New Spiderman to be half African American and half Latino!

New Spiderman to be half African American and half Latino! Cooool!  The new Spiderman will have a new perspective on life which means a broader view of life for American comic lovers.
Check out the article at Huffington Post right here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/new-ultimate-spider-man-half-black-half-latino_n_916468.html?ir=Entertainment&ref=email_share

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Achievement Gap Persists Between Hispanic and White Students | StudentsFirst.org

Achievement Gap Persists Between Hispanic and White Students | StudentsFirst.org

The CHICANO MOVEMENT and the CONFLICT WITHINat U TSA

Thursday, February 10 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	UTSA - DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - Buena Vista Building Meeting Assembly Room 1.338.

DAVID MONTEJANO a San Antonio native has worked in higher
education for 37 years, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in political sociology, social change, race and ethnic relations, sociological and historical methods, social movements and borderlands history. An author of more than 24 books, chapters and journal articles, Montejano was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 1995, received the Pacific Coast Branch Award for Best First Book by the American Historical Association in 1989 and the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize in American History from the Organization of American Historians in 1988. He received his bachelor’s degrees in political science and sociology from UT Austin and his master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology from Yale University

Cartoonist creates narrative with Latino protagonist

Check out the full article of this young school teacher and cartoonist from San Antonio!  Cool cartoon! Chicano Superstar -I've read it.   The setting for it is our very own S.A.!
http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/southside/news/article/New-comic-book-reaches-out-to-Latinos-866086.php

                                              photo courtesy of MySA

Resources for Librarians and Teachers for serving Latino Teens

Resources for serving Latino & low SES teens:

Research & solutions Understanding Latino Parental Involvement in Education http://www.bilingualeducation.org/pdfs/TRPI%20parent%20involvement.pdf

Documentary

- HBO’s special on the Latino experience in America –candid interviews with over 400 Latino celebrities (many more on Youtube –keyword: ‘Habla’): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPZfTBYrzAc

 & part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Kl4mbYUyk

Poetry & Spoken Word
- Search term on Youtube: ‘Brave New Voices’ : HBO’s & Russell Simmons special on teens performing spoken word poetry

-Video of Diego Mosquera  (awesome writer & performer) on Youtube check out ‘Youth Poetry’ @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0K_4IYPk8&feature=PlayList&p=F57A3EEB57696A1E&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=60  & also,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxEfkFL_Jlo

-Video of Antonio or Amanda Flores performing @ mrtenglish8@wikispaces.com

-Bicycle by Nikki Giovanni

Programs
 -Various programs offered by the National Council of La Raza

          http://nclr.org/content/topics/detail/499
-REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking): for resources & programs, & more go to link titled: Online Resources for Librarians working with Latino Children 
-Black Men for Reading & Writing: mentor program w/schools – contact Fred Williams 885-8894
-Cool program ideas for teens like ‘making skinny jeans’, @ ‘teen’ link on Yuma library website: www.yumalibrary.org

-Cool program ideas for teens @ the San Antonio public lib. –click on ‘Teens’ @ http://www.mysapl.org/
-More cool program ideas from Chicago’s Public School system @ http://www.afterschoolmatters.org/home

Technology

-Send mass text messages or mobile alerts to patrons @ http://www.textmarks.com/

Tech. for Teens

- Write stories via texting – a FREE site allows members to share and create texted stories @  www.textnovel.com         (can create a class account)

-Manga by smartphone & its FREE @ http://www.mangafox.com/

-Anime  in Espanol & its Free @ http://www.animextremist.com/

-Anime in various languages & translations & its FREE @ http://www.veoh.com/

    YA title lists & websites

-Reforma’s list: check out the Children & YA services page @: www.reforma.org/CYASC.htm

-Pura Bupre awards (list of recognized Latino writers)

-The Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children & YA book awards @ http://www.education.txstate.edu/departments/Tomas-Rivera-Book-Award-Project-Link/Winners.html

-ALA websites –Booklists & Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers  - www.ala.org

-Urban literature - for urban teens  - recommended authors & titles –with positive life lessons : Coe Booth,  Angela Johnson, Matt de la Pena, Walter Dean Myers, Kalisha Buckhanon, Tachelle Wilkes,  Homeboyz, True to the Game, Upstate, The Pact
Urban Literature websites :  http://thebrownbookshelf.com/teen-lit/  /    
   http://www.streetfiction.org/category/urban-teen/   /   

-Correta Scott King awards (list of recognized African American writers)