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Read, Think, Inform, ACT: Transformation of the Written Word

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Though this began as an Ayotzinapa compilation of news, because my friend and colleague Vanessa Vaile knows I am infinitely interested in everything Ayotzinapa, and she was gathering articles for me doing what she always does (she is an information activist, or better said, an informationist and thinktivist too), it turned out to be a lot more than Ayotzinapa articles by the end of this set, one of the endless many, she says.

I don’t know where she finds the time.

Transformation of the Written Word

This set is a bit of an eclectic mix of articles to interest Human Rights activists of all sorts: the humanitarian, the person who wants to learn more about the plight of the refugee not only in the USA but the world over, the undocumented and how they are faring in this land, the DACA students without their dreams, since Texas conservatives are hellbent on taking them away… And of course, the followers of #FueElEstado, as many of us are.

Something for every taste.

So peruse and wander about. I am sure you will find something to your liking. And read. Become informed. And raise your voices.

Protest!

This is the only way we will get justice someday.

Transformation of the Written Word
In Dallas, María de Jesus Tlatempa looks to the heavens for inspiration
© Ana M. Fores Tamayo, March 2015
Transformation of the Written Word
A refugee mother and her child waiting for a bus to parts unknown filled with apprehension, but hope.
At the McAllen Bus Depot in Texas
© Ana M. Fores Tamayo, October 2014

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About Ana Maria Fores Tamayo

Ana Maria Fores Tamayo is ABD in Comparative Literature from New York University, though she presently lives in Texas. She never completed her Ph.D. because motherhood got in the way: tenure and parenting do not mix. Thus she switched fields and worked in academic publishing for many years. She missed academia, however, and decided to return, only to find the Ivory Tower inhospitable to most educators. It did not take her long to take up their cause, beginning a petition for adjunct faculty, now with over 10,000 signatures. This grew into a Facebook forum for like-minded individuals to connect and organize. The past few years, Fores Tamayo expanded her work to reach out to those rendered invisible. She is trying to raise awareness of these marginalized peoples in order to erase borders. Her labor naturally grew from her work with students: DREAMers, undocumented students, and eventually asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America. Although this is heart-wrenching work, it is at the same time quite satisfying, being able to help others one to one. Working with diverse populations too, she is trying to make sure the disenfranchised become strong and have their voices heard. Her work can be seen in the Dallas/Fort Worth Refugee Support Network.

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