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What a Texas StateRep. Thinks AboutMexicans Page 6Eye on CrimeOjo en el CrimenPage 10Documentary tracesTejano struggle forcivil rights Page 12LA VozGratis/FreedeAustinVolume # 2 Number # 5 A Bilingual Newspaper May, 2007Alma R. PerezJanie Muñoz SanchezWhy are these Women Smiling?

Page # 2La Voz de Austin - May, 2007People in the NewsWhy are these Women Smiling?Professor NestorRodriguez Lecturesat UT AustinDr. Nestor Rodriguez cameback to his alma matter as aguest of the Center for MexicanAmerican Studies to delivera talk on the current state ofimmigration in the United States.Dr. Rodriguez, who graduatewith his doctorate from UT Austinin the early 1980s is currentlya professor at the University ofHouston. In the more than 20years he has been in Houston,he has directed some of the mostinteresting research in the country,especially on Central Americans.In addition to teaching atthe University of Houston he isthe director of the Center for ImmigrationResearch.His present research projectsin collaboration with researchersin the United States and abroadinclude1) a study of the impactof the 1996 immigration act ondetention and deportation, and 2)a study of migrant deaths at theU.S.- Mexico border. He is alsoworking on an edited volume withCecilia Menjivar on statesponsoredterror in Latin Americaand on a book on Guatemala immigrationwith Susanne Jones.Aurora MartinezJones GraduatesUT Law SchoolAurora Martinez Jones grewup in La Porte , Texas and isfirst generation American. Hermother is from Jamaica and herfather is from Mexico. In 2001,Aurora moved to Austin, Texasto attended The University ofTexas at Austin. She receivedher Bachelor of Arts in threeyears and in 2004, she enteredThe University of Texas atAustin School of Law.While in law school Aurorafounded a new civil rights andcommunity developmentorganization called the MinorityAssociation for the People.She was also recently marriedon March 10, 2007.On May 19th, 2007 Aurora willreceive her J.D. from UT Schoolof Law. After passing the barexam and receiving her lawlicense, Aurora Martinez Jonesplans on opening her own lawoffice in Austin focusing onImmigration law, Juvenile law, andReal Estate law.Sam Guzman WinsSchool Board Racefor District # 2Sam Guzman beat threeother candidates for a spot onthe school board of the AustinIndependent School District.Guzman who has been activein a number of communitybased organizations enjoyedhigh name recognition goinginto the race.As the former President ofthe Texas Association ofMexican American Chambersof Commerce, he had awell established base of support.They are smiling because come May 19th, 2007 you can call themDr. Alma R. Perez and Dr. Janie Muñoz Sanchez. Each receivedtheir doctorates from the School of Education at The Universityof Texas at Austin under the guidance of Dr. Angela Valenzuelawho served as their dissertation chairperson. See page 13 for aninterview with Janie Muñoz Sanchez. Look for the interview withAlma R. Perez in the June, 2007 issue of La Voz de Austin.Austin Independent School Board Election Results for District 221 of 21 Precincts ReportingCandidate Early % Election % Total FinalVote Day Vote Vote PercentSam Guzman 266 61% 307 75% 573 68%Fred McGhee 42 10% 24 6% 66 8%Gerald Guerra 46 10% 26 6% 72 9%Gary Johnson 83 19% 50 12% 133 16%A Glimmer of Hope Foundation is requesting proposals for funding from nonprofit organizationsworking with disadvantaged youth (25 years and under) in East and South Austin. Other areas (zipcodes) that are eligible include: 78751, 78752, 78757, 78758. For more information and grantguidelines, please visit, www.aglimmerofhope.org or call 328-9944. Deadline for submission isJune 30th, 2007 - 5:00pm

PRODUCTIONEditor & PublisherAlfredo R. Santos c/sManaging EditorsDaniel GarzaLuis OrozcoDistributionEl TeamContributing WritersMary (last name withheld)Janie Muñoz SanchezDr. Jaime ChahinBlanca GonzalezProduction AssistanceYleana SantosWayne SanchezPUBLISHER’SSTATEMENTLa Voz de Austin is a monthlypublication sponsored by theMexican American Center forCommunity and EconomicDevelopment. The editorial andbusiness address is P.O. Box19457 Austin, Texas 78760. Thetelephone number is (512) 291-9060. The use, reproduction ordistribution of any or part of thispublication is strongly encouraged.But do call and let us knowwhat you are using. Letters tothe editor are most welcome.Employment OpportunityOne Man, One Vote?I don’t know about you, but when I sawthat segment on TV earlier this week aboutState Representatives reaching over andvoting for other legislators in the Capitol, Isaid to myself, What? ¿Que estan haciendoestos?As it is, the public is not particularly enamoredwith politicians and so then they seethis on TV . . . . si mira mal. What can Isay? Y deja tu, si mira mal especially in lightof the fact that the politicos are debating theidea of making people show more forms ofidentification before THEY (the people) casttheir votes! Ahora sí, los ironies aquí sonmuchos.El Sam GuzmanEl buen amigo Sam Guzman won the May12th school board race he was in with threeother candidates. Aunque sacó nomas 537votes, he is still the winner. But the fact thatvoter turnout was so low doesn’t say verymuch about how serious the average votertakes education issues. Bueno, por lopronto, lo dejamos porque alcabo va haberotra elección muy pronto. Congratulationsto Sam Guzman.The TAKS in AISDThe preliminary TAKS scores have comein and the news is mixed for two schools inparticular. For Webb Middle School theirinsistence on proving themselves paid offnot only to themselves, but also to everyonewho feared they were going to be orderedto close down by the Texas EducationAgency Commissioner. Ever since theNon Profit looking for the following positions for acustomer service training program: Career Coach/Recruiter to provide community outreach, publicpresentations, recruiting and job coaching. Must havestrong computer skills, public speaking. Flexible hoursrequired. & Trainer to train for telephonic basedcustomer service training program. Must have strongcomputer skills and previous training experience,curriculum development experience preferred. Eveninghours required. For both positions- BA required andBilingual preferred. To apply submit salary req. w/application and EEO found at www.swkey.org via fax512-912-7690 or jobs@swkey.org EOELa Voz de Brazoria County - May, 2007 Page # 32 paresde lentessencillos,por sólo:$89Webb community stood up and said NOto the superintendent’s idea of closing theschool, the burden has been placed on thecommunity’s shoulders to make thisschool a go. Here at La Voz we congratulatethem for not giving up.Johnston High SchoolEditorialQuality Vision EyewearEspecial del MesExamen delos ojosMarco, lentes ytransiciónpara visiónsencilla $99 $30. 00Hablamos EspañolAlfredo R. Santos c/sPublisherJohnston High School on the otherhand did not do well on the TAKS. TheirTAKS scores while not fully disclosed aswe go to print, are reportedly below lastyear’s scores in some areas. In the comingweeks there is going to be a lot of attentionon Johnston High School as theTexas Education Agency gets ready tomake a decision. Next week there is goingto be a big community meeting in thecafeteria at Johnston High School onMay 22nd to discuss this very topic.We would caution anyone who is planningto attend this meeting to refrain frompointing fingers at the teachers and administrationas they look for someone toblame. The teachers and administratorsworked overtime throughout the year doingall they could to help students with theirclasses.But when students do not go to schoolregularly it is very difficult to impart knowledge.On some weeks, over 20% of thestudent body at Johnston High Schoolwas not in school. When it came to gettingto class on time, the tardys were inthe hundreds. And we won’t even begin toget into a discussion of students who disruptclasses and make it next toimpossible for those who dowant to learn.As different people begin totake a closer look at what is goingon at Johnston High School,we predict that the gloves aregoing to come off as each stakeholderis held to account abouttheir role during the 2006-2007academic year.Last CommentWe want to call to our reader’sattention the women who graceour cover in this month’s editionof La Voz de Austin. Despitefamilies and full work schedules,Alma Perez and Janie MuñozSanchez have achieved one oftheir goals in life: a doctoral degree.We congratulate them!Su amigo el oftalmólogoValentino Luna,2800 S. IH-35) salida en Oltorfcon gusto lo atenderáLunes a Viernes 8:30am hasta 5:30pmSábado de las 10am hasta las 3:00pm 462-0001

Page # 4 La Voz de Austin - May, 2007AISD Holds FirstHispanic YoungMen’s LeadershipConferenceOn April, 21, the Austin IndependentSchool District sponsored a half conferencefor Hispanic young men at TravisHigh School.After a welcomingby the Dr.R e n eGargantan,Principal ofTravis HighSchool, AustinCity CouncilmanMikeMartinez deliveredthe keynote Dr. Rene Gargantanaddress andshared with the 200 people present partof his life’s story growing up in a smallTexas town.After a brief intermission there were severalbreakout sessions where studentsand their parents had the opportunity tolearn more about college and career opportunities.A Fajita Lunch was served and severalsurprise guest speakers including local TVpersonality Ron Oliviera shared how theyfound their way into college. Oliviera’stalk was especially moving because toldeveryone how several male members ofhis family died from sudden heart attacksincluding his father.Dr. PaulCruz, AssistantSuperintendentof EducationSupport Servicesalong with acommittee ofcommunitymembers hadmet on severaloccasions sincelast year to organizethis event. ItDr. Paul Cruzis expected that these leadership conferenceswill continue in the near future.LBJ High School student AlbertoAlvarez along with his mother wereamong the many who turned out to participatein this event. Alvarez said he likesto go to all types of event because younever know what you are going to learn.His mother echoed his statement whenshe added, “Alberto le gusta andar en todo.Siempre me dice de juntos que se estanllevando a cabo en la communidad. Y sino estoy trabajando, pues, yo lo llevo.”Hispanic Allowedon the CheerleaderSquad at AustinHigh SchoolNo te metes con Camen porque ellano se deja. This is what the principal atAustin High School finally learned whenhe denied Carmen Degollado’s daughter(Illianna)a spot on the cheerleadingsquad.Earlier this year, Degollado’s daughtertried out for the Austin High Schoolcheerleading squad. When the nameswere posted on the internet her was oneof the lucky ones who had made it. Thenabout 30 minutes later the internet sitewent down. When it came back upDegollado’s daughter name had been removed.She called the school and tried speakingto various people. Finally she got ameeting with the principal, a Mr. JohnHudson. According to Degollado, therehad been a mistake. The principal said hewas sorry but there was nothing he coulddo. Degollado left his office. As she drovehome she thought about the way this situationwas going down. Finally she said toherself, she was not going to take no foran answer.In the ensuring days of March, shespoke to a lot of people and sought counseland advice. As she began to dig deeperinto the cheerleader selection process withopen records requests, she also began toget more people involved. Degollado wentto a meeting of Unidos de Austin, a coalitionof community activists to share withthem what was going on and to ask forsupport.In a subsequent meeting with the principalJohn Hudson, he offered to makeDegollado’s daughter the “water girl” ormanager. Degollado basically said, Hellno!” and went to the school district officeto file a complaint.As more and more people began makinginquiries as to what was going on atAustin High School, out of the blue camethe offer and invitation for Degollado’sdaughter to join the cheerleading squad.What happened? Who changed theirmind? What did Carmen Degollado discoverthat all of a sudden led to change ofheart?Degollado isn’t telling right now butshe is hinting that there may be more tocome. From what we can tell so far,Carmen Degollado is a shining exampleof what parental involvement can mean.Qué tal si más padres de familia sepusieron firmes como Carmen?Austin CommunityCollege Profileby Lisa MalanGrowing up in Laredo, Texas, Juanita(Garza) Mendez aspired to be a teacher.With eight children in the family, however,college was rarely, if ever, mentioned. Butthe influence of Mendez’s high schoolfriends prompted her to follow them toLaredo’s junior college. And when theytalked about transferring to a four-yearschool, Mendez did too.She chose East Texas State – nowTexas A&M University-Commerce –600 miles from her home. Mendez pickedthe school because a cousin and unclewere students there, but “My parents didn’tunderstand why I had to go so far away.”Her parents also did not have the moneyto send her to college. So Mendezapplied for financial aid and took outstudent loans. She participated in workstudy programs and got a job at a 7-Eleven. And, for the first time in her life,she experienced prejudice. ”We were avery, very small Mexican-Americanminority there,” she said. “It waspredominantly white and African-American.”Though it was achallenging experience,Mendez stuck with it.She even passed up anopportunity to work for thestate, an offer presentedto her when she had oneyear left of school. “I can’tbelieve it, but I did say,‘You know what, I’m justgoing to go back and seeif I can finish.’”And she did.Mendez graduated in1978 with a double major in BusinessEducation and Spanish. She returned toLaredo and worked in a school businessoffice for two years. She got married, butstayed in Laredo to care for her ailingJuanita(Garza) Mendezmother while her then-husband pursuedhis degree at the University of Texas atAustin. After Mendez’s mother passedaway, she joined her husband in Austinand got a job in the business office atAustin Community College.Now the campus manager at Eastview,Mendez continues topursue her lifelongdream. She has been amember of ACC’sadjunct faculty for 25years, teaching classesin the OfficeAdministrationdepartment.Mendez’s siblingsfollowed in their oldestsister’s footsteps, eachattending college insome form or another.Though it took one of her brothers severalyears to finish, Mendez urges fellowLatinos to pursue their degree, no mattertheir age or how long it takes. Becauseshe is living proof of her own advice: “Thereis nothing that you cannot overcome.”Amaya’s Taco VillageMexican RestaurantDavid and LauraAmayaFamily OperatedInside Diningand To Go Orders458-2531At Capital Plaza 5405 North IH-35 Austin, Texas

La Voz de Austin - May, 2007Page # 5Social JusticeSummer School in Austin, TexasBefore Rosa Parks refused to move tothe back of the bus in December of 1955,she spent time at the Highlander FolkSchool in Mount Eagle, Tennesseelearning about the history of social protest.Before Cesar Chavez began organizingfarm workers in California and undertakingthe table grape boycott in the 1960s, hespent time at Saul Alinsky’s IndustrialAreas Foundation in Chicago learninghow poor people can build power in theircommunities. Even Dorothy Day, thefounder of the Catholic WorkerMovement, went back to “school” to learnabout the gospel of social change.This summer, Austin Voices forEducation and Youth, AustinCommunity College, Austin CommunityCollege’s Center for Public Policy andPolitical Studies and the Latino/LatinAmerican Studies Center have joinedtogether to sponsor the second annualSocial Justice Summer School. This 5week program at the Eastview Campus ofAustin Community College (3401Webberville Road) will provide members ofthe Stand Up Clubs and other studentswith advanced training in the social changeprocess and how to organize and improvetheir schools and neighborhoods.Students who attend the 2007 SocialJustice Summer School will take shortcourses in:1. The history of social protest2. Economics and the Origins of Poverty,3. Agenda setting in communities of color4. The ins and outs of Texas prisons andjails5. How students have changed the publicschoolsStudents will also have numerousopportunities to hear guest speakers, watchdocumentary films, and participate in classdiscussions, debates and skits.Dates and TimesStart: June 19th, 2007End: July 26th, 2007Days: Tuesday, Wednesdaysand ThursdaysTimes: 11:00am to 2:00pm.TO APPLY to the 2007 Social JusticeSummer School please fill out an application(www.austinvoices.org) and sendit to asantos@austinvoices.org or mail itto:Austin Voices for Education and Youth3710 Cedar Street, Suite 229 Box 21Austin, Texas 78705If you have any questions about theSocial Justice Summer Schoolplease call Alfredo Santos c/s at:(512) 450-1880 or (512) 944-4123Facilitators for 2007Tim Eubanks is the lead organizer forAustin Voices for Education and Youth.He has extensive experience working withyoung people and facilitating small groupdiscussions. Eubanks earned his bachelorsdegree from Antioch College.Alfredo Rodriguez Santos c/s is a communityorganizer with Austin Voices forEducation and Youth. He has worked aschool teacher, labor organizer and journalist.Santos earned his bachelors degreefrom the University of California Berkeleyand a masters degree from Sul RossState University - Rio Grande College.Daniel Garza is a parent leader with AustinVoices for Education and Youth. He isthe father of five and an aspiring hip hop artist.He is currently attending Austin CommunityCollege.Dorothy DayCesar ChavezRev. MartinLuther King, Jr.Saul AlinskyStudents pay close attention to each guestspeaker during the sessions at Lanier HS.Last summer Dr. Federico Subervi was explaininghow images are shaped by the media.Austin Voices Stand Up Club members reportingout at a NCLB hearing in Houston, Texas.

Page # 6La Voz de Austin - May, 2007Texas State Representative BermanSpeaks on a Matter of Personal PrivilegeThe chair recognized Representative Berman whoaddressed the house on a matter of personalprivilege, speaking as follows:Mr. Speaker, members, this is probably the onlytime that you’re going to hear anyone talk aboutillegal aliens on the floor of this house ofrepresentatives because we’ve been shut out ofthis bill at every single turn. And I think the finalstraw, for me, was the fact that from Friday nightuntil this morning, or until today, sanctuary citiesand the cities like Farmers Branch were takenout of that bill and today we have absolutelynothing in the bill but total border security.A majority of the members on the house floorconsider HB 13 to be half a bill. But let me tellyou, we all voted for it and we all supported it.We say it’s half the bill because we dealt withborder security only. But at the same time it wassilent about the one and half million illegal aliensin Texas that are costing your tax payers threeand half billion dollars every single year.Members, there were two dozen bills that werefiled to deal with this problem and the reason wefiled these bills is because our constituents askedus to do this. Everyone—or many members onthis floor—need a vote on illegal aliens to takehome and say we did a little bit of somethingabout it. When they were referred to the StateAffairs Committee, I visited with the chairmanalmost immediately. I came away disappointedwith the knowledge that the chairman told methat he does not want any circuses in hiscommittee and that all the bills are divisive.Members, everything we do in this house isdivisive, that’s the nature of this beast. There’snothing that we don’t do that’s divisive.As it turned out, most of thehearings held by State Affairs weremarathon circuses anywayAs it turned out, most of the hearings held byState Affairs were marathon circuses anyway. Itwas hard for me to accept that a committeechairman took it upon himself to unilaterallydecide that no legislation dealing with illegal alienswould be heard on the floor of the house thissession. Folks, that’s not what my constituentswanted to hear. But whether you agree with meor not about the question of illegal aliens I knowthat all of you will agree about the method ofthese two dozen bills were killed. The State Affairschairman sent all of our bills to the AttorneyGeneral for review. Members, that flies in theface of the balance of power. There’s not a singlebill that you should file in this house that has tobe reviewed by anyone in the executive branch.We are the legislative branch and nothing shouldever leave this house to be reviewed by anyone.It’s a dangerous precedent and I could kick myselfnow for notprotesting itas soon as itwas done.B u tmembers Iimplore you,never let acommitteechairman dothat to you.If he wantsto kill theb i l l sunilaterally,let him do itright here andtellTexas StateRepresentativeLeo Bermanyou he is going to do it. But don’t let him send itoutside of this chamber to do it elsewhere.Members, I want to tell you why we’re concernedabout this issue. Recently, I Wall Street financialgiant Bear Sterns—you’ve all heard of BearSterns—reported that there are more than 20million illegal aliens in the United States. Thereport also said that five million illegal aliens workfor cash and don’t pay income or FICA taxes atall. And if they do pay FICA taxes, members,they are doing so with a stolen identity or with afraudulent Social Security card. And under theU.S. code dealing with Social Security fraud, theyare liable to five years in prison, up to a $150,000fine, and three years of probated sentence.Members, if these numbers don’t concern you,consider this. In the early part of the TwentiethCentury when my parents came through EllisIsland as emigrants from Europe, they were givena complete physical examination. If anything wasdeficient in that examination at all, they were putright back on the boat, and they were sent back tothe country they came from. Notice I used theword emigrant, they were emigrants. An emigrantis someone who comes to a country legally,willingly adopts the culture, willingly speaks thelanguage, willingly pays all the taxes, and then atsome point in time they willingly raise their handsand pledge allegiance to this country.We cannot examine illegal aliens when they comeacross the border, but according the AmericanJournal of Physicians and Surgeons they havebrought with them, into the United States, andinto Texas: multi-drug resistant TB, polio, theplague, leprosy or Hansen’s disease, malaria,Dengue fever, and Chagas disease. The treatmentof one TB patient runs anywhere from $250,000to $1.2 million a year. And at the beginning of2006, according to our department of HHSC wehave 1,535 TB patients in Texas today. We have36 leprosy patients and we have a number ofother patients who are suffering from malaria,Chagas disease, and other diseases that aretremendously costly to treat. If this doesn’tconcern you, consider this.As of August of 2006, there were 12,500 illegalaliens in the Texas prison system. There were asmany more in county and municipal jails. Illegalaliens make up the bulk of violent gangs in majorcities across the United States and Texas.We’re talking about fighting drugs on the border.We also have to fight drugs in Houston, SanAntonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, and El Paso.Finally, if this doesn’t concern you, a detailedreport from the Lone Star Foundation right herein Austin made to an immigration conference lastyear in September in Washington DC concludedthat 1.5 million illegal aliens in Texas are costingTexas taxpayers $4.5 billion each year.Considering that illegal aliens are spending almosta billion dollars in sales taxes and a small amountof property taxes, Texas is left with a bill of $3.5billion every year. Look at the multi-million dollarbond elections in our schools. El Paso is goingthrough a $290 million bond election right now.They are doing this to accommodate the childrenof illegal aliens. And look at the chaos in ourhospital emergency rooms.Those of you in the Dallas delegation know that70 percent of new births at Parkland Hospital—you all know this—are illegal aliens. Look at theFort Worth delegation, where John Peter SmithHospital in Fort Worth 75 percent of the newbirths are illegal aliens. And in Houston, in thepublic hospital, 70 percent of the new births areillegal aliens. Last fall before she left office, theComptroller of Texas issued a report relating toillegal aliens. One of the highlights was that illegalaliens input $17.9 billion a year into the Texaseconomy. That sounds good. But let’s examinethe Texas economy. The gross state product ofTexas is over $900 billion a year. That meansthat illegal aliens who make up seven percent ofour population produce two percent of the grossstate product. Members, any financial expert willtell you that anyone earning under the federalpoverty level for a family of four makes little orno contributions to your economy.A Supreme Court ruling allows freeeducation, but the most lucrativebenefit of all, is the one whichallows a pregnant illegal alien tocheck into any U.S. hospital,receive prenatal care and givebirth, pay absolutely nothing . . .Let’s look for a moment at the benefits that illegalaliens are getting from our Federal Government.Under EMTALA, the Emergency MedicalTreatment and Active Labor Act, we providefree health care in every emergency room in theUnited States. A Supreme Court ruling allowsfree education, but the most lucrative benefit ofall, is the one which allows a pregnant illegal aliento check into any U.S. hospital, receive prenatalcare and give birth, pay absolutely nothing forthe medical service and then receive U.S.citizenship for that child while committing a crimeagainst our country. I want to talk about that fora minute, because I filed a bill that challenged theFourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.For those of you who don’t know, the FourteenthAmendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratifiedin 1868. Three years after the Civil War. It wasratified in response to the worst and mosthorrendous decision ever made by the U.S.Supreme Court, the Dred Scott case. It wasterrible and I’m glad they passed the FourteenthAmendment when they did it. And the FourteenthAmendment was ratified to ensure that thechildren of former slaves, born in the UnitedStates, were indeed U.S. citizens.That’s why, members, the childrenof ambassadors that come to theUnited States who have children inour country every day are not U.S.In 1866, when the amendment was debated inthe United States Congress—we always talkabout legislative intent—well, the congress hadlegislative intent in 1866. The author, SenatorHoward of Michigan, said that it does not applyto foreigners or individuals who have allegianceto another country. That’s why, members, thechildren of ambassadors that come to the UnitedStates who have children in our country everyday are not U.S. citizens because it does notapply to foreigners. And I thought it was time forus to challenge the Fourteenth Amendmentbecause we’re creating 350,000 new U.S. citizenseach year and I believe it’s being createderroneously.Members, finally I just want you to know thatmy middle-income constituents and your middleincomeconstituents have less benefits than illegalaliens. When your middle-income constituentsare making too much money for Medicaid, andthey are making not enough to pay for their ownhealth insurance, they can’t walk into a hospitalemergency room and get free medical care. I’dlike to see EMTALA repealed. And let’s do thesame thing for our constituents who receive nomedical benefits.Members, on January 9th, 2007, we all stood inthis room and took an oath to preserve, to protect,and to defend the Constitution and laws of theUnited States. Not 98 percent of those laws, butall of the laws. We are a nation of laws and if wecan arbitrarily ignore the immigration laws, whatother laws can we ignore? Thank you, members.

La Voz de Austin - May, 2007Page # 7Texas State Representatives Trey MartinezFisher and Joe Pickett Respond to BermanThe chair recognized Representative MartinezFischer who addressed the house on a matter ofpersonal privilege, speaking as follows:Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members, I will nottake the chamber’s time up. I know that we havea calendar and we have lots of work to do, but Ican’t go home and talk to my constituentsknowing that I sat there and listened to that. And,in fact, I can’t even go to my house and look atmy wife, look at my family, and say that I cameup to Austin, at the expense of everything else,and got a mouthful of that.All I’m going to say is I want to thank ChairmanSwinford for drafting a bill and passing a bill thatrelates to the relating clause of “homeland securityissues, including border security.” That’s whathis bill does. That’s what HB 13 does. That’swhat we debated. That’s what we amended.That’s what we passed. That’s what is going tothe senate—HB 13. So, Chairman Swinford, Iwant to thank you for that.My friend, Rafael Anchia, remindsme that this is a capitol that wasbuilt on the backs of immigrants.European immigrants built thiscapitol, stone by stone, brick bybrick, so that we can have a forumthat we can debate these ideas.I respect my colleague from District 6 (LeoBerman). I respect his right; I respect his rightof free speech. That’s why we build this capitol,to debate. Speaking of this capitol, I know thatmy friend, Rafael Anchia, reminds me that thisis a capitol that was built on the backs ofimmigrants. European immigrants built thiscapitol, stone by stone, brick by brick, so thatwe can have a forum that we can debate theseideas. And we’ve debated these ideas. This is myfourth term. We’ve been debating ideas for fourterms now. I hope that I have the privilege ofdebating future issues in this chamber. But I wantto leave with a piece for you to think about.Many ofyou attendeda luncheon, abipartisanluncheon,w h e r eFatherJ i m m yDrennanfrom St.P a u l ’ sCatholicChurchtalked aboutthe issue ofimmigration Texas Stateand reminded Representativeus about our Trey Martinez FisherHoly Familythat traveled from Judea to be born inBethlehem. Jesus is a Nazarean, but he wentto Egypt as a child. There are issues going back toimmigration in our Bible and you won’t find onesentence in there about anybody having to showpapers, anybody having to check-in with theOffice of Homeland Security because they aregoing to someone else’s country. The issue ofimmigration just did not start in this state; it didnot start in this century; and it will not end in thisstate and it will not end in this century.Let’s take for a moment, when we have thesedebates—we will divide, I guarantee you we willdivide. We’ve been dividing all this session. Let’sthink about the humanity. Let’s think about thehuman issue. There is nothing more human,nothing more elemental, and nothing morefundamental, than humanity. And when we as abody move in a direction where we break downthe human aspect and replace human beings bycalling them “aliens” or derogatory terms, we’reno longer making them human, so that it’s easierto criticize and break them down. We’re talkingabout human beings. We’re talking about mothersreacquainting with their husbands, reacquaintingwith their children—building families. Let’s,members, let’s not forget about the human aspectof our debate. And we will disagree and we’vealways disagreed,but I think we canall agree to behuman and toremember thehumanity in ourdebate and ourwords. Thankyou for yourtime.ADDRESS BY REPRESENTATIVE PICKETTON A MATTER OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGEThe chair recognized Representative Pickett who addressed the house on a matter of personal privilege,speaking as follows:Mr. Berman, I respect your views, but you said something I just could not sit down and not object to.You mention that the El Paso Independent School District was floating a $290 million bond issue totake care of illegal children in the schools. You couldn’t be more wrong. El Paso is going to grow by50,000 American citizens by way of Fort Bliss. That bond issue is for U.S. military, in uniform, andtheir families. That’s what the bond issue is for. Texas State RepresentativeJoe PickettIn recent weeks and in the comingmonths, we will continue to hearmore and more about what is goingto happen to the immigrants who arecoming to the United States and tothose who are already here.On May 12th, the voters of a smallcommunity in North Texas calledFarmers Branch let their views beknown when they passed a cityordinance that penalized apartmentlandlords and managers forrenting to people without properdocumentation.Already, Mexicans are moving outof Farmers Branch saying they arenot going to put up with this crap. Asthe country watches the fallout fromFarmers Branch we can expectEditor’s NoteACC registration is open until until May 23.Register forsummer classes!Register and pay early -classes begin May 29.all kinds of reactions from differentsides of the debate.Related TopicHere in Austin, the Texas Legislaturehas also been having theirown debates about what to do withimmigrants who want to go to college.If you have already read thecomments of Texas State RepresentativeLeo Berman on the facingpage, you can get a taste of thekind of thinking that some of thesepeople carry around in their head.We predict the immigration debateis going to get louder as the summergets hotter.512.223.4ACCwww.austincc.eduStart Here. Get There.

Page # 8La Voz de Austin - May, 2007En la ComunidadRiver City Youth Foundation 24th Annual YouthAwards Ceremony at St. Edwards UniversityABOVE LEFT: The Martinezfamily received the River CityYouth Foundation family ofthe year award.ABOVE: Edna Iruegas, Valentino and his mother pose for the camera. Each of themwere honored with an award.RIGHT: Manuel Garcia receivedthe River City YouthFoundation ChurchNugyen Service Award.LEFT: Sarah Wilson wasnamed River City YouthFoundation Intern of theyear. She is with UTeach.

La Voz de Austin - May, 2007Page # 915 Questions forJanie Muñoz SanchezJanie Muñoz Sanchez is a formermigrant farm worker from el Rio GrandeValle de Tejas. On Saturday, May 19th,2007 at the age of 36, she will walk acrossa stage and receive her Ph.D from TheUniversity of Texas at Austin. Wethought her reflections about her journeythus far in life would be appropriate in thisissue of La Voz de Austin.La Voz: Where is Janie Muñoz Sanchezfrom?Janie: Pueblo Azul, a 2-street colonia onthe border of Texas in the Rio GrandeValley.La Voz: Did you work as a teenager?Janie: Yes, after we moved to theHouston area I worked everyday afterschool as a live-in baby-sitter & nannytaking care of 2 school-aged boys in awealthy neighborhood/suburb of Houston.Later I worked at a local fast-foodrestaurant until high school graduation.One summer I mowed grass with my dadto save enough money to buy my 1 st car.La Voz: Where did you go to high schooland college?Janie: I graduated from John F. DullesHigh School in Sugar Land, Texas. Iwas then accepted by The University ofTexas at Austin where I received mybachelor’s degree.La Voz: Was there a teacher or otherperson that inspired you in high school orcollege?Janie: Yes, Ms. Cangelosi – high schoolsocial studies teacher who taught worldhistory. She was single and I thought shewas the most learned individual I had evermet. Although she probably never knewit, since I never said anything in her class,I wondered, how did she ever get all thatknowledge in her head — I naturallyfigured she’d gotten all that in a greatuniversity!The other person was Milton Jamail –college professor who taught TejanoHistory. He seemed torelish in pointing outall the unbelievablepieces of informationthat had beendisseminated as“Anglo” white washedhistory to us youngcollege students. Hewas so funny andreally seemed toenjoy life and his work.He inspired me tokeep striving for whatI thought I needed todo with my life.La Voz: Was there abook or movie thatmade a big impact onyou when you weregrowing up?Janie: There was a movie, To Kill AMockingbird. It taught me that we shouldnever give up and that justice willsomehow prevail no matter how difficultthings may be for us, people of colorLa Voz: Now that you are preparing tograduate with a Ph.D from the Universityof Texas at Austin, does it seem asthough a long time has passed?Janie: Yes, this pursuit seem to be allconsumingof your life at times, that youend up missing important events or thingsthat you want to do or really being able tohave the normal semblance of life. Thepast 5 years have taken a toll on me. Forexample, I missed out on the potty trainingof my two children.La Voz: Did anyone ever try anddiscourage from seeking an advanceddegree?Janie: Yes, there was a counselor in highschool that was assigned to my name,who I didn’t even know (she was a verypretty and thin woman with long platinumblond tresses with red painted lipstick andthe bluest eyes) who told me that goingaway to Austin wasn’t for me and that Ishould insteadconcentrate onperhaps “goingsomewhere locallike a communitycollege for someonelike you.” Needlessto say, I didn’t listento her and her hurtfulwords.La Voz: You went toschool back East.Tell us about that.Was it hard going sofar away?Janie: No, I wantedto get away fromwhat I thought wasovert racism towardMexican-Americans in Texas. I landedin Washington, D.C. a week after Igraduated from UT-Austin working onCapitol Hill and in the halls of the U.S.Congress. Once there, I was only verysad during the holidays when it was tooexpensive to buy plane tickets to comehome and be a part of family gatherings.I has to settle for listening on thetelephone to all the fun and laughter whenI called to check in with my family.La Voz: What did you do to remindyourself about your goals?Janie: I plastered posters on the walls ofmy one room efficiency apartment ofother less fortunate ‘mujeres’ from otherparts of the globe in developing countries:indigenous women working hard andlaboring away in the fields or performinghard work outside. I did this remind myselfthat things were always worse somewhereelse and that I should be grateful to behoused in a nice safe, warm cozy placedirecting my own life and no longer havingto endure the hard life of a migrant workeras I did when I was a youngster.La Voz: Was there ever a time when youasked yourself, what am I doing?Janie: Yes, when I no longer had a fulltimejob and was pregnant with my secondchild. I had with no health benefits andwas I trying to stay in the doctoral programas a full time student at UT Austin.La Voz: Who was a personal hero?Janie: My grandmother Maria PazContreras, who came here to the RioGrande Valley after my grandfather left heron the farm in Michoacán, Mexico (foranother woman) to raise a large family of7 children all alone. She left her farm andeverything she knew and ultimatelyemigrated here and began to be an integralpart of our migrant farm-worker life. Shecooked, she took care of me & raised mewhen my mother was out in the fieldsalong with the rest of my brothers andsisters when I was very small. I lookedup to her because she no matter how hardher life must’ve been personally, she nevercried or felt sorry for herself. She justkept going and doing what she could, livingwith various sons’ families at varioustimes.La Voz: Looking back on your academiccareer, what would you have donedifferent?Janie: I would’ve applied for everyscholarship I could locate. I also think thatI may have gone to University of Houstonwhen I received the full 4-year scholarshipinstead of trying to work my way throughthe University of Texas-Austin.La Voz: What is your favorite color.Janie: BlueLa Voz: Who is your favorite musicalgroup?Janie: The Beatles (especially becausethey spawned the John Lennon song“Imagine” which is my all-time favoritesong)La Voz: Are you planning on sleepingmore this summer?Janie: Yes!

Page # 10 La Voz de Austin - May, 2007ojo en eL CrimenIncidents Reported to theAustinPolice Department for theperiod Jan. 1st, 2007 to April 30, 2007Reportes al Departamento dePolicia de Austin por el período1 de Enero 2007 hasta 30 de abril 2007Number of Incidents by Zip Code (see facing page)Numero de Casos por Codigo Postal (vea la otra pagina)Type of incident78702 78704 78721 78744 78758Tipo de incidentes zip code zip code zip code zip code zip codeTotals1. THEFT 218 313 72 173 201 9772. BURGLARY OF VEHICLE 184 253 50 217 335 10393. FAMILY DISTURBANCE 227 234 136 256 244 10974. LEAVING THE SCENE CRASH/ACCIDENT 176 206 41 133 158 7145. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 147 190 48 161 166 7126. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 94 141 10 34 68 3477. PUBLIC INTOXICATION 150 123 13 88 54 4288. HARASSMENT 83 102 52 100 93 4309. ASSAULT W/INJURY-FAM/DATE VIOL 90 93 52 117 133 48510. BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE 46 71 38 94 148 39711. POSS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA 184 82 16 32 18 33212. AUTO THEFT 44 50 17 41 78 23013. DISTURBANCE/OTHER 55 59 37 43 37 23114. BURGLARY NON RESIDENCE 51 40 13 28 51 18315. ABANDONED VEHICLE 61 34 42 60 53 25016. DWL SUSPENDED SR 30 37 10 35 10 12217. ASSAULT BY CONTACT 21 46 13 19 28 12718. ASSAULT WITH INJURY 60 61 27 46 44 23819. CRIMINAL TRESPASS 133 50 26 40 34 28320. DWL SUSPENDED MANDATORY 48 38 14 37 22 15921. CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION/OTHER 52 50 12 18 18 15022. POSS CONTROLLED SUB/NARCOTIC 113 31 12 24 21 20123. CUSTODY ARREST TRAFFIC WARR 52 37 12 25 21 14724. TERRORISTIC THREAT 16 36 7 25 25 10925. ASSAULT BY THREAT 24 24 8 13 19 889,476

La Voz de Austin - May, 2007Page # 11eye on CrimeWhat Do TheseNumbers Suggest?The table on the facing page contains reportedincidents to the Austin Police Departmentfrom January 1st, 2007 to April30th, 2007. The reported incidents cover thefive zip codes currently being targeted by LaVoz de Austin. The incident categories representthe most reported incidents for thefour months in question.Altogether, in just these five zip codes, inthe first three months of this year, there werea total of 9,476 incidents in the 25 categorieswe are examining. What is immediatelystriking about these statistics is the high numberof violence related incidents. Out of the25 categories, 7, or 28%, are violence related:1. Family Disturbance . . . . . . . 1,0972. Harassment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4303. Assault with Injury to aFamily Member DatingViolence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4854. Assault by Contact . . . . . . . . 1275. Assault with Injury . . . . . . . . . 2386. Terroristic Threat . . . . . . . . . . 1097. Assault by Threat . . . . . . . . . 882,574The next thing that stands out in lookingat these statistics is the number of propertycrimes reported.7875878702 787217870478744Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977Burglary of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039Burglary of a Residence . . . . . . . . . . 397Auto Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Burglary of a Non-Residence . . . . . . 1832,826Here is a question, with this amount of property crimeand violence going on, how are people suppose toget a good night’s sleep? Second question, how areschool children affected by the kind of crimes that aregoing on around them?

Page # 12 La Voz de Austin - May, 2007Documentary traces Tejanostruggle for civil rightsSAN MARCOS –A documentaryfilm that traces thestruggle for civilrights of TexasM e x i c a nAmericans will bescreened at 5 p.m.Thursday, May 24,at the TexasSpirit Theater inthe Bob BullockTexas StateHistory Museumin Austin.M e x i c a nAmericanLegislativeCaucus: TheTexas Strugglefor Equality andOpportunity is adocumentary filmthat traces thestory of Tejanosand their efforts tosecure their civilrights and expandtheir social andeconomicopportunitiesthrough thelegislativeprocess.The documentaryopens with anoverview of the roleTexas Mexicansplayed in the independence and political organization of early Texas and explainshow, as a group, Tejanos were gradually excluded from political power by the early20th Century.The film then turns its attention to the Civil Rights Movement, during which MexicanAmerican organizations in Texas led the fight for greater inclusion, overcoming barriersto full citizenship, such as the poll tax, segregated schools, and discriminatory laborand police practices.Through interviews with a number of retired and present-day Tejano legislators, thestory of the Caucus and its increasing influence in state affairs unfolds from its foundingin the early 1970s to the present.The documentary is a product of a Texas State University-San Marcos team:Jaime Chahin, Dean of the College of Applied Arts; Frank de la Teja, Chair ofHistory and State Historian of Texas; Jaime Armin Mejía, professor of English;Magda Hinojosa, narrator and professor of Political Science; and History graduatestudent Roque Planas; supported by technical director Robert Currie.The project was funded by Anheuser-Busch Inc.and the Verizon Foundation.DAY TIME ROBBERYby Mary _________October 9 th 2006, Time, 10:45 am. I hada dental appointment for a root canal at11:00 am. The dentist was 4 miles frommy home. After picking up medication Iarrived home at 1:45 and opened mygarage door and parked my auto.I had a strange feeling when I got out ofthe car I noticed the door entry to thedining room was open and I also noticeda bureau with odds and ends had beenopened and documents scattered on thegarage floor.As I entered the dining room, a buffetdraw was on the floor and warranty paperswere scattered all over the floor. I did nothesitate to call 911 when I heard a noisein the master bedroom, I was on the phonereporting a home break-in to the police Isaid in a loud voice “Hello is there anyone in here?” The police dispatcherinstructed me to quickly get out of thehouse and wait outside until the policeget there.The only way they could have enteredmy home was to break the dining roomwindow. The solo screens were removedand the windows are low. I feel there weretwo persons which I will mention at theend of this story. I found band aids on mykitchen counter and so I think whoeverbroke the window to unlock it must havegotten cut.The police arrived in a matter of a fewminutes and had me wait until theychecked all the rooms. I could not toucha thing until fingerprints were taken. Thefamily room sectional leather couch seatswere all off the couch, my CD’s werethrown on the floor.I don’t know which hurt the most, theinvasion of my privacy or the root canalwearing off, but I did not have time to thinkabout myself, as the police asked me togive them a tentative list of what itemsthat were missing.I asked one of the officers to go withme to the master bedroom. The mattresswas off the bed and leaning against thedresser where I had all my expensivejewelry. All the jewelry was gone and onlyempty boxes remained. The weapon wasmissing, and in the walk in closet, all thesuit cases were thrown on the floor andunzipped. The fire proof container with allthe important papers were gone. I thinkthat upset me the most.In my son’s room, collection of baseballcaps were thrown on the floor, all the drawswere on the floor and emptied.The police officer gave me a casenumber and explained that a detectivewould be assigned to the case. I faxed athree page list of stolen items, and thecell phone that was stolen from me. I alsoprovided the police with the serial numberof the weapon that was stolen. There weretwo calls that were placed shortly afterthe robbery, one here in Austin andanother to Bay City.On the day of the robbery, a neighborwho had moved in the area only fivemonths prior was driving by and saw allthe police cars at my home. She rangmy doorbell and the Officer walked to thedoor with me. She told the policeman thatshe witnessed two men in their early 20sbanging and kicking my front door.She slowed down and they both turnedand looked at her. She gave the police astatement and described the intruders andstated the time was 12 noon .In fact I had seen the two men whomshe described in the neighborhood acouple of times and knew they were notresidents of this particular street. Istrongly felt that there had to be twointruders involved in the break-in, becauseone person could not steal the number ofitems removed and mess up a house inless than one and half hours.I strongly feel there should be at leastsome way to ease the mind of the victims.Either a positive or a negative statusfollow up..The Law Enforcement Officers that whohad responded need to be commendedfor their quick response. Any victim shouldrealize the Detective Branch has manyopen cases and are governed by priorities.Thank You.SIGNED A “VICTIM”If you have been the victimof a crime, please considersharing your story with LaVoz de Austin.

La Voz de Austin - May, 2007Page # 13Austin Independent School DistrictStudents Reflect on the TAKS testLanier High SchoolThe students of the Stand Up Club at Lanier HighSchool were recently asked to reflect on the TAKS testthat was administered during the month of April. Below isa sampling of what they thought.I think that this time the teachers took more of theirtime to prepare us for the TAKS. Last year I didn’ttake the TAKS so I don’t know how hard it was. This isthe first time I have ever taken it and I felt prepared. Ithink that the majority of the questions were easy.Rubi CampuzanoThe TAKS test was not really hard it was justconfusing. It took me longer to finish but itwas because I studied stuff that was not onthe test. There were like only 2 or 5 questionsthat I studied and the rest I had to give mybest answer. I really got nervous the last twoweeks. I was really stressed out. I couldn’tsleep thinking about what the test was goingto be about. I tried my best and I think thatmy teachers did the best they could to prepareus for the TAKS.Irayda SantanaTengo dos años estudiando en el high school.Yo siento que el TAKS se me hizo muy deficilesporque no hablo bien el Ingles. Este año es laprimera vez tome los TAKS.Irma AnzoraI feel relief that the TAKS is behind me and now I canfocus on real subjects in school. All this school yearwe been working on the TAKS. I took the TAKS lastyear and have already passed them so my time iswasted having to work on something I have alreadypassed. Finally it is over and there are only four moreweeks of school left.Luis OrozcoWe felt that we were more prepared thanlast year and our confidence was somewhathigh, however we felt that all thepreparation didn’t get us to the level that(we) wanted in order to pass.This pagebrought to youby Austin Voicesfor Educationand YouthReagan High SchoolThe students of the Stand Up Club at Reagan High School wererecently asked to reflect on the TAKS test that was administered duringthe month of April. Below is a sampling of what they thought.The TAKS test this year was a lot more difficult thanlast year. Last year’s preparation for TAKS wasn’tas organized as this years. We practiced last year,but this year they definitely tried to get the studentsa lot more prepared. TAKS testing has been prettyeasy for me in the past. I don’t think this year’s TAKSwas really difficult but it made you think a lot harder,maybe because I’m older.Cammie LedbetterThis year when I took the TAKS test, myteachers helped me prepare for it a lot more.Then when I took the test, I finished it fasterthan I usually do. I feel the test was morechallenging this year. I am pretty sure that Ieven got commended on a least one of thetests.David McCulloughWe were more prepared than last year.Teachers were organized.It was a lot easier this (time) compared to last year’s exam. I thinkthat it’s a waste of time and that it doesn’t really need to exist. Allwe really need is our credits. It was the typical ideas, twist, turnsand faults that come with taking any TAKS.LBJ High SchoolThe students of the Stand Up Club at LBJ HighSchool were recently asked to reflect on the TAKS testthat was administered during the month of April. Belowis a sampling of what they thought.I think we weren’t well prepared for TAKS,some teachers started preparing a weekbefore or after TAKS. I also feel it washarder and that they should void the testfor us because it is on its way out anyway.Leslie LaraI have not taken the TAKS test beforethis year so I am unsure as to whetherthis exam was more difficult than lastyear’s. In the weeks leading up to theTAKS, a lot of my teachers went offthe topic we had been learning andbegan trying to prepare us for TAKS. Ido not care for TAKS testing becauseI do not believe it accurately evaluatesour skill sets.AiyanaThis year’s TAKS test seemed easier than last year’s because I was better prepared in my Algebra class. Myteacher did remind us about how the subjects we are learning are going to be on the TAKS. Sometimes I feelthat the TAKS causes too much stress.Michelle Do

Page # 14May 19th, 2007May 19th, 2007May 19, 20, 2007May 20th, 2007May 22nd, 2007May 22 th, 2007May 30th, 2007Calendar of Events78744 Community Conference in Austin, TexasAustin Voices for Education and Youth is organizing a community conferencein the Dove Springs neighborhood to bring together activists and social serviceproviders for a discussion about programming activity that addresses dropoutprevention at the middle and high schools. The conference runs from 10:00 to1:00pm. For more information please contact Alfredo Santos c/s at (512) 450-1880Center for Mexican American Studies at The University ofTexas at Austin will hold its graduation ceremonies at 3:00pm in the UniversityTeaching Center (UTC) 2.112A. The keynote speaker will be Texas StateRepresentative Roberto Alonzo (D-104). A reception with music will follow from4:30pm to 6:00pm in Homer Rainey Hall 3.102 (Old Music Room)Hispanic Leadership Training in WacoLa Voz de Austin- May, 2007The Servant of God as a Leader,” part of an ongoing leadership workshop seriessponsored by the Hispanic Ministry Office, will be held May 19 and 20 atSt. Francis on the Brazos in Waco. The program is offered to leaders andpotential leaders of lay movements and organizations in the Hispanic community.Space is limited. Registration should be made in advance by contacting RobertoNavarro or Cecilia Avila at (512) 873-7771.Red Salmon Arts presents a reading & book signing ofTelling Tongues: A Latin@ Anthology on Language Experience (co-publishedby Red Salmon Press & Calaca Press) featuring Rudy Garcia, CelesteGuzman Mendoza, Roberto Pachecano, raulrsalinas, Liliana Valenzuela,along with editors Louis G. Mendoza & Toni Nelson Herrera. 4pmCommunity Meeting at Johnston High School.There will be a community meeting in the cafeteria of Johnston High School todiscuss the 2007 results for the TAKS test and the possible closure of theschool. The meeting starts at 6:00pm. For more information please call (512)414-5810A Call to Men-Austin: A Grassroots Group Shifting SocialNorms that Define Manhood in Austin. It is time for “well-meaning men” to takea stand against the epidemic of men’s violence aimed at women and others.Please join us to view a short video and informally talk about what we can doin Austin to create solutions to the epidemic. Snacks and refreshments will beprovided — AND BRING A FRIEND. FREE Gathering! 6:30 - 8:00pmThe University of Texas at Austin Principalship Programs5th Annual A Call for Social Justice Event and the presentation of the DoyleValdez Justice Award 8:30am to 10:00am in the George I. Sanchez Building,Room 104 at The University of Texas at Austin. For more information pleasecall (512) 414-3847TRABAJE DESDE SU CASASe necesita personal para ensamblaje.Gane $500 a $1000 por semana. No se requiere experiencia nihablar ingles. Informes gratis a: La Asociación Nacional delTrabajo 1 (650) 261-6528Word PowerEn PalabrasHay PoderNo one can ever argue in thename of education, that it isbetter to know less than it isto know more. Being bilingualor trilingual or multilingualis about being educatedin the 21st century. We lookforward to bringing our readersvarious word lists in eachissue of La Voz de Austin.DanArellanoTexasLegislatureVotesEndExamsHurtStudentsLong RunManyPeopleWaitingForThisDayWeFindHopeTodayNadie puede averiguar en elnombre de la educación quees mejor saber menos quesaber más. Siendo bilingüe otrilingüe es parte de sereducado en el siglo 21.Esperamos traer cada mes anuestros lectores de La Vozde Austin una lista depalabras en español con susequivalentes en inglés.TejasLegislaturaVoto o VotaTerminarExaminesLastimaduraEstudiantesA lo largoMuchasGenteEsperandoParaEsteDíaNosotrosEncontramosEsperanzaHoyDareCo RealtorsThinking of buying a house, then think ofme. I have been in the real estate businessfor more than 20 years. I can help you realizeyour dream of owning your own home.(512) 826-7569darellano@austin.rr.com

La Voz de Austin- May, 2007 Page # 15Announcing the Opening of the Law Office ofDaniel R. GonzalezDaniel R. Gonzalez, Attorney at Law, P.C., wishes to announcethe opening of his law office at 13284 Pond SpringsRoad Suite # 403 Austin, Texas 78729. The office is openingfrom 8:30 to 5:00pm Monday thru Friday. The telephonenumber is (512) 219-9300. The fax number is (512) 219-9375.El Abogado Daniel R. Gonzalez anuncia la apertura deoficina de leyes ubicado en la 13284 de el camino PondSprings # 403 aquí en Austin, Texas 78729. La oficina estaabierta de las 8:30 hasta las 5:00 de lunes a viernes. Elteléfono es (512) 219-9300. El fax es (512) 219-9375.La PrimerConsultaes gratis.If you have any legalquestions, please giveme a call.GraciasNot certified by the Board of Legal Specialization in the State of Texas

La Voz de Austin - May, 2007La Reina del Tex-Mex ConjuntoLinda Escobary Su Estimable Conjuntowww.linda.escobar.comABOVE: Linda Escobar at the Tejano ConjuntoFestival en San Antonio, Texas on May 12, 2007