Pomona Valley Branch 1085B

MEDIA ADVISORY

What:  Robin Toma, Executive Director Los Angeles Human Relations Commission speaking on “Community-Police Relations: Strategies and Remedies”

When:  Friday, May 22, 2015, 11:00 A. M. – 1:30 P. M. 12 (speech at 12 noon)

Where:  Kennedy Austin Foundation – 2502 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, CA

As part of ongoing efforts in the region to advance a community dialogue on community and police relations, a coalition of groups is sponsoring a presentation by Robin Toma, Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission.

Toma’s presentation, “Community-Police Relations: Strategies and Remedies,” will directly address some of the foundations of conflict in diverse communities throughout the country and provide examples of how some cities are responding constructively with innovative models and approaches.  

Toma, who was appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2000, has broad experience in the field of human relations.  He was invited to be a member of the U. S. Delegation to the 2001 U. N. World Conference against Racism held in South Africa, Japanese American Leadership Delegation to Japan in 2003, and the Climate of Trust Delegation to Russia in 2005.  He is the co-author of the manual: Day Laborer Hiring Sites: Constructive Approaches to Community Conflict, and authored “A Primer on Managing Intergroup Conflict in a Multicultural Workplace.”  

Toma was the lead attorney in seeking redress for over 2,200 Japanese Latin Americans who were forcibly brought to the U.S. and imprisoned by the government during World War II. He is also part of an ongoing gathering of leaders known as the Executive Session on Criminal Justice and Human Rights organized by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Previously, he served as staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California for nearly seven years, promoting human rights and building multi-ethnic coalitions to bring about institutional change. A native of Los Angeles, Toma received his bachelor’s degree in sociology and economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his master’s degree in urban planning and his juris doctorate degree from UCLA.

The event will include a light lunch, is free of charge, and open to the public.  

The Co-Sponsors include:  League of Women Voters of the Claremont area; Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley; Kennedy Austin Foundation; Democratic Club of Claremont; La Nueva Voz newspaper of Pomona; National Council of Negro Women; Laguna Technical College; Pax Christi USA Pomona Valley.

We have finalized a date for on-site interviewing and hiring of young adults for a summer job opportunity in Alaska. This is hard work with long hours but both room and board are provided by the employer and young people can reasonably expect to earn and save up to $5000 over the summer season. This may be ideal for transitional-age former foster youth.

Please see details below and Thank You for your interest and support.

David McElwain, GAIN Job Services

Icicle Seafoods will be hosting 2 HIRING EVENTS on Thursday, May 14^th  at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the GAIN site in Pomona (2249 N. Garey Avenue, Pomona, CA 91767; cross-street is Arrow Highway in the Dollar General shopping center) ). We are currently hiring Seafood Processors for the upcoming Spring/Summer season for our Western Alaska operations and expect to hire 70 to 80 applicants from the Pomona area.

We suggest arriving 15 minutes early so that we can get everyone signed in. To reserve your spot, please contact (206) 281-0332 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., M-F. Applicants must complete the on-line application prior to attending the event. To apply, please copy and paste the below link into a new web browser and follow the prompts.

https://rn11.ultipro.com/ICI1000/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*D2ECD12C4A21E8AA

JOB DESCRIPTION:

•Process raw seafood products on-board our floating processors in remote areas of Alaska.

•Duties include sorting, butchering, cleaning, weighing, and boxing various seafood products; may also include guiding products into automated machinery, and cleaning or sanitizing the work area. Other duties may also be assigned.

•The work environment may be cold, wet, and noisy, and will require the employee to work repetitively with hands, wrists and elbows while standing for up to 16 hours per day seven days a week.

•Work availability: May to September

•All Icicle Seafoods employees are required to wear protective safety gear and are responsible for promoting and maintaining a safe working environment for self and others.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be available to work from May to September.

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

• Must have a basic understanding of the English language, including the ability to follow written and/or verbal instructions.

• Processing employees must be able to walk quickly to designated areas in the event of an emergency, and must be able to follow emergency instructions.

• Able to work with seafood, including various types of fish and shellfish.

• Able to lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly throughout the work shift.

• Must follow all directions and adhere to work rules.

• Able to work and live with room-mates and others of diverse backgrounds in a confined area.

• Prompt and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job.

• Required to don an immersion survival suit and be physically able to board the life raft or cross to another vessel without assistance in the event of an emergency.

• Able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

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Since it went into effect on Jan.  2, more than 1  million applicants have applied for licenses, according to DMV data. And 268,000 licenses have been issued under the law so far. Many of those applicants have been aided by a support network of classes and seminars in places like Los Angeles, Pomona and San Bernardino.

… “These voices have now been heard. I think this is a modern civil rights movement, that it’s going to be very hard to put the genie back in the bottle,” he said.

http://www.dailybulletin.com/social-affairs/20150510/cultural-legal-shifts-nudging-immigrants-in-california-out-of-shadows

Jose Zapata Calderon

I would like to invite you to attend the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple Street.

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and I have introduced a motion to terminate the Federal 287(g) Deportation Agreement. It is our intent and understanding that in terminating the 287(g) program, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in the Inmate Reception Center (IRC) be closed and that the ICE agents permanently housed in the IRC be removed.

We encourage you to bring 20 or more members of your organization to show support at the meeting.  In order to keep our message united, please let our office know if you are interested in speaking in support of this motion during the public hearing.

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, May 11, 2015.

Thank you and Sí Se Puede.

Hilda L. Solis

Supervisor, First District

Come celebrate with us at the 8th annual Fernando Pedraza Memorial & Community Celebration!

Bring your friends:

Saturday, May 9, 2015

10:00am – 12:00pm

*Pedraza memorial service

*Speakers,

*Live Music

*Tortas and Aguas Frescas

Fernando Pedraza was a day laborer, an organizer, and a leader.  He strived every day to make the corner of Arrow and Grove in Rancho Cucamonga a safe and positive place for workers.  Tragically, he was killed on May 5, 2007 by a vehicle collision during a Minutemen protest at the corner.  Today we continue the mission and efforts of Pedraza, to create a positive place to find work.

Corner of Arrow Route and Grove Ave in Rancho Cucamonga: https://maps.yahoo.com/place/?lat=34.09942090879927&lon=-117.62855529785156&q=corner%20of%20arrow%20rte%20and%20grove%20ave%20rancho%20cucamonga&bb=34.10466241524439%2C-117.63899445533752%2C34.09419684716182%2C-117.6181161403656&addr=Arrow%20Rte%20%26%20Grove%20Ave%2C%20Rancho%20Cucamonga%2C%20CA%2091730

Eddie Gonzalez, Organizer

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center

1682 W. Mission Blvd.,

Pomona, Ca 91766

(323) 422 -8107

eddie8807@yahoo.com

want to touch bases and to let everyone know that our LACOE GAIN Job Services office in Pomona will be very busy in MAY!

Please see attached flyers for our on-site recruitment events, open to GAIN and GROW students as well as the entire community.

We have a very significant Employment Expo & Hiring Spree planned for Tuesday, May 12^th at Ganesha Park. See employers below.

I want to draw everyone’s attention once again to a hiring event for jobs in ALASKA this summer.  Good job for transitional-aged young adults.

·         NFI warehouse recruitment at Pomona GAIN office                       Thursday, May 7^th

·         Pomona Community Employment Expo – Ganesha Park               Tuesday, May 12^th

·         ICICLE Seafoods ALASKA recruitment at GAIN office                       Thursday, May 14^th

·         KIMCO Staffing recruitment at Pomona GAIN office                       Thursday, May 21^st

Thank you very much for helping us to spread the word about these coming employment opportunities for members of our local community.

David McElwain

Career Development Program Supervisor

East San Gabriel & Pomona Valley GAIN

Los Angeles County Office of Education

(909) 392-8070

Pomona

       Employment Expo

and Hiring Spree

Tuesday, May 12^th  2015

I’d like to cordially invite you to DEPIE’s 8th Annual Night of Dreams Banquet, held to celebrate and honor student activists and dreamers at Cal Pol Pomona who have worked to promote social justice and equity for our community. 

This year we will be also be recognizing scholarship recipients, both undocumented students and allies who have demonstrated a passion to help their community. 

The banquet will take place on Friday, May 22nd from 6p.m. – 9p.m. at the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies. I’ve attached a flier for more information. 

It would truly be an honor to have you attend, as it is you who has supported our students, and our cause to promote positive awareness to the undocumented issue. 

If you cannot attend, I kindly ask for your support. We are accepting donations monetary or otherwise, as we will be having a raffle for attendees. 

If you have an questions, feel free to contact me at depiecpp@gmail.com

Thank you for all that you do!

In solidarity, 

Norma Saldana

DEPIE Pesident

—

Demanda Estudiantil Para La Igualdad Educacional (DEPIE)

Please join us for the first celebration of 20 years of Chiapas Support Committee work “To the Rhythm of the Revolution” –on Thursday at 5:30– with speakers and a Fandango Musical performance by QUETZAL and Profe. Martha Gonzalez.  

where:  SCRIPPS VITA NOVA 100

when:  5:30 until 7 (when we are are attending the event on Black Feminism at Rose Hills!)

Please post the attached flyer and help spread the word.  The event is free and open to the public and light snacks will be provided. 

The event is also a fundraiser for upcoming delegations to Zapatista communities in Chiapas, with over half the delegates then going on to speak with Mayan organizers in Guatemala and Garifuna organizers in Honduras.  

The Committee takes up the challenges of popular education, and is dedicated to building community across borders .  It is mostly made up of working class women of color with an internationalist, feminist and queer analysis. 

Thank you!

Cindy Forster

To Latino and Latina Roundtable:

Below is an announcement of a delegation to El Super on May Day.  A number of our members are involved in May Day actions but if some can attend after the actions, please do.  I am going to propose that we have an LRT delegation at the end of May. 

DELEGATIONS:

1.  As we discussed, our first delegation will be May Day, Friday, May 1, 2015 3:00 PM, at El Super 960 Arrow Highway, Covina, CA 91722 (Flyer attached). 

• The delegation will be led by Senator Ed Hernandez.  
• Please let me know if other elected officials, executive directors of orgs, clergy or student leaders will join the May Day delegation.
• We are asking if you join this delegation bring a copy of your letter, on your letterhead, addressed to Carlos A. Smith President/CEO of El Super (attached).  
• We will deliver it to the store manager and encourage him to send a message to Mr. Smith to do the right thing.

2.  If you cannot make the May Day delegation, we will schedule smaller delegations every Wednesday for the month of May.  

• All delegations will be at the union store in Covina, 960 Arrow Highway, Covina, CA 91722.
• We ask you to have a contingency of at least 4 people from your organization
• Walk through the store and encourage the workers
• Deliver a copy of your letter to the store manager.

3.  If you would like to do your own delegation to the Non-Union El Super nearest you.  

• We ask you to have a contingency of at least 4 people from your organization
• Deliver a copy of your letter to the store manager and ask him to send a message to Mr. Smith to do the right thing.
• Take pictures and send to me at sylvia1428@msn.com
• Remember the Covina store is our Union store in the area.  If you go to a non-union the conversation should be about the boycott.

OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO:

• Pass a Resolution to Endorse the Boycott at El Super (attached) and send a copy.
• If your organization endorses the Boycott.  Please complete the Endorsement Form (attached) and send a copy.
• Inform your organization of Boycott and post on your organizations website and/or facebook page.  
• Direct your members to the UFCW website for more information www.boycottelsuper.org

Thank you for your Solidarity.  I look forward to working with you on more issues in the future.  If you do any of the above please do not forget to send me a copy of your letter, resolution, endorsements.  Most importantly take pictures of your groups.  Send to me at 

Sylvia Carranza

Email: Sylvia1428@msn.com

Phone: 909-626-4942

Cell: 310-367-5819

PDFs to download below:

Updated Boycott Endorsement Form_20150202 (1)Template City Council Resolution – UFCW (1) ComLtr to El Super MAY DAY ElectedLtr to Carlos A Smith (2)