The Impact from Structural Violence

What?: I think the quote from Sen defines agency as the personal ability to act or do something in order to change the living situation. I think my own personal agency that bring me to be a college student are my self-confident, effort, self-motivation, and many…

Selfie Assignment

Selfie #1

Selfiesteem

Critical Reflection Prompt #9: Latino Immigrant Experience, Policy, and the Dream.

#SELFIE

“Bearing Witness”

Agency is the personal ability to act or to do something. A person’s capacity to act upon a situation or issue. I believe that everyone has a choice in what they want to do and who they want to be. I think that my persaverance, will to succeed and self-motivation has brought me to where I am…

Critical Reflection Prompt 7 — Nelda and Lorena: Social Identity, Social Justice, & Education

The Dream of Latino Immigrants

What?: There are many differences between the hopes and aspirations of first and second generation Latino immigrants. One of the examples of the first generation Latino immigrants is Miguel’s mother. She came to the United States with full of hopes an dreams, and she…

Xicanism

What: Nelda explains that she first became a Chicana when she read Occupied America by Rodolfo Acuna’s which explored how the Southern states overtook property that once belonged to Mexico. She describes herself as both Mexican and Chicana. “She manages the dual identities of Mexican and Chicana without seeing…