Norma Elia Cantú @normaelia-8.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The NACCS Tejas Foco meeting is now history. Feeling grateful for all the love and the Award for Non-Fiction for SOMOS TEJANAS that Jody Marin and I received. Thank you to all contributors, without you, we wouldn’t have a book! 020
Reposted by Norma Elia CantúNorma Martinez @normdog1.bsky.social · 20/02/2026On #Fronteras: Poems like "To be a pocha or not to be" take the Bard's influence and transform them to address colonialism, slavery, and the erasure of language and culture. @kathrynvsantos.bsky.social writes about this in "Shakespeare in Tongues." @texaspublicradio.bsky.social shorturl.at/Cjbmwshorturl.atFRONTERAS: ‘Shakespeare in Tongues’ explores how the Bard’s works are being used to reframe migration and colonialismThe book is part of a series that explores how contemporary movements shed new light on Shakespeare's work. 242
Norma Elia Cantú @normaelia-8.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I'm setting up a Substack account...any advice? 010
Norma Elia Cantú @normaelia-8.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Just did my very first presentation on FIESTAS EN LAREDO at the u of Texas Arlington… a resounding success! Gracias Natalia Trigo and Xavier Medina for the invitation. Gracias Kris n Celia for coming out to be with me. 030
Reposted by Norma Elia CantúGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/02/2025An excellent resource for federal civil servants. www.civilservicestrong.orgcivilservicestrong.orgCivil Service Strong: Resources for Civil ServantsEffective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go... 194114294143
Reposted by Norma Elia CantúChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since. 35463223099
Norma Elia Cantú @normaelia-8.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I spent the first week of 2025 in room 451 at Methodist with Elvia as she deals with fractured vertebrae and ribs while recovering from cancer surgery. 120
Reposted by Norma Elia CantúStephen Pitti @latinohistory.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The University of North Texas has removed words like “race” and “equity” from 78 course titles.insidehighered.comU of North Texas removes DEI-related terms from course namesWords like “race” and “equity” have been removed from 78 course titles at the University of North Texas, The Dallas Morning News reported. 75943
Norma Elia Cantú @normaelia-8.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Meditating a panel with Luis Jaramillo And Adamely Salgado Reyes 170
Reposted by Norma Elia CantúRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 17/11/2024For the @nytimes.com I wrote about how Enough is Enough with the incumbent president and his cabinet of folly and let’s stop coddling Trump voters and be real clear-eyed about what lies ahead. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | EnoughTo suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough. 1764020927
Norma Elia Cantú @normaelia-8.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Just joined. I’m at THE TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL this weekend 2110
