heaps of gratitude
So, when we had people sign up for Run Big, Dream Big I, I was overwhelmed by the response of my friends from high school, most of whom I have not […]
vote for Circle de Luz to receive a grant from Pepsi
As some of you know, in 2007, my first book, Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, was published. While researching, writing, and touring for it, I was […]
a life well lived
I am just getting home from a funeral for one of my former students. He was such a fine young man. If baby grew up to be like this young […]
20 women, 10 days, 1 Great Cause
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEBP6_3O2U] Have you thought about joining Circle de Luz at some point this summer and just haven’t gotten to it yet? Do you wonder whether or not we really need […]
A few good women
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEBP6_3O2U] The first week of July, we held a day camp for the Circle de Luz girls. Our goal was to give them an experience that would be new and […]
Please consider being a M'ija
In the first four days after we launched our efforts to get at least 75 women to support at least 8 girls in the Circle de Luz Class of 2015, […]
Can you be one of 75?
On Wednesday, the Circle de Luz Board of Directors begins it’s campaign to have at least 75 women sign up to support the education and development of at least 8 girls for […]
An activist's autobiography, part 1
For a project that I have been developing, I wrote a list of questions to serve as an activist’s autobiography. Here I answer the first five […]
Project Hope in Uganda
My very first year of teaching, I had the wonderful good fortune of meeting one of my dearest friends. Julie McCue taught in the classroom next door to me, and […]
