Normita's blog Vox 2009-09-24T21:14:50Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142b7d256a47/ Nerd power August 1 2009-Immigration canvassing training tag:vox.com,2009-09-03:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a470110164c5a7e860b 2009-09-03T23:42:22Z 2009-09-24T21:14:50Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I am organizing the community action area of Fiesta Del Sol- it will have a hundred volunteers each day- trained to canvass the festival, the three asks they will ask the fiesta del sol attendees: 1) Sign a pledge card addressed to Senators Feinst...

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]]> La Colleccion Event July 19, 2009 tag:vox.com,2009-09-03:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a47011016cbeff2860d 2009-09-03T23:06:43Z 2009-09-03T23:06:43Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

LaColeccion

Yesterday night, we had "La Colleccion: event in Golden Hills At the Marquee and it was beautiful. The Marquee is a great church-turned event hall in Golden Hill. The event started off as a fundraiser mostly for the art pavilion for Fiesta Del Sol...

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]]> Immigration Task force-takes off! tag:vox.com,2009-09-03:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a470110186b8f64860f 2009-09-03T22:09:01Z 2009-09-11T08:16:44Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So my personal goal as an organizer this summer, was to build up the Immigration Task Force group here in San Diego. We have had shaky turn out and continuity for about three years now. I wanted to make the task force a group of accountability and...

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]]> our greatest fear is our own power tag:vox.com,2009-07-15:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a47011016af1116860d 2009-07-15T07:47:35Z 2009-07-16T23:31:26Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Our Greatest Fear —Marianne Williamson it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that ...

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]]> Immigration Leadership Summit-June 27, 2009 tag:vox.com,2009-06-30:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a47011016a517f8860d 2009-06-30T08:30:34Z 2009-09-03T22:12:04Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This has been an amazing summer, and I am trying to capture it in all of its amazing awesomeness! A week after completing my finals for my first year of Grad School, I began to work on an Immigration Leadership Summit that Justice Overcoming Bound...

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]]> No wonder Tina Fey said Grad students are the worst people tag:vox.com,2009-06-30:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a4701101844bdd2860f 2009-06-30T08:23:43Z 2009-07-03T19:26:14Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom She said it on her show 30 rock and after a year of grad school, I get it. Grad students and academics kinda suck... the world of academia is designed to create drones within very specific fields which only few people understand. It is made to mak...

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]]> reflections on grad school tag:vox.com,2009-04-04:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a470110163be621860c 2009-04-04T00:35:40Z 2009-04-20T01:00:36Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom After two quarters of grad school, I feel like I can now reflect a little on my experiencias en grad school- 1. First of all, figuring out what to write for my thesis is difficult, with my background in art, my experience in community work, I am ...

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]]> QotD: Winter Activities tag:vox.com,2009-01-12:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a470109d07c0174000e 2009-01-12T19:45:22Z 2009-01-12T19:45:22Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What's your favorite winter activity? waiting for spring to hurry up, get its act together and show up already!! Fortunately, I am spoiled and live in mostly awesome weather here in San Diego! Today for example, it is about a breezy sunshine...

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]]> QotD: Accomplishments in 2008 tag:vox.com,2008-12-28:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a47010980c47679000b 2008-12-28T21:12:25Z 2008-12-31T00:16:00Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What are you proud for accomplishing in 2008? Anything you wanted to accomplish that didn't quite happen? I am proud of many things this past year, but specially for developing my "super-hero serum." Just a few drops of this serum will send you ...

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]]> Living the Life tag:vox.com,2008-12-10:asset-6a00d4142b7d256a47010980bfbaab000b 2008-12-10T22:23:50Z 2008-12-12T17:28:33Z Normita http://normita.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom yes, even during finals week, when I should be working on paper #2 of 3- I can still say it- I am living the life, living it up!!! :) rolling in a pimped, blinged out whip, living in a mansion in the hollywood hills, sipping cristal with hip hop a...

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