Maria Figueroa

mama, scholar activist, SantAna home grown, deconstructing writing one narrative at a time, all my relations

[Educator @DrAnnLopez]

Her name is Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard. Standing with students and being arrested “What job do I have if my students don’t have a future?” Hope she is doing okay

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

This is Annelise Orleck who is the head of the Jewish Studies program at Dartmouth and 65 years old.

[Maria Figueroa @XicanaCodex]

@UjuAnya I fell out. 🤣 soy inocente….🪬 April Fools!

[National Chavez Center @NatlChavezCtr]

This Day In History: On Easter Sunday in 1966, Cesar Chavez led the Delano grape pickers' strike to the steps of the California Capitol in Sacramento after a 300-mile, 25-day pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento.

#NationalChavezCenter

[Maria Figueroa @XicanaCodex]

With a strong desire to write more, contar historias como las abuelitas. Es todo…..

[Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @Jairo_I_Funez]

Martin Luther King Jr: “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.”

“We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation & militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others”

[San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion @sdutOpinion]

Many of today's college-aged Chicanos don't know the rich history of San Diego's Chicano activism in the '90s.

A new local exhibit and archive hope to change that.

From @XicanaCodex, @AGuzmanLopez and @MTellezPhD:
https://t.co/LgQZ8maXPo

[Latino USA @LatinoUSA]

The case of Mendez v. Westminster challenged and ended school segregation in California, laying the groundwork for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling via @NBCNews

https://t.co/ggSNeqKFo2

[Maria Figueroa @XicanaCodex]

Our project “Memorias en Movimiento” documenting 90s Chicano Student Activism in San Diego received a ⁦@Cal_Humanities⁩ grant. So excited to do this work alongside my colegas ⁦@MTellezPhD⁩ ⁦@AGuzmanLopez⁩ ⁦@centro_raza⁩ https://t.co/zLcGPbMX8d

[Gil @TX_Gilly]

@GinaAnnGarcia Engaging college bound students starts BEFORE they set foot in college "door". Engage them from the HS level and then engage them when the come to tour campuses.

[The Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle]

@KatherineMangan @GinaAnnGarcia 2/‘Everyone Wants to Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution: The number of HSIs has exploded. But are all those colleges helping their Hispanic students?’ https://t.co/W2mKlcmNhV

[Michelle Téllez @MTellezPhD]

Please share 🌽🤎
https://t.co/DsFsScx2t5

[Maria Figueroa @XicanaCodex]

@UjuAnya Happy Birthday, Uju! Mucha vida!

[Uju Anya @UjuAnya]

While tempted to focus rage on Clarence Thomas for colluding to destroy affirmative action after making his whole career from it, remember white women benefit most from affirmative action than any other group, and Amy Coney Barrett climbed that ladder then snatched it back too.

[Maria Figueroa @XicanaCodex]

“We are more than Flamin’ Hot Cheetos” -that’s the tweet. Quote me

[Secretary Deb Haaland @SecDebHaaland]

My full statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act

[Larissa Mercado-López, PhD (she/her) @LMercadoLopez]

“At least 20% of every library should be something that you don’t want to read” 👏🏼

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

During Gloria Molina’s funeral, playwright Dan Guerrero said Molina once told him that “you have to have a fire in your belly” to become the first in so many things. https://t.co/D9fWZ6DzAz