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.

Transforming The Murals: Paul Botello

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As part of renaming Cesar Chavez Park in Pomona, renowned artist Paul Botello visited the park and shared with community people and activists how he has been transforming the murals there to preserve the history of the farmworkers’ movement, to continue to tell the broader story of farmworkers’ exploitation, the many victories won through union organizing, and the efforts that continue today for improved working conditions in the fields. Paul painted the five murals at the park in the early 2000s when the park was developed.

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Renaming Cesar Chavez Park

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Good turn-out for community meeting to rename Cesar Chavez Park in Pomona with numerous speakers (including renowned artist Paul Botello) who have helped in the development and preservation of the park and its murals. Nomination forms were sent out to the neighborhood and passed out at the meeting. Among the names proposed was “Si Se Puede Park” (based on a phrase that civil rights and farmworker leader Dolores Huerta came up with and used throughout her years of organizing farmworker and labor communities – reflecting the historical resilience, strength, and vision of our communities to overcome all obstacles in advancing a quality of life, intersectional unity, and equity). “Dolores Huerta Park “was also proposed

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Jesse Valenzuela, ¡Presente!

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Jesse Valenzuela – nuestro compañero en defensa de nuestras comunidades Siempre – Presente!
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Celebracion de vida del companero Jesse Valenzuela!! Uno de los muchos heroes anonimos de nuestra comunidad inmigrante del Inland Empire que por decadas lucho por la defensa de nuestros derechos humanos!! Jesse Valenzuela…Presente!!

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