For this article in English, click here. Si hay algo de lo que estoy orgullosa es de mi ética laboral. La importancia del trabajo duro es algo que aprendí de mis padres que, en ocasiones, tenían varios trabajos cada uno para poder alimentar a nuestra familia de seis personas. En la universidad, yo también tenía [...]
Para este artículo en español, haga clic aquí. If there is something I pride myself on it is my work ethic. The importance of hard work is something that was instilled in me by my parents who sometimes worked multiple jobs each to feed our family of six. In college, I, too, worked three jobs [...]
What is a California election without some good old-fashioned scapegoating? We Californians are innovators in so many ways: home to the first personal computer, the nation’s first recycling program and ground zero for the Americans with Disabilities Act. But we also have this nasty history of exploiting and scapegoating minority groups, like immigrants. We saw [...]
This is as gross to me as the thought of an expired hamburger that has fallen on the floor and been sneezed on prior to sale. The restaurant lobby spent $837,000 to defeat a sick days bill in Denver, according to the trade publication Nation’s Restaurant News. The bill, Initiative 300, would have given part-time [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—I just got back from the Blogalicious Conference, an annual gathering of African American and Latina women bloggers. I couldn’t be more excited. I learned that some Latina MomsRising contributing bloggers and blogging partners — myself included! — were nominated by our colleagues in Latinos in Social Media (LATISM) for awards. LATISM is an [...]
Cross-posted from my blog, MotherTalkers.com. The grave consequences of not protecting the human and civil rights of immigrants, including those without papers, has weighed heavily on my mind lately. Our organization, MomsRising, is part of a delegation of women in Georgia, shedding light on an Arizona SB1070 copycat law. I’ve also seen a lot of [...]
BlogHer 2011 was a coming out party for Latina Bloggers, who had many opportunities to meet one another informally or at the Kmart-sponsored Social Fiesta on Saturday night. I was fortunate to go to the Social Fiesta and two other dinners sponsored by Latina bloggers, including myself. On Friday night, a group of us met [...]
Even though my mother raised four children at a time when formula was considered superior to breastfeeding – hence why we were all bottle-fed – I always knew I would breastfeed my children. I remember taking early childhood development courses as part of my work in AmeriCorps in the late ‘90s, and it made sense [...]
The other day I witnessed a disturbing sight in my corner of the city on a street lined by multi-lanes and whizzing cars. A couple of kids about my kids’ ages – a 7-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl – were doing a big shopping – not candy! — at Walgreens. I watched them check out, [...]
Since coming back from Netroots Nation, I have been thinking a lot about workers’ rights. When did we get to the point in our country that workers like teachers and union members are the greedy and grubby ones? No one seems to care that much about the investors who don’t have to work, for example. [...]
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