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Move Mountains is more than a name

December 3, 2024
By SHIRLEY ROMERO OTERO As the Executive Director of the Move Mountains Youth Project Inc., I have been a supporter of the Chicano License Plate Initiative since its inception.  Many of us testified before the Colorado State Legislature several times in support of this bill, which passed with bipartisan support. 
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Transforming Justice

My two cents…

November 16, 2024
Editor’s Note: This essay was written the day the results of the most recent national election were known. It was originally posted on FaceBook

 Prison Diaries: RICARDO ROMERO 

October 25, 2024
By Dr. Priscilla Falcón Book Review By Deborah Martinez Martinez The late Ricardo Romero, well-known Chicano activist, was imprisoned because he refused to testify before a

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‘To Live Is To Believe’

December 3, 2024
Prison inmate’s view of Latina/o License Plate By JUAN CANDELARIA To live is to believe; Within this environment, we (inmates) grow accustomed to believing that every day will be repetitive, up until the day when it changes forever.    Colorado State Representative Tim Hernández along with a few interns came to Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility for a tour to witness
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‘To Live Is To Believe’

December 3, 2024
Prison inmate’s view of Latina/o License Plate By JUAN CANDELARIA To live is to believe; Within this environment, we (inmates) grow accustomed to believing that every day will be repetitive, up until the day when it changes forever.    Colorado State Representative
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Christmas Extravaganza at Columbian and Minnequa

November 24, 2024
By Deborah Martinez Martinez The Bessemer Christmas Extravaganza for Columbian and Minnequa Elementary Schools will continue this year thanks to the supporters of the Ray Aguilera Pueblo Poverty Foundation, according to Andrea Aguilera-Hansen, Ray’s daughter. Although former City Councilman Ray Aguilera passed
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Who are La Cucaracha?

La Cucaracha newspaper began publishing in May 1976. It was started by a group of journalists who first met at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1971 and went on to cover many of the most important stories of El Movimiento Chicano, including the strikes and boycotts organized by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the United Farm Workers Union...
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