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JULY 19, LINKING STUDENTS BACK TO THE BORDERLANDSFewer Mexican Students Attending Border Universities
By Elizabeth Titus/Texas TribuneJoseph Villescas, an El Paso business consultant, says the city has succeeded in boosting the number of college-bound Latino students but has failed in luring them back home. “We have yet to develop a system that links back the investments we make in students’ early development,” says Villescas, whose firm has surveyed El Paso expatriates, probing the reasons they left the border region. “Annually, we're losing thousands of kids to places like Austin,” he says. Villescas is concerned about “who will keep the lights on” in his hometown in the future...
SEPTEMBER 30, VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE
Contest brings local films to digital TV audiences
By Leonard Martinez
what's up magazine, vol 11, no. 2
Local filmmakers and music video directors are getting the chance to show off their hard work in a unique competition this fall where home viewers will decide the winners.
“Vote with Your Remote” is the inaugural Time Warner Cable competition that aims to link local cable subscribers with a diverse collection of film and music video makers. Professionals and students that live in El Paso are invited to submit their films and music videos by Sept. 30.
Joseph Villescas, an independent consultant in El Paso who helped Time Warner Cable develop the competition, said there has been one big challenge with the competition.
“The primary challenge is discovering that so many professionals and students have projects that are still lingering in the final phases of completion,” Villescas said. “We have postponed the deadline to the end of the month to make sure that people submitting feature films, documentaries, short films and music videos have enough time to finalize their videos and applications.”
The four categories of this year’s competition include feature length films, documentary films, short films and music videos. Submissions are welcome in both English and Spanish.
Viewers will vote by downloading films and music videos on the El Paso On Demand Channel 831 for free in their homes throughout September, October and November.
The submissions with the highest number of views will be announced Nov. 19. There will be one winner in the student category and one winner in the professional category. The winners’ films will remain on channel 831 for Time Warner subscribers to view at any time until the end of spring. The winners will also have their film screened publicly for local residents at a local venue.
Although there will be just two winners, all who enter the competition will get much needed exposure for their work.
“Exposure is the basis for having a career in any form of media, and if these films and music videos stay on a shelf or locked away in a hard drive for no one to experience, then it is to our collective loss,” Villescas said. “Entries in this Time Warner Cable exhibition have the opportunity to reach thousands of TWC households, and the features of EP On Demand Channel 831 provide a superior method of viewing and experiencing the film or music video while learning about the local group of individuals that collaborated in that production. One should remember that the number of local subscribers dwarfs the size of all local theater audiences combined or the total number of local viewers that can be attracted to Internet sites like YouTube.”
Gilbert Chavarria, who runs the local film website EPFilm.org, said this type of competition is important in the local filmmaking community. He said it is a welcome addition to the venues for local films including the Plaza Classic Film Festival and Premiere Cinemas, which has been friendly to local filmmakers.
“Anytime a project is completed, it represents a big step in the development of any filmmaker,” Chavarria said. “Entering a competition such as this has the residual effect of bringing a project to completion. This is important because many times local filmmakers are so focused on making a film, that they overlook the big picture, which is being able to make another film and so and so on. It also serves to energize the entire filmmaking community as a whole by providing a time and place for the appreciation of local films, which include the filmmakers and the cast and crew that help make the film possible.”
All entries must be dropped off at the Time Warner Cable office located at 7010 Airport Rd., El Paso, Texas 79906 by Sept. 30. Competition is open to students and professionals who call El Paso home.
JULY 20, NHI DAY
The National Hispanic Institute Celebrates Thirty Years
By Joseph Villescas
Thirty years ago today Ernesto Nieto created the National Hispanic Institute (www.nhi-net.org) as a mechanism to prepare aspiring young men and women to lead the future U.S. Latino community to new heights of prosperity. NHI, like all of the other six million U.S. Latinos born in the 1970s, entered an American landscape that had only quite recently began promoting equal access to our nation’s educational resources and positions of power.
We must recall that Latino degree completion rates remained disproportionally lower than all other racial groups in the United States during the late 1970s. Latino educational performance and postsecondary degree completion did not begin to climb until the mid-1980s and then plateaued at levels comparable to those of African American students by the end of the Clinton administration.
In 1979 Ernesto recognized that learning achieved within rigorous high school classroom settings combined with knowledge derived from engaged family members and active community figures, whether civic or religious in their orientation, has historically produced advantages for foreign-born and generational U.S. Latino students throughout the country. Adding further exposure to competitive NHI learning environments that challenge participants to recognize, predict, and maximize the opportunities as well as the resources that Latino communities contain innately, whether local or global, has been the model that has been utilized throughout the last three decades. This model for producing young leaders has been evolving throughout the generational shifts that have occurred across Latino teenagers nationwide since its origin.
The Institute began in downtown Austin, Texas and immediately created opportunities to expose high school and college students across the city to leadership and public communication training. Nationally and internationally recognized leadership programs such as the Young Leaders Conference/Great Debate (YLC) for 9th graders, the Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session (LDZ) for 10th graders, and the Collegiate World Series (CWS) for 11th graders were first to emerge throughout central Texas and the Rio Grande Valley shortly thereafter, and eventually began to impact El Paso high school students by the late 1980s.
Since its creation NHI has impacted over 2,000 graduates of nearly every public and private high school in El Paso County and another 80,000 throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Panama. Additionally, the Institute has partnered and conducted leadership programs with over 150 selective institutions of higher learning across the United States, Mexico, and Panama during its thirty year history.
In stark contrast to all other Latino organizations that exist in the United States, the educational outcomes for alumni of the Institute are truly remarkable: over 98% graduate from high school and immediately enroll in an institution of higher education, over 90% complete their undergraduate degree programs within five years of study, and over 60% eventually complete graduate degrees. Exemplary academic performance and heightened civic participation are primary characteristics of NHI alumni and are exhibited across the majority of each cohort from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
Today throughout the country, alumni are celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the National Hispanic Institute. Ernesto and the rest of the staff of the Institute continue to prepare young men and women for future leadership roles and positions of authority in communities throughout the western hemisphere, and several El Paso high school participants are joining in celebration today at the Texas LDZ hosted by Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Please take a moment to congratulate the president, Ernesto Nieto, for this incredible achievement and contribution to our community as well as to communities across the country--he can be reached directly at 512.357.6137.
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Joseph P. A. Villescas, Ph.D. (joseph@villescas.org) is an alumnus of NHI, former Project Administrator for the El Paso Young Leaders Conference, and owner of Villescas Research, Media & Instruction, LLC (www.villescas.org).www.villescas.org).www.villescas.org).JUNE 15, EL PASO ON-DEMAND FILM & MUSIC VIDEO EXHIBITION
Demand for filmmakers met by On Demand competition
by Elizabeth Ruiz
Whether a future Bergman, Cuarón (Alfonso or Carlos), Tarantino, or even quasi-Hype Williams, there’s a place for up-and-coming filmmakers in the first annual El Paso On Demand Film Exhibition. The competition is the brainchild of media consultant and film professor Joseph Villescas, who wanted to create incentive for locals to create films through collaboration with Time Warner Cable.
The competition is intended to give exposure to the El Paso On Demand channel available for current subscribers who are under-utilizing the feature, as well as to local filmmakers who submit their work to be judged by On Demand subscribers. The work will be categorized by feature films, documentaries, short films (20 minutes or less), student film (created by anyone currently enrolled) and music videos.
Knowing that the creative class had traditionally been on the back burner in his hometown, former expat Villescas returned home from Austin three years ago to make some kind of impact. Since then, some El Pasoans know him from his stints as an aspiring politician, his time as a film studies and Chicano film professor at UTEP, and running into him at the Percolator, which he calls “the perfect crossroads to get things done.”
His past ideas include converting the site of the Farah building turns into a creative media complex, an apt comparison for production between manual and creative labor, inspired by the conversion from Austin’s former airport into Austin Studios.
He has also created a sort of triumvirate with Percolator owner Bobby Smith and Blackbird Concepts filmmaker Valentin Sandoval to promote a downtown creative community. “The truth is that in El Paso we have so much creative talent,” said Villescas. He pointed to the resources for thriving film communities El Paso’s periphery, with an established program at NMSU and incentives for production companies to film in New Mexico but the noted lack of a local market. “There’s only so much of those jobs in El Paso.”
He hopes that the competition will result in bragging rights for the participants, who will be chosen by the community, but also bragging rights for the community itself. “This is a way to show off what we’re doing in El Paso.”
FEBRUARY 21, KTEP 88.5 FM El Paso, 'On Film'
Interview with Charles Horak
Future of Film in El Paso - Charles talks with filmmaker Valentin Sandoval and community activist Joseph Villescas about the future of film in El Paso. Click here to listen to the interview.
JANUARY 20, THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
El Pasoans pause as new president takes office
By Erica Molina Johnson & Gustavo Reveles Acosta / El Paso Times
About 25 people -- from professionals in suits to students in torn jeans and T-shirts -- gathered at The Percolator in Downtown El Paso to watch the inauguration. Although the small theater in the back of the coffeehouse was mostly quiet, people were visibly excited when Obama stood up to take the oath of office. "I know there are a lot of people that have been dying for something like this to happen," said Joseph Villescas, a local consultant and professor at UTEP. "Young people voted, and they're now interested in politics and the future of this country. It's a wonderful day."...While at the Percolator, Villescas said he enjoyed the idea of a "renewed America" that Obama proposed during his speech. "In a sense, it does feel like we are in a new place ... a new epoch where the political, artistic, educational and business worlds will come together to secure the future of the country," he said. "And being right here, in Downtown, I feel like El Paso is part of that new epoch." ...(click here to read the complete article)
JANUARY 4, CULTIVATING YOUNG LEADERS
Freshmen lawmakers prepare to make mark
By Brandi Grissom / El Paso Times (Austin Bureau)
...They have to work as new legislators to achieve their campaign promises to supporters, he said. And they also need to cultivate new voters and young leaders to follow in their footsteps, said Villescas, who has encouraged young, educated El Pasoans to return to their hometown and take on public leadership roles. "They can't fall asleep now that they've gotten into office," Villescas said. "Their work has only begun."...(click here to read the complete article)
DECEMBER 27, EL PASO EXPATRIATE DAY
As generations shift, El Paso is fertile ground for expats
by Joseph Villescas
A massive transition in the leadership and decision making base is occurring throughout our city, and you can position yourself effectively here during 2009 through 2012 while the nation adjusts to a new presidential administration and a period of dramatic economic flux. (click here to read the complete article)
DECEMBER 19, DOWNTOWN EL PASO
Stiff fingers on the walk Downtown
by Sito Negron / El Paso Media Group
While waiting for my coffee (with a shot of espresso, just to top it off), I checked out the bulletin board. El Paso once again is in the midst of an artistic bubbling up. (click here to read the complete article)
NOVEMBER 19, ENGLISH ONLY LEGISLATION IN TEXAS
English only? And there's even more, as state Rep. Berman again picks the immigration fight.
by Ben Wright / El Paso Media Group
Joseph Villescas, of Villescas Research, a local media consultancy, believes the legislation is “bigoted” and “anachronistic,” but maintains that Texas history has seen it all before. “English-only legislation was utilized to keep Hispanics out of the political process and away from opportunities for upward social mobility,” he said. The re-emergence of the issue is a "call to the past” where racial discrimination was normal and accepted in Texan culture, and such laws represent the desire to "return to a golden era when these dark people did not count or matter,” said Villescas...(read more from newspaper tree)
NOVEMBER 16, SMITH + VILLESCAS + SANDOVAL
Creative, and with vision? Come Downtown and percolate.
by Joseph Villescas / Guest Columnist
We decided to conduct discussions about the new dynamics emerging in our community through new media. Essentially, we decided to brew coffee and ideology...(read more from newspaper tree)
NOVEMBER 9, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & MEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN EL PASO
Taxes, NAFTA among concerns of entrepreneurs
by Vic Kolenc / El Paso Times
Joseph Villescas, 30, an Obama supporter who moved back to El Paso last year to start Villescas Research, Media & Instruction, a research and consulting firm, said he expects the Obama administration to bring a "call to entrepreneurship" and a call for "my generation" to pursue employment at nonprofit organizations...(read more from el paso times)
El Paso could mass-produce media forms
by Joseph Villescas / Guest Columnist
November 9: I propose that we mass produce media in the place where we once created clothing en masse. It could be created, it is worthy of considerable investment, and it could profit our local economy long after our supply of fossil fuels have been exhausted...(read more from el paso times)
NOVEMBER 3, 'VOTE AMERICA' & YOUNG EL PASO VOTERS
by ABC-7 Reporter Darren Hunt
Tomorrow the Borderland will make its voice heard in the 2008 election, and new and young voters could play a major role in the outcome...(read more from ABC-7)
NOVEMBER 1, KTEP 88.5 FM El Paso, 'On Film'
Interview with Charles Horak
Charles talks with filmmaker Valentin Sandoval and community activist Joseph Villescas about their plans for screenings and discussions at the Percolator Coffeehouse & Cafe, 217 N. Stanton. Hear about their future plans & hopes for the area film community...(listen)
OCTOBER 18, MEDIA REPRESENTATION & THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
ktep 88.5 fm interview with louie saenz
OCTOBER 16, JAZZ IN EL PASO
jazz el paso connection/'jazz beat' article
Keeping Jazz Alive in El Paso
by Joseph Villescas / Guest Columnist
Have you ever listened to jazz in Downtown El Paso? I do not mean at the Dome or at Brick & Mortar, but outdoors in the Plazita. I used to with my father, José Villescas, with squadrons of pigeons circling above and Spanish conquistadors staring at us while a few of El Paso’s finest musicians performed for folks taking a break from work or out-of-towners wandering over from the Grey Hound Bus benches where Jack Kerouac slept all those decades ago. Back in the early 80s we would head Downtown, eat hot dogs from Coney Island, and take black and white close ups of our friends playing their trumpets and saxophones...(read more from el paso magazine)
OCTOBER 15, DOWNTOWN DEBATE WATCH
El Pasoans look on as Presidential candidates percolate
by Ben Wright / El Paso Media Group
Last night a mixed crowd congregated Downtown to watch the Presidential debate in style. The event took place at Downtown coffee shop The Percolator, located at Stanton and Mills. (An inconspicuous door leads you into a private movie theater complete with cup holders for you Mocha/Shiner/Latte.) A good turn out meant a few tuts, claps and giggles along the way, which complemented the experience of watching on the big screen. (Politicians have big enough heads without projecting those heads on a 12 foot square screen). And when the debate got a little boring in places? Well you’ve still got your Mocha/Shiner/Latte.
“We definitely had a good turn out. More people are taking an interest in this election” said Bobby Smith, owner of The Percolator. And will the Percolator be putting on more events like this in the future? “Definitely,” says Bobby.
That's good news for Dr. Joseph Villescas of UTEP who organized the event. The event was born when he bumped into a certain Barack Obama in a Chicago bookstore last month. Villescas thought the event a huge success but is anxious to see that this sort of thing continues past November. He was keen though to stress the need to keep this sort of thing going...read more from newspaper tree)
SEPTEMBER 25, BECK ROCKS THE PERCOLATOR
¿Qué Onda, Guero? Beck's Secret Show in El Paso, TX
by Andi Teran / Vanity Fair
Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, there’s always something percolating. It’s a magical, musical place teeming with outlaws, and those who choose to dig their heels into the dust find they’re inextricably linked to this mysterious desert town. Word had it that Beck was one such wayward cowboy who drifted in on displaced Santa Ana winds a few years back. There were sightings at various art galleries, Mexican joints, and mom-and-pop shops. Then there’s the Legend of the Secret Black Market Show, a fabled story in which our hero rolls into a small local bar one afternoon asking if he can play a few songs while passing through. You won’t find much documentation of the event—El Pasoans don’t ask and don’t tell—but those who were there are still talking amongst themselves about it. Those of us who were there this time around can’t stop talking about it either…(read more from vanity fair)
recent vrmi events...
april 24
lake county young leaders conference weekend series hosted by the university center of lake county
grayslake north hs, highland park hs, mundelein hs, round lake hs, st. martin de porres hs, wauconda hs, waukegan hs, zion-benton hs
april 17
1-2:00 pm, trainer training for lake county weekend series
1200 University Center Drive
Grayslake, IL 60030
april 11
el paso young leaders conference weekend series
march 26-28
educational director training in maxwell
march 13
southwest project administrator training in maxwell
march 6
10:00 am -12:00 pm, project administrator meeting in downtown chicago
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY CENTER
400 S. STATE STREET, 60605
march 5
vrmi launches chicago internship
march 1
el paso for america interview president of the dominican republic
for more information about the interview, click here
february 28
1:30-4:30 pm: 2010 el paso ylc, sunday team meeting (UTEP BUSI 309)
for more information about the el paso ylc, click here
february 17
6:00-7:30 PM: induction of the 2010 el paso ylc team
Bel Air HS, Cathedral HS, Coronado HS, Eastwood HS, Franklin HS, Immanuel Christian, Loretto Academy, Silva Health Magnet
february 6
chicago project administrator training
february 5
2:00-3:00 PM MST: villescas & cotto on "el paso for america" with hector h. lopez (click here)
january 15-17
sos training in maxwell
2009...
december 3
time warner cable vote with your remote film festival
november 12-15
national hispanic institute 2009 celebracion & national great debate
october 11-31
instructors needed for 2010
vrmi will be launching a new initiative for el paso instructors to serve a diverse body of 11-18 year old students in the arts, fitness, and other fields for january-may 2010. instructors will develop engaging coursework in these areas that will be conducted on weekdays from 3:00-7:00 pm for cohorts of approximately 15-20 students per session; course designs are expected to be developed for four week learning programs. examples of potential areas of instruction include visual arts, graphic design, web design, yoga, dance, boxing, martial arts, archery, hand drumming, dj equipment training, introductory filmmaking, acting, photography, poetry, song writing, military history, local cultural exploration, leadership development, and college preparation. other areas are encouraged to be developed as long as they are interactive, creative, intellectually stimulating, and encourage group participation as well as ongoing involvement. equipment, learning materials, and supplies will be provided for students. background checks are required for instructors. experienced teachers as well as current undergraduate students are encouraged to consider these unique part-time teaching opportunities in el paso...
contact vrmi for more information...
september 30
deadline for submissions for VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE
OVERVIEW: click here
APPLICATION: click here
The four categories of this year's competition include: feature length films, documentary films, short films, and music videos. Submissions are welcome in both English and Spanish. Viewers will vote by downloading films and music videos on the El Paso On Demand for free in their homes throughout September, October and November. The submissions with the highest number of views will move on to become semifinalists on October 19, 2009. Those semifinalists will remain in the competition and viewers will be able to continue to vote. Winners of each category will be announced on November 19th and will have their submissions available for TWC subscribers throughout the upcoming fall and spring. At the end of the competition, professional and student award winners will have their films and music videos screened publicly for local residents. Applications for participation are available for download at www.elpasoondemand.com and application materials as well as film entries are to be delivered to or dropped off at the Time Warner Cable office. For more information about "Vote with Your Remote" contact Kelcey Wells (kelcey.wells@twcable.com) at 915-775-7406 or Joseph Villescas (joseph@villescas.org) at 915-227-2551.
august 17
10:00 am, time warner cable press conference in san jacinto plaza
The city's largest cable provider will hold a press conference in the heart of downtown El Paso to announce the details of the region-wide contest on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 10 AM in the San Jacinto Plaza. Time Warner Cable will be presenting the first annual "Vote with Your Remote" competition. This announcement is being conducted to inform professionals and students from the El Paso region about the contest. All film and music video entries must be submitted to the Time Warner Cable office on 7010 Airport Road, by September 15th. The four categories of this year's competition include feature length films, documentary films, short films, and music videos. Submissions are welcome in both English and Spanish. Viewers will vote by downloading films and music videos on channel 831, El Paso On Demand, for free in their homes. Voting will begin September 19, 2009. The submissions with the highest number of views will move on to become semifinalists on October 19th. Voting will continue throughout November. Winners of each category will be announced on November 19th and will have their submissions available for TWC subscribers throughout the upcoming fall and spring. At the end of the competition, professional and student award winners will have their films and music videos screened publicly for local residents. To download the application visit www.elpasoondemand.com or for more information about "Vote with Your Remote" contact Kelcey Wells at 915-775-7449 and kelcey.wells@twcable.com or Joseph Villescas at joseph@villescas.org.
august 1
vrmi celebrates two years in el paso
july 29-august 2
the national hispanic institute's texas ambassador great debate at the university of texas at austin
Bel Air HS, Cathedral HS, Coronado HS, Eastwood HS, Franklin HS, Immanuel Christian, Loretto Academy, Silva Health Magnet
july 20
vrmi celebrates the 30th anniversary of the national hispanic institute
Thirty years ago today Ernesto Nieto created the National Hispanic Institute (www.nhi-net.org) as a mechanism to prepare aspiring young men and women to lead the future U.S. Latino community to new heights of prosperity. NHI, like all of the other six million U.S. Latinos born in the 1970s, entered an American landscape that had only quite recently began promoting equal access to our nation’s educational resources and positions of power...
june 28-july 7
the national hispanic institute's national lorenzo de zavala youth legislative session at loyola university (chicago, il)
june 11-14
the national hispanic institute's texas great debate at austin college (sherman, tx)the 20th team from the el paso young leaders conference will be competing against seven other regions across the state in mock trial, cross examination, extemporaneous speaking & oratory. our forty person team is comprised of students from across the city:
Bel Air HS, Cathedral HS, Coronado HS, Eastwood HS, Franklin HS, Immanuel Christian, Loretto Academy, Silva Health Magnet
march 31
6:00-8:00 pm, national hispanic institute alumni mixer at the percolator (217 n stanton)
please join me downtown to catch up with other nhi alumni living in el paso who graduated from high school between 1990 and 2008. we will be discussing current NHI initiatives in el paso with area school districts and private schools as well as reminiscing about our experiences at the Great Debate (YLC), Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session (LDZ), Collegiate World Series (CWS), Mexico Language Program (MLP), Collegiate Leadership Network (CLN), and volunteering at other NHI programs throughout the country and abroad.
march 29
4:30-6:00 pm, el paso young leaders conference meeting at UTEP (quinn 212)
this meeting introduces 2009 participants to public speaking and an overview of each debate category: mock trial, cross examination, extemporaneous speaking, and oratory. click here for more information.
february 24
the goal of our third gathering downtown is to discuss individual projects and timelines as well as interview local filmmakers and crew regarding (1) the status of their 2009 projects; (2) their critique of the dynamics that stifle collective enterprise regionally in El Paso, west Texas, and New Mexico; and (3) their recommendations for local and regional collaboration...contact vrmi for more information.
february 23
5:00-7:00 pm, vrmi panel: el paso musicians & el paso issues, pt 2
join a number of local musicians and groups at the downtown theater to discuss several converging issues that are influencing our community. the escalating war on drugs, the costly border wall, el paso redevelopment, and other topics will be addressed...contact vrmi for more information.
february 4
6-8:00 pm, vrmi panel: el paso musicians & el paso issues, pt 1
join a number of local musicians and groups at the downtown theater to discuss several converging issues that are influencing our community. the escalating war on drugs, the costly border wall, el paso redevelopment, and other topics will be addressed...contact vrmi
february 3
7:00 pm, climate change presentation at jaxon's (airway)
Dr. Craig Tweedie of UTEP and Jere Locke, Director of the Texas Climate Emergency Campaign, will make a presentation on climate change. Dr. Tweedie, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Biology and Env. Science and Engineering Program at UTEP, will focus on the Arctic, his speciality . He will describe the changes happening there and their relationship to climate change. Jere Locke will focus on the political process underway to find a solution, some natural deadlines and what you can do. If you want more information call Jere at 512-964-1134 or email him at jeretexasclimate@gmail.com
january 27
6:00-8:00 pm...entrepreneurial growth workshop at the percolator
the purpose of this workshop is to help young business grow, so in time, sustainable businesses will flourish and provide new jobs, services and products for our community. the workshop will (1) outline stages of business growth, (2) review challenges to business growth, and (3) help you to develop a systematic approach to long-term growth. our hope is to provide entrepreneurs some direction and encouragement toward fulfilling their dreams.
january 20
9:30 am -12:00 pm, live coverage of presidential inauguration
join us at the percolator (217 n. stanton) on tuesday to watch ongoing coverage of this historic event and to share your perspectives over espresso.
11:00 am - ? pm, tuesday chess tournament bring your chess board, take on the 'regulars', and show off your moves in downtown...
january 17
4:00-8:00 pm...joe olvera panel discussion at the percolator
A panel of academics, artists, Diabetes specialists and activists will be on hand to pay tribute to Mr. Olvera and provide insight from their particular field. Del Pueblo Press and its partners are proud to lend support to Bobby Smith (owner of The Percolator, 217 N. Stanton) and Dr. Joseph Villescas (founder of VRMI) in providing a forum for public discussions.
january 13
9:00 am...joe olvera to receive 'star on the mountain award' by city council
The City of El Paso will be awarding Joe Olvera with its highest civilian recognition, The Star on the Mountain. This event will highlight Mr. Olvera’s life, career, and current struggle with Diabetes. Del Pueblo Press, Inc. will honor Joe Olvera with its Chicano Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Olvera was El Paso’s first Chicano television news reporter, and his work both in journalism and activism helped break the barriers that had limited Chicano’s influence in El Paso and around the country.
2008...
december 27
el paso expatriate day...a time when everyone can come together to visit with those who are away as well as a moment when we can remind current expatriates what returning home truly represents to our collective future.
8:00-12:00 pm, welcome home gathering for el paso expatriates & friends
whether you live a thousand miles away or down the street from the percolator (217 n. stanton), join us from 9:00-12:00 on saturday for a welcome home gathering and good conversations about the future of el paso in 2009 and beyond. percolate with old friends during your holiday weekend, catch up on new opportunities emerging throughout el paso, and enjoy the rest of your evening in downtown...
hosted by smith, villescas & sandoval
Thank you for joining us this evening to celebrate the “current expatriate” population, and to remind all expatriates of the opportunities that our local community can provide in 2009 and beyond. Any serious discussion about a return to El Paso requires one to articulate the opportunities and resources that the current landscape of our region can provide innately to former residents. Since you did live here for a significant period of time and that you more than likely have extensive family relations in the El Paso/Ciudad Juárez area, you have multidimensional advantages that can serve you locally and globally due to your direct relationship to one of the most significant cities of North America.
Know this well, anyone can flourish in El Paso, even those who have departed, through the application of one’s life training, the utilization of intrinsic social capital, and the willingness to start something new. Invest in this city by creating your own enterprise to become a job creator rather than a job seeker and civically engage your community through service for the benefit of us all—essentially, if you take care of your community, your community will take care of you.
Please consider these factors because (1) our community requires your leadership, (2) our local families and educational institutions infused tens of thousands of dollars to prepare you to operate regionally, and (3) you can apply your passion, creativity, and relationships in a manner that fulfills you more than what other locales may ever be able to achieve.
Recognize that the traditional three avenues of employment in El Paso (i.e., related to government, healthcare, and education) remain the dominant fields for adult professionals and are paying 30% less than most other cities with a population over 750,000. However, there are ample domains where highly skilled/high wage specialists can operate with limited competition in these primary areas (and several other technical and creative fields waiting to be expanded)through the creation of new firms. Perhaps 2009 will be the year when you finally launch your business locally.
The advantages expatriates from the last two decades present are generational in nature, and this is the era when the late 20th century high school graduates must consider how they will contribute to the economic and social fabric of El Paso during the mass retirement of residents born in the 1940s and 1950s. A massive transition in the leadership and decision making base is occurring throughout our city, and you can position yourself effectively here during 2009 through 2012 while the nation adjusts to a new presidential administration and a period of dramatic economic flux. It appears that even a tremendous economic crisis is yielding extraordinary opportunities for the current and former resident of El Paso.
Reconsider (or challenge a current expatriate you know to reevaluate) the benefits that El Paso presents economically, socially, and culturally—including not only cost of living and quality of life advantages, but additional opportunities that have emerged for graduate degree completion as well as a landscape primed for regional and transnational entrepreneurship. I hope that you do consider what your local legacy will be, and how all of us can work together to enhance the positioning of our community strategically. Thank you again for joining us tonight...welcome home and may you have a prosperous new year.
december 15-27
blanket & winter clothes collection for 50 juarez families
we are helping juarez-based reporter, alejandra gomez, collect blankets and winter clothes for families in need during this holiday season. temperatures are now dipping well below 25 degrees, high winds are severely impacting the lower elevations of our region, and weather-related losses of life are anticipated during december and january. donations will be received at the percolator throughout this month.
december 26
8:00-12:00 pm, live music: SLEEPERCAR
december 18
5:00-7:00 pm, a discussion about the future of film in el paso, part 2
the goal of our second gathering downtown is to further explore the 2009 initiatives that will lead to greater opportunities for local/regional collaboration. we have invited several figures from area film festivals, ongoing productions, and the on-line film community to share their insight as well as to provide their critiques of the dynamics that stifle collaboration and collective enterprise.
7:00-7:30 pm, mixer
7:30-9:30 pm, screening: films & photos from VABOOM STUDIOS
november 28
6:00-10:00 pm, a gathering in downtown the day after thanksgiving
whether you live a thousand miles away or down the street from the percolator (217 n. stanton), join us from 6:00-10:00 for espresso and good conversations about the future of el paso in 2009 and beyond. percolate with old friends during your holiday weekend, catch up on new opportunities emerging throughout el paso, and enjoy the rest of your evening in downtown...
november 20
4:00 - 6:30 pm Discussion about the Future of Film in El Paso
Our today goal is to discuss what is ahead for the El Paso film community as well as explore the new initiatives that will lead to greater opportunities for local/regional collaboration.
We have invited several figures from local film festivals, ongoing productions, and the on-line film community to share their insight as well as to provide their critiques of the local dynamics that stifle collaboration and collective enterprise.
Additionally, this discussion aims to address several converging factors in film and media development:
- The film industry of New Mexico has expanded tremendously and has become a catalyst for economic development statewide.
- The study of media making has boomed locally as well as throughout the nation and represents one of the fastest growing fields of study in postsecondary institutions.
- El Paso is an intrinsic test market for Latino-oriented films and other media forms due to our demographic composition and geographic positioning on an international border with one of the world’s largest Spanish speaking countries.
november 5
9:30 am -11:00 am Ribbon Cutting for Downtown Theater
The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce recognizes the arrival of Villescas Research, Media & Instruction in downtown El Paso, and encourages members of the community to discover and welcome this new resource over coffee at The Percolator on Wednesday morning. Dr. Joseph Villescas will be on hand to discuss how El Paso trends can inform the overarching study of U.S. Latino dynamics as students, voters, consumers, taxpayers, business owners, and future leaders in our community. Villescas will also be discussing several training sessions, media projects, panel discussions, and film screenings he will be conducting during November and December in collaboration with Bobby Smith, owner of The Percolator, and Valentin Sandoval, owner of Blackbird Concepts.
november 4
8:00 am - 11:30 pm Election Day Coverage All Day at the Percolator
Join us downtown throughout the final day of the election to listen to ongoing radio coverage in the restaurant, watch live news coverage in the downtown theater, or share your forecast about the outcome of the election in a locally produced documentary film about the 2008 election. This nonpartisan event is sponsored by The Percolator, Blackbird Concepts, and Villescas Research, Media & Instruction.
9:30 am - 12:30 pm Live Music from California at the Percolator...LEOPOLD
october 27
5:00-7:00 pm...free screening of "an unreasonable man"
the award-winning documentary explores the extraordinary life of public service by ralph nader, who is running in his fourth presidential election as an independent (read more).
7:00-9:00 pm...interviews for documentary film about the future of el paso
share your perspectives in a documentary film we are producing about the future economic landscape of el paso, particularly as it relates to (1) new fields of employment, (2) our regional pool of talent, (3) the intrinsic 'creative' and cultural resources of el paso, (4) our strategic geographic positioning on an international border, and (5) the implications of the outcomes derived from our local systems of education.
october 25
11:00-3:00 pm...downtown workshop: media production & business formation
we will be discussing film and multimedia production session, our experiences in creating multidimensional businesses based in el paso, and the opportunites that downtown markets and emerging audiences represent to our collective future. reserve your space today.
october 23
4:00-6:00 pm...emerging fields of employment for high skilled el pasoans
join us in the downtown theater at the percolator (217 n. stanton) to discuss several emerging fields of employment from a variety of different perspectives. topics include the following:
- higher education & the future economic landscape of el paso
- utep as tier 1 institution & sector for entrepreneurship
- the future of regional healthcare & health research
- technological advances & opportunities for greater collaboration
- circular pathways of return for el paso expatriates
- biofuel & new energy
- burgeoning transnational latino consumer markets
- the perpetual ascendance of job seekers rather than job creators
- the repercussions of expanding high skill/high wage jobs
- born in 1990, the workforce of tomorrow
contact villescas research, media & instruction for more information about joining the panel or the audience that day. click here to read more about creating 'circular pathways of return' for el paso's current and future expatriates.
6:00-10:00 pm...interviews for documentary film about the future of el paso
along with the mixer, from 6:00-10:00 pm we will be conducting interviews for the documentary that (1) seek to address your recommendations for sustaining this current spike of community awareness and civic participation; and (2) forecast the future trajectory of el paso based on your interpretation of contemporary economic, social, and political trends.
7:00-12:00 pm...vrmi mixer for former expatriates & friends
come by from 7:00-12:00 to connect with others who have just returned, discuss local opportunities for recent graduates, & enjoy music from dj and owner of the percolator, bobby smith.
2007...
vrmi communiqué
vrmi initiatives
VRMI/UTEP internship (summer 2010): two tracks are now available in research design & multimedia production, contact vrmi to obtain course credit.
2000-2010 latino vote research (summer 2010): opportunities are available for collaboration, contact vrmi for more information.
the 2010 census latinos, & racial self-identification study (spring 2010): opportunities are available for collaboration, contact vrmi for more information.
social inclusion research project (summer 2010): opportunities are available for collaboration on texas border county "digital divide" research initiative, contact vrmi for more information.
svs short films: "first avenue lofts & the emergence of SoGov"; "the implications of the el paso border wall"; "a ride downtown with green leaf pedicab"...click here for links to recent svs short films about el paso.
vrmi panel discussions & mixers: "emerging fields of employment in el paso"; "promoting new candidates & mobilizing local voters in 2010"; "the future of film in el paso"; "the class of 2010 project"; "mixers for el paso expatriates & friends"...contact vrmi for more information.
news
5/1/2010: VRMI LAUNCHES SUMMER 2010 INTERNSHIP IN EL PASO, CHICAGO & AUSTIN
4/24/2010: VILLESCAS & PENA CONDUCTS 2010 LAKE COUNTY WEEKEND SERIES AT THE UNIVERSITY CENTER OF GRAYSLAKE, IL
3/5/2010: VRMI LAUNCHES SPRING 2010 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN CHICAGO
2/17/2010: EL PASO YLC CONDUCTS INDUCTION FOR 2010 TEAM MEMBERS
2/17/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS H. LOPEZ & D. CANDELARIA ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
2/16/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS H. LOPEZ & T. CABALLERO ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
2/6/2010: VILLESCAS CONDUCTS CHICAGO PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING
2/5/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS THE "COWBOYS" ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
1/15-17/2010: VILLESCAS, VILLARREAL & NIETO CONDUCT 2010 SOS TRAINING
1/15/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS THE "COWBOYS" ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
1/8/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS THE "COWBOYS" ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
12/3/2009: VILLESCAS & WELLS HOST FIRST ANNUAL TWC VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE FILM FESTIVAL
11/12-15/2009: EL PASO YLC ALUMNI COMPETE AT 2009 NATIONAL GREAT DEBATE
10/12/2009: VRMI ANNOUNCES INSTRUCTOR INITIATIVE FOR 2010
9/30/2009: WHAT'S UP DISCUSSES VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE
9/30/2009: TWC VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE SUBMISSION DEADLINE
8/17/2009: TWC VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE PRESS CONFERENCE AT SAN JACINTO PLAZA
8/3/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM THE 2009 TEXAS AMBASSADOR GREAT DEBATE
8/1/2009: VRMI CELEBRATES TWO YEARS IN EL PASO
7/20/2009: NHI CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
6/20/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE WITH CHARLES HORAK ON KTEP 88.5 FM ‘ON FILM’
6/15/2009: EL PASO MAGAZINE DISCUSSES EL PASO ON DEMAND FILM & MUSIC VIDEO EXHIBITION
6/15/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM THE 2009 TEXAS GREAT DEBATE
6/11/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM ARRIVES AT THE 2009 TEXAS GREAT DEBATE
6/7/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
5/24/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
5/17/2009: EL PASO YLC WEEKEND SERIES
5/3/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
4/26/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING
4/19/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
4/5/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
3/31/2009: VILLESCAS HOSTS EL PASO YLC ALUMNI MIXER AT THE PERCOLATOR
3/29/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM INTRODUCTION
3/13/2009: VILLESCAS LAUNCHES 2009 EL PASO YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE
3/4/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES DIGITAL DIVIDE ON LISA D SHOW
2/24/2009: VRMI DISCUSSION, FUTURE OF FILM IN EL PASO-PART 3
2/21/2009: SANDOVAL & VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED FOR KTEP 88.5 FM ‘ON FILM’ WITH CHARLES HORAK
2/20/2009: MEXICANS AT NIGHT TAKE OVER THE PERCOLATOR
2/23/2009: VRMI DISCUSSION, EL PASO MUSICIANS & EL PASO ISSUES-PART 2
2/4/2009: VRMI DISCUSSION, EL PASO MUSICIANS & EL PASO ISSUES-PART 1
1/27/2009: VILLESCAS HOSTS ENTREPRENEURIAL GROWTH WORKSHOP
1/21/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES NEW OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN THE EL PASO TIMES
1/20/2009: VRMI PROVIDES LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
1/17/2009: SVS & DEL PUEBLO HOST JOE OLVERA PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE PERCOLATOR
1/14/2009: SVS RELEASE 1ST AVENUE LOFTS SHORT FILM
1/4/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES LEGACY OF NEW TEXAS REPRESENTATIVES IN EL PASO TIMES
12/27/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES EL PASO EXPATRIATES IN NEWSPAPER TREE
12/27/2008: VRMI HOSTS WELCOME HOME MIXER AT THE PERCOLATOR FOR EL PASO EXPATRIATES
12/18/2008: VRMI PANEL DISCUSSION ON FILM, PART 2
12/17/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSS DECEMBER EXPATRIATE GATHERING ON CHARLANDO CON LA GRINGA
12/1/2008: SMITH, RAMIREZ, SANDOVAL, & VILLESCAS SUPPORT TESTICULAR CANCER AWARENESS IN EL PASO
11/20/2008: VRMI CONDUCTS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF FILM IN EL PASO AT THE DOWNTOWN THEATER
11/19/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES ENGLISH ONLY LEGISLATION IN NEWSPAPER TREE
11/12/2008: SVS RELEASE FERTILE GROUND OF EL PASO SHORT FILM
11/5/2008: DOWNTOWN THEATER RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE EL PASO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
11/9/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES ENTREPRENEURSHIP & MEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN EL PASO TIMES
11/9/2008: VILLESCAS ASSERTS THAT EL PASO CAN PRODUCE & EXPORT MEDIA IN EL PASO TIMES
11/4/2008: SMITH, VILLESCAS & SANDOVAL AWAIT CHANGE TO COMMENCE IN AMERICA
11/3/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES YOUNG VOTERS WITH KVIA ABC 7
11/3/2008: DOWNTOWN THEATER SCREENS "VOTE AMERICA" FOR TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
11/1/2008: VILLESCAS & SANDOVAL DISCUSS FILM IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO ON KTEP WITH CHARLES HORAK (LISTEN)
11/1/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR LULAC YOUTH CONFERENCE
11/1/2008: SVS RELEASE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS SHORT FILM
10/30/2008: SVS RELEASE HISTORY IN THE MAKING AT SAN JACINTO PLAZA SHORT FILM
10/27/2008: VILLESCAS APPOINTED TO SERVE ART MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF EL PASO
10/23/2008: SVS RELEASE WEEK 1 AT THE PERCOLATOR SHORT FILM
10/23/2008: VILLESCAS CONDUCTS PANEL DISCUSSION ON EMERGING FIELDS IN EL PASO AT THE DOWNTOWN THEATER
10/18/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ON KTEP WITH HOST LOUIE SAENZ (LISTEN)
10/16/2008: VRMI CONDUCTS JAZZ PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LISA D
10/16/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES THE LEGACY OF JAZZ IN EL PASO IN EL PASO MAGAZINE
10/16/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WATCH IN NEWSPAPER TREE
10/15/2008: VRMI & PERCOLATOR HOST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WATCH AT DOWNTOWN THEATER
10/2/2008: VILLESCAS & DEL PUEBLO ALLIANCE HOST HIP HOP PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE DOWNTOWN THEATER
9/25/2008: BECK ROCKS THE PERCOLATOR
9/25/2008 : LISA D BROADCASTS CHARLANDO CON LA GRINGA AT THE PERCOLATOR
9/18/2008: LISA D BROADCASTS FIRST CHARLANDO CON LA GRINGA AT THE PERCOLATOR WITH BOBBY SMITH & VILLESCAS
9/16/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES DISTRICT 3 & STANTON REDEVELOPMENT ON LISA D SHOW
8/24/2008: VILLESCAS TRAINS WITH NHI CENTRE FOR LATINO LEADERSHIP STUDIES/WORLD INSTITUTE OF ACTION LEARNING
8/12/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES 'CIRCULAR PATHWAYS OF RETURN' ON LISA D SHOW
8/5/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM TEXAS AMBASSADOR GREAT DEBATE AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
8/3/2008: CREATING 'CIRCULAR PATHWAYS OF RETURN' FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF EL PASO EXPATRIATES
7/29/2008: EL PASO YLC ARTICLE IN THE EL PASO TIMES
7/12/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM TAKES SECOND AT 2008 SOUTHWEST GREAT DEBATE, NATIONAL FINALISTS IDENTIFIED
7/10/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM DEPARTS FOR THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE'S 2008 SOUTHWEST GREAT DEBATE
6/24/2008: VILLESCAS RECOGNIZED BY EPISD FOR PARTICIPATION IN STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
6/16/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE'S 2008 TEXAS GREAT DEBATE
6/13/2008: EL PASO GREAT DEBATE FINALIST VIDEO
5/25/2008: THE CRUCIAL DYNAMICS OF DISTRICT 3
5/1/2008: VILLESCAS MARCHES WITH EL PASO ACORN FOR RIGHTS & JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS
4/30/2008: NEWSPAPER TREE COVERS IMPLICATIONS OF DISTRICT 3 RACE
4/29/2008: DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES DEBATE AT ACORN FORUM
4/27/2008: NEWSPAPER TREE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES
4/24/2008: EL PASO TIMES BLOG ON DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES
4/22/2008: NEWSPAPER TREE COVERS DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES
4/17/2008: EL PASO TIMES COVERS DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES
4/16/2008: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT GREATER EL PASO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FORUM & AT PASADENA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FORUM
4/12/2008: VILLESCAS CONDUCTS LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR LULAC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
4/10/2008: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT CIELO VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FORUM
3/25/2008: VILLESCAS ADDRESSES CITY COUNCIL AS PROPONENT OF CIELO VISTA LIBRARY
3/4/2008: VILLESCAS FILES FOR DISTRICT 3 CITY REPRESENTATIVE
2/16/2008: VILLESCAS BECOMES FAR WEST REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CHICANOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
2/14/2008: NIETO & VILLESCAS PRESENT AT TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CHICANOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE
2/13/2008: VILLESCAS ATTENDS TCEQ/ASARCO HEARING IN AUSTIN
1/30/2008: VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED BY THE STRELZ
1/28/2008: VILLESCAS ANNOUNCES RUN FOR DISTRICT 3 CITY REP ON THE LISA DEGLIANTONI SHOW
12/23/2007: HOLIDAY MIXER FOR OVER 100 EXPATRIATES
12/22/2007: VILLESCAS CIRCULATES EXPAT REPORT TO ALL RESPONDENTS
12/21/2007: VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED BY THE STRELZ
12/16/2007: EL PASO TIMES COVERS EXPAT PROJECT
12/15/2007: NEWSPAPER TREE DISCUSSES PRELIMINARY EXPAT FINDINGS
12/12/2007: KFOX COVERS EL PASO EXPATRIATE PROJECT
12/10/2007: NEWSPAPER TREE COVERS EL PASO EXPATRIATE PROJECT
12/7/2007: EL PASO EXPATRIATE PROJECT: SURVEY 1 LAUNCHED (CLICK HERE)
12/4/2007: VILLESCAS PRESENTS LATINO FINDINGS IN SIX COUNTIES ALONG I-35 TO AUSTIN AREA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
11/30/2007: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT LULAC COUNCIL 4457 ON FUTURE EL PASO LANDSCAPE
11/27/2007: EPISD ANNOUNCES NEW TRUSTEES
11/26/2007: VILLESCAS ON THE LISA DEGLIANTONI SHOW
11/18/2007: VILLESCAS LEADS WESLEYAN TEAM TO CHAMPIONSHIP IN LOS FRESNOS
11/2/2007: VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED BY THE STRELZ
10/30/2007: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT EPISD COMMUNITY FORUM
10/15/2007: VILLESCAS FOR EPISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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