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22nd Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast

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Join us for an inspiring celebration of community and advocacy in Pomona. Together, we will honor students and local leaders who are carrying forward César Chávez’s legacy with courage, service, and impact. For us, this breakfast is about coming together as a community, supporting one another, and choosing dignity, unity, and action—today and every day.
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Acompáñanos en Pomona para celebrar nuestra comunidad y nuestra voz. Honraremos a estudiantes y líderes locales que siguen el ejemplo de César Chávez con entrega y resultados.
Para nosotros, este desayuno es un recordatorio de lo importante que es unirnos, apoyarnos, y caminar juntos con dignidad, respeto, y acción.

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21st Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast

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Thank you to the LRT staff, board, members, and volunteers for putting together a 21st César Chávez Breakfast celebration that will be remembered as well-organized, well-attended, and spirited. And yes – the emceeing by musician and activist artist Martha Gonzalez went beyond the beyond with the inclusion of her musical talents – adding to the always inspiring movement songs by Son Real. It really exemplified the combination of keeping a grass-roots character with representation from networks across the gamut of unions, friends in positions, non-profits, faith-based, and community-based organizations that have been so much a part of our common organizing efforts. The honorees were moved and moved all of us with their words. We certainly were moved by the sacrifices of the NDLON second responders in leading fire life brigades that cleared 3,000 tons of debris – work that would go unnoticed if it was not for the thoughtful consciousness of bringing them to center stage. And what great work on the scholarship nominees that fully represented the connections between education and engagement! And so thankful that we included, no matter what, the forming of a circle, and with Son Real, the singing of De Colores. There was so much heart to this event – and sets a very high standard for the future.

 

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.

Ticketsbit.ly/CCB21ST

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

Latino and Latina Roundtable Membership Meeting – Saturday 1-2:30 pm (Hybrid)

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We are excited to see you tomorrow for our Membership Meeting- Saturday March 1st 2025. 
The meeting is in person at the LRT office with an option to participate virtually.
Attached is the agenda.
Time: 1-2:30 pm 
Location: 1460 E. Holt Avenue, Room 5 
Pomona CA 91767 
Entrance 2 or 3 
 
zoom option: 

Topic: Latino and Latina Roundtable Membership Meeting
Time: Mar 1, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81255414429?pwd=NAwrDa4tBy8R1BHUTlChTx78AnMT7Z.1

Meeting ID: 812 5541 4429
Passcode: 420789

Please let me know if you have any questions. Also, if you need to renew your membership in person, please bring a check. If you already renewed your membership, thank you for your support.

Lina Mira

(909) 480-6267

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
 
 

Cesar Chavez Planning Breakfast -Kick-off meeting 1/21/2025 @ 6:00 pm

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LRT Ad La Voz 1172Hello LRT Members and friends,
We are kicking off our planning meetings for the Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast and fundraiser. This year will be our 21st Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast. We continue the tradition of honoring and celebrating people who are
making a difference in our communities.
The Breakfast will take place on Friday March 28th at the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center in Pomona, CA. We have a start time of 8 am. 
 
Sponsorship opportunities and ticket sales will begin on Monday January 27th, 2025. 
Come and share your ideas and sign up for committees.

Latino and Latina Roundtable Org. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Cesar Chavez Planning Meeting
Time: Jan 21, 2025 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Asking for your support

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I am writing to request your support for our annual Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley 20th annual Cesar Chavez breakfast fundraiser (that will be held Friday, March 29, 2024 (from 8 am – 10 am with check-in beginning at 7 am) at the Sheraton Fairplex (601 W. McKinley Ave) in Pomona).  As you know, the Latino and Latina Roundtable continues to organize in our communities on immigrant rights, education, and well-being economy issues.   You have always supported us in the past – and I am hoping that you can be a sponsor this year.   This year, as part of celebrating over twenty years of the founding of the Latino and Latina Roundtable and as part of honoring exemplary leaders who have used their lives in the interests of our communities, we will be honoring:  Professor Harry Pachon (posthumously), the past President of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, Kenan Professor of Political Studies at Pitzer and the Claremont Graduate School and one of the catalysts for the founding of LRT; Deliana Speights, Secretary-Treasurer of UFCW 1428 and Regional Coordinator of the Women’s Network; Fernando Meza, Pomona Unified Assistant Superintendent in the administration of Pupil and Community Services; Dr. Mary Montes, Former School Board Member at Pomona Unified; St. Francis RN’s and Healthcare Workers from UNAC/UHCP and SEIU-UHW; the Avocado Heights Vaquer@s and Union de Ranchos; LRT Community Star award recipient (LRT board member and secretary) Alicia Rodriguez: and local students who will be receiving Social Justice Scholarship awards. 

  

Our organization has made great strides in being able to sustain itself through the development of an office, a resolute staff, a committed board, and an active membership. We have been successful in not only representing the interests of our Latinx community through education, immigrant rights, and new economy committees, but we have been on the front lines consistently in building multi-racial unity, in supporting labor, in bringing together people from different backgrounds, genders, sexualities, and racial histories in solving some of the well-being economic, political, and social problems which our communities are facing.  Now, to advance our efforts, we are calling on you to support this one annual fundraiser. As our Executive Director Lina Mira has written in the attached request letter:

 

In the spirit of community, I invite you to join us on March 29th, 2024, and purchase a ticket or better yet become a sponsor. I have included the various sponsorship levels. Please see the attached attachment. Our mailing address is:  Latino and Latina Roundtable- 1460 E. Holt Avenue, #144, Pomona, CA 91767 and we are a 501@3 organization. Our tax ID number is: 45-4458833. If you need additional information and documents to become a sponsor please contact Lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org or call (909) 480-6267.

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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
Website:  www.josezcalderon.com