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.

Celebrating with the Segovia Family

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Celebrating with the Segovia family – the graduation of their daughter, Alyssa Segovia, and her friend Grecia Acevedo (with the Acevedo Family) – earning M. S. Degrees from the University of Oregon. Oscar Segovia, who is on the Latino and Latina Roundtable board and Education Committee shared how their many achievements add to the growing number of Latina and Latino students who are now graduating from University graduate programs and paving the way for the kind of change makers that we need in the future.

 

Unveiling and Reception of Pomona Valley Pride Center Mural

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Latino and Latina Roundtable members celebrating with Frank Guzman – of the Unveiling and Reception of Pomona Valley Pride Center Mural – painted by artist Eric Michael Ruseo with the participation of numerous community volunteers. This last April, a Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Pilgrimage march, in support of Human Rights and Immigrant Rights, began at the Pride Center with speakers and songs by Los Jornaleros del Norte – and ended with a ceremony by the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe alongside music, dance, food, and the planting of a tree.

Commemorating the Murder of Vincent Chin

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Join the Chinese American Museum for “Commemorating the Murder of Vincent Chin” on Monday, June 23, from 5 PM to 7 PM at the El Pueblo Historic Monument. This annual gathering honors the life and legacy of Vincent Chin, whose senseless murder in 1982 became a pivotal moment that galvanized the Asian American civil rights movement.
The evening will feature:

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Supporting Pomona Valley Pride Center

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Supporting Pomona Valley Pride Center (outside and later inside) at Pomona Unified School board meeting in support of equity and inclusion and in support of our queer, trans, and immigrant communities – a unity developed with the Latino and Latina Roundtable and a coalition of groups who also came together in a pilgrimage march in April (from the Pride Center to Tony Cerda Park) that united around stopping attacks on our vulnerable and intersectional communities and advancing human rights for all. Adelante!

Raising Funds For Library Programs

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Great turn-out for Pomona Library Foundation Mayor’s gala raising funds for library programs with Richard Montoya from Culture Clash as emcee, awardee recipients Estela Ballon and Paul Knopf; Pomona Poet Laureate Natalie Sierra; and LRT board members Lidia Manzanares (President) and Mike Suarez and Lina Mira (Executive Director) in support of the fundraiser.

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