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Please drop Trader Joe’s a postcard! We were told in my Chicana 3212 class at the University of Minnesota that Trader Joe’s does business with a grape picker who allows inhuman conditions to exist in their grapevine fields. In 2008, a 19 year-old pregnant woman died of heat stroke because water...
Human conditions for workers!
Please drop Trader Joe's a postcard! We were told in my Chicana 3212 class at the University of Minnesota that Trader Joe's does business with a grape picker who allows inhuman conditions to exist in their grapevine fields. Recently a 19 year-old pregnant woman died of heat stroke because water was not provided by the company and there was no place for workers to get out of the heat.
Please consider dropping Trader Joe's a postcard and ask them to require the grape pickers they do business with provide human conditions or Trader Joe's will not do business with them.
Here's the contact info for Trader Joe's
Dan Bane Chairman and Chief executive Officer Trader Joe's of the Americas 10th New York, NY 10036
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Martha Cotera and her husband discuss the murder of their son and their views on the death penalty.
It is amazing and inspiring to see their opinion on the death penalty knowing what Martha Cortera and her husband have gone through with the death of their son. This shows everyone the value of forgiveness.
Thanks Cassie for all your assistance this afternoon. I agree with the Corteras, "An eye for an eye is not the solution." Plus, I feel that the real punishment is for a person to sit in jail for the rest of their life and have to think about what they did and what they have personally lost.
Esperanza Spalding Nobel Peace Prize Performance LIVE
Who Is Esperanza Spalding? President Obama Knows
Americans watching the Grammy Awards last night were surprised by the win of Esperanza Spalding in the category of Best new Artist.
Not us. White House reporters have seen her talents three times since President Obama’s inauguration.
She performed at the White House when the Obamas honored Stevie Wonder for receiving the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song:
And she was back in May 2009 for the White House poetry jam:
She also performed in the December 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony:
Spalding also performed at a DNC reception in April 2010 in Miami, Florida.
“Isn’t she terrific?” the president said to the crowd. “I love listening to Esperanza, she is wonderful.”
She is. Congratulations, Esperanza!
-Jake Tapper
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/02/who-is-esperanza-spalding-president-obama-knows/
Esperanza Spalding - Black Gold (OFFICIAL)
Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so remember that You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold Now maybe no one else has ever told you so But you're golden, baby Black Gold with a diamond soul Think of all the strength you have in you From the blood you carry within you Ancient men, powerful men Builders of civilization They'll be folks hell-bent on putting you down Don't get burned 'Cause not necessarily everyone will know your worth Think of all the strength you have in you From the blood you carry within you Ancient men, powerful men Builders of civilization Think of all the strength you have in you Powerful, powerful men Builders of civilization Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so remember that You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold There'll be folks hell-bent on putting you down Don't get burned Not necessarily everyone will know your worth Think of all the strength you have in you From the blood you carry within you Ancient men, powerful men Builders of civilization Think of all the strength you have in you Powerful, powerful men Builders of civilization Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so remember that You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold Think of all the strength you have in you From the blood you carry within you Ancient men, powerful men Builders of civilization All the strength All the blood That you carry Ancient men Powerful men In you Builders of civilization Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so remember that You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold You are Black Gold, Black Gold You are Black Gold Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so remember that You are Black Gold You are Black Gold You are You are You are Hold your head up Don't give up You are Black Gold You are You are Black Gold Black Gold, Black Gold, Black Gold
“It’s easy to forget that we are as fragile
as any other link in the ecosystem. It’s
easy to forget because we feel like
masters of our world.” ~ Esperanza Spalding
Earthjustice & the Amazon Aid Foundation
Esperanza Spalding was born October 1984, in Portland, Oregon and grew up in the King neighborhood, which she described and “ghetto” and scary. She and her older brother were raised by her mother, a single parent. Ms. Spalding has a diverse ethnic background. Her father is African American and her mother is of Welsh, Native American and Hispanic descent.
At one time her mother was a touring singer and encouraged her daughter in music. Ms. Spalding credits watching Yo-Yo Ma perform on an episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood when she was four as the inspiration for her music career. Because of illnesses during her elementary school years she was home-schooled. By the age of five she had taught herself to play the violin and was playing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon. She played with the group until she was fifteen then left as concertmaster. She learned to play guitar by listening during her mother’s guitar lessons. She also learned to play the oboe, and the clarinet before she found the double bass in high school. She sings in English, Spanish and Portuguese. She started performing in clubs as a teen.
She won a scholarship to The Northwest Academy. However, she found high school too easy and dropped out and was again home-schooled. At the age of fifteen she started writing the lyrics to local indie and rock/pop group “Noise for Pretend.” She eventually became a singer for the group. She completed her GED at the age of sixteen and enrolled in Portland State University’s music program on a music scholarship where she was the youngest bassist in the program. She graduated with a BA in three years.
In December 2000, Esperanza Spalding received a full Scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston. In spite of the scholarship she still needed living assistance so a benefit was held to help pay for airfare and expenses. She had financial difficulties at Berklee. She graduated at the age of twenty from Berklee College Music and was immediately hired as an instructor.
Ms. Spalding chose to play the bass because, “the bass has its own arc” and resonated with her. She secured her first gig with the bass. Her debut album, Junjo, was released on April 18, 2006.
In December 10, 2009 she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in Oslo City Hall in honor of the 2009 Laureate U. S. President Barack Obama. She also performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert the following day.
Ms. Spalding donated the dress she performed in at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies to the Smithsonian, and it became part of the continuation of the museum’s women in jazz initiative.
In 2011, Ms. Spalding won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, defeating teen pop recording Justin Bieber, indie rock bank Florence, The Machine, folk band, Mumford and Sons, and hip-hop rapper, Drake. In 2013, she went on to win a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and one for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).
Ms. Spalding is a politically, socially and environmentally conscious young woman who supports the causes in which she believes.
Free the Slaves (FTS) Blog
During her 2012 tour, Spalding donated a portion of proceeds from merchandise sales to the non-profit organization Free the Slaves, company based in Washington, D.C., and works to combat human trafficking around the world.
Earthjustice and the Amazon Aid Foundation
In 2013, Ms. Spalding’s most recent album, Radio Music Society had a track called “Endangered Species,” whose proceeds benefited Earthjustice and the Amazon Aid Foundation.
The Innocence Project
Ms. Spalding and backup singer Chris Turner invoke the name of Trayvon Martin a teen slain in Florida as they introduce the song “Black Gold.” She states, “This song is singing to our African American heritage before slavery. Over the decades, so much of the strength in the African American community has seeded from resistance and endurance. I wanted to address the part of our heritage spanning back to pre-colonial Africa and the elements of Black pride that draw from our connection to our ancestors in their own land. I particularly wanted to create something that spoke to young boys.”
Ms. Spalding also speaks of Cornelius Dupree Jr., was falsely accused of murder and convicted on bogus evidence. After legal assistance from lawyers at the Innocence Project, he was acquitted after 30 years of imprisonment. Part of Ms. Spalding’s proceeds from the sales of this “Black Gold,” went to the Innocence Project.
Official Web-sites
Chamber Music Society
Radio Music Society
Books
Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza by Esperanza Spalding (2008)
Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society by Esperanza Spalding (2012)
“I want the freedom to carve and chisel my own face, to staunch the bleeding with ashes, to fashion my own gods out of my entrails…”
~Gloria Anzaldúa
Birth: September 26,1942
Pass over: May 15,2004
Gloria Anzaldúa, was not only a scholar of Chicana Cultural, feminist, and queer theory but was a ‘soul feeder’ to those whom identified strongly with the struggles that Anzaldúa had brought to the light.She was a person who spoke truth about Chicana identity. The disadvantage, the marginalization,the unspoken truths,the internalized hate,the withdraw from self and community all of which are apart of the Chicana experience. She expresses these struggles through her profound words as well as her own experiences throughout her books. She spoke about the unspeakable, airing all the ‘dirty laundry’ under her brave account.
She attended Pan American University receiving her BA in English, Art , and Secondary Education then attending University of Texas at Austin receving her MA in English and Education.
Gloria also dealt with Endocrine, a disorder/disease that caused problems with her sexual reproduction, causing her to menstruate at the age of three and stop physically growing at the age of twelve later resulting to her undergoing a hysterectomy.
Anzaldúa was also a very spiritual being that in many cases readers could pick up from. Her experience as being a ‘free spirit, more or less, originated from a lot of out of body experiences that she exhibited. With this, it became another piece that contributed to her work. Herself was always painted within her work, she had always laid herself out as open as her books were. This allowed for so many people (readers. i.e.) to connect to her struggles as being Chicana…the Chicana Identity, in general.
Some of her books that she wrote:
-Boredlands/ La Frontera (As we all know-MY FAVORITE)
-This Bridge Called My Back: Writing by Radical Women of Color
-This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions For Transformation
-The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
-Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color
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The Day of the Dead – November 2nd
The Day of the Dead – November 2nd
The days of the dead are truly a celebration of life. When children dance with caricatures of death, eat skull sugar molds and learn to respect that life is brief, they learn there is a circle to life and to not fear death and then are free to enjoy and appreciate every moment.
The Days of the Dead
October 31st – All Hallow’s Eve, Halloween
November 1st, Dia de los innocents, All Saint’s Day
November 2nd - the Day of the Dead, All Soul’s Day
Celebrating The Day of the Dead has a long history in Mexican Tradition. The Day of the dead is celebrated on November 2nd. Sometime one hears reference to “the days of the Dead” which refers to the Days of October 31 – November 2. October 31 is Halloween or All Hallows eve. November 1 is “el Dia de los innnocentes” or the day of the children and All Saints Day. November second is All Souls Day or the Day of the Dead.
Some Christian’s hold to the belief structure that every day should be treated like Christmas, - as every day Christ’s love is born and should be celebrated. Therefore, the positive, compassionate attitude that is associated with the Christmas season would ideally be maintained throughout the year. Christmas Day is celebrated formally to remind us of this value. The day of the Dead is similar. During the days of the Dead, some believe that the souls of the departed return to earth to visit with and to provide council or give advice to family and loved ones. There is a belief that this is true every day, but that November 2nd is the day set aside to remember and honor those who have past.
In Mexico, there is a tradition of visiting gravesites. Unlike the United States where graveyards are privately owned and maintained, graveyards in Mexico are often publicly owned or managed by local churches. It is up to the families of the deceased and other community members to maintain the graves.
The Day of the Dead is a time of celebration and remembrance of loved ones who have passed away, much like Memorial Day in the United States.
During the days of the dead, the family often takes the opportunity to visit the gravesite and pull weeds, clean any debris and decorate the graves of loved ones. Often candles, flowers and the favorite foods of the deceased are placed on the grave and the family visits, eats, sings and tells favorite stories about those who have passed.
In the United States or for those for whom visiting the gravesite is not viable, (often graveyards are closed during the evening hours) the tradition has been adapted. Many set up altars in their homes and often communities host a variety of events. In Albuquerque’s south valley the Marigold parade and celebration at the West Side Community Center is one such event. Altars are usually decorated with flowers, candles, pan de muerto, ceramic skulls, and most importantly pictures of loved ones.
Food placed on the altar consists of the loved ones favorite dishes and treats. Drinks should be placed in the altar to quench the thirst of the dead after their long journey back home. In many villages it is customary to offer alcoholic beverages. Salt is considered the spice of life and is one the staples that are often left at the altar. The scents of marigolds as well as burning copal (a resin of the copal tree) are thought to be most beloved by the spirits of the dead and invite them back home.
The rituals used to celebrate the day are varied and colorful. Yet, all carry the same message, celebrating the day of the dead is a true celebration of life.
For more on the Day of the Dead:
A Beginning History of the Day of the Dead, Article by Helen Tafoya-Barraza
http://www.thehealingrose.com/dodhistory.html
AZCentral.com – the Day of the Dead
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/history/historyindex.html
Why Do Mexicans Celebrate the Day of the Dead? An article by Ricardo J. Salvador
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html
The Day of the Dead, An article by May Herz, including information on how to obtain an educational video K-12. http://www.inside-mexico.com/featuredead.htm
There are many, many online resources about the Day of the Dead. Try using your favorite internet search engine
http://www.unm.edu/~htafoya/dayofthedead.html
The History Of Halloween Plus 5 Things You Didn't Know About The Holiday!
Huffington Post Katla McGlynn First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:20 PM ET
Americans love Halloween. We as a country spend over $5 billion a year celebrating it. But where did the holiday come from? And how did traditions like asking strangers for food and dressing up as ghosts develop?
Halloween has its roots in Samhain (pronounced sow-in), an ancient harvest festival held at the end of the Celtic year. The festival marked the end of summer and the beginning of the dark wintertime. It was believed the spirits of the dead returned on this eve to damage crops and play tricks on the living. It was also believed that the Celtic priests, or Druids, were able to make predictions about the future, which they did during large bonfire celebrations where they wore animal skins and sacrificed crops and animals to the spirits.
In early A.D., Romans came to the Celtic territories of modern day England, Scotland and Northern France, and were the first people to influence the celebration of Samhain. They brought their own holidays: Feralia, the Roman day to honor the dead in late October, as well as another holiday to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. It is possible that this Roman influence is the reason apples are given out and bobbed for on Halloween.
By 800 A.D., Christianity spread to the Celtic Territories and brought with it another holiday, "All Saints Day." Pope Boniface IV, the designator of All Saints Day, was likely trying to replace Samhain with a similar but holier holiday meant to honor saints and martyrs. Later on, All Saints Day was renamed "All Hallows" and thus the day of Samhain (Oct. 31st) began to be called "All Hallows Eve," and eventually shortened to "Hallowe'en."
All of the holidays that were melded together to create our modern version of Halloween involved dressing up in one way or another. The celebrators of Samhain wore animal skins at their bonfire celebrations and those that observed "All Saints Day" often dressed as saints or angels. Later on men in Scotland would impersonate the dead on the day, explaining the ghoulish tradition we still observe.
During the mid 1800's, Irish and English immigrants flooded the United States and brought Halloween with them. From these immigrants we received the Halloween traditions we recognize today, however skewed they are now. For instance, the first trick-or-treaters were far from today's smiling children with commercialized costumes. They lived in Medieval England, and practiced "souling," in which poor people would beg for sweet breads, in return for praying for the families' souls. Later, the immigrants who brought Halloween to America would develop their own version of trick-or-treating, but it didn't become popular here until the 1930s.
1) Halloween Is The Second Highest Grossing Commercial Holiday After Christmas
What used to be just a singular holiday with minimal things to purchase has turned into an entire "Halloween Season." Between decorative lights and lawn ornaments, elaborate costumes and loads of candy, the average American spends a pretty penny on this fall holiday. However popular Halloween has become, the recession has affected spending for this year's spooky night. Spending is down, according the the National Retail Federation. Shoppers will spend an average of $56.31 on the holiday compared to $66.54 in 2008. Some ways people are cutting down include making homemade costumes, using last year's decorations and buying less expensive candies. For the children's sake, let's hope everyone doesn't resort to giving out apples and pennies. Didn't you just hate that as a kid?
2) Harry Houdini Died On October 31, 1926
The famous magician was killed (accidentally) by a McGill University student named J. Gordon Whitehead who was hitting him in the stomach repeatedly as part of a stunt. A week later he died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. Despite acute appendicitis, Houdini refused to seek medical treatment.
3) There's A Phobia For That
Samhainophobia is an intense and persistent fear of Halloween that can cause panic attacks in sufferers. Other relevant phobias for this time of year: wiccaphobia (fear of witches), phasmophobia (fear of ghosts), and coimetrophobia (fear of cemeteries).
4) The First Jack-O-Lanterns Weren't Made Out Of Pumpkins
They were originally hollowed-out turnips. The modern practiced mutated from the Irish tradition of carving faces of the the dead onto the gourds and putting candles inside to make them glow. These days your Jack-O-Lantern is most made out of a pumpkin, which most likely came from Illinois--a state that grew 542 million pounds of pumpkin in 2007.
5) One Quarter Of All The Candy Sold Annually Is For Halloween Night
Yes, no matter how much we eat for Christmas and Thanksgiving, Halloween has corned the market on candy. As a country we consume 20 million pounds of candy corn a year. Handing out Halloween treats is the perfect excuse to eat some too, as four-in-ten (41%) adults admit that they sneak sweets from their own candy bowl. And if you're a kid, hang on to your basket, because home is where the candy thief is as 90% of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their kids' Halloween trick-or-treat bags. But whether your stealing some, handing out some or having yours stolen, chances are you'll get your hands (or miss getting your hands) on a Snickers bar, it has been the number 1 Halloween candy for years. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/30/the-history-of-halloween_n_321021.html
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CALL FOR MINNESOTA HISTORY DAY JUDGES!
CALL FOR MINNESOTA HISTORY DAY JUDGES! Judge recruitment for 2014 will open in mid-December. Sign up to be notified when judge registration is open. This link will take you to the History Day program pages on our website:http://education.mnhs.org/historyday/ . You'll see a link with more information specific to judges near the bottom of the page. It isn't necessary to be an expert or even a "history buff" to judge History Day projects. It's the students' job to explain their research and thesis to you. The 2014 History Day theme, “Rights and Responsibilities in History,” provides an opportunity for students to take a deeper look at the different forms rights can take and how responsibilities relate. It will be interesting to see what topics the students select this year. I always learn so much from them! Students may chose to present their information in the form of an exhibit, a documentary, a website, a performance or a research paper. A majority of students prepare exhibits and websites are becoming more popular each year. Judges may indicate their preferred category when they register. Whenever possible, they will be assigned within their preference. Judges evaluate students' work at regional events using standard criteria, provide written feedback to students, and help to select which students will advance to the next level. Judges also provide an opportunity for students to converse with and get feedback from adults who are not their parents or teachers. Training is provided to judges. Volunteers who have judged at least one regional event may also register to judge at State History Day. I would be more than happy to answer anyone's questions, so please feel free to share my contact information. If you or others would like to be notified when judge registration opens later this year, please add contact information to our judge notification mailing list. SAT., MAY 3, 2014: STATE HISTORY DAY (UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWINCITIES) JUNE 15-19, 2014: NATIONAL HISTORY DAY (UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK)
Esperanza Spalding
On December 10, at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies, Ms. Spalding performed at Oslo City Hall in honor of the 2009 Laureate United States President Barack Obama and again at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert the following day. She was personally selected by Obama, as per the tradition of one laureate-invited-artist to perform.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding
Did you see this? I wonder if the folks in Santa Fe, NM came unglued over this?
Women belong in the house... and the Senate. ~Author Unknown
Interest in ethnic studies jumps after Arizona ban
Chicano and Latino literature libraries are springing up nationwide, and students are gravitating toward the topic after a law dismantled Tucson schools’ Mexican American studies program last year.
March 23, 2013|By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times
TUCSON — Arizona lawmakers passed a law to dismantle a Mexican American studies program in Tucson schools, but the legislation has had an unintended effect: The controversy is renewing interest in the state and nationwide in ethnic studies and Chicano and Latino literature.
Some Tucson students have found new ways to study the subject while receiving college credit to boot. Others who had no interest on the topic say they are now drawn to the material.
"Underground" libraries with Chicano literature are popping up across the Southwest and are set to open a Southwest in unexpected places such as Milwaukee and Louisville.
"I guess the irony is … that we have banded together and created a new civil rights movement, a renaissance in Latino literature. Now there are people in Louisville, Ky., who will be enjoying Chicano literature," said Tony Diaz.
Diaz heads Librotraficante, a group that raises money to buy books and open libraries to keep Mexican American studies alive. The state ban was the impetus for Librotraficante — whose name is Spanish for “book smuggler.”
A federal judge this month upheld the law banning the program, which critics said sowed discontent and promoted resentment against non-Latinos. Supporters said the program focused on long-neglected aspects of American history and inspired Latino students to excel in school. The supporters said they would appeal the ruling to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Facing financial penalties if they continued the program in defiance of the new state law, trustees of the Tucson Unified School District killed the program last year.
Before the ban, interest in ethnic studies was minimal across the nation, says Sean Arce, who used to head the program.
"After the ban it really has grown exponentially," he said.
Arce, who was dismissed when the program was discontinued a year ago, says he’s now in demand as a speaker, receiving invitations from various colleges — including Harvard and UCLA — to talk about the importance of ethnic studies. He said a few urban school districts have contacted him about consulting and collaborating on building a curriculum similar to the one outlawed in Tucson.
"We are happy and fortunate to collaborate with these folks because it really is a national issue," Arce said. "It’s because Latinos are the fastest-growing demographic."
Raquel Velasquez, a student at Prescott College in Prescott, Ariz., is among the students who say the controversy over the program has drawn them to ethnic studies.
"It was only until it was banned that I really took this seriously and recognized the need," said Velasquez, a 19-year-old originally from Tucson. She is one of 14 students at Prescott College taking a pedagogy class to help train them to become ethnic studies teachers.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/23/nation/la-na-ff-tucson-schools-20130324
