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.

Solidarity With Venezuela

Supporting the sending of a message this morning by a group of residents in San Dimas to hundreds of cars passing by that what the attacks are really all about in Venezuela is putting control of the oil there in the capital pockets of U S oil companies – pulling a coup with regime change – and an authoritarian Trump administration that does not care about violating international law and implementing an act of war against a sovereign nation without any congressional approval.

Another Profound Loss Of An Organizer And Leader

Another profound loss of an organizer and leader in our communities with the passing of brother Al Villanueva. As far back as when I started as a professor at Pitzer’s College in the 1990’s, I joined alongside Al (and so many others that included familia and supporters such as Angela and Jim Sanbrano) in his efforts to critically recover and preserve the history of the Arbol Verde barrio on the east side of Claremont. Continue reading