Category: Wisdom

• News that would make Grandmas Vasquez Proud

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  May 27, 2021

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  Wisdom

  The first thing I thought about when I heard the news was that mi abuelitas (my grandmothers) Maria Ygnacia Vasquez and Herminia Ovalle Vasquez would be proud hearing this news today. Adapted from Maya Angelou, Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI riseInto a daybreak that’s wondrously clearI riseBringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I…

  

• Need some advice about a tattoo

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  April 1, 2021

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  Los Chistes, Wisdom

  I need some advice today. I made a bad decision to get a tattoo when I lived in Houston back in 1999. How much would it cost to get my large @walmart tattoo removed?

  

• More than $1 billion for 56 Black charter graduates!?

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  March 25, 2021

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  Wisdom

  I think this table is very self explanatory. Feel free to spread widely. H/t to my source that passed this along. Stop saying these large charter chains are about Black students. Just stop. See also the post NEW: DOES THE AFRICAN AMERICAN NEED SEPARATE CHARTER SCHOOLS? Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this…

  

• ¡Corran la voz!: “Exacerbated Inequalities” Webinar

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  February 21, 2021

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  Wisdom

  ¡Corran la voz! Check out #MASBAwebinar entitled “Exacerbated Inequalities” featuring Host @ProfessorJVH and a panel w/ @CarolBurris of @Network4PubEd, #GeorginaPerez of @TXSBOE, @DrDoraESauceda of @BrownsvilleISD & @AnneSung of @HoustonISD

  

• Today: First 100 days Summit for Civil Rights

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  February 11, 2021

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  Wisdom

  We are very pleased that HUD Secretary designate, Marcia L. Fudge will be the featured guest at our First 100 days Summit for Civil Rights this Thursday, February 11, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern Time. It will be hosted (virtually) by the University of Kentucky School of Education, the University of Minnesota Law School, Case Western Reserve University and…