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1. Dr. Theresa Torres Receives Community Outreach Award in Kansas City y más.
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By: Xánath Caraza, on 9/21/2014
Blog: La Bloga (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Por Xánath Caraza

 

 

Dr. Theresa Torres
 

Kansas City Chican@s are celebrating el otoño with a bang.  Firstly, this year’s Community Outreach Award granted by Guadalupe Centers, Inc. went to Dr. Theresa Torres, who has a long trajectory in Kansas City.  Next, NACCS will have its Midwest Focus Conference at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and Sílabas de viento/Syllables of Wind has its debut in Kansas City as well.

 

Dr. Theresa Torres
 

Associate Professor Theresa Torres, Ph.D., of UMKC, has recently received the Dr. Thomas E. Purcell Award for her outstanding contributions to the Guadalupe Centers,Inc. at the Blanco y Negro Annual Awards Gala in Kansas City, MO.

The award is given in recognition of the man {or woman} who impacted the growth of the Westside community in the early 1900s.  Purcell was concerned about the plight of the growing Mexican immigrant community and dedicated much of his life to improving the quality of life of Kansas City’s new arrivals.

Torres has served on the Guadalupe Center Board for ten years including three years as the Board secretary and Program Committee Chair.  She currently serves on the Guadalupe Educational System (Charter School) Board and is chair of the Curriculum Committee.  The fund raised each year at the gala benefit the Guadalupe Center and to honor outstanding individuals who have contributed to the growth and development of the center and the Latino Community of Kansas City, MO.

 Dr. Theresa Torres is Associate Professor in the Latina/Latino Studies Program and Department of Sociology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  Her areas of expertise are Latina Latino Studies, immigration, race and ethnic relations, religious studies, and gender studies.  Her current book, The Paradox of Latina Religious Leadership in the Catholic Church is an in-depth description of the on-going dynamics of religious identity and gender among Kansas City Latinas in the religious organization of the Guadalupanas and published Dec. 2013 with Palgrave MacMillan.  Her most recent publication is an article, “A Latina Testimonio: Challenges as an Academic, Issues of Difference, and a Call for Solidarity with White Female Academics.” In Why We Can’t Be Friends: Women of Color and White Women in the Academy, ed. Karen Dace. New York: Routledge Press, 2012.

She has been a professor at the University of Missouri for nine years and has taught a variety of courses since she is an interdisciplinarian, which means she has diverse research and scholarship from a number of fields: Race and Ethnicity, Latina Latino Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, and Religious Studies.  Currently she is teaching two classes on Latina/o Studies with a focus on immigration.  She also engages students in community service learning projects and internships.  She places students in projects that serve the inner city by having them working with non-profit agencies or participate in research projects studying the community.  She serves on several boards for non-profit groups and previously worked with non-profit agencies, particularly the Guadalupe Center Inc. and Guadalupe Education System School Board that serve the Latina/o community of Kansas City.  As a scholar, she has direct contact on a regular basis with the urban populations of Latina/os in the Midwest.

Muchas felicidades Theresa!

 

 

 

  

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NACCS Midwest Focus: Latin@s in the Midwest: Past, Present, and Future in Kansas City

 
From October 23 – 25, 2014 in Kansas City, UMKC will host and organize the NACCSMidwest Focus: Latin@s in the Midwest: Past, Present, and Future.  The conference theme–Latin@s in the Midwest: Past, Present, and Future–recognizes the rich historical and growing presence of Latin@s in this region. Our goal is to promote awareness and further develop knowledge and analysis of historic, current, and future developments that impact the Latin@ population.

 

Keynote Presenters:

 

Dr. Alberto Pulido: "Everything Comes From the Streets" Documentary on Lowrider Culture

Dr. Rogelio Saenz: "Demographics:  Latinos in the Midwest"

Dr. Rusty Barceló: "Navigating Our Midwest Latina/o Journey in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future"

 
 
Latina/Latino Studies Program at UMKC

The mission of Latina/Latino Studies (LLS), a program based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is to function as a vehicle for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teaching, research and outreach focusing on Latinas/os-Chicanas/os in the U.S. The LLS program will provide an awareness and understanding of the wide diversity of Latino communities, cultures and backgrounds. The development and expansion of our curricula will serve to empower our students with the concepts and skills to better understand a rapidly growing Latina/o population. The LLS program will engage students, scholars and the greater Kansas City community in collaborative projects, programs and service learning efforts. These efforts will foster new curricula and advance research and outreach scholarship to create new knowledge to better understand the cultural, economic, and historical experiences and contributions of U.S. Latinas/os-Chicanas/os and their diasporic origins.

 

Sílabas de viento/Syllables of Wind

 

 

 

With a full house on September 12, 2014 at The Writers Place Juanita Salazar Lamb and I had a poetry and narrative presentation.  What a delightful evening and gracias a nuestra Arkansan Chicana for being part or the Riverfront Reading Series.  Here are a couple of photos of the event.

 

Juanita Salazar Lamb at The Writers Place in Kansas City, MO
 


Xanath Caraza at The Writers Place in Kansas City, MO
 

Finally, on September 15 Sílabas de viento/Syllables of Wind (Mammoth Publications, 2014) was released.  Thank you to Park University’s Ethnic Vocies Poetry Series, Woodneath Library and New Letters on the Air, hosted by Angela Elam for hosting this event.   Great evening and audience.  Lastly, my upcoming appearances in September will be starting today at Carver Dual Language Elementary School, where I will share some poesía y cuento as part of their month long celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.   Next, I will participate in the reading at the Raven Bookstore on September 26 as part of the Big Tent Reading Series.  Then on September 30 at the University of Kansas I will have another poetry reading as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.  The Raven Bookstore and KU events will be in Lawrence, KS.  Viva la poesía!  

 

Xanath Caraza and Angela Elam, Ethinic  Voices Poetry Series and New Letters on the Air

 

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2. Of Runners and Writers: Juanita Salazar Lamb, an Arkansan Chicana
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By: Xánath Caraza, on 9/7/2014
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By Xánath Caraza

 

Juanita Salazar Lamb at The Writers Place, Festival of Faiths
 

A Chicana con ganas, Arkansas is where Juanita Salazar Lamb lives, a runner and writer.

This week, Juanita will be in Kansas City for a race on September 11. She will be part of the Riverfront Reading Series at the Writers Place on September 12. However, Juanita is no stranger to Kansas City; she has been featured here before as part of the Festival of Faiths also at The Writers Place a few years ago.

Participants and Organizers of Festival of Faiths, The Writers Place, Kansas City, MO
 

I actually met her at our Latino Writers Collective meetings, she is an out-of-town member and last summer I had the opportunity to spend some time with her in Arkansas. 

 

 

 

Of a runner, writer, and friend, an Arkansan Chicana, here is a short interview of Juanita Salazar Lamb.  ¡Conozcámosla!

 

 

 

Xánath Caraza: ¿Desde cuándo escribes? ¿Qué género literario escribes?

Juanita Salazar Lamb: I’ve always written—maybe not always on paper or a computer—but in my head ever since I can remember.  I would make up stories about people I would see around town: The man carrying a bouquet of flowers wrapped in green florist’s paper: were they part of an apology or a celebration? The little boy with his arm in a cast: was it the result of a playground accident that couldn’t be helped or was it a result of his travesura?  The woman wearing dark glasses that obscured the upper part of her face: was she hiding something or did she want to observe closely without been noticed?

I mainly write short stories, have been working on a series of murder mysteries for more than 10 years. And, for better or worse, I sometimes produce the occasional verse.

 


 
 

 

XC:¿Puedes compartir algún reto para ti cuando escribes?

JSL: Some stories will not let go of me until I put them down on paper.  “The Night the Devil Rode the Wind” is one example.  That story came to me after a very unusual weather phenomenon in Oklahoma.  It filled my mind and I brought it to conclusion in my head, but it kept churning inside of me until I wrote it down.  It was my first short story to be published in a literary magazine, Border Senses, Spring 2006, Vol. XI.  When I experience such an overwhelming feeling, I need to the emotions, turmoil, joy, etc., release from me.  Once it’s down on paper, I can rest.  Will other’s read it and feel what I felt?  I would like to think so, but for the most part writing is something I must do…for me.

 

 

 

 

XC:¿Qué recomendaciones pudieras dar a las nuevas generaciones que quieren escribir?

JSL:WRITE! We all have a little voice in our head that tells us “nobody cares what you think.” “You, write?  You’re too ___________________(fill in the blank) and not enough ____________(fill in the blank).” Ignore that voice and write.

 

READ!! Read everything—in the genre you’re writing.  Read beyond your genre. Increase your vocabulary, especially adjectives.  Not all things are “amazing”.

 

LISTEN!! If your writing includes dialogue, then listen closely to the way people speak. Do people speak in full sentences or do they speak in phrases, or verbal shorthand? Do some persons have trademark phrases or words?

 

 

 

 

XC:Yo sé que también eres corredora y que de hecho vienes a una carrera a Kansas City, ¿a cuál carrera vienes y puedes compartir un poco de cómo te iniciaste?

JSL: I’m going to Kansas City to do the Patriots’ Run half marathon on 9/11.   I’ve been running since 2010 when I ran out of excuses as to why I couldn’t do an endurance race.  It’s something I had wanted to do for many years, and suddenly I was looking at turning 60 and still only wishing.    In October of that year I signed up to train for a half marathon with Team in Training, and finished my first half marathon in April of 2011, then turned 60 in May of 2011.  The Patriots’ Run will be my 9thhalf marathon; I’ve also completed numerous other races ranging in distance from 5k to 20 miles. 

 

 

 

XC:¿Qué has aprendido de esta disciplina, correr?

JSL:I can apply 2 lessons from running to writing, and viceversa:

There’s a voice in my head that tells me I can’t do it: I’m too old, I’m tired, I don’t feel like it, it’s too hot, it’s too cold, etc., etc., etc.,  It’s just like the voice in the writer’s head I mentioned earlier.  But like writing, I run for me.  Just like I don’t run the fastest race or have the best form, I run because I need to challenge myself.  I may not write a story as compelling as some other authors, or poems that flow as beautifully as others, but I write because I need to get the words down on paper.

The second lesson is that no matter how well I’ve prepared myself for a race: training, nutrition, hydration, sometimes my body just says “no”. So I may quit for that day, but I’ll keep trying.  Sometimes I have a story brewing for months, or years—I know the characters, the beginning, the ending, but even so my story just isn’t flowing.  But I just keep going back to it, because it just might come together perfectly the next time.

 

 

 

XC: ¿Puedes dar algún consejo a otr@s Chican@s/Latin@s que quieran correr y competir?

JSL:If you’ve never run before, train with a group if possible like Team in Training and Marathon Makeover to name two that I’ve trained with. If no training groups are available then read and follow the advice knowledgeable coaches who have published books and articles on their preferred method like Danny Dreyer on Chi running, and Galloway on the run/walk method.  Como dicen los de Nike:  Hazlo!

 

 

 

Juanita Salazar Lamb grew up in a bilingual, bicultural family and her heart belongs to La Cultura Latina. Her stories are grounded in the realities of growing up along the border of two countries and two cultures. Her writings have appeared in Zopilote, Latina Magazine, Border Senses, Azahares: UA Fort Smith's premier Spanish-language creative literary journal, and Cuentos del Centro: Stories from the Latino Heartland. She served on the judging panel for 2010 Conversations Essay Contest sponsored by the Rogers Public Library Foundation.

 

 


In Other News

 

Thrilled to announce that my new book of poetry is finally here, Sílabas de viento/Syllables of Wind(Mammoth Publications, 2014)  by Xanath Caraza, translated by Sandra Kingery and cover art by Adriana Manuela.  I’ll have my book release on Monday, September 15 at 7 p.m., where I’ll discuss my work on the radio program, New Letters on the Air,hosted by Angela Elam, as part of Park University’s Ethnic Voices Poetry Series, held at Woodneath Library Center, 8900 N. Flintlock Road, Kansas City, MO.  Then Sílabas de viento/Syllables of Wind will have its next debut at the Big Tent Reading Series at Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas on September 25 at 7 p.m.  Finalmente, here is a link to Revista Contratiempo, page 4, of a book review of Sílabas de viento/Syllables of Wind.  Viva la poesía!

 


Sílabas de viento/Syllables of Wind 
 

 

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