FIGHT BACK – the battle to save ethnic studies

FIGHT BACK- the battle to save ethnic studies from J.M. Aragón on Vimeo. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Pan Left representing at Allied Media Conference

This June 23 to June 26 will be the first time Pan Left will attend the Allied Media Conference in Detroit. http://alliedmedia.org/ It’s an amazing conference for activists and media makers to learn from each other and help their skills grow with the latest technology and grassroots movement.  Pan Left was invited and with their [...]

That’s My Take 2011

Pan Left will partner with the Pima County Public Library to help youth make movie trailers of their favorite books.  All youth welcome! Click here for more information and to apply. Below is a behind the scenes look at making a movie trailer of your favorite book from the program in 2009, and a completed [...]

Barrio Hollywood Fiesta Grande 2011

9th Annual Fiesta Grande: A Celebration of Barrio Hollywood May 7 & May 8, 2011 A free fundraiser in support of community programs within Barrio Hollywood & Tucson, Arizona. Barrio Hollywood Lifetime Achievement Award: Guadalupe Castillo Sunday May 8, 2011 The first Barrio Hollywood Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Guadalupe Castillo, a dynamic community [...]

VIDEO: Fight for Ethnic Studies- Images from TUSD May 3

This is a short collection of video images from Tuesday night at the TUSD Board meeting. There’s a dynamic history of context about the ethnic studies fight I wish I could share now, but it’s the crack a dawn so i’ll have to save a more robust edit of this struggle later. However, after last [...]

Tucson Grassroots Campaigns SNEAK PEEK

Click Here to See “Tucson Grassroots Campaigns” Sneak Peek The City of Tucson purchased El Rio Golf Course, on Tucson’s westside, for $500,000. This is the story of a community fight for a more democratic use of the land. Westside residents wanted a park and neighborhood center. Care to share stories, photos, articles or send a [...]

VIDEO: Youth take over TUSD Board meeting

RAW footage video clip of youth group U.N.I.D.O.S. who took over the TUSD board mtg. Tuseday night and stopped a vote that would’ve demoted Mexican American Studeis to an elective class. Students said YA BASTA! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to [...]

Video: A Family in Arizona

Stop police collaboration with Border Patrol! Stop the hate laws in Arizona! Please come and support Michelle and her family at her father’s sentencing: Monday, March 21, 11 a.m. – Tucson Federal courthouse. Show the court that our community stands against the separation of families. Ya Basta! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on [...]

Tucson Grassroots Campaigns IN PRODUCTION

Tucson Grassroots Campaigns ACT ONE: El Rio In the late 1960’s, people in Tucson, Arizona Westside neighborhoods demanded that their ignored and under-funded neighborhood have a park for children and families. The City owned a lush golf course, the El Rio golf course, in Tucson’s Westside. Why not change the El Rio golf course into a [...]

Tucson Youth Rise Up – Voices From the Arizona Struggle

May 12, 2010- Tucson youth walked out of classrooms and conducted civil disobedience against the ban on ethnic studies in Arizona (HB2281) and against School Superintendent Tom Horne for his pledge to terminate ethnic studies in Tucson. Fifteen were arrested. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]

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