The 40th annual american book awards. I say it is very appropriate that we are holding this ceremony on the day of the dead. In San Francisco. And in california, and at the end of the west. Not just geographically mind you, you go any further west, you are in the east. Far east. So just this last month, afghanistan turned 18. I say its you say is going to vote . Congressional budget for every 24 hours the war cost hundred and 74 million. So in a city named for st. Francis, who city fathers and mothers now treated citizens as if they were merely detritus of capitalism, is trying these big two. And if state named for a black lesbian amazon clean of the islamic faith took up on that, but these are just the names that we know right now. Because there are monday names for this place became long before any of us were here and there will be monday names to come. In fact the origin of those names came from a group of people who arrived from youre up are increasingly starting to up here within
National organizations held a meeting in San Francisco so that we could be a part of the around prop 187 and see some of the and the organizer thing firsthand. So that was a really important part of my the early part of my career. And its coming full circle now today. And of course, the ripples prop 187 have been felt throughout the last 30 years, throughout my entire career. Today we have a really distinguished of panelists who are here to discuss prop 187 and its aftermath. Im going to introduce everybody very briefly here to my left, we have gustavo arellano. Hes columnist at the los angeles times, where he covers politics and issues in Southern California. He previously wrote a column called, ask a mexican, and that is also a book now. Correct. And hes also the author of taco usa how mexican conquered america. Next, we have veronica terriquez. She is a professor in the department of chicano and Central American studies, and she is a director of the Chicano Studies Research center a
National organizations held a meeting in San Francisco so that we could be a part of the around prop 187 and see some of the and the organizer thing firsthand. So that was a really important part of my the early part of my career. And its coming full circle now today. And of course, the ripples prop 187 have been felt throughout the last 30 years, throughout my entire career. Today we have a really distinguished of panelists who are here to discuss prop 187 and its aftermath. Im going to introduce everybody very briefly here to my left, we have gustavo arellano. Hes columnist at the los angeles times, where he covers politics and issues in Southern California. He previously wrote a column called, ask a mexican, and that is also a book now. Correct. And hes also the author of taco usa how mexican conquered america. Next, we have veronica terriquez. She is a professor in the department of chicano and Central American studies, and she is a director of the Chicano Studies Research center a
According to Pew Research compared to the last midterm elections, Latinos are the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the US that is eligible to vote and 26% of them live in California.