As the Latino and Latina Roundtable, we have agreed to support this walk.  Please meet at 4:30 on Sept. 21 at the Temple Beth Israel and we will walk together.

 6TH ANNUAL INTERFAITH PEACE WALK SUNDAY SEPT. 21

Attached is a flier for the 6th Annual Interfaith Peace Walk through Pomona & La Verne this Sunday

     September 21 starting at 4:30

 The walk starts at Temple Beth Israel, 3033 N. Towne Ave. in Pomona at 4:30 p.m.

   Next stop is the City of Knowledge Islamic School on Garey Ave. just south of Foothill Blvd.

 Last stop is the  La Verne Church of the Brethren at Bonita and E Streets in La Verne, where it ends at 6:00 p.m.

    People may also drive from

     stop to stop.

Please see Calendar below.

Even the L. A. Times is criticizing President Obama in “putting politics ahead of the needs of the nation” in putting aside the use of his executive power to keep a promise that he “made in his first year of office” to “change the nation’s immigration system.”

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-immigration-reform-20140907-story.html

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.

Teaching Is Not a Business 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 →