics by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Tagged With: Dr. ALvaro huerta, Fierce Politics, national immigration debate

April 17, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.28.23 CRYSTAL CITY 1969

January 27, 2023 By wpengine

An Inspiring Latino Play: Crystal City 1969 David Lozano and Raul Trevino wrote Crystal City 1969 in 2009, a production which The Dallas Morning News called the “Best New Play” of 2009. Residents from Crystal City learned of its success by word of mouth, but individuals who contributed to the school walkouts that permanently transformed […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.20.23 OSCAR ALVARADO MASTER MOSAIC ARTIST

January 20, 2023 By wpengine

Oscar Alvarado: Latino Master Artist of Tile Mosaic On most days of the year, Oscar Alvarado steps out of the warehouse at his San Antonio Southtown studio, spaces that he shares with his twin brother Robert, to look over sections of nearly two acres filled with sand, tile, rock, glass, and steel. He treasures the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT AL RENDON AN ACCLAIMED LATINO PHOTOGRAPHER

January 14, 2023 By wpengine

Al Rendon: A Highly Acclaimed Latino Photographer Every American City has its favorite photographer who is able to produce revealing imagery that captures the mind and soul of its people, that documents the cultural attributes of its society, and that reveals the historical aspects of the region’s landscape. Large cities with diverse populations count on […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT JOSÉ ESQUIVAL A CHICANO TRAILBLAZER

January 7, 2023 By wpengine

José Esquivel: A Chicano Art Trailblazer José Esquivel, one of the founding members of the Chicano art movement in America, passed away on December 16, 2022. He was 87 years old. A memorial to Esquivel is planned for Tuesday evening, January 3rd at the Centro Cultural Aztlan. Through his paintings Esquivel documented life in his […]

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