the 2012 colombian independence magazine

Our Culture Our CommitmentNuestra Cultura Nuestro Compromiso

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Mensaje del Presidente

Independencia de Colombia

Sandra Cano

Gabriel Martínez

Reseña del Grupo Folklórico

Special Thanks e Iván Darío Pérez

Orgullo Colombiano

David Hernández

Cristian Giraldo

JUNTA DIRECTIVA

2012-2013

PRESIDENTE

Carlos A. Guzmán

VICEPRESIDENTE

Olga Mendoza

TESORERO

Dayro Jaramillo

SECRETARIA

Mónica Cortés

DIR. RELS. PÚBLICAS Y EVENTOS

Diana Ortega

ASISTENTES DE EVENTOS

Mabel Gutiérrez

Mónica Cortés

Jackey Parras

VOCALES

Johana Reales

Jorge Olarte

Reinaldo Pérez

Carmenza Ozorio

Gabriel Martínez

Mabel Gutiérrez


MENSAJE DEL PRESIDENTE

2012

Colombians in the new phase of development

Our home country and our Colombian communities living abroad are going through a very positive phase of development, which has made us become very passionate and proud of our name. However, as we continue moving forward we must re� ect about the challenges we still need to seriously confront.

For many years it has been completely frustrating to hear fellow Americans or people from other nationalities referencing Colombians as the champions of cocaine production, kidnapping, murders, violation of human rights, etc. I’m sure it has happened to every Colombian living abroad. It bothered us so much since we knew for a fact that a majority of Colombians were completely the opposite.

In most recent years though, our home country has been going through a period of transformation from the dark years of the war on drugs to the new Colombia that is becoming one of the leaders of the Latin American region. This development process, as Time Magazine put it a few months ago “The Colombian Comeback,” has had a signi� cant repercussion in the attitude of Colombians not only in the country but also abroad.

I am please today to see a new generation of Colombians here in the state of Rhode Island becom-ing prominent politicians, entrepreneurs, bankers, teachers, doctors, artists etc; making signi� cant contributions to their professions. These talented Colombians who have learned from the experi-ences of one of the most unstable and chaotic nations in the world to be brave and relentless, are positively changing the reputation of our name.

However, as we advance into this new phase of development and become one of the largest com-munities within the Latino group in the United States, our development e� orts need to evolve from the individual to the collective. We cannot a� ord to continue moving in di� erent directions when there are many of our families today lacking support in terms of education, health care, housing, immigration, etc.

I am very proud to say that the Colombian American Cultural Society has been extremely con-cerned with the development of many Colombian families in our community.

One of our main priorities has been to keep many of our kids out of the streets, provide them the incentive to stay at school and help their families during times of social and economic constraint. I recognize this is not enough considering the multiple issues our families face in today’s society but I am very happy that at least we are trying as much as we can to step in and � ll up the gap. I personally would like to invite you to learn more from us and also share your ideas about how you can help us expand these development e� orts we have seriously decided to embark on.

Sincerely,Carlos A. GuzmanPresident of the Colombian American Cultural Society, Inc

Carlos A. Guzman

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Independencia

ColombianaPor: María Inés López

El 20 de Julio del 2012 estamos celebran-do los 202 años del grito de independencia de Colombia, lo que signi� ca que fue la iniciación del proceso independentista colombiano. No es en sí la independencia. A continuación haré un breve resumen sobre el proceso de independencia en Colombia.

El 20 de Julio de 1810 se dio el “Grito de Independencia” que dio paso al proceso de liberación del yugo Español. Este día sucedió un incidente que sería el motivo para comenzar este proceso. Los hermanos criollos Francisco de Paula y Antonio Mora-les Galvís fueron a la casa del Español José Gonzales Llorente para que les prestara un � orero para adornar la mesa en la que se serviría un banquete al comisario del Rey Español que llegaba a Bogotá; Don Antonio Villavicencio.

El español insulto a los Criollos; el pueblo se enfureció y golpearon al señor Llorente. En ese momento se organizó la primera Junta Suprema de Gobierno del Nuevo Reino de Granada dirigida por los Crio-llos. Esta Junta declaró Cabildo Abierto, deponer al Virrey y a suscribir un acta de independencia.

La nación estaba dividida en peque-ñas provincias y surgía una división entre quienes deseaban un gobierno Centralista dirigida por Antonio Nariño y un gobierno Federalista dirigidos por el General Camilo Torres que originó una Guerra Civil. Algu-nas provincias se fueron independizando en forma individual. Con algunas provin-cias libres del yugo español, se dio inicio al período de vida independiente conocido

como ‘’Patria Boba’’ o Primera República. Estos son los primeros indicios de inde-pendencia.

Mientras tanto en Europa es derrotado Napoleón Bonaparte y queda en el trono Español Fernando VII. Este rey comienza una reconquista en La Nueva Granada (Colombia) en forma sanguinaria y a mando del General Español Pablo Morillo.

El único territorio independiente de esta reconquista fué el de los Llanos Orientales donde comenzó la tercera parte del proce-so independentista. En los Llanos de Apure y de Casanare comienza la real indepen-dencia al mando de los generales Simón Bolívar y Francisco de Paula Santander y otros destacados militares. En la Batalla de Paya, en La Batalla del Pantano de Vargas y La Batalla del puente de Boyacá se gesta la derrota de� nitiva de los españoles. Con estas batallas se da paso a las Campañas Libertadoras en Venezuela, Quito y Perú. En este año se reunió el Congreso de Angostura y se formó La Gran Colombia que incluía a Panamá, Venezuela y Ecua-dor y cuya capital era Santa Fé de Bogotá. Las Campañas Independentistas fueron apoyadas por aliados como Francia, Nueva Zelanda y Gran Bretaña.

En Colombia el General Simón Bolí-var es conocido como ‘’El Padre de la Patria’’ porque fue el Criollo que orga-nizó las Campañas Libertadoras en La Gran Colombia. Murió en 1.830 en Santa Martha Colombia.

A lo largo de la historia de Colombia ha habido diferentes procesos y cambios gubernamentales, pero la democracia es la forma de gobierno que ha prevalecido hasta el día de hoy.

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Cuando viajamos o migramos de Colom-bia, nos convertimos de una u otra forma en embajadores de nuestro país, conta-giando cada vez a más personas ajenas a nuestra cultura, de esa esencia colombiana que nos hace únicos. Vine a los Estados Unidos hace 11 años debido a la violencia en mi país natal de Colombia. Yo tenía 17 años en el momento, mi papá iba a ser secuestrado. Llegue a Rhode Island bajo asilo político y me preguntaba por qué a el estado más pequeño en los Estados Unidos? y al pasar de los años me di cuenta de que la respuesta era simple, en Rhode Island había diversidad, hablaban español, pero más que nada también había una comunidad Colombiana bien establecida,

y seguramente mis padres como muchos inmigrantes se sentían más seguros y con más con� anza para poder empezar una vida nueva. En Rhode Island no solo nos podíamos comunicar en español, pero también encontrábamos un pedacito de nuestro país.

Recuerdo que no fue fácil para mí ni para mi familia empezar de nuevo y adaptarnos a un país con diferente estilo de vida, clima y culturas. Al no saber hablar, escribir o entender el idioma Inglés. Decidí tomar acción, después de pasar 9 meses en Shea High School, me inscribí en el programa de Inglés como segunda lengua en el Com-munity College de Rhode Island, pero al mismo tiempo empecé a buscar oportuni-

dades en mi idioma, ahí fue cuando me involucre con la radio latina Exitos 88.1 fm - ahora reconocida como Latino Public Radio 1290 am.

Después de continuar mis estudios con el Ingles en Mayo del 2004 recibí mi título de Asociado de dos años en Artes -Estu-dios Generales, luego traslade mis crédi-tos a Rhode Island College y más tarde obtuve una beca para transferir me a la Universidad de Bryant de donde recibí mi licenciatura en Administración de Empre-sas en 2007, el mismo año con orgullo me convertí en una ciudadana de los Estados Unidos, después decidí entrar a la Univer-sidad de Rhode Island hacer mi maestría en Administración Publica la cual acabo de terminar hace solo un mes.

Mi familia y yo nacimos y crecimos en un país privilegiado, lo cual hace que nos llen-emos de orgullo, valorando las maravillas y ventajas que tenemos los colombianos por haber nacido y crecido en este país. Cuando me re� ero a un país privilegiado, hablo de un lugar que nos sorprende con su diversidad de climas y paisajes, sus diversos dialectos y costumbres que gen-eración tras generación nos han marcado a medida que vamos creciendo, haciéndo-nos únicos, especiales, más humanos y sensibles a lo que pasa a nuestro alrededor.

Estando lejos, buscamos tener una famil-ia, y tratamos de relacionarnos con otros colombianos. Tanto, que nos alegramos cada vez que oímos a un paisa, costeño, caleño o rolo, y tratamos de entablar una conversación. Tenemos una necesidad de buscar gente y ayudar al colombiano que lo necesita. No somos tan ajenos a lo que le pueda pasar a otro paisano, así sólo hablemos por un rato o estemos con esa persona en un corto tiempo. Llega a ser una compañía temporal que agrada, valoramos y en cierta forma agradecemos.

ESTOY ORGULLOSA DE SER COLOMBI-ANA y me siento bendecida y agradecida con mis padres que han sido siempre mi pilar para todo y que me han inculcado el valor de mi cultura, mi descendencia, han sobresaltado que tener humildad, un espíritu de superación y de colabo-ración es algo que se aprende al venir de un país como Colombia y sobretodo doy gracias por el amor y la unión famil-iar que nos lleva siempre a mí y a mis hermanos a dar nuestro tiempo para el servicio comunitario cada que podemos y a ser cada vez mejor.


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Dear Colombian and Latino Friends; Allow me to begin by thanking

each one of you for the uncondi-tional support you have given us through the years.

I cannot name anyone in particular, as each one of you deserves my most sincere thanks and respect; whether you have helped with your kind donation of a dollar, or the one who dona-tes thousands; parents who bring their children to participate and learn from our culture. Those who help us during the Independence Day Festival, picking up trash at the park, selling the beer, soda or water. The many organizational committees: fundraising commit-tee, decoration and dance com-mittees; also to the people who help with the sale of tickets Spe-cial thanks to the hard-working board. To all of you to whom we owe so much. This year’s theme, “Our Culture, Our Commitment”

is very appropriate for our organi-zation; therefore, receive special thanks for your support.

And speaking of the “Com-mitment”, I want to praise the parents who teach their children the culture of our countries, chil-dren have an open mind to learn everything, but many times we, the adults are the ones who interfere with them and their education. To teach our children where they come from is to teach them where they go, and is to walk with � rm and con-� dent steps towards a better future. Education begins at home, the cul-ture too; an educated and cultured individual is worth much more.

Also bear in mind that the Colombian American Cultural Society awards scholarships to young Colombians or Colombian descent. The future of our com-munity depends on our children...

Thank you!

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Nuestro grupo folklórico integrado por niños y jóvenes entre las edades de 5 a 16 años de edad originarios de Colombia o de padres Colombianos cumple con la gran función de demostrar por medio de danzas folklóricas la gran diversidad cultural que nuestro país posee. Entre algunas de las danzas mas comunes de

nuestro grupo se encuentran el Bambu-co, el Pasillo y el San Juanero del interior de Colombia; también la Cumbia, el Gara-bato y el Mapale procedentes de la costa Atlántica de Colombia y � nalmente el Currulao de la costa paci� ca de Colombia. La actual directora del grupo Carmenza Osorio y su coreógrafa Johanna Flores

cumplen con la gran intención de hacer que nuestro grupo continúe exaltando la riqueza y diversidad folklórica que nues-tro país posee.

Actualmente el grupo juvenil esta con-formado por Dora M. Cooney, Michael A. Cooney, María Cristina Muriel, Mónica Muriel, Gina P. Mendoza, Alberto Flores,

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Henry Flores y Marcela Lopera. El grupo infantil se encuentra conformado por Yahayra Gutiérrez, Michelle Vélez, Martha Sierra, Nicole Uran, Hillary Quiroz, Emilia Hoard, Kiara Gutiérrez, Justine Paulino, Ashley Zambra-no, Melisa Canizales, Katherine López, Sophia Ovalle y Nicole Arrubla.

Acompáñanos a seguir preservando por medio de nuestro grupo folklórico nuestra herencia Colombiana en el estado de Rhode Island.

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indirecta con nuestra organización para ser estos eventos posibles, y un millón de gracias a los padres y niños que participan en el grupo folclórico


Comité de colección de fondos:

· Jorge Cárdenas Chair

· Sandra Cano

· Kristin Rojas

· Grace González

Comité de decoración:

· Mabel Gutiérrez

· Olga Mendoza

· Joanna Flores

Comité del grupo folklórico:

· Jacqueline Parra

· Marta Quintero

· Carmenza Osorio

· Marjory Chamorro

Nuestros más sinceros agradecimientos a todas estas personas que colaboran de una manera activa y � elmente con Nues-tra organización porque es con su desin-teresada ayuda que podemos llevar todos nuestros eventos a su realización. También un millón de gracias a los padres de familia y a todos los niños que participan en el grupo folclórico.

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I was born and raised in Medellin, Colombia. Medellin is the most industrious and cutting edge city in Colombia. I lived and went to school there for almost 15 years. Since I have no siblings my parents were able to send me to a catholic private school (Colegio de la Universidad Ponti� ciaBolivariana) from � rst to eight grades in Colombia. It was there where I received an outstanding academic, religious, and social education that helped me incor-porate the academic work ethic that to this day has contributed in my achievement of excellent grades, awards and to be a role model for my peers. I have also been positively in� uenced by my cousins who despite � nancial di� culties were able to attend one of the best universities in the city, travel abroad, and become successful professionals. I grew up in a middle class, yet danger-ous neighborhood (Barrio Prado Centro) in the middle of the city. In fact, my father was stabbed trying to defend my mother from a thief. In 2008, my family and I decided to move to the United States in search of better opportunities for us. Although the language, absence of my family and friends along with the new culture, made the transition to my new life a little di� cult, I was able to adapt successfully and I have prospered in my high school education in the United States. Despite the fact that my school is not as challenging as I would like it to be, I have taken ownership of my education and have become involved in many

extracurricular activities and clubs that could help me � ll in the gaps that my school created. Finally, after being in the country for almost four years, I still have moments when I think of my country and become melancholic. Although I miss everybody and everything, I know that I have a mission to carry out in this country and that is to take advantage of an opportunity that my parents did not have, to go to college.

Extra-Curricular Activities, Interests Outside of School and Ath-letic Participation

Chess Team: I became one of the top players on the team, receiving the MVP award from the RI Interscholastic Chess League. Represented Rhode Island at the High School Chess Nationals during sophomore, junior and senior year.

Swim Team: I received the most valuable Player Award junior year. Additionally, I helped the team receive the sportsmanship award two years in a row and compete at the state competition at the University of Rhode Island.

SMILE: I decided to join the SMILE (Scienti� c, Math, Investiga-tive, Learning, Experiences) club during my freshman year to enhance my knowledge in the sciences and to complement what I was learning in school.

Science Olympiad: I am proud to be a member of the � rst Sci-ence Olympiad team of the Central Falls High School. The science Olympiad is a renowned event statewide and nationwide; there is a preliminary competition in every state to determine the school that will represent each state nationwide in the national science Olympiad competition. The Science Olympiad has twenty di� er-ent science events. Some of them include, chemistry, forensics, astronomy, write it do it, anatomy and physiology, just to name a few.

I competed in the anatomy and physiology section during my junior year and became the state champion in said event. What made this accomplishment even more remarkable is the fact that we were pioneers in this event and we defeated both private and public schools with a long history and experience in this competition.

Rhode Island College Upward Bound: The Upward Bound Program is a federally funded program designed to help First Generation College bound and low income students succeed in high school and prepare for a college education. The program has allowed me to meet many motivated, high achieving and creative students who challenged me intellectually, and helped me complement what I was learning in school.

Upward Bound further challenged me intellectually and complemented what I was learning in school. In order to par-ticipate, I was required to make a four year commitment that entailed attending Saturday classes throughout the school year and spending six weeks of my summer taking classes at Rhode Island College!

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My name is Cristian Giraldo and I am currently a senior at Blackstone Academy Charter School in Pawtucket. At the age of 4 my parents never asked me if I wanted to leave Colombia to come to the United States. It was a decision they had to make at their own risk. Like many other fami-lies, we moved to the United States for a better future and to experience the land of opportunity. My parents never knew the struggles we were all going to face because we were “aliens” to America. Three months before my departure from Colombia my father had come in search of that one bedroom apartment on Rand Street and a job. Remember, at that time my dad only spoke Spanish. Finally, on May 13th, 1999 I, along with my older sister and mother set foot for the � rst time in the United States. It was the beginning of a new life � lled with many unexpected obstacles. Many of you might be wondering how exactly we made it here without proper documentation. The answer is just like many other people we over stayed our tourist visas.

My sister and I grew up like normal Amer-ican children. We learned exactly the same way that my peers did. Our only di� erence was that we weren’t documented and we were born in another country. At that point it wasn’t a major issue for my sister and I. We were ordinary children who didn’t care about that stu� and just wanted to play games and have fun. As time progressed everything slowly started to change. My parents were having di� culties renewing their driver’s licenses, and for some reason, they both had jobs working in very poor conditions. I didn’t understand why until

my sister and I were at that age where get-ting jobs and driver permits were common amongst all teenagers. We had overcame one of the greatest obstacles in our life which was learning English, but now how were we going to overcome this? Every time we asked my parents about our status they simply responded, “we have to wait, but never lose faith.”

College was approaching and time was running out. My sister was always terri� ed of people knowing our true identities, but I wasn’t because we hadn’t done anything wrong! It was at that time we both started getting more involved with immigration laws and we both knew that our young voices had to be heard. I testi� ed various times at the State House and spoke on the radio in favor for what I thought was right. We hadn’t done anything wrong; we were the bright students of hard working

parents trying to make a better future for themselves. Last year time � nally ran out for my sister and she had to take a year o� . However, the � rst couple of months of my senior year started with amazing news. A letter from immigration came with some unusual cards called “work-permits” and this past February a new pair of cards arrived, our Residencies. Does that mean I can go to college now? Does that mean the govern-ment will treat me like every other kid? I was speechless and shocked that this country was � nally accepting me for who I was.

Today it was me who became a U.S Resi-dent, but that’s not enough. We need to continue to � ght and not give up because we need to legalize all those whose only crime has been to work hard and strive for a better future for their families.

I always tried to be the best I could, and I knew that with this obstacle standing between me and success I had to work even harder than everyone else. I was inducted into the National Honor Society and into the Pawtucket Teen Hall of Fame and recently accomplished what very few are able to obtain. I earned the high-est ranked o� ered by the best program I was ever involved with, the Boy Scouts of America and became the 6th Eagle Scout of my Troop. Although college just seemed like an unattainable dream at � rst I am proud to say that next fall I will be attending Bryant University concentrating my studies in International Business. I say this to you not to make you jealous or to brag about myself, but to tell: follow your dreams, work hard, stay involved and most importantly, don’t give up!

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