Irene Ramirez returned to work today to her position as a Cook at Pomona College!  We are planning a brief and informal welcome back for Irene this Wednesday, October 14th at 10:00AM outside of Frary Dining Hall at the fountain.  Irene will be able to take her 10-minute break around that time and come out for just a couple of minutes, so if you can join us, please be there promptly at 10:00 so as not to miss her!  Hope to see you there.  Again, please feel free to forward this to any allies who might want to join us on Wednesday.

We have exciting news!  The second of the 17 Pomona workers who were fired in December of 2011 will be returning to work at the College tomorrow!  You may remember when dining hall workers won their first union contract in 2013, they insisted on including language guaranteeing that their fired co-workers be reinstated as soon as they were able to present valid work authorization documents.  Christian Torres returned to work at Pomona in 2013 after obtaining work authorization through President Obama’s first executive order around DACA.  Now Irene Ramirez, a prep cook at Pomona for 14 years prior to her termination, will be returning to her job with her full seniority intact!  The Pomona worker committee is planning a small welcome-back gathering with Irene for later this week and would like to invite you all to join us.  I will forward you details as soon as the committee has chosen the date and time together with Irene.  In the meantime, if you frequent the Frary Dining Hall at Pomona please welcome Irene back to work!  Please feel free to forward this to any allies with whom you would like to share this wonderful news.

From:

Robin Rodriguez

Organizing Director

UNITEHERE Local 11

From Huerta del Valle:

We are going to pack the house with community members. If you can’t come, buy a ticket and sponsor someone! Please buy the tickets in the next few days if you can, so we know how many we have left!

A few links to HdV. The video is by our own PZ media studies students! 

http://hdv-huertadelvalle.blogspot.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TINyB7RFLw8

Get your ticket here!! Paste this link into your browser to buy your ticket if clicking doesn’t work! http://marketinghuertadel.wix.com/gardengala

Come enjoy an evening at Huerta del Valle community garden and urban farm! Enjoy this lush landscape in the heart of Ontario, California. Just a stone’s throw away from several toxic facilities and the largest cluster of warehouses on the planet, HdV is an oasis and a true home away from home. 

We are having a fundraiser to support the construction of our educational area, and a guest chef from Santa Ana will be cooking the lovely yumminess that we grow.  

We’ll see you here!

Paste this link into your browser to buy your ticket if clicking doesn’t work! http://marketinghuertadel.wix.com/gardengala

10/10/15 6-10pm

Huerta Del Valle First Garden Gala

Join us for a deliciously fun night at our first Garden Gala for the construction of the garden’s educational center.

Indulge in a delectable multicourse meal, made with organic and locally grown products.

You will also enjoy a first-hand glimpse at the garden’s four innovative education center building designs, a garden tour, live music and silent auction with great prizes!

Tickets are a donation of $100 per person

Order now! Seats are limited!

Vegetarian dinner available upon request.

Support Huerta del Valle’s mission to grow good food for all and build a community sustainable education center at the community garden.

EVENT IS ON 10/10/15 6-10pm

Huerta del Valle  INVITES YOU

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 to find out about Huerta del Valle’s special and delicious eventhappening October 10th 2015. Come one come all! We want to see you there.

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Join Latino/a Roundtable in celebrating women and art at the Oct 9th preview opening of the Aztlan 2015 Mujeres de Aztlan/Desde el corazon de la mujer Art Exhibit, 5:30 p.m., at the dA Center for the Arts in downtown Pomona.

Renowned artist Margaret Garcia will be honored and will be speaking about art, women and activism.  In addition, the artists whose art on display will be at this event.  There will be entertainment, wine and appetizers.  Please come and support this event.  

Please join us for a community meeting this Friday, October 2 at 5 PM at Cesar Chavez Park (2720 Barjud Ave.) in Pomona.  The meeting will include a continued discussion on the park (steps for restoring the murals and organizing a clean-up day in November).  This meeting will be a follow-up to previous efforts with some parents proposing the development of a neighborhood organization.  The meeting will be attended by City Councilperson John Nolte and a representative from Hilda Solis’s office.  The efforts at the park are part of continuing collaborations between the city, Latino and Latina Roundtable, the school board, and with collaboration of local colleges. 

RALLY RESCHEDULED! WEDNESDAY – SEPTEMBER 30TH – 4PM TO 8PM

RAIN OR SHINE: See Attached Revised Flyer…Please Pass It On!

NO JUSTICE-NO EQUALITY-GOTTA HAVE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!

OUR SCHOOLS MATTER- OUR VOTE MATTER- OUR JOBS MATTER – OUR COMMUNITY MATTER-OUR LIVES MATTER- ALL LIVES MATTER- SENIOR CITIZEN LIVES MATTER-Feel Free To Add To The List!!!!

Two important community employment events coming up soon in October: JOB FAIRS!

The Fall Expo, set for Friday, October 23^rd, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, serves all job-seekers and helps to employ our local community residents.

This is a beautiful venue and the event is free to both job-seekers and employers. Last year we had 250+ job-seekers and 40 employers.

This year we expect to have 350-400 job-seekers, both entry-level & mid-career professionals. We have 24 out of 44 employers confirmed.

The Tri-City Wellness Center’s job fair runs from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm nearby on Garey Avenue. We will provide flyers and maps at the Expo.