Happy International Women's Day! Every year on March 8, we celebrate the achievements of women and girls around the world.
In my own little world, this is something to do all year round.
I'm proudly feminist, married to a feminist, and...
It’s the Year of the Tiger! Happy Lunar New Year!
Every year we get together with extended family for a boisterous feast. We eat traditional foods that symbolize different sentiments. For example, noodles represent happiness and longevity, fish stands for...
February is Black History Month, an annual observance that recognizes the sacrifices and contributions of African Americans and Black people in the United States. The tradition of observing Black History Month began in 1926, but the first official observance...
Like most families, we’ve been thinking about what we want to do when school gets out and summer vacation is in full swing. We have two young children, and our oldest daughter is disabled. Since the last time we...
We hope this post gives you a good starting point to launch your AAPI Heritage Month celebrations with your family.
It's Pride Month and we are celebrating and honoring the LGBTQ+ community. Over the past couple of years, as I've wrestled with the beliefs I grew up with, I've learned a lot that I never knew about LGBTQ+ people...
One of my students asked me why we celebrate Black History Month. I explained to him that when we first learned of COVID-19 we were told to wash our hands, give each other space, take vitamins, etc. Now, that...
"Digging Deep:: Motherhood & Race Relations in America" Panel Discussion {Video Above}
Throughout the years, Houston Moms has cultivated hundreds of posts on diversity, race, equality, and has not been afraid to have the tough conversations. We are a diverse...
During the first week of the school year, I told my students how lucky they were to have their bilingualism supported and valued. I shared with them how bilingual education wasn’t an option for me, growing up in New...
One of my favorite books, Mujerista Theology by Ada María Isasi-Díaz, says this: “As a foreigner in an alien land, I have not inherited a garden from my mother but rather a bunch of cuttings. Beautiful but rootless flowering...
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Cinco de Mayo in Houston: Let’s Fiesta!
Growing up in Texas, I am ashamed to say that I most often associated the holiday of Cinco de Mayo with eating Tex Mex,...
