College for All Coalition at Solidarity Center in Pomona including representatives from Latino and Latina Roundtable, NAACP, and COFEM – with Nikki Dominguez carrying out an all-day workshop – as part of workshops being held by 72 organizations in various parts of the state – preparing participants for going to Sacramento to speak with legislators on key educational bills that can ensure full access, full investment, and full equity in public and higher education for our students – so that they can achieve their greatest potential.
Moving to music of Cimafunk at Blue Note Jazz Festival – Performing with La Tribu (The Tribe) 9-piece band from Havana – that pays tribute to the Cimarrons – Cubans of African descent that resisted slavery – crafting the sonic future of the island and a global, cultural phenomenon that unites and celebrates blackness across borders, oceans, and languages.
Not only remove the name from the wall / but the criminal from the White House. Continue reading
Tommee Sherwood’s comments went viral. This is the same Tommee Sherwood who marched with us Seventy miles from Ault, Colorado to the state capitol in support of bilingual education and farmworkers back in the early 1970’s – and in recent years part of a visit with my students (alongside Magdaleno Rose-Avila) during a spring break project with the UFW in La Paz and Delano – and, this last August, part of a Colorado UFW 50 Year Reunion. Continue reading
Celebrating the life of Magdaleno Rose-Avila in Los Angeles with familia, friends, and long-time organizers from many walks of life – with stories and memories of how much he meant to our lives, to our movements, and to our continued organizing efforts for justice, equity, quality of life, immigrant, worker, and human rights. Continue reading
With close friends today at Free David Huerta and Stop Raids Rally in L A: Ana Maria Alvarez (founding artistic director of renowned dance group Contra Tiempo; Christian Lopez (one of the leaders in organizing Pomona College dining hall workers and now an organizer with UNITE-HERE); David Pihl (one of my former Pitzer students who helped organize workers there, part of the annual spring break with the UFW, and now with the Directors Guild); Arnulfo de la Cruz (now President of SEIU Local 2015 who is carrying on the legacy of his father Roberto de la Cruz as an exemplary union leader); Jerry Ryan (who led the UFW grape boycott in Colorado and past President in local Letter Carriers Union) Continue reading
The family of Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila requests your assistance in making sure those who knew Leno and/or his work are aware of the schedule of upcoming memorial/celebrations of life. Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend one or more. Thank you! Continue reading