droid.

took the plunge.

one word: awesome (:

:)

mood: blessed.

this is exactly how it should be when it's meant to be... :)

haiti relief efforts...

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in light of the devastating earthquake in haiti, i urge everyone to become part of the relief effort. whether you physically go and help out, get on your knees and pray, financially support ground efforts, or help spread awareness, please, please, please get involved. there's no way to prevent natural disasters, but that doesn't mean we should remain idle in the aftermath.

the following are great ways to get involved:

• doctors without borders: you can donate any amount you wish. http://doctorswithoutborders.org/
• you can text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 (charged to your phone bill.) to the Red Cross relief efforts and/or go to http://www.redcross.org to donate to the International Response Fund.
• Text "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5 to the Haiti relief efforts (charged to your phone bill.)

MSNBC has also compiled a list of organizations that you can get involved with.

praying for all those affected,

peace.

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erasing cesar chavez...

this is beyond ridiculous. please read the article below (found here) and sign the petition!

Texas Board of Ed. Attempting to Erase Cesar Chavez from Textbooks

On Jan. 13, the Board of Education will hold a preliminary vote to determine whether or not they should adopt new standards for social studies texts in the state of Texas. In question is whether or not Cesar Chavez, along with all other Hispanics since the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century, should be removed from textbooks.

Gail Lowe, a staunch Republican and right-wing ideologue, hired a panel of "experts" to review the curriculum after being appointed last summer by Gov. Rick Perry to chair the Texas State Board of Education. One of them suggested removing Cesar Chavez, arguably the most important Latino civil rights leader of the 20th century, from the social studies books, stating that Chavez, “lacks the stature, impact and overall contributions of so many others" and that he should not be "held up to our children as someone worthy of emulation."

Lowe's review was sparked by complaints by Board members and their appointees about an "over representation of minorities" in the current social studies curriculum. The whole situation is hysterically ironic given the fact that the majority of children in the public school system in the state of Texas are Latino. But apparently, for the Texas school board, Chavez and the one other Latina currently mentioned—Irma Rangel, the first Hispanic woman elected to the state Legislature—are just too much.

If you couldn't get through that last paragraph without laughing (or crying) you are not alone. TheUnited Farm Workers, one of the many organizations Chavez, himself a farm worker and labor leader, founded, has started a petition to help stop the Texas board of education from passing these ludicrous changes to the social studies curriculum. Visit their website to sign up and let the Texas school board know how important it is for our children to learn about historically significant Latinos: www.ufw.org

somehow, this proposal would make soooo much more sense if we switched out Cesar's name with Bush's name. it would go something like...

One of them suggested removing George W. Bush from books, stating that Bush “lacks the stature, impact and overall contributions of so many others" and that he should not be "held up to our children as someone worthy of emulation."

this sounds sooo much more reasonable to us!! now sign that petition and pass it on to as many people as possible!

¡que se escuche la voz del pueblo!