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Invitation to Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Pilgrimage march on April 19 in Pomona

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You are invited to the Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 19 beginning at 9:30 am at the Pomona Valley Pride center (386 S Thomas St.) and ending at Tony Cerda Park (450 W. Grand Ave.).  The march and celebration are organized by local community-based organizations of the Pomona Valley region with the support of the Latino and Latina Roundtable. In addition to an annual purpose of building unity and to use our lives in finding solutions to community problems, this year’s theme is “Defending Human Rights and Immigrant Rights in Our Communities.”  All proceeds and donations from the Pilgrimage march and fiesta are used as scholarships for students and recent graduates who carry on the vision of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta through advocacy and community engagement. To date, every one of the scholarship recipients has graduated from a 4-year university.
This year, the Pilgrimage march begins at Pomona Pride Center (386 S Thomas St) at a 200-year-old tree to honor the elders in our community; proceeds through Pomona neighborhoods; to Tony Cerda Park (450 W. Grand Ave.) where a “young tree” will be planted to honor the unity of elder and young generations in constructing a more equitable society.  The march and ceremony will be led by the indigenous group Danza Grupo Macelloyo, Los Jornaleros del Norte, Union de Ranchos, and the scholarship recipients. The speakers will include Madeline Rios, Angela Sanbrano, Matt Sedillo, Joshua Swodeck, Tony Cerda, Karen May, Poet Laureate Natalie Sierra, Claudia Batista Perales, Jesse Trujillo, Yasmin Cardona, and Jaime Guitierrez, along with Mayor Tim Sandoval, Frank Guzman, and Jose Calderon.  Music will be provided by the nationally known Los Jornaleros del Norte, as well as the Cantaurtores, and the dA Center Mariachis. Inter-generational folklorico dances will be presented by Jalisco No Te Rajes and other local groups. Food will be provided by local vendors.
Some of the Sponsors include:  Latino and Latina Roundtable; 50th Chicano Moratorium, Pomona Valley Pride Center; Pomona Economic Oppty. Center;  Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe, LCLAA; Western University; Latino Student Union; Pomona 5K/10K committee; National Day Labor Organizing Network; Gente Organizada; UFCW Local 1428; PUSH; SEIU Local 1000; Union de Ranchos; UNITE-HERE Local 11; Lopez Urban Farm; LULAC; Ontario Future Alliance; dA Center; Gutierrez Law Firm; U of LaVerne; UAW; Cal Poly Chavez Ctr.
The Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Pilgrimage and Celebration Committee

Invitation to the Latino/a Roundtable Cesar Chavez Fundraiser breakfast – March 28, 2025

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Good Evening Friends,

 

I am writing to request your support of our Latino and Latina Roundtable twenty-first Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast, which will take place on Friday, March 28 at the Sheraton Fairplex Events and Conference Center in Pomona from 8 am – 10 am.  This year’s theme is “Building Bridges for Equity and Social Justice” and our emcee will be Scripps College Intercollegiate Chicana/o Latina/o Studies Professor Martha Gonzalez (lead singer, percussionist, and songwriter for the band Quetzal). We invite you to support us by purchasing individual tickets or being a sponsor of this momentous event that celebrates the resilience, creativity, and power of our communities. Many of our founding members were young organizers who learned from Cesar Chavez, and as is the tradition of this day, our breakfast honors exemplary leaders who have used their lives in the interests of our communities.

 

This year, as part of celebrating twenty-one years of the community-based work of the organization, we will be honoring: Mark Ramos, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1428 and President of the UFCW Western States Council; Paul Botello, community-based art muralist and educator; Jose Calderon, Pitzer College Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies and one of the founders and past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Rose Calderon, long-time community organizer, artist, and past Treasurer of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Pasadena Community Job Center and Second Responders providing relief and recovery efforts in recent fires; and LRT Community Star award recipient Maria Galvan (LRT Board Member); and local students who will be receiving Social Justice Scholarship awards.

This year is an important year as we continue to place our organization on a solid long-term foundation through the further development of an office, staff, board, and membership. More than ever, we need your support in these difficult times as we take on immense local and national challenges through our Immigrant rights “Know Your Rights, Rapid Response, and Sanctuary” Campaign; Pomona Jobs Project; annual cultural Dia de Muertos; annual Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March; support efforts of day laborer and worker organizations/unions; and our education advocacy with the statewide College For All coalition (which promotes college access and opportunity for all).

In the spirit of community, I invite you to join us on March 28th, 2025, and purchase tickets or become a sponsor. Please see the attached document with the sponsorship levels. Our mailing address is: 1460 E. Holt Avenue, 144, Pomona, CA 91767. If there are any questions, or additional information to make a decision about sponsorship please do not hesitate to contact our director Lina Mira at:  Lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org.

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Rose Calderon
Past Executive Board Member of the Latino/a Roundtable
(909) 816-8045
Calderon.rose@gmail.com 

Requesting your Support for LRT 2025 Cesar Chavez Breakfast on March 28, 2025

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I am writing, as I did last year, to request your support of our Latino and Latina Roundtable twenty-first Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast which will take place on Friday, March 28 at the Sheraton Fairplex Events and Conference Center in Pomona from 8 am – 10 am. This year’s theme is “Building Bridges for Equity and Social Justice” and our emcee will be Scripps College Intercollegiate Chicana/o Latina/o Studies Professor Martha Gonzalez (lead singer, percussionist, and songwriter for the band Quetzal). We invite you to once again support us by purchasing individual tickets or being a sponsor of this momentous event that celebrates the resilience, creativity, and power of our communities. Many of our founding members were young organizers who learned from Cesar Chavez and as is the tradition of this day, our breakfast honors exemplary leaders who have used their lives in the interests of our communities.
This year, as part of celebrating twenty one years of the community-based work of the organization, we will be honoring:  Mark Ramos, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1428 and President of the UFCW Western States Council; Paul Botello, community-based art muralist and educator; Jose Calderon, Pitzer College Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies and one of the founders and past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Rose Calderon, long-time community organizer, artist, and past Treasurer of the Latino and Latina Roundtable; Pasadena Community Job Center and Second Responders providing relief and recovery efforts in recent fires; and LRT Community Star award recipient Maria Galvan (LRT Board Member); and local students who will be receiving Social Justice Scholarship awards. 
This year is an important year as we continue to place our organization on a solid long-term foundation through the further development of an office, staff, board, and membership. More than ever, we need your support in these difficult times as we take on immense local and national challenges through our Immigrant rights “Know Your Rights, Rapid Response, and Sanctuary” Campaign; Pomona Jobs Project; annual cultural Dia de Muertos; annual Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March; support efforts of day laborer and worker organizations/unions; and our education advocacy with the statewide College For All coalition (which promotes college access and opportunity for all). 
In the spirit of community, I invite you to join us on March 28th, 2025, and purchase tickets or become a sponsor. Please see the attached document with the sponsorship levels. Our mailing address is: 1460 E. Holt Avenue, 144, Pomona, CA 91767. If there are any questions, or additional information to make a decision about sponsorship please do not hesitate to contact our director Lina Mira at:  Lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org. 
 
 
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
 Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu
 
 

Next Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March meeting – Friday, Feb. 21 at 3:30 PM

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This is your invite to the next Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March meeting this Friday, February 21 at 3:30 PM at the Pomona Pride Center (235 W. Mission Blvd).  This again will be a person-to-person meeting but the zoom link option is being made available for those out of the area.  The zoom link this time, provided by the Jesus Jacuinde from the pride center is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81008505320?pwd=xTPbvNmZKP3GW0NbjjxEPvQHMFZTvu.1
In our last meeting, we made a major decision to change the date back to Saturday, April 26 for the march – when a proposal was made, with the suggestion of the Ohlone, that we end the march at Tony Cerda park and make our speakers and entertainment part of the annual Pow Wow that is sponsored by the Ohlone.  In the spirit of bringing together as many of our diverse groups in this difficult period of time, we are excited to make this happen.  At our meeting, on Friday, we will further make important decisions on the route, the speakers, the entertainment, the publicity/outreach, the scholarships, and the plan for how we will collaborate with the Ohlone on the program once we enter the circle of the Pow Wow.  Attached are the minutes from the last meeting, an agenda, and the proposed program up to this point.  We have been running our meetings as a whole group and, since the meetings are hybrid with involvement from individuals outside of the area, we have expected the committees to meet in-between the bi-weekly meetings – and that our meetings be made up of reports and decisions together. To facilitate the hybrid character of this meeting, we thank the Jesus Jacuinde for providing the zoom link from the Pride Center – making it easier for those outside the area to join in and participate.

PPC Staff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage
Time: Feb 21, 2025 03:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81008505320?pwd=xTPbvNmZKP3GW0NbjjxEPvQHMFZTvu.1

Meeting ID: 810 0850 5320
Passcode: 306620

The Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage March and Fiesta Committee

Nominee deadline tonight- Latino and Latina Roundtable

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Hello LRT Members,

Please help us select the honorees for the 20th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast  taking place on March 29th 2024 at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA at 8:00 am. Tickets will be available to purchase online starting January 12th 2024.

All paid members can nominate individuals or organizations or groups.  Attached is a list of past honorees.

Nominate a community member who embodies and lives out the core values of Cesar Chavez-

Service to Others, Sacrifice, Preference to help the most in need and forgotten no matter how difficult the challenge,  Determination, Nonviolence, Acceptance of All People, Respect for Life and Environment, Celebrating Community, Knowledge, and Innovation 

 

Please include the name of the person and your reasons. You can write your nomination in the body of an email or include an attachment. There is a word limit- 500 words or less. The deadline is January 3rd by 11:30 pm, email should be sent to Lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org and write Cesar Chavez Honoree 2024 in the subject line. The LRT board reviews your nominations and selects the honorees in January during their meeting.  You will receive confirmation of your submission. 

For more information, please call (909) 480-6267. 

Lina

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Announcements for Week of December 13th- December 18th, 2021

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Please help us select the honorees for the 20th Cesar Chavez Breakfast. The annual breakfast and fundraiser will take place on March 29th 2024 at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA. We are expecting another memorable event and hope you can attend. All paid members can nominate individuals or organizations or groups.  I have included a list of previous honorees. Please review before submitting your nomination since they might have recognized in previous years. Also, please renew your membership. If you became a member prior to November 2023, you will need to renew again for 2024. 

Nominate a community member who embodies and lives out the core values of Cesar Chavez-

Service to Others, Sacrifice, Preference to help the most in need and forgotten no matter how difficult the challenge,  Determination, Nonviolence, Acceptance of All People, Respect for Life and Environment, Celebrating Community, Knowledge, and Innovation 

Please include the name of the person and your reasons. You can write your nomination in the body of an email or include an attachment. There is a word limit- 500 words or less. The deadline is January 3rd by 11:30 pm, email should be sent to Lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org and write Cesar Chavez Honoree 2024 in the subject line. The LRT board reviews your nominations and selects the honorees in January during their meeting.

Social Justice Scholarships – The application will open in early January. This scholarship is open to all high school seniors and current undergraduate college/university students who are from the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley regardless of immigration status. For more information, please call (909) 480-6267.

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