Undocumented immigrants contribute so much to this economy that they should have full rights to receive back the benefits of all that they contribute.
Read article in msnbc: Continue reading
There are efforts to privatize education and take it back to the days when the purpose of education was to prepare students for assembly lines. Our organizing efforts are our only assurance to an education that unleashes the highest potential of our young people who are geniuses.
Now this is an exemplary University President who is doing something about how the stratification structure in the larger society is replicated on our college campuses.Today, we still need to transform our colleges and universities to meet the demographic transformations occurring in the communities around our campuses. Continue reading
ROOM CHANGE FOR MEETING: AVERY 224 AT PITZER COLLEGE (See attached Map)
This is your invitation to the membership meeting of the Latino and Latina Roundtable this Saturday, August 9th from 1 – 3 PM at the Avery 224 at Pitzer College (1050 N. Mills Ave. in Claremont). In addition to summarizing our recent social and involvement in immigrant rights issues supporting the Central American children and families, the meeting will include an update on economic development initiatives in Pomona (including plans for an educational forum around upcoming city elections), plans for another driver’s license educational forum, and ongoing phone campaigns to defend DACA and advance positive immigration legalization proposals.
The meeting will also advance the organizational development committee’s plans for a “Conversation and Get-Together With LRT Members” set for this Sunday, Aug. 10 at the house of Mario and Frances 1939 S. Tonopah Ave. in West Covina, CA 91790 (see the announcement below).
On behalf of Scholar in Residence, Hilda L. Solis, I would like to invite you to participate in the Navigating the 21st Century Workforce: Access, Innovation, and Collaboration conference on August 6th from 8:30-2:00 PM. This conference will provide a greater insight on how Continue reading
From Pomona teacher Ali Hangen: “But the internet has become as valuable as air, for a generation of students who are living their lives in the social network. It is a world that is bringing working class enclaves like Pomona into the global village, unlocking creative possibilities not imaginable a few years ago.”
Good article by David Bacon (Debunking 8 Myths About Why Central American Children Are Migrating) who always comes through with deep analysis. Here, with David Bacon and Dolores Huerta at Agbayani Commemoration in Delano. Continue reading
Quick Update:
The Senate is trying to maintain order and pass a bill that will help the refugee children tonight. Despite attempts by Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL) and the likes to deter, drag out the process by adding on amendments that would rollback policies and hurt immigrant families, Dreamers, the Senate is keeping a CLEAN bill for a vote tonight, which would direct funding to help the children fleeing violence to have the due process protections and rights to legal representation. After this vote in the next 35 min, the Senate will adjourn for August recess, returning Sept 8. Continue reading
From Fernando Romero Orozco:
So this is film by Gael Garcia Bernal is being screened next Tuesday August 5th at the Laemmle’s in Claremont.
It’s about Central American migrants crossings and the deaths at the US/Mexico border. Just yesterday, I was in that very church in this scene, placing a candle to the Virgin of Guadalupe thinking of all the migrants crossing or about to cross. Shit’s real down there. Continue reading