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Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez (/ ʃ uː ˈ t ɛ z k ɔː t / shoo-TEZ-kawt; born May 9, 2000), also known by the initial X, [a] is an American environmental activist and hip hop artist. [2] [3] Martinez was the Youth Director of Earth Guardians until 2019. Martinez has spoken about the effects of fossil fuels.
Xiye Bastida Patrick [3] (born 18 April 2002) is a Mexican climate activist and member of the Indigenous Otomi community. [4] She is one of the major organizers of Fridays for Future New York City and has been a leading voice for indigenous and immigrant visibility in climate activism. [5]
Jovita Idar Vivero (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946) was an American journalist, teacher, political activist, and civil rights worker who championed the cause of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants.
Another famous Mexican-American Vietnam War activist is Joan Baez, but she conducted her protests through music. Credited with resurrecting the dying art of folk music along with her contemporary ...
The Congreso marked a change from previous efforts: Unlike some of the moderate Mexican-American organizations such as LULAC, which at the time differentiated between Mexican-Americans and Mexican immigrants, El Congreso opposed such differentiations and instead stressed the unity of all the Spanish-speaking, U.S. citizens or not. An attack on ...
Emma Beatrice Tenayuca (December 21, 1916 – July 23, 1999) was an American labor leader, union organizer, civil rights activist, and educator.She is best known for her work organizing Mexican workers in Texas during the 1930s, particularly for leading the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike.
Led by activist Veronica Cruz, Las Libres pioneered in training “acompañantes” to provide virtual guidance for self-managed medical abortions in Mexico and, since 2019, in the U.S. as well.
Vicente T. Ximenes is the recipient of numerous other awards including: the Common Cause Public Service Achievement Award, the State of New Mexico Distinguished Service Award, the Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Panama's highest honor and awarded by the president of Panama; the Aztec award by the Mexican-American Opportunity Foundation; the Albuquerque ...