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30 Years por la Patria. Tres décadas transformando derrotas en victoria - son patriotas

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Starting July 1st, Ryan Heindl & Ryan Kiesel will ride 2500 miles in 35 days from Chicago IL to Berkeley CA to raise money for Climate Cycle. Follow them on Tumblr. Hel them reach their $2500 goal by donating at www.firstgiving.com/ryancrosscountry

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It seems that this zine came out of a 2 in the morning conversation between two friends, Jamie and Katie. They discuss the all-too-common trap that many activist communities fall into: an ironic reiteration of the very hierarchies they try to dismantle. The authors seek to validate all types of "activism" and challenge the very definition of activism itself.

This zine is a reprint of the 1975 publication Consciousness Raising Guidelines, a handbook for women wishing to start a consciousness raising (CR) group during the second-wave feminist movement in the late 1960s and 70s. The authors also contribute modern-day commentary on the utility of these groups today and challenge readers to expand their understanding of CR beyond the typical White feminist framework it has usually been characterized by.

This was a publication produced as part of the Juvenile Justice series published by the Hull House Museum in Chicago in partnership with the Chicago Freedom School. It seeks to educate about the particular violences faced by young women and girls as the hands of the Illinois juvenile justice system.

Que Ondee Sola was established in 1972 and remains the oldest Puerto Rican & Latina/o university student publication in the United States. Our mission is to provide the Northeastern Illinois University community with a relevant and engaging publication that deals with student issues with a focus on Puerto Rican and Latinas/os, our communities, and our patrias.