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Decididos a retomar el vecindario, decenas de personas celebraron el sábado, 15 de noviembre el embellecimiento del Parque César Chávez en la ciudad de Pomona. Continue reading
The NAACP Pomona Valley Branch, the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley and other organizations are marching in solidarity with NAACP members in Ferguson, Missouri, who have set out on a seven-day, 120-mile march from Ferguson to the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City. The march in Pomona is a peaceful march for justice, peace, & equality for all, and against discrimination and police brutality. (Attached is a leaflet that you can use to invite others)
Friday, December 5, 2014 – @3:00pm to 6:00pm
Starting point: Pomona Police Department (Mission Blvd. and Garey Ave.)
March route: Garey Ave. to Holt Blvd.
End of March: Indian Hill Mall
6:30: Showing of the Sundance-Acclaimed and award-winning Film “Cesar’s Last Fast” in the Village theatre (1460 E. Holt Ave.)
“TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER”
Article in New York Times by Miguel Tinker Salas, professor of Latin American history and Chicano Latino studies at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
Article in Daily Bulletin: Pomona Adopts Resolution for Investigation of Missing Mexican Students
The organizing work of ensuring that the case of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa is kept at the forefront — has certainly been helped with the mobilizing to obtain the support of the Pomona City Council. It is already being noted across borders. Here is an Article in La Jornada in Mexico City today on last night’s historic vote where all seven members of the Pomona city council voted in support of a resolution calling for an independent international investigation into the disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa and the prosecution and effective condemnation of those responsible at all levels, in line with international standards of justice.
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Lee artículo en La Opinion sobre la resolución que aprobo el concilio de Pomona para investigar el caso de los 43 estudiantes en Mexico. Continue reading
All seven members of the Pomona city council voted in support of a resolution calling for an independent international investigation into the disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa and the prosecution and effective condemnation of those responsible at all levels, in line with international standards of justice. They also voted in support of funding to develop a pilot jobs and services program for day laborer women at the Pomona Day Labor Center. A big victory and a testament to the history of organizing in Pomona. Thanks to all the organizers depicted in these pictures. Continue reading
You are invited to a meeting this Tuesday to organize a march and rally in Pomona in Memory of Michael Brown and in solidarity with a 120-mile march taking place in Ferguson, Missouri. The NAACP, the Latino and Latina Roundtable, and other organizations are organizing this meeting and the march and rally on Friday (see the messages below for more details). The meeting on Tuesday, December 2 (from 6 to 7:30) will take place at the Kennedy Austin Foundation Center (2501 N. Garey Ave. – two blocks west of Arrow Hwy.) in Pomona.
You are invited to a supportive vigil that will be held beginning at 5:30 PM in front of Pomona City Hall (505 S. Garey Ave.) and entering city hall at about 6:45 PM in support of the attached resolution sponsored by Councilmembers John Nolte and Cristina Carrizosa. Continue reading