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)

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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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Attached is the agenda for the Latino and Latina Roundtable meeting on Saturday, October 9 at 1 pm.  This is an important meeting because we will have nominations for the seven at-large members on the board.  Attached is the agenda for the meeting and the minutes from the last membership meeting will follow.  We urge your connecting in to the meeting and to invite other members to join us.  Below is the zoom link for the meeting.

Topic: LRT Membership Meeting
Time: Oct 9, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Latino and Latina Roundtable Membership Meeting Agenda

October 9, 2021

1. Welcome and Introductions –  1 – 1:15
2. Minutes of last meeting (summary) 1:15 – 1:20
3. Treasurer’s Report 1:20-1:25 
4. Director’s Report  1:25 – 1:35
5. Election Nominations – to fill seven board of director positions. Nominations today and election on November 20.  (1:35 – 2:20

If you are interested in running for one of the seven at-large positions or you want to nominate someone, you must participate in the membership meeting on Saturday, October 9^th.  In order to be nominated or to nominate someone, you have to have been a member of the LRT for at least 30 days before the October 9 membership meeting.  Also, for the October 9 meeting, please be prepared to present a one-minute statement as to why you are nominating the person or nominating yourself (that can include some background and qualifications of the nominee).  To be able to vote in the election set for November 20, you have to be a paid member in good standing (filled out application and paid dues) 30 days prior to the election.  Hence, you have until October 20^th to fill out an application and pay your dues if you have not done so already.  It is important that those who are elected to the LRT board have the time and best interests of the organization, work to promote the organization, and actively participate on one of the committees.

1. Short Celebratory reports on Areas of Work –(focus on our accomplishments – and particularly what we have been able to do – regardless of organizing virtually)  2:20 – 2:50

College for all – (Estela – Jose-Julissa – Melanie)  – 5 minutes

Immigration – (Angela-Madeline- Maria Galvan) – 5 minutes

New Economy and EMPOWER (John, Fridah, Lina)  5 minutes

Ethnic Studies – (Fabian, Mike) –  5 minutes

Organizational Well-Being – (Lina, Rose, Alicia) – 5 minutes

1. Announcements: Next LRT Membership meeting 11/20; Encuentro 10/15 at 3 PM; LRT College for All meeting 10/11 at 7 PM; Pitzer College for All Panel 10/13 at 6:15; 10/28 Coll. For All Forum (LRT and PUSD) on How to Apply for College – 9 AM Zoom through PUSD

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.edu
Website:  www.josezcalderon.com

As a member of the Latino and Latina Roundtable, it is important for you to participate and help make decisions that affect our organization.  This next Saturday, October 9 at 1 PM, we are requesting that you join us in a virtual meeting to help nominate members for the seven at-large positions that are open.  These are two-year appointments.  Attached is the agenda for the Latino and Latina Roundtable meeting on Saturday, October 9 at 1 pm.    Below is the zoom link for the meeting.

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