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At The Stop Raids Rally
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)
Standing Up And Fighting Back
Standing up and Fighting Back! Unity of immigrant, faith-based, community, civil, human, multi-racial, LGBTQ, and labor rights movements! Adelante!
Removing Vines, Cutting Weeds,And Developing A Garden At Cesar Chavez Park
Removing vines, cutting weeds, developing a garden, and restoring murals at Cesar Chavez park in Pomona with artists Paul Botello, Gary Lett, Jose Antonio Aguirre, students, and community. One of many more gatherings to come to sustain and preserve the meaning and future of the park.
Adelante Rose
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.”
Free David Huerta
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.
PEOC Fundraiser
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
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
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.