Usan la palabra para liberarse

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Usan la palabra para liberarse

Amy Briseño, izquierda, aplaude mientras los participantes del Torneo de Poesía para Jóvenes declamaban sus versos en el Cafe Passe, 415 N. Fourth Ave., el 21 de Junio de 2012.

Usan la palabra para liberarse

En lugar de votos en papeletas, los miembros de la audiencia del Ocotillo Poetry Slam arrojaban flores a sus oradores favoritos.

Usan la palabra para liberarse

Los compañeros de preparatoria de Amy Briseño escasamente escuchaban su voz.

Student of the week

Bonnie Claire Segal

Student of the week

Bonnie Claire Segal

$200K grant to YWCA Latino project

The YWCA Tucson has received a $200,000 grant to support its Latino Youth Initiative, Nuestra Voz/Our Voice, and to promote equality and understanding.

These ladies go to the mat for Third World kids

The thought of a child sleeping on the ground is what motivates Kuni Schwemmer to stay up late sometimes, cutting neat rows out of used plastic bags.

Nonprofits must file online by Saturday

Thousands of Arizona nonprofit organizations could lose tax-exemption privileges if they don't file certain information electronically by Saturday.

S. Tucson partnership builds homes, optimism for the needy Revitalization program boosts quality of life for less fortunate

Windows were broken, doors wouldn't shut tight, the cooler was malfunctioning and there wasn't heat.

S. Tucson partnership builds homes, optimism for the needy Revitalization program boosts quality of life for less fortunate

Mario Vasquez and his family live in this one-bedroom apartment. They will soon move into a new modular home provided under a collaboration between the city of South Tucson and the Primavera Foundation.

S. Tucson partnership builds homes, optimism for the needy Revitalization program boosts quality of life for less fortunate

The modular homes are constructed by Cavco in Phoenix. They are Energy Star efficient and a cost-effective solution to needed housing.

S. Tucson partnership builds homes, optimism for the needy Revitalization program boosts quality of life for less fortunate

A home is torn down so that a new foundation can be created for an energy-efficient modular dwelling.

Kids see 'Stallion' in action

Iva Slavtcheva of the Arabian Nights Equine Show reads during a free performance at the Tucson Convention Center. The event was sponsored by the Black Stallion Literacy Project and was a reward to students who had been reading "The Black Stallion."