So being the proactive semi-retired activist mom can be she contact’s Jose Angel Gutierrez, former head of Partido Raza Unida and asks him about a young man that was filming the 1973 Party Convention in El Paso, Texas. Ruth, Lupe and Martha all attended the conference as delegates from the states of Texas, Illinois and [...]

I do remember when I first met Lupe in Houston, 1977. I had heard a lot about her from my mom prior to the IWY convention. They had collaborated on projects since 1972 when Lupe, Ruth, and Martha, were at the ‘Adelante Mujeres’ Women’s Conference sponsored by the Midwest Council of La Raza at Notre [...]

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I met with Lupe at UCLA. I got lost (even with Mapquest) and misjudged the traffic coming from Wesminster so I was late getting to the Chicano Studies Library. Once I found it, I was greeting with a sunny smile ’y un gran abrazo’ from Lupe. She and [...]