Tag: news
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Guest Post: Javier is a citizen!!
My grandma wrote this guest post – a wonderful, detailed account for the whole family of Javier’s citizenship ceremony. We couldn’t attend because we were in Florida for my cousin’s wedding, but grandma accompanied Javier and we were so grateful she could be there with him! Thanks gma! Mi abuela escribio este post – una…
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Support for NPR brought to you by… // Apoye la radio publica, traido a ustedes por…
Javier and I are now sustaining members of our local NPR member station, WPLN Nashville Public Radio. After listening through several pledge seasons on NPR without ever actually donating, we decided it was time to make up for lost pledge opportunities and make a pledge for monthly withdrawals in 2012. Javi and I prefer to…
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Justice for Trayvon – rally in Nashville
Today Javier and I joined hundreds of people at the capitol to rally for justice for Trayvon Martin and others just like him – others like Troy Davis and Emmett Till – others that the U.S. justice system has utterly failed. The rally was amazing – everyone wearing hoodies, carrying bags of skittles and tea…
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It’s not an isolated incident
It’s been almost a month since Trayvon Martin was senselessly murdered in Florida, and it’s high time we said something about it on here. This blog is about our lives, and there’s something to be said about how Javier and I will never, in our lives, experience the kind of fear when it comes to our…
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