Hello everyone!
Today we’ll pay
tribute to another great Hispanic trailblazer, Tomás Rivera! There is a library named after him at the
University of California. Tomás Rivera
was an educator, author, and the first Hispanic chancellor in the University of
California system.
His parents were
traveling migrant workers from Texas to Minnesota. On one of the journeys in Iowa, Tomás met the
“library lady.” This kind lady invited
him as a young boy into the library.
Tomás had never been in a library and wanted to know everything! He found a new world and developed a love for
books, learning about places, people, and things he never knew about.
Later, as Tomás
approached his teen years, he decided to become a writer. Inspired by the migrant worker life, Tomás
wanted to be the voice for those needing protection.
He graduated
from a segregated high school in Texas in spite of the difficult migrant worker
life. It was not always possible to
arrive home in Texas before the start of the school year.
Tomás continued
with his education at Southwest Texas State University. During his senior year, he stumbled upon the
writings of Ámerico Paredes and the heroic rebel, Gregorio Cortez. Paredes’ writings brought back memories of
the songs sung in the camps after the day’s work. If the Chicano, Ámerico Paredes, published
his work, he knew there was hope.
In 1970, Tomás
published Y no se lo tragó la tierra,
And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, the poetic voice
of a migrant Mexican child. This
literary work won Tomás Rivera the first University of California-Berkeley
Quinto Sol National Literary Prize.
Tomás is known
for many short stories, writings on education, and Hispanic literature.
“If you want to
write, you have to have a love for people”
(Tomás Rivera).
Bye for now…
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¡Hola todos!
¡Hoy vamos a render
homenaje a otro gran pionero, Tomás Rivera!
Hay una biblioteca que lleve su nombre en la Universidad de California. Tomás Rivera era un educador, autor, y el
primer canciller hispánico en el sistema de las Universidades de California.
Sus padres eran trabajadores
migrantes de viaje, del estado de Texas al estado de Minnesota. En uno de los viajes en el estado de Iowa,
Tomás conoció la “señora de la biblioteca.”
Esa señora amable, lo invitó cuando era un niño en la biblioteca. ¡Tomás nunca había sido en una biblioteca y
quería saber todo! Encontró un nuevo
mundo y desarollaba el amor para los libros, aprendiendo de lugares, gente, y
cosas que nunca supo acerca.
Después, cuando
Tomás se acerca su adolescencia, decidió a convertirse en un escritor.
Inspirado por la
vida del trabajador migrante, Tomás quisiera ser la voz para aquellos que
necesitaban protección. Graduó de un
colegio segregado en Texas a pesar de la vida del trabajador migrante. Muchas veces, no fue possible estar en casa
en Texas, antes del inicio del año academico.
Tomás continuó
con su educación con la Universidad del Estado de Texas Suroeste. Durante su último año, se topó con las
escrituras de Ámerico Paredes y el heroic rebelde,
Gregorio
Cortez. Las escrituras de Paredes, trajo
recuerdos de las canciones cantaban en los campos después del día de
trabajo. Si el chicano, Ámerico Paredes publicó
su obra, entonces Tomás sabía que no
había esperanza.
En 1,970, Tomás
publicó Y no se lo tragó la tierra, And the Earth Did Not Devour Him,
la voz poetica,
del un niño mexicano migrante. Éste obra
literaria le valió el primer Premio Nacional Literaria, Quinto Sol, de la
Universidad de California-Berkeley.
Tomás es
conocido por sus cuentos, escrituras sobre educación, y la literatura hispánica.
“Si quisiera
escribir, debes tener amor para la gente” (Tomás Rivera).
Hasta luego…
Hello everyone!
What
happened to state’s rights? Isn’t
authority, not given to the Federal
Government given to the people and the states? Yes, however, under Article III, Section 2, "Controversies between two or more States" are afforded and can be addressed to the Supreme Court for resolution. The Supreme Court ruled over the differences occurring between states, Vermont and Virginia. 
For one,
encourage children to learn in any way possible. The library is a great source of
information. Reading is the foundation
of education. Most libraries have a
decent section of both bilingual and Spanish books, but why not pursue reading
in English? The “Max & Ruby” series
by Rosemary Wells or the “Richard Scarry” series for toddlers is great fun for
developing word recognition. As they get
a little older, great stories by Robert McCloskey who wrote “Make Way for
Ducklings,” “One Morning in Maine,” and “Blueberries for Sal,” make for
peaceful bedtime stories. If possible, take
your child to the library once a week, and they’ll have fun looking through all
the colorful books available to them!
Make sure he/she selects at least a couple books that he/she can read by
himself/herself, and a few others you can read together. Moreover, most libraries offer story time for children,
preschool to age twelve. Story time is a
wonderful way to instill the love of books in children. If the children are good readers and work
with a reasonable amount of effort, they will excel.
His parents were
traveling migrant workers from Texas to Minnesota. On one of the journeys in Iowa, Tomás met the
“library lady.” This kind lady invited
him as a young boy into the library.
Tomás had never been in a library and wanted to know everything! He found a new world and developed a love for
books, learning about places, people, and things he never knew about. 
She is the first Latina astronaut and director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. The San Diego University graduate received her Bachelor of Science in Physics. Dr. Ochoa later went on to earn her doctorate from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering.