Archives for Modern reflections
Critical conversations: 21st century MeXicanx maternity experiences
Our rights as womyn and mothers to assert jurisdiction over our own bodies and lives are being deconstructed at an alarming rate - dare I say as alarming as the miles of ice…
Juvenile Lifer Rally for Justice puts the State of Michigan on the spot for youth imprisonment
Via the Juvenile Lifer Rally for Justice support page, Efren Paredes, Jr and Maria Luisa Zavala. Facebook event page: Sunday, June 18, 2017 the "Juvenile Lifer Rally for Justice" will…
Resistant and Resilient: On Preserving MeXicanx Culture in Central Texas
Xica Nation exclusive interview with Juan Tejeda of Aztlan Libre Press, grupo Xinachtli, and Conjunto Aztlan What is your name / location(s) / how you ID? Title? Juan Tejeda, a Native…
Critical Conversations: On sustainable community projects, alternative economies, and decolonizing education
An interview with Jose de Jesus Quiroz Perez of Ixcatan Productos Naturales about sustainable community projects, alternative economies, and decolonizing education. If you would like to connect with Ixcatan…
The Mexican American Studies Professor Running For Congress
A Xica Nation exclusive interview with Miguel A. Levario, PhD. As a son of El Paso, Texas, Dr. Miguel Levario’s consciousness about borderland identity and militarization began early. He chose…
Walking the Red Road on Chicanismo: A platica with Ysidro Macias
Recently we had the honor of interviewing Ysidro Macias, Chicano scholar, attorney, and author, about his latest release, Walking the Red Road on Chicanismo: including Chicano identity teatro plays. What…
MeXicanx water songs move hearts in Nahuatl, Estok’Gna, and Spanish (Texas)
Videos courtesy of Sarahy Garcia Singers: Madelein Santibañez and Marleen Villanueva Singer: Kiko Villamizar LINK TO ORIGINAL VIDEOS BY SARAHY GARCIA: ;notif_id=1481151497124442
Nationwide floricanto ties broader MeXicanx community to Standing Rock and #NoDAPL
On Sunday, November 27, 2016 a first-ever online international floricanto was held in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock. Poets and artists from the broader MeXicanx community participated in live…
NOW ONLINE: La Nueva Raza barrio resistance news archive shares Texas Mexicanx/Xicanx history (2004-2009)
Announcing the release of the La Nueva Raza news archive, a multimedia platform that engaged barrio resistance movements from Texas and the Southwest from 2004-2009. La Nueva Raza was a multimedia project born…
Danza Mexica arrives at the Sacred Stone Camp
By Don Grey Day There is currently a gathering of nations of historic proportions occurring at the Camp of the Sacred Stones in Cannonball, North Dakota near the Standing Rock Reservation.…