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Pomona Fairplex Emergency Intake Site Virtual Town Hall

Hello LRT Members and Friends,

We hope this email finds you in good spirits. Many of you have asked about the unaccompanied children and the intake site at the Fairplex. This is your chance to learn more. This is today, Wednesday, May 19th. There will be two town halls, Spanish (5pm) and English (6:30pm) to accommodate those interested.

1) Please share the flyer & email with your networks.

2) Please share the flyer on your organization’s social media.

3) Join the town hall

Zoom Links:

Spanish

bit.ly/EISReunionVirtual

Codigo: 913403

English

bit.ly/EISVirtualTownhall

Passcode: 853635

questions or concerns contact Natalie: chaidez@fairplex.com

We appreciate your support for the unaccompanied minors.

In solidarity,

Lina

(909) 480-6267 ( LRT office)

LRT Membership Meeting Saturday 5/22/2021 1-3 pm on Zoom

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Hi LRT Members,

It’s time again for our membership meeting. Here are the details below-

Saturday May 22nd 2021

1-3 pm via zoom

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Lina

(909) 480-6267

Roundtable is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: LRT Membership Meeting – May 2021

Time: May 22, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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https://zoom.us/j/92931255650?pwd=Y2NQdjRGRWdnTnB2YkoxTUJQaTdsUT09

Meeting ID: 929 3125 5650

Passcode: 2021

LRT in Unity With Power to the CommUnity: A Community – to – College Pathway

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The Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley is honored to join in this “Power to the CommUnity: A Community-to-College Pathway,” as part of the efforts to create a pathway towards higher education in our communities and particularly to create a virtual space in the community for youth to be able to learn about the Summer Bridge Program and other services and career pathways offered at Mt. SAC. T

Jose Zapata Calderon

President of the Latino and Latin Roundtable

Hello everyone,

I am excited to announce that the Mt. San Antonio College El Centro and Bridge Programs are hosting an event called, “Power to the CommUnity: A Community-to-College Pathway”. Our intention is to work with community based organizations in order to create a virtual space in the community for youth to be able to learn about the Summer Bridge Program and other services and career pathways offered at Mt. SAC. We want to increase the accessibility of this information and create a pathway towards higher education in our communities. We are hoping that you all would be willing to partner with us on this particular event.

The event will be taking place on Wednesday, May 19^th, 2021 from 4pm to 6pm via zoom.

During the event, our team will briefly cover the steps to apply, where to learn more about our vocational programs, where to search for academic majors, and where to learn more about our sports programs. We will then go into detail about the Summer Bridge Program. Furthermore, we will talk about our student support equity programs and give tips on how to stay connected.

Please let me know if you or your organization would be interested in partnering. All you would have to do is spread the word about this event with any of the youth you work with. We would also love to add your logos to the flyer.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to reach out to us at any time.

Kindly,

Fabian Pavon
Student Services Support
Bridge|El Centro|Minority Male Initiative
Mt. San Antonio College

Invitation to Fernando Pedraza Memorial and Ceremony on Wednesday, May 5

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You are invited to the 14^th Annual Fernando Pedraza Memorial and Community Celebration that will take place on Wednesday, May 5^th on the corner of Arrow Highway and Grove Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga from 8 am – 11 am. The day laborers and community will gather between 8 and 9 am – and the program of music by Son Real and Jornalero Radio, prayer by Deacon Mario Lopez, and ceremony, and speakers will begin at 9 am. The memorial and celebration will commemorate the life of Fernando Pedraza and other day laborers who have recently passed away. If you are attending the event, everyone will be asked to wear a mask and to practice social distancing. For those who cannot attend physically but want to join in virtually, you can connect to the zoom link at 9 am: https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/89559545594

On Cinco de Mayo (May 5^th), 2007, a spontaneous demonstration by the Minutemen against day laborers on the corner of Arrow Highway and Grove Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga, ended with the death of day laborer leader Jose Fernando Pedraza. Fifty-seven year old Pedraza died at the corner where he waited on a daily basis for one-day jobs. It is also the corner where Pedraza organized other day laborers to defend their rights. In 2002, Pedraza was part of a court case against the City of Rancho Cucamongawho wanted to enforce a law disallowing day laborers to gather on the street. In the recent months before his death, Pedraza had attended several meetings of the Rancho Cucamongacity council to support his fellow day laborers so that they could have a job center where they could be safe from hate-based attacks and traffic accidents.

Pedraza, a Mexican immigrant and a father of five daughters and the grandfather of seven, was killed at 1 P. M. on May 5, 2007 when an SUV, that hit a car in the intersection, rolled onto the sidewalk where day laborers were gathered. On any other day, the day laborers would have left by the noon hour. On this day, the day laborers stayed because the Minutemen showed up to protest the day laborer corner.

The Fernando Pedraza Memorial and Community Celebration is supported by the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, Latino and Latina Roundtable, Dale Show, and Radio Jornalera.

Jose Calderon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Fernando Pedraza Memorial and Community Celebration

Time: May 5, 2021 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/89559545594

Meeting ID: 895 5954 5594

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Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, Latino and Latina Roundtable, Dale Show, and Radio Jornalera.

Join us for our next May events!

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Hello LRT:
You are invited to join the Latino and Latina Roundtable at these 2 upcoming events, attached you can find a poster you can print at home, please click here. International Workers Day on May 1st
Rally from 9:00 PM to 12:00 PM (PDT)
254 Carousel Mall
San Bernardino, CAFernando Pedraza Community Celebration May 5th
(Remembering the life of Fernando Pedraza and all-day laborers who have passed away).
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Corner of Arrow Highway & Grove
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
The community will gather between 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
For music & prayer led by Deacon Mario Lopez. Speakers, including the family of the late Fernando Pedraza) 9:00 AM

For questions or more information please email
lmira@latinolatinaroundtable.org or call (909) 480-6267

Invitation to Presentations by Angela Sanbrano and Emilio Amaya on Immigrant Rights – Wed., April 21 at 3 PM

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You are invited to join in on our Rural and Urban Social Movements class to hear the stories and presentations of two widely known and acclaimed community-based organizers with a long history in the immigrant rights movement: Angela Sanbrano and Emilio Amaya. While both will speak to their history in the immigrant rights movement and discuss contemporary trends in those movements – we will experiment with making the connections to movement cultural music. Emilio, as part of the group Son Real, will share “movement songs” that connect to the themes in our readings and to the various parts of the presentations (as they develop).

Angela Sanbrano is an acclaimed activist and community organizer who has led some of the nation’s most prominent immigrant- and refugee-rights groups, including the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) and the Central American Resource Center-LA (CARECEN). Sanbrano now serves as co-executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. A graduate of Pitzer College in 1975, she was presented with the Pitzer Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019. Born in Juarez, Mexico, and raised in El Paso, TX, Sanbrano majored in psychology at Pitzer. She began community organizing in the ’70s, advocating bilingual education and housing rights in Los Angeles. In 1983, Sanbrano earned a law degree at the Peoples College of Law in LA, where she met Salvadoran refugees fleeing their country’s civil war. Two years later, she became executive director of CISPES, a national grassroots organization that supports social and economic justice in El Salvador and opposes US intervention in the Central American country. She served as an official witness of the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, which ended the 12-year civil war in El Salvador in 1992. Sanbrano took the helm of CARECEN, the largest Central American immigrant rights organization in the US, in the mid-1990s, leading the organization as its executive director until 2007. In addition to her work with CISPES and CARECEN, Sanbrano was president of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities, now called Alianza Americas, when it won a 2010 MacArthur “Genius” Award for Creative & Effective Institutions. She is also the co-chair of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona and San Gabriel Valley and chair of CARECEN’s Board of Directors.

Emilio Amaya was born in Veracruz, Mexico and immigrated to the U. S. when he was 13 years old as an unaccompanied minor. He has been a homeless child, migrant worker, day laborer, food worker, steel worker, and union representative. He is a founding member of Libreria del Pueblo in San Bernardino and currently serves as executive director of San Bernardino Community Service Center in the Inland Empire where he has been involved in immigrant rights defense and advocacy since 1986. His organization provides immigration legal services and representation to immigrants in San Bernardino and Riverside counties and is qualified to represent immigrant families (Appeals for Practice of immigration law). Throughout his organizing history, Emilio has used his singing and guitar music abilities as part of movement-building with the community-based group Son Real.

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

Immigration Committee Meeting Saturday at 1 pm

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This meeting will be in Spanish to update our community on legislative updates and other matters pertaining to immigration. We will have a meeting at a later date that is bilingual. Please invite others.

Hola Familia de LRT!

Les invitamos a nuestra reunión virtual con nuestro comité de inmigración este sábado 17 de abril a la 1:00 PM donde Hablaremos de las Propuestas Migratorias de Ley y del Fairplex de Pomona sirviendo como un sitio de admisión de emergencia para albergar temporalmente a los menores no acompañados que llegan a la frontera surfer Estados Unidos. Solo de click en el siguiente enlace:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86066845770

Comparta la información por favor, los esperamos. Esta será reunión en español.

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Hello LRT Family! We invite you to our virtual meeting with our immigration committee this Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 PM where we will discuss the Immigration Bills for 2021 and the Pomona Fairplex serving as an emergency admission site to temporarily house unaccompanied minors that arrive at the southern border.

Just click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86066845770

Share the information please, we look forward to seeing you.

In solidarity,

LRT team

Upcoming 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast

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Dear Cesar Chavez Virtual Breakfast Guests,

Thank you for supporting the Latino and Latina Roundtable and the 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast. Please click below to access the Cesar Chavez Virtual Breakfast which will take place on Friday March 26th at 9 am. Please call (909) 480-6267 if you have any questions or send us an email.

With Gratitude,

Lina and LRT Board President Jose Calderon

17th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast

MARCH 26, 2021

ZOOM INVITATION

Hello Latino and Latina Roundtable friends and family, our celebration of our 17th Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast will take place on Friday, March 26 at 9:00 a.m. We would like to cordially invite you to join us. The link will be accessible down below and our event webinar will be accessible in both English and Spanish. Please update to the latest version of zoom for optimal viewing and features. We hope to see you there!

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JOIN THE AFTER PARTY!

We will also be hosting an after party event which gives our attendees the opportunity to chat with one another and be more interactive. This will be held right after our Cesar Chavez Breakfast event at 10:30 a.m. via zoom! All are welcome to join.

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VIEW OUR E-BOOKLET!

The 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Event E-Booklet will be accessible on the day of the event. This E-Booklet works as an addition to our Breakfast and gives more detailed information on our honorees, scholarship recipients, sponsors, among other things! Please take a moment to view our E-Booklet down below.

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7th Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast

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17TH ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ BREAKFAST

| March 26, 2021|

Please join us virtually for our 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast honoring community leaders and scholarship recipients. It’s time to celebrate in community the core values of our beloved organizer and civil rights leader, Cesar E. Chavez.

Join us in celebration of our resiliency and victories amid such an unprecedented time in our nation. Our esteemed leaders, Jose Calderon and Angela Sanbrano, will welcome us in community! Grab your cafecito and pan dulce and participate in this beautiful virtual event on March 26, 2021 where you will experience the power of community organizing and the Si Se Puede spirit!

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“Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.”

– Cesar E. Chavez

2021 HONOREES

Melissa Ayala

Melissa Ayala was born and raised in Pomona, CA. She attended California Polytechnic University, Pomona where she received a B.A. in Gender Ethnicity and Multicultural studies with a minor in Spanish. She has served as a Historic and Parks and Recreation commissioner in Pomona and on the board of Latino and Latina Roundtable. Her experience in community organizing has led her to pursue her passion working in education by supporting the well being of others. Melissa currently works for Pomona Unified School District as a Community School Coordinator. Melissa hopes to continue serving Pomona and be part of the city’s positive change.

Miranda Sheffield

Miranda Sheffield (she/her) is dedicated to social justice advocacy, resistance, and collective movement. As an international scholar, Miranda earned her master’s degree in Human Rights Law from SOAS University of London. Miranda is a member- organizer of Pomona United for Stabilized Housing (PUSH) and a core member of Police Oversight Starts Today (POST), a group pushing for more pathways for local police accountability. Miranda’s passion is addressing economic justice in service of cultivating thriving black and brown communities. She believes in utilizing alternative anti-capitalist models deeply rooted in Economic Solidarity.

Victor Preciado

Victor Preciado was elected to the Pomona City Council in 2018. He represents District 2. Victor has worked with local organizations such as, The dA Center for the Arts, DayOne, Latino/a Roundtable, Pomona Valley Democratic Club, and Pomona’s Promise. Most recently, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Victor partnered with God’s Pantry to coordinate deliveries of groceries to families in need. Victor and his group of volunteers now deliver groceries to nearly 700 Pomona families each week. As a lifelong Pomona resident, Victor wants to continue giving back to the community.

Luis Juarez

Luis Juarez grew up in San Dimas, CA. He began organizing as a student at UC Santa Barbara and became involved with Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers’ Union. Luis helped build Agbayani Village (retirement facility) in Delano, CA as well as Project Manong in Oakland. Luis has marched and stood on the picket line alongside striking workers. Luis has also led efforts to mobilize Latino/a voters. He has served as a member of the Tri Valleys Municipal Water District and past President of the Pomona Valley Democratic Club. He continues to be involved in progressive causes locally and nationwide.

Francisco Suarez

Francisco Suarez is a lawyer with a long history of grassroots organizing in Pomona. He has been an active leader in, Police Oversight Starts Today (POST), a group organizing to get the Pomona Charter Commission to get a police commission with oversight powers. He is a champion for immigrants rights as well as environmental justice. He has always acted in the best interest in challenging the government’s overreach towards the people who do not have a voice.

2021 SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!

This scholarship has been established with the goal of assisting students who live in the San Gabriel and/or Pomona Valley the opportunity to pursue higher education while continuing their social consciousness and activism. Deadline has been extended to March 10th, 2021 at 5 pm! Scholarship recipients will be presented with the scholarship at the Cesar Chavez Virtual Breakfast celebration on 3.26.2021 for more information and specific requirements click below!

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