¡Poesía está en la calle!
Resistencia Bookstore
casa de Red Salmon Arts
1801-A South First St.
Austin, Texas
(512) 416-8885
revolu@swbell.net

Resistencia Bookstore Featured X-mas 2011 Item No. 1 Slingshot Organizers
“The pocket version “classic” is a 176 page pocket planner (4.25 inches X 5.5 inches) with radical dates for every day of the year, space to write your phone numbers, a contact list of radical groups around the globe, menstrual calendar, info on police repression, extra note pages, plus much more. Choose from 18 cover colors printed with either black or silver ink (depending on how dark the paper stock is - you get to pick the cover color, not the ink color). It has a tough layflat binding and a laminated cover.
The large-size version is bound with a spiral wire binding and is twice the size of the “classic” pocket organizer (5.5 inches X 8.5 inches) with twice as much space to write all the events in your life. It is 176 pages. It has similar contents to the classic: radical dates for every day of the year, space to write your phone numbers, a contact list of radical groups around the globe, menstrual calendar, info on police repression, extra note pages, plus much more. You get a little bonus stuff in the spiral version. The spiral version is available in 18 colors printed with either black or silver ink (depending on how dark the paper stock is). The covers are laminated with heavy duty 3 mil glossy plastic to help it survive the year.”
Saludos desde el cora del South ‘Osten! Friends, Community, and Supporters: We send you good energy as we enter el año nuevo. 2011 has been a happening year for us! Save Our Youth (SOY) is ON A MOVE, and continuing its work of utilizing the power of poetry, arts, and culture to empower, inspire, and liberate marginalized young people. Your year-end , tax-deductible contribution helps Red Salmon Arts continue to expand its work with young people and the Black and Brown communities of Austin. It is deeply appreciated! Since most of our work is volunteer-based and we receive no foundation funds, we rely on your support to keep it going! What we’ve been up to this year Have you been by our community space recently? If so, you’ve probably seen the color of our dreams brightening our walls! I’m talking about this brilliant mural: … an inspired vision is the result of a two-month SOY all-volunteer project with twelve young people, eight of whom were transitioning out of the halfway house at Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center. Both visually and telling the story of their lives and ordeals through poetry, the group discovered how the public education system’s zero tolerance policies is linked to the rising rate of intergenerational incarceration for Black and Brown communities of the US. This mural shows how the school-to-prison pipeline runs through and over their bodies and lives, as well as their dreams for a different future. As co-facilitator Jorge Renaud noted, we owe “ a nod to the ancestors who give the vatos and rucas the power to pull these images out of their spirit and soul.” SOY also ran two eight week poetry workshop series at Gardner Betts. Look out for the upcoming release of the young women’s chapbook, “Stitching Our Wings,” which follows on the heels of our previous release, “Does Heaven Have a Ghetto?” and “I Come from a Teardrop.” In keeping with Red Salmon Art’s commitment to sharing the love of literature written by nuestra gente, our 2011 author book reading series was graced with the presence of Virginia Grise (Los Angeles, CA), Roberto Rodriguez (Tucson, AZ), Richard Yañez (El Paso, TX), Jessica Helen Lopez (Albuquerque, NM) and Maylei Blackwell & Anna Nieto Gomez (Los Angeles, CA). Our spoken word and jazz series, CONJURE, rocked the house in September, with Omi Osun Joni Jones and Stephanie Lang jamming with The Black Project. Who says you can’t plant in Texas summer heat? SOY has also been learning about caring for our Mother Earth, reciprocity, and food sovereignty as we beautify our small patch of concrete! First we started with planting chiles, bell peppers, rosemary, ruda, and other medicinal herbs in our box garden, with the help of Geoff Valdes. Later, Geoff taught us how to make Self-Watering planters made out of reclaimed five-gallon pails. Now, we’ve turned our parking lot into a vegetable garden! SOY has been on the road! In March, one SOY youth and two facilitators created a performance that told the inside story about what life under lock-up means for racialized young people, for a conference in Riverside, CA. This inspired a powerful discussion where two young folks in the audience spoke up about the impact of the prison-industrial complex on their families. We are so grateful for the heartfelt connections of solidarity forged from performing our stories. Big plans for the coming year! We’re excited to carry on our poetry workshops with young women and men at Gardner Betts. Of course, Red Salmon Arts’ artist events and CONJURE jams will continue to be places of sacred refuge, artistic exploration, and renewal for spirits in struggle. Adelante! Exciting News: To break cycles of repeated incarceration, SOY is offering a new internship program that is designed to continue the creative writing and social justice imaginations that were sparked in SOY workshops inside Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center. It also serves as a mentorship program to support the youth in realizing their creative visions, career goals, and everyday well-being. The transition phase of returning home is a critical time for the youth, yet the system does not offer much support. SOY is offering paid internships that links young people to the community and helps them get back on their feet, financially and personally. NOW IS THE TIME! We are asking our communities to help re-invest in the lives, careers, and well-being of our youth especially those who are immigrant, Chicana/o, Black, and Indigenous and who are falling through the cracks of the public school system. If you are interested in financially supporting a youth’s internship or donating on a monthly basis to the Red Salmon Arts and SOY, feel free to contact us and we would love to talk more about how you can support this important community work. As a community-run and –supported non-profit organization, your tax-deductible donations allow us to carry on raúlrsalinas’ vision and legacy for his community and especially the young people. Poetry is Healing – Poetry is Empowering – Poetry is Liberating. La poesía está en la calle! How to Donate: PayPal accepts credit cards (Paste this url below if you are having trouble): https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8PYSAGEBJ5ZRC Checks can be mailed to Red Salmon Arts. Or stop by to drop off your check or cash donation in person. We welcome your visit and getting to re-connect with you! Feel free to contact us if you have any questions … Thank you for your generosity, love, & good energy! Red Salmon Arts 1801-A South First St., Austin, TX 78704 512-416-8885/ salmonrojo.tumblr.com


Elder & Youth Voices @ Resistencia! (by salmonrojo)
7pm Friday, December 16, 2011 Café Libro Open Mike presents Voces del Barrio: an intergenerational gathering to celebrate the creative voices and gifts of our people featuring veteran poets/writers Jorge Renaud and Jesse James Johnson with emerging writers Sarah Shaney Reeves, Olivia Lorena Slusher, and Mariama Konneh a special musical performance by middle school students the jazz duo of Blaigne & David We invite poet/artistas to come share/enjoy the cantos & cuentos of emerging & established writers/musicians. ___________________________________________________________ 12pm - 6pm Saturday, December 17, 2011 Resistencia Bookstore presents its yearly X-MAS TIENDITA: where you will find unique holiday gift items: Artesania, Jewelry, Tarjetas, Posters, Literature, Música, y Liberación! Join us as we congregate/celebrate one last time before the new year! This gathering is yet another humble offering in memory of our elder raúlrsalinas who founded this tradition of showcasing local and regional arts & crafts at Resistencia Bookstore’s X-MAS TIENDITA. Resistencia Bookstore is a neighborhood center, providing quality literature to Austin communities since 1983. Specializing in Native, Chicana/o, Mexicana/o, Latina/o, African-American, feminist, and children’s bilingual literature. Buy your season’s gift items from a community-based bookstore who supports & features artwork, books, and art by local, national, and international artists, writers, and activists of color.
Native American Medicine Culture Flyer (by salmonrojo)
7pm Friday December 9, 2011
Introduction to Native American Medicine Culture
with O’odham Elder Pete Jackson,
member of the Pima Tribe of Arizona
$5 dollar suggested donation
(all funds raised go to Pete Jackson)
Highlights of his presentation will include:
Native Prophesy, Earth Changes, Spiritual growth, Structure of sweat lodge,
Ceremonial protocols, and True Hierarchy of God.
F. Pete Jackson, an Elder from the Gila River Indian Community located in southern Arizona, was taken into Native ceremonies at an early age. Also, while much younger, a Spirit came to him and began to show him the Universe, then the Spirit introduced him as to why and how certain Native ceremonies were conducted, gradually this went into visions about Earth changes, and how a millennium of peace will evolve on Mother Earth.
F. Pete Jackson is a Vietnam veteran with an undergraduate degree in International Management and has extensive experience in Tribal Government.
Sponsored by the Indigenous Women’s Network and Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change.
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4pm Saturday December 10, 2011
Join us to celebrate the voices of emerging East Austin writers!
Save Our Youth presents a reading with young writers
from
Eastside Memorial High School
under the direction of English teacher Susan Hauff
and
Lanier High School
under the direction of English teacher Ashley Card
Their autobiographical essays/memoirs of predominantly Chicana/o, Latina/o, and Black 10th graders are about significant moments in their lives that impacted who they are today. Many of the writings are very moving, ranging anywhere from comical to tragedy.
Susan Diaz has been a teacher for 17 years and currently works at Eastside Memorial High School. This fall 2011 semester, she collaborated with her former student, Ashley Card, who currently works at Lanier High School, to do an across school peer edit using Google Docs. The students at both schools uploaded their personal stories to Google Docs and have been helping each other improve their essays via the internet.
December 2, 2011
Saludos desde el cora del South ‘Osten!
Friends, Community, and Supporters: We send you good energy as we enter el año nuevo. 2011 has been a happening year for us! Save Our Youth (SOY) is ON A MOVE, and continuing its work of utilizing the power of poetry, arts, and culture to empower, inspire, and liberate marginalized young people.
Your year-end , tax-deductible contribution helps Red Salmon Arts continue to expand its work with young people and the Black and Brown communities of Austin. It is deeply appreciated! Since most of our work is volunteer-based and we receive no foundation funds, we rely on your support to keep it going!
What we’ve been up to this year
Have you been by our community space recently? If so, you’ve probably seen the color of our dreams brightening our walls! I’m talking about this brilliant mural:
… an inspired vision is the result of a two-month SOY all-volunteer project with twelve young people, eight of whom were transitioning out of the halfway house at Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center. Both visually and telling the story of their lives and ordeals through poetry, the group discovered how the public education system’s zero tolerance policies is linked to the rising rate of intergenerational incarceration for Black and Brown communities of the US. This mural shows how the school-to-prison pipeline runs through and over their bodies and lives, as well as their dreams for a different future.
As co-facilitator Jorge Renaud noted, we owe “ a nod to the ancestors who give the vatos and rucas the power to pull these images out of their spirit and soul.”
SOY also ran two eight week poetry workshop series at Gardner Betts. Look out for the upcoming release of the young women’s chapbook, “Stitching Our Wings,” which follows on the heels of our previous release, “Does Heaven Have a Ghetto?” and “I Come from a Teardrop.”
In keeping with Red Salmon Art’s commitment to sharing the love of literature written by nuestra gente, our 2011 author book reading series was graced with the presence of Virginia Grise (Los Angeles, CA), Roberto Rodriguez (Tucson,
AZ), Richard Yañez (El Paso, TX), Jessica Helen Lopez (Albuquerque, NM) and Maylei Blackwell & Anna Nieto Gomez (Los Angeles, CA). Our spoken word and jazz series, CONJURE, rocked the house in September, with Omi Osun Joni Jones and Stephanie Lang jamming with The Black Project.
Who says you can’t plant in Texas summer heat?

SOY has also been learning about caring for our Mother Earth, reciprocity, and food sovereignty as we beautify our small patch of concrete! First we started with planting chiles, bell peppers, rosemary, ruda, and other medicinal herbs in our box garden, with the help of Geoff Valdes. Later, Geoff taught us how to make Self-Watering planters made out of reclaimed five-gallon pails. Now, we’ve turned our parking lot into a vegetable garden!
SOY has been on the road!

In March, one SOY youth and two facilitators created a performance that told the inside story about what life under lock-up means for racialized young people, for a conference in Riverside, CA. This inspired a powerful discussion where two young folks in the audience spoke up about the impact of the prison-industrial complex on their families. We are so grateful for the heartfelt connections of solidarity forged from performing our stories.
Big plans for the coming year!
We’re excited to carry on our poetry workshops with young women and men at Gardner Betts. Of course, Red Salmon Arts’ artist events and CONJURE jams will continue to be places of sacred refuge, artistic exploration, and renewal for spirits in struggle. Adelante!
Exciting News: To break cycles of repeated incarceration, SOY is offering a new internship program that is designed to continue the creative writing and social justice imaginations that were sparked in SOY workshops inside Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center. It also serves as a mentorship program to support the youth in realizing their creative visions, career goals, and everyday well-being. The transition phase of returning home is a critical time for the youth, yet the system does not offer much support. SOY is offering paid internships that links young people to the community and helps them get back on their feet, financially and personally.
NOW IS THE TIME!
We are asking our communities to help re-invest in the lives, careers, and well-being of our youth especially those who are immigrant, Chicana/o, Black, and Indigenous and who are falling through the cracks of the public school system. If you are interested in financially supporting a youth’s internship or donating on a monthly basis to the Red Salmon Arts and SOY, feel free to contact us and we would love to talk more about how you can support this important community work.
As a community-run and –supported non-profit organization, your tax-deductible donations allow us to carry on raúlrsalinas’ vision and legacy for his community and especially the young people.
Poetry is Healing – Poetry is Empowering – Poetry is Liberating.
La poesía está en la calle!
How to Donate:
PayPal accepts credit cards
(Paste this url below if you are having trouble):
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8PYSAGEBJ5ZRC
Checks can be mailed to Red Salmon Arts. Or stop by to drop off your check or cash donation in person. We welcome your visit and getting to re-connect with you! Feel free to contact us if you have any questions …
Thank you for your generosity, love, & good energy!
Rene Valdez
Red Salmon Arts
1801-A South First St., Austin, TX 78704
512-416-8885/ salmonrojo.tumblr.com
Thursday-Saturday December 1-3, 2011
The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center presents
Flor de Nopal Literary Festival (Free and open to the general public.)
Thursday, December 1, 2011
7-9pm
The first night of the festival will feature 3 workshops on writing and creativity.
Facilitated by Scott Wiggerman, Jo Reyes-Boitel, and Moises S. L. Lara & ire’ne lara silva. Email flordenopal@gmail.com to reserve a space.
Friday, December 2, 2011
7-9pm
Poetry Reading with MC Audrea Diaz
Texas Poetas: Christopher Carmona, Sarah Shaney Reeves, Gloria Amescua,
Ari Chagoya, Katie Pace, jo reyes-boitel, Abe Louise Young, Trey Moore, Lauren Espinoza, Joe Jimenez, & Scott Wiggerman.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
5pm
Presentation: Discussion with Trey Moore
6pm
Poets’ Panel
7-9pm
Poetry Reading with MC Audrea Diaz
Texas Poetas: Laurie Ann Guerrero, K. Denea Stewart Shaheed, Celeste Guzman Mendoza, Maria Miranda Maloney, Rachel Jennings, Jorge Antonio Renaud, Tammy Melody Gomez, Brenda Nettles Riojas, ire’ne lara silva, Erin Bad Hand, & Carmen Tafolla
All events are free and open to the public.
@ Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River St., Austin, TejAztlán
About the Flor De Nopal Literary Festival:
www.flordenopalliteraryfestival.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/flordenopallitfest or email: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
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Saturday December 10, 2011, 4pm
Join us to celebrate the voices of emerging East Austin writers!
Save Our Youth presents a reading with young writers
From Eastside Memorial High School under the direction of English teacher Susan Diaz and Lanier High School under the direction of English teacher Ashley Card.
Their autobiographical essays/memoirs of predominantly Chicana/o, Latina/o, and Black 10th graders are about significant moments in their lives that impacted who they are today. Many of the writings are very moving, ranging anywhere from comical to tragedy.
Susan Diaz has been a teacher for 17 years and currently works at Eastside Memorial High School. This fall 2011 semester, she collaborated with her former student, Ashley Card, who currently works at Lanier High School, to do an across school peer edit using Google Docs. The students at both schools uploaded their personal stories to Google Docs and have been helping each other improve their essays via the internet.
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