By VIRGINIA ISAAD
EL NUEVO SOL
She has vague memories of the day her parents packed up and brought her and her sister to the U.S. One of them is her arriving at an “airport” though in reality she’d arrived to Sun Valley after crossing the border illegally at the age of three.
Growing up, Joselyn Arroyo, 29, would accompany her mother, a janitor at the time, to the KNBC studios in Burbank…
Por JACQUELINE GUZMÁN-GARCÍA
EL NUEVO SOL
Los jóvenes indocumentados tienen la opción de quedarse, estudiar en Estados Unidos una carrera universitaria en estados o universidades que lo permiten, o regresarse a sus países de origen ya sea a estudiar una carrera universitaria o un posgrado, una opción menos explorada en los medios. Esta exlusiva serie de productos multimedia de El Nuevo Sol explora esta segunda opción. Pulse aquí para leer, escuchar y ver toda la serie.
By VIRGINIA ISAAD
EL NUEVO SOL
Lizbeth, 23, had gone her entire life without questioning her status in the U.S. until applying for college when she was asked to provide a Social Security number she didn’t have. Suddenly the future she had once envisioned for herself was completely out of reach and she had to reconcile her aspirations with the limited options of an undocumented student.
By JORGE NERI
EL NUEVO SOL
The award-winning author of “Murder City,” Charles Bowden, and the creator of the Frontera List and librarian, Molly Molloy, discussed the situation of Ciudad Juárez and talk about their book “Murder City” in the Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room in the Oviatt Library Wednesday morning.
Journalist and author Juan González—co-host of “Democracy Now!”—visited California State University Northridge, as part of his book tour to promote News For All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. The event, hosted by CSUN Latino Journalists and El Nuevo Sol, took place before an overflow crowd of faculty members and students from various departments.
By PAUL LAVERACK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
A massive crowd took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, October 15, 2011 as the Occupy Los Angeles movement gained momentum going into its third week. The day’s events were part of a Global Day of Action against corporate greed. Occupy events took place over 1,000 cities worldwide, involving hundreds of thousands of citizens who are tired of the political and economic system favoring the super-rich, at the cost of everyone else.
Por: ROCÍO ROMERO
EL NUEVO SOL
Según los Centros de Control de Enfermedades (CDC) el porcentaje de obesidad infantil se ha triplicado en los últimos 30 años. El fenómeno parece no tener límite y se ha infiltrado en la población hispana colocándola en segundo lugar en desarrollar enfermedades relacionadas a la obesidad. Un grupo de madres, a pesar de la falta de recursos que existen en sus comunidades, han decidido romper las barreras relacionadas al sobrepeso.
By JONATHAN GONZÁLEZ AND JORGE NERI
EL NUEVO SOL
Hundreds of permanent residents attended the “It Is Time” citizenship workshops in Sun Valley Saturday to begin the process of becoming citizens of the United States. The free event – hosted by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) – was held at John Francis Polytechnic High and featured multiple workshops.
Ve en ustream la charla completa de Tatiana Huezo, directora de el documental El lugar más pequeño, en su visita a California State University, Northridge, en un evento patrocinado por Latino Journalists: CCNMA and NAHJ y El Nuevo Sol.
On Wednesday, September 7, El Nuevo Sol and CSUN Latino Journalists will co-present their first panel discussion of the 2011-12 school year, featuring filmmaker Tatiana Huezo Sánchez, director of The Tiniest Place. Huezo will conduct a Q-and-A in the Whitsett Room at 9:30 a.m.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Dining Hall workers and their supporters among students, alumni, and faculty hold a picket and rally at Pomona College in Claremont, California, outside the college administration building on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. The event included accusations of unfair labor practices, conflicting views on the proper way for workers to unionize, and an implicit critique of President Obama’s effectiveness on labor issues.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Civil society leader Jesse Jackson, in Sweden on July 4, 2011 for that nation’s annual weeklong festival of politics, speaks about labor under attack, corporate power in ascendancy, and the need for a mass uprising of ordinary people. He also offers encouragement to students of Cal State Northridge, who are reeling from yet another fee hike, as the state budget implosion continues.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
In a day-long rally, march, and sit-in at the administration building on April 13, 2011, a growing crowd of Cal State University Northridge students protest the ongoing budget cuts and fee hikes across the CSU system. The students are joined by professors, union workers, and Alex Hanna, a leader from the recent Wisconsin capitol protests. The organizers, Students for Quality Education, call for the resignation of CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, whom they refer to as “Chancellor Greed,” for his willingness to slash student services while giving himself repeated salary increases.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Workers from all over the Western United States and Canada marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, March 26, 2011, from Staples Center to Pershing Square, to show their solidarity with public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere around the country where corporate Republican governors are stripping state workers of their collective bargaining rights. The day-long event, organized by the AFL-CIO, was called “We Are One.” The parade route was filled, as far as the eye could see, with working people on the march. Numerous local and national labor leaders spoke at the culminating rally in Pershing Square.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Cal State Northridge students, faculty, alumni, and their supporters rally & march for the future of public higher education in California. Governor Jerry Brown has just proposed $500 million in savage cuts to the CSU system alone, and a staggering $1.4 billion in cuts to education overall. The students respond by turning out in force for this Day of Action. They gain support from Reverend James Lawson, a living legend of the civil rights movement, who has spent the year as a lecturer in residency at CSUN, teaching theory and tactics for nonviolent direct action.
By JULISSA REYES
EL NUEVO SOL
The CSUN 6, as the five students and professor are known, have received much support from fellow students, professors, and community organizations such as Todos Somos Arizona (We Are All Arizona). Supporters could be found sitting in the courtroom and rallying outside the courthouse at the group’s court date Friday Jan. 21. Among the supporters sitting in the courtroom was CSUN professor Rudy Acuña. “I’m here because of the injustice,” Acuña said outside the courtroom. “This is racist. Every person arrested is a person of color.”
By DENA BETANCOURT
EL NUEVO SOL
After years of working on and writing about the subject of human trafficking, journalist and documentary filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle has used media as a way to communicate and bring awareness on the issue.
As a child, had always been outraged at the condition of women and the superiority of men over women. She realized later on this was the reason why she became very involved. “Women are so vulnerable in the face of men’s sexuality and their needs in general,” she said.
Por JACQUELINE GUZMÁN
EL NUEVO SOL
El Nuevo Sol es un proyecto multimedia creado para servir a la comunidad latina. Cada año, estudiantes de diferentes culturas llegan a El Nuevo Sol dedicados a mostrar la realidad y las costumbres de muchos países. Este periódico ha sido creado gracias al programa de periodismo en español de CSUN.
Los reporteros son capacitados para que sus trabajos vayan más allá de lo superficial. El intento principal es crear reportajes responsables e investigativos: calidad en lugar de cantidad.
Por SHAYLA SILVA EL NUEVO SOL Cada mañana en el centro de Los Ángeles, una madre de dos niños con autismo se despierta con una angustia que le quita el sueño, “Mi mayor temor es que mis hijos nunca obtendrán la independencia”, dice Regina Ángeles, 49, que ha estado cuidando a sus hijos, Francisco, 16
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Por JACQUELINE GUZMÁN
EL NUEVO SOL
Alrededor de 5,000 estudiantes, maestros y personal de escuelas se reunieron enfrente del capitolio en Sacramento para protestar en contra de los incrementos de matriculas, reducciones de clases y recortes de personal en la educación superior. La congregación pacifica se llevó a cabo el 22 de marzo, después que días antes se llevaran a cabo protestas similares pero mas pequeñas en el estado de California.
