TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: I'M VOTING FOR OBAMA, and re CA State Measures

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

I'M VOTING FOR OBAMA, and re CA State Measures

I've been keeping quiet with regard to political matters because the fighting and bickering have been offensive. But as Malala of Pakistan said, "If you don't speak up now, when will you speak up?" So now I'm letting people know that I'm voting for OBAMA. I believe strongly that this is the right path for this country.

While I'm at it: for the State Measures, I'm voting: 30- YES (one should ask why the big wigs in AZ opposing this proposition refuse to reveal themselves): 31- no; 32-no; 33- no; 34- yes; 35-no; 36-yes; 37-no; 38-no; 39-yes; 40-yes.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.