No work, no school, no buying, no selling

You know what I think is super cool about Blogotitlán? Well, that many of us have similar viewpoints on issues like undocumented immigration. It’s not necessarily that we all think the same, but we do have different experiences that inform the way we see things and I find it much more comfortable to talk about my decision to join the boycott here than on blogging.la.

I also love the fact that my scope of May Day/A Day Without an Immigrant is not just about Los Angeles or Southern California. I can go through my RSS feeds or Flickr and see photos from all over. Dude, we really need to get planning on that meetup.

Right now, I should be resting, but I was too eager to upload all of my photos (90+). It’s hard to choose a favorite, but for now I’ll leave you with Petra, my roommate’s mother. She inspired Isa to join the boycott. Isa and I made a few signs in the morning. The following sign was my idea, Isa made it, and Petra carried it. It seemed to be a hit.

10 thoughts on “No work, no school, no buying, no selling”

Hola CindyLu.

Una fotografia tan linda y fuerte en su mensaje! Es maravillosa de atestigar a una demostracion de tanta solidaridad de nuestra gente!

I am a 6th generation Chicano-American citizen. Before all the Anglo bigots came out of the woodwork recently, I never gave much thought to my heritage. But maybe the racists have done me a favor. I feel Latino now, I feel a kinship with all my Latino cousins that I’ve never felt before.

Tengo orgullo en mi cultura, en hablar espanol, en las tradiciones de mi gente.

I have heard that the demonstrations have been strongest in California, New Mexico, Florida, south Texas, Chicago and New York. The haters in many of the Red States in the South, Midwest and Mountain States haven’t been able to stop it. I

En mi opinion, los Latinos que viven en estados “rojos” deberian considerar mudar a California, Arizona o Nueva Mexico. Aqui, nadie va a llamar a Ud. un “traidor,” nadie va a acusar que no este un norteamericano, nadie va criticar a Ud. para hablar espanol y celebrar su herencia!

California is a wonderful place for us, where we have both ethnic solidarity and non-Latinos sympathetic to our plight. Arizona and New Mexico, south Florida and San Antonio are also great places. Latinos stuck in states like Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana should really consider moving out to Cali, New Mexico or Arizona, to San Antonio or south Florida. In combination with other sympathetic states (such as New Jersey and Maryland), if we achieve such demographic and economic solidarity, we have the capacity to hold off the bigots and block them from power.

Aqui es la hora para triunfar para nuestra gente! Debemos unir y luchar juntos para nuestra causa y nuestra gente, somos unidos!

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I love your pictures girl. I was at home watching CNN looking at the “rivers of people” in L.A. I couldn’t help but think to myself, “I know some people that are out there!”

Thank you for representing!

Great pictures!

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I got my timing all messed up and arrived at Cantu Pan-American parke in East Austin way too early. I had to go before anyone got there. So, I didn’t take many fotos. Pero, I’m glad a dear Austinite, Jenn, took lots of photos.

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Love the sign! Wandered over here from Regina’s “Chicana on the Edge” blog.

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great sign Cindy… I hope you were able to figure out a way down to the protest without spending, or at least without spending too much.

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great pics Cindy…FYI Maribel did not go teach, she was at the marcha and the Dean did not accomodate those that wanted to go to the march. HIs rationale:go to the afternoon march after the morning finals. There goes any kind of understanding on what it means to have an all day boycott.

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que padre. i was also at home keeping an eye on all developments through cnn and the other local news channels. i have not looked through your pics but i can’t wait.

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