Friday, December 13, 2013

Inspiring NMSU Students Overcome Obstacles to Reach Fall Graduation

Article: click here
Las Cruces Sun News

Congratulations to NMSU graduates and grads from all over!

This article comes at a time when CJ students of CJYO 2013 have just submitted their mini-memoir projects discussing their journeys towards higher education and status as justice majors.  

Great story!

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Maria Rivera, CJYO Mini-Memoir Project

A quote included on Maria Rivera's memoir titled I am who I am... Criminal Justice & Youth Outreach, Connecting Memoir to Social Change, Fall 2013.


Wednesday, December 11, 2013

I Am a Mother Poem by Angélica Dorado Pérez

The following poem is by Angélica Dorado Pérez included on the Dedication page of her memoir developed during the Fall semester of 2013 titled Tremendo Orgullo de Una Mujer Latina.

Ms. Pérez dedicates her memoir to her daughters, Jacquelyn and Catalina whom she describes as the "inspiration to strive for a better life." 

The Discipline of Week 11: CJYO Quote Fall 2013 - LJR

"...our battles must also demonstrate how the technology can expand everyone's art, story, image, and truth into a multitude of endless possibilities... To accomplish all of this involves self-discipline.  In essence, ritual and expression through the arts help pull everyone into the rhythms of the universe, into the inner workings of all nature, from the minute to the most massive aspects, from the DNA imprint in our genes to the massive whorl of galaxies.  Once we tap into the interacting push and pull of complementary energies, we begin to put ourselves in accord with the world, into the timeless patterns and root formulas that ignite all life, and thus restore the power within each of us to better such a world." 

'The Way of Discipline', Chapter 20
Stretching Out Your Life, Part Three
Hearts & Hands, Creating Community in Violent Times
by Luis Rodriguez