Small world. El Mas Chingón didn’t know it, but he took a picture of my baby sister.
I’ve got to say I am very proud of my little sister, Cristina, she helped organize the Austin Immigration Rally and was the MC.
My mom says the thing lacking in the civil rights movement (yes, civil rights movement) right now is a leader. She says we need a Malcolm X, a Martin Luther King Jr.
I am not saying Cristina is that leader and I don’t dare compare my sister to either of them, but I do think Cristina is sprouting as a leader in Austin, Texas.
with all due respect to your beautiful mama, i think we need to multiply leaders like your sista to the point where the people are their own leaders, i think that has been happening. say gracias tu your carnala for being such a down xicana
Awesome!
We do need some leaders. MLK Jr. didn’t do it alone. Chavez either. Your sis is amazing.
I think its amazing how this has become a nationwide, organized, powerful movement WITHOUT those charismatic leaders that people follow. I’m pretty impressed with the coordination. Yay Cristina!
Unidos that’s what we all need to be. We need to be educated about what’s going on and approach it head on.
Seguro que I was proud to see a woman up there in the forefront. I very much liked her rendition of “Frijolero” tambien.
Much props to your sister and to the burgeoning raza movement in Austin.
I love how we still call our now grown younger siblings “little.”
Go Cristina!
Hey Stranger-
I was just talking about the very issue your mom brings up with a few friends.
My friends argued that we do need leaders, as it makes the movement more powerful and unifies the voice.
My argument was that it was refreshing to see the people stand up for themselves. I think it’s one of the few times in history the people have stood up on their own without being attached to one persons rhetoric, ego, and/or viewpoint. I also argued that by being leaderless, there’s no one single person to shoot to end it all – as was the case with Martin and Malcolm.
We all did agree that it is time for Latinos to step up in a big way (the way the blacks have) and start opening our own colleges, and build a supportive infrastructure to nurture and foster leaders of the future…
yeah Luis this is so true..
Thanks for writing about Marla Ruzicka last year.
Today is the anniversary of her tragic death.
We remember her in the Atlantic Review: Marla Ruzicka: Civilian Victims of War. She did advance U.S. interests:Marla: Reconciliation. Thanks.
To our hermanas …
In dollars and unity, we’re bigger than U.S. Steel and shit …
So was this at the Federal Building plaza at the end of the march? I was there with my daughters but nothing seemed to be happening so we left. If only we’d known!