Author Archives: Jose Calderon

About Jose Calderon

Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pitzer College, Past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley, and a community-based sociologist, educator, author, and organizer.

Daily Bulletin: Immigrant Rights Advocates Seek Vehicle Impound Moratorium

The coalitions that have developed over the years in the city of Pomona and the surrounding areas (Pomona Habla, the immigrant community of Pomona and the Inland Empire, allies, immigrant organizations, Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, Latino/Latina Round Table of the Pomona and San Gabriel Valleys, student groups, Justice for Immigrants Coalition) — have Continue reading →

LRT: Ten Year Anniversary of March in support of Driver’s Licenses

In marking the 10 year anniversary of the recall of Davis, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s immediate repeal of the driver’s license bill that Davis had signed, we remember Padre Luis Angel Nieto, the 17 students from my Rural and Urban Social Movements class, and the many day laborers from the PEOC who led a four-day march from Claremont to Los Angeles in 2003 (see the article that appeared in the L. A. Times below). Continue reading →