Voices - Vol 5
Growing up in Pueblo, Jason Romero (EthStu’13, MEdu’16) remembers hearing about the stories and struggles of Los Seis de °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï, six Chicano activists and students killed in car bombings in 1974.“I ended up coming to CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï because
Teachers know their students and how to be helpful for them, and they shouldn’t depend on the school board or other agencies to tell them what to teach.� Ruth Cline has always had a deep
Noreen Naseem RodrÃguez in front of a Denver mural by local artist Casey Kawaguchi and Nepali artist Imagine876, who are both known for their street art and Asian influences When Noreen Naseem RodrÃguez was a fourth
“My soul is from Chile,� the fifth grader explained. Born in the United States, she describes herself as “kind of� American and Chilean and gravitates toward her Chilean roots.Her description illustrates the complexities of “home� for transnational
“you are not your roots. you are a flower grown from them.� – pavana reddyFor most of my education as a first-generation immigrant, I grew familiar with not seeing myself represented and internalized that I was not worthy of
It was a classic case of “who’s that girl?�Al Grimm impatiently waited for Barbara Jean to end her phone call when he first spotted her at a party in 1963. Transfixed, he had to meet her. Even though that call had
Photo Collage by: Katie Dokson Mexican Americans have been challenging school segregation for over a century.� When I began my doctoral program in the early 1980s, I was interested in history,