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Mega March 2017 "Nuestra Voz Our History, Our Life, Our Future" A Raza Publication April 2017/Volume 3 Issue 41 NVNUESTRAVOZDETC.COM MEGA MARCH 2017 SAYING GOODBYE TO SPAIN LAST CALL FOR ROMO 6960 MILES TO HAVANA PART 2 Nuestra Voz De North Texas 2 Letter from The Editor Page 2 Letter from The Editor Page 4 Dallas Mega March Page 5 Farewell Trip Change is inevitable. It is a part of life. Page 6 6960 Miles to Havana Part 2 Page 7 Candidate questionare I am in Spain right now visiting places I have Page 8 Want To Feel Good Read This Page 10 Dream to Nausea, Scientology in visited many times in the past. Avila I visited last Denton, Grey Hair: Crown of Honor Page 11 Nuestra Voz en Español about 30 years ago. Page 12¿ Nuestra Voz en Español Page 13 Candidate questions continued You could see the walled city of Avila from Page 14 Early voting, Latino Power Page 15 TonyRomo miles away. Today even the part of Avila that was within the walls is hardly recognizable. I kept asking for directions to downtown. Imagine in the most historical part of Avila a Burger King. We are not just witnessing a physical change we are also witnessing a cultural change. Physical change and cultural change have to occur in uni- son. The process of change occurs at home with par- ents encouraging their children to be a part of that change. Spain went from a dictatorship to a democracy. The transition was not easy. Those that were kept out of the political process for years, like the communists showed up and demanded their place at the table. They may have gotten a place at the table but they did not get power. We Mexican Americans and Latinos have for many years forfeited our place at the table because of our failure to vote. We have some well qualified can- didates running for office. Make your choice at the ballot box. You can be part of a powerful change. You can't stop change. But you can prepare for it. 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Worth, TX 76119 Wichita St. 20 Salida Campus Dr. 35W 214-504-1219 Campus Dr. *PRECIOS SON AL CONTADO + TT&L **CON CREDITO APROBADO, CALCULADOS AL 4.99% APR 72 MESES CON UN ENGANCHE DE $2,500, PRECIOS EXCLUYEN CARGOS DE GOBIERNO POR EMISION, IMPUESTOS, LICENCIA Y DOCUMENTOS ADMINISTRATIVOS + 0% DE APR CON CREDITO APROBADO A 60 MESES 1.9% APR CON CREDITO APROBADO A 72 MESES “Dallas Mega March 2017” Nuestra Voz De North Texas 4 Was not as large crowd as had been expected, but enthusiasm was high! The crowd was largely Latino, but there was representation from all communities. In addition, there were both young, old and everything in between. And, it took a full 60 minutes to film the crowd from front to back, as they were coming. Please visit www.nuestravozdetc.com to see video. As for counter Dallas Mega March protesters, I counted maybe Thousands came to voice their dis- three and they could not be pleasure with the Trump Administration called enthusiastic. It was as policies, all of them not just immigra- if their protest had been called off and someone forget to tell tion. Marches were of all ethnic and reli- them, maybe the Trump effect gious persuasion. This was the people is beginning to wear off. expressing their opinion. This march The march was a resounding was about social justice and social success. You can make your voice As for the speakers, there equality. heard louder if you vote May 6. Vote was Congressmen, State Reps, local politicians, faith leaders There were some Trump ad- for school board, city council and var- and MLK 111. Jamie Fox and mirers there but they seemed to be ious propositions that are on the bal- Danny Glover was announced clueless as to the event that they were lot. If you do not vote, the march will but I had to leave so cannot witnessing. I don’t believe they even have meant nothing. Politicians react to confirm. As for me, I attend- knew why they were there. votes. ed with my wife and a couple To view the march visit: of grandkids that also helped https://www.facebook.com/ Si Se Puede – Vote with some video and pictures. nuestravozdenorthtex/ I am glad we went as a family as most that day were, because a march for Justice is a march for all of us. In addition, as I grow older I realize that the only way to leave a living leg- acy is to share your values and beliefs with others that will continue the fight. We are put on this earth to help others, so we must at times put action to words, less words become hollow. By A. Govea Nuestra Voz De North Texas 5 This Is My Farewell Trip To Spain I first came to Spain about the trip. Things, like “How cadero bus. Tell the driver My final on Jan 2, 1965. I wanted to are you getting to Paris, you “la tour Eiffel.” Sure enough destination was spend Christmas here but my don’t know French, you don’t when we got close I could Navalmoral de la commander would not let me know German and you don’t see it. I took my first trip to the Sierra. It was Winter go because we had to transition know English.” Louvre, Notre Dame, Sacre and there was snow our records from 1964 to 1965 My thick Mexican Ceour and the local American and ice everywhere. and I was the only one that accent clearly noticeable. My Legion post where I ate a I looked for a taxi but could do it. So a few minutes reply turned out to be more than hamburger. I love Paris. no one was willing to past midnight I swapped the jive talk, I replied, “when I board I don’t know how take me because records and ran to the Stuttgart the train I am going to look to many time zones we went the mountain pass Bahnhof to take off to Madrid. my left and there is going to be through on our way to Spain was impassible due I got on the Orient this beautiful lady looking out but late the following night to ice. Finally, a Express on the way to Paris the window and she will speak the train made a stop and I young taxi cab driver France. No, there was no German, French and English.” noticed that the name of the agreed to take me. murder and no mystery just a The big day of depar- stop was Avila, the town I was Against the advice of comfortable ride. When I got ture came and some of my going to. I asked the attendant all the older drivers. let passengers off. This time to Paris, I got off the train and friends came to the train station if per chance this was where We took off. There was no when I went to get on, there started showing people my tick- to bid me goodbye. Like I was I was going and he told me to problem until we reached the was no space at all. I waited et knowing that they could point going away forever. I boarded get off I was in the right place. summit. The road was cov- for a caboose to be added to me to the correct train for my the train, looked to my left and I had to be sure so I asked ered with ice.
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