The family of Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila requests your assistance in making sure those who knew Leno and/or his work are aware of the schedule of upcoming memorial/celebrations of life. Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend one or more. Thank you! Continue reading
The family of Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila requests your assistance in making sure those who knew Leno and/or his work are aware of the schedule of upcoming memorial/celebrations of life. Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend one or more. Thank you! Continue reading
The family of Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila requests your assistance in making sure those who knew Leno and/or his work are aware of the schedule of upcoming memorial/celebrations of life. Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend one or more. Thank you! Continue reading
Teresa McNeill, long-time organizer from Greeley, sent this short video to share of Magdaleno helping to lead one of his favorite movimiento songs – last August at the 50th anniversary reunion of key supporters and friends from the Colorado UFW boycott and strike days – held at the Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center in Denver, Co. A memorial gathering is now being planned in Denver on July 25. Continue reading
Magdaleno speaking in Greeley, Colorado in the early 1970’s before one of our marches. He and a group of striking farmworkers from Center, Colorado joined us when we marched seventy miles to the state capital in Denver – in support of Chicano education programs and opening the doors of Higher Education for Our Chicano students.
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More Pictures that came up today on FB “Portraits” – of our good friend Magdaleno Rose Ávila and his influence in our local area and in the last Pitzer Alternative Spring Community Engagement Break Project in La Paz and Delano (where he trained the students for their “teatro” presentations to the farmworker community and staff).