Illustrated Children's Book on Emma Teneyuca

Elena Guajardo (photo)
Event Chair

The Emma Tenayuca Book Première y Celebración
You are invited to an historic event. On Saturday, December 15, many of San Antonio's leaders and pueblo will gather for a festive evening of food and music as Wings Press premières its newest publication, an illustrated children's book about Emma Tenayuca, one of the most important leaders in San Antonio's long and colorful history.

For those who don't know about Emma, she was a brilliant and courageous 21-year-old who, led 12,000 pecan shellers in a 1938 strike for better wages and working conditions. Historians point to this event as the first successful mass political action in the long struggle for Mexican-American civil rights.

Written by Carmen Tafolla & Sharyll Teneyuca, and illustrated by Terry Ybáñez, this full-color, bilingual hardback children's book is the first-ever book about Emma.

Please come help us celebrate the publication of: That's Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice¡ No Es Justo! La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia

Tickets are $20. Books are $17.95. The evening will include a silent art auction and showing of an award-winning mini-documentary about Emma. The authors and illustrator will be available to sign books. (They're great Christmas presents!)

All proceeds go to the Emma Tenayuca Project, supporting high-quality publications about this significant woman. Reservations can be made with the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center. (210) 228-0201.

We would like to thank the sponsors of this event for their contributions of money, time, and other support:

Graciela Sánchez & Amy Kastley
The Mexican-American Bar Association of San Antonio
Isabel, Enrique, Bernard, Fernando, Gustavo, Leticia & Xavier Sánchez
The Torres Law Firm, P.C
Rosie González, Attorney-at-Law/Abogada
Professor John Igo, Senator Leticia van de Putte
Maestros Center for Mexican-American Studies & Research, Our Lady of the Lake University
Dr. Charles & Abbie Cotrell, Shirley Ehrlich, Mary Ann Noonan Guerra,
Marsha Krassner & David Spener
Nueceros ACLU Foundation of Texas
Arturo L. Barrera, Janice Brazil Miryam Bujanda & Dr. Gerald Poyo
Dr. Arturo Madrid & Dr. Antonia Castañeda, María Eugenia Cossío-Ameduri,
Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, Dan Barrett, Fr. Eddie Bernal. María Antonietta Berriozabal, T.C. Calvert Neighbors First Alliance
Rosemary Catacalos, María De Leon
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
Dr. Henry Flores & Dr. Gwendolyn Díaz
Dr. Richard Gambitta, Mayor Phil & Linda Hardberger
MANA de San Antonio Edith McAllister, Naomi Shihab NyeDayla S. Pepi, Dr. Tessa Martinez Pollack, Hon. Patti Radle, Gloria Ramírez, Carol Rodríguez, Laura C. Rodríguez
Drs. Ricardo & Harriett Romo
San Antonio Public Library
The Family of Emma Tenayuca
The late Peter Torres, Jr.

A special thank you to the Organizing Committee: Hon. Elena Guajardo, Chair, Yvette Benavides, Abbie Cotrell, Naomi Cué, Marge Reyna , David Spener Y mil gracias to Terry Ybáñez for her long support of Wings press, for her beautiful illustrations, and for the donation of several collages based on the life of Emma Tenayuca, to be auctioned at this event.

Likewise, thanks to the artists, unknown at this time, who have donated 50% of the proceeds from the silent auction.-- Bryce Milligan Publisher, Wings Press
Bryce Milligan <http://milligan@wingspress.com>
Publisher / EditorWings Press