Hello LRT Members and Friends,
Cesar and the UFW also coalesced in helping to defeat the CA Briggs ballot measure which would have disallowed LGBTQ individuals from being able to teach in public schools.
Beginning of mural creation at Pomona Valley Pride Center with Mural Unveiling ceremony this Saturday, June 14 from 2-4 pm at 235 W. Mission Blvd. In Pomona.
With close friends today at Free David Huerta and Stop Raids Rally in L A: Ana Maria Alvarez (founding artistic director of renowned dance group Contra Tiempo; Christian Lopez (one of the leaders in organizing Pomona College dining hall workers and now an organizer with UNITE-HERE); David Pihl (one of my former Pitzer students who helped organize workers there, part of the annual spring break with the UFW, and now with the Directors Guild); Arnulfo de la Cruz (now President of SEIU Local 2015 who is carrying on the legacy of his father Roberto de la Cruz as an exemplary union leader); Jerry Ryan (who led the UFW grape boycott in Colorado and past President in local Letter Carriers Union)
Standing up and Fighting Back! Unity of immigrant, faith-based, community, civil, human, multi-racial, LGBTQ, and labor rights movements! Adelante!
Removing vines, cutting weeds, developing a garden, and restoring murals at Cesar Chavez park in Pomona with artists Paul Botello, Gary Lett, Jose Antonio Aguirre, students, and community. One of many more gatherings to come to sustain and preserve the meaning and future of the park.
Adelante Rose – winning first place prize with her painting titled “Border Eyes” at the 43rd Annual Juried Art Show in Claremont’s Alexander Hughes Center (1700 Danbury Road in Claremont). The art creation meaning is timely – with the heightened enforcement, detentions, deportations, and increased building of divisive walls – aimed against our immigrant communities. From son Joaquin: “You can visit the show and vote for her to also receive the people’s choice award that will be given out at the show’s closing on August 28th.”