Yello Chick

Tweets on 2008-03-24

@sethrubenstein it depends on whether the Hispanic students were born in the U.S. & raised w/English as their first/primary language # I’m of Filipina heritage, but Filipino/Tagalog is a foreign language to me. is English really a foreign language to you? # @sethrubenstein i thought it wasn’t fair, either; but it depends on level of experience. many [...]

Iraq for Sale

I just watched the testimonies of military and civilian participants and veterans of the IraQuagmire in “Iraq For Sale;” and, as an American who lost one of my best college friends in WTC2 on 9/11 and has family and friends fighting/working in Iraq now, it’s an understatement to say I’m extremely upset with the Bush [...]

Tweets on 2008-03-21

finally got the blog back up…now to replenish posts! http://www.yellochick.com # addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yellochick.com%2F2008%2F03%2Ftweets-on-2008-03-21%2F'; addthis_title = 'Tweets+on+2008-03-21'; addthis_pub = '';

Crucifixion Brought to You By Coke!

Philippines - Talk about getting nailed: The City of San Fernando’s annual Good Friday re-enactment of Christ’s Passion is set to include not one, not three, but 23 real live crucifixions, as eager penitents seek to emulate Jesus by being nailed to crosses. (Other slightly less committed penitents will restrict themselves to a thorough scourging.) Church and civil authorities actually [...]

LEAP Civic Engagement Conference

[ April 5, 2008; April 19, 2008; May 3, 2008; June 7, 2008; ] Civic Engagement Conferences (CEC's) are designed to bring together public and private sector employees, community leaders, educators and students from diverse ethnic communities to explore civic participation and public policy issues concerning the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities in the Central Valley and Northern California region. It provides the opportunity for political networking and [...]