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Subject: Somos Primos January 2014
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Dear Friends and Primos:
Happy New Year. The beginning of the year is always a reminder that we can start fresh, with resolutions to make changes, improving our lives and surroundings. With that same intent, you will see changes in both the format and articles included in Somos Primos. To facilitate reading, I've included more 2 and 3 column layouts and have limited the length of the issue.
Most of us have a general understanding of US history; but, I've added a new category, Historic Tidbits. This section will include little known historic facts. These tidbits will serve as reminders, and will be easy to share with others. The Tidbits can fortify and reinforce your individual efforts to clarify our historic presence in the development
of the United States. We are too many to be invisible . . .
understanding our presence is needed.
A recent comment on the televised history program, stated Collective Learning is what makes humans different from other animals. Something to think about. The ability to share what we have learned scientifically has produced changes so quickly that for many of us, it is difficult to keep up. Through the power of the Internet, sharing is at a state, never before imaged. In the late 40s, I remember party-line telephones, now each individual can connect virtually with the world on a little hand-held phone; but, what are we sharing?
I am really grateful for Cuentos being shared by readers. I read about courage, compassion and strength of character that drives individuals. I read about the love that we have for one another, the admiration, and the pride in the accomplishments of family members, or even someone with the same surname.. It is the accumulation of all our personal stories which explain who we are.
Please share your stories. They don't have to be long, but rather focused on a special, treasured memory, funny, sad, crazy, happenstance, tradition. There is a reason that you remember it.
For February, Valentine Month, it would be wonderful to share stories about your Abuelitos y Abuelitas, Tios y Tias, or your sweetheart, your children's successes. Maybe there is someone in your life, not necessarily a family member, but someone who made a difference in your life. . . honor their memory. Share it, as if you were telling a story. Your memory of them matters.
Larry Garza adds a spiritual vision, with a dimension is difficult to
grasp: "I believe the Internet is one of the greatest Breakthroughs in the history of the human race. It will be an eternal record until there is an apocalypse of the human race. Once it's on the Internet it becomes an eternal record."
God bless, Mimi
TABLE OF CONTENTS, January 2014
UNITED STATES
The Stories That Bind Us By Bruce Feiler, New York Times
Cuento: A letter from your future mother-in-law
Cuento: Happy Birthday Dr. Hector by Daisy Wanda Garcia
Cuento: Years of Advances, Some Miles Yet to Go by Daisy Wanda Garcia Latinos ready to become the next "greatest generation" by Larry Bystran Needed, a Hispanic Leader? by Carlos E. Cortés Radiobilingue.org celebrating 28 years The Power of Compassion by Shelley Hoss Love + Gratitude = Thanksgiving, by Juana Bordas The Border: A New Cultural Concept, Feb 20-22, 2014 NCLR, National Conference and Family Expo, July 19-22, 2014
HISTORIC TIDBITS
Hispanic discoveries and explorations in North America Los Principes celebran en Miami los 500 años de Ponce de Léon Rare Film From 1932 Voces Oral History Project Our Real Roots
HISPANIC LEADERS
Rudy Hernandez, Medal of Honor Recipient April 14, 1931 to December 21, 2013, Dies at 82 Dr. Jose R. Hinojosa, Emeritus Professor, August 7,1937-December 1937-Dec 3, 2013 Dies at 76= George Rodrigue, Cajun Artist, March 13, 1944 - December 21, 2013 Dies at 69 Sam Coronado, Artist, Cultural leader, 1946-November 13, 2013 Dies at
67
LATINO PATRIOTS
Bob Hope an Ansolute Must See
Navy Planning, Reminiscences of a Naval Aviator Recently on Texas Originals: Cleto Rodríguez Latina Style Magazine Military Rank
EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Bernardo de Gálvez llama a las puertas del Capitolio
SURNAMES
De Apellido Pinzon por Angel Custodio Rebollo Capitan Manuel Nobles Canelas por Angel Custodio Rebollo
DNA
Americas' Natives Have European Roots by Ed Yong Study links gene variation to a darker view of life by Meeri Kim Our 2013 Expanded mtDNA Groups by Crispin Rendon
FAMILY HISTORY
Cuento: The Early Years by Daisy Wanda Garcia
Cuento: Serendipity from Abuelita by Marge Vallazza Alician Reunites with Sibling after 78 Years Apart, By Julie Neal How to Type Spanish Letters and Accents (á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, ñ, ¿, ¡)
EDUCATION
Stolen Education Documentary by Enrique Aleman Carlos Guerra Scholarship Awarded to 8 Students Bilingual Education Produces a More Diverse Mind and Society Roane County High School , Kingston , Tennessee
CULTURE
The “Toros de Fuego” and “Torito Pinto” by Eve A. Ma, Ph.D.
