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MLB: Hispanic Heritage Month
Emmanuel, , Fall 2022, History, Latino Power, Sports, baseball, Hispanic Heritage Month, MLB, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Hispanic Heritage Month: Major League Baseball” (btwadmin, Sep 29, 2022) many Major League baseball teams have...
Hispanic Culture
Rebecca, , Creating Community, Fall 2022, Happiness, Latino Power, Hispanic Heritage Month, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Celebrating Hispanic Culture,” (btw, 2022) I learned that the United States celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, from...
In the article “Hispanic Heritage Month: Sylvia Mendez” (BTW, Admin 2021), I learned how Sylvia Mendez’s parents helped to...
Who Was Nominated To The California Supreme Court?
Alexis, , Gender Equity (Women), Latino Power, Women in Action, Orange Cove High School, Supreme Court, 0In the article, “First Latina Justice Nominated To California Supreme Court” (McGraw Hill) I learned that Governor Gavin Newsom...
Hispanic Month
Eliana, , AAPI Heritage, Latino Power, Spring 2020, This is America, #hispanic/Latina, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Hispanic Heritage Month: Sylvia Mendez” (BTW) I learned that black heritage month is recognized for the...
The Bodega Dreams
Cristin, , Fall 2021, Latino Power, Showcase, Terrorism, Tracking the Themes, Bodegadreams, Latino power, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 2Bodega Dreams by Author: Ernesto Quiñonez might leave a reader feeling terrible. Cause right after chino got home he...
Hispanic Heritage
Saray, , Fall 2021, Latino Power, Questioning and posing problems, Reduced Inequalities, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Voting, hispanic, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Hispanic Heritage Month: Frank Torres” I learned how Frank Torres followed his father’s footsteps and served...
The importance of Celebrating Culture
Guadalupe, , History, Latino Power, Hispanic Heritage Month, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month” I learned about Hispanic Heritage Month, the history behind it, why it’s...
Beyond Machismo Review
Lilyana, , Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Latino Power, Rights, #hispanic, #latin, #machismo, #masculine, 0For my next read I chose Beyond Machismo by Aida Hurtado and Mrinal Sinha, as I wanted to learn...
The Presence Of Discrimination and Racism In Society…
Isaiah, , Black Lives Matter, Gender Equity (Women), Latino Power, Prison, This is America, USvsHate, #women #society #equality, Discrimination, Racism, 1Discrimination and racism have a presence in modern society, not just in the people but in the systems that...
Who is Jovita Idar?
Valarie, , Latino Power, Raise Your Voice, Hispanic Heritage Month, Orange Cove High School, 0On Hispanic heritage month, we celebrate the histories, contributions, and accomplishments of Hispanics and Latin Americans. In this post,...
In the article “Hispanic Heritage Month: Sylvia Mendez” (McGraw Hill) it explains how the Westminster v. Mendez case desegregated...
Machismo
Lilyana, , Housing, Immigration, Latino Power, #Latina/Hispanic, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Latin America, Machismo, Toxic Masculinity, 1This article consists of Hispanic American households and Machismo. Machismo is this idea of being manly and having this...
DACA
Jonathan A, , Latino Power, This is America, #DACA #Immigration #Dearleaders #Dreamers #AmericanDream, 1In the article, “Daca”(McGraw Hill) I learned that Daca is a program that lets undocumented children stay in the...
Bidens immigration plan
Maria Z, , Argument, Family, Immigration, Latino Power, Media, Rights, This is America, #JOEBIDEN, Immigration, Orange Cove High School, 2The article I read about is ¨Biden introduces immigration plan¨ what I learned was that congressional Democrats have released...
OT RAFI
Rafael, , Arts & Entertainment, Fall 2019, Latino Power, Music, Showcase, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 2My name is Rafael Delgadillo most known as “OT RAFI “ which is my artist name. I’m not just...
Deportation
Luis, , American Dream, Argument, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2018, Immigration, Incarceration, Latino Power, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Protest, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, Berkeley High School, 2I have chosen to write about deportation because it has been an ongoing issue for a long time and it’s...
A Serious Matter: Deportation in Oakland
Ivy, , Fall 2018, Latino Power, Politics, Showcase, deportation, latino, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 6According to The Washington Post, a great amount of people get deported from the US every year. To be...
Oakland
Martha, , Community, Fall 2018, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2017, family, goodpeople, immigrants, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Oakland, 6Oakland Oakland is a sanctuary city which means it helps protect immigrants from deportation. This is good because...
Family Separation=Fear and dehumanization
Tania, , Fall 2018, Latino Power, Showcase, Spring 2017, #FamilySeparation, #Trump #President, dehumanization, fear, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 6Tania Lopez Humanities 9 Ms.Portugal 12/21/18 Should we continue Family Separation? Do you think that people should...
Chicano Pride
Kasandra, , Fall 2018, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 1I believe people shouldn’t be judged or treated differently because of their skin color. You shouldn’t feel embarrassed because...
Hasta ahora lo que he leído de los personajes del pueblo chicanos que el pueblo chicano sufrió muchos años...
Justice for Emely Peguero
Crismeylin, , Abortion, Argument, Call to Action, Crime, Fall 2018, Latino Power, Protest, Showcase, Violence, 1When I first heard about this case on the television (in the news), my hearts broke into millions of...
Defending DACA
Melanie, , Family, Immigration, Latino Power, Politics, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, #ConDACAlogre, #DACA #Immigration #Dearleaders #Dreamers #AmericanDream, #Fight4families, #fightforstudents, #HeretoStay, #WithDACA, 0I chose to do my video on DACA, also known as The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This topic...
“Legal Good, Illegal Bad”
Sophie, , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, #Trump, daca, Immigration, Racism, 1Recently in the news, we have seen a lot about the arguments between parties and members in the same...
A letter to Dr.Rios
Bladimiro, , Latino Power, Showcase, Spring 2018, Dr.Rios, response, Street Life, 1Dear Dr. Rios: My name is Bladimir Gallegos. I am a 16-year-old male student of Latino descent. I...
Dear Dr. Rios, My name is Jesus Sanchez. I’m a student at Fremont High School in Oakland. I’m...
Confronting Illegal Immigration to Make It Easier for the U.S. and It’s Immigrants
Sophie, , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, compromises, illegalimmigration, Inequality, 1In order to confront immigration and it’s problems, we must identify why most illegal immigrants come to the U.S....
The Misconceptions of Illegal Immigration
Sophie, , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Equality, humanrights, illegalimmigration, 0In my recent research for my topic on whether or not illegal immigration benefits society, I found a few...
“Is Illegal Immigration an Economic Burden to America?”
Sophie, , Fall 2017, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2018, 3I read a few fascinating articles on how illegal immigration into the U.S. has many benefits, which is what...
Immigrants Scared to Come Out
Guadalupe, , Fall 2017, Immigration, Latino Power, Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, #immigrantpower, Immigration, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 3“We estimate that unauthorized immigrants represent a larger part (17 percent) of East Oakland’s estimated 90,000 residents than they...
DACA
Sophie, , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, daca, dreamers, humanrights, Immigration, 4DACA is an acronym that stands for the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals. It is a program put into place during the...
Last month in New Jersey a student was speaking Spanish and told by a teacher, “Speak American.” Maybe...
The Achievement Gap
Ariel, , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Debt, Decision Making, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Housing, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, Race Relations, Showcase, The Fifth Column, Okemos High School, 1The achievement gap is the measurable disparity of the socioeconomic statuses and educational performance of different groups of people...
Mouthwatering Empanadas
Manuel, , Fall 2017, Garza's Art, Latino Power, Showcase, Zero Hunger, #LatinAmericanFOOD, Park Slope Collegiate, 1I remember every Christmas when my mom and I made empanadas. She cooked the stuffing and left in in...
Is Immigration into the U.S. an Actual Problem?
Sophie, , American Dream, Fall 2017, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, 2There is a rise in immigration into the United States, and there has been in years’ past. With Trump’s...
Fatal Attack on immigrant, Patchogue, New York, 2008
Limbert, , Latino Power, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0Our Case study is about an immigrant that gets attacked late midnight by a group of teenagers that fatally...
Opinions about Two Badges The Live of Mona Ruiz.
Maria, , Books or Plays, Friendship, Latino Power, 1So far I have read 6 chapters of the novel Two Badges. I really like this book because it’s...
I am reading Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz, and I wonder if the main character would like the...
Two Badges by Mona Ruiz Summary
Aubrianna, , Books or Plays, Latino Power, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0In the book, Two Badges, so far in chapters 1-4 the author Mona Ruiz was a little girl who...
A Day Without Immigrants
Jenessa, , Immigration, Latino Power, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2017, 3There is a lot of controversy with “A Day Without Immigrants” that happened on Thursday. My thoughts on this...
NE OH Takes on the Women’s March on Washington (updated with videos I shot that day)
Abby, , 2nextprez, Abortion, Affordable and Clean Energy, Black Lives Matter, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Immigration, Latino Power, LGBTQ+ Rights, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Politics, Race Relations, Rape Culture, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2017, Stories, Voting, 18Hi, Youth Voices! My name is Abby Henry, and I am a Senior at Jackson High School in Massillon,...
A Day Without Immigrants
Ricardo, , Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2017, 5“A Day Without Immigrants” is a day where immigrants stay home and don’t go to school, work, stores, etc...
I think that the first new chapters of my book are interesting. One quote that I really like was:...
Attention youth activists!
Karen, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Immigration, Latino Power, LGBTQ+ Rights, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, LBGTQ, women's march, womensmarch, 0The Women’s March is looking for youth activists under the age of 18 to apply for the #WomensMarch Youth...
Border Security… ISIS 8 Miles Away
Montana, , American Dream, Crime, Drugs, Fall 2016, Immigration, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Terrorism, Transportation, Violence, 4In America, protecting the borders is essential to our homeland security. Freedom has been taken advantage of over the...
I am from New York, Manhattan, not from the city where you see all the city lights. I am...
I Want a Latina President
Natalia, , Fall 2016, Gender Equity (Women), Latino Power, Poetry, Politics, Showcase, 0I want a female president A Latina A female who gets her period every month A mother of children...
Trump wins the election
Aleksandra, , Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Quality Education, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, #Trump, election, Presidential, 9When I saw that Trump won the election I was baffled, disappointed and honestly disgusted, more than I thought...
Hard work beats talent!
Monce, , Books or Plays, Friendship, Latino Power, Showcase, Sports, El Gato, hard work, soccer, success, 7I have started a new book by the name of Keeper by Mal Peet. From what I have read,...
Immigration Freedom
Gian Carlos, , 2nextprez, Fall 2016, Family, Immigration, Latino Power, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, family, freedom, Latino power, 1Dear Future President of the United States, An important issue that I care about is immigration. It is a...
Opportunities for All
Lilian, , 2nextprez, Fall 2016, Immigration, Latino Power, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 2Dear Future President, I just want to let you know that I am excited to know your interests and...
Each Day There Is Unfairness In Our Country
Gabriel, , 2nextprez, Fall 2016, Latino Power, Politics, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, 4Dear Future President of the United States, I would like to congratulate you on being the President of the...
Dying to cross
Monce, , Books or Plays, Fall 2016, Immigration, Latino Power, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Immigration, 1For the past few weeks, I have been reading the book, Dying to Cross. This book is sadly based...
Help me find information on Latin American Immigrants and the American Dream
Edgar, , Immigration, Latino Power, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Research Help, Showcase, 6Dear Youth Voices Community, My name is Edgar Pacheco, and I’m a senior at Fremont High School. The social...
I am the youngest out of four kids also known as the black sheep I come from a...