“Why Not Us?” Leslie Altamirano Candidate for District 4 Jurupa Valley City Council
“Why Not Us?” By Irene Sanchez Xicana Ph.D. Leslie Altamirano Candidate for District 4 Jurupa Valley City Council Leslie Altamirano
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Bobby Verdugo: The Legacy is Now Ours
Bobby Verdugo: The Legacy is Now Ours By Irene SanchezXicana Ph.D. Before I write anything else I need to tell you
Honoring Cesar Chavez Day During a Pandemic: Why “America” Needs to Learn About the Exploitative Conditions Farm Workers Still Face
I want to ensure that my students understand what Cesar Chavez did and how his legacy can inspire us right now because there is still much more that needs to be done to improve the lives of the people that grow our food and feed this country.
Why High School Graduation Remains an Important Achievement for Chicanos/Latinos
The same year my son began kindergarten was the same year I started teaching high school. After completing a Ph.D. in Education in 2015, instead of working in higher education as I anticipated, I was called to teach Ethnic Studies in high school classrooms to be in schools that sometimes feel like the “Mexican Schools” I teach about from the 1940s. As Teaching Tolerance has documented in these Mexican Schools, “Many Anglo educators did not expect, or encourage, Chicano students to advance beyond the eighth grade. Instead, the curriculum at the Mexican schools was designed, as one district superintendent put it, “to help these children take their place in society.”
25 years after Prop 187: I was a middle schooler who walked out in protest of Prop 187, now I’m a high school teacher because of it.
“I was a middle school student who walked out in protest of CA Proposition 187, Looking back 25 years later
When Ethnic Studies is Under Attack…
When Ethnic Studies is Under Attack… By Irene Sanchez Xicana Ph.D. When Ethnic Studies is under attack, you remember we’ve
Breaking! AB 331 (Medina) HS Ethnic Studies Bill Passes in CA Assembly
AB 331 (Medina) HS Ethnic Studies Bill Passes in CA Assembly By Irene Sanchez (Xicana Ph.D.) On May 23, 2019,
Why We Still Need Chicano/Latino Studies
Why we still need Chicanx/Latinx Studies By Irene Sanchez A student last year in my Latinx Studies class wrote, “If
