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Sep 23, 2024 | 
tucson.com | Alejandro Nava
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:It’s a common platitude that one receives more in giving to others than in self-serving endeavors. As a previous volunteer with Casa Alitas, a migrant shelter and house of hospitality that sprung to life out of a humanitarian necessity, I have known this to be true, witnessing for myself the way that caring for our guests — uprooted asylum-seekers with little more than the clothes on their backs — enriched the lives of the volunteers.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Howard Manly |Jamaal Abdul-Alim |Matt Williams |Molly Jackson |Nick Lehr |Alejandro Nava | +6 more
On the evening of Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc attended a block party in the South Bronx. Armed with two record players and a mixer, he created an extended percussive break while others rhymed over the beats. Hip-hop was born. Well, that’s the origin story, although pinpointing the birth of a genre is never going to be an exact science.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
hiphopcanada.com | Alejandro Nava
As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly scrambled to make ends meet, there was very little in my upbringing that foreshadowed my current life as a religion professor and scholar. I didn’t grow up surrounded by books, and I spent many more hours in childhood dissecting hip-hop and shooting hoops than doing schoolwork. It wasn’t until late in college, when a couple of teachers lit a fire in my bones, that I became hungry for the stuff of books and ideas.
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Jun 6, 2023 | 
religionunplugged.com | Alejandro Nava
(ANALYSIS) As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly scrambled to make ends meet, there was very little in my upbringing that foreshadowed my current life as a religion professor and scholar. I didn’t grow up surrounded by books, and I spent many more hours in childhood dissecting hip-hop and shooting hoops than doing schoolwork.
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May 31, 2023 | 
tolerance.ca | Alejandro Nava
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May 31, 2023 | 
goskagit.com | Alejandro Nava
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May 31, 2023 | 
chronicle-tribune.com | Alejandro Nava
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. kAmW%wt r~}'t#$p%x~}X pD 2 7:CDE\86?6C2E:@? 4@==686 8C25F2E6 2?5 2 {2E:?@ 7C@> 2 72>:=J E92E 4@?DE2?E=J D4C2>3=65 E@ >2<6 6?5D >66E[ E96C6 H2D G6CJ =:EE=6 :? >J FA3C:?8:?8 E92E 7@C6D925@H65 >J 4FCC6?E =:76 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^C6=:8:@?]2C:K@?2]65F^A6@A=6^?2G2Qm2D 2 C6=:8:@? AC@76DD@C 2?5 D49@=2Ck^2m] x 5:5?’E 8C@H FA DFCC@F?565 3J 3@@<D[ 2?5 x DA6?E >2?J >@C6 9@FCD :?
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May 31, 2023 | 
h-ponline.com | Alejandro Nava
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. kAmW%wt r~}'t#$p%x~}X pD 2 7:CDE\86?6C2E:@? 4@==686 8C25F2E6 2?5 2 {2E:?@ 7C@> 2 72>:=J E92E 4@?DE2?E=J D4C2>3=65 E@ >2<6 6?5D >66E[ E96C6 H2D G6CJ =:EE=6 :? >J FA3C:?8:?8 E92E 7@C6D925@H65 >J 4FCC6?E =:76 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^C6=:8:@?]2C:K@?2]65F^A6@A=6^?2G2Qm2D 2 C6=:8:@? AC@76DD@C 2?5 D49@=2Ck^2m] x 5:5?’E 8C@H FA DFCC@F?565 3J 3@@<D[ 2?5 x DA6?E >2?J >@C6 9@FCD :?
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May 31, 2023 | 
perutribune.com | Alejandro Nava
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. kAmW%wt r~}'t#$p%x~}X pD 2 7:CDE\86?6C2E:@? 4@==686 8C25F2E6 2?5 2 {2E:?@ 7C@> 2 72>:=J E92E 4@?DE2?E=J D4C2>3=65 E@ >2<6 6?5D >66E[ E96C6 H2D G6CJ =:EE=6 :? >J FA3C:?8:?8 E92E 7@C6D925@H65 >J 4FCC6?E =:76 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^C6=:8:@?]2C:K@?2]65F^A6@A=6^?2G2Qm2D 2 C6=:8:@? AC@76DD@C 2?5 D49@=2Ck^2m] x 5:5?’E 8C@H FA DFCC@F?565 3J 3@@<D[ 2?5 x DA6?E >2?J >@C6 9@FCD :?
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May 31, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Alejandro Nava
As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly scrambled to make ends meet, there was very little in my upbringing that foreshadowed my current life as a religion professor and scholar. I didn’t grow up surrounded by books, and I spent many more hours in childhood dissecting hip-hop and shooting hoops than doing schoolwork. It wasn’t until late in college, when a couple of teachers lit a fire in my bones, that I became hungry for the stuff of books and ideas.
