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An Archive of Violence: Notes from a Survivor (Part 2) Irene SanchezXicana Ph.D. I breath in and out. My heart rate has been up for hours today (3/24), ever since all of this. For years. But really yesterday when I found out yesterday afternoon that the poet had contacted my current job when I got … Continue reading An Archive of Violence: Notes From a Survivor (Part 2)
An Archive of Violence: Notes From a SurvivorBy Irene SanchezXicana Ph.D. Trigger warning. This whole post has stories/details and audio recording that can be triggering to survivors of SA, DV, and violence in general. Proceed with caution and care for yourself. I don't know what to title this. I am unsure where to begin. So … Continue reading An Archive of Violence: Notes From a Survivor
Reflections on Resistance and Love in Times of Violence and Terror By Irene Sanchez, Ph.D. Xicana Ph.D. I've been reflecting and sitting with myself for a year since I last wrote here in the summer of 2024. After surviving terror in my own life for many years from the most horrific physical assault of my … Continue reading Reflections on Resistance and Love in Times of Violence and Terror
Xicana Ph.D. No one has called me a no sabo kid (or adult). If anyone has they’ve never said it to my face. I would sometimes joke my Spanish was pocha style with people who knew me, but no one ever called me a pocha either. I was unsure if it was the same thing. … Continue reading No Sabo Kid: A Second Generation Story from the Granddaughter of Immigrants
By Irene SanchezXicana Ph.D. When I began teaching Latino studies, I wasn’t surprised when I picked up a U.S. history textbook to see how many times Latinos were mentioned in the book. That school year, the U.S. history books were brand new in our district and as I combed through it to see if there … Continue reading New Report Shows Latino History is Left Out of U.S. History Textbooks
By Irene Sanchez During the East LA walkouts that took place in early March 1968, thousands of students from five East LA high schools demanded classes that focused on their culture, Latino teachers and administrators, use of the restroom during lunch and other demands they presented to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s school board. … Continue reading The Struggle to Learn Our Histories in U.S. Schools 55 years after the East LA Walkouts
By Xicana Ph.D. Irene M. Sanchez We are not settling anymore. Not for crumbs. Not for exposure. Not for the possibility of a future opportunity. Not for your comfort. Not in exchange for our silence. No more. We are not settling. We are getting what we are fairly owed. Compensation for our time and labor … Continue reading We Are Not Settling Anymore
By Xicana Ph.D. Irene Sanchez If our schools are not safe, where are the places we can walk with safety? Our schools are not safe. At least that is what my students told me one morning when they were asked to take a survey. One student said a survey question out loud, “Do you feel … Continue reading C/S: With Safety
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