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Vickie Vértiz

Writer, Educator, Advocate

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Tag: immigration

New on KCET, Youth Resistance and Los Angeles Photography

From my latest article on Artbound KCET: “The week of November 14, 2016, nearly 4,000 students from about 18 schools … More

Chicana/o Movement, Chicano Movement, Chicanx, civil unrest, demonstrations, East Los Angeles, immigration, KCET, KCET Artbound, Latinos, Latinx, los angeles, protests, Rafael Cardenas, riots, student demonstrations, Tim Toyama, Vincent Price Art Museum, walkouts, Xela de la X

“Conditions” by Jen Hofer– a translation

“— ninety thousand children crossing the border in the last three years what thirst what listening what refuge what desert … More

border poetry, condiciones, conditions, immigration, immigration poetry, Jen Hofer, PEN America, poesia sobre la inmigracion, poetry about immigration, Roman Lujan, TC Tolbert, Vickie Vertiz

Recent writing, news, and posts

  • LA Times Story: Avenue 50 and other Eastside havens from gentrification
  • Every Day We Get More Illegal: City Lights Interview with Juan Felipe Herrera
  • KCET Artbound: L.A. Residents Push for More Inclusion in Gehry-Designed Arts Center
  • KCET’s Artbound: In Bell Gardens, American Legion Hall Post #465 Is an Unlikely Musical Mecca
  • April 2021 Readings
  • Virtual AWP 2021 panel, “The Woven Verse: An Exploration of the Latinx Verse Novel in Kidlit”
  • Toyoteria: Jaime Muñoz’s Apparitions of Faith
  • On family violence and waiting for the Big One
  • “1989 Caprice Classic,” a poem
  • KCET Story: Third-annual Southeast L.A. River Arts Festival held entirely online
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