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UPDATED: Should TUSD fight for Mexican American Studies, let it die or rebuild it?

Tucson is a community in turmoil. It has been tied in knots for more than a year over the issue of how best to educate its children in a world … Continue reading →

January 16, 2012 · 48 Comments

On disciplinegate: Did the Arizona Daily Star get it right?

In an editorial this past Saturday, the Arizona Daily Star took aim at Mexican American Studies (MAS) Program Director Sean Arce for canceling the annual Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) … Continue reading →

June 12, 2011 · 4 Comments

So far, MAS supporters have not accepted Pedicone’s olive branch. Now what?

On Monday of this week, Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) Superintendent John Pedicone sent conciliatory letters to two groups integrally involved in the fight to save TUSD’s Mexican American Studies … Continue reading →

May 20, 2011 · 8 Comments

Pedicone extends an olive branch. Will it be accepted?

John Pedicone, the much-maligned Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) Superintendent, has extended an olive branch to the supporters of the Mexican American Studies Program. On Monday, in nearly identical letters– … Continue reading →

May 18, 2011 · 5 Comments

Interesting reading: Healthcare reform to toll roads to wing-nuts

People send me links to interesting articles all the time– hoping I will write about the issues– but I have a life beyond the TucsonCitizen.com and can’t write about everything. … Continue reading →

May 17, 2011 · 1 Comment

Channeling Raul…

US Congressman Raul Grijalva penned a moderate Op-Ed on ethnic studies for Sunday’s Arizona Daily Star: Political Fight over Ethnic Studies Should Never Have Been Ignited at All In his … Continue reading →

May 16, 2011

Former Mexican American Studies teacher and whistle blower John Ward files defamation suit

From the Arizona Daily Star… A former TUSD teacher and opponent of Mexican-American Studies has filed a defamation lawsuit against the district and two of its employees. The lawsuit, filed … Continue reading →

May 13, 2011 · 4 Comments

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

We are the 99%.

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

Protesting cuts to education

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

Desconocido (unknown)

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

Tucson Progressive

Tag Archives: ethnic studies

UPDATED: Should TUSD fight for Mexican American Studies, let it die or rebuild it?

On disciplinegate: Did the Arizona Daily Star get it right?

So far, MAS supporters have not accepted Pedicone’s olive branch. Now what?

Pedicone extends an olive branch. Will it be accepted?

Interesting reading: Healthcare reform to toll roads to wing-nuts

Channeling Raul…

Former Mexican American Studies teacher and whistle blower John Ward files defamation suit

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