Support your local community by volunteering at these nonprofits The first 100 days of Trump’s administration have aggressively threatened human rights. Even then, Trump went as far as to say, “No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days.” (Um, #AlternativeFacts) Trump has threatened women’s rights, has
“As woke as you may think you are, you can’t be free until everyone is free” Mom. Latinx. Activist. Theologian. Unapologetically Brown.
Mother’s Day is a beautiful day to pay particular respects to our mamis. Mother’s Day in Nicaragua is on May 30th and it is the day that my mami used to call my abuela and gush to her about how much she had learned from her and how
Y el novio? Te vas a quedar para vestir santos, le voy a rezar a San Antonio para que te encuentre un buen novio. Phrases commonly heard in Latinx households when addressing the elephant in the room, the single gal of the family. In this day and age there is
For some, this is just a piece of paper. For us, this is more than that and we are all so proud of you. This is a dedication to my hard-core Latina kicking ass women. Dear Fuerte First-Generation Brown Mujer, Throughout these college years, you became stronger, your
Less than one percent of Latinas are in computing…let that sink in a bit. “1%“ There is no question that if you were to step onto the grandiose ‘campuses’ of Facebook, Google, Twitter and other notables in the news lately, UBER anyone?, you will not see ‘diversity’ front and
Caucacity: The audacity of white people’s belief that they’re right even against contrary evidence. If I had a dollar for every time a White Liberal tried to convince me that Trump’s win was not rooted in this kind of “White Supremacy’s last stand” racist mentality, I’
Juan Manuel Montes, a 23-year-old from Calexico, California is the latest victim of the mass deportation agenda that Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions currently have going on. Montes’ case is not isolated, The Washington Post reports that since Trump took office, arrests of undocumented immigrants rose 32.6
Constantly Being Stuck In A World Where You Are Told Anxiety And Depression Is Not Meant For You You are not going to therapy, “eso es para gringos”, my parents would tell me, as I would push back the tears I was too scared to let run down my face.
I was never THAT kid who was encouraged to go to college. I was never that kid that was smarter than everyone else, that kid that shined, that kid that professors believed in. I just wasn’t. By the time I was almost 9 years old, I knew I was
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