"Whassup mi gente!"

Ramón M. González III

Doctoral Program: Education Administration

Teachers College, Columbia University

What is an urban jibaro?

An urban jibaro is the term used to describe the combination of an urban ghetto resident and a jibaro, a traditional Puerto Rican farmer. The term is a distinct reminder of the unique identity, issues, and historical roots of many Puerto Ricans living in the urban ghettos of the US.

Resume-not in this homepage-but a little bio maybe.

I am a graduate of Cornell U. in Political Science and African Studies, and a current student of Education Administration at Teachers College/Columbia University -nice match verdad! I am also a sixth grade mathematics and computer teacher at IS 44 in Manhattan. My research and career interests are helping to develop productive relationships between schools and gangs, and between urban com munties and schools. Building on the idea of social capital, I believe that all communties maintain an inherent cultural capital base that can be utilized to develop productive social networks and community relations. Give me a couple of years and I will have conquered the world with my ideas but right now I'm a poor graduate student so love me as I am!

Coming soon: NightLife Calendar

Interesting Urban Jibaro sites

Cultured Urban Jibaro

Voice of the Ghetto:Virtual Magazine

PBS Guide

African Countries

Urban The Latino Magazine

Black History and Culture

Musica Dominicana

Puerto Rico's Constitution

Adventurous Urban Jibaro

• Where to find it in New York City--for cheap!
• Manhattan Cross Street Finder
• Columbia U's Guide to NYC

Academic & Research Urban Jibaro

• US Census Home Page
• Institute for Puerto Rican Policy
• Institute of Learning Technologies
• The Pluribus Unum Gopher
• Eric Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
• Teachers College Intelligence Test

Career Urban Jibaro

• Sadi's Job search
• Easy Resume
• New York City Board Of Education
• Urban Education Web

Family Urban Jibaro

• La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.
• Coming soon: pictures of mi barrio-better than boyz in the hood!

Here are some pictures of my math and computer classes at
Broadway Academy of the Arts
100 West 77th street
Jaqueline Wilson-Coordinator
-Please volunteer-
212-678-2817
Tell them Mr. G send you!

To National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights Page

To BoricuaNet

Luis Ortiz

Bernardo Perez's Page

Alex Torres's Page

Sadi's Page-Learn how to Create a HomePage

Nii's Page-Information on African Countries

Tom's Page-Information on Japan

Emmamuel's Page-Check out Spider stories

Iván's PageTalk about extensive!

copyright by Oye Fua! Productions
Ramón González
Jan 10, 1995

Please email comments and suggestions to rmg36@columbia.edu