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<strong> FNS Feature</strong></p>
<p>Many colorful personalities have shared the shade of Acapulco’s Café Astoria. Mayors, politicians, artists, famous singers, writers, tourists, journalists, and revolutionaries of all stripes have all sipped the Guerrero-grown coffee that’s served under the canopy of the gargantuan amate tree embracing a corner of the city’s Zocalo, or historic plaza. But no “guest” has stood out like the bull that stormed into the café one day in November of 1990.</p>

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On Sunday, March 17th, hundreds of community residents will be joined by Mayor Bob Filner, Councilmember David Alvarez and countless civic leaders and supporters to celebrate the grand opening of a new, multi-cultural neighborhood market in the City of San Diego.

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<p>Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the East Coast Chicano Student Forum at Harvard University, where I had the privilege of conducting a presentation to a group of college students from Ivy League Universities eager to learn how they could follow in the footsteps of Latinos who are using Social Media to implement positive change in their communities.</p>