Your invitation to The Art In/of Diversity Exhibition opening on Saturday, September 13, 2014 (from 5 – 9 PM) at the dA Center for the Arts (252 S. Main St. #D) in Pomona. The exhibition will feature some of the social movement works of our own community-based photographers Manoj Jayagoda and Melissa Ayala and the poetry of Ernie Ordaz. Continue reading
This is your invitation to the hip hop show this Saturday the 23 at the Da center for Arts in downtown Pomona to fundraise for the legal assistance of refugee migrant children in the united states. Continue reading
Undocumented immigrants contribute so much to this economy that they should have full rights to receive back the benefits of all that they contribute.
Read article in msnbc: Continue reading
There are efforts to privatize education and take it back to the days when the purpose of education was to prepare students for assembly lines. Our organizing efforts are our only assurance to an education that unleashes the highest potential of our young people who are geniuses.
Now this is an exemplary University President who is doing something about how the stratification structure in the larger society is replicated on our college campuses.Today, we still need to transform our colleges and universities to meet the demographic transformations occurring in the communities around our campuses. Continue reading
ROOM CHANGE FOR MEETING: AVERY 224 AT PITZER COLLEGE (See attached Map)
This is your invitation to the membership meeting of the Latino and Latina Roundtable this Saturday, August 9th from 1 – 3 PM at the Avery 224 at Pitzer College (1050 N. Mills Ave. in Claremont). In addition to summarizing our recent social and involvement in immigrant rights issues supporting the Central American children and families, the meeting will include an update on economic development initiatives in Pomona (including plans for an educational forum around upcoming city elections), plans for another driver’s license educational forum, and ongoing phone campaigns to defend DACA and advance positive immigration legalization proposals.
The meeting will also advance the organizational development committee’s plans for a “Conversation and Get-Together With LRT Members” set for this Sunday, Aug. 10 at the house of Mario and Frances 1939 S. Tonopah Ave. in West Covina, CA 91790 (see the announcement below).
On behalf of Scholar in Residence, Hilda L. Solis, I would like to invite you to participate in the Navigating the 21st Century Workforce: Access, Innovation, and Collaboration conference on August 6th from 8:30-2:00 PM. This conference will provide a greater insight on how Continue reading
From Pomona teacher Ali Hangen: “But the internet has become as valuable as air, for a generation of students who are living their lives in the social network. It is a world that is bringing working class enclaves like Pomona into the global village, unlocking creative possibilities not imaginable a few years ago.”
Good article by David Bacon (Debunking 8 Myths About Why Central American Children Are Migrating) who always comes through with deep analysis. Here, with David Bacon and Dolores Huerta at Agbayani Commemoration in Delano. Continue reading