To:  Members of the Latino and Latina Roundtable 

As per our by-laws, the Latino and Latina Roundtable will be electing seven at-large positions at its membership meeting on Saturday, November 18^th to serve on the board for the next two years.   

Nominations will take place at the next General Membership Meeting scheduled for Saturday, September 23 at 1 PM at the Solidarity Center (1460 E. Holt Ave., Entrance #3 – Room 6 in Pomona). 

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Hello LRT Members and Friends, 

Please read the message below from Board President Jose Calderon. 

Thank you, 

Lina

To:  Members of the Latino and Latina Roundtable 

As per our by-laws, the Latino and Latina Roundtable will be electing seven at-large positions at its membership meeting on Saturday, November 18^th to serve on the board for the next two years.   

Nominations will take place at the next General Membership Meeting scheduled for Saturday, September 23 at 1 PM at the Solidarity Center (1460 E. Holt Ave., Entrance #3 – Room 6 in Pomona). 

Zoom Option 

Time: Sep 23, 2023 01:00 PM Pacific Time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88307951976

Meeting ID: 883 0795 1976

If you are interested in running for one of the seven positions or if you want to nominate someone, please attend the membership meeting on Saturday, September 23.   

To be able to vote in the election set for November 18^th (or to run for one of the at-large positions), you have to be a paid member in good standing 30 days prior to the election. Hence, you have until October 19^th to fill out an application and pay your dues if you have not done so already.   

If you have any questions, please contact:  Alicia Rodriguez at mariaaliciar2@gmail.com; Jose Calderon at Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu; or Angela Sanbrano at Angela_Sanbrano@pitzer.edu 

 Complete application online or you can fill out the PDF application. 

https://www.latinolatinaroundtable.org/member-sign-up

Copy of 2023LRTMembershipapplication(version5).docx

Hello LRT Members,

Please join us for our next LRT Membership Meeting on 7/22/23 via zoom. There will be no in-person meeting, just on zoom. Here is the zoom link. We will have a special presentation on Popular Education; organizing tools for a New Economy- by Marlom Portillo. 

Topic: Latino and Latina Roundtable -Membership Meeting
Time: Jul 22, 2023 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85052504102?pwd=d0VNbVpxczNTZDVwZFNZTm5iNUFyZz09

Meeting ID: 850 5250 4102
Passcode: 286124

WE ARE HIRING 

We are hiring an organizer for our Pomona Jobs Project. We have been sharing information about this project and how it has the potential to transform our local economy. Please encourage people to apply. Here are the links to the announcement and the job description is attached to this email as a PDF.

https://www.latinolatinaroundtable.org/new-economy

Community Support for Workers – SEIU needs You

Our friends at SEIU 2015 need your support right now. Follow the instructions and support nursing home staff. Read below and if you have any questions please contact Juan Garcia at SEIU.

We are requesting support for this federal regulation that would help address short staffing ratios in nursing homes across the country.  There is a link to an online “petition” that SEIU 2015 created. Electronic comments on that petition are due by Tuesday, July 11.

First-hand accounts will help shine a light on the need for federal reforms. Please click on this link to share a personal story of how a nursing home worker or workers have helped you or a loved one or how you’ve seen the quality of care of your loved one be affected by not having enough Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) or other nursing home staff.  This will help combat lies and improve the lives of both the workers and residents.

Thank you in advance and let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Juan Carlos Garcia

LRT Community Organizer Job Description.docx-4

The Latino and Latina Roundtable would like to invite you to three important events this week:

1. 1.  The Latino and Latina Roundtable will be holding its regular membership meeting this Saturday, Nov. 19 beginning at 1 PM at our offices (1460 E. Holt Ave., Entrance #3 – Room 6 in Pomona).  There is an option, if you cannot attend the meeting in person to connect in with zoom (the link is below).  The members will vote on the following officers for the organization: 1. Jose Calderon (president) 2. Angela Sanbrano (Vice President) 3. Lidia Manzanares ( Treasurer) 4. Alicia Rodriguez (Secretary).  After the vote, Pitzer Political Studies Professor Adrian Pantoja will present a forum on “The Latino and Latina Vote and the Mid-Term Elections.”  A reception with food and refreshments will follow after.  Here is the zoom link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86240685710?pwd=TzBVUUR5NWJlUGMrRnM5UEVGZFVNUT09

Meeting ID: 862 4068 5710
Passcode: 908122

2. The Latino and Latina Roundtable, with other groups, is sponsoring two Equitable Community Development Workshops on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 from 5:30 – 7 PM at 980 Corporate Center, Hall Room, in Pomona (see attached flyer).  The Nov. 16 workshop is on “Centering Workers in Community Economic Development” and the Nov. 17 workshop is on “Linking Urban Agriculture and Community Economic Development.”

Jose Zapata Calderon
President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable
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.ed
Website:  www.josezcalderon.com

This is your invitation to the Latino and Latina Roundtable Membership Meeting this Saturday, July 23 from 1 -3 pm via zoom.  Given some of the increases in covid cases, the membership meeting will be virtual and hope that the next one can be face-to-face or hybrid.  Given that our organizational work has been moving forward in the implementation of our strategic plan, the various committees will give short reports regarding the challenges (or threats) that they are facing, the opportunities in the work of the committee, what has been done up to this point in the work, and where we will be by December.  With the mid-term elections coming up, it is important to connect as much as possible to the conditions that are developing and the challenges and opportunities developing from those conditions.  At the same time, we will look for links between our different areas of work as to how they advance the development of the Latino and Latina Roundtable.  The link for the Saturday meeting is:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89452435261

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

Topic: LRT Membership Meeting
Time: Jul 23, 2022 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89452435261

Meeting ID: 894 5243 5261

You are invited to the Latino and Latina Roundtable membership meeting this Saturday, May 21 from 1 to 3 PM at the Solidarity Center  (1460 E. Holt Avenue – Room 6) in Pomona.  It is the first in-person meeting in awhile but will also be offering a zoom option for those out of the area.  The zoom link is:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84318031583

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