As I write (11:31 AM, CST, January 23, 2012), students are walking out of Tucson Unified School District's high schools. They are walking to a rally during which Arizona legislators will announce a bill to repeal the one passed last year that has resulted in an end of the Mexican American Studies program.
At noon CST, Simon Ortiz, author of The People Shall Continue and Winona LaDuke will be on Native America Calling.
I am tweeting these two developments. My twitter ID is debreese.
You can also follow the walkout by going to the Facebook page of DA Morales, or following his blog posts at Three Sonorans, or, by following his Twitter feed: ThreeSonorans.
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