Updated Website, Portfolio and More

If you have the time or inclination, please check out my updated website and photography portfolio. You will see plenty of photographs and articles on my photography and the Chicano experience.

While you are at it, this year I started a new YouTube Channel ... Texas Moto Foto. There, I have coalesced a melange of mainstream to esoteric videos. It's all fun! Subjects explored range from photography to technology to recreational vehicles. An unusual mix indeed.

Oh, I almost forgot! I have a Patreon Page. If you are able and willing, support my photography by donating on my page. You can be the first!

Here are the links:

Website: http:www.jmmgarza.com
Online photography portfolio: https://jmmgarza.myportfolio.com/
Texas Moto Foto YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMCtI2P70RhJr6Z1kNcSKBA
Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/jmmgarza

Jesús Manuel Mena Garza's New Patreon Page

I am not getting any younger or richer. Currently, I am able to complete a few projects despite monetary obstacles, but your donation to Patreon can help me realize more and better projects. 

Feel free to contact me about any of my past, current and planned projects. Be one of the first to donate to my Patreon page. Thank you for your financial support!

http://www.patreon.com/jmmgarza

Jesús Garza's 2015 Kickstarter Campaign

I have initiated a Kickstarter (http://kck.st/1uTI7QG) photography campaign. My goal is to gain funding for a standard zoom lens and basic studio lights. This equipment will allow me to pursue my goal of capturing new portraits and environments. In the recent past I have taken these photographs using a Nikon D800 with a standard 50mm lens. The additional equipment will allow me to shoot a bit wider for effect and also tighter for better portraits.

I am not affiliated with a college or other organization that offers staff ready access to grants, equipment, supplies and venues. For over 40 years I have been self funded. I had to save for years so I could purchase my one and only digital camera. By asking for community support I hope to speed up the process and increase the quality of my work. I am providing those who contribute $100 a print valued at the same price. Click the following link to learn more about my Kickstarter campaign. http://kck.st/1uTI7QG

Save Ethnic Studies, Inc.

Dear Colleagues and Supporters:

On January 1, 2011, HB 2281 became effective in Arizona, a law passed in April 2010 that attacks La Raza Studies. The law's supporters claim that we are unpatriotic and unAmerican, a statement that we take great exception to. Books such as Occupied America and Pedagogy of the Oppressed are cited as proof of their opinions. At present the future looks grim. The Board of Education that was supposed to defend the program has bailed out. The teachers of Raza Studies have filed a suit defending the right of the program to teach the history of our people.

We feel that if the xenophobes are successful, the entire area of Ethnic Studies is threatened. It enables similar attacks on programs outside of Arizona and sanctions censorship. We feel that we must stand together and are appealing to you for support. It takes money to mount a legal challenge. The pool of available money is small in the Tucson area. It is a poor community and the hundreds of thousands of dollars that this suit will take is beyond our means.

The discovery process alone will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is the political core of the case that will show the motivation of the framers of this legislation and point to who is financing this libelous campaign.

Please take time to view

1- http://vimeo.com/15062646 (Precious Knowledge Trailer)
2- http://www.saveethnicstudies.org/index.shtml (Tucson campaign)
3- http://www.saveethnicstudies.org/news.shtml
4- http://www.saveethnicstudies.org/meet_us.shtml

Would you please help by sending a donation? You can also help arrange fundraisers in your area. We need transportation costs and would greatly appreciate honorariums. Concerts and the like featuring local artists, musicians and poets are a fantastic way of getting people together.

Please go online to donate and for more information:

http://www.saveethnicstudies.org/save_ethnic_studies.shtml.
Deyanina Nevarez is the point person. You can reach her at (520) 975-1485 or via email at info@saveethnicstudies.org.

Make payable to: Save Ethnic Studies Defense Fund Mail to:

Save Ethnic Studies
307 S. Convent Ave
Tucson, AZ 85701

Or donate by Credit Card: http://www.saveethnicstudies.org/donate.shtml
Venceremos,

Save Ethnic Studies Defense Committee

Save Ethnic Studies is filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission as a non-profit corporation. We are seeking recognition of exemption from the IRS under section 501 (c) 4. Contributions to Save Ethnic Studies are non-tax deductible as a charitable contribution. Please contact your tax advisor for further information. Printed In-House Labor Donated.

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