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by Brian Flagg Today, January 6, is Jon Miles 76th birthday. He is my close friend and has been a central advisor to Casa Maria from day one! For many years, many decades, he has been the rock, the heart and the soul of the struggle for peace and justice in Tucson. He has livedContinue reading “JON MILES-A MAN OF THE PEOPLE! JUAN MILES-¡UN HOMBRE DEL PUEBLO!”

by Brian Flagg The other day I was talking to the Casa Maria diners and some of the volunteers who come from all parts of Tucson. They might be having a hard time but they are paying attention. Recent events have given us all a lot to think about, especially about what the future holdsContinue reading “HARD TIMES AT CHRISTMAS IN TUCSON… SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR // TIEMPOS DIFÍCILES DURANTE LA NAVIDAD EN TUCSON… ALGUNAS OPINIONES PARA EL AÑO NUEVO”

by Cesar Aguirre I’ve been reflecting about the local elections a lot lately, especially the TUSD school board election. It is truly disgusting that Jim Click and his buddies bought the election for Mark Stegeman and people like him who do not have the best interest of our children in mind. Jim Click is a known philanthropist,Continue reading “JIM CLICK BOUGHT THE TUSD SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION, ONE LESS BROWN PERSON ON THE BOARD // JIM CLICK COMPRÓ LAS ELECCIONES DE LA MESA DIRECTIVA DE TUSD, UNA PERSONA DE COLOR MENOS EN LA MESA”

This is the Advent greeting we sent out this year. We want to make sure we reach all our gente so we translated it into Spanish. ADVENT 2016 Dear Friends of Casa Maria, Thanks to the generosity of you all, four hundred to five hundred individuals and more than 150 families continue to eat hereContinue reading “ADVENT 2016 / ADVIENTO 2016”

Thursday morning, after seeing Betts Putnam-Hidalgo’s opinion article in the editorial of the Arizona Daily Star, I wrote a letter to the editor. I do not have the same privilege that Betts has, whether based on skin or big money backers that pay for full page adds like Jim Click, so you know the Star didn’tContinue reading “Betts Putnam-Hidalgo’s guest opinion, ‘TUSD board, leader must stop leaving teachers behind’ is blatantly untrue // La opinión de Betts Putnam-Hidalgo, ‘Miembros de la Mesa Directiva de TUSD, el líder debe dejar de menospreciar a los maestros’ es descaradamente una mentira”

David Safier writes a great blog on an online daily dispatch by the Tucson Weekly called The Range. by Cesar Aguirre Over the past few weeks I’ve had some interesting conversations with teachers and parents about this year’s TUSD school board elections. It seems that these conversations are usually sparked by something they have read orContinue reading “TO REALLY UNDERSTAND TUSD BOARD ELECTION READ DAVID SAFIER, NOT JUST DAILY STAR”

The Casa Maria Voter Project is out on the streets in Tucson’s southside to help build power in our barrio.