Volume 12 Number 1 A Bi-Cultural Publication Janaury, 2017 La Voz Free/Gratis Gina Hinojosa Texas State Representative, D-49 Page 2 La Voz Newspapers - January, 2017 People in the News John Morán Brad Urrutia Sworn González Promoted In As Judge of the to Full Professor at Morales Sworn In As Victoria DeFrancesco Serapio Herrera 450th Court UT Austin Constable of Soto Leads Off New Inducted Into Tejano Brad Urrutia was sworn in as the new judge of the 450th District Court on John Morán González was recently Precinct 4 Radio Program Roots Hall of Fame January 3rd, 2017. This is the newest promoted to Full Professor at The George Morales III was sworn in as The Greater Austin Hispanic Serapio Herrera, legendary musico court created by the Texas Legisla- University of Texas at Austin. He the new Constable of Precinct 4 in Chamber of Commerce, launched its from the 1960s when he fronted for ture. works in Department of English and Travis County on January 1st, 2017. inaugural show, AMÉRICA HOY on Los Sonics, was inducted into the also serves as the Director of the Cen- Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Mo- Newsradio KLBJ 590AM on January Tejano Roots Hall of Fame on Janu- Urrutia states that it was his mother ter for Mexican American Studies. rales grew up in the Dove Springs 8th, 2017. The program is also streamed ary 7th, 2017 in Alice, Texas. who drove home the need for an edu- neighborhood and graduated from at newsradioklbj.com. cation. After graduating high school in Professor González attended Johnston High School and attended At the age of 12, in 1963, Herrera 1987, he joined the Army to pay for Princeton University, graduating ma- Austin Community College and Mark Madrid, President and CEO learned to play to organ and joined a college. gna cum laude with an A.B. in English Huston-Tillotson University. of the Greater Austin Hispanic group called The Illusions. A year literature. He then earned an M.A. de- Chamber of Commerce is the host later he formed the Los Sonics. The After being honorably discharged in gree and a Ph.D. in American litera- Morales has twenty two years of law of the show and had as his first guest, original Sonics featured Henry 1990, he enrolled at Texas State Uni- ture, both from Stanford University. enforcement experience in Travis Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, a lec- Alemán on lead vocals and Serapio versity and graduated in 1993. A schol- County and has received a number of turer in the Department of Govern- on keyboards and vocals. Serapio’s arship took him to Washburn Uni- Originally from Brownsville, Texas awards over the years for his dedica- ment at The University of Texas at father, Valentin, would drive to gigs versity School of Law in Topeka, he is author of Border Renaissance: The tion and committment to public ser- Austin. She provided a recap of the at the Royal Sport in Seguin and other Kansas. Texas Centennial and the Emergence vice. 2016 presidential election and shared towns/venues in a camper. of Mexican American Literature and The her insight on the upcoming political A crimminal defense attorney from the Troubled Union: Expansionist Impera- Prior to taking office, Morales served environment. By 1968, Serapio was now sharing beginning, Urrutia has tried every level tives in Post-Reconstruction American as the Chief Deputy for Constable the stage with the likes of the Royal of felony, from state jail felony drug Novels. He is also the editor of The Adan Ballesteros in Precinct 2. He Dr. DeFrancesco Soto is a contribu- Jesters, Little Joe, Sunny and the cases to death penalty cases. Over the Cambridge Companion to Latina/o law enforcement certifications include: tor to MSNBC as well a regular politi- Sunliners, in large venues all over years he has been committed to repre- American Literature, published by Master Texas Peace Officer, First Line cal analyst for Telemundo. She has Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois senting indigent clients charged with Cambridge University Press in Supervisor, Certified Basic Police In- appeared on HBO’s Real Time with and Michigan where fans would yell the most serious crimes. 2016. structor and Gang Investigator. Bill Maher and is widely published for Serapio to sing “Clavelito,” his sig- in both academic and popular outletss nature song since 1967. Judge Urrutia is married to Amber such as POLITICO and Talking Urrutia and they have four children. Points Memo. In 1988, Herrera left the music scene He is a resident of South Austin. enrolled in a technical college and A native of Southern Arizona, Dr. opened a business. But the music was Defrancesco Soto is of Italian-Jew- still in his heart. Today he is back and ish-Mexican heritage. She received her his new group is called Cincuenta B.A. from the University of Arizona Veinte. He can be contacted at (830) in 2000 and her Ph.D from Duke Uni- 625-3626 versity in 2007. PRODUCTION La Voz Newspapers - January, 2017 Page 3 PRODUCTION Editor & Publisher Pensamientos EditorAlfredo & PublisherSantos c/s EDITORIAL Alfredo Santos c/s Bienvenidos a todos to a new In this issue of La Voz we Managing Editors year. Gracias a dios we made want to call to your attention AssociateYleana SantosEditors Cambiando de Tema into 2017. Bueno, no todos. the passing of Archbishop Kaitlyn Theiss Yleana Santos There are a few folks we want Patrick Flores in San Anto- Every few months or so, we Molly Santos to pay tribute to since they did nio. He goes down in history are asked, we do publish a Graphics Rogelio Rojas pass away in 2016. as the first Mexican American Latino newspaper? Why do Juan Gallo to be named a bishop in the you have to seperate yourself? Contributing Writers They are Diana Castañeda, Can’t we all just be Ameri- Distribution Roman Catholic Church Rachael Torres local community activist, cans? El Team when he was so ordained on el Alberto C. Gonzalez Tejano singer, Emilo Navaira, Cinco de Mayo of 1970. Rocky Medrano, Chicano I am used to these types of ContributingTom Herrera Writers questions after having been in journalist and activist, Joe On page 6 you will find the Alfredo R. Santos c/s the newspaper business for 26 DistributionWayne Olvera from El Paso, Danny Latino elected officals from the Editor and Publisher Camacho, avid historian and Austin area who were sworn years now. The story below TomHector Herrera Tijerina has appeared in several cultural volunteer at the Austin His- into office recently. We count RogelioMarisa Rojas Cano variations and we reprint it here tory Center, legendary farm a total of 20. (Hope we didn’t as a partial response to the La Raza worker leader Antonio miss anyone.) questions above. Orendain who passed away in Round Table PUBLISHER’S the Rio Grande Valley, On page 7 we have included a A Jewish man spotting a friend STATEMENT Tejano singer, Bobby Butler teaser for a forthcoming series. reading an Arabic newspaper. from Tortilla Factory fame, Back in 2007, we published a “Moshe, have you lost your mind?” La Voz is a monthly publi- Chicana activist Choco Meza list of the 25 most influential he says. cation covering Bexar, who passed away in Septem- Latinos in Austin. In 2010, we Brazoria, Caldwell, Comal, ber in San Antonio, Texas. published a list of the 21 hard- “Well, I used to read the Jewish pa- Guadalupe, Hays, est working community activ- pers, but what did I find?” Moshe Maverick,Travis,Uvalde, replies. “Jews being persecuted, To all these folks and any oth- Valverde and Zavala Coun- ists in Austin. This year we will Israel being attacked, Jews disap- Where friends and enemies come ties. The editorial and busi- ers we may have missed, we be publishing four lists. See pearing through assimilation, Jews together for breakfast tacos every ness address is P.O. Box say good-bye. You are gone page 7 for more details. living in poverty. So I switched to 19457 Austin, Texas 78760. but not forgotten Your time on an Arab newspaper. Now what do I Saturday and discuss the impor- The telephone number is (512) this earth made a difference and Page 12 contians a Review of find? Jews own the banks, Jews tant issues of the day. We meet at control the media, Jews are all rich 944-4123. The use, reproduc- we know the contributions you the Year 2016 with the covers 4926 East Cesar Chavez Street in and powerful, Jews rule the world. tion or distribution of any or made during the time you were of each issue of La Voz. Cada The news is so much better!” Austin, Texas every Saturday at part of this publication is with us. año it seems that time is going 10:00am strongly encouraged. 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