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Dear Primos and Friends:
September always fills me with the excitement of a new school year. Last year, I was part of the little parade that walked my oldest great-grandson to school for his first day of kindergarten, the same elementary school that two of my grandsons attended. This year, another great-grandson will be starting kindergarten at the same school. Time is certainly passing . . . quickly, quietly.
Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch International, stated: “Today family history research and telling, sharing, and preserving family memories through stories, photos, and technology are engaging a growing number of individuals of all ages like never before,” Youth want to discover themselves and their family’s history in fun, exciting ways, and adults want to strengthen family connections and leave enduring
legacies." Do check out their new updated and free
https://familysearch.org/.
Studies show that knowing family history is healthy, "grounding" the individual in a very positive way. I hope you are all finding means to pass on your stories and experiences, and what you learned from them.
Just start . . write down one memory, which since you remember it, must in some way be important to you.
Thank you to all those who have sent in stories and articles. You are shaping Somos Primos by sharing.
God bless, Mimi
www.SomosPrimos.com
714-894-8161
TABLE OF CONTENTS, September 2015
UNITED STATES
Transforming World Atlas
October 8-9, 2015, Transforming Migrations: Beyond the 1965 Act Mestizo and Mulatto: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics by Ana Gonzalez -Barrera Mentors in the Connected Age: As Invaluable as Ever, DML
Conference Emphasizes Mentorship, Equity by Mimi Ko Cruz Alonso S. Perales pioneer leader of the Mexican American Civil
Rights Movement by J. Gilberto Quezada Mexican American Lawyers Club by Herman Sillas, A Tribute to My Mother Wanda Fuscillo Garcia by Wanda Garcia The Saga of Cesar Chavez By James DiEugenio, Chicago Latino Network Hall of Fame Reception
Study: Film Still Mostly White, Straight and Male Latinos Are Everywhere, Except on TV. What's going on?
María Teresa Márquez & CHICLE: 1st Chicana/o Listserver
HERITAGE PROJECTS
Visiting Our Spanish American Heritage by Eddie Martinez Lady in Blue Project. . . Margil Sor Maria Initiative Time to tell the full Alamo story by Rolando Briseno List of historic sites where civil rights battles took place by Mexican
Americans/Chicanos by Gilberto Quezada Federal Civil Rights timeline website excludes Latinos by Mimi Lozano Announcing Handbook of Tejano History Project by Emilio Zamora and Andrés Tijerina
HISTORIC TIDBITS
La Bandera de México en la batalla de Churubusco, 1847 August 24th, 1821 -- Treaty grants Mexican independence Hispanics have been in Texas since November 6, 1528 August 14th, 1927 -- Hispanic meeting lays groundwork for LULAC
USA LATINO PATRIOTS
The Severo and Margaret Chavez Extended Military Family Poster Laws concerning mandatory registration with Selective Service Rescued By Submarine - 1945 - Film Found 65 Years Later.
Hispanic Medal of Honor Society New Look
EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
450th Anniversary Commemoration, September 8, 2015
Founding of Mission Nombre de Dios, St. Augustine, Florida Granaderos y Damas de Galvez, October 9- 10, 2015
National Meeting being held in Washington, D.C.
SURNAMES
My Own Discovery of My Family's Connection to King Fernando by John D.
Inclan
DNA
Infant Burials And Decapitated Men In Ancient Teotihuacan Neighborhood
DNA Reveal Diverse Origins by Kristina Killgrove
FAMILY HISTORY
New Family Search Collections: Week of August 5th.
Genealogy by Barry J. Ewell writes on Genealogy & Family History The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Breaks Ground for
First-of-Its-Kind St. George FamilySearch Library
EDUCATION
General Electric/LULAC Scholarship Program, deadline September 28!!
Scholarship Internship with Somos en escrito Andres Arreola, 8th-grader, Sunland Park, New Mexico
National Spanish Spelling Bee Champion English Proficiency on the Rise Among US Born Latinos San Antonio Spanish Missions Now World Heritage Destinations by Rosie Carbo
CULTURE
Lowriders, San Diego, California by Mayra Nunez Women Lowriders: Marisa Rosales and The Hudson by Mayra Nunez The 6th Annual Int'l Rosarito Beach Mariachi & Folklórico Festival New York Botanical Garden’s current exhibit: Casa Azul by Frida Kahlo
BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
New website for Borderlands Books
Winners of the International Latino Book Awards My Way by Ernesto Uribe The Journey to Latino Political Representation by John P. Schmal Indian Conquistadors, Indigenous Allies in the Conquest of MesoAmerica
edited by Laura E. Matthew and Michael R. Oudijk Teresa of the New World by Sharman Apt Russel
Cortes: The Great Adventurer and the Fate of Aztec Mexican by Richard Lee Marks