Gilda L. Ochoa

What Is America’s Education Promise? (A POEM)

Is it the reproduction of inequality
The fueling of wealth disparity
Fulfilling capitalists’ interests

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 3:08 PM

To the Class of 2019: Remembering — Not Forgetting

Thank you for pushing beyond the classroom door/We know there’s so much more to do

  • May 20, 2019
  • 8:31 AM

Central American (In)Visibility: A Poem

Zero tolerance policies/Combined with white supremacy

  • Apr 1, 2019
  • 9:47 AM

‘Walls Work:’ Says Not My President (A POEM)

Spewing lies and policies/Backed by white supremacy 

  • Nov 26, 2018
  • 11:22 AM

To All Who Teach, How Do We Educate in the Midst of So Much Hate? (POEM)

Will we unpack lies/that stigmatize, criminalize and dehumanize

  • Aug 8, 2018
  • 11:47 AM

American Generosity? (A POEM)

Don’t sell us your mythology/Call it what it is

  • Jul 13, 2018
  • 9:51 AM

Reflections From a LA Weekend Protest About Immigrant Families: A Poem

Radical activists/Speaking truths

  • Jul 2, 2018
  • 11:10 AM

A Poem on Family Separation and Detention

Don’t you hear the cries?

  • Jun 27, 2018
  • 10:21 AM

A United People Will Keep Fighting for Pro-Immigrant California Values Act

Showing so much strength in the face of hate, supporters of SB 54 have been educating.

  • Apr 17, 2018
  • 11:21 AM

Building Our Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies Class: A Poem

Naming what is at stake/in the Homeland Security State

  • Nov 17, 2017
  • 8:46 AM

Ode to the Class of 2017: A Poem

“Thank you, class of 2017, for not confining your learning to papers and classroom walls.”

  • May 24, 2017
  • 4:31 PM

Getting to the Foundations of Hate in Our Schools (OPINION)

The massive demonstrations and school walkouts this week have confirmed that we cannot keep quiet.

  • Nov 15, 2016
  • 4:46 PM

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