http://elenamary.com de aquí y de allá - mirish xicana finds her place Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:11:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A lot of people dislike using interpreters whether they be doctors, social workers or school administrators. Arguments like "the interpreter slows the process down" or "we understand each other enough" are not good reasons to avoid the use of interpreters, and it violates Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... http://elenamary.com/2010/03/medical-interpreters/ Dear Urban Active, I'd like to be as clear as possible with my objective in writing this email.  My desired outcome is two fold: 1. An apology 2. Your company honoring a Gift Certificate given to me by a friend that states "This Certificate entitles 6 months free membership for a friend" I am ... http://elenamary.com/2009/12/urban-active/ I am thankful today for the people I've had in my life who I've been able to love.  I am more thankful for the opportunities I've had and taken, to tell them that I love them. I think too often we hide our feelings, out of a fear of consequence.  The ... http://elenamary.com/2009/11/thankful/ I wonder what future generations will think about the fact we ever even debated this. http://elenamary.com/2009/10/equal-rights/ I live very close to my "Neighborhood Pride Center".   It is a pretty cool idea I think, to house community space, the police, university safety patrol and basic city services all in one place.  I'd like to make  a recommendation to the City and the University who are joint partners ... http://elenamary.com/2009/09/all-are-welcome/ Last night I was at one of my favorite hangouts, CaraBar, with my aunt (from my Mexican side), and my friends Tony from the Bahamas, and Jason. My aunt doesn't speak English and so I spent a good deal of the time doing simultaneous interpretation of our conversation. We ... http://elenamary.com/2009/08/why-suffer/