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Calremont Colleges with Standing Rock TODAY (Fri) 1:30pm Claremont #NoDAPL National Walkout
Rally today in solidarity with Standing Rock at the Claremont Colleges — see message below.
Jose Zapata Calderon
Claremont Colleges in solidarity with the #NoDAPL National Walkout
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1081565248626306/
Walk out of your classrooms and work places (if you feel that it would not put you at risk) Friday (Nov 4) at 1:15 in order to meet outside of the Honnold/Mudd Library at 1:30.
We will meet to take a photo expressing Claremont Colleges Solidarity with Standing Rock, so bring signs/other visual forms of solidarity.
Discussions can continue at Frybread Friday at 3pm at the SCC:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1778223342451275/
Invitation to Presentations on SB-1050 Legislation College for All
You are invited to join the Latino and Latina Roundtable, NAACP Pomona Valley Chapter, and the Pomona Unified School district to participate in a presentation and discussion with Betty Hung, from the College for All Coalition, on Thursday, November 10 at 7 PM at the PUSD board room (800 S. Garey Ave.) in Pomona. The presentation and discussion will focus on SB-1050 College for All and how the funding from this legislation will provide more funding for college readiness resources, expand college enrollment slots, and expand educational opportunity for LCFF plus students and students from first generation backgrounds. With Pomona being an LCFF+ school district, it will receive funding for these purposes. There will be an opportunity for Q & A and audience participation after the presentations.
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
Website: www.josezcalderon.com
Invitation from PEOC for Event on Wednesday at Day Labor Center
Sé le invita a toda la comunidad!
2 de noviembre de 9 AM – 10:30 AM a celebrar el Día de los Muertos en el Centro Jornalero de Pomona.
Estan bienvenidos a traer flores y fotos de sus seres queridos que han fallecido para ser parte del altar. Tamales, pan de muerto, champurrado serán ofrecidos a los que participen.
Favor de acompáñanos!
Invitation to the community at large
November 2nd from 9 AM to 10:30 AM to celebrate the Day of the Dead in Pomona Day Labor Center.
You are welcome to bring flowers and photos of loved ones who have passed away to be part of the altar. Tamales, pan de muerto, champurrado will be offered to participants.
Please join us!
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Fernando Romero
Executive Director, Pomona Economic Opportunity Center
1682 W. Mission Blvd. Pomona, CA 91766
Tel: (909) 397 4215
Fax: (909) 622 9880
Invitation to three plays directed by Alma Martinez
Don’t miss —
Tres Actos:
The Militants, Vietnam Campesino & Los Vendidos
The University of La Verne Department of Theatre Arts presents three plays by internationally renowned playwright, theatre and film director Luis Valdez (Zoot Suit, La Bamba). Directed by Artist-in-Residence Alma Martinez, Tres Actos: The Militants, Vietnam Campesino & Los Vendidos performances run November 10, 11, 12 at 7:30pm, November 17, 18, 19 at 7:30pm, and November 20 at 2pm in the Dailey Theatre located on the main campus at 1950 3rd St.
La Verne, CA 91750.
The “actos,” or short plays, were first performed by Valdez’s theatre company, El Teatro Campesino. He founded the company in 1965 in the heat of the United Farmworkers union’s struggle to secure basic labor and human rights for the most vulnerable of the U.S. labor force. These “actos”, that are now classics of American agitprop theater, were performed by striking farm workers on picket lines, flatbed trucks, and at pivotal historic events such as the 1965 Delano Grape Strike and the 1966 United Farmworker Union’s march to Sacramento.
Suggested donation is $5 for students, $10 for staff, senior citizens and alumni, and $12 for general admission. Reservations can be made through Eventbrite at: http://tres-actos-tix.eventbrite.com
For more information go to (909) 448-4386, TheatreArts@laverne.edu, or visit the La Verne Theatre website at www.laverne.edu/theatre
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Thuy Tran (Angela)
Publicity and Marketing Manager
Theatre Arts Department
University of La Verne
Invitation to Latino/a Roundtable Dia De Los Muertos Event
The Latino and Latino Roundtable and dA wholeheartedly invite you, as part of building community and familia, to a “Community Celebration de los Muertos y Los Vivos” on Sunday, November 6th from 3 – 6 PM at the dA Center for the Arts (252 Main Street) in Pomona. The event is a celebration of our loved ones and role models who have passed — and also a celebration of our lives. The “Community Celebration de los Muertos y los Vivos” will include an interactive altar, crafts for the whole family, music, story sharing, and food. We hope to teach each other through sharing about celebrating life, death, and family. Please bring a picture or “recuerdo” (an item symbolic) of a loved one to add to the altar. (All pictures and iterms will be returned)
Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley
dA Center for the Arts
LEAD Conference (10/29/16)
My name is Carlos Yanes, I was a recipient of the social justice scholarship awarded in March by the Latina/o Roundtable. I’m in my final year at the University of La Verne and I am currently working for the Office of Civic & Community Involvement. This year the office will host its 5th annual Latino Education Access and Development (LEAD) conference.
The conference is free and open to parents, middle school, high school, and college students. Workshops for parents are bilingual. Throughout the course of the conference workshops will delve into topics such as what it means to be a first generation college student, the process of writing a personal statement, STEM majors, college strategies, self-identity, cultural wealth, and financial aid. These topics provide valuable insight not only to Latino students, but all students interested in higher education. This event offers a great opportunity to extend someone’s understanding of a university farther than what we research. A student will benefit from this experience as we seek to spark an interest or fan an existent flame in a student.
If you are interested in attending, you can check out the link below. If not, please share the information with anyone who you think could benefit from this opportunity and encourage them register. The conference takes place at the University of La Verne on Saturday, Oct. 29th from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@laverne.edu and I hope that you consider attending or share the info. Here is the website with more information and the registration link and there is a flyer attached for your reference. Please share with your network.
Thank you and have a great day!
Carlos Alexander Yanes
University of La Verne, Class of 2017
Invitation to Forum on Ballot Initiatives
You are invited to an informational forum on the 17 ballot initiatives on the November ballot on Tuesday, October 25 from 7 – 9 PM at the Macedonia Center (737 Hamilton Blvd.) in Pomona. The forum (which will include child care, refreshments, and translation) is sponsored by the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley, the NAACP of the Pomona Valley, the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, and the League of Women Voters.
Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley
NAACP of the Pomona Valley
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center
League of Women Voters
Pomona Valley Hospital SEIU-UHW Rally
PCHMC healthcare workers, community leaders, and community members will be rallying outside PVHMC calling on their CEO to recognize SEIU-UHW. We will also have a small program starting at 12:00 Noon.