We have been partnering with the Pomona Unified School District for years now in sponsoring the yearly Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage, voter registration among qualified students, and forums on DACA, Matricula Consular, and Driver’s Licenses. Continue reading
9 a.m. march, 10 a.m. council meeting
Epic battle with huge Central Valley grower plays out before L.A. City Council Wednesday
An epic battle by farm workers to implement their union contract with a giant Central
Valley grower—reminiscent of 1960s farm labor struggles—plays out before the Los
Angeles City Council Wednesday morning. Even as state prosecutors press their case Continue reading
This is your invitation to participate in the development of plans and actions in the coming months of the Latino and Latina Roundtable this Saturday, October 18th between 1 and 3 PM at the Pitzer College Broad Center Room 208 (1050 N. Mills Ave. in Claremont). We will discuss the latest updates and develop plans on the elections, forums (driver’s licenses, Matricula, and DACA), immigration rights developments, organization development, Park committee progress, and coordinator position process. Please invite others who may be interested in joining and participating.
Dear Professor Calderón,
On Wednesday, October 15, at 7:00 pm, the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center is collaborating with Deacon Mario López and the Department of Motor Vehicles to put on a forum on AB 60 for Spanish-speaking parishioners and community members. Continue reading
Invitation from the Da Center:
The announcement at the bottom is in a jpeg format so you can post to Facebook. At 5 pm the Copali Copili dancers will give a Blessing of the Four Winds.
In celebration of National Latino month
Aztlan 2014
Maestros y Mas
(Where We Began)
Honoring Gloria Molina Los Angeles County Supervisor and
Hilda Solis Los Angeles County Supervisor-Elect
October 11 through November 22, 2014 in celebration of National Latino month.
dA Center for the ARTS 252 Main Street Pomona, CA
daartcenter@gmail.com 909.397.9716 – Work / 909.942.1606 – Cell
This year, the twelfth year that the dA Center for the Arts will be presenting the exhibit Aztlan, we are “tagging up” to use an old baseball term, touching base with the origin of the concept before we lead off towards the direction in which this project seems to be going. The title, Maestros y Mas (Where We Began), is about looking back once more and saluting the veteran artists, the “Masters” of the 20th century Chicano/a arts movement and cultural revolution. In a similar way as last years exhibit, Aztlan, Con Safos (The Next Decade), this year’s exhibit is being seen as a teaching moment, starting with a look at the historic past but with a view to the future. The “Mas” in this years title Maestros y Mas refers to that next generation of up and coming artists, who’s work reflects a current or future sense of place in Aztlan. In future Aztlan exhibits the thematic emphasis will be placed more on the concept of Aztlan as a culturally unifying sense of place, tracked through the fine arts, to examine how the “melting pot” in the mythical promised land of the Aztecs is possibly becoming less Eurocentric and more Mesoamericanized or Aztlanian.
The opening Reception will be Saturday, October 11, 2014, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
This year’s exhibit will feature works by the Chicano/a arts movement vanguard, the Maestros (Masters) from the 1960ies through1970ies. We will be saluting the past accomplishments of these veteran artists chronicling “Where We Began” as well as welcoming the next generation of emerging artists with eyes looking toward the future. Aztlan, the exhibit with over 40 participating artists, will continue to advance as a cross-cultural, multi-media show that is exploring the place that is Aztlan, “the promised land” described in Aztec mythology, that today encompasses Northern Mexico and the entire Southwest quarter of he United States. The Aztlan series at the dA Center for the Arts began in 2003 with the inaugural show “ Returning to Aztlan “ inspired by the painting “ Cruz’n Aztlan “ by Chicano artist/activist Gilbert “ Magu “ Lujan. The Aztlan exhibition, in it’s 12th year, continues to explore the transformation of the Chicano/a art movement which defined Chicano/a culture as part of our Southwest American heritage, and now entering a new decade focuses on present and future art work that expresses the Chicano/a inspired Aztlan esthetic.
I want to be sure to invite everyone in our community who needs to find work to next week’s Fall Employment Expo and Hiring Spree, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Office of Education in partnership with LA County’s Dept. of Public Social Services and our friends at FAIRPLEX. Continue reading
Attached is a job announcement for the Executive Director of the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center. For further information, contact:
This is your invitation to the Pomona City Council Candidate’s Forum sponsored by the Progressive Alliance of the Inland Valley (which includes the Latino and Latina Roundtable, the NAACP, the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, One Million NIU, and the League of Women Voters) to be held on Tuesday, October 7 from 7 – 9 PM at the Pomona City Hall Council Chambers. This is a crucial election for the future of Pomona and will be covering the key issues that have affected the community and the region in recent years. With your involvement, this will be the most diverse, grass-roots, and community-based forum and we urge your participation before the forum by 1. reaching out to other contacts that you know and inviting them (obtain a firm commitment from at least three of your contacts) 2. outreach through your listservs and facebook 3. commit to be there on Monday.
PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE
I have remained steadfast in my position that Affirmative action has not only resulted in diversifying our campuses with more women and students of color, it has been part of a movement to diversify the curriculum. Affirmative action has helped to pave the way for