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A LETTER TO OUR COMMUNITY: OUR CLIMATE, AN EFFORT TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE

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Climate change is affecting everyone worldwide, from floods, super storms, heatwaves and all types of disasters never seen with such intensities before.  Buffalo is not immune. A group of community leaders this past summer won the most aggressive climate justice in New York State and in the nation. Many in our communities, unfortunately, are oblivious to what it means to the everyday Michael or Miguel. It’s important to know, because we as frontline communities (communities of all color, low income, etc.…), are the people usually impacted by climate pollution the most. This pollution is transformed in the worst health disparities in our communities. It  has  the worse level of asthma, respiratory problems, and other medical problems by way of where we live, and in the proximity of where corporate polluters have their companies, and how they practice their environmental carbon footprint, or how they reduce their carbon emissions and waste products in our cities. We need to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, or sooner within the next 10 years if we are to advert a worldwide catastrophe. I wish it was sooner rather than later! We need to switch from extractive fossil fuel to a more renewable reusable solar, wind, geothermal, energies that will save us billions of dollars. If we did, it will stimulate the creation of new jobs, for retraining of fossil fuel workforce, green sustainability livable wages, new job markets that will prioritize frontline people to be trained and open job opportunities. By 2030, if we can invest 50% emission reduction, via changing the way corporations change the way they do business, by using new and cleaner energy efficient, reducing pollutants, and other strategies. Our planning committee members are working with groups such as the NY RENEWS (labor and environmental coalition), our local PUSH BUFFALO, and other state and national affiliates. Our local and state effort has taken notice on a national level; Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep Ilhan Omar, and Senator Bernie Sanders, have heard of our work regarding “Climate Justice and Homes Guarantee/Housing is a Human Rights”, and have publicly acknowledged our movement and hard work. Our work and effort are being recognized on a national level, yet, not in our own local communities, and that is tragic! The public needs to know about our work and effort, that we are doing everything possible, and to our human capabilities, to protect families regarding their personal interest in fair housing, fair rent, maintaining our communities intact, and to make sure that our quality of life and health is maintained and preserved – now and for a secure future for your children’s, for our next generation; and to safeguard this movement, we need to be heard, and to be heard, we need community support. Information on how you can get involved: Geovaira Hernandez, 716-884-0359, ext. 228; https://www.pushbuffalo.org/blog-list/ Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books & Poems Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics NOTAS DE LUZ VELZ August 24, 2022/No Comments NOTAS DE LUZ VELZ la nueva legislación para la justicia climática en el estado de Nueva York! Siempre cariñosamente conocido Read More A note to our Buffalo & Erie County Community: “LATINOS AT THE TABLE” July 24, 2021/No Comments I have always served my community, and I have the history to share with Buffalo. I am well versed and Read More  ¡CÓMO DONALD TRUMP HIZO MAL PUERTO RÍCO, Y MÁS! May 24, 2021/No Comments  ¡CÓMO DONALD TRUMP HIZO MAL PUERTO RÍCO, Y MÁS! Lea cómo Donald Trump y sus compinches hicieron mal a Puerto Rico. Read More Load More End of Content.

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RESPECTING EACH OTHER: AVOIDING NEGATIVE SPEECH

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RESPECTING EACH OTHER: AVOIDING NEGATIVE SPEECH Negative speech can be disastrous. As there are examples in human history where thousands and even millions of people can be misled. I believe that by raising awareness and implementing positive influence in our behavior, our humanity, and mankind can avoid negative pitfalls and not repeat previous world conflicts. I was motivated to speak out or discuss this issue as it pertains to current events that we face every day. I begin by defining a few terms as they pertain to the concept of Globalization, which is simply the way that countries and people of the world interact and integrate, combining and becoming whole (one). Though this is not particularly a new concept, the idea of respecting each other’s culture as we assimilate needs constant attention. Assimilation occurs when there is a minority group that begins to resemble a dominant/main group, assuming the values, behaviors, and beliefs of that dominant population. This is very evident in today’s ever-growing cultural, social, and economic “melting pot”, as we witness the slimming of separation of various cultures, such as the case of occurring globalization. How often have we heard the cliché statement, “We live in a small world after all”, a foreshadowing of how closely all human beings relate to one another. Unfortunately, there are those in power that can or do use, in my opinion, this beautiful conceptual life truth to adversely affect a group or groups of people, using derogatory terms, in describing other cultures. This easily allows distraction, separation, misinformation, and consequently, unwarranted hateful feelings toward one another. This is the clinical point of this piece; despite what words are being promoted or circulated, we must remain united in respecting our cultural differences or diversity and our core human value system. No one deserves to be slandered. Let us use wise words and decency in all our interactions, to encourage growth Read More From This Writer All Post Business Culture Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports RESPECTING EACH OTHER: AVOIDING NEGATIVE SPEECH December 24, 2019/No Comments POST TITLE (CAPITAL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus Read More SOME THOUGHTS ON “RESULTS” September 24, 2019/No Comments SOME THOUGHTS ON “RESULTS” There are elements that contribute to your ultimate success and measurements that determine your position, always Read More Perception & Perspective August 24, 2019/No Comments Perception & Perspective Let’s begin by knowing that perception in its definition means the ability to see, hear, or become Read More Load More End of Content.

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WE MUST INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY! A MESSAGE TO OUR LATINO COMMUNITY

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Honest and loyal representation in our community is going to cost money, to sustain, maintain, and grow our communities. One of the major problems we have in our communities is that we don’t invest in our candidates, and we don’t vote! Do you know what happens when we don’t supply our support to our candidate/s running for office? The interest groups, and people outside our communities, take the advantage and opportunity to invest, donate, contribute, and support them. By the time our candidates get elected to office, they no longer belong to our community. The people that invested in them get the goodies and the right to control them. They got him or her elected — not us! The next time your local candidate comes to you for help, do the right thing for your people, yourself, and your family: Register to vote – this is a must in our democracy. If you don’t vote, you can’t complain! Research your candidate, find out about what your candidate stands for, and look at his or her experience with the community. Contribute If you like what you find out, contribute what you can, $5, $10, $15, etc., and if you can, give more. Get the word out to your friends and family to support your candidate and encourage them to donate what they can to help him, or her get elected.  If you have the time, get involved directly by working with the committee working to get him or her elected. There is so much you can do for the candidate, just by volunteering one to three or four hours per day or for the whole week. The little time you give your candidate can turn out to be beneficial to you and our community. If we do all these things, the candidate becomes a product of the community, becomes your candidate, and not of the political machine, not of the outside interest groups.  American politics is very serious, and the sooner we realize it, the sooner we can grow and advance the future of our community — socially, educationally, and economically. Look at the political principle of this city: “You have to pay to play, and it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Well folks, let’s stop the political abuse, and let us begin to develop our own “game in the interest of our people, our children, and our youth. REGISTER, EDUCATE YOURSELF, AND LEARN ABOUT WHO’S WHO IN YOUR COMMUNITY…  Remember, when you say that you’re not interested in politics, that in itself is a political statement. Help, and join those that are working to bring respect and quality representation to your community. Do your homework and find out what groups in your community are truly looking out for your interest, not for themselves. Too many people in our community complain and cry about government service, but are not registered, voters. We need to grow and develop, we need to be creative, and imaginative, work to make our young people proud of their Puerto Rican Roots, their Dominican Roots, their Cuban Roots, their Latino Roots… We must carve out a piece of the action for our community. All other communities have their territory, their commissioners, their elected officials, and their countless businesses and services. We too are entitled to have a dream, but that dream must be carved out by us, not outsiders. We can use their support, but not their handouts. Help your leaders! Help yourself! Register to VOTE! Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books Business Community Education Entertainment Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics LATINO COLLEGE STUDENTS FACE INEQUALITY AND CULTURAL ISOLATION AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at BUFFALO March 25, 2023/No Comments LACK OF COLLEGE SERVICES FOR LATINO STUDENTS: This is in response to a story by UB Spectrum reporter, Kayla Estrada, Read More “GETTING VERY LITTLE FOR THE WHOLE,  BUT GETTING A LOT FOR THE FEW” WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2023 January 25, 2023/No Comments While I might appear to be biased and selective, I strongly feel the four people in the photo are the Read More The Isaías González-Soto Branch Library (formerly Niagara Branch) is a member of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System December 25, 2022/No Comments When the Hispanic Heritage Council (HHC) moved to rename the Niagara Branch Library several years ago, with the support of Read More Load More End of Content.

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