[CW-Grad] Alba Cruz-Hacker's doing great things

[Stephanie Hammer]

masel tov. so awesome!  poetry rules!

"A major irritation, a most stern and ruthless activity without question or answer, a three-card trick, a necessity. A necessity to what?  The necessity to _say_."  Pinter on Beckett.  


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>Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:27:31 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
>From: cwgrad-announcements-bounces at lists.ucr.edu (on behalf of "J. Cline" <6coffeespoons at earthlink.net>)
>Subject: Re: [CW-Grad] Alba Cruz-Hacker's doing great things  
>To: cwhitney <chuck.whitney at ucr.edu>, CRWT FacLec <andrew.winer at cox.net>
>Cc: CRWT Gradlist <cwgrad-announcements at lists.ucr.edu>
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>   Way to go, Alba! 
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>     From: cwhitney <CHUCK.WHITNEY at UCR.EDU>
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>     Subject: [CW-Grad] Alba Cruz-Hacker's doing great
>     things
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>       From: Alba Cruz-Hacker
>       <albacruzhacker at yahoo.com>
>       Date: February 2, 2010 4:56:55 PM PST
>       To: Chuck Whitney <chuck.whitney at ucr.edu>
>       Subject: Alba Cruz-Hacker's poem chosen by the
>       Iberoamerican Diplomatic Corps in L.A.
>       My poem "Salmo por Haiti" (Psalm for Haiti) has
>       been chosen as the official poem for the
>       campaing "Iberoamerican Consulates in Los
>       Angeles United for Haiti."  Sixteen countries of
>       the Diplomatic Corp are part of this initiave
>       that includes newspaper ads, radio spots,
>       television appearances and printed materials.
>       The first round of radio spots will be recorded
>       tomorrow for W Radio (690 AM).  The Consul
>       General of the Dominican Republic, Honorable
>       Celeste Jimenez, will be reading my poem as part
>       of the radio spot.  In the next week or so, I
>       will be going to K-LOVE (107.5 FM), part of the
>       Univision family, invited by the renowned Carlos
>       Alvarez
>       to read the poem as part of this humanitarian
>       campaign. I am including a picture taken during
>       our last meeting, which took place in the
>       facilities of the General Consulate of Mexico in
>       Los Angeles.
>       The picture was taken by my husband, Kelly
>       Hacker. FYI, Uruguay is not included in the
>       picture because they joined us a couple of days
>       ago.
>        
>       In other news, I received a recognition from
>       the City of Los Angeles for my participation in
>       the Shaping Black Culture in the Diaspora and
>       the International African Diaspora Day.
>       I have included a picture of the certificate of
>       appreciation, signed by Councilmember for the
>       8th District, Mr. Bernard C. Parks.
>        
>       Perhaps you can let others know.
>        
>       Thank you so much,
>        
>       Alba 
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