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Live Blogging from NPR: Follow Along!
Francisco and I are blogging live from NPR HQ in Washington, D.C., along with 20 other bloggers from around the country. We’ll be posting here on CollazoProjects and on MatadorPulse. We’ll also be microblogging on Twitter (@collazoprojects) and Facebook (Julie Schwietert Collazo). To follow along: 1. Hit your fresh button a lot. 2. Stay awake! … Continue reading »
With 2 Canes & 2 Voting Cards, YES WE CAN!
Text by Francisco Collazo & Julie Schwietert Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] * We live in Queens, the most ethnically and culturally diverse county in the United States. And nowhere is that diversity more clear–or more moving–than at my polling place on election day. Under yellowed portaits of Abraham Lincoln and George … Continue reading »
Shine Your Life Like a Light
As I spent this morning thinking about the election and how we can each be the change we want to see in the world, one of my favorite songs–the Indigo Girls’ “Let it Be Me”– came to mind. Here’s the song. The video quality isn’t great, but the lyrics will always be relevant…and now more … Continue reading »
State of the Nation
As I read that Obama’s aunt has been living in the US illegally, I knew that the pockets of Americans who were alleged to exist–those who believe, still, that Obama is a Muslim or a terrorist in disguise–would get even more riled up. And I was right. Tonight, on Facebook, an acquaintance from high school … Continue reading »
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