Invitation to Presentation on “Union Victory Effort at Pomona College” with Christian Torres and Paul Watersmith this Wednesday at 3 PM

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Christian Torres (who led the union drive at Pomona College and was one of the workers fired) and Paul Watersmith (who is now a union organizer but was with the Worker Support Committee when the Pomona union effort developed) will speak in my Rural and Urban Social Movements class this Wednesday at 3 pm.  They will speak to the story of the alliances that developed in the course of the unionization drive at Pomona College, the efforts used by the administration to destroy the union movement (including checking the papers of everyone at the college and the ultimate firing of 17 of the workers), and the resilience of the workers (with the support of students, the UNITE-HERE , and community coalitions) in continuing to protest and organize to eventually win the victory of the union.  After the presentation, a group of students will show some of the videos related to this effort including:  “Pomona Workers Speak” and Pomona Workers for Justice: Dining Hall in the Streets on Cesar Chavez Day.”  Attached is an article written by  by Victor Silverman.  This is the zoom link to connect to for the presentations:    https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/86987777594
Jose Calderon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Invitation to Professor Genevieve Carpio’s Presentation on Racial Formations in the Pomona Valley region

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You are invited to a presentation by Genevieve Carpio, a former Pomona College student, who is now an Assistant Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles this Wednesday, March 31 at 3 PM.  The presentation, part of Professor Jose Calderon’s Rural and Social Movements class, can be accessed through the zoom link (here and below):https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/86987777594 

Professor Carpio is the author of the renowned book: Collisions at the Crossroads: How Place and Mobility Make Race.  This book focuses on how restrictions of free movement and settlement catalyzed racial formation in the Inland Empire and how policies (such as bike ordinances, immigration policy, incarceration, traffic checkpoints, and Route 66 heritage became part of how local power authorities constructed racial hierarchies that allowed some people to move freely while placing limits on the mobility of others (primarily people of color).

Genevieve‘s focus on new people-centered “modes of moving” based on transit equity and social justice, based on accessibility, inclusivity, and process, are examples that connect to new pedagogical and democratic approaches of engagement that serve excluded communities. In addition to presenting on these topics, Professor Carpio will speak to her journey in growing up in the city of Pomona, working on a senior thesis about racial segregation in Pomona, obtaining a B. A. from Pomona College, a Postdoctoral Fellow award from Yale University, and a doctorate from USC. Professor Carpio is the recipient of two Ford Foundation Fellowships, the Hellman Fellowship, and the UCLA Faculty Career Development Award. She has also received a USC Provost Fellowship and recognition as PAGE Fellow by Imagining America, a consortium of universities dedicated to public engagement.

After Professor Carpio’s presentation, a group of students will use their creativity in responding, in asking questions, and in drawing out comments.     

Jose Calderon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 

Topic: CHLT-153 Rural and Urban Social Movements class 

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Jose Zapata Calderon
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













					

		
		
	

							
	

				

									

				Upcoming 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast
			

										

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Dear Cesar Chavez Virtual Breakfast Guests,




Thank you for supporting the Latino and Latina Roundtable and the 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast. Please click below to access the Cesar Chavez Virtual Breakfast which will take place on Friday March 26th at 9 am.  Please call (909) 480-6267 if you have any questions or send us an email.




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Hello Latino and Latina Roundtable friends and family, our celebration of our 17th Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast will take place on Friday, March 26 at 9:00 a.m. We would like to cordially invite you to join us. The link will be accessible down below and our event webinar will be accessible in both English and Spanish. Please update to the latest version of zoom for optimal viewing and features. We hope to see you there!
























































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The 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Event E-Booklet will be accessible on the day of the event. This E-Booklet works as an addition to our Breakfast and gives more detailed information on our honorees, scholarship recipients, sponsors, among other things! Please take a moment to view our E-Booklet down below.






















































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				Video on Support of Covid Vaccinations by Village Academy High School Justice Team
			

										

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In this time when there is a need to expose the anti-vaccination covid myths being spread in our communities, we have to thank the Village Academy High School Justice team and their teacher, Mr. William Brogie for creating this educational video on the need for our communities to care for others and to get vaccinated.


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				7th Annual Cesar Chavez breakfast
			

										

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17TH ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ BREAKFAST






















































| March 26, 2021|


 


Please join us virtually for our 17th Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast honoring community leaders and scholarship recipients. It’s time to celebrate in community the core values of our beloved organizer and civil rights leader, Cesar E. Chavez.


 






















































 


 


 Join us in celebration of our resiliency and victories amid such an unprecedented time in our nation. Our esteemed leaders, Jose Calderon and Angela Sanbrano, will welcome us in community! Grab your cafecito and pan dulce and participate in this beautiful virtual event on March 26, 2021 where you will experience the power of community organizing and the Si Se Puede spirit!


 


 
























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“Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.”


– Cesar E. Chavez


 




































































































2021 HONOREES




















































































Melissa Ayala


Melissa Ayala was born and raised in Pomona, CA. She attended California Polytechnic University, Pomona where she received a B.A. in Gender Ethnicity and Multicultural studies with a minor in Spanish. She has served as a Historic and Parks and Recreation commissioner in Pomona and on the board of Latino and Latina Roundtable. Her experience in community organizing has led her to pursue her passion working in education by supporting the well being of others. Melissa currently works for Pomona Unified School District as a Community School Coordinator. Melissa hopes to continue serving Pomona and be part of the city’s positive change.


 






















































Miranda Sheffield


Miranda Sheffield (she/her) is dedicated to social justice advocacy, resistance, and collective movement. As an international scholar, Miranda earned her master’s degree in Human Rights Law from SOAS University of London. Miranda is a member- organizer of Pomona United for Stabilized Housing (PUSH) and a core member of Police Oversight Starts Today (POST), a group pushing for more pathways for local police accountability. Miranda’s passion is addressing economic justice in service of cultivating thriving black and brown communities. She believes in utilizing alternative anti-capitalist models deeply rooted in Economic Solidarity.


















































































































Victor Preciado


Victor Preciado was elected to the Pomona City Council in 2018. He represents District 2. Victor has worked with local organizations such as, The dA Center for the Arts, DayOne, Latino/a Roundtable, Pomona Valley Democratic Club, and Pomona’s Promise. Most recently, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Victor partnered with God’s Pantry to coordinate deliveries of groceries to families in need. Victor and his group of volunteers now deliver groceries to nearly 700 Pomona families each week. As a lifelong Pomona resident, Victor wants to continue giving back to the community.


 






















































Luis Juarez


 


Luis Juarez grew up in San Dimas, CA. He began organizing as a student at UC Santa Barbara and became involved with Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers’ Union. Luis helped build Agbayani Village (retirement facility) in Delano, CA as well as Project Manong in Oakland.  Luis has marched and stood on the picket line alongside striking workers. Luis has also led efforts to mobilize Latino/a voters. He has served as a member of the Tri Valleys Municipal Water District and past President of the Pomona Valley Democratic Club. He continues to be involved in progressive causes locally and nationwide.


















































































































Francisco Suarez


 


Francisco Suarez is a lawyer with a long history of grassroots organizing in Pomona. He has been an active leader in, Police Oversight Starts Today (POST), a group organizing to get the Pomona Charter Commission to get a police commission with oversight powers. He is a champion for immigrants rights as well as environmental justice. He has always acted in the best interest in challenging the government’s overreach towards the people who do not have a voice.


 




































































































2021 SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!


 


This scholarship has been established with the goal of assisting students who live in the San Gabriel and/or Pomona Valley the opportunity to pursue higher education while continuing their social consciousness and activism. Deadline has been extended to March 10th, 2021 at 5 pm! Scholarship recipients will be presented with the scholarship at the Cesar Chavez Virtual Breakfast celebration on 3.26.2021 for more information and specific requirements click below!
























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Pitzer College- Community Engagement Center, Office of the Dean of Faculty, & Institute for Global and Local Action & Study


 


UCLA Labor Center


 


Senator Maria Elena Durazo and the Latino Caucus


 


Senator Connie Leyva


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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH


We want to celebrate Women’s History Month by allowing our members to submit names of women who are activists and/or unsung heroes of our movements.
























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				Sociologist Podcast With Emeritus Professor Jose Calderon and Professor James McKeever
			

										

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Thank you to Professor James McKeever for this interview and his podcast that is advancing new and innovative scholarly roads. Please connect in to this podcast for an informative discussion on the significance of community-based scholarship and the possibilities for creating new models of racial equity and quality of life that are emerging in the contemporary period and for the future. 


















From Professor James McKeever Tomorrow (February 15)  on https://www.sociologiststalkingrealshit.com/podcast. I sit down with activist intellectual Dr. Jose Zapata Calderon. We discuss the roots of migration and Biden’s proposed Immigration policies, community engaged scholarship, multiracial coalitions, and in the end some actual solutions for inequality.   Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pitzer College and President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley. He received an A. A. from Northeastern Jr. College, a B. A. from the University of Colorado and a PhD in Sociology from UCLA. As the son of immigrant farm workers from Mexico, he has had a long history of connecting his organizing and academic work with community-based teaching, participatory action research, critical pedagogy, and engagement. He was a national founder of the URBAN-Based Research Action Network and the American Sociology Association Latino and Latina Studies Section. From 2013 – 2015, he served a two-year term as a board member of the Los Angeles County Board of Education. He was recently honored with the prestigious National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award and has received numerous awards including: the Ambassador Nathaniel and Elizabeth Davis Civil Rights Legacy Award; the “Dreamkeeper Award” from the California Alliance of African American Educators; the California Campus Compact Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence and Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education; the Goddess of Pomona Award from the City of Pomona, the Michi and Walter Weglyn Chair in Multicultural Studies at Cal Poly University, Pomona; and the United Farm Worker’s Union “Si Se Puede” award for his life-long contributions to the farm worker movement. A recent TedX video, Finding Cesar Chavez: A Transformative Moment,” was chosen as an Editor’s Pick nationally. As a community-based public intellectual, he has published over sixty articles (with the most recent one “The Same Struggle: Immigrant Rights and Educational Justice” in the book Lift Us Up, Don’t Push Us Out: Voices from the Front Lines of the Educational Justice Movement) and including the books: Lessons from an Activist Intellectual: Teaching, Research, and Organizing for Social Change, and Race, Poverty, and Social Justice: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning.


Jose Zapata Calderon
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
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				Request to Support the LRT for Annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast Fundraiser
			

										

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This is to let you know that our Latino and Latina Roundtable will be holding its annual Cesar Chavez breakfast fundraiser once again on Friday, March 26, 2021 (Cesar Chavez Day).  I know that some of you may get tired of our requests, but we are persistent in reaching out to you because we know that you know of our work and how, for years, it has been based on volunteers.  Now, for the first time, we have a director and an office and a vision of developing a staff.  Hence, to further advance our organizing efforts and our vision, we are asking for your support once again. As you know, our annual fundraiser is not just about sustaining our education, immigrant rights, college pipeline, environmental, and community economic development organizing – but is also aimed at bringing to center stage and honoring leaders and social justice scholarship students in our region who best exemplify the principles and values of Cesar Chavez.  On March 26th, the LRT will present scholarships to students who are exemplary in connecting their studies with community engagement.   Please help us in sharing the attached scholarship application with others (that has a due date of March 5th). 










































































It is with that spirit that I invite you to save the date of March 26th and to donate at the level that you or your organization can afford. Please see the attached sponsorship levels that include e-tickets for the virtual event and name listing in the program. You can also purchase individual ticket(s) at $50 per ticket, $25 for paid LRT members, and/or $10 for students and low-income individuals or retirees.   


 


You can go through Eventbrite to pay by credit card at- 


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latino-and-latina-roundtables-17th-annual-cesar-chavez-breakfast-tickets-139338853261 






or Mail RSVP & payment to Latino and Latina Roundtable 1460 E Holt Ave, Mailbox 144, Pomona, CA 91767 (make checks payable to Latino/a Roundtable).  For information please call (909) 480-6267 or visit our website www.latinolatinaroundtable.org 








Here is also the video created by Olga Rojas on our Latino and Latina Roundtable:




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Jose Zapata Calderon


President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley


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