Gallery Today: street lamps of Old San Juan, "los faroles del Viejo San Juan"
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FYI Please come to a screening of THE KRUTCH at the Harlemwood Film Festival THE KRUTCH Written and directed by Judith Escalona 16mm/DV, 29 minutes Monday, June 20, 7PM The Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue (between East 103rd and East 104th Streets) "The Krutch" is a surreal narrative about a Puerto Rican psychoanalyst with a long-suppressed identity problem that erupts with some dire consequences. The film is unique in exploring the mental anguish and shame associated with racism. Stylistically akin to Buñuel with an eye towards Godard, it occupies an absurdist space that keeps it from descending into the maudlin cliches of realism. With Jaime Sanchez as the mysterious Dr. Guzman and Cathy Haase as his unsuspecting patient Mrs. Kleist. I will also be participating in a panel of filmmakers that evening. ======================================= Judith Escalona Director PRDREAM.COM 161 East 106th Street (212)828-0401 http://www.prdream.com Empowe
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KEEPING SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENT MUST BE NATION'S PRIORITY, NEW NCLR REPORT CONCLUDES Expanding Coverage to Domestics and Other Itinerant Workers also Essential Washington, DC - The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., released a report today urging Congress and the Bush Administration to strengthen the solvency and reach of the Social Security program for Latinos and consider options - such as add-on private retirement accounts, automatic 401(k)s, and making the saver's tax credit permanent and refundable - to further boost retirement security for this growing population. The Social Security Program and Reform: A Latino Perspective presents a comprehensive analysis of the Social Security program as it relates to Latino workers, taxpayers, and retirees. "Maintaining solvency of the system is especially important for the Hispanic community," stated Janet Murguia, NCLR President and C
Some of my favorites
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Your favorite photos on Flickr These are my favorite photos shot by other photobloggers at flickr. Some images are of Puerto Rico. Others are not. For some reason, these images are among my favorites. They touch me in some way. Just click on "Your favorite photos on Flickr" (above) to go see. Enjoy. Clarisel
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Scattered violence mars relatively calm Puerto Rican Day Parade: South Florida Sun-Sentinel Read the news story and make sure to check out the photo gallery of 21 photos of the parade and the police activity (unfortunately). Go to http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/nyc-para0613,0,1861551.story?coll=sfla-newsnation-front
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From the Headlines
NYC Sways to Salsa for Puerto Rican Day - Yahoo! News Thousands of Puerto Ricans showed up to dance to the tunes of salsa and reggaethon for one of the city's largest cultural parades: The National Puerto Rican Day Parade. For more, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050612/ap_on_re_us/puerto_rican_parade
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Low-Income Seasonal Workers Arriving in Maine It is the time of year in Downeast Maine when thousands of seasonal workers begin arriving to rake blueberries, perform landscaping work, clean rooms and wash dishes. They come from all over, including places like Mexico and Central American, Eastern European countries and the Caribbean, to work.
But not all such workers are in Maine legally. While immigration officials are cracking down on illegal immigration, local contractors say they are not trying to harbor illegal workers and are struggling to fill an employment void and how to make sure worker credentials are good. To read more http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/archive/2005/06-09-05/ea_news2_06-09-05.html
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Remembering a "Patriotic Son" Haverstraw -- A float decorated with the image of Manuel Lopez, a U.S. Army corporal who was killed in April in Iraq, led this town's Puerto Rican Day parade Sunday. Lopez, 20, was remembered as an American patriot who also had a lot of pride in his Puerto Rican heritage. Village Mayor Francis "Bud" Wassmer said the new ballfield, which will be built on Warren Court, will be named in memory of Lopez. To read more, http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050606/NEWS03/506060333/1017
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IN MEMORY Rest in Peace I am republishing a poem by Fernando A. Zapater, a friend, a poet and a supporter of the Puerto Rico Sun project. Thanks Fernando. RIP THE ABSCONDED ROSE By FERNANDO A. ZAPATER THE ANGELS SENT ME THIS ROSE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO PLEASE ME BUT A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE WHEN IT HAS NO MEANING BUT THE ANGELS SENT ME THIS ROSE SO IT DOES HAVE A MEANING THERE IS AN ANGEL SOMEWHERE FLUTTERING HER WINGS LOVINGLY AS SHE WATCHES OVER ME I SENSE HER PRESENCE FLUTTERING HER WINGS LOVINGLY WATCHING HER ROSE BLOOMING WHEN THE ROSE PETALS OPENED I FELT THE BLOWING KISS HER PERFUME SURROUNDED THE AREA AND SUNSHINE CAME FORTH BRIGHT THERE'S A SUDDEN BURST OF LIGHT MY HEART JUMPED INTO IT THEN I DISCOVERED MYSELF IN THE HEART OF THE ROSE ABSCONDED. c FERNANDO A. ZAPATER
El último de los Boricuas - Plaza del Mercado, RÃo Piedras, PR
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El último de los Boricuas - Plaza del Mercado, RÃo Piedras, PR Originally uploaded by jenjenjen . Today's featured photo from the Puerto Rico Sun flickr group pool Photo by jenjenjen jenjenjen wrote: "The small sign says "Que Dios te multiplique todo lo que tú me deseas" -May God multiply for you all that you wish for me."
A Simple Message: Leave the Flag Alone - New York Times
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Respect the Puerto Rican Flag: Leave It Alone
Now that the big Puerto Rican Day Parade is right around the corner, some activists say not to desecrate the flag. Wave Puerto Rican flags! That's it.
The New York Times talks to Jaran Manzanet, a Bronx activist, about keeping the flag free of roosters, congas and Tito Trinidad icons.
Mi esposa, Obra Maestra de la Creación de Dios.
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Mi esposa, Obra Maestra de la Cración de Dios. Originally uploaded by jps_pr . Today's featured photo by Jps_pr La foto de hoy por Jps_pr Jps_pr escribio sobre la foto: "Mi esposa, Obra Maestra de la Creación de Dios. No existe nada más perfecto ni más hermoso en toda la creación que mi esposa. Nada existe más bello ni más sublime que mi amada esposa..." Who says men are not romantic? Jps_pr wrote about his photo: "My wife, a master plan of God's creation. There isn't anything more perfect and beautiful than my wife. There isn't anything more beautiful or sublime than my loving wife..." Photo is part of the Puerto Rico Sun flickr pool.
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Culture and Identity The Redefining of a National Identity and the National Puerto Rican Day Parade By Manuel Hernandez A twenty-two year old nephew and a 2004 graduate at the University of Puerto Rico, on a recent visit to the 2004 National Puerto Rican Day Parade to New York City, shared with me some interesting impressions of the Puerto Ricans there and made a few striking remarks about how his perception of a national identity had changed once he left the Parade and reflected on what he had seen and experienced while participating in the largest parade in the United States. He was dazed at the sight of so many Puerto Rican flags being waved along Fifth Avenue and proudly displayed on tee-shirts, nails, hats, cheeks, heads and in other parts of the human body. In-spite of majoring in Puerto Rican history, it was hard for him to understand how and why Puerto Ricans in New York elected to celebrate and preserve culture without apprehension. He spoke about how excited, proud an