Jose Zapata Calderon Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies 1050 North Mills Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-6101 (909) 952-1640 Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu Website: www.josezcalderon.com
Jose Zapata Calderon Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies 1050 North Mills Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-6101 (909) 952-1640 Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu Website: www.josezcalderon.com
Music, Writing, and Organizing for Immigrant and Bracero Rights: The Activism of Rosa Martha Zarate
Rosa Martha Zarate, an organizer of immigrant workers and a musician who has given concerts in Central and South America (including Portugal and the United States) will present in Professor Jose Calderon’s Rural and Urban Social Movements class in Fletcher 104 at 3:20 pm on Wednesday, April 13. For those interested, you can also connect by zoom at: https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/86987777594
Rosa Martha will draw on her own life in making the connections between her use of popular education and the art of music to community-based organizing and cross-border social movements in Latin America and the barrios of the Southwest. She will also connect to her recent book Our Grandfathers Were Braceros” highlighting her support, in the last 20 years of the binational social movement of ex-Braceros. The purpose of her book, as she has shared, is the recovery of historical memory in accompaniment of former bracero grandparents and the relatives of those who have already disappeared in their fight for justice. Rosa Martha is the cofounder of Libreria del Pueblo, Inc., the cofounder of Calpulli, an international leader in fighting for the rights of bracero workers, and an organizer in advancing alternative economy projects in Indigenous and peasant communities in the US and Mexico. The presentation is open to those who are interested and made possible by support from Campus Life.
Jose Calderon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Jose Zapata Calderon Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies 1050 North Mills Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-6101 (909) 952-1640 Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu Website: www.josezcalderon.com
You are invited to a virtual presentation by Muralist and artist PAUL BOTELLO as part of my class, Rural and Social Movements, this next Wednesday, May 5 from 4 PM – 5:15 The zoom link is here (and below): https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/86987777594
His presentation will include how he has used art as a means of raising consciousness about the contributions of our Mexican and Immigrant-origin communities and how art can be used to advance social movements and democratic spaces for change. Paul Botello was born and raised in East Los Angeles. He earned a BA and an MFA from Cal State University, Los Angeles. He teaches art in the LAUSD school system and has taught, in the past, at Pitzer College. In 1994 he traveled to Berlin, Germany where he collaborated on a giant mural titled “Global Chessboard.” Other recently completed murals include “Citizens of the World” at Esperanza School, and “In Unison” at the Maravilla Housing Facility. He also completed a large-scale mural on the Metro Gold Line construction fence that was located at First Street and Soto. Portions of the mural can now be found at the Pueblo del Sol Community Center in East Los Angeles. He has painted a number of murals in the Inland Empire region in collaboration with student and community participants including: five murals on the Pitzer campus, a mural at the Pomona Day Labor Center, one at Vina Danks school in Ontario, and five murals at Cesar Chavez Park in Pomona. Botello lives and works in East Los Angeles and exhibits his work locally, nationally, and internationally.
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Hi everyone, Just wanted to invite you to the Mercado Artisano and Sopa on Saturday, November 25, 2017. I will be selling my ceramic art and jewelry. There will be other artists selling their ware as well as local women selling their Pozole and Tamales. This is an Alternative Market of local art and artisans. Please let your friends and family know of this event. Hope to see you there.
PS. 50% of the profit of my artwork will be go to social justice organizations/causes
Rose Calderon
Mercardo Artisano and Sopa
The dA Center for the Arts
Invitation to Film: Latino: The Changing Face of America with filmmaker Roxanne Frias – Nov. 16 – 6:30 – 8:30 PM (Claremont McKenna College Kravis Center Lower Court 62) Panel responders include James Mestaz, Jose Calderon, Tomas Sandoval, Martha Gonzalez, and Tony Jimenez.
James V. Mestaz
Visiting Assistant Professor/Postdoctoral Fellow
History Department
Claremont Mckenna College
Sé le invita a toda la comunidad!
2 de noviembre de 9 AM – 10:30 AM a celebrar el Día de los Muertos en el Centro Jornalero de Pomona.
Estan bienvenidos a traer flores y fotos de sus seres queridos que han fallecido para ser parte del altar. Tamales, pan de muerto, champurrado serán ofrecidos a los que participen.
Favor de acompáñanos!
Invitation to the community at large
November 2nd from 9 AM to 10:30 AM to celebrate the Day of the Dead in Pomona Day Labor Center.
You are welcome to bring flowers and photos of loved ones who have passed away to be part of the altar. Tamales, pan de muerto, champurrado will be offered to participants.
Please join us!
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Fernando Romero
Executive Director, Pomona Economic Opportunity Center
1682 W. Mission Blvd. Pomona, CA 91766
Tel: (909) 397 4215
Fax: (909) 622 9880
Don’t miss —
Tres Actos:
The Militants, Vietnam Campesino & Los Vendidos
The University of La Verne Department of Theatre Arts presents three plays by internationally renowned playwright, theatre and film director Luis Valdez (Zoot Suit, La Bamba). Directed by Artist-in-Residence Alma Martinez, Tres Actos: The Militants, Vietnam Campesino & Los Vendidos performances run November 10, 11, 12 at 7:30pm, November 17, 18, 19 at 7:30pm, and November 20 at 2pm in the Dailey Theatre located on the main campus at 1950 3rd St.
La Verne, CA 91750.
The “actos,” or short plays, were first performed by Valdez’s theatre company, El Teatro Campesino. He founded the company in 1965 in the heat of the United Farmworkers union’s struggle to secure basic labor and human rights for the most vulnerable of the U.S. labor force. These “actos”, that are now classics of American agitprop theater, were performed by striking farm workers on picket lines, flatbed trucks, and at pivotal historic events such as the 1965 Delano Grape Strike and the 1966 United Farmworker Union’s march to Sacramento.
Suggested donation is $5 for students, $10 for staff, senior citizens and alumni, and $12 for general admission. Reservations can be made through Eventbrite at: http://tres-actos-tix.eventbrite.com
For more information go to (909) 448-4386, TheatreArts@laverne.edu, or visit the La Verne Theatre website at www.laverne.edu/theatre
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Thuy Tran (Angela)
Publicity and Marketing Manager
Theatre Arts Department
University of La Verne