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Dear Primos and Friends
Thank you to all who have submitted articles for February. I am always delighted with the variety and scope of the materials I receive. I even received a Texas Valentine story to share from Refugio and Sally Fernandez. That was really fun.
With the focus and emphasis on personal stories, I have the opportunity of sharing stories from books and manuscripts sent to me over the years.
It is joyful reading.
For those of you who have not yet gotten started with writing personal memoirs, let me challenge you to the task. You will be amazed at what you can remember.
With the bizarre weather we are having, maybe there are some weather incidents that trigger a memory. I remember during one rain storm in a rented Los Angeles house, pots and pans all over the floor; the drips,interestingly made a different sound. I also remember the extreme fog in Central California. You literally could not see your hand in front of your face.
Oh yes . . California earthquakes. Write your stories down for your children, nieces and nephews to enjoy. The stories don't have to be long, just a few paragraphs is fine.. . who, what, when.
God bless, Mimi
Somos Primos TABLE OF CONTENTS: February 2014, Vol. 15, issue 2
UNITED STATES
In Support of the AGIF Scholarship Program by Daisy Wanda Garcia The Elephants Knew, a Story of Love and Respect A Growing Share of Latinos Get Their News in English Maria Contreras Sweet, Appointed Administrator of the Small Business Administration The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Líderes Initiative and 2014 Conference LATINOPIA by Salomon R. Baldenegro The Power of Latino Leadership, Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution by Juana Bordas Jordan Romero is the youngest person to climb Mount Everest Knock out Game By Dan Arellano Migration Information Source California grants law license to immigrant Abraham Lincoln, attacks U.S, President Polk for aggressive action by the U.S. against Mexico A USAID Study 40 Years Ago Showed Portions of U.S. Law and Policies on Drug Problem
Impractical By José M. Peña
HISTORIC TIDBITS
World War II in Photos
Our Hispanic Roots: What History Failed to Tell Us by Carlos B. Vega, Ph.D.
January 23, 1691, Domingo Teran de los Rios appointed first governor of Texas
LATINO PATRIOTS
HMoHS Renews Effort for Rafael Peralta to Receive the Medal of Honor
Mini-bio: Hero Street, U.S.A. by Marc Wilson
Cuento: Reminiscences of a Naval Aviator by Daniel L. Polino
Cuento: Tsunami, A Close Call by Daniel L. Polino
Cuento: A Korean War veteran erases a 60-year-old regret By Dennis McCarthy One of the best search lists compiled about Vietnam Good information of our SS benefits
EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Drum & Fife Clinic hosted by the Order of Granaderos y Damas de Galvez, San Antonio "Un español desconocido: El marino alavés Iñigo Ortiz de Retes"
Por José Antonio Crespo-Francés Yo Solo: Asociación Cultural Bernardo de Gálvez y Gallardo Conde de Gálvez España y Estados Unidos, en el mascarón de Bernardo de Gálvez Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Thursday, May 8, 1783
SURNAMES: Brito
DNA:
Blue-eyed, dark-skinned hunter-gatherer emerges from ancient European DNA by Frank Jordans Deadly strain of bacteria DNA revived from 1,500 year old tooth
FAMILY HISTORY
Global RootsTech Conference Announces Free Online Broadcast Schedule FamilySearch Adds More Than 145 Million Indexed Records and Images Graves Announcing the New FamilySearch Indexing Website
EDUCATION
Quote: "Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed." by Cesar Chavez
Cartoon: Our Education System
State Board of Education Plans Mexican-American History Course Become an Event Sponsor for the forthcoming LEAD Summit - March 2014 Continuing Education, Migrant Education Program fills gaps in children's schooling
by Jordan England-Nelson
CULTURE
42 Years Since the Birth of Salsa
Texas Sorolla Exhibition Makes History
BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
Largest Latino Book Awards Open For Submissions By Alina Gonzalez Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Poetry & Arts Magazine When Mexicans Could Play Ball: Basketball, Race, and Identity in San Antonio, 1928–1945
By Ignacio M. García
Deschooling Society, Commenting on Ivan Illich by Rodolfo F. Acuña
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
February 8th: Your DNA Results can lead to far away places! SHHAR Meeting The Saddleback Valley's Hispanic Past
Cuento: My Family Yorba-Peralta-Farias and Talamantes by Eva Materna Booher,
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Cuento: Lopez Family Heirlooms, 1920 City of Los Angeles Commemorate Medal and a Pocket Watch
by Eduardo A. Lopez
Cuento: 1930s Family Fun in the Los Angeles River by Mimi Lozano
CALIFORNIA
Why Celebrate California's State Birthday?
Women in Agua Mansa History 1838-1997 by R. Bruce Harley
Mini-bio: Dolores Archuleta Trujillo (1791 -1866)
Mini-bio: Barbara Aragon Slover ( ca. 1800-1857) Early Homesteading in San Diego County Calfornia Digital Newspaper Collection
Mini-bio: Alma Reed, la Peregrina de Felipe Carrillo Puerto
NORTHWESTERN, US
Universidad Hispana expands into Mexico and South America
SOUTHWESTERN, US
Cuento: Mi Tia Deyanira Chapa de Amparan by Mimi Lozano
Cuento: Mi Tia Adelpha Chapa Cortez by Mimi Lozano
Cuento: by Son Robert Cortez
Cuento: by Son, Richard Cortez
Cuento: Love is the Secret of the Great Mystery by Irene I. Blea Arizona, What’s in a Name: Introduction to Latino and Latina Identity by Chuck Tatum Vanishing Arizona: Presidios of southern Arizona by Roger Naylor
