George Ciccarriello Maher, Drexel University, author of We Created Chavez:  A People‘s History of the Venezuelan Revolution

Miguel Tinker Salas, Latin American Studies, History, and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pomona College, author of Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know and The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela

Todd Griffin, organizer with Black Lives Matter (Los Angeles) and participant in 2014 Black and Brown solidarity delegation to Venezuela

Jeanette Charles, popular educator and graduate student at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela with the Catedra Libre Africa

This week, the Venezuelan people presented over 5 million signatures to the US government protesting against President Obama’s executive order that declares Venezuela a “threat to national security.” According to the latest hinter laces Poll, 92% of all Venezuelans reject any form of US intervention and are organizing courageously to defend their sovereignty.

Over the last 15 years, Venezuelans have secured free education from preschool to undergraduate studies, free healthcare, and support for popular culture and media . Venezuela was declared free of illiteracy in 2005. The government has built more than 675,000 homes since 2010 and plans to build 400,000 more in 2015. In Venezuela , undocumented immigrants are guaranteed the same rights as citizens. Many Latin American countries are softening geopolitical borders.

Venezuela is also working to create a society free of discrimination with laws such as the Law on the Right of Women to a Life Free of Violence and the Law Against Racial Discrimination marking an anti–racist and anti–patriarchal shift in the country after 500 years of colonial repression and intervention.

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–Socorro Chavez

I would like to invite you to attend the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at the Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple Street.

Supervisor Kuehl and I will be introducing a motion in support of President Obama’s Executive Action on immigration, and the creation of a County Deferred Action Task Force.  Los Angeles County needs to be ready to assist with the implementation of the Executive Action. 

We encourage you to bring 20 or more members of your organization to show your support of the motion at the public hearing. We will be providing signs for supporters, but you are also welcome to bring your own. In order to keep our message united, we ask that you not sign up to speak, but instead show your support with your presence.

Please confirm your participation to the El Monte office at 626-350-4500 or FirstDistrict@bos.lacounty.gov. If you would like us to secure complimentary parking, please provide the name of the driver by 5:00 p.m. Monday, February 23^rd.

Thank you and Sí Se Puede.

Hilda L. Solis

Supervisor, First District

Below is a resolution that is being presented to the Pomona city council in support of a full investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico.The resolution has been given to the Mayor to place on the agenda.  There will be a city council Continue reading →

Invitation  from Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas (see attached flyers) to: 

 Presentation “From Pain to Hope” by Luis Hernandez Navarro, the Editor of the Opinion section of La Jornada, a leading paper in Mexico City who will analyze the situation in Mexico and the students in Guerrero.

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Prepare for your Driver’s License
As of January 2, Californians will be eligible to apply for a driver’s license regardless of their immigration status. Make your appointment, find out which documents you need to submit and prepare for the examinations. A representative from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will come and present the most updated information.

Place: Pomona School District
The Village@ Indian Hill
Conference Center, Entrance #1
1460 E. Holt Ave, Pomona CA

Date: October 29, 2014
Time: 6:15 p.m.

A service of the following Community organization:
Parent’s Committee of the Pomona School District, Plaza Comunitaria, Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, Latino Roundtable, and the Pomona Unified School District

For more information, contact the Pomona Unified School District: (909) 397-4800 x 23942

Prepárate para tu Licencia de Manejar
A partir del 2 de enero, se podrá solicitar una licencia de manejar en el estado de California independientemente de tu estatus migratorio. Haz tu cita, infórmate sobre los documentos que debes presentar y prepárate para los exámenes. Habrá un representante del Departamento de Motores y Vehículos (DMV) que nos dará la información más actualizada.

Distrito Escolar de Pomona
The Village@ Indian Hill
Centro de Conferencias, Entrada #1
1460 E. Holt Ave, Pomona CA

Fecha: 29 de octubre de 2014
Horas: 6:15 p.m.

Un servicio de las siguientes organizaciones comunitarias:
Comité de Padres del Distrito Escolar de Pomona, Plaza Comunitaria, Centro de Jornaleros de Pomona, Latino Roundtable y el Distrito Escolar de Pomona

Para más información comuníquese con el Distrito Escolar de Pomona (909) 397-4800 x 23942

Now this is an exemplary University President who is doing something about how the stratification structure in the larger society is replicated on our college campuses.Today, we still need to transform our colleges and universities to meet the demographic transformations occurring in the communities around our campuses. Continue reading →

From Fernando Romero Orozco:

So this is film by Gael Garcia Bernal is being screened next Tuesday August 5th at the Laemmle’s in Claremont.

It’s about Central American migrants crossings and the deaths at the US/Mexico border. Just yesterday, I was in that very church in this scene, placing a candle to the Virgin of Guadalupe thinking of all the migrants crossing or about to cross. Shit’s real down there. Continue reading →