¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can! by Diana Cohn

¡Sí, se puede! incluye un ensayo escrito por el aclamado autor Luis J. ¡Él y su compañeros de clase hacen carteles y Carlitos se une a la marcha con un cartel muy especial para su mamá! Al final, Carlitos encuentra la manera de enseñarle a su mamá lo orgulloso que esta de ella. ❺caso él la apoyará y ayudará en todo lo que pueda? Claro, Carlitos quiere ayudar, pero no sabe cómo hasta que ve a su mamá en la televisión dando un discurso en favor de la huelga. Ella y los otros conserjes han decidido entrar en huelga. Una noche su mamá le explica que al menos que gane más como conserje, no va tener el dinero suficiente para mantenerlo a él y a su abuelita como ella quisiera. Cada noche mientras él duerme su mamá limpia un edificio en el centro de L.A.

Rodriguez ( Always Running), discussing the real 'Justice for Janitors' strike in 2000 with a union organizer who participated, as well as a poem inspired by it. He and the other children in his class make posters and Carlitos joins the marchers with a very special sign for his mom!īackmatter includes an interview by Luis J. Finally, Carlitos knows how he can show his mamá how proud he is of her. Will he support her and help her all he can? Of course, Carlitos wants to help but he cannot think of a way until his teacher, Miss Lopez, explains in class how her own grandfather had fought for better wages for farmworkers when he first came to the United States. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike. One night, his mamá explains that she can't make enough money to support him and his abuelita the way they need unless she makes more money as a janitor. When she comes home, she waves Carlitos off to school before she goes to sleep. Every night, he sleeps while his mother cleans in one of the skyscrapers in downtown L.A.

¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can! by Diana Cohn