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About Jose Calderon

Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pitzer College and President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley.

21st Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast

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Thank you to the LRT staff, board, members, and volunteers for putting together a 21st César Chávez Breakfast celebration that will be remembered as well-organized, well-attended, and spirited. And yes – the emceeing by musician and activist artist Martha Gonzalez went beyond the beyond with the inclusion of her musical talents – adding to the always inspiring movement songs by Son Real. It really exemplified the combination of keeping a grass-roots character with representation from networks across the gamut of unions, friends in positions, non-profits, faith-based, and community-based organizations that have been so much a part of our common organizing efforts. The honorees were moved and moved all of us with their words. We certainly were moved by the sacrifices of the NDLON second responders in leading fire life brigades that cleared 3,000 tons of debris – work that would go unnoticed if it was not for the thoughtful consciousness of bringing them to center stage. And what great work on the scholarship nominees that fully represented the connections between education and engagement! And so thankful that we included, no matter what, the forming of a circle, and with Son Real, the singing of De Colores. There was so much heart to this event – and sets a very high standard for the future.

 

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Something is happening here – and it is very clear! Laud the organizers in putting together this impressive turn-out of “Fighting Oligarchy” rallies with Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – with over 34,000 in Denver and over 12,000 in Greeley, Colorado (where I grew up and carried out organizing from the late ‘60’s until the middle ‘80’s). A movement is developing – there is a sentiment there among our hard-working people – and needs to be continued to turn around the attacks on our communities and to forge a road forward that is in the interests of our quality of life.

Invite to Dolores Huerta/Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage Planning Meeting on Fri., Mar. 21 at 3:30 PM

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This is your invite to the next Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March and Fiesta meeting this Friday, March 21 at 3:30 PM at the Pomona Pride Center (235 W. Mission Blvd).  (On March 31, we will be taking people to the UFW immigrant rights march in Delano where they are expecting anywhere between 3 – 5,000 marchers.  Since we have to send in an rsvp of the number who will be going – please send an e-mail to Jose Calderon at Jose _Calderon@pitzer.eduthat you are committed to go.  We will meet at 7 am on Monday, March 31 at the Pitzer parking lot.  We will take names also at our meeting this Friday and make transportation plans).

Once again our meeting on Friday will be a person-to-person meeting but the zoom link option is being made available for those out of the area.  

The Zoom link is: https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/83957309955
At the last meeting, we agreed to meet this Friday because we will not meet on Friday, March 28 (due to the Cesar Chavez breakfast that day).  At this meeting, in addition to committee reports, we will have proposed designs for the t-shirt and make a decision on which one to use; go over the press release to send out, take names for flyers to the churches and schools, and take names of those who will be going to the UFW Immigrant rights march in Delano on March 31.   Attached is an agenda, minutes from the last meeting, and a revised program with assignments from our last meeting.
The Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March and Fiesta Committee
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

Next meeting of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage Committee on Fri., March 14 at 3:30 pm

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The next Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March and Fiesta meeting is this Friday, March 14  at 3:30 PM at the Pomona Pride Center (235 W. Mission Blvd).  This again will be a person-to-person meeting but the zoom link option is being made available for those out of the area.  

The zoom link is: https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/83882110951
At the last meeting, we agreed to meet this Friday and next Friday because we will not meet on Friday, March 28 (due to the Cesar Chavez breakfast that day).  We have some good news:  we have gotten some funding from Campus Life for the entertainment (not as much as before but enough to cover some of the primary expenses); also, Los Jornaleros del Norte have finalized that they will participate in our march and share their songs and music at the beginning, during the march, and at the end when we arrive at Tony Cerda Park.  At our meeting this Friday, we will finalize plans for dates to pass out flyers at the churches and schools; discuss new forms of using social media to begin publicizing the march;  finalize the speakers and entertainment; and get reports on the status of the scholarship outreach, the vendors, artists for the t-shirt design, and fundraising.  Attached is an agenda for the next meeting and a revised program with assignments from our last meeting.
The Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March and Fiesta Committee
The Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March and Fiesta Committee
 
Jose Calderon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
 
Topic: Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Pilgrimage March Meeting
Time: Mar 14, 2025 03:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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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

Invitation to the Latino/a Roundtable Cesar Chavez Fundraiser breakfast – March 28, 2025

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Good Evening Friends,

 

I am writing to request your support of our Latino and Latina Roundtable twenty-first Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast, which will take place on Friday, March 28 at the Sheraton Fairplex Events and Conference Center in Pomona from 8 am – 10 am.  This year’s theme is “Building Bridges for Equity and Social Justice” and our emcee will be Scripps College Intercollegiate Chicana/o Latina/o Studies Professor Martha Gonzalez (lead singer, percussionist, and songwriter for the band Quetzal). We invite you to support us by purchasing individual tickets or being a sponsor of this momentous event that celebrates the resilience, creativity, and power of our communities. Many of our founding members were young organizers who learned from Cesar Chavez, and as is the tradition of this day, our breakfast honors exemplary leaders who have used their lives in the interests of our communities.

 

This year, as part of celebrating twenty-one years of the community-based work of the organization, we will be honoring: Mark Ramos, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1428 and President of the UFCW Western States Council; Paul Botello, community-based art muralist and educator; Jose Calderon, Pitzer College Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies and one of the founders and past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Rose Calderon, long-time community organizer, artist, and past Treasurer of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Pasadena Community Job Center and Second Responders providing relief and recovery efforts in recent fires; and LRT Community Star award recipient Maria Galvan (LRT Board Member); and local students who will be receiving Social Justice Scholarship awards.

This year is an important year as we continue to place our organization on a solid long-term foundation through the further development of an office, staff, board, and membership. More than ever, we need your support in these difficult times as we take on immense local and national challenges through our Immigrant rights “Know Your Rights, Rapid Response, and Sanctuary” Campaign; Pomona Jobs Project; annual cultural Dia de Muertos; annual Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March; support efforts of day laborer and worker organizations/unions; and our education advocacy with the statewide College For All coalition (which promotes college access and opportunity for all).

In the spirit of community, I invite you to join us on March 28th, 2025, and purchase tickets or become a sponsor. Please see the attached document with the sponsorship levels. Our mailing address is: 1460 E. Holt Avenue, 144, Pomona, CA 91767. If there are any questions, or additional information to make a decision about sponsorship please do not hesitate to contact our director Lina Mira at:  Lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org.

Ticketsbit.ly/CCB21ST

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/latino-and-latina-roundtable-16816136694

Rose Calderon
Past Executive Board Member of the Latino/a Roundtable
(909) 816-8045
Calderon.rose@gmail.com 

Latino and Latina Roundtable Membership Meeting – Saturday 1-2:30 pm (Hybrid)

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We are excited to see you tomorrow for our Membership Meeting- Saturday March 1st 2025. 
The meeting is in person at the LRT office with an option to participate virtually.
Attached is the agenda.
Time: 1-2:30 pm 
Location: 1460 E. Holt Avenue, Room 5 
Pomona CA 91767 
Entrance 2 or 3 
 
zoom option: 

Topic: Latino and Latina Roundtable Membership Meeting
Time: Mar 1, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81255414429?pwd=NAwrDa4tBy8R1BHUTlChTx78AnMT7Z.1

Meeting ID: 812 5541 4429
Passcode: 420789

Please let me know if you have any questions. Also, if you need to renew your membership in person, please bring a check. If you already renewed your membership, thank you for your support.

Lina Mira

(909) 480-6267

Requesting your Support for LRT 2025 Cesar Chavez Breakfast on March 28, 2025

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I am writing, as I did last year, to request your support of our Latino and Latina Roundtable twenty-first Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast which will take place on Friday, March 28 at the Sheraton Fairplex Events and Conference Center in Pomona from 8 am – 10 am. This year’s theme is “Building Bridges for Equity and Social Justice” and our emcee will be Scripps College Intercollegiate Chicana/o Latina/o Studies Professor Martha Gonzalez (lead singer, percussionist, and songwriter for the band Quetzal). We invite you to once again support us by purchasing individual tickets or being a sponsor of this momentous event that celebrates the resilience, creativity, and power of our communities. Many of our founding members were young organizers who learned from Cesar Chavez and as is the tradition of this day, our breakfast honors exemplary leaders who have used their lives in the interests of our communities.
This year, as part of celebrating twenty one years of the community-based work of the organization, we will be honoring:  Mark Ramos, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1428 and President of the UFCW Western States Council; Paul Botello, community-based art muralist and educator; Jose Calderon, Pitzer College Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies and one of the founders and past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Rose Calderon, long-time community organizer, artist, and past Treasurer of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Pasadena Community Job Center and Second Responders providing relief and recovery efforts in recent fires; and LRT Community Star award recipient Maria Galvan (LRT Board Member); and local students who will be receiving Social Justice Scholarship awards. 
This year is an important year as we continue to place our organization on a solid long-term foundation through the further development of an office, staff, board, and membership. More than ever, we need your support in these difficult times as we take on immense local and national challenges through our Immigrant rights “Know Your Rights, Rapid Response, and Sanctuary” Campaign; Pomona Jobs Project; annual cultural Dia de Muertos; annual Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March; support efforts of day laborer and worker organizations/unions; and our education advocacy with the statewide College For All coalition (which promotes college access and opportunity for all). 
In the spirit of community, I invite you to join us on March 28th, 2025, and purchase tickets or become a sponsor. Please see the attached document with the sponsorship levels. Our mailing address is: 1460 E. Holt Avenue, 144, Pomona, CA 91767. If there are any questions, or additional information to make a decision about sponsorship please do not hesitate to contact our director Lina Mira at:  Lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org. 
 
 
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
 
 

Next Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March meeting – Friday, Feb. 21 at 3:30 PM

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This is your invite to the next Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March meeting this Friday, February 21 at 3:30 PM at the Pomona Pride Center (235 W. Mission Blvd).  This again will be a person-to-person meeting but the zoom link option is being made available for those out of the area.  The zoom link this time, provided by the Jesus Jacuinde from the pride center is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81008505320?pwd=xTPbvNmZKP3GW0NbjjxEPvQHMFZTvu.1
In our last meeting, we made a major decision to change the date back to Saturday, April 26 for the march – when a proposal was made, with the suggestion of the Ohlone, that we end the march at Tony Cerda park and make our speakers and entertainment part of the annual Pow Wow that is sponsored by the Ohlone.  In the spirit of bringing together as many of our diverse groups in this difficult period of time, we are excited to make this happen.  At our meeting, on Friday, we will further make important decisions on the route, the speakers, the entertainment, the publicity/outreach, the scholarships, and the plan for how we will collaborate with the Ohlone on the program once we enter the circle of the Pow Wow.  Attached are the minutes from the last meeting, an agenda, and the proposed program up to this point.  We have been running our meetings as a whole group and, since the meetings are hybrid with involvement from individuals outside of the area, we have expected the committees to meet in-between the bi-weekly meetings – and that our meetings be made up of reports and decisions together. To facilitate the hybrid character of this meeting, we thank the Jesus Jacuinde for providing the zoom link from the Pride Center – making it easier for those outside the area to join in and participate.

PPC Staff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage
Time: Feb 21, 2025 03:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 810 0850 5320
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The Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March and Fiesta Committee

Please join us for this Pro-Immigrant Rights March this Monday, Feb. 17 at 10 am (main and Mission)

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We urge your support for this Pro-Immigrant Rights March this Monday, Feb. 17 at 10 am (main and Mission) – as part of an ongoing campaign to turn around the attacks on our immigrant communities and to advance our efforts for our immigrant communities to be treated with dignity and full rights.

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