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Maria Figueroa

@XicanaCodex

mama, scholar activist, SantAna home grown, deconstructing writing one narrative at a time, all my relations

Joined March 2018
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Educator@DrAnnLopez16 May 2024
Her name is Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard. Standing with students and being arrested “What job do I have if my students don’t have a future?” Hope she is doing okay
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@Phil_Lewis_16 May 2024
A woman who said she is a professor in the global studies dept was detained alongside UC Irvine students When asked if she was concerned about possibly jeopardizing her job, she responded, "What job do I have if the students don't have a future?"
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@HeerJeet2 May 2024
This is Annelise Orleck who is the head of the Jewish Studies program at Dartmouth and 65 years old.
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Police officers arresting an elderly demonstrator @WMUR9
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This Day In History: On Easter Sunday in 1966, Cesar Chavez led the Delano grape pickers' strike to the steps of the California Capitol in Sacramento after a 300-mile, 25-day pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento. #NationalChavezCenter
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Martin Luther King Jr: “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” “We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation & militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others”
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Many of today's college-aged Chicanos don't know the rich history of San Diego's Chicano activism in the '90s. A new local exhibit and archive hope to change that. From @XicanaCodex, @AGuzmanLopez and @MTellezPhD: sandiegouniontribune.com/opi…
San Diego youth don’t know about ’90s Chicano activism. Our exhibit aims to change that.

San Diego youth don’t know about ’90s Chicano activism. Our exhibit aims to change that.

Figueroa is a professor in the English department at MiraCosta College and lives in Encinitas. Guzman-Lopez is a reporter at LAist and the host of the podcast “Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten...

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Latino USA@LatinoUSA3 Oct 2023
The case of Mendez v. Westminster challenged and ended school segregation in California, laying the groundwork for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling via @NBCNews nbcnews.com/news/latino/bill…

Bill seeks to rename L.A. courthouse after Latino family's desegregation legacy

The case of Mendez v. Westminster challenged and ended school segregation in California, laying the groundwork for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

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Gil@TX_Gilly30 Aug 2023
Engaging college bound students starts BEFORE they set foot in college "door". Engage them from the HS level and then engage them when the come to tour campuses.
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Replying to @chronicle @KatherineMangan
2/‘Everyone Wants to Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution: The number of HSIs has exploded. But are all those colleges helping their Hispanic students?’ chronicle.com/article/everyo…
Everyone Wants to Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Everyone Wants to Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution

The number of HSIs has exploded. But are all those colleges helping their Hispanic students?

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Michelle Téllez@MTellezPhD7 Aug 2023
Please share 🌽🤎 gofund.me/36384899
Donate to Bringing Roberto Home, organized by Michelle Tellez

Donate to Bringing Roberto Home, organized by Michelle Tellez

Dr. Roberto 'Cintli' Rodriguez crossed over on July 31, 2023, in Teotihuacán, Mexico. Many beaut… Michelle Tellez needs your support for Bringing Roberto Home

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@UjuAnya29 Jun 2023
While tempted to focus rage on Clarence Thomas for colluding to destroy affirmative action after making his whole career from it, remember white women benefit most from affirmative action than any other group, and Amy Coney Barrett climbed that ladder then snatched it back too.
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My full statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act
Image of Secretary Haaland with quote that reads: Today’s decision is a welcome affirmation across Indian Country of what presidents and congressional majorities on both sides of the aisle have recognized for the past four decades. For nearly two centuries, federal policies promoted the forced removal of Indian children from their families and communities through boarding schools, foster care, and adoption. Those policies were a targeted attack on the existence of Tribes, and they inflicted trauma on children, families and communities that people continue to feel today. Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 to put an end to those policies. The Act ensured that the United States’ new policy would be to meet its legal and moral obligation to protect Indian children and families, and safeguard the future of Indian Tribes.

ALT Image of Secretary Haaland with quote that reads: Today’s decision is a welcome affirmation across Indian Country of what presidents and congressional majorities on both sides of the aisle have recognized for the past four decades. For nearly two centuries, federal policies promoted the forced removal of Indian children from their families and communities through boarding schools, foster care, and adoption. Those policies were a targeted attack on the existence of Tribes, and they inflicted trauma on children, families and communities that people continue to feel today. Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 to put an end to those policies. The Act ensured that the United States’ new policy would be to meet its legal and moral obligation to protect Indian children and families, and safeguard the future of Indian Tribes.

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“At least 20% of every library should be something that you don’t want to read” 👏🏼
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@notcapnamerica29 May 2023
Retired librarian gathers man who says he doesn’t want his children “exposed to other sexual orientations”
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@latimes28 May 2023
During Gloria Molina’s funeral, playwright Dan Guerrero said Molina once told him that “you have to have a fire in your belly” to become the first in so many things. latimes.com/california/story…
Column: Laughter and tears as family and friends remember Gloria Molina one last time

Column: Laughter and tears as family and friends remember Gloria Molina one last time

The church doors opened, and people streamed into the foyer. They grabbed a purple-lined program detailing many of Molina’s accomplishments. Assemblymember. Councilmember. Supervisor.

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As the Title 42 immigration policy ends, the Biden administration is "placing even more obstacles for people that are fleeing harm," says Pedro Rios of @afsc_org.

End of Title 42 and new asylum restrictions

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@latimes25 Apr 2023
#Breaking: Harry Belafonte -- singer, actor and civil rights activist -- died at his Manhattan home Tuesday of congestive heart failure. His wife Pamela was by his side. latimes.com/obituaries/story…

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 96

Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96. He was the first Black man to win an Emmy and a Tony.

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UCLA brother and sister make March Madness a proud family moment nbcnews.com/news/latino/ucla… via @nbcnews
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Paul Gorski@EquityLiteracy20 Feb 2023
My research shows that a big source of burnout for DEI pros are liberal-ish white admins who act as DEI gatekeepers and police mostly Black & Brown DEI specialists. The liberal white delusion is that often the gatekeepers see themselves as in solidarity w/ the people they police.
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Uju Anya
@UjuAnya13 Feb 2023
So, what came before the white man sang the national anthem that she wished wasn’t there? Black people, Black music, Black culture. I’ve been telling y’all when white conservatives say “woke,” they mean nigger.
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Nina Vázquez@NinaVzqz2312 Feb 2023
Black History Month Day 12! Jesus Colon is known as the Father of the Nuyorican Movement. He was an activist, writer and community organizer. Colon was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico in 1901. When he was little, he lived behind a cigar factory that would hire readers to read
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The "Inspection Roll of Negroes" was created to document “loss of property” incurred by the USA after the American Revolution. The majority of those documented are Black or Mulatto, but in examining the list it becomes clear that there were also Indigenous people included.
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