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Tucson Talks: Another Reaction to Tragedy

Posted in Giffords, Latino, Leadership, Social Media, Twitter, tagged Arizona, Being Latino, Giffords, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, latinos in social media, LATISM, Leadership, Politics, Social Media, Tragedy, Tucson, Twitter on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

We love our friends on Twitter. We love the community we have met there, especially the connections we have made through #LATISM. Today, we also had the pleasure of asking Tucson native and Twitter friend, Ana Gonzales Lewis, her thoughts about the tragedy. Here is what she said: Tucson’s Ana Gonzales Lewis JRV: As a [...]

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Talking with Tucson: “We Will Never Forget”

Posted in Giffords, Latino, Leadership, Twitter, tagged Being Latino, Giffords, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, LATISM, Social Media, Tragedy, Tucson, Twitter on January 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The Tucson murders have become a part of all us. Today, we had the opportunity to interview Tuscon’s Peter C. Rodriguez, Jr., one of our #LATISM Twitter friends, about his beloved city and how he thinks the city is reacting. Here is what Peter said: Tucson’s Peter C. Rodriguez, Jr. JRV: As a Twitter profile [...]

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We Must #BCivil

Posted in Giffords, Leadership, Politics, Twitter, tagged @julito77, Being Latino, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, latinos in social media, LATISM, Leadership, Social Media, Twitter on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

There is hope in America again. It is starting to show during the ongoing events of the heinous shootings in Tucson, whether in the cheers we shout to hero Daniel Hernandez or by a simple thumbs up from Gabby Giffords. It still doesn’t eliminate the continuous tweets and posts we see that are shamefully politicizing [...]

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