Thanks to my daughter whose memory helped me understand the importance of paying attention to the simple things in life. Sometimes they are better than measuring life by greater deeds.
Julio César Guerrero articles
Julio César Guerrero earned a Master’s degree in both social work and telecommunications at the University of Michigan. He spent many years teaching in the Michigan University system, where he developed ample experience in student services, classroom teaching, community organization and development, social and human services, nonprofit and human services administration, community and media relations, diversity training, outreach, and recruitment.
Guerrero worked nonstop as the national coordinator for Caravana43, an international support network for the Ayotzinapa families of the 43 forcibly disappeared students in Guerrero, Mexico, when they made their tour through the United States.
I made it to 77
We learned a lot from him. Perhaps the best lesson was that while there is life there is hope. Constantino Coronel inspires new generations of activists.
Alzheimer’s: a Family Tale
Alzheimer’s is more prevalent among women which may hint to male-dominated socialization or environment, suggesting conventional talk therapy as a solution?
Huelga and Boycott: weapons to defend ourselves
Cesar Chavez said we only have two weapons to defend ourselves; Huelga and Boycott. These too are the response to blasé to shared scrape.
We miss you mom
Buenos Dias Hermano, I hope you are keeping safe and healthy from the pandemic I’m enclosing a short story about mom for your consideration Please take good care, Julio Cesar.
Social action is the best approach to a stormy 2020, here’s how to be effective
The social climate barometer points to a stormy 2020 that can only be confronted through social action, but there are protocols to follow to be effective.
The Menudo Story
Immigration has historically been a controversial issue in the US political discourse. Whether Germans, Irish, Italians, Asians or Latin Americans they have all faced resistance based at worst on racist or nativist attitudes.
Ramsey Muñiz; The Rebirth
New book profiles Ramsey Muñiz’s endurance of close to three decades imprisonment including five years in solitary confinement, as a deeply spiritual man who hasn’t lost his sense of justice.
The Cycle of Life
Last week we confronted a crisis situation in the shelter where I work as social work supervisor. The center offers refuge to undocumented youth waiting for their asylum application to be resolved.
My Addition to the Literary Mexican Tradition of La Calavera
La Calavera is a literary Mexican tradition and discipline from the post-1910 revolution years developed by journalist José Guadalupe Posada and also part of the Magical Realism movement. Even Diego Rivera painted Calaveras.