Featured Writers
Bob Gómez and Claudia Ramires Flores
La muerte de Demetrio Gómez
By Bob Gómez
Jaliciense nació,
se fue a Guanajuato,
y a su esposa encontró
felizmente enamorado.
Antes de la gran Revolución,
a California se trasladó,
para una familia que inició
en minero se convirtió.
Un día en la mina ocurrió
que se había puesto dinamita,
y Demetrio sin vacilación
con la muerte hizo cita.
Al llegar al hueco oscuro
la explosión furiosa cayó
y una montaña hecho muro
a Demetrio destrozó.
…to be continued
Enough
By Claudia Ramires Flores, 7/09/2025
Mi abuelito Chente crossed the border for a better life
The US began militarizing the border
Pushing migrants to harder terrain
Their policy—scare them away —make it dangerous to cross
I remember that call
La mirada de mi apa
Les queremos informar que Vivente Ramirez Serrato fallecio en la frontera.
We waited for days
Mi abuelito Chente quedó muerto 1 mile north of the border.
It was his last breath
Mi abuelito está en el desierto
Busca agua buscan aliento
He watches over migrants, guides them to a safe place
He died on American soil- killed by the American policies
El dio la vida por mi
We don’t migrate for fun
We migrate for a chance to live
They continue their tactics
Dusting
They fly airplanes close to land to dust the migrants blind to hurt them
They detain them in schools, graduations, while they buy the very produce they pick, en el fil, at the clinics
They jail them inhumanly in concentrations camps
Mock and humiliate hard working people
Gente con corazón de oro
The very people that feed them
They’re
Kidnappers
Murderers
Enough is enough
Ya basta!
WOC Community Poem
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
By WOC
DEI - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
DEI is Dead On Arrival.
The government can legislate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion but the law is mostly dead letters.
But still, we cannot be canceled like a check
Humanity represented,
Divinity demonstrated, Exquisitely exposed, Injuries ignored
Dangerous to Exclude us Immigrants
DEI is
taking down the curtain of myth to reveal the truth.
the oxygen, food, and water that keeps me motivated, hopeful, and alive
Breathing life into dreams
the way fire moves beneath the earth, ready to again ignite
Together, we form warm soil, helping neglected seeds with the chance
to flower, to succeed, to be seen, to belong
warmth uplifting your body, smiles uplifting your cheeks
Unique perspectives. One heart.
WOC Mission Statement:
To nourish a community of writers of color, to bring our stories forward and share
Events
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SATURDAY AUGUST 16 | SABADO 16 DE AGOSTO, 6PM
@ SHERWOOD HALL, 940 North Main, SALINAS CALIFORNIA
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August 23rd & 30th!
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For information
Your Rights Inside the USA
The Fifth Amendment
no one shall be "deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law" by the federal government.
The Forteenth Amendment
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Because of news reports about
legal immigrants being swept up in ICE raids and mistakenly deported, we have attached info about where to report ICE and how to respond to ICE agents.
Report and Defend Against ICE PDF
Reporta y Defencia Contra ICE PDF