Claudia Rojas
@claudidaudi.bsky.social
she/her/ella, Teacher Librarian, book and podcast junkie, first gen, hija de inmigrantes, fur mamá, Tía, Nina, world traveler, board gamer, concert goer, Wordler, SoCal native, Chicana CR 📚 Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
Had a wonderfully tearful time at the La Times Festival of Books yesterday. Got to see @amytan.bsky.social @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social, Stacy Abrams, and @roxanegay.bsky.social (not pictured bc my phone died) 😞
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth. My latest for @wired.com:
MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”
wired.com
“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.
#tdih 1931 Principal stood in doorway of a Lemon Grove, California elementary school & barred Mexican American students from entering. Their parents organized & took school district to court. See @leeandlow.bsky.social picture book ⬇️ & new MS book in 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/le...
Jan. 5, 1931: Lemon Grove Incident
Mexican-American students were barred from attending their local elementary school. The parents took the school district to court.
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5/ Over and over, all over the country, that's all it took: a traffic stop. We counted around 150 kids who ended up in federal shelters — oftentimes separated from their families — because they were in a vehicle that got pulled over.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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For Día de Los Muertos, I created this altar in memory of those who have died in ICE detention and raids. Que descansen en paz. 🤍 #SchoolLibraries #Skybrarians #TLSky
Banned Books Week display —I’m really pleased at how this came out. 👊🏽 #SchoolLibraries #Skybrarians #TLSky
#tdih 1970 55 years ago, young Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day. Read "Why the Chicano Moratorium Still Matters" by Bill Gallegos in @thenation.com 🧵 www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Why the Chicano Moratorium Still Matters
55 years ago, young Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day.
thenation.com
Ugh! Who’s is going to help me digest the awful daily world news now? This sucks! CBS to Cancel 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Citing Finances
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
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“…our community has an incredible resilience, and, despite all the fear and uncertainty and challenges that we have before us, we show incredible strength as we have repeatedly in the past. I think it’s important to reclaim that power.” Dr. Erica Lubliner
What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear
Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.
newyorker.com
Finished last week. I listened to it because I love the narrator, but I wanted to show off the book I got at an event with @blacktopkid.bsky.social who remains the master of noire! #booksky
So proud of my friend, she helps me keep hope alive! 🤎
Chicana/o Studies Professor Hits the National Stage - Channel Magazine - CSU Channel Islands Home
As chair-elect for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), Jennie Luna, Professor of Chicana/o Studies, designed the theme and program for the organization’s national confere...
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