Marta Sanchez

ROMO DE TEJAS – 10.27.19 MARTA SANCHEZ

Marta Sanchez: Art Formed by Culture, Tradition, and Memory Marta Sanchez is an important Latina artist who over the past three decades has contributed to creating Latina and Chicana art in … [Read more...]

ROMO DE TEJAS – HECTOR PEREZ GARCIA

November 17, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

A Champion for Latino Veterans and Civil Rights: The Story of Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Latinos have fought in every American war dating back to the American Revolution in 1776. They also fought on both sides of the Texas War for Independence in 1836, the Mexican-U.S War in 1846, and the American Civil War in […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS With SAL BALDENEGRO 11.10.19 “HUELGA! HUELGA! HUELGA!”

November 9, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Huelga! Huelga! Huelga! The United Steelworkers(USW) and several other unions—Teamsters, Boilermakers, Electricians, Machinists & Aerospace workers, Automobile workers, and Operating Engineers—representing nearly 2000 employees who work in ASARCO copper mines, smelters and refineries in five facilities in southern Arizona as well as in Texas are on strike against ASARCO, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico. All […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 11.10.19 “TOROS Y LOS CUERNOS”

November 9, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

El Toro y los Cuernos Si bien es cierto que el tema de Puerto Rico anda figurando con alguna prominencia en los círculos de poder federal, está por verse si el movimiento nos saca, o no, del atolladero indigno del territorio no incorporado y las repercusiones fiscales de una colonia en bancarrota. Está por verse […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 11.17.19 PASSING OF MOLLY SANTOS

November 17, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

It is with a heavy heart that I share with readers of La Voz Newspaper that my mother, Molly Santos, the founder of La Voz has passed away at the age of 93. She lived a long life and there were many ups and downs. But she persevered and kept going. Many times in her […]

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

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “LOVE IN THE TIME OF ALBINO”

By Tia Tenopia on April 13, 2014

Gabriel Carmona and Branden Selman are the founders of Nac Film Theory, an independent film company based in Nagotchoches, Texas. Both of these talented filmmakers produce, direct, film, edit and act in their independently produced films. Latinopia is proud to showcase the poignant “Love in the Time of Albino,” another independent production by this talented […]

Category: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

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