Our 19th year in La Paz – after the teatros by students at Pan y Vino — with Dolores Huerta. Right after, we traveled with Dolores to a meeting of the County Supervisors to County supervisors in protest of a proposal to end a program that primarily served the needs of low-income, poor, immigrant, and people of color communities. Our students helped pack the supervisor’s meeting and we helped win a victory! The supervisors directed Kern Medical Center to immediately hire new family practice resident physicians Monday, ensuring the life of the program for at least three years.

Here is a video report of the Pomona CC action

This year’s Annual Latino and Latina Roundtable Cesar Chavez Breakfast will take place on Cesar Chavez Day, Friday, March 30, 2012 from 8 A. M. to 9:30 A. M. at The Avalon (Fairplex) located at 1101 West McKinley Ave. in Pomona. In keeping with the tradition of honoring leaders in our region who have exemplified the principles and values of Cesar Chavez, the Roundtable is honoring Congresswoman Judy Chu, immigrant rights leader Emilio Amaya, and Pomona Unified School District Superintendent Richard Martinez. Please join us in this spirited event: RSVP by March 16th with Rose Calderon at e-mail: Calderon.Rose@gmail.com

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Father Peter O’Reilly welcomes students, community members and workers to the Ash Wednesday Vigil at Pomona College. During the vigil, community members received the ashes as a symbol of their commitment to the struggle for worker rights at Pomona College. Last year 16 workers were fired after the administration initiated an internal audit to review the immigration statuses of workers, students and faculty.