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Trailblazers honored
Remarkable Arizona Latina women, who have fought the hard fight, are recognized at LPM’s annual community event
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Untold stories
The East Valley Patriots for American Values know who they are. Do you? You may be surprised
KJZZ’s Changing America Desk, part of Fronteras Network, reports on the unreported – and not just border issues
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A busy season of fundraising, celebrating and acknowledging, not to mention helping
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Oprah’s got her OWN network and one token Latina. Where’s the love, O?
12 LP journal Mercado de los Cielos; razing Arizona; What’s Newt, pussycat?
14 Vibe Fine art and wine in Prescott; mermaids &
Madonnas; “The Storm that Swept Mexico”
19 Rincón del arte Painter and sculptor Hugo Medina
33 Movin’ up Castillo is new HOV volunteer coordinator;
49 Education law school is close to being privatized. Is ASU’s this good or bad? It has some students worried
Castañeda-Holdren directs PR at EQAZ; Flinn Brown fellows chosen
37 Entrepreneur Angelica Marie Giger, owner of Besitos Couture, creates fashions for hip niños and niñas
39 Briefcase eMoneyPool brings tandas into 21st century; 43 New apps make phones smarter – and keep business professionals more organized
47 Those who serve
Master Sgt. Desiree Twombly, public affairs specialist, Arizona National Guard
Health
It’s National Alcohol Awareness Month. Yes, abuse is bad, but moderation ain’t all that bad
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Awards for Excellence; legal help at the library
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Infomercials about workout contraptions are pervasive. Do these inventions actually work?
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Ce Malinalli Tenepal, aka La Trepadora
62 My perspective
ASU graduate Bianca Mera on bereaved families and the MISS Foundation
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By Cecilia Rosales, Ph.D.
March was a busy month, especially for the Valley’s nonprofit circuit.
Many organizations including Florence Crittenton, Hospice of the Valley, The O’Connor House, and AGUILA held annual fundraising events. Impromptu fundraising to benefit the victims of the Japan earthquakes and tsunami also took place. Plenty of outdoor, family-friendly events were also on the calendar, like the Tres Rios Nature and Earth Festival at Estrella Mountain, the Phoenix Sister Cities WorldFest, and the Tempe and Scottsdale arts festivals. For those of us with kids, these are wonderful opportunities to learn and play together, and enjoy the gorgeous weather. It was after attending one of these festivals where my kindergartner told me he was too old to ride in a stroller, that I received an email invitation to participate in the Empty Strollers walk on Mother’s Day at the Phoenix Zoo. Obviously, the event’s name caught my attention. As I read the description, I caught myself holding my breath: “Each day around the world, parents walk their babies, safely nestled in their strollers, around parks, neighborhoods, schools and even zoos. … But, tragically, not all children get to ride in their strollers, return home at the end of the school day, or spend holidays with family.” Empty Strollers raises funds to support the families who have experienced the tragedy of losing a child, “because death is not bigger than a family’s love, and because even in their absence, they continue to walk with us as we walk for them.” My heart sank. The MISS Foundation is the organization behind the event. The volunteer-based nonprofit provides crisis support and long-term aid to families after the death of a child. Founder Dr. Joanne Cacciatore knows all too well about that. She spearheads the Certificate of Trauma and Bereavement graduate program at ASU, and founded the nonprofit after the death of her daughter Cheyenne. The work of the MISS Foundation piqued my curiosity, because in my own family, the death of my brother was a taboo, off-limits topic. My sisters and I knew he had died as an infant, but didn’t dare talk about him in front of my parents. I have wondered, in retrospect, if talking to my parents about the loss of their only son could have proven cathartic or beneficial. Hindsight! I’m sure you, like me, will be moved by Dr. Cacciatore’s work and that of the volunteers at the foundation. To read an op-ed on sorrow and kindness by Bianca Mera, a social worker who volunteers her time to work with bereaved parents, go to My Perspective on page 62. This past month, Latino Perspectives Magazine hosted its third annual Trailblazers community celebration at Phoenix Art Museum — we had a full house! Thank you to those who attended this special celebration in commemoration of National Women’s History Month and in honor of six inspiring Arizonans. You can check out pictures of the event on page 20 and more online at latinopm.com. In this issue, in addition to our regular departments, we share with you two stories rooted in Arizona, with relevance in the larger Southwest region. Guest contributor Annette Flores gives us an inside look at one of KJZZ’s latest endeavors: the Fronteras News Network and the Changing America Desk news bureau, the first of its kind in the nation. Robrt L. Pela examines the work of the East Valley Patriots for American Values, a nonpartisan, faith-based group set “to change the tone and civility of politics” in the East Valley. Although the group is interested in public policy affecting the economy, families and immigration, in this issue, Pela focuses on the Patriots’ support of the Utah Compact. Read on.
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Oprah’s OWN and the token Latina By Robrt L. Pela
Cynics and anyone with half a
brain suspect that the big winner of Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star, a cheesy reality show and the centerpiece of Oprah Winfrey’s new cable television network, will be Elizabeth Espinosa. Not because the former Telemundo news reporter is turning out to be such a stellar contestant on this retread of The Apprentice, but because she’s the only Hispanic person on the entire network. Who’s surprised? Each of Winfrey’s past protégés (Rachael Ray, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz) is white. The launch of her new Oprah Winfrey Network, which bowed on January 1, continues the tradition of largely ignoring all but rich, white celebrities. The single exception is Your OWN Show, whose contestants are more diverse. Among them is Espinosa, a part-Mexican, part-Salvadorian news reporter who swears that if she wins the competition’s grand prize of her very own TV program, she will go on to host a bilingual talk show for the network. But will Winfrey let her? Although Latinos make up roughly 14 percent of the U.S. population, and despite Winfrey’s endless stumping for diversity, OWN’s lineup offers limpid reality shows and the sort of B-list celebrity drama already offered up by innumerable other cable networks. Enough Already! with Peter Walsh is simply another show that pokes around in the filthy homes of people who
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can’t stop shopping for thrift-store junk; Cristina Ferrare’s Big Bowl of Love is standard-issue Food Network cooking show stuff. Yet to debut are the celebrity reality programs that will likely be what really draws viewers in, and which, in every case, star rich, white celebrities whining about their lives. There’s The Judds, featuring the famous motherdaughter country music duo duking it out over various transgressions; Why Not? With Shania Twain, in which we get to watch the country music princess weep over her divorce and return to her recently abandoned Nashville throne, and, believe it or not, an hour-long weekly program that will follow Ryan and Tatum O’Neal up and down the neurotic rollercoaster that is their fraught, father-daughter relationship. To be fair, Oprah Presents Master Class, a series of in-depth interviews with politicians and artists, is more serious stuff and has split its first season evenly between blacks and whites. But where are the Latinos? Oprah seems less interested in diversity than in allowing us to watch famous, fat white people arguing and crying. And that may simply be because the folks at OWN know the demographics for the sort of programming that cable usually offers, and its upper numbers typically don’t include Latinos. In its second month, OWN attracted fewer viewers than Discovery Health, the obscure cable channel it
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replaced, and the Nielsen Company reported that of the network’s per-show average viewership of about 135,000 people, only a third were women ages 25 to 54, the demographic the channel is after. Those ratings are down 10 percent from Discovery Health’s ratings of the same time last year, suggesting that maybe folks who came to OWN looking for diversity were expecting something more than the promise of a talk show hosted by openly lesbian Rosie O’Donnell. It could be that Latinos (and anyone interested in new and different programming) saw that Winfrey wasn’t offering them much more than any other network, and simply switched OWN off. If Espinosa does win her own show, it seems unlikely that viewers will get much ethnic pride from the pretty Latina, who recently told a reporter, “Not that I’m out there talking about our culture or anything, but I’m really proud of my Latin roots and I speak the language and my parents were born in Latin America, so I’m first generation here.” Win or lose, it shouldn’t be up to a reality show winner to give Latinos a piece of the action on a national television network launched with the promise of diverse programming. And we shouldn’t have to endure another season of Oprah talking about “living your best life” while simultaneously ignoring the fastest-growing minority population in the country.
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Conversation starters from the world around us
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Newt and his ideas; Desert Sky Mercado; no S.B. 1070 in Colorado
15 Lola
She has a few words for Quanell X
19Rincón del arte
Painter and sculptor Hugo Medina
i say... The Raza Studies program teaches irrational mob behavior as a matter of habit. —Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne
image courtesy of SINAFO FOTOTECA
If shooting these immigrating feral hogs works, maybe we have found a [solution] to our illegal immigration problem. —Kansas GOP lawmaker Virgil Peck Jr.
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Emiliano Zapata, larger-than-life caudillo in PBS documentary, “The Storm that Swept Mexico.”
Most of the Hispanic students do not want to be educated but rather be gang members and gangsters. —Substitute teacher Andy Hill in a letter to state Senate President Russell Pearce
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Newt hatches a new one. Idea, that is.
What’s Newt, pussycat? It took them awhile to jump aboard, but more and more conservatives are sharing opinions and rants on the evermore-crowded blogosphere. Last month, the still relatively new The Americano – a website launched late in 2009 – joined the fray, expanding its coverage of conservative news and commentary aimed at Hispanics to include a new blog. The Hispanic Blog Network (www.theamericano.com/blog) offers short commentaries and posts on subjects that don’t fit into The Americano’s “Opinion” section. A leading source for conservative Latino news, the site lists some 40 high-profile, international bylines – contributors including President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Lance Rios, Val Prieto, Alfonso Aguilar, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Lionel Sosa, and Rachel CamposDuffy. A writer-in-training program called Young Voices will bring opinion pieces from emerging authors into the mix. The blog and its parent publication also bring a 12
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political agenda: former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich owns them. Both were launched and will be overseen by Sylvia Garcia, a longtime employee of Gingrich Communications, the former speaker’s consulting firm. The hyper-conservative entrepreneur is, according to concerned activists, merely trolling for support from Hispanic Americans, the most rapidly growing segment of swing voters. Both the website and its new blog offer ad space for sale, and are gearing up for national attention at a time when Republican strategists and conservative activists are looking for ways to woo the Latino electorate. So, don’t look for Gingrich’s writing staff to devote a lot of space to issues of illegal immigration, a debate that tends to alienate Hispanics from the Republican Party. In a March press release, Garcia claimed that in recent polls, Hispanics and Latinos ranked immigration as “fourth or fifth” in what’s important to
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them. She went on to say that pushing Gingrich’s agenda is not the goal of the newly minted blog. While his opinion pieces will continue to be published on both the site and the blog, Gingrich will not, Garcia insists, play a major visible role there. “It’s not about Newt,” she says. “It’s not about the speaker. It’s really a site about conservatism.” Other politically motivated websites designed to shape public opinion among American Hispanics don’t appear to be buying it. America’s Voice (americasvoiceonline.org), a nonprofit, pro-immigrationreform web publication, has renewed efforts to publish think pieces branding the GOP as a bunch of immigrantbashers. “We see the Hispanic Blog Network as little more than a spoke in Newt Gingrich’s PR wheel,” says an America’s Voice writer who prefers not to be named. “He has the finances to launch and support a blog full of opinion pieces that will lead naïve Hispanic voters to
vote a conservative ticket. The blog posts will be skewed to subjects that Hispanics may be drawn to, like family values, religion and ethnicity. The messages in those posts will offer a conservative outlook that will translate into votes for the far right. And what’s worse, these readers won’t be getting a well-rounded picture of what’s best for them.”
To mercado, tu mercado The Macerich Company, a real estate investment trust, last month purchased the remaining 50-percent ownership of Phoenix’s Desert Sky Mall. Macerich bought half of the mall for $27.6 million from the J.C. Penney Company, Inc., paying off that company’s $51.5 million loan in the bargain and joining developer and mall operator Westcor as co-owner in the shopping center. It’s a move that pleases local Hispanic activists and the larger Latino community, because the 900,000-squarefoot Desert Sky is the city’s only mall focused on the
LP journal Latino community. Macerich’s massive investment, wags are saying, bodes well for a mall model that addresses the needs of the city’s many pocket communities, because its success would almost certainly translate to more similar shopping destinations. And its success seems inevitable, given the customized merchandising strategy Macerich plans to launch to its target audience later this year. Desert Sky made the move toward attracting more Latin American consumers in December of last year, when it turned its then-empty former Mervyns department store into an indoor marketplace. The 77,500-square-foot Mercado de los Cielos consists of rooms and kiosks for 200 tenants, more than half of which are currently filled with Latino-centric shops, eateries and serviceproviders. Fresh produce, clothing, carnicerías, seafood vendors, general merchandise and service-oriented shops like barbers and nail salons are the order of the day, and are mostly run by bilingual purveyors. Westcor and Macerich aren’t taking risks, however. The Mercado de los Cielos is a proven concept of the Montebello, Californiabased Legaspi Company, and headed by José de Jesús Legaspi, a nationally recognized expert in Hispanic retailing. The Mercado concept worked for Legaspi at La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas, and Plaza Fiesta in Atlanta, Ga., both struggling retail centers in areas with heavily Hispanic demographics. In Phoenix, Legaspi began by anchoring the mall, located at 75th Avenue
and Thomas, with Cinema Latino, a Spanish-language movie house, and La Caruaco, a department store dressed in Mayan and Aztec architecture and décor that features Spanish-language signs and a bilingual sales staff. “We’re taking it one step at a time,” according to Desert Sky property manager Zeke Valenzuela. “The cinema and La Caruaco were both first-tomarket concepts for Arizona, and the Mercado was the next step in becoming the only true Latino-focused regional shopping center in the state. And the partnership with Macerich is the next step in the evolution of Desert Sky Mall toward embracing the local Latino community.” Macerich is courting its Hispanic audience with extended hours and live family entertainment in the mall each weekend. Arizona, according to a report from Macerich, “has the seventh largest Hispanic population in the nation, [with] a buying power of over $31 billion,” and Westcor estimates that the population in the vicinity of the mall is 70 percent Hispanic. The partner corporations are building strategies to attract a market characterized by specific customs and buying patterns that might be unfamiliar to traditional retailers. If Desert Sky’s fastexpanding Mercado is any indication, they appear to be succeeding.
defeated in a close vote last month, the phrase “Arizona style” was used as a pejorative by many journalists covering the defeat. S.B. 54 is the Colorado Senate version of Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration S.B. 1070 law, while S.B. 129 promotes the mandatory E-Verify for all businesses in Colorado. Their defeat last month was met with cheer and more-than-frequent derogatory references to Arizona, calling the Colorado bills “Arizona copycats” and making mention of “amoral Arizona-type” attempts at lawmaking. Hans Meyer, policy director of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, released a statement saying, “We are proud of the members of the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee … who decided that Colorado does not need
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an Arizona-style immigration enforcement system or a mandatory employment verification system that would keep Americans from working due to a flawed database. These kinds of laws do not belong in the United States of America; they are immoral, unworkable and ineffective.” And Latino Policy Coalition chairman Jim Gonzalez told The Denver Post, “While it is important to stop Arizonastyle, racial-profiling laws from ever being enacted in any state, inaction by the federal government to enact comprehensive immigration reform has caused the center of debate to move to state houses and ballot boxes. At least 31 states have introduced a plethora of increasingly hostile Arizona S.B. 1070 copycat legislation to legalize racial profiling.” Ouch.
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Mermaids & Madonnas
You don’t have to be a master sommelier, a foodie or
an auction-house art buyer to enjoy Prescott’s 25th annual Fine Art and Wine Festival May 7-8. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Mother’s Day. A frugal way to spend the weekend with mamacita – the festival is free. Artists, restaurateurs and winemakers will convene at the historic courthouse plaza in downtown Prescott. You can expect an eclectic lineup of performances, a juried arts-and-crafts exhibition, a wine garden (figuratively speaking, of course, where you get to taste the wines) and a market where you’ll be able to purchase handmade, artisanal edibles and goods. Visit prescottartfestivals.com for more information.
Detail of Hopi Spring Festival by Filmer Kewanyama
De Norte A Sur, a joint exhibition of works by
Gennaro García and Joe Ray, will be on display next month at After Hours Gallery, located at 116 W. McDowell Road in Phoenix. The show explores aspects of mythology, religion, iconography and lust, and celebrates female deities “from above and below.” Think mermaids and Madonnas. Visitors can expect paintings, monoprints and wooden bultos or retablos. Ray and García will also create a collaborative piece for the occasion. Don’t miss it. The opening reception is on First Friday, May 6. The show runs through May 31.
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Sirena Roja by Joe Ray
“The Storm that Swept Mexico,” a new documentary
about the Mexican Revolution, will air nationally on PBS on Sunday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m. ET. In Arizona, PBS airs on Channel 8. The two-hour special is narrated by actor and playwright Luis Valdez (of El Teatro Campesino fame) and directed by Ray Telles, a veteran, award-winning producer whose credits include “The Fight in the Fields,” the biography of Cesar Chavez, and PBS Frontline program series Children of the Night. The revolution of 1910 is considered by historians as the first major political and social uprising of the 20th century and, interestingly, the first major revolution to be filmed. The resulting geopolitical, cultural, social and economic shifts of this conflict and its implications are manifest to this day.
The myths have blended with historical facts of this period and have contributed greatly to Mexico’s post-revolutionary identity. From the masses’ efforts to create a government of the people and by the people, Emiliano Zapata and Francisco “Pancho” Villa emerged as larger-than-life caudillos that helped cement national pride. “The Storm that Swept Mexico” includes archival footage and interviews with scholars from both sides of the border as well as with Jorge Zapata, grandson of Emiliano Zapata; Elena Poniatowska, notable journalist and novelist; and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, son of former Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas. To watch the documentary trailer, go to stormthatsweptmexico.com or visit pbs.org to learn more about the production.
Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his posse
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Call it what it is, Quanell Mr. Quanell X:
All aboard! Does the child in you, or your child
for that matter, enjoy model trains? If so, head over to the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park. Thanks to a $2.2 million investment, the Scottsdale landmark now features a new 10,000-square-foot exhibit space with comprehensive railroad models and layouts by the Scottsdale Model Railroad Club, the Paradise and Pacific Tinplate Club, and the Sun-N-Sand Club. In the near future, toda la familia will have the opportunity to operate some of these models and enjoy railroadthemed, touchscreen computer displays and photographic exhibits. While, for most, the main attraction continues to be the actual ride onboard a replica of the Paradise and Pacific Railroad, the new building will be a hit with visitors looking to escape the heat during the upcoming summer months. The park, at the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Indian Bend Roads, is also home to the Scottsdale Railroad Museum, housed in one of four dining cars built in 1914 by the Pullman Company for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway. In addition, the young and young at heart can enjoy the Scottsdale Charro Carrousel, the playgrounds, the arboretum, and The Snack Stop, which operates out of a Southern Pacific Railroad caboose. Learn more at therailroadpark.com and plan your visit.
I know you have been busy with TV and radio interviews, and rallies and town halls in Cleveland, Texas, talking about injustice, but I have to question your … focus. I’m talking about an 11-year-old Latina who was gang-raped, allegedly by as many as 28 juveniles and men. At a televised rally, your reaction is, “It was not the young girl that yelled rape. Stop right there – something is wrong, brothers and sisters.” (And the crowd cheers.) Nineteen men, who happen to be black, have been arrested, and all you can say is, “Do you mean to tell me that there is no other race of men in Cleveland that slept with that child, that the black men are so psychologically and morally depraved, with a loss of a moral sense of shame, that they are the only ones who touched her?” (And the crowd cheers.) The police reported the attacks were captured on video, and you keep asking, “Where’s the girl’s mother?” “I want to know why nobody has asked, ‘Where is your mother and father?’ It looks like the KKK is leading the investigation.” (And the crowd cheers.) At one of the televised rallies, you tell the parents of the accused, in a ceremonious tone, “You stand by your child …” (and the crowd cheers) and then you pass a hat to raise funds for their legal defense fund. For his part, defense attorney James D. Evans III has told the press that the victim “wants to be a porn star,” and that “this is not a case of a child who was enslaved or taken advantage of.” Say again?? You, and the defense, and those who chime in to blame the victim make me sad. Very sad. Republican Florida state Rep. Kathleen Passidomo takes the cake. While discussing legislation mandating
school uniforms, she comes up with this: “There was an article about an 11-yearold girl who was gang-raped in Texas by 18 young men because she was dressed like a 21-year-old prostitute.” Passidomo then adds, “Her parents let her attend school like that.... I think it’s incumbent upon us to create some areas where students can be safe in school and show up in proper attire so what happened in Texas doesn’t happen to our students.” Portraying the accused as “victims” of the young girl’s “temptation” or of the system doesn’t address the problem. You, Quanell, for your part, also blame the elders for not watching the “kids.” Some of the accused are 26 and 27, señor. I’ll give you credit for saying that all “the brothers” who “slept” with the girl must be held accountable. But it seems the emphasis here is in making sure nonblack men are charged with the crime as well – instead of accountability. And for the record, it’s called rape. Here’s the irony: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the theme for this year’s awareness campaign is “It’s time ... to get involved,” a message to engage bystanders in sexual violence prevention. I’ve not heard you question, “Why didn’t any of ‘the brothers’ speak up?” “Why didn’t any of them stop the rape?” As if the participants were hijacked by their phalli. Your words, along with those who insist on blaming the victim, speak very loud and clear. You shed new light on what it means to be morally bankrupt. Qué lástima.
Dear readers, please share this with your hermanos. Learn how you can help prevent sexual assault and protect your hermanas at nsvrc.org/saam, the online National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). www.latinopm.com
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Like peachy keen, pero different Jalapeño high
Calle 16 Mural Project If you haven’t visited Chef Silvana
Salcido Esparza’s Barrio Café lately, you now have one more reason to do so. Gennaro Garcia recently finished a mural on Edgemont Avenue and 16th Street, one block south of Thomas Road in Phoenix, on the restaurant’s outer north wall. The artwork is part of the Calle 16 Mural Project, started last year by Salcido Esparza and a group of local artists to beautify the area, promote local talent and the small businesses along 16th Street. Gennaro donated his time, materials and then some. “From the get-go, Silvana and I knew there was a chance we would have to cover all the expenses of the mural ourselves,” says Gennaro, “but thankfully, other artists stepped up and donated artwork for an auction to raise funds – that helped,” he explains. The mural is a composite of cultural symbols representative of the artist’s native Mexico and his “beloved” Arizona. It includes the phrases “Welcome to Arizona,” and “Build your own American dream.” Gennaro explains: “It’s about welcoming everyone … tourists, companies setting shop in our state. It’s about welcoming a lifestyle without negativity or racism. This is a wonderful state with beautiful people, and it has given me everything. I like to give back.” On the American dream, Gennaro adds, “it’s about being the best you can be, without expecting someone else to provide for you.” Stop by to check it out or visit calle16.org to learn more.
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Years ago, I vowed to never run
out of jalapeños. There’s nothing worse than reaching in the fridge only to find everything but your prized pepper. So, I went Japanese. One day on a dare, I ate a Japanese red pepper, the kind you can find with other spices in the “ethnic” foods section at most grocery stores. I was hooked. The “chile Japonés” is found in many Asian foods and are used to make my favorite red hot sauce, but I prefer them dry. I started to buy packets and stash them away in case of a jalapeño emergency. Over time, I began to eat them in non-emergency situations. I started craving them with everything and found that their consistency could not be matched by the unreliable jalapeño. It was like going from a Chevy Nova to a Nissan Sentra. Then one day I stopped buying jalapeños altogether. Yes, I stopped buying Mexican! Or, are they New Mexican? Anyway. The whole experience made me realize I was hooked on peppers. I even dip them like a chip into a special mix of chile powder and salt for extra flavor. My infant son stares at me when I eat, something I used to do to my abuelo when I was a kid. I would watch him eat dinner after a long day of hard work in the fields. He would savor his peppers more than the meal itself. Maybe this is why I enjoy peppers so much and what got me eating them at an early age. But why am I not able to slow down my consumption as I age? Even when I’m at the point of dripping sweat and hiccupping almost violently?
Because I am apparently high. At least according to experts at the New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute. Yes, one really exists. (And why am I just hearing about this research now? Imagine the career I could have had. The long hours in the lab, sneaking Tecates in my lab coat to help with my research. I would have worked for free!) Sorry, I digress. I’m eating hot peppers as I write. Scientists have determined that one of the fastest and most powerful ways to release endorphins into our brains is to eat hot peppers. They can alter our state of consciousness. I knew it! So, that Simpsons episode when Homer eats all of those Guatemalan “insanity peppers” and goes off on his own spiritual journey is partially based on fact. Years ago, someone told me that peppers could make you hallucinate if you ate enough of them in succession over a sustained time period. I didn’t believe it, but was also not satisfied with taking my pepper source for his word. I decided to conduct my own scientific research and convinced a couple of friends to go along. We collected a peck of … well, a bunch of peppers and began to eat one after another – different kinds, too. In the end, I’m not sure how much of the “buzz” we caught could be attributed to the peppers as much as the Tecates that accompanied our experiment. Either way, we experienced a natural high, the kind my grandfather must have really enjoyed – with a little help from some cerveza.
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Living for Art By Mindi Carr
Since 1962, Dorothy and Herbert
Vogel – respectively a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library and a postal worker in New York – amassed an art collection of over 4,000 objects. Passionate, engaged and knowledgeable, they collected on the leading edge of contemporary creation. These intimate works, often on paper, trace the development of art across four decades, with a strong focus on minimalism and conceptual art. The Vogels gave more than 1,000 works of art to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Another 2,500 works were donated throughout the nation through the Fifty Works for Fifty States project, which gave 50 works of art to 50 selected art institutions, one in each state. Through this program, Phoenix Art Museum received 128 objects by 28 artists, including works by major conceptual artists such as Lawrence Weiner and Richard Tuttle; works by important women artists such as Lynda Benglis and works by seminal painters such as Robert Mangold.
Living for Art: Gifts from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection March 26 – July 3 Lewis Gallery Go to phxart.org to learn more about this and other upcoming exhibits.
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Anaya says Lasting peace By Catherine Anaya
Last summer I read an article in
the local newspaper about how more couples are remaining on friendly terms after divorce. I thought, “Wow, nice to see people jumping on the bandwagon I’ve been on for years now.” My ex-husband and I both come from broken homes and nasty divorces, so deciding to end our marriage didn’t come easy. But deciding to remain friends and good co-parents did come easy. We certainly don’t agree on everything, but when it comes to our children, not a decision is made without consulting the other. We still spend Christmas morning together with the kids. We have keys to each other’s home. If one of us needs a ride to the airport, we’re there for one another. We’ll gladly swap our respective weekends with the kids or pinch-hit for each other during the week, if needed. We always sit together at school events. In fact, at one of my son’s performances last year, my ex-husband’s girlfriend at the time sat to his left. I sat to his right. We wouldn’t dream of conducting a parentteacher conference without the other. If I have something that needs fixing at my house or a pet that needs feeding when I’m out of town, I know I can always call on him, and he’ll happily lend a helping hand. And when I sign a form asking for an emergency contact, his is the name and number I always put down. I know, without a doubt, he will always have my back and I will always have his.
This past winter, when my son turned 8 and wanted to have birthday pancakes at his favorite breakfast spot, the four of us celebrated together. When people hear about our postdivorce relationship, they’re often surprised, but the reaction comes more from admiration than skepticism. Most divorced couples I know don’t like each other, let alone maintain some level of mutual cooperation. Divorce is tough enough on kids. I was dragged through a nasty custody battle at 9 years old that left lasting wounds. I vowed to never put my children through that, and I think my son and daughter are well adjusted as a result. My 14-year-old daughter still wishes her parents were married, although now she can appreciate our personalities enough to realize why we are not. She recently had to write an essay about a difficult challenge she’s faced. She wrote about her parents’ divorce and how it’s tough living in two separate homes. But she also acknowledged the close relationship she has with each of us, which I believe is because of the positive relationship we have with each other. People often ask about the formula to our success. Simply put: We spent 18 years together. That’s half our lives! Our 13-year marriage didn’t last, but we have two beautiful children, and that, in and of itself, is worth maintaining a friendship and lasting peace.
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Arte e hijas Hugo E. Medina, painter and sculptor
Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Hugo Medina immigrated
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to New York as a child with his parents, who fostered his interest in art. As a college student, he volunteered to teach classes at a summer program on the Campo Kumeyaay Indian reservation in San Diego, California. This experience sparked his love of children and desire to give back to the community, so he decided to pursue a career in teaching. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from C.W Post/Long Island University in 1998 and master’s degree in education from University of Phoenix in 2006. His fascination with the Southwest and a constant search for adventure brought Medina to Phoenix in 1998. He taught art while he designed custom metalwork and sculpture in his free time, and at one point took a three-year sabbatical to take care of his two daughters. While he was a teacher, Medina started an after-school program to extend the arts beyond the classroom and to reach out to the community. He also created off-campus programs with the Scottsdale Arts District, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Arizona State University, Nelson Fine Arts Center, and the Cosanti Foundation, efforts that proved to be successful for all parties. Medina combines a traditional with a modern technique: Grisaille and direct painting. He begins a painting with an idea, an image or concept, starting with the details, and then sits back “as the painting comes to life.” He’ll take it “as far as it wants to go, stopping often to stare at the canvas, visualizing all the possibilities, all the different directions or stories it wants to tell.” Medina showed his work to the public for the first time at Barrio Café in 2009. Sabor! Guitarras, Cigarros y Tequila! was his first one-man show at First Studio for Art Detour just last month. As much as he loved teaching, today Medina is focused on his art – and his two daughters. Here we share details of some of his artwork.
Learn more online: www.hugosart.com
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Orang-Hutan: ”People of the Forest” Come see the Phoenix Zoo’s unique orangutan family in a whole new light.
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to strengthen our community.” Each guest received a copy of Arizona Latina Trailblazers: Stories of Courage, Hope and Determination, Vol. III, written by Dr. Christine Marin. The educational and inspirational value of the booklet, which includes an accompanying DVD of interviews, was highlighted by Dr. Anna Solley, president of Phoenix College, and Ricardo Torres, publisher of Latino Perspectives. “It is our hope that these materials will be used in classrooms across our state and will inspire our youth and generations to come,” said Torres. The booklet is now part of the Arizona Latina Trailblazers collection contributed by the Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine, available via the Arizona Memory Project at the state library’s website. Copies will also be distributed to all public libraries in the state. “To preserve history by sharing these important stories is both an honor and a pleasure,” said Solley. “To know that we are working together to ensure that our next generation of leaders has access to the perseverance, bravery and wisdom of those who have come before them is rewarding, gratifying and a true privilege.” To learn more about the 2011 Arizona Latina Trailblazers, visit latinopm.com.
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Women’s History Month and in anticipation of Arizona’s centennial celebration, community members gathered at Phoenix Art Museum on March 24 for the third annual Arizona Latina Trailblazers event, a festive and uplifting evening honoring six pioneering women who have left an indelible mark on history and in our communities: civil rights activist Cecilia Teyechea Denogeán Esquer; Tempe’s pioneer trailblazers Manuela Sánchez Sotelo and María Sotelo Miller; political pathfinder Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Garrido Wilcox, and Tucson’s public servants Carmen Cajero and State Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford. Presented by Latino Perspectives Magazine and the Raul H. Castro Institute at Phoenix College, and generously sponsored by SRP, the free community celebration premiered a series of moving digital stories about the women’s lives as shared by family members, colleagues and the women themselves. Kathleen Mascareñas, media relations specialist for SRP, hosted the evening. “The trailblazers’ individual stories are an inspiration for us all and are also part of our collective history as Americans and Arizonans and Latinos,” she said. “I think all trailblazers have one thing in common,” said Tony Moya, manager of Latino Relations for SRP. “They wish to make a difference in the world. They seek to make it a better place and work
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Editor’s note: KJZZ, Arizona’s listener-supported public broadcasting station licensed to the Maricopa Community College District, recently launched the first regional news network of its kind. Annette Flores, the radio station’s public relations coordinator, shares with us the mission of this new endeavor focused on the Southwest and the people behind it.
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ruth never dies, but lives a wretched life,” goes an old Yiddish proverb. Until it is discovered by people who can create positive change. A couple of weeks ago, Al Macias, managing editor of KJZZ’s new Changing America Desk, approached general manager Jim Paluzzi about an extraordinary story. He said Las Cruces, N.M., reporter Mónica Ortiz discovered that a resident of El Paso, Texas, had to secure and transport his own blood donation to Juárez, Mexico, to help save his mother’s life, because 24
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no hospital in Juárez admitted to having the blood type she needed. There are no centralized blood banks in Juárez and no formal agreements between the U.S. and Mexico to share blood. Paluzzi shook his head and said, “Now, you don’t hear that kind of thing every day.” It’s no surprise that Ortiz received the green light to investigate the Mexican blood donor and distribution system and the effects it has on people living on both sides of the border. Since then, Ortiz has revealed that hospitals in Mexico are responsible for
managing their own blood supplies. When patients require blood, they are responsible for replacing it, usually by getting friends and family members to donate. The man who experienced the ordeal of securing and transporting blood donations for his mother was inspired to work for United Blood Services of El Paso and to help create a more unified donor system in Mexico. He has personally trained Mexican citizens and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment in an effort to change the system.
Ortiz’s discovery of his story and the blood donor and distribution system in Mexico is a snapshot reflecting the primary mission, essence and power of KJZZ’s Changing America Desk. Here’s a closer look at this innovative news bureau for a better understanding of why Ortiz was able to uncover this story, and to learn how the community can help reveal hidden truths.
Focus on the Southwest Stories about the Southwest’s recession and housing crisis, government budget shortfalls, illegal immigration issues and ongoing battles with drug cartels have pervaded local and national media headlines for some time now. The Changing America Desk was designed to investigate the facts behind those headlines and to explore hidden stories unique to southwestern states and border towns – stories that are ignored or overlooked by the media at large. KJZZ’s Changing America Desk is part of the new Fronteras News Network, an unprecedented collaboration among seven public radio stations, led by a partnership between KJZZ and KPBS in San Diego and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The other participating stations are Nevada Public Radio (Las Vegas), KRWG (serving southwest New Mexico and Texas), Texas Public Radio, Arizona Public Media (Tucson) and Arizona Public Radio (Flagstaff). Two teams – KJZZ’s Changing America Desk and KPBS’s Border Team – are now producing content for the network. The other stations provide field offices and technical support. Together they are transmitting a variety of in-depth news reports to 8.9 million radio listeners in five states about issues unique to the Southwest. Reporters are tackling a range of topics including immigration, conservation, demographics, economics, politics and culture. The primary mission is to identify trends, provide context and provoke discussion. Mónica Ortiz, one of seven new KJZZ Changing America Desk reporters, focuses on both sides of the U.S. and Mexico
border near Texas and New Mexico. She knows the headlines all too well, and understands that the only way to get to the truth is to immerse herself in the community she is trying to serve. Ortiz is based in New Mexico, but she covers a lot of territory in terms of both geography and content. “I love that the job allows me to further develop an expertise on Mexico and the southwest border,” says Ortiz. “It also gives me an opportunity to explore and report on issues in New Mexico, which have long been neglected. I also have a chance to continue reporting from my hometown on what is currently one of the most important stories in the world: the drug war in Mexico.” There is no denying that life in Juárez is dangerous, but Ortiz is determined to tell its stories. “Yes, it’s scary reporting from Juárez,” she admits, “but I feel a certain obligation to do it. I grew up on the border and in Mexico. I speak the language and know the culture. Who better to report on this story?” The violence is one reality. Ortiz also reveals the beauty outside the realm of drug cartels and unforgiving deserts. “I am wowed by the people I meet while on the job, especially in Juárez,” says Ortiz. “People with all odds against them, living in the humblest of conditions, will somehow find a way to push forward and
sometimes even make a difference. Those people inspire me. They are my motivation to cross into one the most dangerous cities in the world in order to tell their stories.”
The team KJZZ hired Ortiz and most of the Changing America staff last summer and then hosted an intensive, five-day boot camp for key members of the Fronteras New Network in October. The primary goals were to hammer out objectives and work assignments; provide strategies that will help reporters overcome challenges and avoid risks, and instruct reporters and support staff on the multimedia tools they will use to file and distribute reports. The other KJZZ Changing America Desk reporters are Jude Joffe-Block (Las Vegas), Devin Browne (Phoenix), Michel Marizco (Tucson), Laurel Morales (Flagstaff), Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez (Phoenix) and Hernán Rozemberg (San Antonio, TX). (See page 24 for more on these reporters). The newest addition to the team is senior editor Alisa Joyce Barba, an awardwinning journalist, producer, writer and editor with 25 years of experience in network and public broadcasting. For the past 12 years, she served as the western bureau chief for NPR.
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Alisa works with KJZZ news director Peter O’Dowd and managing editor Al Macias to help drive the content, style and focus of the Changing America Desk. Macias is no stranger to assembling and launching a news team. He is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience in broadcast news, reporting, production and management. Macias was part of the management team that launched the KNXV newsroom in 1994 and oversaw its
to investigate the issues, listen and ask the right questions. We have that sturdy foundation in place; now it’s just a matter of working out the details. “The ultimate goal is to disseminate our reports using a multimedia platform that includes radio, web, video and social media tools to engage listeners across the globe. We’re lucky to be living in a digital age in which that’s possible. This is an exciting time in journalism and I’m glad to be in the middle of this change.”
KJZZ will invite listeners across the state to sign up as news sources, in hopes they will consider participating by sharing their expertise. growth from a staff of 20 to more than 60 in less than a year. He also served in managerial roles at KPNX from 19811994, and as an assignment editor and manager for KTVK. “We only have a handful of news networks in this country and this is the first of its kind serving the Southwest,” says Macias. “It takes time, planning and a solid team of journalists who know how
Macias has been working alongside Mark Moran, KJZZ’s associate general manager, to develop this news bureau. Moran has been involved in the project since its inception and has felt the growing pains since day one. “We’ve had our share of technical, funding and staffing challenges,” says Moran. “There is no model for this kind of operation, so there are naturally going to be unforeseen
obstacles and setbacks. The website is still in its infancy; the reporters are still working on how best to download and categorize radio archives on the web and how to incorporate videos and photos into their reports. Those issues will be resolved in time. “In the meantime,” Moran continues, “we’re focusing on the most important component of this news bureau and what we do best: radio. To investigate and tell stories that have impact and meaning, presented by thoughtful journalists who are committed to their craft and the mission of this bureau.” KJZZ decided to venture into this journalism project in an effort to expand its local news service and to help make up for recent shortfalls in reporting.
More to report – not less In Arizona and across the country, media outlets have been reducing journalism staffs, consolidating beats and closing down operations in recent years. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting recognized this trend early on and decided to fund seven new “local journalism centers” across the country to provide innovative approaches to news gathering and distribution. It chose KJZZ’s Changing America Desk and the Fronteras News Network as one of the centers and awarded $1.35 million as seed money to launch the project in March 2010. KJZZ’s general manager Jim Paluzzi has spearheaded the project from the
Meet the KJZZ Changing America Desk reporters Jude Joffe-Block (Las Vegas) began her career as an assistant to a radio reporter in Mexico and has been happiest wearing headphones and pointing microphones ever since. She has produced Spanish and English multimedia content for the Associated Press Mexico City bureau, and her stories on immigration and criminal justice have aired on KALW San Francisco. She’s a former Carnegie/Knight News21 fellow and a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and Yale University. 26
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Devin Browne (Phoenix) is a multimedia journalist and founder of macarthurparkmedia.com. A 2005 graduate of the University of Michigan, she also studied radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Maine. Her stories have been published in LA Weekly and aired on KPCC| Southern California Public Radio.
Michel Marizco (Tucson) has worked on the Arizona border for nearly a decade. He started his career as an Arizona Daily
Star reporter and transitioned into a freelance post in 2005, using his borderreporter. com site to immerse himself in the world of organized crime and corruption along the border. He has followed criminal networks smuggling children illegally into the country and tracked the killers of journalists as far north as Omaha.
Laurel Morales (Flagstaff) has been a public radio reporter for ten years, primarily serving Arizona Public Radio in Flagstaff. She has won several awards,
With listeners’ participation, issues that go unnoticed but deserve attention may finally get the notice that can make way for positive change. To listen to Changing America Desk reports and to stay up to date on Mónica Ortiz’s investigation, tune in to KJZZ 91.5 FM and visit kjzz.org and fronterasdesk.org.
comprehensive database exchange in which reporters all across the country can find and share resources. The people who serve as sources are having a significant impact on the editorial content of national shows like Marketplace, American RadioWorks and now the Fronteras News Network (visit mpr.org/publicinsight for more information).
KJZZ is in the process of hiring a news analyst who will recruit and help manage sources here in the Southwest. Once the position is filled, KJZZ will invite listeners across the state to sign up as news sources, in hopes they will consider participating by sharing their expertise, resources, ideas and personal stories with the news analyst.
Annette Flores serves as KJZZ’s public relations coordinator. KJZZ is a listenersupported, public broadcasting station licensed to the Maricopa Community College District. It is a community service of Rio Salado College’s Division of Public Service, featuring a mix of local and NPR news, entertainment, jazz and blues — serving more than 250,000 weekly listeners.
including a national PRNDI for the only commentary she’s ever written. She prefers to highlight compelling voices like those of a lost boy of Sudan turned Olympic athlete, an Iraq veteran recovering from a traumatic brain injury, or a flood victim with a sense of humor.
and WYCC-TV. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in broadcast journalism and is pursuing graduate-level studies in higher education.
international relations from St. Mary’s in San Antonio, Texas.
Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez (Phoenix) focuses on stories that affect Arizona’s Latino community. Her broadcasting career includes general assignment reporting for KJZZ, Univision affiliate WCIU and Tribune Company’s ChicagoLand Television News. She coproduced a bilingual television parenting program on Chicago’s Telemundo
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beginning and authored the CPB grant proposal for funding. “I’m sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that significant change is taking place here in Arizona – throughout the Southwest,” says Paluzzi. “I can’t recall seeing so many news stories vying for attention at once. This is not a time to reduce coverage; it’s a time to increase it. The strength of our democracy depends on it. “There are certain issues that demand in-depth, ongoing and balanced reporting,” Paluzzi adds, “issues that are unique to the Southwest and the people who call this complex region home. Public radio is just the kind of entity to step in to cover these stories, and it’s the financial support of the CPB and listeners who value intelligent news that make this kind of information service possible.” Like any successful news bureau, the Changing America Desk depends on the community it serves and the willingness of residents to share tips, resources, expert analysis and personal stories. To help the Changing America Desk and other news teams across the country expand their sphere of sources, KJZZ is joining forces with American Public Media|Minnesota Public Radio (APM|MPR) as a contributing member of its Public Insight Network (PIN). The goal of this Public Insight Journalism initiative is to create a
KJZZ Changing America Desk reporter Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez produces a live broadcast from the KJZZ studios
Hernán Rozemberg (San Antonio) has nearly 15 years of experience as a journalist. His assignments have focused on immigration and border issues and have led him to travel the length of both U.S. borders. Born in Argentina, he’s a native Spanish speaker who has lived, worked and studied on five continents. He holds a degree in political economy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a degree in
Mónica Ortiz Uribe (Las Cruces) has worked as a freelance reporter for the past two years. Her work has aired on NPR, Public Radio International and Radio Bilingue. Most of her stories examine the effects of drugrelated violence across the border in Ciudad Juárez. She also served as a reporter for the Waco Tribune Herald. Mónica is a 2005 honors graduate from the University of Texas with a degree in history. She has lived in France and Mexico and traveled as far away as Thailand and Latvia. www.latinopm.com
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The East Valley Patriots for American Values know who they are. Do you? by Robrt L. Pela
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he East Valley Patriots for American Values are misunderstood. Some say that the recently formed grass-roots organization is out to get state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa; that their focus is to prove that Pearce is just plain bad for Arizona. Others claim that the group is misleading the public with a hyper-conservative name that doesn’t describe what they’re actually about. Still others say that the East Valley Patriots are muckrakers who just want to stir up trouble around the issue of immigration reform. In fact, according to Dan Martinez, one of the group’s founders, the East Valley Patriots is made up of what he calls “ordinary citizens” from Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe and Ahwatukee
Foothills – Democrats, Republicans and independents who want to present an alternative vision for both the East Valley and Arizona as a whole. “Sen. Pearce’s approach to politics doesn’t promote working together to better our state,” Martinez says. “So we’re going to the people to talk about raising the level of respect when we’re dealing with diverse communities that have diverse problems. Pearce is too meanspirited to go that way.” Pearce has lately made a name for himself as one of the nation’s leading opponents of illegal immigration; it was Pearce who guided the notorious antiimmigration Senate Bill 1070 to passage last year. The bill – parts of which were held pending court review, while others
were rejected – sparked a nationwide uproar that once again painted Arizona as super-conservative and politically irresponsible. Overnight, the state was branded a racist state that promoted racial profiling as part of immigration enforcement. “We love Arizona,” Martinez says. “And we can’t stand by and let our reputation ruin us.”
Yes, they’re patriots The Patriots were born when a group of East Valley activists came together to debate S.B. 1070. “Like a lot of people, we were worried about what was being proposed,” recalls Martinez, “and how it might impact the state as a whole.” The group, says Martinez, a former
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faculty member at South Mountain Community College, is a nonpartisan, faith-based group. “We draw on our spirituality,” he says, “which is the basis for our work and our lives.” “The whole idea was to come together to create something that could really be effective in getting our voices heard,” according to Randy Parraz, a principal in the group who ran for U.S. Senate last year, but lost in the Democratic primary. “We knew we needed to frame things in such a way that people could hear what we were saying, and not get hung up on issues of race or political party.” The group officially launched itself in December of last year at a city council meeting where 40 East Valley Patriot members turned up. “Everyone thought we were there to stage a protest,” Parraz says. “But we presented ourselves as American citizens who were there to talk about changing policy in Arizona.” Although there was plenty of baiting from other attendees who objected to the Patriots’ name, Parraz says the group made its initial impression by refusing to respond negatively. “We did not resort to name calling, and we came across as professionals who weren’t necessarily anticonservative,
but who had some real concerns about public policy and its impact on the state.” Because of their cool demeanor, Parraz says, the group had tremendous attention from the press. Their polite discourse at public meetings may have been well received, but it was the group’s name that put them quickly on the map. Conservatives have grumbled that the name East Valley Patriots for American Values is a misnomer, because the group is liberal and therefore, some say, not qualified to espouse American values. “Conservatives don’t have a monopoly on the word patriot,” Martinez says. “We feel that all Americans are patriots who love their country. But the word has been coopted by other people who have certain views that they think make them true patriots. We believe that people willing to stand up for the values they hold dear can belong to groups other than the godcountry-religion crowd.” Martinez is less concerned about the response to his group’s name than about misunderstandings regarding the Patriots’ agenda. “We are not just about immigration,” he insists. “Our mission statement is to change the tone and civility of politics in the East Valley, pertaining
to issues of employment, education, families and immigration.” But because immigration reform is such a hot topic these days, and because the Patriots arrived on the scene espousing the value of the Utah Compact, they’ve become known as just another pro-immigration group.
Our neighbors to the north get it The Patriots aren’t the only organization that’s gotten behind the Utah Compact. Chicanos por la Causa, a direct-service provider and organization whose mission is to advocate for stronger, healthier communities, has adopted the document verbatim. Likewise, the Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens has recently made an official endorsement of the compact. The Patriots’ plan appears to be to shop the Utah Compact to different municipalities, presenting it as a strategy that’s basically conservative. “It’s not radical at all,” Parraz says, “and we want people to read it and understand it and embrace it. It’s a good baseline for where we want to start the conversation. “That’s a pretty smart approach,” says David Safier, a retired high school English teacher whose Tucson-based Blog For Arizona (http://arizona.typepad.com/ blog/david_safier/index.html) has been
What is the Utah Compact? Utah, it would appear, had finally had enough. And so last November, its politicians, business owners, law-enforcement agencies and religious leaders got behind an official statement of principles they call the Utah Compact. Meant to address the complexities of the national immigration system and call for comprehensive immigration reform, the document has drawn a surprising amount of praise from even the most liberal corners. The compact was signed by, among others, the state attorney general, the mayors of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County, the Chamber of Commerce, two former governors (both Republicans), a former United States senator, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City. In an even more startling turn, the Mormon Church issued an official “statement of support” of the Utah Compact and its “responsible approach to the urgent challenge of immigration reform.” Its authors and supporters hope the compact will impact state immi30
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gration policy, which it casts as a battle best fought between the federal government and other countries, not by individual states. It goes on to remind police officers that their job is to fight crime, not to keep watch for the violation of federal laws. It takes a stand against using public policy to separate families, which it calls “the foundation of successful communities.” And, perhaps most surprisingly, it acknowledges immigrants as valuable workers and potential taxpayers. The compact’s humane approach to immigration is difficult to dismiss, which may be why so many other states are pointing to it as a substantial model in addressing immigration reform. Unfortunately, nearly as many states are building arguments for their own versions of S.B. 1070. Arizona Compact? Visit latinopm.com to read the online exclusive My perspective on the Utah Compact by Max Gonzales, VP of strategic communications for Chicanos por la Causa.
When you can get outmoderated by Utah, that’s really saying something. —David Safier, retired teacher, author of Blog for Arizona covering the progress of the Patriots. “They’re trying to sow some seeds of dissention with Pearce’s fellow senators, to make it look like Pearce doesn’t control the whole agenda. But their agenda is broader than that. It’s less about going after Pearce than in promoting the Utah Compact.” Talking up the Utah Compact is the Patriots’ priority these days. The document, originating in Utah and addressing federal solutions to the problem of illegal immigration to the U.S., speaks to concerns about law enforcement agencies, families and the economy as they’re impacted by the issue of how best to handle undocumented immigrants. Safier says the compact’s strongest endorsement comes from the fact that it originated in a state considered more conservative than Arizona. “When you can get out-moderated by Utah, that’s really saying something,” he says, chuckling. “It really has an impact when people from a conservative state are taking the position that there has to be a better way to deal with immigration than what Arizona is doing.”
Patriots on Pearce As the parent of S.B. 1070, Pearce is an obvious target for the Patriots’ agenda. They claim that his anti-immigration policies and his tough take on the budget are divisive, and that Pearce not only doesn’t represent the majority here, but that his fiscal conservatism could harm the economy of the nation. The group has been criticized for dogging Sen. Pearce, whom they’ve also accused of gutting state funding for education. Martinez says the group has no official position on Pearce, per se. “We have taken a position on his efforts, but not on his performance,” Martinez says. “As a
group, we don’t want to get caught up in that kind of criticism, because then that’s what we’ll be known for.” “These folks aren’t after justice,” Pearce fired back in an Arizona Republic interview late last year, after the Patriots’ first public appearance. “They’re after amnesty!” “That’s his standard line,” Martinez says, laughing. “Amnesty is a word used to inflame the rhetoric. What our group is saying is that legislation that negatively impacts education and health care and social progress affects not only the immigrant population, but [also] the whole state.” “We basically set him up,” Parraz says of Pearce’s “amnesty” response, “because we had people in our group who were white, Latino, young and old – just citizens with a voice – and he proved, with his response to us, that he has no respect for people who speak against him.” Safier notes that some Arizonans are confused because Pearce, a Mormon, has taken a stand against the Utah Compact, which is endorsed by the Mormon Church. “There are a lot of stereotypes about Mormons,” Safier says. “But they are allowed to think independent of the church. And clearly some of the people who share Pearce’s religion are people who are opposed to his policies and opinions.” Those policies and opinions remain the East Valley Patriots’ main concern. About the organization’s future plans, Martinez will only say, “We will continue to advocate for civil discussions about immigration laws at other East Valley city council meetings. We plan to go on promoting the Utah Compact and representing the diverse opinions of people who live in Arizona. We hope this work will undo some of the damage that our bad reputation has done to our state.
Read the Utah Compact FEDERAL SOLUTIONS Immigration is a federal policy issue between the U.S. government and other countries—not Utah and other countries. We urge Utah’s congressional delegation, and others, to lead efforts to strengthen federal laws and protect our national borders. We urge state leaders to adopt reasonable policies addressing immigrants in Utah. LAW ENFORCEMENT We respect the rule of law and support law enforcement’s professional judgment and discretion. Local law enforcement resources should focus on criminal activities, not civil violations of federal code. FAMILIES Strong families are the foundation of successful communities. We oppose policies that unnecessarily separate families. We champion policies that support families and improve the health, education and wellbeing of all Utah children. ECONOMY Utah is best served by a freemarket philosophy that maximizes individual freedom and opportunity. We acknowledge the economic role immigrants play as workers and taxpayers. Utah’s immigration policies must reaffirm our global reputation as a welcoming and business-friendly state. A FREE SOCIETY Immigrants are integrated into communities across Utah. We must adopt a humane approach to this reality, reflecting our unique culture, history and spirit of inclusion. The way we treat immigrants will say more about us as a free society and less about our immigrant neighbors. Utah should always be a place that welcomes people of goodwill. www.latinopm.com
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Virginia Castillo has been named Hispanic volunteer coordinator of Hospice of the Valley, which provides end-of-life care. She has also worked as a teacher and in the business community. Castillo conducts training sessions in Spanish year round for bilingual and monolingual Spanish speakers. The volunteer program is part of the nonprofit agency’s efforts to expand services to the Hispanic community.
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New PR director at EQAZ Sam Castañeda Holdren, MSW, has been named public relations director for Equality Arizona. He will join in managing the organization’s public policy and electoral campaigns, while overseeing communications and community outreach efforts, including volunteer support and grassroots advocacy.
the new Phoenix program of the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, the state’s only nationally accredited college of public health. Rosales has tackled health issues on both sides of the border for 20 years. She is the former chief of the Arizona Department of Health Services’ Office of Border Health, and an associate professor in the community, environment and policy division at UA. Rosales is also co-leader of Arizona Collaborative Public Health Training Center, which addresses the workforce training needs of health and education partners throughout the state.
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Rivera to head new Banner cancer center Dr. Edgardo Rivera has accepted the position of medical director of Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, a new facility opening this fall at the Banner Gateway Medical Center campus in Gilbert. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Rivera comes to Arizona from Houston, Texas, where he was medical director of Methodist Hospital’s Breast Center.
Twenty-five individuals have been selected to participate in the inaugural class of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy, one of three core components of the Arizona Center for Civic
Rosales to head up UA program in Phoenix Cecilia Rosales, M.D., M.S., has been named director of
Leadership. The nonpartisan academy’s content is based on the issues facing Arizona’s leaders today and in the near term, and emphasizes the skills and information needed to accomplish statelevel goals. Among the 25 future leaders are Steve Acevedo and Juan Ciscomani of Tucson; David Garcia of Tempe; David Martinez of Phoenix, Alberto Olivas of Mesa; Fernando Shipley of Globe, and Lisa Urias of Scottsdale.
New BOD at Valle del Sol Valle del Sol, a local nonprofit organization serving the Phoenix metropolitan area and Yavapai County, announces the election of new officers and the appointment of two new members to the agency’s board of directors. Valle del Sol’s board chair is Lydia Lee, vice president and community relations manager, Global Philanthropy, for JPMorgan Chase operations in Arizona; Joseph Losada, CPA, PLLC, is the vice chair. The treasurer is Anna Arellano Prunty, director for American Express Technologies, and Art Ruiz, director, State Farm, will serve as secretary. New board members are Frank X. Coumides, senior vice president of Sonoran Bank N.A., and Andrea Moreno, community outreach specialist at SRP.
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Do you have nine good friends, coworkers or family members you can trust with 50 bucks? How about 100 bucks? And … are they computer savvy? If you answered yes, yes and yes, you may be a good candidate for a high-tech version of tandas – or money pools. Brothers Francisco Cervera and Luis Cervera have devised a modern version of this age-old method of saving: a website that offers online coordination of “MoneyPools.” Instead of one person running from place to place collecting everyone’s share and making the bank deposit, it’s all handled on the website. The company will even step in for the delinquent primo who defaults on his payment, a guarantee not found in traditional tandas. Participants 1) sign up on http://eMoneyPool.com and give basic personal and banking information (more on this below); 2) create a money pool by determining the dollar amount, the frequency of payments and payouts, how many people they’d like in their pool and when to start, and 3) invite trustworthy souls to be part of their money pool. It’s such a simple concept, it’s no wonder humans have been saving money in this way for hundreds of years. And the Cervera brothers’ service is well timed, as more and more people find themselves struggling to save these days. They take the footwork out of tandas; they make it hasslefree with their online service. “We grew up with [tandas],” says cofounder Francisco Cervera. “We knew what to tweak and what to leave alone.” The key to a successful tanda (which means “turn” or “alternative order”) is to create a network of trustworthy and dependable individuals who will make their expected contributions in a timely manner, if they decide to join the pool. “You really have to trust the people you do this with,” says Cervera. Which begs the question, how are people to trust eMoneyPool? After all, participants are handing over personal banking information. The brothers have received a lot of praise and enthusiasm
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in support of their business, but also some resistance from people wary of actually signing on to eMoneyPool. One reason could be the company overview on the website is minimal, which they plan to expand with information about themselves (along with headshots) and a list of company board members that includes ASU Professors Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez and Louis Olivas. They’re also members of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Cervera sees eMoneyPool as building its reputation in much the same way eBay and PayPal did: as more people learn about it and use it, the trust will follow. “As people use our service and have a positive experience, they’ll tell their friends – and trust in eMoneyPool will grow,” says Cervera. “When eBay and PayPal started, there were initial concerns and trust barriers,” says Cervera, “but not anymore.” Free orientation seminars about eMoneyPool are in the works, with the next ones scheduled April 14 and 28. For more information, email help@emoneypool.com or call 480-447-6000. www.latinopm.com
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Awards for Excellence Gala benefits scholarships and academic programs The Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation along with three community colleges – Estrella Mountain, Glendale and Rio Salado, are hosting the Fifth Annual Awards for Excellence Gala, 6 p.m., Saturday, April 16, at The Wigwam Resort. This year’s theme is Public Safety Services. Proceeds benefit student scholarships, endowment efforts and academic programs. The evening’s festivities include a reception, silent auction, dinner and entertainment, and recognition of the 2011 winners in three categories of excellence. The Outstanding Community Partner Award will go to Hispanic Leadership Forum del Oeste (EMCC); Sun City West Fire District (GCC), and Jeanne Blackman, APS (Rio). The Student Advocate Award will be presented to Marylyn Bradley (EMCC), Doug DeSanti (GCC), and Roxie Holmes (Rio). Chief Mark Brown (EMCC), Alexandria A. Matthews (GCC) and Wendy Mitchell (Rio) will each receive an Outstanding Alumni Award. Tickets to the event are $75 each and sponsorship packages are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Suzanne Smelser, GCC College Advancement Services, at suzanne.smelser@gcmail.maricopa.edu or 623-845-3477.
Legal help from the library Phoenix Public Library now has an online resource to help customers struggling with understanding everyday legal issues. The Legal Information Reference Center provides thousands of legal forms and more than 200 full-text publications, offering the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to address a wide range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law and divorce, property and real estate, 40
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immigration and travel, and employee and consumer rights. To access the reference center, go to phoenixpubliclibrary.org and click on the “learning and research” button under “browse the library.” This will take you to a new page where you can click on legal resources that will link you to a list of Valley law libraries, attorney referrals and directories, legal forms and other law-related links.
Phoenix gets tax credit allocation The Phoenix Community Development and Investment Corporation (PCDIC) announced last month that it received a $53 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation from the United States Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFI). The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program provides below-marketrate commercial real estate loans to small businesses, developers and mission-focused nonprofits, in order to encourage neighborhood revitalization and stabilization in qualified low- to moderate-income communities in the Phoenix area.
briefcase PCDIC was one of 99 nationwide organizations to receive the tax allocation; 250 organizations applied for the program. PCDIC has financed more than $276.5 million in commercial real estate projects in the NMTC census tracts. NMTC funding put to successful use includes the rehabilitation of three historic, former Phoenix Union High School buildings in downtown Phoenix as part of the downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus development project. The school currently has 120 medical students at this site. At the completion of phase one of the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, more than 3,500 jobs will have been created and there will be $2 million in direct economic impact to the Phoenix economy. The NMTC program supports a range of economic development strategies. It is highly effective in attracting privatesector investment to Phoenix’s NMTC Census Tracts, characterized by highly stressed demographics, including a poverty rate above 30 percent and/or family median income that is 60 percent or below the Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area’s median income. To implement the NMTC program, the city created the nonprofit corporation PCDIC, governed by a seven-member board of directors. In 2002, PCDIC received a $170 million NMTC allocation and in 2008 a $40 million allocation. PCDIC created commercial real estate loan funds that have closed on 23 loans totaling $276.5 million, resulting in $370 million in private investment and creating 4,800 construction jobs and 3,611 long-term jobs.
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Is your phone business-ready? A few smart apps to get you organized
By Erica Cardenas
Over the last decade, phones have evolved
from relatively simple mobile communications devices to multipurpose smartphones – launching users to new heights of doing business literally from the palm of the hand. From recording expenses to editing office documents, smartphone applications have changed the way business people operate in their day-to-day professional lives while they’re on the go. In fact, according to recent studies, global sales of smartphones rose by 89 percent, with 100 million units sold during the last quarter of 2010. Answering calls, sending text messages, even checking email is commonplace from a cell phone, but beyond this, is your phone ready for business? Research shows that as of January 2011, U.S. smartphone subscribers prefer the Android first (31.2 percent), the BlackBerry at a narrow second (30.4 percent) and the iPhone third at 24.7 percent. Choosing a smartphone may be easy, since providers and budget likely determine the model, but with the thousands of phone applications available for smartphones, it can be overwhelming to pick and choose applications that fit your business needs. With that in mind, let’s look at some of the favorite apps for the business professional.
Business to go Inducted into the Apple “App Hall of Fame” and the NY Times “Top 10 Must-Have Apps,” the Evernote app is at the top of the list. From text notes to handwritten notes using snapshots to audio files, Evernote takes this information and instantly synchronizes it with your smartphone and Mac or Windows desktop. Whether you’re snapping photos of whiteboards and meeting notes, or recording voice memos of your daily to-do list, Evernote takes the information and organizes it all, both on your phone as well as your desktop. Even better, the application not only works on the iPhone, but also the BlackBerry and Android phones. A free version of this app is available, with the premium
version running $5 a month or $45 per year. Photographer Zach Hewlett of Tucson integrates the Evernote application into his professional photography business. “The Evernote application allows me to use image association,” says Hewlett. “I’m shooting a high school reunion in June, so I’ll take a separate photo of each person with my iPhone, making note of their face and name on the Evernote application. So later, when I’m sorting through all the actual reunion photos, I’ll have faces to names and I’ll know who is who when they order prints.” www.latinopm.com
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Hewlett has figured out another handy business-related function for the Evernote app: taking photos of business cards. He simply photographs the card on his iPhone, tags it as a business card in the application and instantly has all his business cards electronically filed and synced to his phone, the web and his desktop computer. Another iPhone app that’s sure to create buzz around the office is BizExpense. This application is designed to help track and report business expenses, and makes it easy to prepare and submit expense reports. If you travel on business and get reimbursed by your employer, or you incur project-related expenses and get reimbursed by your clients, the BizExpense app may be just the answer for tracking and organizing business expenses, hence the app name. There is a “lite” version of the app available free; the full version runs $4.99 a year. An iPhone app worth mentioning is Fuze Meeting. This app is known for “bringing the office to your iPhone,” allowing for mobile online meetings in high resolution. Fuze Meeting enables you to host and attend web conferences, view multimedia content in real time and chat with co-workers – all from your phone. You can start a meeting, dial people in and mute specific meeting participants. You can also use your Fuze Meeting account from your Mac or PC. Fuze Meeting offers four levels of accounts, three paid and one free version. The free account allows for up to three web attendees and seven audio attendees, as well as an unlimited amount of meetings.
Apps that fuel business Let’s jump over to BlackBerry World. Here’s a scenario: You’re rushing in between business meetings and need to take some files on the road with you. Actually, let’s take it a step further – you’re already on the road and want to print an email message from your BlackBerry. With the WiFi File Transfer app, a business professional can instantly send
files from his or her BlackBerry to a computer, computer to BlackBerry, or BlackBerry to printer – with nothing more than a shared Wi-Fi network. This app is very affordable at $4.99 a year. Now, we’re all very familiar with Facebook, which continues to be a destination for business professionals looking to establish a brand presence. The application is available for download on all smartphone platforms, and if you’re considering or already promote your business or services on Facebook, you’ll most likely find it a necessity to have this application accessible to you on the go. Xavier Brizar, manager for Biddulph Mazda in Peoria, says the BlackBerry Facebook application has helped his team on many levels. “Our average advertising budget to promote an event is around $25,000, spread out among traditional TV, radio and print,” explains the 39-year-old. “Our Facebook advertising cost to promote an event was $1,300, and we sold 21 cars within a weekend related to that one Facebook promotion.” Brizar adds that he regularly manages his Facebook business activity via his handheld and says, “The savings and reach of new customers has made Facebook [an essential] application to have on the BlackBerry.” Dozens, maybe even hundreds of messages come through our inboxes every day, and we’ve all done it – the flipping back and forth to your calendar to create appointments while reading your email on your phone. Or, say you get email and need to save contact information from that message. The most logical thing would be to write down the information, right? With the Copy2Contact app, you can save contact information from any source of plain text, such as an email signature or SMS message, to your BlackBerry address book, or you can put new events on your BlackBerry calendar from messages such as “Coffee meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow” with one click of a shortcut key. Pricing is $9.99 per year
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What if your Android tends to get buried in an abyss of paperwork on those busy days, and you can’t locate it because it’s on silent? The Where’s My Droid app gives you the ability to override your phone, max out the sound and let it ring. In addition, it’s capable of generating GPS coordinates of your phone’s location.
Beyond411 gives the BlackBerry user a fast way to look up business listings, driving directions and white pages. It also works with BlackBerry’s GPS, giving you exact details of various locations.
Whether you are an investor with an iPhone or a BlackBerry user interested in the day’s business news, you can carry around the Wall Street Journal in the palm of your hand with WSJ Mobile Reader.
If you tend to have lots of coffee meetings and you carry a BlackBerry, then Caffeine Finder lets you find the nearest cup of joe from more than 45,000 locations across the country. The app also features a directional map and addresses of the coffee shops and cafés.
and includes free updates and technical support. Copy2Contact also works with iPhones. And for all you avid Droid users out there, we have some application suggestions just for you. Scenario: You’re out and about with a colleague, and stored on his or her phone is the information you need for your next appointment. Well, give that coworker a polite “bump” and get the information you need. The Bump application does just that. It allows for instant transfer between phones, and your coworker doesn’t even have to have an Android. Bump allows users to send contact information, photos and other objects to
other phones. You simply pick what you want to send, hold your phones up and gently bump hands with another Bump user. A newer option of the application even allows two people to bump and become Facebook friends. This Droid and iPhone app, believe it or not, can actually be downloaded at no cost; yes, free. To keep you on track throughout your busy day, try Astrid, an interactive task list for the Android. You make the list, and Astrid becomes the timekeeper to ensure that you do just as you planned for the day. With well-worded reminders, this assistant will be there to keep you on track. What’s even better is this Droid app is free.
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Years of service: Nineteen. First assignment was in 1992 to Lajes Field in the Azores. Duties: I am currently assigned to Operation Copper Cactus and work daily with my counterparts at Customs at Border Protection. We have a joint relationship in working with reporters or other media and work closely to keep the public informed on ANG/CBP issues. I feel I have the best job in the world. Mi trabajo me da mucho orgullo!
Professional honors: Meritorious Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, National Defense Medal, NATO Medal, commendation medals, achievement medals, to name a few.
Education: A.A. degree in management and completing B.S. degree in business management/human resources.
Deployment: I’ve been deployed for training or operations on numerous occasions throughout my career. Places I’ve been for four months or more are Morocco: 1997 Operation African Eagle; Croatia: 1998 Stabilization Force, Zagreb, Croatia; Kuwait: 2001 Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base; Kuwait: 2003 Ali Al Salem Air Base, and Qatar: 2006 Al Udeid Air Base. With these experiences, I have seen how our love for democracy has influenced other countries. Recent global events are a testament to how our own democracy has affected the economic and political hopes of those who desire similar freedoms.
What inspired you to pursue this career? I was an army brat. The military lifestyle was all I knew. I graduated overseas in a Department of Defense school, so it was a natural transition for me to join the military.
Proudest moment: Becoming a mother. Mi familia es primero siempre!
What do you do to “come down” from your job? I enjoy doing things with my family. We enjoy traveling together. When it’s not possible to travel, we really enjoy cooking together, walking our dogs or movie night at home.
If you hadn’t pursued this career … I think I would have pursued a career in the restaurant industry. Some of the most memorable moments of my life have been in a kitchen, whether it was learning to make sofrito with my grandmother or teaching my children how to shred chicken for enchiladas.
Advice to others who want to serve their community: It’s an admirable thing to do! The gift you can give to the community through service is invaluable. The experience you gain is immeasurable.
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What would Sandra say? ASU’s law school is on the path to privatization By Georgann Yara
The name, programs and campus remain
unchanged. But for Ed Hermes, the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University is not the same institution he enrolled in last fall. When news went public that the law school would move toward self-sufficiency and rely on tuition, grants and non-state funding last October, it raised eyebrows and concerns over how this would affect the public school’s rising reputation among the ranks of the nation’s top venues for law education. For students like Hermes, the potential impact on the quality of programming and livelihood of its graduates is worrisome. “I’m not happy about it. Most of my fellow first-year students aren’t happy about it either,” Hermes says. “For some students, it feels like a bait-and-switch.” In the face of unprecedented economic woes and budget deficits, Arizona public education finds itself on the short end of state funding more than ever before. The nation’s largest public university is no exception, with ASU receiving fewer state dollars than in previous years. But what privatization and the ramifications of it would mean is a topic sure to be debated for years.
Self-sufficiency vs. privatization The College of Law at ASU was named as the prototype for what was called a privatization model at an Arizona Board of Regents meeting last October. The goal is to gradually move away from public support and rely completely on tuition, grants and other forms of funding. In ASU’s case, this would ideally occur over the next five years. Hermes says students are upset and have become more vocal in expressing their dissatisfaction. “I understand the [state] cuts, but to make a permanent, negative decision to … take the law school off of public funds based on a temporary budget shortfall is the wrong way to go,” Hermes says. There are two pieces to the privatization model.
First, each first-year class would be slightly larger than the previous entering class, as long as the quality of programming is maintained, says Paul Schiff Berman, dean at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Berman says he expects class sizes to be “not much bigger than 225, or so,” a number that he says is incredibly small compared to most of the top 40 law schools in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. According to the most recent report, ASU is ranked No. 38, leaping from its previous position at No. 55. Enrollment reached 194 students in the current firstyear class. Three years ago, 180 students enrolled in their first year of law school, Berman says. Next year, he projects the first-year class will have more than 200 students. Tuition, the second piece of the model, will also increase – right along with enrollment, if all goes according to plan. Currently, in-state residents pay just over $21,000 a year for tuition, and out-of-state students pay about $35,000. Tuition is projected to www.latinopm.com
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increase by as much as 10 percent each year over the next five years. The combination of these two components, plus additional grants and donations, are expected to make up the difference that would result in becoming what Berman calls “selfsufficiency” as opposed to privatization. In the end, the law school would pay entirely for its operating expenses through tuition and donations made through the ASU Foundation. Professors and staff will continue to be employed by the state, and Berman reiterates that the law school will maintain its public characterization. Within five years, his school’s entire operating budget will be generated by tuition and grants. “The law school will remain part of the university. There will be no sense in which the school is not going to be a public school. We will be self-sufficient with regard to our operating revenue,” he says. Moving away from state funding is nothing new. Law schools at the University of Michigan, University of Virginia and University of California at Berkeley, which is ranked No. 7, have made this transition. “The economics of public education are such that the state is not giving universities the kind of money they need … which means the universities have no choice,” Berman says. “It is simply a reality some have to face.” Since 1979, the share of the state budget to higher education has decreased from 19.4 percent to 10.6 percent, according to Solutions to Higher Education, an Arizonabased effort to increase awareness of education investment. Although the issue has attracted attention in the last few months, growing class sizes and tuition hikes have been a pattern in effect for the last couple of years, Berman says. He believes that ASU will continue to keep its place among the top law schools in the nation as well as being named among the top values in law education even after the school is completely weaned off state funds. Berman says most schools in the
top 40 have tuitions double that of ASU, and in that list, only four have tuitions lower than ASU. Plans to expand programming, such as a master’s program for those who want to enter the legal industry but not become a lawyer, are also part of the school’s future. Berman says ASU is on track to be the first in the nation to offer an undergraduate degree in law, policy and society. “Over the last couple of years, the quality and size of the applicant pool have increased,” says Berman. “More students are drawn to this law school from around the country, and I expect that to continue … because when compared to our peer institutions, we are the fourth lowest in price.”
Potential downsides Not everyone is so convinced the law school is headed in a positive direction. The long-term impact and violation of the ethical principles that lie at the heart of why the law school was established is what some current and past students, like alum Todd Lawson, take issue with. Lawson has spoken with Berman personally about his concerns. He questions the financial data and projections, and although he understands the state’s economic woes and Berman’s willingness to cooperate with what the university wants to do, he hopes the school would come up with an alternate solution. Lawson does not see how the law school can be self-sufficient by raising class sizes and tuition by minimal increments. “I would like to see him oppose the process as opposed to leaning into it and go with what their plan is,” says Lawson. When the law school was founded in 1964, the intent was to generate quality, homegrown lawyers that would be interested in staffing government and public positions, such as the public defender’s office and other social organizations that may not attract legal minds from out of state, Lawson explains. He says the move, whether it’s called self-sufficiency or privatization, threatens the commitment upon which the school was established.
“This is the first law school that was founded to meet the unmet legal needs of the Valley. Here we are, coming up on 50 years, and that commitment is apparently gone. People who inherited the commitment don’t care about it anymore or [don’t] see it as an issue,” Lawson says. First-year law student, Hermes agrees. “The state decided to create a public law school to increase access to a legal education. The taxpayers of Arizona have put a lot of equity into the college of law, and [privatization] goes against what taxpayers decided to support,” he says. Berman’s calculations may have an ASU law degree at a bargain price, even after tuition increases, but what follows graduation could be considered anything but a good deal. Lawson estimates that the increases would take yearly tuition into the $27,000 range. Currently, the typical ASU law school student graduates with debt, mostly from student loans, totaling $80,000 to $90,000. For lawyers who plan to go into private practice or have a plush job lined up after graduation, paying off this debt might not seem like that big a mountain to climb. But the reality is that many ASU students enter law school with aspirations of going into more public sectors where the pay is a fraction of their private-practice peers. “I don’t see how students who come with $80,000 in debt can serve the community. It backs out of the reason why the law school was founded – to serve the needs of the community,” Lawson says. Hermes believes it could affect the quality of students admitted into the school and make for a slightly different student profile and what kind of law they wish to pursue. He estimates students will need anywhere from 20 to 50 percent more financial aid that is not free. “It’s inevitably going to have a major impact on students, because we are going to have to take out more loans. That’s good for people who get high-paying jobs, but for folks who want to go into public interest or government, which is a lot of students, that’s a high barrier,” Hermes explains.
Over the years, ASU has managed to increase its financial aid opportunities. Berman pledges this trend will continue with the transition to offset increases. However, Lawson is not convinced this will alleviate the financial burden. He contends the cost of education has risen at a rate that is greater than inflation, and many aid programs are basically loan programs. “When you do the math and talk about the cost of a three-year law degree, it becomes a question of how much that monthly loan payment is going to be compared to the salary of an employee. And that math doesn’t work,” Lawson says. “Will it hurt? Yes.”
Opposing outlooks With plans to expand programming and possibly move to the downtown campus, Berman is confident that the law school will continue the positive strides and maintain the reputation faculty and students have worked so hard to achieve. Serving the fourth largest population of underserved minority groups among the top 40 law schools is a pattern Berman says will be upheld, as will increasing scholarship money. “It’s important that people understand that our public commitment to keeping legal education accessible is undiminished. Our commitment to diverse perspectives in legal education remains, and our commitment to having the law school serve the greater populace also remains,” he says. Still, some remain skeptical. “They can keep the cost lower by abandoning some of his dreams of buildings and programs. That needs to be done before taking the school private,” Lawson says. “We’re very proud to go to ASU and we’re happy to be here,” says Hermes. “We were sold on a great public law school, and after we enroll, they’re going to privatize it and jack up tuition significantly and cut all public funding. We’re worried about that. It’s rising through the ranks and this plan is the wrong way to go. It’s the wrong precedent to set.”
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In moderation Booze ain’t all that bad by Robrt L. Pela
Among my fondest memories of my youth is
the short year between high school and college when, for the first time since I was 5 years old, I did not have classes to attend. My plan, much to my parents’ chagrin, was to spend the year traveling cross-country; instead, I spent most of it in the front seat of my 1976 Oldsmobile, drinking wide-mouthed bottles of Mickey’s Fine Malt Liquor and talking about life with my best friend Brian. Thirty years later, I’ve lost touch with Brian, and beer gives me a headache. At some point, I added wine and hard liquor to a short list of things that I almost never go near, figuring that more than an occasional glass of merlot would prevent me from living the long, healthy life I have planned. Apparently, I am mistaken. According to some surprising new information, if I want to make it to 70 years, I should be drinking more. And while moderation is still a primary principle in the art of imbibing, some experts claim that total alcoholic abstinence isn’t necessarily a good thing. Others who have studied the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption say that observing the cocktail hour can lower the risk of certain health problems and can actually lead to a longer life. “We’ve learned that people who use modest amounts of alcohol are less likely to experience problems like arterial sclerosis, heart attacks or strokes,” wrote the late Dr. John Bland, a professor of rheumatology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine whose book Live Long, Die Fast became a bible of sorts for long-life fanatics. “We don’t have a lot of statistics yet, but we do know that there are certain cleansing and neurophysiological benefits to alcohol.” Who needs statistics when the news is this good? And while it’s a safe bet that throwing back a couple of afterdinner stingers shouldn’t replace our standard workout routine, it’s nice to know that the evils of drink aren’t considered so very evil any more. Consider these points: • Resveratrol, a chemical found in grape skins, is known
to fight cancer at three different stages. It also reduces swelling and inflammation and may help reduce heart disease without the side effects of aspirin. • A pair of studies reported in the Physicians’ Health Study found that imbibing up to a dozen drinks per week lowers the risk of peripheral arterial disease, and up to six drinks per week is associated with a lower risk of overall death in healthy men. • Research from the Howard University College of Medicine finds that antioxidants known as phenols are present in beer, liquor and wine. Phenols may help stave off age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in men and women over 65. Perhaps the most significant news from the booze-aselixir front is that one or two drinks a day actually helps detoxify our bodies, because alcohol stimulates the liver. But, while all of this sounds too good to be true, experts who www.latinopm.com
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are imparting this still-new information about the benefits of a slow gin fizz are quick to point out – particularly in April, which is National Alcohol Awareness Month – the real dangers of alcohol abuse. “Although the liver has an enormous regenerative capacity, it can be damaged by excessive amounts of alcohol,� says Michael Fossel, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of clinical medicine at Michigan State University. “Those who abuse alcohol are more likely to have compromised immune systems and to succumb to small infections that those of us who stop after one drink can easily fend off.� Knowing when to cut yourself off is key. “You have to think logically regarding this kind of information,� Fossel cautions. “You can’t take it to extremes and say that because a glass of wine is found to have certain benefits, you should drink a bottle of it every day. That’s the same as saying that wearing a bra will make you
martini may end up chasing our cocktails with wrinkle cream, according to Dr. Ronald Klatz, the president of the Academy of AntiAging Medicine, who reports that imbibing has a profound aging effect on skin. On the other hand, Klatz points out that “alcohol is a vaso-dilator that increases the caliber of small blood vessels. If you have increased delivery of blood to the skin, it’s safe to say that skin cells are better maintained and more healthy. Again, the key is moderate alcohol consumption.� Tell that to the French. “The United States is 16th in life expectancy,� Klatz says. “People in France eat a pound of butter every day, and have nowhere near the sophistication of health care we have here.� But the French live longer, Klatz believes, because they eat more healthy foods and live a healthier, more relaxed lifestyle – one that’s fueled by the calming effect of tossing back a few jiggers of good red wine.
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live longer, because women wear bras and women tend to outlive men.� Fossel has more than cunning lingerie metaphors to share with us. “There’s this unfortunate belief that we can somehow compensate for over-indulging in alcohol by an exercise regime or by eating some kind of supplement. This works if you go off on a bender every once in awhile. If you’re in shape to begin with and have a basic reserve of vitamins and minerals in your system, your body will eventually flush out all the nasty by-products of an alcohol binge.� But Fossel points out that ultimately, nothing can negate the ill effects of alcohol in excess. “It’s a damaging compound in the long run, and if you overdo it, the injurious effects far outdo the favorable effects,� he says. Those of us who can’t say no to a fourth
“Dinner for Americans is like a drivethrough,� Klatz says. “Whereas, for Europeans, it’s a more leisurely meal of natural foods that haven’t been overly processed, and that are often accompanied by a glass of red wine.� A cocktail before dinner or a little red wine with a meal creates a more relaxed pace to life that’s beneficial all around, Klatz says. “When we drink, we relax. Stress is a major killer. Drinking slows down time, acts as a tranquilizer and pulls our focus away from the time-driven pressures we tend to create for ourselves.� Alcohol’s calming effect, in addition to its neurophysiological and antioxidant benefits, is what separates a good glass of wine from, say, a gobletful of grape juice that may contain the same chemicals. Fans of a hearty Beaujolais will be glad to hear
Health drinks? Curious about what the healthiest adult beverages might be, we’ve found the consensus lists them in this general order. Sorry, tequila didn’t make the top ten (but it does aid digestion). 1. Red wine is chock-full of resveratrol, an antioxidant in the skin of grapes. It protects blood vessels in the heart, discourages blood clotting and reduces bad cholesterol. Recently, studies have even shown a decrease in lung cancer risk and protection against Alzheimer’s disease. Heck, a glass of red even prevents tooth decay – proanthocyanidins in the seeds and skins of wine grapes block the destructive virus streptococcus mutans from sticking to tooth enamel. 2. White wine. It’s no merlot, but a chardonnay or pinot grigio can still be good for you. No grape skins means less reservatrol, and more tooth decay. But grape pulp still contains other types of helpful polyphenols that protect your heart just as well as red wine. So rejoice with a glass of reisling or fumé blanc. (Did we mention the 2010 Tromsø Study in northern Norway has reported that a glass or two of wine a day, red or white, may improve cognitive function in women?) 3. Gin. The juniper berries used to flavor gin are diuretics and have been shown to lower bloodglucose levels. Numerous spices, from coriander to sage, are also used in the flavoring of gin. These impart other benefits such as an anti-inflammatory effect that may help with arthritis. 4. Whiskey. A shot of Jack has the same recommended dose of vitamin C as a glass of orange juice, according to Australia’s Monash University. While maturing in oak barrels, ellagic acid leaches from the wood into the stored beverage. This acid, also found in fruit, is said to help fight cancer, much like red wine. And there’s more in a single malt scotch. 5. Brandy. Just like whiskey, a shot of brandy can provide the daily vitamin C requirement. But much of the benefit comes from distillation in copper equipment rather than the oak-barrel aging. In grapebased brandy, some of the antioxidants in red wine also survive the distillation process to benefit our hearts. Brandy made from quality young red wine, distilled with a copper coil and aged well in oak will contain more antioxidants than other brandies. So do a little research! 6. Guinness. University of Wisconsin researchers found that the flavonoids in a pint of Guinness Extra Stout were about as effective as aspirin in preventing blood platelets from clotting. It was tested on beer-drinking dogs with narrowing arteries. The results are ironic, considering Guinness was reprimanded back in the 1940s for an advertising campaign with the slogan,“Guinness is good for you.” 7. Other beer. A couple beers a day seem to fend off the aging process. Blood vessels are less prone to clots or ruptures. Type 2 diabetes is held at bay. A beer a day or less, for those over 65, may prevent dementia. Beer also puts silicon in our diet, contributing to bone growth and development. Hoppier beers also contain xanthohumol, a micronutrient that inhibits tumor growth and enzymes that activate cancer cells. Salud!
that red wine is better for you than white wine, beer or liquor, because red wine contains higher levels of phenols. Fortified wine, which has a higher alcohol content, is not necessarily better for you, as it contains the same level of phenols as does your favorite merlot. Bland recommended as much as six ounces of red wine (about a glass) per day. “It’s been argued that the distillation of beer made cavemen civilized,” he wrote. “What they didn’t know is that it also increased their health and their life span.”
It may be awhile before contemporary man embraces this knowledge. Before experts can successfully share new findings about the benefits of alcohol consumption, Fossel says, we must first overcome old, puritanical attitudes that told us that drinking is bad. “That sort of thinking is justified where alcohol abuse is concerned,” he admits. “But we’ve come to learn that there are certain advantages to enjoying booze, and we have to let down our old judgments about how drinking is just plain bad for us. It isn’t.”
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YouTube link and see the latest, most amazing, innovative, effective, scientifically proven, money-back-guaranteed exercise program ever conceived: Jimmy K’s Hottie Body Humpilates! Yes, you too can have a body like Eva Longoria, Jessica Alba or Sofia Vergara! Join the Hottie Body Hump Club today! Wait! There’s more!! … Forgive me. There is no more; there is no such thing as the Hottie Body Hump Club. There is no such thing as Humpilates. The truth is, comedian TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has made a mockery of the ridiculous infomercials, workout contraptions and quack claims that, somehow, millions of people buy into hook, line and … sinker. Why is that, I can’t help but wonder? Is it gullibility? Desperation? Boredom, maybe? I’m guessing a bit of all three, and throw in a little flojera for good measure. But what about some of the other contraptions out there? Ones that claim you’ll lose 30 pounds in 30 days with just three minutes of “exercise” using their particular invention. The thought of exercising 30 minutes a day, eating right, etcetera, etcetera, generally bores us to tears – we’d rather take a shortcut, any shortcut. “There are no ‘shortcuts’ to good physical health,” says certified personal trainer Scott Skinner of Anthem, “and you must make it a lifestyle change if you expect to maintain what you accomplish.” We also let ourselves get sucked into infomercials that promise “magical” results, whether it’s the latest skin cream, slicer-dicer or abs crusher. It’s a psychological ploy,
with bonus DVDs and great prices if you order in the next 19 minutes (but, wait, there’s more!). I know; I’ve fallen prey to the obnoxious ads as I’ve remotecontrolled my way through cable channels looking for the Suns game. This is not to say all workout inventions are ineffective – my friend Lindsay claims, “Nothing beats the Thighmaster. Really.” I can’t deny it since I haven’t tried it; I presume Suzanne Somers wouldn’t put her name to an exercise gadget that didn’t work. On that note, here’s a sampling of some of the latest workout inventions and their claims. Whether they work or not is up for debate, and we certainly don’t endorse any of them. We just think they’re chistosos.
The ABLITERATOR. Get it? Obliterate? With this exercise machine, the user can supposedly exercise all the muscles in the core area – and you don’t even have to lie down or kneel! This seems to be the selling point, making the Abliterator user-friendly for all ages and body types. The machine looks like a cross between a scale and a scooter. Stand on the non-skid platform, hold on to the handles, and twist away. Of course, you’d have to know that your hips and legs are set; only the upper body moves. Otherwise, you may as well get on the ground and roll around.
Gliding. Come on, chavalas, glide back into those True Religions. The claim on this invention’s
website is that typical results are “1 jean size and 5.3 pounds in first 10 days.” That is, if you complete the Gliding exercise/ diet program. These patented gliding discs remind me of the plastic discs you put under heavy furniture so you can slide it across the floor instead of hefting it. The exercise works kind of the same way: The user places the gliding discs under feet or hands to ease movement across the carpet or area rug (I guess you can’t use them on saltillo tile). The “revolutionary” sliding movement allows for full range of motion. You get the three-video library, two gliding discs and eating guide in the complete program, with a 30-day, money-back guarantee.
GymyGym. Cute name, don’t you think? Like Jimmy K, only this is a chair, not a comedianslash-personal trainer. For a mere $600, you can work and exercise at the same time. Well, maybe work some and then exercise some, since you have to use your arms to get the benefits from the bungee-crazy contraption. I guess you can read email while you do lat pulls. The patented “flat bungee seating system” is designed to conform to the user, so it claims to provide a balance of support and give. GymyGym states in its selling points that it’s a solution “said to be the world’s first ergonomic exercise chair.” Not sure I’d want to get all sudada at work, but if time is of the essence …
Lower Stomach Beauty Trainer. Yes, beauty trainer – and quite the name for such a … simple device. It looks more like an S&M toy that lost its way – think medieval stockade for your feet. The idea is to sit on the ground, legs straight out in front of you, and put your feet in the 30-centimer holes cut out of this pink-and-black cushioned training
block. It’s curved on the bottom, so you can rock it back and forth, twisting your lower body to work out your waist and abdomen (not your stomach). And it’s stylish to boot, so it “won’t look out of place in your living room.” Unless, of course, your décor is romantic Tuscan.
PT 24/7 Workout System. Remember Tae Bo and Billy Blanks? Here’s his latest fitness program that combines cardio and resistance exercises. Cardio gloves and bands are donned during floor exercises to sculpt muscles as you work your heart. The selling points are that the bands move with you – no need to be stationary as with regular exercise bands, and you’ll “blast calories and sculpt at the same time! Cut your workout in half!” The complete program is a six-DVD set Basic, Ripped Core, Boot Camp Power, Body Blast …), gloves, bands, Billy’s nutrition guide and a rotation calendar.
Shake Weight. Oh, the jokes that have evolved from this particular exercise contraption ... It’s not your ordinary dumbbell, no señor. The 2.5-pound Shake Weight utilizes workout technology called “dynamic inertia,” which can increase muscle activity up to 300 percent more than a regular hand weight. Ladies, incredible results with just six minutes a day of, um, shaking the weight. The package includes the Shake Weight, instructions, and a bonus three-in-one deluxe DVD of Total Body, Latin Dance and Brazilian Booty workouts. But wait! Now the Shake Weight comes in a 5-pound size for men, with an upper body sculpting DVD. Now you and your lady friend can “work out” together.
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La Trepadora By Stella Pope Duarte
She was born, Ce Malinalli Tenepal
in the year 1500, as we calculate time. Her first name means creeping plant in native Nahuatl, or trepadora, and her last name means “one who possesses speech.” They say she was born to endure trials, war and the uprooting of the old order. She was a Mexica princess born to a rich cacique of Culhucán. She came from a proud people – la gente del sol, descendants of Huitzilopochtli the sun god, who betrayed his people with his hunger for human hearts. Before they entered the Valley of Mexico and established their city Tenochtitlan in the year 2-House (AD 1325), they had lived in peace, hidden underground in caves, protected and spied on by the gods. They traveled from Aztlán, the place of the herons, to a marshland now known as the Valley of Mexico. How and why Malinalli came to live among the Mayas in Cozumel is a story of hardship and deceit. She was cast out of her own family, a victim of family rivalry and quarrels, and sent to live and work among the Mayas. The great emperor Moctezuma had seen omens: an eclipse of the sun, a comet that crossed the sky and struck at the nation’s most sacred temple, and many other signs that told him Quetzalcoatl, the god of peace, would return. Lord
1-Reed, Ce Acatl Topiltzin, landed on the shores of Yucatán on Good Friday, April 22, 1519. Never did the young Malinalli imagine that she would become the god’s lover. But that is what happened. She, along with other women, were given to the white men, los teules, who dressed in strange clothes and rode on beasts that frightened her people. Malinalli was told that she was not to sleep with the god Quetzalcoatl, also named Hernán Cortés, until she had been received into his religion. It was in Cozumel that Malinalli, La Trepadora, was called Malintzin and later Malinche, which was the foreigners’ way of pronouncing her name. After her conversion to Catholicism, La Trepadora was renamed Doña Marina. Malinalli found favor with the god Cortés, and he became known as Malinche or el capitán de Malinche. She was favored, perhaps for her beauty, but more so because she knew the language of los Mexicas, Nahuatl. This was of great importance to Cortés, and Malinalli, being a slave and a woman, quickly recognized her duty. She grew to love la serpiente con plumas, fair-skinned, blueeyed and bearded – truly Quetzalcoatl himself! She stood by his side as his translator when the great Moctezuma received him with pomp and splendor in his magnificent palace, adorned in gold
and jade and wearing a headdress of quetzal feathers. Malinalli became pregnant with the god’s child and bore his son, whom he named Martin, after his own father. He became known as un mestizo, her own son, with two nations running in his blood! Nothing is recorded to give us an idea of what went through the mind of La Malinche as she observed the destruction of her own people. Did she suffer remorse? Did she see something in Cortés, so powerful that it dwarfed the very life within her? These questions will remain open to speculation and will bear no reasonable answers, except that La Trepadora crept into the souls of her unborn children, becoming for all time the Mother of Mestizaje. She was part conquistadora, part conquistada, waving in one hand a Spanish banner and in the other a bright-colored plume. She was fearless and small, powerful and passive, a jaguar with a wounded paw – unafraid.
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Bereaved families need acknowledgement By Bianca Mera It’s unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder. —Emma Thompson
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kindness in honor of their child who died too soon. The Kindness Project cards bring healing to individuals and families in their community. The opportunity to work with grieving Latino families has increased my awareness of the inexistence of culturally competent and relevant resources for this population, who often speak only Spanish. Very few trained bilingual clinicians specialize in grief. Educational resources and pamphlets are many times written only in English. With Latinos being the largest, growing minority group in the United States, a shift in the provision of grief services needs to occur. The MISS Foundation welcomes families from countless cultures and backgrounds. Educational resources and pamphlets are primarily available in English and Spanish, and Latino families are linked with a culturally competent clinician who understands the language and culture. This link facilitates the trust and connection in the therapeutic relationship and creates a safe and sacred place for the grieving to purely ensue. It is important for society to see and acknowledge bereaved parents rather than ignore them. Affirmation of their tragic experience, their feelings and their sufferings lets them know they are not alone, a common emotion even in the company of others. Grieving parents can benefit from ongoing support groups as well as a myriad of MISS activities throughout the year. The MISS Foundation is hosting the Empty Strollers, Empty Shoes Walk this coming Mother’s Day at the Phoenix Zoo. This event serves to affirm and validate the pain felt by thousands of bereaved parents worldwide, and provides presence, kindness and compassion in their time of grief. For more information about the MISS Foundation and the Empty Strollers, Empty Shoes: We Walk for Them, please visit: missfoundation.org. Native of the Dominican Republic, Bianca Mera completed her BSW degree from Arizona State University and is currently an MSW candidate planning to obtain her degree this May, concurrent with a Certificate in Trauma and Bereavement. She is a clinical intern with the MISS Foundation, which allows her to master competencies in the area of trauma and bereavement. Bianca is also president of the Phi Alpha Honor Society chapter at ASU.
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