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Subject: Somos Primos "We are Cousins" September 2017

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Dear Primos, friends and family:
There is so much troubling conflict and division in our nation currently, it is painful to observe. The current focus seems to be to change history, by taking down evidence of our history.

Taking down statues do not change history. What the statue represent is where we've been. Exclusion causes confusion.

Where we are now, the haven for all searching for freedom and safety, grew out of a slow acceptance of the tenets on which our constitution is based, respect for the rights of the individual, based on Judeo-Christian beliefs.

We did not get here through rioting in the streets, advocating murder, burning cars and buildings. We have achieved civil equity by law and order. Yes, there are abuses and injustices, and those obviously need to be stopped.

However, to accept lawlessness as the answer to civil injustices escalates the chaos. It does not solve the situation of learning to live with those who are historically different from us, the newly arrived, as well as those with the earliest of ancestral Americans.

Who are we, why and where did we come from? Those are the questions.
Erasing the past, veils the facts.

The world needs a strong America.
God bless America. Mimi

United States
38th Annual Convention, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce:
Recognizes Benjamin Ramirez, "El Elotero"
Sisters, California Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio and Baldwin Park Mayor
Pro-Tem Susan Rubio
Oscar de la Hoya Entrepreneur & Community Excellence Award

Time Warner Foundation Announces Next Round of Film Grantees Posted by NALIP Hillsdale College, free online course, "American Heritage"
Facebook, radio interview: Judge Ed Butler - "Democracy: Civic Engagement"

August 4, 2017: US Coast Guard 227th Birthday World War I Texas Training Camps The Statue by Wanda Garcia "Full Choice for Veterans Act" (H.R. 1032).
If Not for the GI Bill by Felipe de Ortego y Gasca

75th anniversary of the 1942 U.S. Bracero Program Border Patrol ‘tunnel rats’ plug underground passages Trump Deportations Lag Behind Obama Levels
50 years after Supreme Court ruling, interracial marriage has increased, but varies by location Major Victory in the MAS Arizona Court Battle

Birthrates in U.S. Drops to Lowest Level Ever Time Warner Foundation Announces Next Round of Film Grantees NiLP Report: Where are the Current Leaders?
Dolores Huerta Documentary Opens September 1st.
Brief Highlights of the Latino Civil Rights Timeline, 1903 to 2006 View of a Young Doctor Starner Jones, MD.

Spanish Presence in the Americas' Roots
Buques Españoles Perdidos por la Independencia de Estados Unidos Por Migues Ángel Ferreiro La Ayuda Española En La Independencia de Los Estados Unidos Por Marimar

Early American Patriots
Don Santiago Seguin recognized as a Patriot of the American Revolution National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Donativo Transcription Project Activities of the Order of Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez, San Antonio Chapter Patriotic Amercans Who Were Not American by Joe Perez Juan de Miralles Trayllón, el español olvidado que luchó por la independencia de Estados Unidos

American Patriots
Mike Monsoor, "A Congressional Medal Of Honor" Recipient San Diego, CA July 23, 2017: inaugural event held for the USS Rafael Peralta

Hispanic Leaders
Lorenzo Servitje, Mexican bakery king: Grupo Bimbo

Historic Tidbits
July 31st, 1817 -- Pirate resigns as ruler of Galveston Island The History of Kilroy was here!
25 Examples of getting it wrong, really wrong

Education
2017 CA Teachers Summit Education
CSUF math professor honored by Latino education group Our American Heritage Free Online Course
"Democracy: Civic Engagement" AARP radio interview of Judge Edward Butler Charter Schools are climbing up the ranks
The Value of a Teacher . . Eleasar Risco Lozada
A collaborative partnership among school districts is becoming a game changer in California Second Language Acquisition is more than Vocabulary LEAD Netroots

Religion
Christian harassment is widespread and on the rise 'Juana Inés' de la Cruz TV Mini-Series 2016 Muslim Births to Outnumber Christian Births by 2035

Culture
¿Sabías que el cine en 3D lo inventó un mexicano? por Leticia Frías On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood Chicano Lexicon by J. Gilberto Quezada Emulating the linguistic concinnity of sesquipedalians Information on two major new exhibits shared by Richard Perry

Books and Print Media
Book: No Go Zones by Raheem Kassam
National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc.

Surnames
Lazcano/Lascano by Viola Rodriguez Sadler

DNA
Every variation of mankind comes from the genetic combination that came from Adam and Eve

Family History
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers Do you have royal blood in your family?
New Historic Records On FamilySearch: Week of July 31, 2017

Orange County, CA
Sept 9th: Carlos Yturralde, Hispanic Heritage Project in Mexico Sept 16-17 Fiestas Patrias, 39th Annual Sept 30: 18th Annual Historical Logan Reunion Santa Ana Unified School District & Santa Ana College Free College Tuition Anaheim parents win victory over district in charter school fight Oct 6-15: 8th OC Film Fiesta - Celebration of OC's multicultural heritage.

Los Angeles County, CA
Sept 9th: 19th International Latino Book Awards, Largest Latino Cultural Awards in the USA Sept 16th: John Schmal: Finding Your Roots in Mexico, Los Angeles Family Search Center Sept 26-27: NALIP's 2017 Latino Media Fest Presents Jorge Gutiérrez Animation Master Class Sept 29th: 2017 20th Annual Nuestra Imagen Awards, Long Beach, CA Where do art and the humanities belong? David Kipen on the new American Writers Museum Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero is still painting, still loves cars and still defends ugly palm trees

California
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
General Vallejo Monument Dedicated in Sonoma El Camino Real de las Californias as World Heritage Site

Pan-Pacific Rim
Una Expedicion a la Conchinchina: Increíble historia del Coronel
Palanca: España conquistó Vietnam

Northwestern US
Edward. R. Alcantar shares family memories FamilySearch Center dedicated in St. George, Utah

Southwestern US
AARP Arizona Connection

Texas
38th Annual Texas Hispanic Genealogical & Historical Conference Families of General Teran, Nuevo Leon August 12th, 1840 -- Raiding Comanches soundly defeated at Plum Creek August 11th, 1754 -- Decline continues as Spanish officer leaves San Xavier missions August 13th, 1906 -- Black infantrymen allegedly attack Brownsville citizens August 11th, 1754 -- Decline continues as Spanish officer leaves San Xavier missions August 13th, 1906 -- Black infantrymen allegedly attack Brownsville citizens August 15th, 1836 -- Philip Sublett nominates Sam Houston for president of the Republic of Texas New Pictorial History of Laredo by Dr. Jerry Thompson

Middle America
Holy Family Grade School, The Learning Years – 1952 by Rudy Padilla Johnny Porras: More Than a Name on A Wall by Rudy Padilla Tomás Alva Edison o Thomas Alva Edison, De Zacatecas o de Ohio by Leticia Frías

East Coast
A series of YouTubes on Joe Sanchez, a NYPD Hero and author of 4 books

Caribbean Region
Spanish American War

African-American
Saturday, September 9, 2017: Black Chamber of Orange County 26th Annual Banquet Historia Moderna “De español y negra: mulato”. Las castas en la España colonial USA - Facts About the Creator of the First Newspaper for Black Women

Indigenous
Racial and Cultural Identity in Mexico: 2015 by John P. Schmal
Map: Earliest of Tribal Groups Throughout the United States Prior to Europeans Entry Choctaw Academy in Kentucky by Katherine Flynn Are you Kin to Ahtushonuppa or Churchateneah?

Sephardic
Life on The Rock: Meet Gibraltar’s Jewish community by Rebecca Taylor Sept 7: Nosotros: Strengthening Bonds Between Jewish and Latino Communities Sept 12: Let Our People Go Nov 5-7: 27th Conference of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies

Archaeology
Ancient skulls that mirror ours, findings to helping rewrite human history.
Dark Ages Fort Built by Mysterious 'Painted People' Found in Scotland

Mexico
Mexican Involvement in World War II, Joining the war, Mexico helps push the allies over the top YouTube taping: Conferencia "Una visión de la conquista de Tenochtitlan"
Laredo and The Mexican Independence Movement by J. Gilberto Quezada
1921 - Polémico Juicio a Hernán Cortés durante el 400 aniversario de la conquista de México Review of “The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico” by Bernal Diaz Soldaderas, photos Cash-short athletes take to the streets Mexico wins silver in women’s high diving La defunción del Alferez don Ygnacio Elguezabal Celebración de los 374 años de la fundación de Cadereyta Jimènez, N.L Descubren acta de Bautismo del Capitán Alson de León

Central & South America
España contraataca: De la deuda española de Estados Unidos con Bernardo Gálvez por Pablo Victoria

Philippines
The Song Aquellos Ojos Verdes by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Emilio Aguinaldo, revolutionary leader of Filipinos in the Philippine-American War.
Poem written by Aguinaldo on the night of his death: Mi Ultimo Adios

Spain
Historia del Nuevo Mundo: El Quito y Último Viaje de Cristóbal Colón Ávila, en la provencia de Ávila

International
Revolución Francesa/ Inquisición Española Native Briton tribes, also a Mestizo race Pinpointing the Terrorism Problems in the World. Is it racist, or religious?
Leaders of Faith Met with Love, Hate Online