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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 5h

💫 The Raza Cósmica Film Festival returns this October 8-10th! 💫 MACRI is proud to be a co-sponsor of this film festival that showcases the creativity of Latinx storytelling. Find more details and register at buff.ly/bxzWijS

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Visit MACRI's latest exhibit, Somos Americanos: Our American Story. GALLERY HOURS Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 4PM (or by appointment) 2123 Buena Vista St., SATX 78207 FREE Admission!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Teachers! Parents! Students! 🎨 We are planning our next student art exhibit, which will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Mendez V. Westminster, and we are looking for student art. 🗓️ The deadline is December 16, 2026! Find the guidelines and learn more 👉 buff.ly/9B7TIAG

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Do you have a story about the Alameda Theater or Casa de Mexico? Our final Alameda Memories History Harvest will be Saturday, October 17th, from 10am to noon, and we would love to capture your Alameda story. More info & RSVP 👉 buff.ly/p2mi08H

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We're one week away from Montevideo's Raza Cósmica film festival, and we're excited to once again be a sponsor! Raza Cósmica runs Thursday, October 8th, through Saturday, October 10th. We hope to see you there! 🎬🎞 @montevideo210 RSVP and see the full film lineup 👉 buff.ly/4rKcCHh

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Due to the severe weather, the MACRI Visitor Center will open at 1PM today, Friday, October 2nd.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

⚠️ We're sorry to share that, due to the flood watch, we are postponing this event. ⚠️ We will send out a new date as soon as possible. Please be safe, everyone!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Save the date for a conversation about the past and future of San Antonio's beloved ALAMEDA THEATER! More info & RSVP --> buff.ly/1gfgb29 Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 | 9 - 11 AM Double Height Courtroom at the Bexar County Courthouse 100 Dolorosa, San Antonio, TX 78205 Coffee & light refreshments! FREE

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

United Farm Workers grew to become the largest farmworker union in the U.S., improving work conditions, including rest breaks and bathrooms, testing for pesticide exposure, a farmworker credit union, and abolishing the short-handled hoe, which caused injuries to many farm workers.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OTD in 1962, the founding convention of the National Farm Workers Association, was held in Fresno, CA with over 150 delegates in attendance. In 1966, the group became the United Farm Workers of America when it merged with the Filipino Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, led by Larry Itliong.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Teachers! Parents! Students! 🎨 We are planning our next student art exhibit, which will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Mendez V. Westminster, and we are looking for submissions from Bexar County students. 🗓️ The submission deadline is December 16, 2026! Learn more 👉 buff.ly/9B7TIAG

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

with Cherríe Moraga, for her writing about culture and collective identity. She is perhaps best known for her book "Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza" (1987) and for co-editing, along with Moraga, the landmark anthology "This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color" (1981).

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Born #OTD in 1942 in South Texas, Gloria E. Anzaldúa was a trailblazing queer Chicana poet, writer, & feminist theorist who won the NEA Fiction Award (1991), Sappho Award of Distinction (1992), & The American Studies Association Carl Bode-Norman Pearson Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2001)

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join us tomorrow for an exhibit reception for SOMOS AMERICANOS: OUR AMERICAN STORY. 🗓️ Saturday, September 26, 2026 ⏰ 1 PM - 4 PM 📍 MACRI Visitor Center, 2123 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207 🍇 Refreshments & Door Prizes! 🎁 ✨️ FREE RSVP: buff.ly/dr0VqAY

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Join us this Saturday! You are invited to a reception for our newest exhibit, SOMOS AMERICANOS: Our American Story, and our Fall Membership Drive. Saturday, September 26, 2026 1 PM - 4 PM MACRI Visitor Center, 2123 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207 FREE

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

MACRI was created because Mexican American civil rights history deserves a permanent place in our nation’s historical narrative. Every person who becomes a member helps us show that there is a community standing behind that mission. Add your name to that community during our Fall Membership Drive.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why become a MACRI Member? Every MACRI Member helps demonstrate that our community values Mexican American civil rights history and believes it deserves to be preserved, studied, and shared. Save Our History. Inspire the Future. Become a MACRI member today 👉 buff.ly/IBZBcAf #MakeHistoryWithMACRI

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You are invited to a reception for our newest exhibit, SOMOS AMERICANOS: Our American Story, and our Fall Membership Drive. Saturday, September 26, 2026 1 PM - 4 PM MACRI Visitor Center, 2123 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207 FREE

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s #MondayMembership, and we’re kicking off MACRI’s Fall Membership Drive! When you become a MACRI member, you help preserve and share the stories of Mexican American civil rights history and demonstrate the strong community support behind this important work. Join today! 👉 buff.ly/IBZBcAf

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is estimated that between 13,000 and 14,000 service members were discharged under the policy between 1994 and 2011. Watch Retired Staff Sergeant Eric Alva's DADT story buff.ly/bRvsUQu

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One Year Later

Refelecting on the one year anniversary of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#OTD in 2011, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), a U.S. military policy that prohibited openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual individuals from serving, was repealed approximately nine months after President Barack Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 on December 22, 2010.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SAVE THE DATE! MACRI is excited to partner with the Collins Garden Library for a free screening of MY FAMILY, starring Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, Jimmy Smits, and Constance Marie! 🗓️ Sunday, Sept 20th ⏰ 2 PM 📍Collins Garden Library, 200 N. Park, SATX 78204 Learn more at: buff.ly/9Tg8kBW

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Save the date! You are invited to a reception for Join us for the opening of MACRI’s current exhibit, SOMOS AMERICANOS: Our American Story, and our Fall Membership Drive. Saturday, September 26, 2026 1 PM - 4 PM MACRI Visitor Center, 2123 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207 FREE

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today, we remember the victims of the Chualar tragedy and their legacy in the fight for worker safety, labor rights, and civil rights.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Labor rights activist Ernesto Galarza conducted an investigation into the disaster, exposing the unsafe transportation practices & systemic neglect that placed farmworkers' lives at risk. His report became a powerful indictment of the Bracero Program & helped build support for its end in 1964.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Twenty-two men died instantly, and another 27 were seriously injured in one of the deadliest transportation disasters involving farmworkers in U.S. history.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#OTD in 1963, 32 Mexican farmworkers were killed when a Southern Pacific freight train collided with the makeshift bus transporting them to work near Chualar, California. Most of the men were braceros—participants in the Bracero Program who lived together in a nearby labor camp.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Happy Dieciséis! September 16th is Mexican Independence Day, commemorating the symbolic beginning of the Mexican War of Independence following Father Manuel Hidalgo's Grito de Dolores, a speech that called for an uprising against the Spanish viceroyalty. ¡Viva México! ¡Viva México! ¡Viva México!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Su voto es su voz! Are you registered? YES Are you sure? Check your status at: bit.ly/2025nvrdreg NO Register now: bit.ly/2025nvrdreg #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres. Register today! bit.ly/2025nvrdreg #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Did you know that as many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered to vote or are unsure of their registration status? ¡ESCÁNDALO! Be part of the solution and get your community #VoteReady today on #NationalVoterRegistrationDay. Check your status at: bit.ly/2025nvrdreg

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not only is today the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, but it's also National Voter Registration Day!!! It's a time when we ask ourselves: WWWMD? (What would Walter Mercado do?) The stars have spoken. Register to vote. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #VoteReady

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hola, Killeen and Bell County, Texas! Our Executive Director will be speaking at this afternoon's Hispanic Heritage Month community celebration at 3:30 pm in the Killeen City Council chambers, located at 101 N. College Street. We would love to see you there! More info here: buff.ly/IdxHBPU

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! We love the increased attention to Latino Americans during HHM, but we also want you to know that MACRI is sharing Mexican American civil rights history 365 days a year! We'll be here for you during HHM, and we'll be here for you after HHM. We're not going anywhere!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

El Congreso was inspired by articles in Laredo’s Spanish language newspaper La Crónica, run by the Idár family, who brought attention to inequalities faced by Mexican Americans.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For a week beginning #OTD in 1911, El Primer Congreso Mexicanista, also known as the First Mexicanist Congress, met in Laredo, Texas to address social, economic, and educational issues impacting Mexicans and persons of Mexican descent in the U.S.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

TODAY! Join us for a virtual MACRI Talk about ✨️ Lyndon Johnson, Mexican Americans, and the Border✨️ , featuring historian Geraldo Cadava. 🗓️ Wed, Sept 9, 2026 ⏰ 6 - 7 PM CT The talk will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. RSVP at buff.ly/CxlfYCu!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Visit MACRI's latest exhibit, Somos Americanos: Our American Story, highlighting the ways Mexican Americans have lived out the nation’s highest democratic ideals through public service, civic leadership, and acts of valor. GALLERY HOURS W-F, 10am-4PM 2123 Buena Vista St., San Antonio, TX FREE!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

MACRI TALK - Join us this Wednesday for a MACRI Talk with Dr. Geraldo Cadava about Lyndon B. Johnson, Mexican Americans, and the Border. Live streaming on Facebook and YouTube at 6 p.m. Central Time!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This week at MACRI! EXHIBIT - Have you visited our latest exhibit, Somos Americanos? The exhibit gallery is open this week, Wednesday through Friday, from 10am to noon and 1pm to 4pm. Stop by and learn about the long history of Mexican American contributions to the USA!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This Wednesday! Join us for a virtual MACRI Talk about ✨️ Lyndon Johnson, Mexican Americans, and the Border✨️ , featuring historian Geraldo Cadava. NEW DATE!! 🗓️ Wed, Sept 9, 2026 ⏰ 6 - 7 PM CT The talk will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. RSVP at buff.ly/CxlfYCu!

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In 1917, she moved to San Antonio, where she opened an escuelita to educate young Mexican American children and later became a translator at the county hospital. In 2023, she became the second Latina and first Tejana featured on a US coin.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In 1911, she helped organize the First Mexicanist Congress to empower Mexican people to fight injustice and founded and led La Liga Feminil Mexicanista in Laredo. During the Mexican Revolution, she joined the Cruz Blanca, crossing the border to nurse the wounded.

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Mexican American Civil Rights Institute @somosmacri.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Born #OTD in 1885, Jovita Idár was a journalist, activist, educator, & suffragist who reported for La Crónica & El Progreso newspapers in Laredo, TX. She believed in the press’ ability to keep the powerful accountable & frequently wrote about discrimination, women's rights, & the Mexican Revolution.

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