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BERNIE SANDERS FACES HIS PAST
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et's think about three iconic Latin American musical genres: cumbia, tango, and salsa. Cumbia, which today floods the entire continent, was born from the encounter between indigenous flutes and African drums in the context of the Spanish colony. It originated in San Jacinto, in northern Colombia, from where it went on a pilgrimage through the Andes to Argentina and climbed up to Mexico. The tango has African influences in the turns of the couple's hips, which in the embrace created the characteristic style of the dance, and finds the guitar brought from Spain (with Arab origin) with the bandoneon: a German instrument, initially designed to be a portable organ in rural funeral services, but which ended up being the characteristic sound of that music which we think of as painful, nostalgic and sensual. Salsa began in New York, with competition in the dance
ENGLISH halls between black big bands and groups of Cuban immigrant musicians in the second decade of the 20th century, which in the competition for the audience began to complement each other. There, the Antillean rhythms found the aggressiveness of the copper winds and salsa took on its characteristic trombones and trumpets, to be cooked in the fire of the Hells Kitchen and thus the children of the poorest Latinos in the Bronx gave the world the miracle of salsa brava. We can all agree that these three rhythms are Latin rhythms, but with this brief account it is already clear that none of them are exempt from the influence of other regions and communities: because Latin identity –like any other– is not made out of anything, but in the coming and going of our encounters and disagreements and in the way we tell and are told the fruits of those unions. This week we have asked ourselves how the way we tell and learn our stories impacts our lives, how and in what spaces we decide to make ourselves owners of those stories that end up defining the Latino identity, which is so much ours and, at the same time, of so many others. Ethnic studies are one of the possible routes for that exercise of empowerment and authority over our memories and future encounters, and this issue is one of the many moments when we are going to ask ourselves again what it is to be Latino and about all the unexpected and rich mixes that have led us to be ourselves in so many different ways.
ensemos en tres géneros musicales icónicos de América Latina: la cumbia, el tango y la salsa. La cumbia, que hoy inunda todo el continente, nace del encuentro entre las flautas indígenas y los tambores africanos en el contexto de la colonia española. Surgió en San Jacinto, al norte de Colombia, peregrinó por los Andes hasta llegar a la Argentina y subió hasta México. El tango tiene influencias africanas en los giros de las caderas de la pareja, que en el abrazo crearon el estilo característico del baile, y encuentra la guitarra traida de España (de origen árabe) con el bandoneón: un instrumento alemán, diseñado inicialmente para ser un órgano portátil en servicios fúnebres rurales, pero que acabó siendo el sonido característico de esa música que pensamos como dolorosa, nostálgica y sensual. La salsa empieza en Nueva York, con la competencia en los salones de baile entre big bands negras y conjuntos de músicos cubanos inmigrantes en la
segunda década del siglo XX, que en la competencia por el público empezaron a complementarse. Allí los ritmos antillanos encontraron la agresividad de los vientos de cobre y la salsa cobró sus trombones y trompetas características, para cocerse en el fuego de la Hells Kitchen y así los hijos de los latinos más pobres del Bronx le regalaron al mundo el milagro de la salsa brava. Todos podemos estar de acuerdo en que esos tres ritmos son ritmos latinos, pero con este recuento tan breve ya queda claro que ninguno de ellos está exento de la influencia de otras regiones y comunidades: porque la identidad latina –como todas – no se hace de la nada, sino en el ir y venir de nuestros encuentros y desencuentros y en la manera en que contamos y nos cuentan los frutos de esas uniones. Esta semana nos hemos preguntado por cómo la manera en que narramos y desdecimos nuestras historias impacta nuestras vidas, por cómo y en qué espacios decidimos hacernos dueños de esas narraciones que acaban definiendo la identidad latina, que es tan nuestra y a la vez de tantos otros. Los estudios étnicos son una de las rutas posibles para ese ejercicio de empoderamiento y autoridad sobre nuestros recuerdos y encuentros futuros y este número es uno de los muchos momentos en que vamos a volver a preguntarnos qué es ser latino y por todas las mezclas inesperadas y ricas que nos han llevado a ser nosotros de tantas formas diferentes. DEL EDITOR
Latin identity –like any other– is not made out of anything. La identidad latina –como todas – no se hace de la nada.
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A member of Sao Clemente samba school awaits for the start of the second night of 2020 Rio's Carnival Parades at the Sapucai Sambadrome on February 24, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images
Un miembro de la escuela de samba de Sao Clemente espera el comienzo de la segunda noche de los desfiles de carnaval de Río de Janeiro en el Sambódromo Sapucai el 24 de febrero de 2020 en Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Foto de Buda Mendes/Getty Images
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THE URGENCY OF
DECOLONIZING
THE UNIVERSITY By | Por: RAJ CHETTY*
TRANSLATION | TRADUCCIÓN: YAMILY HABIB
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ust a few months ago, my dad shared with me for the first time his experiences with racism during my childhood in suburban San Diego. He immigrated to Minnesota from Bengaluru in 1967, in the immediate wake of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, a piece of Civil Rights legislation that ended a racist immigration quota system favoring Western European immigrants. (Only because of an Asian American Studies course I took as a doctoral student, I’ve relatively recently been able to understand my dad’s immigration story in terms of that history.) Growing up in relative affluence, I had the advantage of my being sheltered from the oppressive and systemic violence that lays siege to minoritized communities, but also
ENGLISH the disadvantage of an education divorced from understanding the historical and social processes that produce those systems of violence, coupled with no sense of the historic struggles waged by people against these systems. To be sure, the education I received fashioned me into the sort of person designed to thrive in today’s university. But the cost of this fashioning was an inability to understand my dad’s anger when our local Denny’s restaurant delayed seating us, in a mid-1990s context in which Denny’s was settling lawsuits with black patrons. I didn’t have access to the term “white flight” to describe the fact that the two white families who lived on either side of us moved out shortly after we moved in. But, without any formal training in Critical Race Theory, my dad knew exactly what was happening. When my dad recently shared these experiences with me, I recalled the shame I felt then towards him, at his public anger in Denny’s. Worse: even now I couldn’t quite stop the reflexive urge to dismiss my dad’s observations about our white neighbors as hypersensitivity. This is despite my work in Black Studies, my current commitment to anti-racist pedagogy and activism, and my deep investments in foregrounding Black people’s and other minoritized groups’ ways of living, knowing, and struggling.
Pulling into the present those earlier struggles, students today make a clear demand: decolonize the university. Llevando al presente esas luchas anteriores, los estudiantes de hoy hacen una clara demanda: descolonizar la universidad.
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ace unos meses, mi padre compartió conmigo por primera vez sus experiencias con el racismo durante mi infancia en el San Diego suburbano. Inmigró a Minnesota desde Bengaluru en 1967, inmediatamente después de la Ley de Inmigración y Naturalización de 1965, una ley de derechos civiles que puso fin a un sistema racista de cuotas de inmigración que favorecía a los inmigrantes de Europa Occidental. (Sólo gracias a un curso de estudios asiático-americanos que tomé como estudiante de doctorado, hace relativamente poco tiempo, pude entender la historia de la inmigración de mi padre en términos de esa historia). Al crecer en una relativa prosperidad, tuve la ventaja de estar protegido de la violencia opresiva y sistémica que asedia a las comunidades minoritarias, pero también la desventaja de una educación divorciada de la comprensión de los procesos históricos y sociales que producen esos sistemas de violencia, sumada a la falta de sentido de las luchas históricas libradas por las personas contra esos sistemas. Por supuesto, la educación que recibí me convirtió en el tipo de persona diseñada para prosperar en la universidad de hoy. Pero el costo de esta formación fue la incapacidad de entender la ira de mi padre cuando el restaurante local de Denny's nos ponía en
lista de espera, en un contexto de mediados de los 90 en el que Denny's estaba resolviendo demandas con clientes negros. No tuve acceso al término "huida de los blancos" para describir el hecho de que las dos familias blancas que vivían a ambos lados de nosotros se mudaron poco después de que nos mudáramos. Pero, sin ninguna educación formal en la Teoría Crítica de la Raza, mi padre sabía exactamente lo que estaba pasando. Cuando mi padre compartió recientemente estas experiencias conmigo, recordé la vergüenza que sentí entonces hacia él, por su enojo público en Denny's. Peor aún: incluso ahora no podía detener el impulso reflexivo de descartar las observaciones de mi padre sobre nuestros vecinos blancos como hipersensibilidad. Esto es a pesar de mi trabajo en Estudios Negros, mi actual compromiso con la pedagogía
*Raj Chetty is an Assistant Professor, Black Literature & Culture in the San Diego State University, and Co-editor (with Amaury Rodriguez) of "Dominican Black Studies," The Black Scholar (2015). *Raj Chetty es Profesor Asistente de Literatura y Cultura Negra en la Universidad Estatal de San Diego, y Co-editor (con Amaury Rodríguez) de "Dominican Black Studies", The Black Scholar (2015).
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ENSAYO El presidente Lyndon Johnson pronunció unas palabras en la Estatua de la Libertad antes de firmar la Ley de Inmigración y Nacionalidad de 1965. Inspirada por el movimiento de derechos civiles, la ley eliminó las cuotas raciales en el sistema de inmigración de los Estados Unidos. Photo: LBJ Library / Yoichi Okamoto
President Lyndon Johnson delivered remarks at the Statue of Liberty before signing into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Inspired by the civil rights movement, the law did away with racial quotas in the U.S. immigration system. Foto: Biblioteca LBJ / Yoichi Okamoto
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ENGLISH To put a finer point on it: most of my educational training—to avoid indicting whiteness—has been highly effective. The university for which I was designed is categorically not designed for those whose lives have been at the receiving end of colonial, white supremacist, gendered, and homophobic violence. Instead, the modern university emerged precisely as a way to shore up the normative power that produces that violence. When black and brown students brought their lived experiences and their ways of being into the modern university, they mobilized against its Eurocentrism, its reproduction of racial capital, its patriarchy. In the 1960s and 1970s, they demanded that their histories be taught widely, not solely so that they could see themselves in these histories and stories, but also as a way to clear the grounds for creating robust interdisciplinary study, research, and teaching. They demanded Black Studies, Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies, and they situated these demands in global anticolonial and antiracist struggle. We are seeing today a resurgence of these demands, by a new set of students struggling against a familiar power structure with evolved tactics. To
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cite just two recent examples: the student-led mobilizations at Harvard in the wake of the denial of tenure to Dr. Lorgia García Peña, and the Rhodes Must Fall movement that began at the University of Cape Town in 2015 and spread to other South African universities. Today, the corporate university in the U.S. touts its commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity while entire departments have no Black or Indigenous faculty and entire universities offer no curricular concentrations, much less majors, in Black Studies, Ethnic Studies, Indigenous Studies, and aligned interdisciplinary fields. University responses are typical and tepid: “This takes time,” “Wait,” “These things are complicated.” The same style of responses faced anticolonial independence struggles of the 1950s and 1960s. Pulling into the present those earlier struggles, students today make a clear demand: decolonize the university. Far more than the “excellent” education I received, my younger self needed this decolonized education, one that could have taught me to perceive the racism my dad experienced, understand it as part of broader structures of oppression, and then join young students of color mobilized against it.
antirracista y el activismo, y mi profunda implicación en destacar las formas de vida, conocimiento y lucha de los negros y otros grupos minoritarios. Para ser más claro: la mayor parte de mi entrenamiento educativo –para impedir la acusación de la blancura– ha sido altamente efectivo. La universidad para la que fui diseñado está categóricamente no diseñada para aquellos cuyas vidas han sido objeto de violencia colonial, de la supremacía blanca, violencia de género y homofóbica. En cambio, la universidad moderna surgió precisamente como una forma de apuntalar el poder normativo que produce esa violencia. Cuando los estudiantes negros y morenos trajeron sus experiencias vividas y sus formas de ser a la universidad moderna, se movilizaron contra su eurocentrismo, su reproducción del capital racial, su patriarcado. En las décadas de 1960 y 1970, exigieron que sus historias se enseñaran ampliamente, no sólo para poder verse a sí mismos en esas historias y relatos, sino también como una forma de despejar las bases para crear un estudio, una investigación y una enseñanza interdisciplinarios sólidos. Exigieron estudios negros, estudios étnicos, estudios asiático-americanos, estudios indígenas, estudios chicanos y latinos, y situaron estas demandas en la lucha anticolonial y antirracista mundial. Estamos viendo hoy un resurgimiento de estas demandas, por un nuevo grupo de estudiantes
que luchan contra una estructura de poder familiar con tácticas evolucionadas. Por citar sólo dos ejemplos recientes: las movilizaciones encabezadas por estudiantes en Harvard tras la denegación de la titularidad al Dr. Lorgia García Peña, y el movimiento "Rhodes Must Fall" que comenzó en la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo en 2015 y se extendió a otras universidades sudafricanas. Hoy en día, la universidad corporativa de los Estados Unidos pregona su compromiso con la diversidad, la inclusión y la equidad, mientras que departamentos enteros no cuentan con profesores negros o indígenas y universidades enteras no ofrecen concentraciones curriculares, y mucho menos especialidades en estudios negros, estudios étnicos, estudios indígenas y campos interdisciplinarios alineados. Las respuestas de las universidades son típicas y tibias: "Esto lleva tiempo", "Espera", "Estas cosas son complicadas". El mismo estilo de respuestas se enfrentó a las luchas por la independencia anticolonial de los años 50 y 60. Llevando al presente esas luchas anteriores, los estudiantes de hoy hacen una clara demanda: descolonizar la universidad. Mucho más que la "excelente" educación que recibí, mi yo más joven necesitaba esta educación descolonizada, una que me pudiera haber enseñado a percibir el racismo que mi padre experimentó, entenderlo como parte de estructuras más amplias de opresión, y luego unirme a los jóvenes estudiantes de color movilizados contra él. •7
POLITICS THE WRAITH OF SOCIALISM
BERNIE SANDERS FACES HIS PAST THE VERMONT SENATOR'S MAIN OBSTACLE HAS BEEN HIS CLOSENESS TO THE BOOGEYMAN OF AMERICAN POLITICS: SOCIALISM. EL PRINCIPAL OBSTÁCULO DEL SENADOR DE VERMONT HA SIDO SU CERCANÍA AL OGRO DE LA POLÍTICA ESTADOUNIDENSE: EL SOCIALISMO.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) pauses while speaking at the South Carolina Democratic Party "First in the South" dinner on February 24, 2020, in Charleston, South Carolina. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images El candidato presidencial demócrata, el Senador Bernie Sanders (I-VT), hace una pausa mientras habla en la cena del Partido Demócrata de Carolina del Sur "Primero en el Sur" el 24 de febrero de 2020 en Charleston, Carolina del Sur. Foto de Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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hile Donald Trump and company went to Ukraine to find dirt to attack former Vice President Joe Biden in the November presidential election, potential opponent Bernie Sanders made their job easier by giving them all the necessary material in a YouTube video. In his exclusive interview on Anderson Cooper's "60 Minutes," Sanders not only ended up getting a bad rap on how he intends to pay for his "Medicare For All" universal health care plan, but he also had to defend his statements in favor of some aspects of Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba. “We're very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba but you know, it's unfair to simply say everything is bad. You know?” Sanders said. “When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? Even though Fidel Castro did it?”
LOSING FLORIDA
It seems that for a majority of Democratic voters, and especially Republicans, these kinds of comments are not only bad but serious. “Donald Trump wins Florida if Bernie is our nominee,” said state Rep. Javier Fernandez to Po-
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ENGLISH litico.“If Bernie Sanders is atop the ticket, it’s going to make it tougher for all of us to win in Florida,” said Fernandez, who has endorsed Sanders’ rival, Joe Biden. “No one really sees Sanders winning Florida and I don’t think his campaign does either.” After Castro came to power in Cuba in the late 1950s, most of the island's diaspora relocated to the U.S. mainland, adding about 2.4 million people today. This exodus coincided with the most critical stage of the Cold War, where the ghost of socialism and communism was almost as potent as a nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union. When it comes to translating Sanders' ideology into votes, the issue is more complicated.
FAR FROM FALLING IN LINE
To bet that Democratic voters –and those who are undecided– will embrace the candidate's proposals by passing over the "socialist" label that accompanies his campaign is a risk that cannot be taken in the face of Donald Trump's possible re-election. Considering that voting demographics in the country are divided into Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, and the first two are still divided among the remaining candidates in the primaries, ensuring that all opposition to Trump will close ranks behind Sanders is an empty bet. Sanders defined his Democratic Socialism in a way that was again antagonistic to Trump: “When Donald Trump was a private businessman in New York, he got $800 million in tax breaks and subsidies to build luxury housing. That's called corporate socialism. What democratic socialism is about is saying, 'Let's use the federal government to protect the interests of working families.'” And if Trump intends to attack him for that, Sanders said his counterattack will be to resort to the epithet "pathological liar" and shut down the conversation there. Will this be enough?
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ientras Donald Trump y compañía iban hasta Ucrania a buscar material para atacar al ex vicepresidente Joe Biden en las presidenciales de noviembre, Bernie Sanders les ha facilitado el trabajo, dándoles todo lo que necesitaban en un vídeo de YouTube. En su entrevista exclusiva en el programa de Anderson Cooper “60 Minutes”, Sanders no sólo terminó mal parado a la hora de responder cómo pretende pagar por su plan de Atención Médica Universal “Medicare For All”, sino que también tuvo defender sus declaraciones a favor de algunos aspectos de régimen de Fidel Castro en Cuba. “Estamos muy en contra de la naturaleza autoritaria de Cuba”, dijo Sanders, “Pero es injusto sencillamente decir que todo es malo. ¿Sabes qué hizo Fidel Castro cuando llegó al poder? Implementó un programa masivo de alfabetización. ¿Es acaso eso malo? ¿Incluso haciéndolo Fidel Castro?” Al parecer, para un grueso de los votantes demócratas y, en especial, para los Republicanos, este tipo de comentarios no son sólo malos, sino graves. “Donald Trump ganará Florida si Bernie es nuestro nominado”, dijo el representante de Florida Javier Fernández a Politico. “Si Bernie Sanders encabeza la boleta, nos hará muy difícil ganar Florida. Nadie prevé realmente que Sanders gane Florida, y no creo que su campaña lo haga tampoco”. Después de la llegada de Castro al poder en Cuba a finales de los años 50, la mayor parte de la diáspora de la isla se reubicó en el territorio continental estadounidense, sumando hoy en día alrededor de 2.4 millones de personas. Este éxodo coincidió con la etapa más crítica de la Guerra Fría, donde el fantasma del socialismo y del comunismo eran casi tan potentes como el conflicto nuclear con la Unión Soviética. A la hora de traducir la ideología de Sanders en votos, el asunto es más complicado.
Apostar a que los votantes demócratas –y los indecisos– abrazarán las propuestas del candidato obviando la etiqueta “socialista” que acompaña sus propuestas es un riesgo que no se puede tomar ante la posible reelección de Donald Trump. Considerando que la demografía votante en el país se divide en Demócratas, Independientes y Republicanos, y que los dos primeros aún se encuentran dudosos entre los candidatos que quedan de las primarias, asegurar que toda la oposición a Trump cerrará filas detrás de Sanders es una apuesta baldía. Sanders definió su Socialismo Democrático ante Cooper de una manera nuevamente antagónica a Trump: “Cuando Donald Trump era un empresario privado en Nueva York, obtuvo 800 millones de dólares en exenciones fiscales y subsidios para construir viviendas de lujo”, explicó el candidato. “Eso se llama socialismo corporativo. El socialismo democrático consiste es decir: ‘Usemos el gobierno federal para proteger los intereses de las familias trabajadoras’”. Y si Trump pretende atacarle por eso, Sanders ya aseguró que su contraataque será recurrir al epíteto “mentiroso patológico” y cerrar allí la conversación. ¿Será esto suficiente?
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POLÍTICA
Cientos de jóvenes protestan exigiendo la renuncia de los miembros de la Junta Central Electoral (JCE) frente a la sede del organismo, este lunes, en Santo Domingo (República Dominicana).
Photo by © Orlando Barría, EFE.
(ES): Cientos de jóvenes protestan exigiendo la renuncia de los miembros de la Junta Central Electoral (JCE) frente a la sede del organismo, este lunes, en Santo Domingo (República Dominicana).
Foto de © Orlando Barría, EFE.
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TAKES THE STREETS
FOR THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE
DOMINICANS IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD HAVE SHOWN OUT TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ELECTORAL IRREGULARITIES. EL PUEBLO DOMINICANO HA SALIDO A LAS CALLES PARA MANIFESTARSE CONTRA IRREGULARIDADES ELECTORALES.
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he Dominican Republic has now completed a week of protests, joining the growing group of Latin American countries where citizen discontent has put their politicians in check. The citizen mobilization arose from the irregularities and deficiencies in the electoral process on Feb. 16, which were so numerous and serious that, finally, the elections had to be canceled after only four hours. The irregularities were caused by the use, for the first time, of an electronic voting system on the island in 18 of its 158 municipalities. In response, the central government has requested an investigation by the Organization of American States (OAS), to determine the reason for the malfunctioning equipment on which the Dominican government would have spent approximately 19 million of American dollars. MARCH 4 - 11, 2020
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epública Dominicana ya completa una semana de protestas, uniéndose al conjunto de países latinoamericanos en que el descontento de los ciudadanos ha puesto a sus políticos en jaque. La movilización ciudadana surgió a partir de las irregularidades y deficiencias en el proceso electoral del 16 de febrero, que fueron tan numerosas y graves que, finalmente, los comicios tuvieron que ser cancelados tras sólo cuatro horas de iniciada la jornada. Las irregularidades se dieron por el uso, por primera vez, de un sistema de votación electrónica en la isla en 18 de sus 158 municipios. En respuesta, el gobierno central ha solicitado una investigación de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) para determinar cuál fue la razón que desencadenó el malfuncionamiento de los equipos, en los que el gobierno dominicano habría
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The new date for the elections was set for March 15. La nueva fecha para las elecciones quedó fijada para el 15 de marzo.
ENGLISH With only a few months left before the end of this presidential term, the Administrative Minister of the Presidency has said that the cacerolazos do not concern this government, but should be a cause for concern for anyone who comes. The cynical statement, moreover, ignores an important component of the citizen’s discontent that has ignited the mobilizations, which are not only fed by the electoral fiasco. Last June, the current president, Danilo Medina, made it known to the country that he was thinking of running for second re-election, even though the country's constitution forbids it. Nothing new Starting a new presidential run would have required a modification of the constitution, something that the Dominican Republic is no stranger to. In its 176 years of life as a republic, it has made 39 modifications to its constitution. That is to say, one every four and a half years, on average. Of these 39 modifications, 32 have been linked to electoral issues. In this order of ideas, if Medina decided not to modify the constitution it was not because of his reverence for the Magna Carta but because of the enormous political cost of the mere mention of its possibility. Thus, when on Sunday, Feb. 16, election day was canceled, Dominicans took to the streets not only because of the understand-
able indignation at the election failure, but also because they had the recent background of their president's effort to keep himself in power. The streets are filled with the clanking of pots and pans and the slogan "Es pa'fuera que van" (You're going out), in which the citizens' marches have refused to get involved with the opposition party demonstrations. A new date, but uncertain future The new date for the elections was set for March 15 and on Feb. 24, a meeting was held between the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the various political parties to review the paper ballots to be used that day. However, following the comment of the Administrative Minister of the Presidency, little can be expected from the government's willingness to overcome the crisis. In the midst of social chaos, the President of the Dominican Society of Pneumology and Thorax Surgery, Ivelisse Acosta, has raised the alarm so that the Dominican government does not neglect another equally imminent crisis on a global scale: the COVID-19. While no cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Latin America to date, and the number of patients who have recovered is now over 25,000, a failure to contain the epidemic could have terrible consequences for the entire region.
ESPAÑOL gastado un aproximado de 19 millones de dólares. Faltando pocos meses para el fin de este periodo presidencial, el Ministro Administrativo de la Presidencia ha llegado a afirmar que los cacerolazos no le preocupan a este gobierno, sino que deben ser motivo de inquietud para el que venga. Esta afirmación cínica, por lo demás, ignora de tajo un componente importante del descontento ciudadano que ha encendido las movilizaciones, que no se nutren solamente del fiasco electoral. En junio del año pasado, el actual presidente, Danilo Medina, dio a conocer al país que estaba pensando en lanzarse para una segunda reelección, pese a que la constitución del país lo prohíba. Emprender una nueva carrera presidencial habría requerido una modificación de la constitución, cosa a la que la República Dominicana no es ajena: en sus 176 años de vida republicana, han hecho 39 modificaciones de su estatuto. Es decir, una cada cuatro años y medio, en promedio.
De esas 39 modificaciones, 32 han estado vinculadas a temas electorales. En este orden de ideas, si Medina decidió no modificar la constitución no fue por su reverencia a la Carta Magna sino por el enorme costo político que tuvo la sola mención de la posibilidad. Así las cosas, cuando el domingo 16 de febrero la jornada electoral fue cancelada, los dominicanos se volcaron a las calles no solamente por la indignación, comprensible, del fracaso de un día tan importante para la definición del destino de un país, sino porque tenían el antecedente fresco del esfuerzo de su presidente por perpetuarse en el poder. Las calles completan ocho días con el tintineo de las cacerolas y el lema “Es pa’fuera que van”, en el que las marchas ciudadanas se han negado a involucrarse con manifestaciones de los partidos de oposición. Al punto, incluso, en que han anunciado su retiro de la plaza a la que llegue algún grupo de un partido político.
La nueva fecha para las elecciones quedó fijada para el 15 de marzo y hoy se celebró una reunión entre la Junta Central Electoral (JCE) y los diversos partidos políticos para revisar las papeletas electorales de papel que se usarán ese día. Sin embargo, tras el comentario del Ministro Administrativo de Presidencia, es poco lo que se puede esperar de la voluntad del gobierno para sortear la crisis. En medio del caos social, la Presidenta de la Sociedad Dominicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Torax, Ivelisse Acosta, ha elevado la voz de alarma para que el gobierno dominicano no descuide otra crisis igualmente inminente y de escala global: el COVID-19. Si bien, a la fecha, no se ha registrado ningún caso de COVID-19 en América Latina, y el número de pacientes que se han recuperado ya superan los 25.000 casos, un descuido frente a la contención de la epidemia podría tener terribles consecuencias para toda la región.
Thousands of Dominicans protested in the Plaza de la Bandera against the Central Electoral Board (JCE) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February 22, 2020. Photo by © Orlando Barría / EFE
Miles de dominicanos se manifestaron en la Plaza de la Bandera para protestar contra la Junta Electoral Central (JCE), en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, el 22 de febrero de 2020. Foto de © Orlando Barría / EFE
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LÍDERES RAQUEL TAMEZ AT AL DIA'S 40 UNDER 40 AWARDS
AN URGENT VOICE FOR DIVERSITY THE CEO OF SHPE WILL DELIVER THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS RAQUEL TAMEZ DARÁ EL DISCURSO DE APERTURA
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or the first-ever AL DÍA 40 Under 40, Raquel Tamez will serve as the keynote speaker. Tamez is the CEO of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), a role she has filled since June 2017. In that time, she has brought a renewed energy to the membership organization, expanding national programs, services, and resources offered to more than 11,000 members in 270-plus chapters nationwide. In her role as CEO, Tamez guides SHPE’s mission of helping the Hispanic community realize its potential through careers in the STEM field, which includes science, technology, engineering, and math. Her vision is a future where Hispanics are recognized as leading scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and innovators. The AL DÍA 40 Under 40 event will provide the chance for Philadelphians to recognize up-and-coming leaders in the city. The class of 2020 will represent the new generation of business and community leaders, media figures, influencers, innovators, and artists. Tamez’s voice in support of diversity is in the same vein of the event. Those nominated are under the age of 40, and will be judged based on their involvement in their community, career achievements, academic credentials, and contributions to their industry. A panel of judges who bring with them broad experience in leadership, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement will then select the top 40 individuals who will be recognized at the event. It will take place on March 20, 2020, you can reserve a seat on AL DÍA’s website.
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or primera vez en la historia de AL DÍA 40 Under 40, Raquel Tamez será la oradora principal. Tamez es la CEO de la Sociedad de Ingenieros Profesionales Hispanos (SHPE), un papel que ha ocupado desde junio de 2017. En ese tiempo, ha aportado energía renovada a la organización, expandiendo los programas nacionales, servicios y recursos ofrecidos a más de 11.000 miembros a través de más de 270 capítulos en todo el país. En su papel como CEO, Tamez guía la misión de SHPE de ayudar a la comunidad hispana a realizar su potencial a través de carreras en el campo de STEM, que incluye ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas. Su visión es un futuro en el que los hispanos sean reconocidos como científicos, ingenieros, matemáticos e innovadores líderes. El evento AL DÍA 40 Under 40 proporcionará la oportunidad a los habitantes de Filadelfia de reconocer a los líderes en ascenso de la ciudad. La clase del 2020 representará a la nueva generación de líderes empresariales y comunitarios, medios de comunicación, personas influyentes, innovadores y artistas. Tamez representa la voz de la necesidad de diversidad que este evento está promoviendo. ¡Las nominaciones siguen abiertas! Los criterios para las nominaciones incluyen: menores de 40 años, participación en su comunidad, logros profesionales, credenciales académicas y contribuciones a su industria. Un panel de jueces que traen consigo una amplia experiencia en liderazgo, espíritu empresarial y compromiso cívico seleccionará a los 40 mejores individuos que serán reconocidos en el evento. Las nominaciones están abiertas hasta el 29 de febrero de 2020, y también se alienta a las autonominaciones. Para presentar una nominación, haga clic aquí. El evento se llevará a cabo el 20 de marzo de 2020, ¡reserve ya su asiento!
Photo by Raquel Tamez
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NEWS KIOSKO REVISTA EL ESTORNUDO CUBA
"GUARD CORPS" In this chronicle, film director Carlos Lechuga tells a scene that could be part of any movie: three people are in a hospital, waiting to hear from their hospitalized loved ones, and while they wait, they have no choice but to tell each other stories. "I can hardly remember that poem that said something like: "people dancing, enjoying, indifferent... and the country lying on the metal stretcher in the autopsy room". The phone picks up the signal. I go online. I go to Messenger. I search through many faces... there must be someone who lets themselves be loved."
El director de cine Carlos Lechuga cuenta en esta crónica una escena que podría hacer parte de cualquier película: tres personas se encuentran en un hospital, esperando a tener noticias de sus seres queridos hospitalizados, y mientras esperan, no tienen más opción que contarse historias. "A duras penas recuerdo aquel poema que decía algo así como: «la gente bailando, gozando, indiferente… y el país acostado en la camilla metálica del cuarto de autopsia». El teléfono agarra la señal. Me conecto a Internet. Voy al Messenger. Busco entre muchos rostros… tiene que haber alguien que se deje amar".
https://www.revistaelestornudo.com/mujer-cubana-muerte-hospital/
PÁGINA 12 ARGENTINA "A GIRL IN A PARACHUTE"
Juan Forn tells the story of Andrei Platonov, a Russian writer who suffered repression by the Soviet regime despite his faithful belief in its ideals. "The laws of the cosmos, the laws of nature, the laws of history and those of the human heart are woven into an amazing mechanism in each book that Platonov wrote. In life he could not publish any of them, but all his colleagues revered him equally, in secret, because what Platonov did was unique: he dynamited Soviet reality in the name of the Soviet ideal, he made realism and science fiction at the same time."
Juan Forn cuenta la historia de Andrei Platónov un escritor rusos que sufrió la represión del régimen soviético pese a que creyó fielmente en sus ideales. "Las leyes del cosmos, las leyes de la naturaleza, las leyes de la historia y las del corazón humano se tejen en asombroso mecanismo en cada libro que escribió Platónov. En vida no pudo publicar ninguno, pero todos sus colegas lo veneraban igual, en secreto, porque lo que hacía Platónov era único: dinamitaba la realidad soviética en nombre del ideal soviético, hacía realismo y ciencia-ficción al mismo tiempo". https://www.pagina12.com.ar/247359-una-chica-en-paracaidas
EL PAÍS ESPAÑA
"THE LAST JOURNEY OF THE NOMADS" n this chronicle, Zigor Aldana recounts his experience in Mongolia, sharing with nomadic families a way of life that is rapidly dying out. "'Winter is over! Uuganbaatar Davaasuren proclaims the arrival of spring as he wakes up, even though outside the yurt he lives in with his family the temperature is 18 degrees below zero. Apparently it is high enough to leave the winter camp, a rudimentary wooden stable, and move to the spring settlement."
Zigor Aldana narra en esta crónica su experiencia en Mongolia, compartiendo con familias nómadas una forma de vida que está en rápida extinción. "'¡Ya ha acabado el invierno!' Uuganbaatar Davaasuren proclama la llegada de la primavera mientras se despereza, a pesar de que fuera de la yurta que habita con su familia la temperatura es de 18 grados bajo cero. Aparentemente ya es suficientemente elevada como para abandonar el campamento de invierno, un rudimentario establo de madera, y mudarse al asentamiento de primavera".
https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/02/20/babelia/1582201176_552880.html
LA SILLA VACÍA COLOMBIA
"THE EX-GUERRILLAS WHO SAID NO TO DISSIDENCE" La Silla Vacía traveled to four territorial spaces where former FARC combatants are participating in the slow process of returning to civilian life. There they sought to understand why the vast majority of them have chosen to remain in the territories and abide by the peace agreements, even though sometimes dissidence may seem more convenient. Why choose this life? This podcast tells it "A life in which many have seen their families again, got married, have children who come home from school in the afternoons; a life in which most have a bank account and receive from the Agency for Reincorporation and Normalization, ARN, a basic income of 790,000 pesos a month; a life in which they go to meetings with the police, the army, government officials; a life in which they changed their uniform and alias for an ID."
La Silla Vacía viajó a cuatro espacios territoriales en que exguerrilleros de las FARC participan de los lentos procesos de retorno a la vida civil. Allí buscaron entender por qué la inmensa mayoría de ellos ha optado por permanecer en los territorios y atenerse a los acuerdos de paz, pese a que a veces la disidencia pueda parecer más conveniente. ¿Por qué elegir esta vida? Este podcast lo cuenta "Una vida en la que muchos han vuelto a ver sus familias, se casaron, tienen hijos que llegan de las escuelas por las tardes a las casas; una vida en la que la mayoría tiene una cuenta en un banco y recibe de la Agencia para la Reincorporación y la Normalización, ARN, una renta básica de 790 mil pesos al mes; una vida en la que van a reuniones con la Policía, el Ejército, funcionarios del Gobierno; una vida en la que cambiaron el uniforme y el alias por una cédula". https://lasillavacia.com/los-exguerrilleros-dijeron-no-las-disidencias-75603
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QUOTABLE SENTENCES FRASES CITABLES CHERISH AND PRESERVE “WE NEED TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS CHERISH AND PRESERVE THE ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT NOURISHES AND STRENGTHENS THIS COMMUNITY - AND THIS NATION.”
“NECESITAMOS AYUDAR A LOS ESTUDIANTES Y A LOS PADRES A APRECIAR Y PRESERVAR LA DIVERSIDAD ÉTNICA Y CULTURAL QUE NUTRE Y FORTALECE ESTA COMUNIDAD - Y ESTA NACIÓN”.
César Chávez, American labor leader, community organizer, and Latino American civil rights activist.
UNEQUIVOCALLY AND WITHOUT A DOUBT “I WANT TO STATE UPFRONT, UNEQUIVOCALLY AND WITHOUT A DOUBT: I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY RACIAL, ETHNIC OR GENDER GROUP HAS AN ADVANTAGE IN SOUND JUDGING.”
“QUIERO DECIR DE ENTRADA, INEQUÍVOCAMENTE Y SIN DUDA: NO CREO QUE NINGÚN GRUPO RACIAL, ÉTNICO O DE GÉNERO TENGA VENTAJA EN EL JUICIO”. Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic and Latina Justice in the Supreme Court of the United States.
YOU CAN'T CALL YOURSELF A UNIVERSITY “YOU CAN'T CALL YOURSELF A UNIVERSITY AND EXCLUDE WHOLE ETHNIC GROUPS.”
MORE THAN CAN BE EXPRESSED “MY POTENTIAL IS MORE THAN CAN BE EXPRESSED WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF MY RACE OR ETHNIC IDENTITY.”
“MI POTENCIAL ES MÁS DE LO QUE PUEDE EXPRESARSE DENTRO DE LOS LÍMITES DE MI RAZA O IDENTIDAD ÉTNICA”. Arthur Ashe, American professional tennis player who was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team.
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“NO PUEDES LLAMARTE UNIVERSIDAD Y EXCLUIR A GRUPOS ÉTNICOS ENTEROS”. Bobby Seale, an American political activist. He and fellow activist Huey P. Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party.
INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT “THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT, FOR INSTANCE, WITHOUT THE EVENTS OF 1968. IT WAS ENORMOUS, IN TERMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ETHNIC RIGHTS, A CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, TOO.”
“NO HABRÍA HABIDO UN MOVIMIENTO DE SOLIDARIDAD GLOBAL INTERNACIONAL, POR EJEMPLO, SIN LOS EVENTOS DE 1968. FUE ENORME EN TÉRMINOS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS, DERECHOS ÉTNICOS Y PREOCUPACIÓN POR EL MEDIO AMBIENTE TAMBIÉN”. Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist.
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BETWEEN TW DR. LORGIA GARCIA PEÑA IS A RARA AVIS AT HARVARD, WHERE ONLY 80 OF THE MORE THAN 2000 PROFESSORS ARE HISPANIC. LA DOCTORA LORGIA GARCÍA PEÑA ES UNA ‘RARA AVIS’ EN HARVARD, DONDE 80 DE LOS MÁS DE 2.000 DOCENTES SON HISPANOS.
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"Identities are plural, nobody is one and the same."
“Las identidades son plurales, nadie es una sola cosa y lo mismo”.
By | Por:
BEATRIZ GARCÍA
AL DÍA News Content Producer beatriceg@aldianews.com
TRANSLATION | TRADUCCIÓN: BEATRIZ GARCÍA
Political activist Angela Davis and Dr. Lorgia García Peña. Photo by New English Review
La activista político Angela Davis y la Dra. Lorgia García Peña. Foto de New English Review
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"My mere presence is already enough to cause disruption to the status quo." “Mi mera presencia es ya suficiente para causar interrupciones al estatus quo”.
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ince the civil and student rights struggles of the 60s and 70s brought the inclusion of issues like race, gender and religion on college campuses, the discussions have grown to what we know today as Ethnic Studies. It’s an open door to diversity and respect, and an antidote to, some would say, the white canon that still prevails in academia, especially as far as elite universities like Yale, Harvard or Stanford are concerned. Those institutions still do not give the field its due recognition, and nor do their professors... Afro-Caribbean born in the Dominican Republic, Dr. Lorgia Garcia Peña is a rara avis at Harvard, where only 81 of its more than 2,000 professors are Hispanic, but only two of them are migrant Latinas of African descent. . Just a few months ago, faculty and students came to her defense when she was denied tenure that many described as "well-deserved", was held by only 12% of minority professors at the university. The controversy showed that elite universities are not the social vanguard, but a reflection of their inequalities, and placed García Peña as the icon of a necessary revolution in Ethnic Studies. AL DÍA recently spoke with Dr. García Peña, a professor of Latin Studies,who defends that borders are often embodied and the only way to fight against an official narrative that excludes is to propose other possibilities. Other possibilities to race, to the colony, to the state and above all, to the university.
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esde que las luchas por los derechos civiles y estudiantiles de los 60 y los 70 llevaron a los campus el interés, por otra parte necesario, por incluir las cuestiones de raza, género y religión en sus aulas, el debate ha ido creciendo hasta conformar lo que hoy conocemos por Estudios Étnicos. Una puerta abierta a la diversidad y el respeto, un antídoto dirían algunos contra el canon blanco que aún impera en la academia, sobre todo, en lo que respecta a universidades de élite como Yale, Harvard o Stanford, que siguen sin dar a este campo el debido reconocimiento, ni siquiera a sus profesores. Afrocaribeña nacida en la República Dominicana, la doctora Lorgia García Peña es una ‘rara avis’ en el plantel de Harvard, donde 80 de sus más de dos mil profesores son de origen hispano, pero solo dos de ellos son mujeres Latinas afrodescendientes y migrantes. Hace escasos meses, los docentes y estudiantes salieron en su defensa cuando le fue negada una titularidad que muchos calificaron de “muy merecida” y que sólo ostentan un 12% de profesores pertenecientes a minorías. La polémica evidenció que las universidades de élite no son la vanguardia social, sino el reflejo de sus desigualdades, y colocó a García Peña como el icono de una necesaria revolución en los Estudios Étnicos. AL DÍA ha hablado con esta profesora especializada en Estudios Latinos que defiende que las fronteras a menudo se encarnan y que la única forma de luchar contra una narrativa
Cover of Dr. Lorgia’s book “The Borders of Dominicanidad” Portada del libro de la Dra. Lorgia “The Borders of Dominicanidad”
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Un líder de la Unión de Estudiantes Negros se dirige a una multitud de manifestantes en diciembre de 1968.. Foto de AP
"Educators must give students tools to question inequality."
“Los educadores debemos dar herramientas a los estudiantes para cuestionar la desigualdad”. ENGLISH
The glass ceiling is much harder for minorities to break compared to others.. Did you ever imagine teaching at Harvard, especially Ethnic Studies? I guess the path wasn't easy... I grew up between two worlds, let's say half my childhood in Santo Domingo and the other half and my adolescence in a poor city, Trenton, New Jersey. My parents and siblings had settled there because the political and economic situation in the Dominican Republic was not good, and they were looking for opportunities and a better future for us. What all migrants do... I left the country when I was 12 and settled with them, like many children, when there was stability. There were challenges, we learned a lot. We also lost a lot. But there was not a key moment that marked my academic journey. Rather, it was the journey itself — a journey halfway through
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migration, adolescence in Trenton,attending a public school in a poor city, and of course, the educational experiences of the university, which gradually awakened in me the discomfort with the systems of power that reproduce so much exclusion. When I was doing my Master's studies, those questions I had asked myself became an academic program.
You once said that the university, especially one like Harvard, was not a place for "people like you"... I was referring to the original structures, that is, colonial and still prevailing. Academic institutions, especially those of the elites, were created for rich, white men, so that their children could continue the process of colonization. The universities were being built by enslaved people: my ancestors. That is a reality in the United States, the Dominican Republic and in many other places in the Americas. On the other hand, this model still continues. I also mean that as an academic who specializes in Latino/a/x Studies, I do not belong in a space where my area of study simply does not exist institutionally because the people in power refuse to see it. My mere presence in these spaces is already enough to cause disruptions to the structures and status quo.
ESPAÑOL oficial que excluye es proponer otras posibilidades, a la raza, a la colonia, al Estado; sobre todo, a la Universidad.
Como persona perteneciente a una minoría el techo de cristal está mucho más bajo que para otros. ¿Se imaginó alguna vez impartir clase en Harvard, sobre todo de Estudios Étnicos? Supongo que el camino no fue sencillo… Yo crecí entre dos mundos, digamos; la mitad de mi niñez en Santo Domingo y la otra mitad y mi adolescencia en una ciudad pobre de Nueva Jersey, Trenton. Mis padres y mis hermanos se habían establecido allí porque la situación política y económica de República Dominicana no era buena, y buscaban oportunidades y un futuro mejor para nosotros. Lo que todos los migrantes… Abandoné el país a los 12 años y me establecí con ellos, como muchos niños, cuando hubo estabilidad.
Hubo retos, aprendimos mucho. También perdimos mucho. Pero no hubo un momento clave que marcase mi camino académico; más bien fue el viaje en sí, un viaje medio torcido desde la migración, la adolescencia en Trenton y asistir a una escuela pública de una ciudad pobre. Y, claro está, las experiencias educativas de la universidad, que fueron despertando en mí la incomodidad con los sistemas de poder que reproducen tanta exclusión. Cuando realizaba mis estudios de máster, esas preguntas que me había hecho se convirtieron en un programa académico.
Alguna vez dijo que la universidad, especialmente una como Harvard, no era un lugar para “gente como usted”... Me refería a las estructuras originales, es decir, coloniales e imperantes todavía. Las instituciones académicas, especialmente las de las élites, fueron creadas para hombres blancos ricos, para que los hijos de los colonos continuasen con el proceso colonizador en tanto las construía gente esclavizada: mis ancestros. Esa es una realidad en Estados Unidos, en República Dominicana y en muchos otros lugares de América. Por otro lado, este modelo aún sigue. Me refiero también a que como académica que se especializa en Latino/a/x Studies pertenezco a un espacio donde mi área de estudio simplemente no existe institucionalmente porque las personas que están en el poder no quieren verla. Mi mera presencia en estos espacios es ya suficiente para causar interrupciones a las estructuras y al estatus quo.
Usted habla de una herencia colonial imperante hoy, pero se han producido grandes cambios, ¿no está de acuerdo? Desde luego, las luchas estudiantiles de los 60 y 70, sobre todo el 68, ganaron espacios increíblemente importantes en las universidades públicas. No sólo en Estados Unidos, donde fueron lugares de cambio social con las protestas contra la Guerra de Vietnam y los movimientos decoloniales y antirracistas, sino también en la UNAM, en México, y en la UASD, en Santo Domingo. Muy a pesar de que gobierno y militares reprendieran a los estudiantes de forma sangrienta.
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The Responsible Ethnic Studies Textbook Coalition holds a rally to call on the Texas State Board of Education to reject a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook on September 13, 2016.
Photo by JORGE SANHUEZA-LYON / KUT
La Coalición de Libros de Texto de Estudios Étnicos Responsables celebra una manifestación para pedir a la Junta de Educación del Estado de Texas que rechace un libro de texto de estudios mexicano-americanos propuesto el 13 de septiembre de 2016..
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You speak of a colonial heritage that prevails today, but there have been great changes, don't you agree? Of course, the student struggles of the 60s and 70s, especially in 68, won incredibly important spaces in public universities. It happened notot only in the United States, where there were acts of social change like the protests against the Vietnam War and the decolonial and anti-racist movements, but also at UNAM in Mexico and at the UASD in Santo Domingo. Both occurred despite the fact that the government and military reprimanded the students in a bloody way. From that anti-colonial and liberating energy, Ethnic Studies were born, including Latino Studies and Black Studies; but I would not speak of radical changes in systems or institutions, but of a gap. A gap that
led to some improvements — to admitting more racialized students or to creating more spaces of thought and culture for non-white students. The point here is these elite universities did not take notice, even though the students demanded and organized, and there was never any recognition of Latino and Ethnic Studies in these spaces. And we're still waiting...
That's the best proof that Ethnic Studies are very necessary. And wide, because they include not only Black and Latino Studies but also Asian, Native and Islamic American Studies. As you say, Ethnic Studies are a critical place from which to question and understand the world outside the Europeanizing hegemony. They give us back a little of what was taken from us through the processes
of colonization, slavery, segregation, migration, etc. If you ask me, that is the most important thing that can be done from the academy. We educators have an enormous responsibility in changing the way we raise our young people, and it is urgent. We must decolonize thinking and give students the tools to understand and question the inequalities that have led us to the terrible tragedies of today's world-from the separation of parents and children on the border of Mexico/U.S. to the thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. We must be responsible, and Ethnic Studies invites us to embrace that responsibility.
Is it correct to speak of "Latino identity" when "latinidad" is so plural? I would better propose "latinidades" to try to cover all the multiplicity of experiences
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ESPAÑOL De esa energía anticolonial y libertadora nacen los Estudios Étnicos, incluyendo los Latino Studies y los Black Studies; pero no hablaría de cambios radicales de los sistemas ni las instituciones, sino de una brecha. Una brecha que nos condujo a ciertas mejoras, a admitir a más estudiantes racializados o a la creación de más espacios de pensamiento y cultura para los estudiantes no blancos. El asunto aquí es que estas universidades para élites no se dieron por enteradas, a pesar de que los estudiantes exigían y se organizaban, y nunca se logró un reconocimiento de los Estudios Latinos y Étnicos en estos espacios. Y seguimos esperando.
Esa es la mejor prueba de que los Estudios Étnicos son muy necesarios. Y amplios, porque no sólo incluyen los Black y Latino Studies sino también los Asian, Native e Islam American Studies. Como bien dices, los Ethnic Studies son un lugar crítico desde el que cuestionar y entender el mundo fuera de la hegemonía europeizante; nos devuelven un poco de aquello que nos quitaron a través de los procesos de colonización, esclavitud, segregación, migración, etc.
Si me pregunta, eso es justo lo más importante que se puede hacer desde la academia: los educadores tenemos una responsabilidad enorme en cambiar la forma en que educamos a nuestros jóvenes, y es urgente. Hay que ir descolonizando el pensamiento y dar herramientas a los estudiantes para entender y cuestionar las desigualdades que nos han conducido a terribles tragedias del mundo de hoy –desde la separación de padres e hijos en la frontera de México/U.S a los miles de muertos en el Mar Mediterráneo. Hay que ser responsables y los Estudios Étnicos invitan a abrazar esa responsabilidad.
¿Es correcto hablar de “identidad latina” cuando la latinidad es tan plural? Yo mejor propondría “latinidades” para intentar abarcar toda la multiplicidad de experiencias como la raza, la etnia o la cultura. Ahí iniciamos la conversación, hay que verlo como el principio de un diálogo y no como una forma definitiva de identificarnos. Piense que las identidades siempre son plurales, que nadie es una sola cosa y lo mismo. Entonces, esa fluidez es importante tenerla en cuenta a la hora de establecer el diálogo y dar espacio para que cada cual
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I also asked it because of your idea of "dominicanidad" and the invisible boundaries that create the notion of race and identity/ies). I look at the idea of borders in two ways: as a physical space and as an embodied space, which one carries with oneself. I also understand it as a verb: "to border". 'Bordering' is an action that recreates exclusion through dominant narratives that tell us who does or does not belong to the nation. These narratives are supported by stories or tales that we receive from school texts, patriotic symbols, the media and the news. The way in which the notion of nation has been developing since the 19th century everywhere has depended on this process of 'frontiering', a narrative of exclusion.
To what extent can we combat a dominant narrative? For any narrative there is a counter-narrative. There are always those who propose another way, which reminds us of another kind of being and belonging. For me, this is the richness of looking at counter-narratives, of proposing possibilities and of contradicting the colony, the state, and the university. If I had to define in a very simple way what I do in my research, I would say that it is precisely that: "to contradict" the narratives of exclusion that surround and border people.
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Se lo preguntaba también por su idea de la “dominicanidad” y las fronteras invisibles que crean la noción de raza y la(s) identidad(es). Yo miro la idea de fronteras de dos maneras: como un espacio físico y como un espacio encarnado, que se lleva encima. También lo entiendo como verbo: “fronterizar”. La ‘fronterización’ es una acción que recrea la exclusión a través de narrativas dominantes que nos cuentan quién pertenece o no a la nación. Esas narrativas son sostenidas por historias o cuentos que recibimos desde los textos escolares, los símbolos patrios, los medios de comunicación y las noticias. La manera en la que la noción de nación se fue desarrollando desde el siglo XIX en todas partes ha dependido de este proceso de ‘fronterizar’, de una narrativa de exclusión.
"Ethnic Studies gives us back a little of what was taken from us through the processes of colonization." “Los Ethnics Studies nos devuelven un poco de aquello que nos quitaron a través de los procesos de colonización”.
¿En qué medida podemos combatir una narrativa dominante? Para toda narrativa existe una contra–narrativa. Siempre hay quien propone otra manera, quien nos recuerda otra forma de ser y de pertenecer. Ahí está la riqueza, para mí, de mirar las contra–narrativas, de proponer posibilidades y de contradecir la colonia, el estado, la universidad. Si yo tuviera que definir de manera muy simple lo que hago en mi investigación, diría que es precisamente eso: “contra–DECIR” las narrativas de exclusión que bordean y fronterizan a la gente.
Students in favor of an Ethnic Studies concentration occupy the Harvard College Office of Admissions and Financial Aid on December 2019. Photo by Camille G. Caldera.
Los estudiantes que estén a favor de una concentración en Estudios Étnicos ocuparán la Oficina de Admisión y Ayuda Financiera del Harvard College en diciembre de 2019. Foto de Camille G. Caldera.
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RUBEN BLADES WILL BE THE FIRST LATINO TO RECEIVE THE HARVARD MEDAL OF ARTS. RUBÉN BLADES SERÁ EL PRIMER LATINO EN RECIBIR LA MEDALLA DE LAS ARTES DE HARVARD
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ather, husband and state official doesn't seem like the description for someone with an "exciting" life, but Panamanian singer Rubén Blades is an artist of contrasts. Likewise, as he starts singing his mythical "Amor y Control" that appears in a cameo on "Fear The Walking Dead," many begin to wonder if there's anything he's not good at. They won't be surprised to know that Blades is about to become the first Latino awarded Harvard University’s Medal of Arts, an honor that given to great personalities who have attended the institution, such as architect Frank Gehry, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and writer Margaret Atwood. Blades was well known at Harvard. That’s before he became "the genius of song" - and more than that - when he was studying for a master's degree at the university after graduating from law and politics in his home country of Panama. At that time, he was well on his way to a storied music career, moving from being part of the Fania All-Stars salsa group to receiving standing ovations at Madison Square Garden. He also won no less than 17 Grammys and Latin Grammys in his almost three decades of work, and released a score of wonderful albums.
A UNIVERSAL LATINO
"The arc of Ruben Blades' dynamic career is truly amazing," said the director of Harvard's Office of the Arts in announcing his award. Yosvany Terry, professor of music and director of the Harvard Jazz Ensembles, called Blades one of the most universal Latinos that "has been an inspiration to the young generation of Latinos around the world with his unique vision and message: an America for all without division." The Harvard Medal of Arts award ceremony will take place on April 30, during the ARTS FIRST Festival, which every year brings together students, professors and those close to Harvard who are passionate about art in its many forms to celebrate everything from performance and musicals to dance and other visual arts.
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adre, esposo y funcionario público no parece la descripción de alguien con una vida “apasionante”, pero el cantante panameño Rubén Blades es un artista de contrastes. Lo mismo se arranca a cantar su mítica “Amor y Control” que aparece haciendo un cameo en “Fear The Walking Dead”, hasta el punto que muchos se preguntan si hay algo que no se le dé bien. A ellos no les sorprenderá saber que Blandes está a punto de convertirse en el primer latino en obtener la Medalla de las Artes que otorga la Universidad de Harvard, un galardón que antes de él han conseguido grandes personalidad que pasaron por la institución, como el arquitecto Frank Gehry, el violoncelista Yo-yo Ma y la escritora Margaret Atwood. A Blades en Harvard ya lo conocían. Nos referimos a antes de ser Blades “el genio de la canción” -y de más cosas-, cuando estudiaba una Maestría en esta universidad de élite tras graduarse en Derecho y Políticas en su país. Entonces ya apuntaba maneras como músico, pasando de formar parte del grupo de salsa Fania All Stars a recibir ovaciones en el Madison Square Garden. E igualmente, ha conseguido no menos de 17 Grammys y Latin Grammys en sus casi tres décadas de trabajo, así como ha lanzado una veintena de maravillosos álbumes. “El arco de la dinámica carrera de Rubén Blades es verdaderamente asombroso”, declaró el director de la Oficina de Artes de Harvard en el anuncio de su condecoración. En tanto que Yosvany Terry, profesor de música y director de Harvard Jazz Ensembles, señaló que Rubén Blades es uno de los latinos más universales y que “ha sido una inspiración para la joven generación de latinos en el mundo con su visión y mensaje únicos: una América para todos sin divisiones". La entrega de la Medalla de las Artes de Harvard tendrá lugar el próximo 30 de abril durante el festival ARTS FIRST, que cada año congrega a estudiantes, profesores y allegados a Harvard apasionados por el arte en sus múltiples formas, desde la performance, al musical, la danza o el arte visual.
Musician Ruben Blades presents his tour 'Caminando, Adios y Gracias' (Salsa Music Farewwell) at Casa de America on July 14, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images El músico Rubén Blades presenta su gira 'Caminando, Adios y Gracias' en la Casa de América el 14 de julio de 2017 en Madrid, España. Foto de Carlos
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TOP 5 MOVIES
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RABBIT
Director: Carla Forte (Venezuela)
A disturbing film in which Forte, who is also a dancer, explores the frontier between an actor and the character she embodies, and how an abusive director can push the limits of a creative process to turn a rehearsal into almost a possession.
Un filme perturbador en donde Forte, que además de directora es bailarina, explora la frontera entre un actor y el personaje que encarna, y cómo un director abusivo puede llevar hasta el límite un proceso creativo para convertir un ensayo en casi una posesión.
THE GOOD INTENTIONS Director: Ana García Blaya (Argentina)
With a soundtrack of Argentine indie music from the 90s and a mix of home footage from the director, The Good Intentions, which was Blaya’s Toronto film festival debut, explores the balancing of dependence and responsibility in the relationship between a lazy, childish father and his older daughter. Will she be able to break the ties with him and start a new life?
Con banda sonora del indie argentino de los 90’ y una mezcla de metraje casero de la misma directora que debutó con este filme en Toronto, The Good Intentions aborda la relación de dependencia y responsabilidad de un padre holgazán e infantil y su hija mayor. ¿Logrará romper las ataduras con su padre y empezar una nueva vida?
LINA FROM LIMA
Director: María Paz González (Chile)
An unforgettable musical comedy starring Lina, a Peruvian domestic worker who works for a Chilean family and tries to return to her country for a vacation, but realizes that no one is waiting for her there. Not even her son... What do you do when no one thinks of you?
Una deliciosa e inolvidable comedia musical protagonizada por Lina, una empleada doméstica peruana que trabaja para una familia chilena e intenta regresar a su país por vacaciones, pero se da cuenta de que allí no la espera nadie. Ni siquiera su hijo… ¿Qué haces cuando nadie te piensa?
ALELÍ
Director: Leticia Jorge (Uruguay)
After the death of the father, the sale of the family house is a done deal, but the children do not agree to it and transform the property into a complex of cheap bungalows. A black comedy, this film is hilarious and entertaining and features a dysfunctional family like few others.
Tras la muerte del padre, la venta de la casa familiar es cosa hecha, pero los hijos no terminan de llegar a un acuerdo para venderla y que se transforme en un complejo de bungalows baratos. Una comedia negra, hilarante y entretenida sobre una familia disfuncional como pocas.
ADRIFT
Director: Paula Cury (Dominican Republic)
In the Dominican Republic, teenage pregnancy runs rampant as a result of the lack of sex education and the banning of abortion. But even at the age of 14, young mothers want to give their children the best future. This documentary dives into women's rights, toxic masculinity, violence and a political system marked by religion.
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En Dominicana, y a causa de la falta de educación sexual, se producen numerosos embarazos adolescentes mientras el aborto sigue siendo ilegal. Pero incluso con tan solo 14 años, las jóvenes madres quieren dar el mejor futuro a sus hijos. Un documental sobre los derechos de las mujeres, la masculinidad tóxica, la violencia y un sistema político marcado por la religión.
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CULTURE JUAN PABLO VILLALOBOS
"CITIES BELONG TO THOSE
WHO INVADE THEM" THE MEXICAN EXPAT’S WORK EXPLORES HOW IDENTITY DISCOURSES ARE THE OPPOSITE OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY.
EL MEXICANO JUAN PABLO VILLALOBOS EXPLORA EN SU OBRA CÓMO LOS DISCURSOS IDENTITARIOS SON LO OPUESTO A VIVIR EN COMUNIDAD.
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don't need to be anything," says writer Juan Pablo Villalobos. We're sitting in a Barcelona café seven hours from his native Mexico, living in the future of those who stayed there. Villalobos has been living in Barcelona, Spain, for 16 years. He arrived in 2003 and since then, his character and writing has changed along with the city. In the context of identity and hatred, "tourismphobia" and xenophobia are the responses to the gentrification of neighborhoods. In his latest novel "The Invasion of the Spirit People" (Anagrama, 2020) the language has mutated, it has become a cross-border: He writes about "colonizing languages," "aborigines," "conosuereños," "lejanorientales" and peninsular people to hack into our ugly vice of cataloging absolutely everything, including us.
DOES ONE EVER STOP FEELING LIKE AN EXPATRIATE?
I have been asking myself this question for about ten years, when I wrote "I Won't Expect Anyone to Believe Me". Then, I understood identity as something omnivorous, but now my answer is different: I can be nothing. I think for expatriates, nostalgia can be very harmful because you are not in the present, in reality. The painter Gabriel Orozco said that one should make art from everyday life. When you make art from what you have far away it becomes exotic. Exoticizing the past is what ultra rightwing discourses do. The novel never says where the characters are from, you spend a lot of time trying to guess their origin based on stereotypes.
I wanted readers to feel that what is happening to them is happening everywhere. The reaction
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o necesito ser nada”, afirma el escritor mexicano Juan Pablo Villalobos. Estamos sentados en un café barcelonés a siete horas de su México natal, viviendo en el futuro de los que allí se quedaron. Villalobos lleva 16 años residiendo en Barcelona (España); llegó en 2003 y desde entonces su carácter y también su escritura ha ido cambiando conforme lo ha hecho esta ciudad “Las ciudades -añadeson de quienes las invadimos, y no de quienes nacieron allí”. En su última novela “La invasión del pueblo del espíritu” (Anagrama, 2020) el lenguaje ha mutado, se ha vuelto transfronterizo: se habla de “lenguas colonizadoras”, de “aborígenes”, de personas “conosuereñas”, “lejanorientales” o peninsulares para hackear nuestro feo vicio de catalogarlo absolutamente todo, también a las personas.
The values of a community are not those of identity. Los valores de la comunidad no son los de la identidad.
For the Mexican author, cities belong to those who invade them.
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Para el escritor Mexicano, las ciudades son de quienes las invadimos.
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CULTURA
"Tourismphobia" and xenophobia are the responses to the gentrification of neighborhoods.
“Las ciudades -añade- son de quienes las invadimos, y no de quienes nacieron allí”. ENGLISH to gentrification is xenophobia and it shows that we are living in an extreme capitalism that has abandoned us. That is why the question in the novel is about considering life on other planets. Are we alone, whether or not we live in a community? The values of a community are not those of identity. The constructions of identity are exclusive, and those who remain outside suffer the symbolic and real violence of those who set themselves up as defenders of geographical space.
WE'RE ALL THE RESULT OF COLONIZATION...
Cities belong to those who invade them, not to those who were born there. That's why I play the humorous game of talking about the colony and the colonizing language because Spanish has been an instrument of violence and, as a Mexican, I am the result of that. Reading it, I find it difficult to see that its author is Mexican. After ten years of living outside of Mexico, it seemed to me that it was impossible to continue writing as a Mexican because languages change, your character is contaminated by the place where you live. My way of understanding humor has also changed. The most common form of humor works through humiliation, and I wanted to provoke smiles without resorting to hierarchies. This is very civic-minded... That's what worries me the most. Being a good person is a privilege; when you're trapped, you get defensive. In Mexico, for instance, we have lost public space, and without that there is nothing. All the violence against women and the degradation that the country is experiencing has to do with it. To what extent is that civility also in the books? I'm talking about the "American Dirt" controversy. Can you write about anything? You can, I will always defend that. What you can't expect is to get away with it. The problem with Jeanine Cummins' work is she didn't take responsibility for it. And more than that, the problem was all the extraliterary, the marketing and the construction of discourse in networks to try to legitimize it. MARCH 4 - 11, 2020
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¿UNO DEJA ALGUNA de la propiedad del espacio VEZ DE SENTIRSE UN geográfico. EXPATRIADO? SI ES QUE TODOS Llevo haciéndome esta SOMOS EL pregunta desde hace diez años, PRODUCTO DE cuando escribí “No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea”. EnCOLONIZACIONES… tonces veía la identidad como algo omnívoro, pero ahora mi respuesta es que puedo no ser
nada. Creo que la nostalgia de los expatriados puede ser muy perjudicial, porque no estás en el presente, en la realidad. Una cosa que me encontré en los cuadernos del pintor Gabriel Orozco es que decía que uno debía hacer arte de su cotidianidad para no volverse exótico. Exotizar el pasado es lo que hacen los discursos de ultraderecha. En la novela jamás se dice de dónde son los personajes, te la pasas intentando adivinar su origen en función de los estereotipos. Los personajes están viviendo en un contexto que les condena a enfrentarse entre ellos. Fíjate que la reacción a la gentrificación es la xenofobia, que a su vez nos muestra que vivimos en un capitalismo extremo que nos ha abandonado. Por eso en la novela me planteo la vida en otros planetas, que es a la vez planteársela en la Tierra. Si vivimos o no en comunidad. Los valores de la comunidad no son los de la identidad. Las construcciones identitarias son excluyentes y los que se quedan fuera padecen las violencias simbólicas y reales de quienes se erigen en defensores
Las ciudades son de quienes las invadimos, no de quienes nacieron allí, como dijo Bob Pop. Por eso hago el juego humorístico de hablar de la colonia y la lengua colonizadora, porque el español ha sido un instrumento de violencia y como mexicano soy el resultado de eso.
Leyéndola me cuesta adivinar que su autor sea mexicano. ¿Eso es producto también de ese “viaje en el espacio-tiempo”? Después de llevar diez años viviendo fuera de México me parecía impostado continuar escribiendo como mexicano, porque la lengua cambia, tu carácter está contaminado por el lugar donde vives. Lo que también ha cambiado es mi manera de entender el humor. Ya no recurro a jerarquías ni a cinismo, sino a la empatía y la ternura. Eso es muy cívico... Es que es lo que más me preocupa. Ser buena persona es un privilegio, pero cuando estás acorralado no te lo puedes permitir. En México, por ejemplo, hemos perdido el espacio público y sin eso no hay nada. Toda la violencia contra las mujeres y la degradación que vive el país tiene que ver con esa pérdida. ¿Hasta qué punto ese civismo está también dentro de los libros? Me refiero a la polémica de “American Dirt”, ¿se puede escribir sobre cualquier cosa? Se puede, pero lo que no puedes esperar es salir impune de eso. El problema con la obra de Jeanine Cummins no es que la escribiese, sino que no se hiciese responsable.
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OF HISTORY HOW CENTRAL AMERICAN AFRO-LATINOS WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR CLOTHES (AND THEIR CULTURE). CÓMO LOS AFROLATINOS CENTROAMERICANOS FUERON DESPOJADOS DE SUS VESTIDOS (Y SU CULTURA) PHOTO: Washing a car in a lake at Grenada, Nicaragua. Photo by Hugh D. Martineau/Fox Photos/Getty Images
FOTO: Lavando un coche en un lago en Granada, Nicaragua.
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escended from an Afro-Caribbean father, Jasmine Chavez Helm recently became interested in her heritage thanks to a podcast the fashion archivist hosts with two other women, historian Joy Davis, and textile curator Dana Goodin. In it, they explore cultural history in an unusual way by looking at the intersections of race, politics, and fashion. “We wanted to have people that fashion isn’t just something for rich white people,” she told Remezcla. “All over the globe in Asia, Africa, Brazil, throughout Latin America, and of course in the United States so many different cultures express themselves through clothing in different ways.” Her curiosity and her father's rejection of his own blackness prompted Chavez Helm to devote three years of her life to researching Nicaragua's black history and the links with the indigenous community known as Miskito, which emerged from the mixing of African, European, and other ethnic groups in the 17th century. Culturally, the progressive Europeanization of their dress was influenced by the arrival of the Moravian church - a branch of German Christianity - to the country's Caribbean coast.
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escendiente de afronicaragüenses por parte de padre, Jasmina Chávez Helm no hace mucho que empezó a interesarse por su herencia gracias al podcast que esta archivera de moda conduce junto a otras dos mujeres, la historiadora Joy Davis y la conservadora textil Dana Goodin, en el que exploran de un modo inusual la historia cultural buscando las intersecciones entre la raza, la política y la forma de vestir. "Queríamos decirle a la gente que la moda no es sólo algo para blancos ricos", cuenta a Remezcla. "En todo el mundo, en Asia, África, Brasil, en toda América Latina y, por supuesto, en los Estados Unidos, muchas culturas diferentes se expresan a través de la ropa de diferentes maneras”. Su curiosidad y el rechazo que su padre sentía por su propia negritud, impulsó a Chávez Helm ha dedicar tres años de su vida a investigar la historia negra nicaragüense y los vínculos con la comunidad indígena conocida como Miskito, surgida del mestizaje con africanos, europeos y otras etnias en el siglo XVII. Así como la progresiva europeización de su atuendo con la llegada de la iglesia morava -una rama del cristianismo alemán- a la costa caribeña del país.
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AN UNKNOWN HISTORY
However, the archivist was faced with a problem. This part of the history was barely documented, and the only reliable documents she could trust were postcards from tourists that reflected the changes in dress of the Afro-Indians under the Moravian influence. Her work consists of searching the web for these old, sepia-colored Nicaraguan postcards on which you can read: "Recuerdos de Bluefields Nicaragua," or "Recuerdos de Nicaragua." In them, Miskita girls appear sometimes pressing sugar cane dressed in their traditional skirts, occasionally alongside commentary defining the communities as " feral" or "pagan.” The basis of her research is how the Moravians, whose intention was to convert the inhabitants of Bluefields to Christianity, pressured the tribal groups not to wear their traditional clothes, and, paradoxically, had to create items for tourists.
CONTINUED CONQUEST
Today, not only do most of the natives of the region dress in Western style, but their homes and the land that feeds them are endangered as an echo of past colonization and successive invasions that the system encourages. In the future, part of Bluefield's territory will become the access route to a larger canal than Panama's. “It’s already been hundreds of years that so many stories have been neglected to be told or shared, or that material culture has been failed to be collected and preserved that if we don’t do it now, it could be lost forever,” concludes Chavez Helm. The results of the research will be announced next June at a conference. Meanwhile, the researcher proceeds with caution, being aware of her privileged vision. “I may be of (Afro-Nicaraguan) descent, but I’m still negotiating how to respectfully write about them, their culture and its history in a way that’s respectful and empowering,” Chavez Helm says.
So many different cultures express themselves through clothing in different ways.” Muchas culturas diferentes se epresan a través de la ropa de diferentes maneras”.
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ESPAÑOL No obstante, la archivera se encontró con el problema de que esta parte de la historia apenas estaba documentada, y los únicos documentos fidedignos en los que podía basarse eran las postales para los turistas que reflejaban los cambios en el vestir de los afroindígenas bajo la influencia morava. Su labor consiste en rastrear la web buscando estas viejas postales nicaragüenses de color sepia en las que puede leerse: “Saludos desde Bluefields Nicaragua”, o bien: “Recuerdo de Nicaragua”. En ellas, aparecen en ocasiones chicas Miskita prensando caña de azúcar vestidas con su falda tradicional, y a veces algún comentario que define a estas comunidades como “salvajes” o “paganas”. La base de su investigación es que los moravos, cuya intención era convertir a los habitantes de Bluefields al cristianismo, presionaron a los grupos tribales para que no hiciesen uso de sus ropas tradicionales pero, paradójicamente, tuvieron que crear artículos para los turistas. Los resultados de esta pesquisa se darán a conocer el próximo mes de junio en una conferencia. En tanto, la investigadora avanza con cautela, siendo consciente de su visión de privilegio: "Puede que yo sea de ascendencia (afro-nicaragüense), pero sigo negociando cómo escribir respetuosamente sobre ellos, su cultura y su historia de una manera que sea respetuosa y empoderadora". Hoy no solo la mayoría de los nativos de la región viste al estilo occidental, sino que sus hogares y la tierra que les da de comer está en peligro como un eco de la colonización pasada y las sucesivas invasiones que propicia el sistema: Parte del territorio de Bluefield se convertirá en la vía de acceso a un canal mayor que el de Panamá. “Hemos descuidado durante tantos siglos las historias que deberían ser contadas y se ha fallado tanto en la recolección y preservación de la cultura material que si no lo hacemos ahora, podría perderse para siempre", concluye Chavez Helm.
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SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F00774519 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 1ST day of April, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 12 MELISSA DRIVE, GLOUCESTER TWP, NJ 08081 with a mailing address of 15 MELISSA DRIVE, SICKLERVILLE, NJ 08081 Being Tax Lot: 72, Block: 15821 Dimensions approximately: 0.2121 ACRES Nearest Cross Street: SHELLY STREET "THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION." The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $346,333.78 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: SHIRLEY F. INCOLLINGO, ET AL., and taken in execution of NEWREZ LLC GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000590 Dated: 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20, 3/25/20 PLEUSE, BECKER & SALTZMAN 20000 HORIZON WAY SUITE 900 $115.2 MT. LAUREL, NJ 08054
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01367419 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 25th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the TOWNSHIP OF PENNSAUKEN, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 3226 MERCHANTVILLE AVENUE, TOWNSHIP OF PENNSAUKEN, NJ 08109 with a mailing address of 3226 MERCHANTVILLE AVENUE, MERCHANTVILLE, NJ 08109 Being Tax Lot: 26, Block: 5001 Dimensions approximately: 63.34 FEET WIDE BY 49.82 FEET LONG Nearest Cross Street: CEDAR AVENUE THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION. The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $217,916.56 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: JAMES O. THOMPSON, ET AL, and taken in execution of MIDFIRST BANK GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000524 Dated: 2/26/20, 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20 KML LAW GROUP, PC 216 HADDON AVENUE SUITE 406 WESTMONT, NJ 08108 $135.36 MARCH 4 - 11, 2020
TRABAJOS SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01550019 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 25th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the Municipality of MERCHANTVILLE, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 219 PLYMOUTH PLACE, MERCHANTVILLE, NJ 08109 Being Tax Lot: 3, Block: 43 Dimensions approximately: 50 FEET WIDE BY 174 FEET LONG Nearest Cross Street: CHURCH ROAD The Sheriff hereby reserves the right to adjourn this sale without further notice through publication. *Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens or other charges, and any such taxes, charges, liens, insurance premiums or other advances made by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interested parties are to conduct and rely upon their own independent investigation to ascertain whether or not any outstanding interest remain of record and/or have priority over the lien being foreclosed and, if so the current amount due thereon. Liens: Year 2018 TYPE: 3RD PARTY SEWER AMOUNT: $485.28 CERT NO.: 19-00035 SOLD 09/12/2019 TO: TRYSTONE CAPITAL ASSETS, LLC Lien amount is subject to subsequent taxes + interest. Must call prior to settlement for redemption figures. THE REDEMPTION OF LIENS IS OUTLINED N.J.S.A 54:5-54 2020 QTR 1 DUE: 02/01/2020 $1,000.01 OPEN 2020 QTR 2 DUE: 05/01/2020 $1,000.01 OPEN 2020 QTR 3 DUE: 08/01/2020 TO BE DETERMINED 2020 QTR 4 DUE: 11/01/2020 TO BE DETERMINED 2021 QTR 1 DUE: 02/01/2021 TO BE DETERMINED 2021 QTR 2 DUE: 05/01/2021 TO BE DETERMINED CCMUA: ACCT: 240009373 12/01/2019- 2/29/20 $88.00 OPEN PLUS PENALTY; $264.00 OPEN PLUS PENALTY, OWED IN ARREARS WATER: ACCT: 3085090 0 TO: 10/31/2019 $24.75 OPEN PLUS PENALTY $74.25 OPEN PLUS PENALTY; OWED IN ARREARS The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $184,569.60 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: THOMAS C. WHEELER, HIS HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HIS, HERS THEIRS OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST and taken in execution of NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000451 Dated: 2/26/20, 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20 RAS CITRON LAW OFFICES 130 CLINTON ROAD STE 202 FAIRFIELD NJ 07004 $213.12 MARCH 4 - 11, 2020
SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F02784917 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 25th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the CITY OF CAMDEN, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 306 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD (F/K/A 306 MICKLE BOULEVARD A/K/A 306 MICKLE STREET), CITY OF CAMDEN, NJ 08103 Being Tax Lot: 4 Block: 156 Nearest Cross Street: THIRD STREET (APPROX. 75 FEET) Dimensions approximately: 18 X 100 Amount Due for Taxes: Subject to additional unpaid taxes, municipal liens or other charges, and any such taxes, charges, liens, insurance premiums or other advances made by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interested parties are to conduct and rely upon their own independent investigation to ascertain whether or not any outstanding interest remain of record and/or have priority over the lien being foreclosed and, if so the current amount due thereon. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. As the above description does not constitute a full legal description, said full legal description is annexed to that certain mortgage recorded in the Office of the Register/ Clerk of Camden in Mortgage book 8780 at Page 718, et seq., Camden, New Jersey and the Writ of Execution on file with the Sheriff of Camden County. "THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION." The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $251,825.39 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: AUDREY E. PERSON and taken in execution of BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000484 Dated: 2/26/20, 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20 SCHILLER & KNAPP, LEFKOWITZ & HERTZEL, LLP 30 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 1205 $198.72 JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01988018 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 11th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the CITY OF CAMDEN, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 1234 NORTH 32ND STREET CAMDEN, NJ 08105 Tax Lot: 8 AND 39, Block: 894 (FKA 1023) Dimensions approximately: TRACT NO. 1: 20 X 100 FEET TRACT NO. 2: 40 X 100 FEET Nearest Cross Street: HARRISON AVENUE Subject to: SEWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $564.32, OPEN PLUS PENALTY, OWED IN ARREARS. CCMUA IN THE AMOUNT OF $109.50, OPEN PLUS PENALTY, OWED IN ARREARS. The Sheriff hereby reserves the right to adjourn this sale without further notice through publication. To the best of this firm's knowledge, the property is not an affordable unit subject to the Fair Housing Act. The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $75,201.77 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: EDWIN CARABALLO, and taken in execution of CITIBANK, N.A. GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000306 Dated: 2/12/20, 2/19/20, 2/26/20, 3/4/20 MCCALLA, RAYMER, LEIBERT, PIERCE LLC 485 ROUTE 1 SOUTH BLDG F., SUITE 300 $144 ISELIN, NJ 08830
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01632919 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 11th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the BOROUGH OF COLLINGSWOOD, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 1113 STOKES AVENUE, COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY 08108 Being Tax Lot: 8, Block: 72 Dimensions of the Lot are (approximately): 50 X 175 X 50 X 175 Nearest Cross Street: OGDEN AVENUE THE SALE IS SUBJECT TO UNPAID TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, TAX, WATER AND SEWER LIENS, AND OTHER MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENTS. THE AMOUNT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LOCAL TAXING AUTHORITY. PURSUANT TO NJSA 46:8B-21 THE SALE MAY BE ALSO SUBJECT TO LIMITED LIEN PRIORITY OF ANY CONDOMINIUM/HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION LIENS WHICH MAY EXIST. The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $297,670.68 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: MARK T. FIATO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW THOMAS FIATO A/K/A M. FIATO, and taken in execution of NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000330 Dated: 2/12/20, 2/19/20, 2/26/20, 3/4/20 SHAPIRO & DENARDO, LLC 14000 COMMERCE PARKWAY SUITE B $149.76 MT. LAUREL, NJ 08054
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01584819 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 1ST day of April, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the BOROUGH OF CLEMENTON, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 38 LINCOLN AVENUE, CLEMENTON, NJ 08021 Being Tax Lot: 10, Block: 24 Dimensions approximately: 170.00 FEET BY 75.00 FEET Nearest Cross Street: GIBBSBORO ROAD THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION. The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $43,876.02 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: NAOMI MCCUNNEY INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF ESTATE OF MARCIA HIGGINS A/K/A MARCIA J. HIGGINS, ET AL, and taken in execution of MIDFIRST BANK GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000560 Dated: 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20, 3/25/20 KML LAW GROUP, PC 216 HADDON AVENUE, SUITE 406, WESTMONT, NJ 08108 $123.84 • 27
JOBS SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F2825417 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 18th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 24 PERSHING LANE, WINSLOW, NEW JERSEY Being Tax Lot: 10206, Lot: 14 Dimensions approximately: 75' X 163' Nearest Cross Street: PRICE LANE Subject to tax sale certificate #'s: TAX SALE CERTIFICATE # 19-00770: $3,429.94 as of January 31, 2020 OPEN TAX QUARTERS AND UNPAID MUNICIPAL CHARGES DUE AND OWING TO THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW: $7,361.95 as of January 31, 2020 The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $29,377.59 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Note: The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale for any length of time without further advertisement. Seized as the property of: MOHANAD ZOHNOP, ET AL, and taken in execution of PRO CAP 4, LLC BY ITS CUSTODIAN, US BANK GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000378 Dated: 2/19/20, 2/26/20, 3/4/20, 3/11/20 GARY C. ZEITZ, LLC 1101 LAUREL OAK RD. SUITE 170 VOORHEES, NJ 08043 $141.12
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F02936716 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 11th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the BOROUGH OF WOODLYNNE, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 334 COOPER AVENUE, OAKLYN, NJ 08107 Tax Lot: 13, BLOCK: 504 Dimensions approximately: 16 X 100 FEET Nearest Cross Street: 3RD STREET Subject to: VACANT LOT CHARGES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500.00, OPEN PLUS PENALTY CCMUA IN THE AMOUNT OF $291.81, OPEN PLUS PENALTY; OWED IN ARREARS. CCMUA IN THE AMOUNT OF $350.46, OPEN PLUS PENALTY, WATER IN THE AMOUNT OF $90.84, OPEN PLUS PENALTY, OWED IN ARREARS. The Sheriff hereby reserves the right to adjourn this sale without further notice through publication. To the best of this firm's knowledge, the property is not an affordable unit subject to the Fair Housing Act. The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $97,172.21 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: RAQUEL RAMOS; CARLOS ZENON; MR. RAQUEL RAMOS, HUSBAND OF RAQUEL RAMOS; MRS. CARLOS ZENON, WIFE OF CARLOS ZENON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BORO OF WOODLYNNE, and taken in execution of NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000295 Dated: 2/12/20, 2/19/20, 2/26/20, 3/4/20 MCCALLA, RAYMER, LEIBERT, PIERCE LLC 485 ROUTE 1 SOUTH BLDG F., SUITE 300 $161.28 ISELIN, NJ 08830
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F00412217 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 18th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 6 PAM PLACE, GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ 08081-9518 Being Tax Lot: 11, Block: 17604 on the Official Tax Map of the TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER Dimensions approximately: 50.33 FT X 108.78 FT X 168.78 FT X 152.76 FT Nearest Cross Street: ELIZABETH PLACE The Sheriff hereby reserves the right to adjourn this sale without further notice through publication. *Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens or other charges, and any such taxes, charges, liens, insurance premiums or other advances made by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interested parties are to conduct and rely upon their own independent investigation to ascertain whether or not any outstanding interest remain of record and/or have priority over the lien being foreclosed and, if so the current amount due thereon. **If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $382,590.97 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: KATHERINE MARIE WILLIAMS, ET AL, and taken in execution of U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000398 Dated: 2/19/20, 2/26/20, 3/4/20, 3/11/20 PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, P.C. 1617 JFK BOULEVARD SUITE 1400 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 $169.92
SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F00560819 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 18th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the BOROUGH OF MOUNT EPHRAIM, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 108 BAIRD AVENUE, MOUNT EPHRAIM, NJ 08059 Being Tax Lot: 2.03, Block: 95 Dimensions approximately: 50' x 100' Nearest Cross Street: LINWOOD AVENUE "THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION." The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $178,567.22 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: KEITH P. BLACKWELL, HEIR AND EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN BLACKWELL, ET AL, and taken in execution of BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000386 Dated: 2/19/20, 2/26/20, 3/4/20, 3/11/20 PLUESE, BECKER & SALTZMAN 20000 HORIZON WAY SUITE 900, MT. LAUREL, NJ 08054 $146.80
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01666119 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 1ST day of April, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the Municipality of CAMDEN, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 1477 ORMOND AVENUE, CAMDEN NJ 08103 Being Tax Lot: 108, Block: 1298 Dimensions approximately: 108 FEET WIDE BY 100 FEET LONG M132 Nearest Cross Street: EUCLID AVENUE THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION. *Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens or other charges, and any such taxes, charges, liens, insurance premiums or other advances made by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interested parties are to conduct and rely upon their own independent investigation to ascertain whether or not any outstanding interest remain of record and/or have priority over the lien being foreclosed and, if so the current amount due thereon. 2020 QTR 1 DUE: 02/01/2020 $500.25 OPEN CCMUA: ACCT: 080185242 01/01/2020 - 03/31/2020 $54.75 OPEN AND DUE 02/15/2020 $164.25 OPEN Vacant lot charge: ACCT: TO: 10/30/2019 $500.00 OPEN Water: ACCT 7-0467275-7 TO: 12/02/2019 $67.95 OPEN Sewer: INCLUDED IN WATER ACCOUNT(S) The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $69,993.10 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: STACEY L. ROBERTS A/K/A STACY L. ROBERTS A/K/A STACEY ROBERTS and taken in execution of NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000540 Dated: 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20, 3/25/20 RAS CITRON LAW OFFICES 130 CLINTON ROAD, STE 202, FAIRFIELD, NJ 07004 $175.68
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TRABAJOS
City of Philadelphia Public Hearing Notice
SHERIFF’S SALE
The Committee on Rules of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 200003 An Ordinance establishing a neighborhood improvement district, to be known as the North Broad Business Improvement District (“District”), in an area that generally includes both sides of North Broad Street from the north side of Spring Garden Street to the south side of Indiana Avenue (excluding the 2700-2900 blocks on the west side of the street), beginning with 510 North Broad Street and continuing to 2929 North Broad Street, and certain blocks of streets that intersect portions of these streets; designating North Broad Renaissance (the legal name of which is Avenue North Renaissance, Inc.), which has organized itself as a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for and report concerning the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with North Broad Renaissance relating to the District; and authorizing North Broad Renaissance to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accordance with the approved plan; all in accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act, and under certain terms and conditions. 200005 An Ordinance establishing a new Chapter 17-2300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Community Benefits Agreements,” and requiring Community Benefits Agreements for certain High Impact Projects or Development Projects that receive City Support or Financial Assistance; all under certain terms and conditions. 200018 An Ordinance amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Miscellaneous,” by adding a new Chapter 21-3200, entitled “Business Improvement Districts and Special Services Districts,” to establish uniform procedures for the filing of objections by affected property owners against the formation of Business Improvement Districts and Special Services Districts, all under certain terms and conditions. 200082 An Ordinance amending Section 14-303 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Common Procedures and Requirements,” by providing for additional requirements with respect to the granting of variances by the Zoning Board of Adjustment; all under certain terms and conditions. 200144 An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain portions of land located within an area bounded by Oxford Street, 19th Street, Poplar Street and 27th Street, all under certain terms and conditions. Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Rules, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items. Copies of the foregoing items are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall. Michael A. Decker Chief Clerk
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01471719 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 25th day of March, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the TOWNSHIP OF HADDON, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 104 ARDMORE AVENUE, HADDON, NJ 08108 Being Tax Lot: 6 Block: 20.12 Nearest Cross Street: CHESTNUT AVENUE Dimensions approximately: 40 FT X 95 FT X 40 FT X 95 FT Pursuant to a tax search dated JANUARY 10, 2020 Subject to: 2019 REAL PROPERTY TAXES $6,223.91 INCLUDED IN BELOW LIEN 1ST QUARTER 2020REAL PROPERTY TAXES DUE DATE 02/01/20 IN THE AMOUNT $1,555.98 2ND QUARTER 2020 REAL PROPERTY TAXES DUE DATE 05/01/2020 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,555.98 3RD QUARTER 2020 REAL PROPERTY TAXES DUE DATE 08/01/2020- TO BE DETERMINED CCMUA: CCMUA 1645 FERRY AVE, CAMDEN, NJ 08104 856-541-3700. ACCT: 160021366, 01/01/20- 3/31/2020 $88.00 OPEN AND DUE 02/15/2020 $528.24 OPEN PLUS PENALTY; OWED IN ARREARS Water: HADDON TOWNSHIP 135 HADDON AVENUE WESTMONT, NJ 08108 856-854-2727, ACCT: 200120600 0 10/01/201912/31/2019 $26.25 INCLUDED IN BELOW LIEN. SUBJECT TO FINAL READING. Sewer: HADDON TOWNSHIP 135 HADDON AVENUE WESTMONT, NJ 08108 856-854-2727, ACCT: 200120600 0 10/01/201912/31/2019 $43.75 INCLUDED IN BELOW LIEN. SUBJECT TO FINAL READING. Lien: Year: PART OF 2018-2019 TYPE: THIRD PARTY TAX, WATER, SEWER, CMUA, AMOUNT: $8,325.73 CERT N0.: 19-00109, SOLD; 12/27/2019 TO ATCF II NEW JERSEYLLC, TAX SER Lien amount is subject to subsequent taxes + interest. Must call prior to settlement for redemption figures. THE REDEMPTION OF LIENS IS OUTLINED IN N.J.S.A 54:5-54 Misc: GRASS CUTTING FEE: $25.00 OPEN As the above description does not constitute a full legal description, said full legal description is annexed to that certain mortgage recorded in the Office of the Register/Clerk of Camden in Mortgage book 8780 at Page 718, et seq., Camden, New Jersey and the Writ of Execution on file with the Sheriff of Camden County. "THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION." The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $170,646.40 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: MICHAEL SHERLOCK; MRS. SHERLOCK, WIFE OF MICHAEL SHERLOCK, and taken in execution of KONDAUR CAP CAPITAL CORPORATION GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000444 Dated: 2/26/20, 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20 HALM LAW GROUP 2360 ROUTE 33 SUITE 112 BOX 134 $149.76 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ 08691
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F3099716 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 1ST day of April, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St.,2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the TOWNSHIP OF CHERRY HILL, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 1102 HARAL PLACE, CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034 Being Tax Lot: 17, Block: 433.15 Dimensions approximately: 65 X 130 Nearest Cross Street: CHANDLER TERRACE BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF HARAL PLACE (50 FEET WIDE) DISTANT SOUTHEASTERLY AN ARC DISTANCE OF 136.67 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE SAME WITH SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF CHANDLER TERRACE (60 FEET WIDE), SAID POINT BEING IN THE DIVISION LINE OF LOTS 17 AND 18, BLOCK 433.15, AS SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP FOR CHERRY HILL TOWNSHIP; THENCE (1) EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF HARAL PLACE, ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 350.00 FEET, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; THENCE (2) ALONG THE DIVISION LINE OF LOTS 16 AND 17, NORTH 67 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 65.82 FEET; THENCE (3) ALONG THE DIVISION LINE OF LOTS 1 AND 17, NORTH 67 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 65.82 FEET; THENCE (4) ALONG THE DIVISION LINE OF LOTS 17 AND 18, SOUTH 13 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 340.49 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. "THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION." 3RD PARTY TAX, SEWER, CCMUA-SOLD: 06/25/2019 CERT NO.: 19-00133-TO: GREYMORR LLC $26,76.42 TAXES OPEN WITH PENALTY $2,032.59 CCMUA OPEN WITH PENALTY $352.00 TOTAL AS OF February 4, 2020: 5,052.01 The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $424,871.45 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: EMMANUEL AJAYI, ET ALS., and taken in execution WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000545 Dated: 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20, 3/25/20 FEIN, SUCH, KAHN & SHEPARD, P.C. 7 CENTURY DRIVE, SUITE 201 PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054 $195.84 MARCH 4 - 11, 2020
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JOBS PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS NOTICE OF PROPOSED RATE CHANGES
PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS NOTICE OF PROPOSED GAS COST RATE INCREASE
To Our Customers:
To Our Customers:
PGW is filing a request with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to increase your natural gas rates as of
As part of its annual Gas Cost Rate (GCR) filing, Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) is filing a request with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to increase the GCR portion of your bill effective September 1, 2020. Customers are notified of the annual rate increase or decrease by providing this notice for the annual GCR filing on March 1. PGW is requesting a projected rate increase of $0.3520 per one thousand cubic feet (Mcf) based upon a comparison between the GCR effective March 1, 2020 ($3.9009 per Mcf) and the projected rate in its annual GCR filing ($4.2529 per Mcf). This notice describes PGW’s gas cost rate request, the PUC’s role, and what actions you can take.
April 28, 2020. This notice describes the Company’s rate request, the PUC’s role, and what actions you can take. PGW has requested an overall rate increase of $70 million per year. If the Company’s entire request is approved, the total bill for a residential customer using 75 thousand cubic feet (Mcf) per year would increase from $99.52 to $110.68 per month or by 11.2%. The total bill for a commercial customer using 342 Mcf per year would increase from $351.92 to $363.48 per month or by 3.3%. Rates for an industrial customer using 956 Mcf per year would increase from $974.86 to $1,006.26 per month or by 3.2%. To find out your customer class or how the requested increase may affect your natural gas bill, contact PGW at 215-2351000. The rates requested by the Company may be found in Gas Service Tariff, Pa. P.U.C. No. 2, Supplement No. 128. You may examine the material filed with the PUC, which explains the requested increase and the reasons for it. A copy of this material is kept at PGW’s office. Upon request, the Company will send you the Statement of Reasons for Gas Service Tariff, Pa. P.U.C. No. 2, Supplement No. 128, explaining why the rate increase has been requested. A copy can also be viewed by visiting pgworks.com. The state agency which approves rates for public utilities is the PUC. The PUC will examine the requested rate increase and can prevent existing rates from changing until it investigates and/or holds hearings on the request. The Company must prove that the requested rates are reasonable. After examining the evidence, the PUC may grant all, some, or none of the request or may reduce existing rates. The PUC may change the amount of the rate increase or decrease requested by the utility for each customer class. As a result, the rate charged to you may be different than the rate requested by the Company and shown above. There are three ways to challenge a company’s request to change its rates: 1. You can file a formal complaint. If you want a hearing before a judge, you must file a formal complaint. By filing a formal complaint, you assure yourself the opportunity to take part in hearings about the rate increase request. All complaints should be filed with the PUC before April 28, 2020. If no formal complaints are filed, the Commission may grant all, some or none of the request without holding a hearing before a judge. 2. You can send the PUC a letter telling why you object to the requested rate increase. Sometimes there is information in these letters that makes the PUC aware of problems with the Company’s service or management. This information can be helpful when the PUC investigates the rate request. Send your letter or request for a formal complaint form to the: Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Post Office Box 3265 Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265 Complaint forms can also be accessed at the PUC website in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format: http://www.puc.pa.gov/general/onlineforms/pdf/Formal_Complaint_Proposed_Rate_Increase.pdf 3. You can be a witness at a public input hearing. Public input hearings are held if the Commission opens an investigation of the Company’s rate increase request and if there is a large number of customers interested in the case. At these hearings you have the opportunity to present your views in person to the PUC judge hearing the case and the Company representatives. All testimony given “under oath” becomes part of the official rate case record. These hearings are held in the service area of the Company. For more information, call the PUC at 1-800-692-7380. You may leave your name and address so you can be notified of any public input hearings that may be scheduled in this case. Philadelphia Gas Works 800 W. Montgomery Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19122 (215) 235-1000
The GCR is designed to recover the cost of natural gas that PGW purchases from gas suppliers and does not include a profit margin. The rate will be recalculated to show actual costs on a quarterly basis. Customers are notified of this quarterly rate recalculation by a message on each customer’s bill after the dates of each quarterly filing. The quarterly filing dates are March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1. The rate may change if the recalculated rate is different by more than 2% from the rate that is approved. PGW Gas Cost Rate Increase PGW has requested an overall rate increase of approximately $11.4 million per year. If PGW’s entire request is approved, the total bill for a typical General Service (GS) Residential Heating Customer using 75 thousand cubic feet (Mcf) of natural gas per year would increase from $95.50 to $97.10 per month or by approximately 1.7%. The total bill for a typical GS Commercial Heating Customer using 342 Mcf of natural gas per year would increase from $334 to $342 per month or by approximately 2.2%. The total bill for a typical GS Industrial Heating Customer using 956 Mcf of natural gas per year would increase from $928 to $949 per month or by approximately 2.3%. The total bill for a typical Municipal Service (MS) Heating Customer using 1,138 Mcf of natural gas per year would increase from $989 to $1,011 per month or by approximately 2.3%. The total bill for a typical Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) Heating Customer using 206 Mcf of natural gas per year would increase from $214 to $218 per month or by approximately 2.0%. To find out your customer class or how the requested increase may affect GS, MS, and PHA bills, contact PGW at 215-2351000. The rates requested by PGW may be found in PGW Gas Service Tariff Number 2. You may examine the material filed with the PUC, which explains the requested increase and the reasons for it. A copy of this material is kept at PGW’s Main Office at 800 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, and can be reviewed Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is also available at pgworks.com. The PUC’s Role The PUC is the state agency that approves rates for PGW. The PUC will examine the requested rate increase and can prevent existing rates from changing until it investigates the request. PGW must prove that the requested rates are reasonable. After examining the evidence, the PUC may grant all, some, or none of the request. The PUC may change the amount of the rate increase requested by PGW for each customer class. As a result, the rate charged to you may be different than the rate requested by PGW and shown above. Actions You Can Take to Challenge PGW’s Request to Increase its Rates 1. You can file a formal complaint. If you want a hearing before a judge, you must file a formal complaint. By filing a formal complaint, you assure yourself the opportunity to take part in hearings about the rate increase request. All complaints should be filed with the PUC before September 1, 2020. If no formal complaints are filed, the Commission may grant all, some, or none of the request without holding a hearing before a judge. 2. You can send the PUC a letter telling why you object to the requested rate increase. Sometimes there is information in these letters that makes the PUC aware of problems regarding PGW’s service or management. This information can be helpful when the PUC investigates the rate request. Send your letter or request for a formal or informal complaint form to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Post Office Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265. Complaint forms can also be accessed at the PUC Website in Adobe Acrobat Format: http://www.puc.state.pa.us/general/onlineforms/pdf/official_complaint_form_final.pdf You may also call the PUC at 1-800-692-7380.
Philadelphia Gas Works 800 W. Montgomery Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-235-1000
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA - PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Committee on Licenses and Inspections of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 200116 An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 of Subcode PM (“The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code”) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Additional Special Requirements,” to establish requirements for managers of certain buildings pertaining to identification of occupants to better assist responders during emergency situations; all under certain terms and conditions. 200147 An Ordinance amending Subcode F of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “The Philadelphia Fire Code,” to establish limitations on the use of hydrogen fluoride and hydrofluoric acid, under certain terms and conditions. Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Licenses and Inspections, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items. Copies of the foregoing items are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall. Michael A. Decker Chief Clerk
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TRABAJOS PROPOSED GRANT APPLICATION BY PA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNDER PART B OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT FOR FFY 2020 Public comment is invited regarding the Pennsylvania Department of Education's proposed grant application under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-B). The annual grant application provides assurances that the State's policies and procedures in effect are consistent with the federal requirements to ensure that a free appropriate public education is made available to all children with a disability from age 3 to 21, including children who have been suspended or expelled from school. The current IDEA-B policies and procedures are available for viewing at http://www.education.pa.gov (go to “K-12”, go to “Special Education”, go to IDEA-B Policies and Procedures). The General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 34 CFR §300.165 requires that the State provide notice and opportunity for public comment to ensure reasonable opportunities for participation by local agencies, representatives of the class of individuals affected by this program and other interested institutions, organizations, and individuals in the planning for the provision of special education and related services. Each State must publish the proposed IDEA-B grant application. Copies of the proposed IDEA-B grant application for 2020 are available by viewing the documents on http://www.education. pa.gov (go to “K-12”, go to “Special Education”, go to “IDEA-B Policies and Procedures”, go to Proposed 2020 IDEA-B Grant Application). Alternative formats of the documents (e.g., Braille, large print, CD) are available to members of the public upon request. Public comment is welcomed in alternative formats such as Braille, recorded comments, and telephone comments for individuals with disabilities. If you are disabled and wish to submit comments by telephone, please contact Aaron Ioos at 717.772.3500. Written public comment will be accepted beginning March 2, 2020 until April 30, 2020. The written comments should be directed to Lisa Irgang, Special Education Adviser, Bureau of Special Education, PA Department of Education, 333 Market Street, 7th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333. Additionally, the Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education will provide three opportunities (listed below), for individuals wishing to present verbal testimony on the proposed IDEA-B application and the current state plan. One written copy of verbal testimony at the time of presentation would be appreciated. Presentations should be limited to 15 minutes. Dates, locations, and times for verbal testimony regarding the proposed grant application and current policies and procedures are as follows: March 24, 2020
March 25, 2020
March 26, 2020
SOLICITUD DE SUBVENCIÓN PROPUESTA POR EL DEPARTAMENTO DE EDUCACIÓN DE PA EN VIRTUD DE LA PARTE B DE LA LEY DE EDUCACIÓN DE PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDADES PARA EL AÑO FISCAL 2020 Se invita al público a comentar sobre la propuesta del Departamento de Educación de Pensilvania de solicitar una subvención en virtud de la Parte B de la Ley de Educación para Personas con Discapacidades (IDEA-B). La solicitud de subvención anual ofrece garantías de que las políticas y procedimientos del Estado en vigor son coherentes con los requisitos federales para asegurar que una educación pública gratuita y apropiada esté disponible para todos los niños con una discapacidad de 3 a 21 años de edad, incluidos los niños que han sido suspendidos o expulsados de la escuela. Las políticas y procedimientos actuales de IDEA-B están disponibles para su consulta en http://www.education.pa.gov (ir a "K-12", ir a "Educación Especial", ir a Políticas y Procedimientos de IDEA-B). Las Regulaciones Administrativas Generales (EDGAR) 34 CFR §300.165 requieren que el Estado provea aviso y oportunidad para el comentario público para asegurar oportunidades razonables para la participación de agencias locales, representantes de la clase de individuos afectados por este programa y otras instituciones, organizaciones e individuos interesados en la planeación para la provisión de educación especial y servicios relacionados. Cada Estado debe publicar la solicitud de subvención propuesta de IDEA-B. Las copias de la solicitud de subvención IDEA-B propuesta para 2020 están disponibles viendo los documentos en http://www.education.pa.gov (ir a "K-12", ir a "Educación Especial", ir a "Políticas y Procedimientos de IDEA-B", ir a Solicitud de Subvención IDEA-B propuesta para 2020). Los formatos alternativos de los documentos (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, CD) están disponibles para el público que los solicite. Los comentarios del público son bienvenidos en formatos alternativos como el Braille, comentarios grabados y comentarios telefónicos para personas con discapacidades. Si usted es discapacitado y desea presentar comentarios por teléfono, por favor contacte a Aaron Ioos al 717.772.3500. Se aceptarán comentarios públicos por escrito a partir del 2 de marzo de 2020 hasta el 30 de abril de 2020. Los comentarios escritos deben dirigirse a Lisa Irgang, Asesora de Educación Especial, Oficina de Educación Especial, Departamento de Educación de PA, 333 Market Street, 7º Piso, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333. Además, el Departamento de Educación, Oficina de Educación Especial proporcionará tres oportunidades (enumeradas a continuación), para las personas que deseen presentar un testimonio verbal sobre la propuesta de aplicación de IDEA-B y el plan estatal actual. Una copia escrita del testimonio verbal en el momento de la presentación será apreciada. Las presentaciones deben limitarse a 15 minutos. Las fechas, lugares y horas para el testimonio verbal sobre la solicitud de subvención propuesta y las políticas y procedimientos actuales son los siguientes:
PaTTAN- Pittsburgh 3190 William Pitt Way Pittsburgh, PA 15238 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.)
24 de marzo de 2020
PaTTAN-Harrisburg 6340 Flank Drive Harrisburg, PA 17112 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.)
25 de marzo de 2020
PaTTAN- East 333 Technology Drive Malvern, PA 19355 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.)
26 de marzo de 2020
PaTTAN- Pittsburgh 3190 William Pitt Way Pittsburgh, PA 15238 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.) PaTTAN-Harrisburgo 6340 Flank Drive Harrisburg, PA 17112 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.) PaTTAN-Este 333 Campaña de Tecnología Malvern, PA 19355 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.)
To schedule time to present verbal testimony, or if you are a person with a disability and require an accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please call Aaron Ioos at 717.772.3500 no later than March 9, 2020.
Para programar el tiempo para presentar el testimonio verbal, o si usted es una persona con una discapacidad y requiere un alojamiento para participar en el procedimiento, por favor llame a Aaron Ioos al 717.772.3500 a más tardar el 9 de marzo de 2020.
The Department of Education will consider all written and verbal comments and make any necessary modifications to the proposed grant application before submission of the 2020 IDEA-B grant application to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
El Departamento de Educación considerará todos los comentarios escritos y verbales y hará las modificaciones necesarias a la solicitud de subvención propuesta antes de presentar la solicitud de subvención IDEA-B de 2020 al Secretario del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos.
SHERIFF’S SALE
By virtue of a Writ of execution, to me directed, issued out of the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, CAMDEN COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F01243119 at Public Venue on WEDNESDAY the 1ST day of April, 2020 A.D. at 12 o'clock, LOCAL TIME, noon of said day, at the SHERIFF'S OFFICE in the COURT HOUSE, 520 Market St., 2nd Floor, Suite 202, in City and County of Camden and State of New Jersey: Property to be sold is located in the Municipality of GLOUCESTER TWP, County of Camden, State of New Jersey. Premises commonly known as: 88 BRECKENRIDGE DRIVE, SICKLERVILLE, NJ 08081 Being Tax Lot: 1, Block: 19804 Dimensions approximately: 80 FEET WIDE BY 105 COR FEET LONG Nearest Cross Street: INNSBRUCK DRIVE THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION. *Subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal liens or other charges, and any such taxes, charges, liens, insurance premiums or other advances made by plaintiff prior to this sale. All interested parties are to conduct and rely upon their own independent investigation to ascertain whether or not any outstanding interest remain of record and/or have priority over the lien being foreclosed and, if so the current amount due thereon. 2020 QTR 1 DUE: 02/01/2020 $2,460.23 OPEN 2020 QTR 2 DUE: 05/01/2020 $2,460.23 OPEN CCMUA: ACCT: 150176949 12/01/2019 - 02/29/2020 $88.00 OPEN PLUS PENALTY $1,405.65 OPEN Sewer: ACCT: 90066 0 04/01/2020 - 6/30/2020 $46.00 OPEN AND DUE 04/15/2020 $45.74 OPEN. UPON CLOSING, PLEASE SUPPLY WITH THE GTMUA WITH THE NEW OWNERS NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION. Liens: Year: 2019 TYPE: 3RD PARTY CCMUA ACCOUNT: $2,048.66 CERT NO.: 19-01076 SOLD: 12/27/2019 TO: US BANK CUST FOR PRO CAP 8 lien amount is subject taxes + interest. Must call prior to settlement for redemption figures. THE REDEMPTION OF LIENS IS OUTLINED IN N.J.S.A 54:5-54 For sale information, please visit acution.com at www.auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. The judgement sought to be satisfied by the sale is:
"APPROXIMATELY" $380,138.49 TWENTY PERCENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED
SURPLUS MONEY: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. Seized as the property of: JOHN J. KIM A/K/A JOHN KIM; YONG KIM and taken in execution of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY GILBERT L. "WHIP" WILSON SHERIFF Sheriff's Number: 20000617 Dated: 3/4/20, 3/11/20, 3/18/20, 3/25/20 RAS CITRON LAW OFFICES, 130 CLINTON ROAD, STE 202, FAIRFIELD, NJ 07004 $207.36
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