Bella Vida Letty on Like Water for Chocolate

Teacher Yolanda Sotelo on the books she can no longer teach

Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders on the TUSD Book Banning

Debbie Reese reads from Delgado and Stefancic's CRITICAL RACE THEORY, a book taught in the now-banned Mexican American Studies program in Tucson Unified School District.

#BanningHistory | Author S. J. Rivera reads Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales' "Message To Aztlán"

In cooperation with Banning History, S. J. Rivera, author of "Demon in the Mirror" and "Amerikkkan Stories", reads from "Message To Aztlán" by legendary Chicano activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales. Rivera chose to do this to help fight back against the censorship and book banning occurring in Arizona. Book banning is unconscionable in this day and age and everyone who values their freedom should be alarmed at what the state of Arizona is doing. Banning History's goal is to get as many video submissions as possible of people reading passages from the books that Arizona has banned - mostly Chicano history. Banning History is fighting back against the attempted cultural genocide in Arizona. No history is illegal!

Read-in at La Casa in Solidarity with Mexican American Studies at TUSD-Crystal

Crystal reads from 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures edited by Elizabeth Martinez to support Mexican American Studies at the Tuscon Unified School District.


On February 1, at La Casa Cultural Latina, a cultural center on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the students held a Read-in, reading from books used in the Mexican American Studies program at TUSD. You can check out all the videos from that read-in can be found on the Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tandracki

Thank you so much to the students and organizers for doing this!

Sasha Grey Reads from Zoot Suit

Sasha Grey reads Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit & Other Plays" in response to the Tuscon school board's decision to ban books!



Stand up, use your voice & support this website: http://banninghistory.blogspot.com

Read-in at La Casa in Solidarity with Mexican American Studies at TUSD-Rebecca

Rebecca reads from Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Francisco Rosales to support Mexican American Studies at the Tuscon Unified School District

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Poets Responding To SB1070

Have you seen this?  Go to Facebook right now and look at all the amazing poets responding.

Their description reads:  Poets gather here to respond to Arizona SB 1070, a law that targets immigrants and legalizes racial profiling. We feature poetry and immigrant human rights news.



So go.  Post.  Like.  Share.  Flor y canto is good for your soul.

Singing Junot Diaz

The lovely Sujeiry Gonzalez sings from Pulitzer prize winning, Junot Diaz' collection of short stories, DROWN; one of the many banned books in Arizona. Sujeiry is the author of the new book Love Trips, which is available for purchase. She is also the Latina Carrie Bradshaw as the NY Modern Love Examiner.