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Dr. Luis H. Moreno

@sinfronteras72.bsky.social

#BGSU | Teaching Professor | #EthnicStudies | Historian | Focusing on Chicana/o/x & Latina/o/x #labor, #migration, and #activism histories.

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Donate to Free Ernesto: Support His Safe Return, organized by Martha Ayala Ernesto is our son, and we are asking for support to return and release him home saโ€ฆ Martha Ayala needs your support for Free Ernesto: Support His Safe Return

FYI!

09.07.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Educate, Agitate, Organize!

06.02.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Monopoly Tycoons in a Game of Jenga: The Censorship of Bodies, Protest, and Speech at UT-Austin Faculty and students are experiencing profound disruption and distress, which starkly contrasts with the arrogant posture and detached demeanor of those perpetrating this harm.
21.12.2024 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There Is No Such Thing as the โ€œLatino Voteโ€ Colonialism and racism fueled the invention of โ€œLatinoโ€ as a category and continue to distort U.S. politics today.
21.12.2024 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin | The Wright

โ€œFrontline Prophet: James Baldwin, is a traveling exhibition that features the artwork of Detroit-based creative Sabrina Nelson. In honor and celebration of his centennial birthday, Nelson provides an intimate, multi-sensory experience of James Baldwin and his legacy.โ€

16.12.2024 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
La Raza Art and Media Collective โ€“ University of Michigan Museum of Art

โ€œThis exhibition revisits the 50th anniversary of the foundation of RAM Collective to reflect on the profound impact of these visionary creators by presenting the four original issues of its multimedia journal produced between 1976 and 1977.โ€

16.12.2024 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy NO THANKS Thanksgiving! ๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿฆƒ

28.11.2024 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dodger Stadium โ€” SEGREGATION BY DESIGN

"Through a series of stark aerial before-and-after comparisons, figure-ground diagrams, and demographic data, this project will reveal the extent to which the American city was methodically hollowed out based on race."

22.11.2024 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Committee On Raza Rights (CRR) The Legacy of Educating, Organizing, and Agitating: 1995-2015 In 1994, a movement for self-determination emerged at local high schools and community colleges on the Oxnard Plain. This initiative waโ€ฆ

My brother Jose and I have been working on developing a historical timeline of the Committee On Raza Rights in Oxnard, California. The CRR is a community-based organization we founded in 1995.

21.11.2024 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared โ€œa crime against humanity.โ€
20.11.2024 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chicana Artistโ€™s Once-Censored Mural Finds a New Home in LA Barbara Carrascoโ€™s landmark 80-foot painting portraying the cityโ€™s origins and evolution will anchor the Natural History Museumโ€™s new wing.
19.11.2024 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Alien Enemies Act, Explained This detention and deportation power poses an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.

The Alien Enemies Act is unjust, racist, and ineffective. Given how some are looking to wield the law against immigrants, itโ€™s also broad enough to invite abuse during peacetime.

18.11.2024 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Teaching Texas History Podcast ยท 2 Seasons ยท Series

A very good podcast on how Texas dictated American education over the last sixty years and examines how the fight over our childrensโ€™ classroom has only intensified today.

16.11.2024 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello! I began a starter pack with some folks working on Latina/o/x Studies, it's broadly defined and a work in progress for sure.
Please share and also send more recommendations of folks to include!
go.bsky.app/Rmi3sGW

11.11.2024 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 187    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Texas Will Be on the โ€˜Front Linesโ€™ of Mass Deportation โ€œWe're going to defend our immigrant communities from Trump's attacks, while we hold Trump and people like Elon Musk accountable for spreading lies and scapegoating immigrants.โ€
14.11.2024 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mapping Chicana/Mexicana Voices in the Borderlands Mapping Chicana/Mexicana Voices is an oral history project that highlights the contributions of womenโ€™s organizing in Southern Texas Arizona.

Today we are excited to launch the Mapping Chicana/Mexicana Voices in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands project website. If you are interested in Chicano/a Studies, oral history, women's organizing, and/or digital humanities, check out our project website โฌ‡๏ธ

14.11.2024 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 260    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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โ€˜Mass deportations would disrupt the food chainโ€™: Californians warn of ripple effect of Trump threat In 2023, state was nationโ€™s sole producer of almonds, artichokes, figs, olives, pomegranates, raisins and walnuts
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Chicanx Studies: A Foundational Reading List - JSTOR Daily The field of Chicanx studies continues to expand, embracing analyses of racialization, gender, sexuality, Indigineity, and trans-ethnic identity.
14.11.2024 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ohio lawmakers pass transgender bathroom bill Ohio lawmakers passed a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity.

How will universities respond if DeWine signs this nonsense? And goodbye to all gender dorms too?

14.11.2024 03:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some important books to revisit during this time...

โ€ข Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s
โ€ข Unwanted Mexican Americans in the Great Depression
Repatriation Pressures, 1929-1939
โ€ข Operation Wetback: The mass deportation of Mexican undocumented workers in 1954

14.11.2024 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As an educator, I will continue to defend my community, especially the undocumented!! And I will continue to challenge my students to fight against white supremacy!! The struggle continues....

14.11.2024 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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