Michael De La Rocha
About Michael De La Rocha
Along with millions of people around the world, I watched the World Cup with a sense of joy, but also with a heavy heart that not even the greatest international sporting event could heal. You see, while I was watching the World Cup Final I kept asking myself one simple question, “What will it take […]
Knowing that a million people would be protesting Arizona’s SB 1070, a blatantly discriminatory and unconstitutional anti-immigrant bill hauntingly similar to the Jim Crow laws of the past, my family and I buckled up and drove to Phoenix, Arizona to march with our brothers and sisters. As I struggled to keep my eyes open from […]
Knowing that a million people would be protesting Arizona’s SB 1070, a blatantly discriminatory and unconstitutional anti-immigrant bill hauntingly similar to the Jim Crow laws of the past, my family and I buckled up and drove to Phoenix, Arizona to march with our brothers and sisters. As I struggled to keep my eyes open from […]
My story is America’s story. One of a father born and raised in a small pueblo in Chihuahua, Mexico who grew up poor, yet extremely content with the love that he received from his family. A story where his father, my grandfather, immigrated to California during a time where the U.S. Government actively sought out […]
My story is America’s story. One of a father born and raised in a small pueblo in Chihuahua, Mexico who grew up poor, yet extremely content with the love that he received from his family. A story where his father, my grandfather, immigrated to California during a time where the U.S. Government actively sought out […]
I’ve been engaged in a number of conversations about the perceived loss of hope and the inability of any political party to capture the fervor and excitement that propelled Barack Obama into the White House. Many of these conversations end with people saying that the massive voter turnout and movement building that happened two years […]
As we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders, I’d like to acknowledge another angel walking among us. You see, the reason why we cherish people like John Lennon, Harriet Tubman, or Cesar Chavez is because they stood up for those individuals often times marginalized and ignored […]