Category Archives: Events

Australia Day is January 26, 2015.

January 25, 2015 12:43 pm \ Maria Sanchez

This year, Australia Day falls on the 26th of January. This day is intended to support and spread the values of Australians as a whole.

My youngest child and my only daughter has been living in Australia since June 2014. She has enjoyed her time there tremendously and experienced an amazing array of activities, events, travel, friendships and terrific employment opportunities. This picture is one that she sent me recently.

The only time I traveled to Australia was with my daughter on a cruise that originated in Hong Kong and traveled south, eventually taking us to Darwin, Brisbane and ultimately Sydney.

We fed koalas, kangaroos, toured the world famous Sydney Opera House, walked across the bridge and enjoyed the sights and the people.
The cost of living is tremendous there so it is very expensive to eat and drink. I remember taking us to a restaurant for ‘happy hour’ and a Smirnoff cocktail was $22 and that was Aussie dollars, which at the time was even more expensive then US dollars.

It is almost surreal when I look at her photos because the colors are so vivid and lustrous. We chatted on the telephone yesterday and she told me about all of the festivities that are involved in celebrating Australia Day.

Whether you are Australian or not, there are a variety of ways in which you can recognize the holiday, including but not limited to:

If you are interested in holding a public Australia Day event in your community, allow the Australia Day website to broadcast and promote your event!

If you are Australian, take a moment to think about what makes you proud to be whom you are. The Australian of the Year Awards acts as a nationwide celebration of the achievements of Australians.

Australians living in America can partake in an Australian Citizenship Affirmation ceremony where they can affirm their commitment and loyalty to Australia.

Are you simply an #AussieFan? Share the word on all of your social media pages describing what makes you passionate about Australia.

See Austrailia Day for more information.

Posted in: Culture, Events, Maria Sanchez Show, Maria's Musings, Podcasts, Seasonal, Travel

General Election, USA, Tuesday, November 4, 2014.

November 2, 2014 1:03 pm \ Maria Sanchez

While we’ve kept up our blog posts on a regular (usually 3 times a week a www.TheMariaSanchezShow.com) basis, we’ve taken some time away from the website and the podcasts to focus on some other professional opportunities, political campaigns and family matters. It is terribly important that if you are a registered voter that you vote on Tuesday, November 4th. I’ve been fairly political most of my life. I was always the President of my class or a Student Body Officer while in high school and pretty much the same scenario in college when I attended and graduated from the University of California, Davis.

As an adult, I registered at the age of 18 and feel that our votes count. One of my favorite personal mottos is, “one voice, one vote, one pay check.” What say, what we do, how we spend our money and how we vote matters! I think far too often people feel that it is one vote, what could it possibly matter?

Well it does. Whether we agree politically or not really isn’t the point. That we participate in the process of our democracy and go to the polls is really more important.
Our representatives in our state capitals and in the corridors of Washington, D.C. need to be there because the majority of the people voted and thus our leaders represent the majority of the electorate. That seems pretty straightforward to me.

Unfortunately, what we’ve seen in the past is that the minority of people show up, mostly the extremists of both parties and thus they elect the exception or the more polarizing candidate.

So please, whatever you do, V-O-T-E on Tuesday!

If you have an absentee ballot and you haven’t mailed it yet, BRING IT IN PERSON to your polling place. The postmark does NOT count! It has to be received on or before November 4th so don’t trust it to the USPS at this point. Hold on to it and take it to your polling place.

Posted in: Education, Events, In the News, Maria's Musings, Podcasts, Politics

Sunday, July 6th, 2014

July 6, 2014 3:53 pm \ Maria Sanchez

On Monday, June 30, 2014, the Supreme Court allowed an exception to Obamacare’s mandate that firms above a certain size offer their staff insurance that includes free contraception.

The case, Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc, was brought by two Christian families and their businesses.

Please join Maria as she visits with grass roots, political activist, Lauren Steiner who discusses a protest that will occur on Monday, July 7, 2014 at the Grand Opening of a Hobby Lobby in Burbank, CA.

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Monday, May 5th, 2014 – Pass It Along Day

May 5, 2014 2:42 pm \ Maria Sanchez

In the truest sense of giving, please join Maria as she visits with the Director of Marketing & Communications for the California Community Foundation, Valarie De La Garza about their 24 hour campaign that begins tonight at midnight. Pass It Along LA Day and the national campaign. Click here for the national link.

Click here for the LA campaign.

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Friday, May 2nd, 2014 – John Wayne

May 2, 2014 10:24 am \ Maria Sanchez

Duke John Wayne, the American icon, was more than a movie star. Author, Steven Travers shares with Maria how both Joseph Stalin and Chairman Mao ordered assassinations on him. He eluded four attempts to kill him and helped the USA with intelligence gathering. A compelling discussion about his tome, “The Duke, the Longhorns and Chairman Mao, John Wayne’s Political Odyssey.”