On Food & Culture
Mary Hess’weblog reminded me of Wayne Dunkley, an artist who is great to follow. He is Canadian. Go to his long-running interactive site: sharemyworld. Mary makes a link to another of his works that I thought was enjoyable, a collection of poems, with a visual …
At Notre Dame I spoke with two other panelists whom I was very glad to meet. They were David Hayes-Bautistas, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture and J. Gerardo Lopez, Executive Editor of La Opini�n, the largest and longest-running …
Am in Notre Dame where tomorrow I’ll be speaking on media and religion in the Latino community. The conference, ” Raices y Alas,” is hosted by the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry, http://www.ncchm.org. Being here is fun, a combination of serious thought and fiesta. …
Today I sent a care package to a friend who is serving in the navy, medical division in the desert. He says that he is being pushed to the limits and that many of the memories he will have he wishes he could forget. Sending …
What a wonderful video this is, with lots of Coraz�n! “Sweet Ambition” About Chicano teens and the courage and guts it takes to finish high school in west Denver. Latino dropout rate is 70 percent in the US!!! Video running time is one hour. Last …
I recommend these video resources that were discussed during a seminar April 23, 2003 at the Mexican-American Cultural Center about � Pastoral Ministry and the Impliications of Media Culture.� The resources are: �Mujer Extraviada� by Lourdes Portillo. Portillo is one of my very favorite Chicana …
Radio Campesino is a US network of about 10 Spanish-language radio stations serving the newly arrived immigrants from Latin America and the farmworking communities. They are an exciting media art form and deserve attention and support. They don�t have a website yet, pshaw, but you …
The public radio conference begins this evening in New Orleans, organized by National Public Radio. I will present a workshop on Saturday, noon, with Luis Tavara Exec. Director of ALER, the Association of Community and Educational Radio Stations in Latin America. The workshop will try …