Author Archives: Jose Calderon

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.

Adelante Rose

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Adelante Rose – winning first place prize with her painting titled “Border Eyes” at the 43rd Annual Juried Art Show in Claremont’s Alexander Hughes Center (1700 Danbury Road in Claremont). The art creation meaning is timely – with the heightened enforcement, detentions, deportations, and increased building of divisive walls – aimed against our immigrant communities. From son Joaquin: “You can visit the show and vote for her to also receive the people’s choice award that will be given out at the show’s closing on August 28th.”

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Free David Huerta

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We stand in solidarity with our brother David Huerta. We hope that he is safe and his injury has been cared for.
The hardworking members of SEIU-USWW work side by side with many of our UFCW members.
Today’s chilling actions by ICE will only continue to divide all of us who live in this country.
We call for the immediate release of our union brother.
An injury to one is an injury to all.

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PEOC Fundraiser

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Pomona Economic Opportunity Center is at Pomona Economic Opportunity Center.

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URGENT DONATION REQUEST! Three of our members, detained since the April 22nd CBP raid at the #pomona Home Depot, may have the chance to post bond at any moment. We need your help to bring them home.
Please help us fundraise $25,000 to secure their freedom and reunite them with their families. Every dollar brings us closer to our goal. Your donation, no matter the amount, will make a huge difference.
Here’s how you can help:
1. DONATE today through the official link in our bio or go to bit.ly/jornalerosdonate
2. SHARE this post with your friends, family, and community.
Let’s show our support and bring our Jornaleros home!
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¡Petición de donación URGENTE!
Tres de nuestros miembres siguen detenidos, desde la redada del 22 de Ábril por la patrulla fronteriza en la Home Depot de Pomona, pero podrían tener la oportunidad de pagar su fianza en cualquier momento.
Ayudanos a recaudar $25,000 para asegurar su libertad y reunirlos con sus familias. Cada dólar nos acerca a nuestra meta. Tu donación, sin importar el monto, marcará una gran diferencia.
Así es como puedes ayudar:
1. DONA hoy mismo a través del enlace oficial en nuestra biografía o visita bit.ly/jornalerosdonate.
2. COMPARTE esta publicación con tus amigos, familiares y comunidad.
¡Demostremos que solo el pueblo salva el pueblo y traigamos a nuestros Jornaleros a casa!
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NYT Compares Anti-War Boulder Struggle With Recent Attack

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Sent to me by a friend – An article in the New York Times that appeared yesterday on some history of movements in Boulder, Colorado and includes a picture of me in my younger days when I, as student body vice-president, took the vote of 10,000 students that led to a student strike and the shutting down of the university in protest of the killing of four Kent State students by the national guard, against the unjust war in Viet Nam, and the disproportionate number of Chicanos and Blacks who were dying on the front lines in an unjust war. This is the history that should be focused on and not used in any other way.

A Celebratory Dinner

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A celebratory dinner with the friends and family of J. R. and Xochitl Setlich – celebrating the twenty year anniversary of J. R.’s legal practice and his contributions to our communities. J. R. remembers the significance of one of my classes at Pitzer in his undergraduate years – when he joined dozens of other students in carrying out participatory engagement projects with the UFW – and taking in the lessons from lawyers there who were exemplary in using their lives in the interests of our communities.

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Retirement of PUSD Teacher Ion Puschila

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Retirement of PUSD teacher Ion Puschila met with the attendance of dozens of former and present students, teachers, political leaders, organizers, educators, and community-based friends – all lauding the influence that he had in the development of community schools, the organizing of scholarships for students with the annual Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta breakfast and pilgrimage march, the building of bridges in advancing intersectional unity, the support for immigrant and labor rights, and the unconditional teaching, giving, and mentoring of hundreds of students over the years. All echoed the sentiment: “Ion – thank you for your contributions- we will carry on – but you are truly going to be missed.”

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Article In NewYork Times- How the Supreme Court Made Legal Immigrants Vulnerable to Deportation

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The injustices continue and we must keep organizing and exposing to turn this around – as two new Supreme Court decisions have left thousands of our immigrant families, who came here as a result of inequitable international power relations, colonialism, climate change, unjust trade agreements, and wars – open to unjust mass detentions and deportations.

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