Home » Entries posted by Eduardo Barraza
Eduardo Barraza
Entries posted by Eduardo Barraza
He is a multimedia journalist with over two decades of experience. When he began his career, he specialized in photojournalism working for various newspapers and magazines. Later, he established an international journalistic service that provided stories and photographs to publications in Mexico and the United States. Seeking to take his experience to a deeper level, Barraza founded the Hispanic Institute of Social Issues in 1998, which has evolved since then into a grassroots multimedia publishing agency, focusing on social issues affecting Latinos and other minorities. In 2002, he founded Barriozona Magazine, a bilingual print publication that in 2006 developed into an E-zine to reach a greater audience. Barraza is also the author of the book titled “The Shoes of the Immigrant and Other Writings”. As journalism continues to progress and is reinventing itself, Barraza has tapped into the use of digital resources to reinforce the power of a press that presents the voice of the people as opposed to “being the voice” of the people. As he sees new challenges arise for journalism, Barraza strives to uphold the true tenants of his beloved profession, among them truth, objectivity, and independence.

Troy Davis executed: The fight ahead

  Troy Davis’ last resources to avoid the consummation of the death penalty he was sentenced to in 1991 for killing an off-duty police officer were consumed when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a last-minute plea. A convicted killer according to Georgia’s judicial system, Davis lived his last hours under the mounting shadow of doubt of [...]

Phoenix, Arizona – In the United Stated many people refer to them derogatively as “illegals”. In the heart of Central America, these human beings represent some of the most disposed, desperate yet tenacious men and women leaving their impoverished countries in hopes to make it to the United States. Unable to afford another form of [...]

Continue reading …

Dolores Huerta: Organizing is the only answer

Comments Off

Longtime organizer and legendary Chicano Movement leader Dolores Huerta stresses the need for effective organizing and voter registration. Phoenix, Arizona. January 11, 2011 – Reached via telephone in her office in Bakersfield, California, organizer and Chicano Movement icon Dolores Huerta speaks about the recent decision of the University of Texas at El Paso to cancel [...]

Continue reading …

  The director of the ACLU of Arizona shares her personal satisfactions and the difficult work of advocating for what she considers a besieged immigrant community in Arizona, the home state of laws like SB 1070 Phoenix, Arizona – Alessandra Soler-Meetze believes her experience as Communications Director for the ACLU of Florida prepared her to [...]

Continue reading …

A group of young activist actors bring forth a theatrical approach to deal with social issues at the grassroots level. Phoenix, Arizona, February 1, 2010 – In the context of Arizona’s legislation and crackdown on undocumented immigration, Teatro Nopalero emerges as a developing alternative to tackle immigration issues and other social problems in Maricopa County. [...]

Continue reading …