Aztlan Raza Unidos

As most students prepare for another year of school, we remember the Boarding School era for Native Americans which ran approximately from the 1860’s to the 1960’s. Many of those students who attended Boarding School still suffer as adults from the treatment they received through anxiety and depression. Many Native students today have a negative attitude toward school because of the stories they have heard from their grandparents. Burn some sage and send prayers for all children starting school in the next few weeks

Coming Soon! We are excited to announce, after a few years off we are bringing our website back up....MORE TO FOLLOW!!!

www.aztlanrazaunidos.com

Attention all youth: Register for Escuela Aztlán today!

What is Escuela Aztlán?
Escuela Aztlán is an alternative education program that explores culturally relevant and critically engaging topics through artivism and youth organizing. Our aim is to empower, and mobilize Los Angeles Youth to be active agents of social change.

Who can be a part of EAZ?
Escuela Aztlán is for ALL high school youth (including 8th grade transitioning to HS) and early college-age students. Students of all ethnic backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to register.

What will we do?
We will engage in games, team building, art, and discussions on topics that most impact our daily lives.

When is it?
Escuela Aztlán will be taking place in person during the Summer beginning June 18 at 10am.

Are there any costs?
No! The program is completely free to all students!

Please fill out the registration at bit.ly/EscuelaAztlan

It's finally here! Register your entry for the Sioux Falls Pride Parade on June 18th at 10am using this link: https://forms.gle/nRz6vyTRvdXbkNUq9
Entry Fee: $100
Non Profit Entry Fee: $50
We accept vehicles, trailers, walking groups, riding groups, you name it. If you don't have a group to walk with, keep an eye out for the sign up to walk with the Sioux Falls Pride group.

One week from today, you can watch a virtual screening of the documentary Home From School Film. Thank you to the Native Justice Coalition for presenting this opportunity. To register for the screening, visit https://www.nativejustice.org/homefilm

1918 Porvenir Massacre. Fifteen Mexican-Americans (the youngest was 15) were pulled from their homes and executed by Texas Rangers for their land

Adelita did exist...
Her name was Adela Velarde Pérez, she was born in Chihuahua in 1900. As a teenager she joined the White Cross as a nurse, caring for the wounded in the Northern Division. She was recognized for her skill and her good hand for nursing and that is how, thanks to her fame, she began to name the women who cared for and helped the revolutionaries "Adelitas". It is said that in 1914 she met Antonio Del Río Armenta, who fell in love with her and composed her famous corrido for her.

In 1941, the Secretary of National Defense awarded her the Revolutionary Merit Award during her lifetime. And in 1962 she was named a member of the Mexican Legion of Honor.
This is the photograph of Adela Velarde Pérez. The classic photograph of the revolution in which a woman in a skirt and shawl is seen on the train stairs cannot be Adela Velarde Pérez, since on the date that Jerónimo Hernández took that photograph (1912), Adela Velarde was a 12 year old girl.

BIOGRAPHY...
She was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua on September 8, 1900, into a family of wealthy merchants. Historians say that when she was 13 years old, she rebelled against her father and she joined Cruz Blanca to be a nurse, it was then that she joined the revolutionary group of Leonor Villegas de Manón.

On February 7, 1913, she boarded the nursing train for the first time in the City of Chihuahua, the time from which the famous photograph by Jerónimo Hernández emerged, where a group of women wearing shawls is seen on the stairs of the transport .

She met Sergeant Antonio Gil del Río Armenta, a member of the Francisco Villa Forces, with whom she had a love relationship for a year, which ended when he lost his life in the battle of Gómez Palacio, Durango, the bloodiest battle of the Revolution. , consigning more than six thousand dead people.

As a result of her love, she had a son, who also died serving in World War II. Despite the loss of her love, she continued to work with the soldiers. According to history, Antonio Gil was the composer of the famous revolutionary corrido "La Adelita", since he serenaded the nursing train.

In 1916, the Association of Veterans of the Revolution recognized Adela Velarde Pérez as a militant nurse since 1913 in the Northern Division, under the command of General Carlos Martínez, as well as in the Northeast Army in several regions (Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Torreón , Aguscalientes, Federal District and Morelos He had an outstanding participation against the usurper Victoriano Huerta.

After the Revolution, said action made her be officially considered a veteran of the Revolution on February 22, 1941. When the Secretary of Defense awarded her the Decoration of Revolutionary Merit while she was still alive. Twenty years later, the Congress of the Union gave him a life pension. In 1962, she was named a member of the Mexican Legion of Honor. She died on September 4 in Ciudad del Rio, Texas. Today, three years ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Mexican Consulate in Del Río, Texas, celebrated the first official tribute to Adela Velarde, 104 years after the Mexican Revolution.

In 1965 she married Colonel Alfredo Villegas. The marriage lasted until 1971. The song. "If Adelita left with someone else, I would follow her by land and by sea, if by sea on a warship, if by land on a military train. If Adelita wanted to be my wife, and if Adelita was already my wife, I would buy her a dress of silk to take her to dance in the barracks".
In the Mexican Revolution, women took on an important role in caring for the wounded, caring for their children and burying the dead, however, there was a name that stood out and is still remembered today: "Adelita", when called like that to all revolutionary women. The original was Adela Velarde Pérez. "Adelita" was a beautiful, friendly and cheerful woman, her efficiency and skill in caring for her wounded made her the darling of the troops.

Las Adelitas de Aztlán bravely fought for the rights of our gente during the Chicano movement of the 1960's but their impact is still largely unrecognized.

“It ain’t always good news.”

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Press Conference LIVE online via this LULAC page and at Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood!

2:30pm pst UPDATED TIME
12121 Victory Blvd Suite 100, North Hollywood, CA 91606

"Did you know that neither the Greeks nor the Romans were capable of using the concept of zero? It was your ancestors, the Mayans, who first contemplated the zero. The absence of value. True story. You *burros* have math in your blood!" - Jaime Escalante

"Did you know that neither the Greeks nor the Romans were capable of using the concept of zero? It was your ancestors, the Mayans, who first contemplated the zero. The absence of value. True story. You *burros* have math in your blood!" - Jaime Escalante

"There will be no free rides, no excuses. You already have two strikes against you: your name and your complexion."
"Because of these two strikes, there are some people in this world who will assume that you know less than you do. Math is the great equalizer... When you go for a job, the person giving you that job will not want to hear your problems; ergo, neither do I. You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing I ask from you is ganas. Desire."

Now accepting applications for the Standing Proud Scholarship! Apply on our website before January 1st!
This scholarship is open to ALL students that are residents of South Dakota. Preference is given to LGBTQA+ and Two Spirit applicants.
https://www.siouxfallspride.org/pages/standing-proud-scholarship

Chicanas do it better💪 💯
Portrait of all female Mexican-American railroad workers in Arizona 1940