La Mesa Redonda Latino y Latina llevara acabo su reunion de membresia este Sabado, Junio 27 de la 1 a las 3 de la tarde. Puede
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Jose Calderon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: LRT Membership Meeting Time: Jun 27, 2020 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/99643954583 Meeting ID: 996 4395 4583 One tap mobile +16699006833,,99643954583# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,99643954583# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) Meeting ID: 996 4395 4583 Find your local number: https://pitzer.zoom.us/u/aKq88uKL7
Jose Zapata Calderon Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies 1050 North Mills Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-6101 (909) 952-1640 Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu Website: www.josezcalderon.com
The Latino and Latina Roundtable membership meeting will be next Saturday, June 27th from 1 -3 and a zoom link will be sent out in the next few days . For this weekend, we urge you to support two important events to support: both the People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington (Digital) and The Million Mothers Rally (Saturday, June 20th – 10 am – beginning at 110 E. Foothill Blvd. in Pomona. Here are the two announcements:
There’s still time to register for the Poor People’s Assembly and March digital event. Please join us to watch the livestream on our on our Facebook page this Saturday, June 20th for this timely, impactful and powerful event!
website: june2020.org
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Broadcast time 7:00 AM PT
The Latino and Latina Roundtable will be holding a celebratory rally in support of DACA and continuing the call for fair and just legalization of our immigrant families, support for our Temporary Protective Status families, and an end to unjust detention centers at 12 noon at Pomona City Hall (505 S. Garey Ave). The Supreme Court decision upholding DACA is an important victory for our undocumented youth and immigrant families. We are asking people to wear masks, practice safe distancing, and bringing signs in support of DACA and supporting speedy legalization.
Jose Zapata Calderon President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable on Behalf of the Latino and Latina Roundtable board (909) 952-1640 Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu
LRT: Please call the numbers below in support of AB 1460 – making Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement in the Cal State System.
| AB 1930 | Ensures that CSU and UC engage stakeholders before implementing admissions requirements that could disparately impact students of color |
| AB 1835 | Annually, requires LEAs to identify unspent Supplemental and Concentration funds (in LCFF) and keep those fund’s designation to be spent on low-income, foster, or EL students. |
| ACA 5 | If passed, allows the repeal of Prop. 209 to go to the November ballot for CA voters. |
| SB 1130 | Helps build out broadband connections to rural and low income communities using the CASF program (digital divide) |
| Prop 13 | Closes commercial property tax loopholes and puts $12 billion dollars per year back into schools and communities |
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Advancing Equity with Race Conscious Policymaking
Today, the Assembly Appropriations Committee took an important step toward equality for all Californians by advancing ACA 5, which would give voters the opportunity to end the state’s counterproductive ban on affirmative action.
The past week has been a painful reminder that racism and discrimination continue to eat away at progress toward equal opportunity, especially for communities of color who have been disproportionately impacted by harmful systems for far too long. I am more resolved than ever that our collective work to advance equity requires race conscious policymaking – this is one path forward to directly address structural racism.
When Proposition 209 was passed almost 25 years ago, it forced our state leaders to turn a blind eye to discrimination and inequality. We cannot overcome the barriers to equal opportunity if we pretend they do not exist.
In recent days, I have been grateful to see so many allies and young people speak out against injustice. Those words matter, and their true power is in their ability to spur action and enact change. No single policy or program will reverse centuries of oppression, but repealing Prop 209 would end an era of willful ignorance and start to level the playing field.
This chance to vote our values now moves to the full Assembly which takes place in the coming weeks. We all have a role to play in this moment. If you are a legislator who has spoken out against inequality, California is counting on you to put your power behind your words. If you lead an organization that has reaffirmed its commitment to diversity and inclusion, now is the time to join us in the Opportunity for All coalition. If you’re an advocate, this is a chance to exercise your voice by contacting your representatives.
It’s time to stop the cycle of history repeating. Prop 209 was a misguided effort that resulted in the spread of racial disparities in California. Today, the impact of these missteps are on full display, but California has a chance to choose a different direction.
Please join the Education Trust-West and over one hundred civil rights, education equity, labor, business and community organizations across California in strong support of ACA 5.
In Community,
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Dr. Elisha Smith Arrillaga Executive Director The Education Trust–West  @ESArrillaga |
The Latino and Latina Roundtable stands in solidarity with all those who are outraged with the brutal murder of George Floyd and the many others in our communities who have unjustly lost their lives to police brutality.
We stand with Black Lives Matter and our African American communities in our common fight for equality and multi-racial solidarity against systemic racism and white supremacy. We have a common struggle in opposing the school to prison pipeline, unjust detention centers, voter suppression, and acts of genocide that are seeking to keep our communities from using their growing political power. We stand against the normalization of police brutality, violence, and the use of the military by a President of the United States who, rather than coming out against the conditions which have created the mass of protests throughout the country, insists on promoting more violence and division. The disproportionate numbers from our Black and Latino communities who have died from COVID-19 has further exposed the economic and racial inequalities that have historically existed in our communities. In this context, the responses to the killing of Floyd have not just been about his unjust murder but are the result of years of racial and economic disparities. As Darnell Hunt, Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA proposes from his years of research: “The George Floyd case was not the cause … the police killings are the symptoms … the underlying cause is white supremacy, racism, and things the U. S. has not fundamentally dealt with.”
In this light, we stand against the divisions being created by this administration in scapegoating everyone from our Asian American communities to undocumented immigrants and refugees for his failures. We commit ourselves to build multi-racial unity and to turn around the sources of these disparities around through advancing transformative policies that are in the interests of providing a quality of life for all and not just profit for a few.
We stand with the protestors who are calling to turn these conditions around and who are committed to remember the spirit of Floyd by fighting for justice, not only for his family, but for future generations. We stand with Darnella Frazier, the 17-year old who courageously documented the murder of George Floyd. We stand with the families and communities who have faced the loss of life of family members and friends. And we commit to join in helping to build a nation where Black Lives Matter.
In Solidarity,
Jose Calderon, President
On behalf of the Board of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley