MAS Day Blog
Cinco Tejanas on Cinco de Mayo
by Mucho MAS on 05/05/15
Question #4 on the MAS
Texas Cultura Quiz:
Name 5 Tejan@ PhD’s
If you attended the 2015 NACCS Tejas Foco conference, you can name
over 5 Tejana PhD’s because you met them.
Among the 100's of authors, scholars, professors, writers,
activists, students, and community members who convened with us, at the 2015
NACCS Tejas Foco, chaired by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Director of
Intercultural Initiatves at Lone Star College-North Harris, we are happy to
count the following PhD's (Our disculpas to the many more who we were
not able to include in this short post):
Dr. Norma A. Guzmán, PhD, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
Dr. Grisel Cano, Houston Community College
Dr. Adriana Tamez, Houston Community College Board of Trustees
Dr. Lydia French, Houston Community College
Dr. Melinda Mejia, Houston Community College
Bonus brilliance:
Some Tejano PhD’s:
Dr. Tatcho Mindiola, Center for Mexican American Studies,
University of Houston
Dr. Nicolás Kanellos, Arte Público Press
After you experience Mexican American Studies, you will know the difference between Chicana, Tejana, Tejano, Tejan@, Texican, Latin@ and/or Hispanic PhD's, if any.
To learn more, all year long, tune into NP Radio: Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Tuesdays 6p-7p, 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston, Texas. Podcasts and livestream on www.kpft.org.
Cultura Quiz
by Mucho MAS on 04/29/15
Cultura Quiz
1. Name 5 Latino writers.
2. Name 5 films by or about Chican@s.
3. Name 5 Hispanic national leaders.
4. Name 5 Tejan@s PhDs.
Bonus question:
The Hispanic National Bar Association is a nation-wide group of lawyers and judges. How many members are in the group? ___________
Line up for Houston’s Mexican American Studies Day Fri May 1.
by Mucho MAS on 04/13/15
Line up for Houston’s Mexican American Studies Day Fri May 1.
3 pm, Austin High School, Houston, Texas.
230 pm: Students start assembling.
3 pm: Press Conference/Commemoration/Rally
3pm – 3:06 Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, reads a poem and introduces guests.
3:06 – 3:11 City official reads the City of Houston Proclamation: We have invited City Council man Ed Gonzalez, and Gallegos, as well as Mayor Parker. We are awaiting confirmation.
3:11 – 3:16 HISD Board of Trusttee Member Juliet Stipeche (confirmed) announces that HISD has approved a MAS Special Topics course that any high school in HISD can implement.
3:16- 3:21 Austin High School Principal will speak on the importance of MAS.
3:21 – 3:30 Austin High School Students can read poetry: This can either be a poem or short excerpt that Tony Diaz will pick, or an original piece that was written by the student. Austin students who present their original work will also be invited to read their work on the radio program Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
