Fiesta Navideña Mixteca Dec 19
SÁBADO, 19 DE DICIEMBRE, 2009
7:00P.M. a 12:30A.M.
7:00P.M. a 12:30A.M.
WORLD BEAT CENTER
2100 PARK BLVD.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
COMITÉ ÑUU SAA
2100 PARK BLVD.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
COMITÉ ÑUU SAA
PARA EL PROGRESO DE
SANTA MARIA NATIVIDAD
¡GRAN KERMES-
BAILE NAVIDEÑO MIXTECO 2009!
¡Dimensión Musical ¡Banda Natividad! y un DJ Sorpresa!
Rifa
Antojitos de Navidad
Rifa
Antojitos de Navidad
Entrada: $17
Entrada Gratis a menores de 15 años
Los fondos recaudados serán para hacer una diferencia en la vida de los ciudadanos
en la comunidad de Santa María Natividad, Oaxaca, México
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Entrada Gratis a menores de 15 años
Los fondos recaudados serán para hacer una diferencia en la vida de los ciudadanos
en la comunidad de Santa María Natividad, Oaxaca, México
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Stop Operation Gatekeeper Dec 5
MARCH on Sat. Dec. 05.
11 am
San Ysidro Community Park
With repression and attacks against our community reaching astounding new heights, now more than ever students, teachers, workers, housewives, and all freedom-loving people continue to organize themselves against those who stand in the way of the self-determination of our pueblos.
Unión del Barrio makes the call to those who continue to organize, and those who have now realized that we will only achieve true change and true democracy through organized collective processes, to come out and MARCH on Sat. Dec. 05.
With more than 5,000 deaths at the border, we will be wearing black, not to mourn, but to represent and resist for all of those who have lost their lives as a result of the vicious system that continues to divide a people.
WE DIDN'T CROSS THE BORDER, THE BORDER CROSSED US!
If your organization would like to endorse this effort, or would like more information, please e-mail difusion_sd@uniondelbarrio.org.
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Con represión y ataques en contra de nuestra comunidad llegando a nuevas alturas, ahora mas que nunca estudiantes, maestros, trabajadores, padres de familia, y todos los que buscan la libertad continúan a organizarse contra esas fuerzas que impiden la auto-determinación de nuestros pueblos.
Unión del Barrio hace el llamado a toda persona que continua a organizarse, y a esas personas que ahora reconocen que solamente podemos lograr cambios y la democracia verdadera tras procesos colectivos organizados, a MARCHAR el Sab. 05 dic.
Con mas de 5,000 muertes en la frontera, nos vestiremos de negro, no de luto, pero para representar y resistir para todos los que han perdido sus vidas como resultado del sistema horrendo que continua dividiendo a un pueblo.
¡SOMOS UN PUEBLO SIN FRONTERAS!
Si su organización quiere apoyar este esfuerzo, o gusta mas información, favor de comunicarse a difusion_sd@uniondelbarrio.org.
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Tijuana Maquiladora Tour Dec 12
Come to learn about Tijuana maquiladora workers' conditions and struggles!
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 12
9 am to 3:30 pm
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Citizens returning from Mexico must present an U.S. passport. For more information, see the State Dept. web site at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
All tour participants must read the US travel alert to Mexico. Please see the alert below.
SCHEDULE (There may be slight variations from tour to tour.)
9:00 am sharp: San Ysidro/Tijuana border-bus station. We will walk together to cross the border gate and travel to our locations in Tijuana using chartered buses for transportation.
9:45-10 am: The crosses at the border: 4,500 immigrants have died trying to cross the border.
10:30- 11:15 am: Otay Industrial Park: Sanyo, Metales y Derivados, other maquiladoras
NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any factory.
11:30 – 12:00 pm: Ejido Chilpancingo-Rio Alamar neighborhood
12:15- 1 pm: Lunch at Colectivo Chilpancingo’s office
1-2:30 pm: Presentation about the struggles for environmental justice in the neighborhood and labor justice in the factories.
2:30-3:00 pm: Return to the bus station
DONATIONS
US: $30 regular, $20 students
Donations cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras.
For reservations for this tour please contact
Enrique Davalos
Chicano & Chicana Studies Department
San Diego City College
Phone: (619) 388-3634
E-mail: edavalos@sdccd.edu
Sponsored by City College Chicano/a Studies Department, Colectivo Chilpancingo por Justicia Ambiental, the San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network, and the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
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Travel Alert
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Bureau of Consular Affairs
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_3028.html#
This information is current as of today, Fri Oct 23 11:21:16 2009.
Mexico: Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak: Lifted May 15, 2009. The Department of State wishes to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Mexico that on May 15 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted its recommendation that American citizens avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico. As a result of the CDC's decision, the State Department's Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak is no longer in effect.
Mexico: Security August 20, 2009. The Department of State has issued this Travel Alert to update security information for U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico. It supersedes the Travel Alert for Mexico dated February 20, 2009, and expires on February 20, 2010.
While millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year (including tens of thousands who cross the land border every day for study, tourism or business), violence in the country has increased. It is imperative that travelers understand the risks of travel to Mexico, how best to avoid dangerous situations, and who to contact if one becomes a crime victim. Common-sense precautions such as visiting only legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight hours, and avoiding areas where prostitution and drug dealing might occur, can help ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable.
Recent violent attacks have caused the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Michoacán and Chihuahua (see details below) and advise U.S. citizens residing or traveling in those areas to exercise extreme caution. Drug cartels and associated criminal elements have retaliated violently against individuals who speak out against them or whom they otherwise view to be a threat to their organization, regardless of the individuals’ citizenship. These attacks include the abduction and murder of two resident U.S. citizens in Chihuahua in July, 2009.
Violence Along the U.S. - Mexico Border Mexican drug cartels are engaged in violent conflict - both among themselves and with Mexican security services - for control of narcotics trafficking routes along the U.S.-Mexico border. In order to combat violence, the government of Mexico has deployed military troops in various parts of the country. U.S. citizens should cooperate fully with official checkpoints when traveling on Mexican highways.
Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades. Large firefights have taken place in towns and cities across Mexico, but occur mostly in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City, Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez. During some of these incidents, U.S. citizens have been trapped and temporarily prevented from leaving the area...
A number of areas along the border are experiencing rapid growth in the rates of many types of crime. Robberies, homicides, petty thefts, and carjackings have all increased over the last year across Mexico generally, with notable spikes in Tijuana and northern Baja California. Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Nogales are among the cities which have experienced public shootouts during daylight hours in shopping centers and other public venues. Criminals have followed and harassed U.S. citizens traveling in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana.
U.S. citizens are urged to be alert to safety and security concerns when visiting the border region. Criminals are armed with a wide array of sophisticated weapons. In some cases, assailants have worn full or partial police or military uniforms and have used vehicles that resemble police vehicles. While most crime victims are Mexican citizens, the uncertain security situation poses serious risks for U.S. citizens as well. U.S. citizen victims of crime in Mexico are urged to contact the consular section of the nearest U.S. consulate or Embassy for advice and assistance. (More info available at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html
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Citizens returning from Mexico must present an U.S. passport. For more information, see the State Dept. web site at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
All tour participants must read the US travel alert to Mexico. Please see the alert below.
SCHEDULE (There may be slight variations from tour to tour.)
9:00 am sharp: San Ysidro/Tijuana border-bus station. We will walk together to cross the border gate and travel to our locations in Tijuana using chartered buses for transportation.
9:45-10 am: The crosses at the border: 4,500 immigrants have died trying to cross the border.
10:30- 11:15 am: Otay Industrial Park: Sanyo, Metales y Derivados, other maquiladoras
NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any factory.
11:30 – 12:00 pm: Ejido Chilpancingo-Rio Alamar neighborhood
12:15- 1 pm: Lunch at Colectivo Chilpancingo’s office
1-2:30 pm: Presentation about the struggles for environmental justice in the neighborhood and labor justice in the factories.
2:30-3:00 pm: Return to the bus station
DONATIONS
US: $30 regular, $20 students
Donations cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras.
For reservations for this tour please contact
Enrique Davalos
Chicano & Chicana Studies Department
San Diego City College
Phone: (619) 388-3634
E-mail: edavalos@sdccd.edu
Sponsored by City College Chicano/a Studies Department, Colectivo Chilpancingo por Justicia Ambiental, the San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network, and the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
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Travel Alert
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Bureau of Consular Affairs
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_3028.html#
This information is current as of today, Fri Oct 23 11:21:16 2009.
Mexico: Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak: Lifted May 15, 2009. The Department of State wishes to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Mexico that on May 15 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted its recommendation that American citizens avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico. As a result of the CDC's decision, the State Department's Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak is no longer in effect.
Mexico: Security August 20, 2009. The Department of State has issued this Travel Alert to update security information for U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico. It supersedes the Travel Alert for Mexico dated February 20, 2009, and expires on February 20, 2010.
While millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year (including tens of thousands who cross the land border every day for study, tourism or business), violence in the country has increased. It is imperative that travelers understand the risks of travel to Mexico, how best to avoid dangerous situations, and who to contact if one becomes a crime victim. Common-sense precautions such as visiting only legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight hours, and avoiding areas where prostitution and drug dealing might occur, can help ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable.
Recent violent attacks have caused the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Michoacán and Chihuahua (see details below) and advise U.S. citizens residing or traveling in those areas to exercise extreme caution. Drug cartels and associated criminal elements have retaliated violently against individuals who speak out against them or whom they otherwise view to be a threat to their organization, regardless of the individuals’ citizenship. These attacks include the abduction and murder of two resident U.S. citizens in Chihuahua in July, 2009.
Violence Along the U.S. - Mexico Border Mexican drug cartels are engaged in violent conflict - both among themselves and with Mexican security services - for control of narcotics trafficking routes along the U.S.-Mexico border. In order to combat violence, the government of Mexico has deployed military troops in various parts of the country. U.S. citizens should cooperate fully with official checkpoints when traveling on Mexican highways.
Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades. Large firefights have taken place in towns and cities across Mexico, but occur mostly in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City, Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez. During some of these incidents, U.S. citizens have been trapped and temporarily prevented from leaving the area...
A number of areas along the border are experiencing rapid growth in the rates of many types of crime. Robberies, homicides, petty thefts, and carjackings have all increased over the last year across Mexico generally, with notable spikes in Tijuana and northern Baja California. Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Nogales are among the cities which have experienced public shootouts during daylight hours in shopping centers and other public venues. Criminals have followed and harassed U.S. citizens traveling in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana.
U.S. citizens are urged to be alert to safety and security concerns when visiting the border region. Criminals are armed with a wide array of sophisticated weapons. In some cases, assailants have worn full or partial police or military uniforms and have used vehicles that resemble police vehicles. While most crime victims are Mexican citizens, the uncertain security situation poses serious risks for U.S. citizens as well. U.S. citizen victims of crime in Mexico are urged to contact the consular section of the nearest U.S. consulate or Embassy for advice and assistance. (More info available at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html
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Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire
Join us as we welcome
Richard Becker
and his new book:
Richard Becker
and his new book:
Palestine, Israel and
the U.S. Empire
2:00pm, Sunday, Dec. 13
Latte Mi Corazon
129 25th St
San Diego, CA 92102
(619)863-4261
the U.S. Empire
2:00pm, Sunday, Dec. 13
Latte Mi Corazon
129 25th St
San Diego, CA 92102
(619)863-4261
Richard Becker is a noted writer and commentator on Middle East affairs. He has been a featured speaker at political forums and conferences in the United States and across the world.
Becker has visited the Middle East on numerous occasions. He led fact-finding delegations to Palestine in 2000 and 2002, delivering medicine to Palestinian hospitals.
Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire provides a sharp analysis of historic and current events in the struggle for Palestine—from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its regional role as a watchdog for U.S. interests, to present-day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution.
The book’s narrative is firmly rooted in the politics of Palestinian liberation. Here is a necessary introduction to the heroic efforts of the Palestinian people to achieve justice in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
For more info or questions please call:
213-251-1025
or see the website:
Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire
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For more info or questions please call:
213-251-1025
or see the website:
Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire
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Wetback An Undocumented Documentary Nov19
Club
IDEAS
Presents
Wetback
The Undocumented Documentary
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Room D121A @ 5:00pm
San Diego City College
“Wetback, a quietly commanding documentary, follows in the footsteps of immigrants traveling from Nicaragua to the United States. On their journeys, they encounter gangs and vigilantes, as well as border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life nightmares with uncanny calm, grace, even humor. And director Arturo Perez Torres does all of us a favor by getting out of the way and allowing them to tell their stories” (IronWeedFilms).
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IDEAS
Presents
Wetback
The Undocumented Documentary
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Room D121A @ 5:00pm
San Diego City College
“Wetback, a quietly commanding documentary, follows in the footsteps of immigrants traveling from Nicaragua to the United States. On their journeys, they encounter gangs and vigilantes, as well as border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life nightmares with uncanny calm, grace, even humor. And director Arturo Perez Torres does all of us a favor by getting out of the way and allowing them to tell their stories” (IronWeedFilms).
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Film “Doe Boy” Native American Heritage Month Nov 19
Native American Heritage Month
Free Film Night
“Doe Boy”
Free Film Night
“Doe Boy”
Thursday, November 19th, 6:00—8:00 pm
Mesa College, Room G-101
Set in the heart of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Doe Boy tells the story of Hunter, a young Native American whose teen angst is compounded by his confusing cultural identity. Though his mother is a full Cherokee, his father Hank is not and, to make matters worse, Hunter has hemophilia, long considered a white man's disease among Native Americans. Feeling himself to be an outsider even in his Cherokee community and unable to physically connect with others his age because of his hemophilia, Hunter begins to act out, further driving a wedge between himself, his family, and his community. Both a thoughtful coming of age drama and a meaningful look at the often contradictory and confusing notions of cultural identity in modern America,DOE BOY is both entertaining and thought provoking.
Sponsored by the San Diego Mesa College Humanities Institute and student chapter of SACNAS.
For more information, please call 619-388-2781.
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Mesa College, Room G-101
Set in the heart of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Doe Boy tells the story of Hunter, a young Native American whose teen angst is compounded by his confusing cultural identity. Though his mother is a full Cherokee, his father Hank is not and, to make matters worse, Hunter has hemophilia, long considered a white man's disease among Native Americans. Feeling himself to be an outsider even in his Cherokee community and unable to physically connect with others his age because of his hemophilia, Hunter begins to act out, further driving a wedge between himself, his family, and his community. Both a thoughtful coming of age drama and a meaningful look at the often contradictory and confusing notions of cultural identity in modern America,DOE BOY is both entertaining and thought provoking.
Sponsored by the San Diego Mesa College Humanities Institute and student chapter of SACNAS.
For more information, please call 619-388-2781.
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STOP the Termination of College Education Nov 20
Friday November 20th
11am to 1pm
Region X Student Rally
Balboa Park
Presidents Way Picnic Area
A United Stand Against Community College Budget Cuts…….
STOP the Termination of College Education
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Languages Department Celebration Dec 2
WEDNESDAY, December 2nd
10:00-3:00pm
San Diego City College
Gorton Quad
Languages Department
December Celebration 2009!!!
Come & Join us
for a day of music, dance, food, art and much more.
Discover unique countries, their customs, their cultures…
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10:00-3:00pm
San Diego City College
Gorton Quad
Languages Department
December Celebration 2009!!!
Come & Join us
for a day of music, dance, food, art and much more.
Discover unique countries, their customs, their cultures…
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No More Femicides in Juarez - November 13
UC SAN DIEGO CHICANO/A~LATINO/A
ARTS AND HUMANITIESPROGRAM
(CLAH)
2nd ANNUAL GRACIA MOLINA DE PICK
LATINA FEMINISMS LECTURE SERIES
VICTORIA DELGADILLO
“Art Activism and the Collective Voice”
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009
6:30 P.M.
SAN DIEGO CENTRAL LIBRARY
820 E STREET
For more information:
Melissa Naranjo
CLAH
Student Affairs Officer
E-mail: mmnaranjo@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 822-4059
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Logan Heights Clean Up Nov 14
The City College Associated Students and Logan Heights Neighborhood Council Presents:
(Organized by the Spanish Club and ASG)
WE NEED YOU HERE!!
(Organized by the Spanish Club and ASG)
WE NEED YOU HERE!!
Local businesses, local people, global thought.
Logan Heights Beautification Project
Saturday November 14th
Logan Heights Beautification Project
Saturday November 14th
From: 9 AM — 2 PM
Meet at: Kearney Ave And Cesar Chavez Park Way, Logan Heights
This event will unify college students, recovery groups and local residents in an effort to:
*Reduce potential eyesores
*Clean Up the streets
*Assist the elderly
*Weatherization efforts
The first 200 volunteers will receive lunch and a T shirt.
TO VOLUNTEER Please contact:
Beto Vasquez
(619) 787-4973
Itsvasquez2u@yahoo.com
WE NEED YOU HERE!! Local businesses, local people, global thought.
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Meet at: Kearney Ave And Cesar Chavez Park Way, Logan Heights
This event will unify college students, recovery groups and local residents in an effort to:
*Reduce potential eyesores
*Clean Up the streets
*Assist the elderly
*Weatherization efforts
The first 200 volunteers will receive lunch and a T shirt.
TO VOLUNTEER Please contact:
Beto Vasquez
(619) 787-4973
Itsvasquez2u@yahoo.com
WE NEED YOU HERE!! Local businesses, local people, global thought.
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Celebrate the heritage of our Kumeyaay Sisters Nov 14
NOVEMBER is Native American Heritage Month.
We will celebrate and share the heritage of our Kumeyaay Sisters on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
From noon to 4pm
GOLDEN HILL COMMUNITY PARK
at the end of 25th and Russ St.
FOOD
CRAFTS
ART
MUSIC
STORYTELLING
Click here for Map of Golden Hill Park location
ACTIVITIES
- Mask Making
- Story Telling
- Traditional Arts & Crafts
- Music & Games
ARTISTS
Laura Cota Lopez- Kumeyaay- Traditional basketry
Cocopa Indians- traditional and non traditional items
Mary Lou Valencia- Apache- jewlry
Loriann Hernandez- Yacqui- contemporary drawings
Sylvia Majia - Sculptor
Martha Blackbear - the Weeping Buffalo Native Women's Co-Op
We will be "camped" at the northern mesa of the Golden Hill Park at the end of 25th
and Russ Streets in Golden Hill.
CONTACT NUMBER FOR DAY OF EVENT: 619 865-0276
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Mexican National Strike -- Protest in San Diego
PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH MEXICAN NATIONAL STRIKE!
WORKERS' STRUGGLE HAS NO BORDERS!
November 11th, 4:00pm
WORKERS' STRUGGLE HAS NO BORDERS!
November 11th, 4:00pm
Hundreds of thousands of workers, teachers and students have declared a National Strike in defense of their rights, and against the fascistic actions of the Mexican puppet government; they have called for international solidarity. The 44,000 electric workers who were fired a few weeks ago will try to take back their jobs in central Mexico, clashes with the military are expected.
Meet outside of the Mexican Consulate in San Diego
1549 India St.
San Diego, CA 92101
Grupo por un Arte Revolucionario Independiente, Grupo Internacionalista
SME calls for national strike
By Mexico Solidarity Network The Electrical Workers Union (SME) called for a general strike on November 11 to fight the closure of Central Light and Power (LFC) by the Calderon administration last month. More than 44,000 workers lost their jobs in the surprise Saturday night police action that tried to abolish Mexico's largest democratic union. Since the closure of LFC, Calderon has faced increasing pressure to reconsider, both on popular and legal fronts. Telephone and university workers agreed to join the one day strike, and thousands of students from the National Autonomous University are expected to take an active role. Campesino organizations are also answering the call.
Last week more than 25,000 SME workers filed papers with federal courts asking for a restraining order against the closure. In a series of legal set-backs for the Calderon administration, a federal judge awarded a temporary restraining order on October 30, followed by a permanent ruling on November 6. A group of 500 volunteer lawyers also filed papers challenging the constitutionality of the closure. And the Federal Labor Board refused to emit a final decision on the termination of the labor contract between LFC and the SME.
Despite increasing pressure on workers to accept severance deals before mid November, most union members are resisting. As many as 34,000 workers from a workforce of 44,000 (which includes many salaried and office workers) signed legal complaints. In addition, the electrical system in central Mexico appears to be falling apart. Workers from the Federal Electric Commission (CFE) are trying to assume the responsibilities of former LFC workers, but much of the LFC technology is more than 50 years old and patched together haphazardly due to decapitalization over the past two decades by the federal government. Increasing power outages are leaving tens of thousands of workers unemployed and there is a distinct possibility of a general failure in coming weeks.
Despite a months-long media campaign by the federal government in conjunction with Mexico's television duopoly, Televisa and TV Azteca, SME workers are gradually winning the battle for public opinion. Calderon claimed the federal government was subsidizing LFC with more than US$3 billion annually, but the financial situation turns out to be much more complicated. LFC is a government business and the gradual decapitalization over two decades left the company without sufficient resources to generate electrical power for some 25 million people living in central Mexico. LFC was forced to purchase power generated by the CFE at high rates, then resell the power to companies at about one-third the initial cost. In addition, many politically connected companies and federal government agencies, including President Calderon's home at los Pinos, did not pay for electricity.
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Film: 7 Soles Nov 5
Club
IDEAS
Presents
Film: 7 Soles
When: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Where: Room D121A @ 5 pm
“A harsh but touching film that presents the reality of many immigrants”
“Pedro Ultreras' brutal, uncompromising film 7 Soles (7 Suns), which depicts the plight of a group of migrants crossing the Sonoran desert is a must-see for all Americans if they want to understand the sheer horror some immigrants are willing to endure to come to this country.”(PhoenixNewtimes)
IDEAS
Presents
Film: 7 Soles
When: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Where: Room D121A @ 5 pm
“A harsh but touching film that presents the reality of many immigrants”
“Pedro Ultreras' brutal, uncompromising film 7 Soles (7 Suns), which depicts the plight of a group of migrants crossing the Sonoran desert is a must-see for all Americans if they want to understand the sheer horror some immigrants are willing to endure to come to this country.”(PhoenixNewtimes)
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Know Your Rights As an Employee Nov 5
Do You Know Your Rights As an Employee?
Come to learn what rights you have as a workers!
Even if you don’t have a union, you have labor rights!
Even if you don’t have documents, you have labor rights!
Presentation by:
Peter Zschiesche
San Diego's Employee Rights Center Director
Alor Calderon
Assistant Director at Employee Rights Center
Thursday, Nov 5, 7 pm
Room A 213
San Diego City College
The San Diego's Employee Rights Center (ERC) was created in 1999 to support nonunion workers with a host of issues, including unemployment claims, wage disputes, immigrants’ labor rights and demands against unscrupulous companies and employers.
More info about ERC: http://information.weberc.net/
More info about the presentation:
Enrique Davalos
(619) 388-3634
E-mail: edavalos@sdccd.edu
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Joe Arpaio is not Welcomed in SD! Nov 6
PROTESTA/PROTEST
Friday, Nov. 06
5:30pm
Marina Village
1936 Quivira Way
San Diego, CA 92109
Union del Barrio-Base Emiliano Zapata calls on all progressive people in San Diego to activelly denounce the presence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The racist attacks againts Raza committed by Joe Arpaio in the Maricopa County of Arizona will not be tolarated in San Diego!
On Friday, Nov. 06 starting at 5:30PM Union del Barrio and the community of San Diego will show Joe Arpaio and Jay LaSuer that our voices will not be silenced!
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Friday, Nov. 06
5:30pm
Marina Village
1936 Quivira Way
San Diego, CA 92109
Union del Barrio-Base Emiliano Zapata calls on all progressive people in San Diego to activelly denounce the presence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The racist attacks againts Raza committed by Joe Arpaio in the Maricopa County of Arizona will not be tolarated in San Diego!
On Friday, Nov. 06 starting at 5:30PM Union del Barrio and the community of San Diego will show Joe Arpaio and Jay LaSuer that our voices will not be silenced!
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Homeless at Our Border Nov 6
Join the
Center for Social Advocacy (CSA)
at their community awareness event:
Homeless in Our Community
Homeless at Our Border
Date: November 6, 2009
Time: 5:30 pm
at the San Diego Woman’s Club
2557 Third Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
Keynote Speaker John Carlos Frey
Award-winning Director of The Invisible Chapel,
will be screening his film.
Come for:
Music and Heavy Appetizers
Powerful testimonials
Suggested Donation:
Adult-$15
Children (3-14)- $3
Since 1969 CSA has been helping vulnerable populations with homelessness.
Now, more than ever, we need your help to raise awareness and seriousness of
this epidemic.
R.S.V.P. to Crystal at
(619) 444-5700
ext. 310
More info:
Norma de los Rios
counselorestela@hotmail.com
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Judith F. Baca Public Art & Private Works From Oct 15 to Nov 12
San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery presents:
Judith F. Baca
Public Art / Private Works
October 15 – November 12, 2009
Reception: Thursday, October 22, 4:30 – 7:00 pm, D101 and Gallery Courtyard.
Artist lecture following reception at 7:00 pm in LRC 435
Artist lecture on Wednesday, October 21, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, H117-118
View the artist’s work at
or
Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 12-4 pm. Closed Fridays, weekends and school holidays.
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Dia de los Muertos Nov 2
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
PROUDLY PRESENTS:
EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
SPONSORED BY WORLD CULTURES AND SPANISH CLUB
Actress Ursula Tania Cabeza de Vaca and guitarist Agustín Sánchez
Presenting a comic and didactic show based on Frida Kahlo’s life and her appreciation of Mexican traditions. Focusing on the Day of the Dead, come and enjoy Spanish traditional songs like “La llorona” “Cielito Lindo” “La Bruja” followed by projections of some of the most important paintings of Frida Kahlo.
COME AND JOIN THIS WONDERFUL EVENT
Monday, November 2nd from 11:15 to 12:15pm in room D121 A/B
More info:
Rosalinda Sandoval
rsandova@sdccd.edu
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Actress Ursula Tania Cabeza de Vaca and guitarist Agustín Sánchez
Presenting a comic and didactic show based on Frida Kahlo’s life and her appreciation of Mexican traditions. Focusing on the Day of the Dead, come and enjoy Spanish traditional songs like “La llorona” “Cielito Lindo” “La Bruja” followed by projections of some of the most important paintings of Frida Kahlo.
COME AND JOIN THIS WONDERFUL EVENT
Monday, November 2nd from 11:15 to 12:15pm in room D121 A/B
More info:
Rosalinda Sandoval
rsandova@sdccd.edu
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Living Under the Trees Oct 29
A Photo Exhibit of Indigenous Mexican
Farmworkers in California
October 29, 2009
6:30-8:30 pm
Presentation and Photo Exhibit followed by a reception
Institute of the Americas
University of California, San Diego campus
La Jolla, California Directions
The event is free, but registrations are requested.
REGISTER
La Jolla, California Directions
The event is free, but registrations are requested.
REGISTER
The exhibit is composed of a series of powerful photographs by award-winning journalist and documentary photographer David Bacon and moving narratives that explore the unique challenges facing California’s indigenous Mexican communities. It documents the consequences of economic dislocation from Mexico and the challenges these dislocated communities face in California.
But the exhibit also celebrates the culture and community spirit that sustains these migrants who are agents of change, questioning unfair work conditions, working for better housing and making critical decisions about their community.
Estimates indicate that over half of California’s farm worker population is comprised of Mexican migrants. Speaking several languages other than Spanish, these communities of Mixteco, Triqui, Zapoteco, Chatino, and Purepecha remain marginalized and with limited access to safe, affordable housing and social services.
This traveling exhibition is a partnership between David Bacon and two non-profit organizaions, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations . The exhibition is partially funded by the Ford Foundation. Additional support for the project was provided by the California Council of The Humanities and The California Endowment.
But the exhibit also celebrates the culture and community spirit that sustains these migrants who are agents of change, questioning unfair work conditions, working for better housing and making critical decisions about their community.
Estimates indicate that over half of California’s farm worker population is comprised of Mexican migrants. Speaking several languages other than Spanish, these communities of Mixteco, Triqui, Zapoteco, Chatino, and Purepecha remain marginalized and with limited access to safe, affordable housing and social services.
This traveling exhibition is a partnership between David Bacon and two non-profit organizaions, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations . The exhibition is partially funded by the Ford Foundation. Additional support for the project was provided by the California Council of The Humanities and The California Endowment.
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No more budget cuts To Education! Oct 29
Fight
for
California’s Future!
No more budget cuts To Education!
Thursday, October 29th
3 pm
Rally in balboa park
(Corner of President’s Way & Park Blvd)
&
March to the Governor’s Office!
For more information call: 619-640-1155
This event is sponsored by: the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931, San Diego Education Association, BEAT, City College ASG, Save Our Schools, the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, University of California AFT, UPTE, Southwestern College Education Association CCA/CTA/NEA, the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Palomar Faculty Federation AFT Local 6161
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Binational Kumeyaay and Mixtec Dialogue Oct 29
Native American Heritage Month Event
University of San Diego
A Binational Dialogue of Kumeyaay and Mixtec Elders
Honored Guests will be invited to discuss issues relating to the border, the
transmission on knowledge and other concerns.
October 29, 2009
Salomon Hall
In Maher Building
University of San Diego
12:15--2:15 pm
This historic event includes snacks from traditional foods, Guatemalan weavings
and goods for sale, and more.
This event is open and free to the public. Sponsored by NASO, Ethnic Studies,
Transborder Institute, PABID, CASA, United Front Multicultural Center,
Community Service Learning.
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Mexico: Human Rights? Oct 30
Death and disappearance of social actors
Presentation by Edith López Ovalle
Friday, Oct 30
6:00 PM
San Diego City College
Room A 213
(Free Parking)
Edith López Ovalle is a 25-year-old artist and a member of Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (HIJOS) where she works with the Committee on Art and Politics. HIJOS is a member of the Otra Campaña and works around questions of human rights, particularly the death and disappearance of social actors. The parents of most of the members of HIJOS were political prisoners, and many were killed or disappeared in the 60s, 70s and 80s. HIJOS is a multi-national organization founded in Argentina and with chapters in Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Chile and Mexico. HIJOS works at the cultural level with innovative public events like "escraches" that draw attention to human rights violators.
For more information on HIJOS, see their website: Hijos
Also check out this amazing compilation of Edith's background and work: Edith Lopez Ovalle
Info about Edith's tour in the US: Edith Tour - MSN
Sponsored by Mexico Solidarity Network
More info: Stuart Schussler
cell: 317 410 0197
stuart@mexicosolidarity.org
www.mexicosolidarity.org
More info about the event at City College:
Enrique Davalos
Chicano/a Studies Department
edavalos@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-3634
sdchicanoa@blogspot.com
Presentation by Edith López Ovalle
Friday, Oct 30
6:00 PM
San Diego City College
Room A 213
(Free Parking)
Edith López Ovalle is a 25-year-old artist and a member of Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (HIJOS) where she works with the Committee on Art and Politics. HIJOS is a member of the Otra Campaña and works around questions of human rights, particularly the death and disappearance of social actors. The parents of most of the members of HIJOS were political prisoners, and many were killed or disappeared in the 60s, 70s and 80s. HIJOS is a multi-national organization founded in Argentina and with chapters in Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Chile and Mexico. HIJOS works at the cultural level with innovative public events like "escraches" that draw attention to human rights violators.
For more information on HIJOS, see their website: Hijos
Also check out this amazing compilation of Edith's background and work: Edith Lopez Ovalle
Info about Edith's tour in the US: Edith Tour - MSN
Sponsored by Mexico Solidarity Network
More info: Stuart Schussler
cell: 317 410 0197
stuart@mexicosolidarity.org
www.mexicosolidarity.org
More info about the event at City College:
Enrique Davalos
Chicano/a Studies Department
edavalos@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-3634
sdchicanoa@blogspot.com
FALL FESTIVAL AT THE FARM Oct 27
Urban Farm
San Diego City College
Between the LRC and the Saville Theater
TUESDAY
OCTOBER 27
11:00-2:00pm
Sponsored by the Environmental Stewardship Committee
FREE FOOD AND LIVE MUSIC
Salsa contest
Do you have a favorite award winning salsa? Bring your salsa to accompany the tacos and win first prize!!
Pumpkin decorating and carving contest
Plus free salsa dancing lessons with Professor Rincon’s salsa class!
PRIZES FOR THE BEST SALSA AND PUMPK
More info:
Profe Terry Wilson
twilson@sdccd.edu
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Farming Workshop Oct 24
Paul is teaching a FREE Workshop at the farm NEXT SATURDAY OCT 24
Planning Your Winter Garden
Which veggies can tolerate cooler, shorter days? Did you know that we can grow more food during the cool season in San Diego than during the Summer? We’ll explore the diversity of crops that is possible to grow during our mild winters, and learn the basics of biointensive gardening as we prepare a vegetable bed on the farm.
10:30 – noon at the Farm, corner of 14th and C Street, San Diego City College
No registration necessary
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The Last Signs of Summer Oct 24
Making friends across the Border through the Power of Sign Language
Saturday Oct 24th at 1pm– At Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park
(Can also meet at 12p at El Mango Manilla Smoothie shop and go together!)
“A place where sign language shines through to breach the literal gap and bridge the societal/cultural divides in getting to know someone new!
If you are Deaf if you are not deaf, whether you can sign or not, ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn how to spell your name in Sign language or introduce some to Sign by teaching them theirs!!
Signers and non-signers pair up to communicate with friends across the border!!
Interpreters on site!!
Have fun at our last Signing Through event of the year!
Socialize on the beach while there are still “signs” of summer!
Go to Border Encuentro
Or call Dan Watman at 619.954.9710
email: borderencuentro@gmail.com
for more details
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Saturday Oct 24th at 1pm– At Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park
(Can also meet at 12p at El Mango Manilla Smoothie shop and go together!)
“A place where sign language shines through to breach the literal gap and bridge the societal/cultural divides in getting to know someone new!
If you are Deaf if you are not deaf, whether you can sign or not, ALL ARE WELCOME!
Learn how to spell your name in Sign language or introduce some to Sign by teaching them theirs!!
Signers and non-signers pair up to communicate with friends across the border!!
Interpreters on site!!
Have fun at our last Signing Through event of the year!
Socialize on the beach while there are still “signs” of summer!
Go to Border Encuentro
Or call Dan Watman at 619.954.9710
email: borderencuentro@gmail.com
for more details
SDChicanoa.blogspot.com
Rojo Amanecer A Film Oct 23
Colectivo Zapatista S.D Presents: Cine en el Barrio
we will be featuring: Rojo Amanecer
Join us for a good film, snacks, dicussion and good drinks from Latte Mi Corazón!
Movie showing is: Friday October 23rd @ 6pm
@ Latte Mi Corazón
Maquilapolis
A real life history of the maquiladora workers in Tijuana
Oct 22, Thursday, 9:35 am
Saville Theater
San Diego City College
Oct 22, Thursday, 9:35 am
Saville Theater
San Diego City College
Q&A afterwards with maquiladora
& community workers
MAQUILAPOLIS
depicts globalization from the perspective of female Tijuana factory workers.
For information about the film visit: www.maquilapolis.com
SPONSORED BY CITY COLLEGE
WORLD CULTURES PROGRAM AND
CHICANO/A STUDIES DEPARTMENTS
For more information contact:
Enrique Davalos, edavalos@sdccd.edu, (619) 388-3634
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Coffee, Free Trade vs Fair Trade
What can I do…
to fight unfair trade?
QUESTION: “Is there nothing to do but scream in the streets until I’m hoarse? Or get into arguments with my Republican grandma?”
ANSWER: NO! There are concrete steps that you can take to stop being part of the problem.
COFFEE WITH A JUSTICE AROMA
CAFE CON AROMA DE JUSTICIA
Join us to learn about fair trade options and promote a coffee free trade campaign
P R E S E N T A T I O N
By David Schmidt of
C.A.F.E.
(Creating Alternative and Fair Enterprise)
Oct 20, 12:45 pm
Room A 213
San Diego City College
David Schmidt of C.A.F.E. is a great-grandchild of immigrants from Russia, and has been involved in urban and rural indigenous communities in Mexico over the last decade, and has witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of lopsided trade policies and neoliberal economics on the poorest communities in the world.
David will present a critical view of the current discussion of "immigration reform", in light of the unfair trade policies—pushed by the U.S. Government itself—which force people to migrate. Unless the US drastically increases the ability to legally immigrate to the US and drastically changes US trade policies like NAFTA which push massive migration, the fundamental problems facing immigrants will continue.
Sponsored by C.A.F.E.
More information about the presentation:
Enrique Davalos
e-mail: edavalos@sdccd.edu
phone: (619) 388-3634
More information about the campaign:
Contact CAFE
e-mail: afeontheborder@gmail.com,
phone: (619) 781 2431.
Or contact any other local activist, for that matter. If they don’t have information about how to fight unfair trade—ask them why not!
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Budget Cut Discussion / Teach In Oct 20
BEAT
BRINGING EDUCATION & ACTIVISM TOGETHER
San Diego City College
"Raise Awareness and encourage activism, network with other campus organizations, create a forum for art, music, and political expression"
Budget Cut
Discussion/Teach In
Tuesday, October 20th
Gorton Quad
11:30-1:30pm
Guest Speakers, Professors, and Students speaking about the future of our educational system as well as the effects and what we NEED to do!
How are the budget cuts effecting you!?
thecitybeatclub@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/citybeatclub
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March and Rally for Health Care Reform Oct 20
Five People Die Every Hour
Because They Don’t Have Health Care
Tuesday, October 20, Noon
The Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
The Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101
San Diego, CA 92101
We can’t wait any longer for meaningful
health care reform and a public option!
Join union members as the Labor Council reminds Senator Feinstein that another
five Americans will die every hour that we wait to pass true health care reform.
five Americans will die every hour that we wait to pass true health care reform.
More info:
Phone: (619) 228-8101, ext. 6
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San Diego Regional Immigrant Rights Conference
The time for Immigration Reform is NOW.
Millions voted for legalization, making the difference in the last election.
So why are immigrant workers still under attack?
San Diego Regional Immigrant Rights Conference
October 17th 2009
San Diego City College room A-213
1313 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101
It’s time for immigrant’s rights activists to come together and raise our voices in unison to make sure the will of the majority is heard. It’s time for us to strategize and develop a plan of action to make sure a progressive and pro-immigrant voice shapes the outcome of the looming showdown over immigration reform.
Program Schedule:
(time subject to change)
Registration (Free): 9:00-10:00
Opening Plenary: 10:00-11:30
Workshops: 11:45-1:00
Lunch 1:00-2:00
(Subway, McDonalds, Jack in the Box, Shushi bar all near by or bring your own lunch.)
Workshops: 2:00-3:15
Final Plenary: 3:30-5:00
Join the Si Se Puede Immigrant Rights Organization, Border Angels, Migrant Rights Awareness, International Socialist Organization, San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality, Anakbayan, City College Chicano Studies Department, St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice, Asociacionde Servicios Integrales a al Comunidad, Gente Unida, Latino Anti-Defamation League, Angeles del Desierto, UNITE-HERE Local 30 and a growing list of organizations in planning and organizing a plan of action for the passage of just, humane, and progressive immigration reform.
Immigration Conference Video
For more info contact
619-434-9343
email: marcosresiste@hotmail.com
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Dia de la Raza Mecha Production
Missing Lost Boy at Sea
13 de Octubre
October 13, 2009
Gordon Quad
11:00 - 2:00 pm
More info:
mechadesdcity@yahoo.com
CELEBREMOS EL “DÍA DE LA RAZA”
El 12 de octubre de 11 a 3:30 pm
Gorton Quad
Habrá:
PRESENTACIONES DE NUESTRAS DIFERENTES CULTURAS AMERICANAS
MÚSICA
ARTE
COMIDA
CONCUROS DE BAILE & CANTO
RIFAS
MARIACHI
BAILES FOLKLÓRICOS y DANZAS
“Día de la Raza”: Programa
11:00 am Introducción del evento
11:05 am Canto en Nahuatl
11:15 am Mariachi
12:00 am Grupo musical: Sol y soledad
12:30 am Música Andina (Perú, Ecuador & Chile)
1:00 pm Danza Inca & Baie folklórico de Perú
1:20 pm Baile folklórico de México
1:45 pm Concurso de baile $$$$$
2:30 pm Concurso de canto $$$$$$
3:00 pm Danza Azteca
3:20 pm PIŇATAS $ RIFAS
Anunciar el ganador del concurso
3:30 pm FINAL
From 11:00 pm to 3:30 pm we will have power presentations about Incas, Mayans, Aztecans, Toltecas, and others cultures of America
11:00 am Introducción del evento
11:05 am Canto en Nahuatl
11:15 am Mariachi
12:00 am Grupo musical: Sol y soledad
12:30 am Música Andina (Perú, Ecuador & Chile)
1:00 pm Danza Inca & Baie folklórico de Perú
1:20 pm Baile folklórico de México
1:45 pm Concurso de baile $$$$$
2:30 pm Concurso de canto $$$$$$
3:00 pm Danza Azteca
3:20 pm PIŇATAS $ RIFAS
Anunciar el ganador del concurso
3:30 pm FINAL
From 11:00 pm to 3:30 pm we will have power presentations about Incas, Mayans, Aztecans, Toltecas, and others cultures of America
SPONSORS
Spanish Club
San Diego City College
The Spanish Club of City College offers members the opportunity to: speak in Spanish, watch videos in Spanish, experience food, dance and cultural activities, karaoke contest, dancing contest, listen to guest speakers and ask for tutoring help. The Spanish Club is open to any City College Student.
Spanish Club
San Diego City College
The Spanish Club of City College offers members the opportunity to: speak in Spanish, watch videos in Spanish, experience food, dance and cultural activities, karaoke contest, dancing contest, listen to guest speakers and ask for tutoring help. The Spanish Club is open to any City College Student.
Club Español City College
www.SpanishCityCollegeClub@gmail.com
Evelia Talamantes, Consejera
Alberto Vásquez,, Presidente
Stephen Brinkley, Vice-Presidente
www.SpanishCityCollegeClub@gmail.com
Evelia Talamantes, Consejera
Alberto Vásquez,, Presidente
Stephen Brinkley, Vice-Presidente
Maquiladora Workers Fight NAFTA!
JUSTICE IN THE MAQUILADORAS NOW!
FIX NAFTA NOW! (NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT)
P R E S E N T A T I O N
Ernesto Lizcano
TRW Corporation, worker
Israel Monroy
Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
OCT 12, MONDAY, 9:35 AM
SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE, ROOM A 213
“TRW Automotive is among the world’s largest automotive suppliers and is one of the top financial performers in the industry, with 2008 sales of $15 billion… To help keep employees safe, TRW relies on a program that integrates new learned behaviors of employees with active management involvement and ongoing evaluations of workplace conditions.” TRW.com
Because of TRW our families are starving!
Jovita Mendo Velásquez, TRW worker from Reynosa, Mexico (South of McAllen, Texas)
“If they made their profits with our labor over the years, now they should be accountable to us.”
Ernesto Lizano, TRW worker
The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (CJM) is an international non-profit, non-governmental coalition (Mexico, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Haiti and Dominican Republic that supports workers and community struggles for social, economic and environmental justice in the Maquiladora industry. www.coalitionforjustice.info
Sponsored by City College Chicano/a Studies Department, World Cultures Program and the San Diego Maquiladora Workers’ Solidarity Network –Info: Enrique Davalos, (619) 388-3634, edavalos@sdccd.edu
FIX NAFTA NOW! (NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT)
P R E S E N T A T I O N
Ernesto Lizcano
TRW Corporation, worker
Israel Monroy
Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
OCT 12, MONDAY, 9:35 AM
SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE, ROOM A 213
“TRW Automotive is among the world’s largest automotive suppliers and is one of the top financial performers in the industry, with 2008 sales of $15 billion… To help keep employees safe, TRW relies on a program that integrates new learned behaviors of employees with active management involvement and ongoing evaluations of workplace conditions.” TRW.com
Because of TRW our families are starving!
Jovita Mendo Velásquez, TRW worker from Reynosa, Mexico (South of McAllen, Texas)
“If they made their profits with our labor over the years, now they should be accountable to us.”
Ernesto Lizano, TRW worker
The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (CJM) is an international non-profit, non-governmental coalition (Mexico, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Haiti and Dominican Republic that supports workers and community struggles for social, economic and environmental justice in the Maquiladora industry. www.coalitionforjustice.info
Sponsored by City College Chicano/a Studies Department, World Cultures Program and the San Diego Maquiladora Workers’ Solidarity Network –Info: Enrique Davalos, (619) 388-3634, edavalos@sdccd.edu
Hate Crimes Summit
United for a Free Hate San Diego
A coalition of faith and community leaders
Hate Crimes Summit
“Even One is Too Many”
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
5:00 – 6:00p.m. Check-In
6:00 – 8:00p.m. Program
RONALD REAGAN COMMUNITY CENTER
195 EAST DOUGLAS AVENUE
EL CAJON, CA 92020
Keynote Speaker James McElroy
Southern Poverty Law Center
There is no cost to attend this event or for parking.
Advanced registration is required.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Crystal with the Center for Social Advocacy at 619-444-5700 x310.
Or email us at
UnitedForAHateFreeSanDiego@gmail.com
For more information about United for a Hate Free San Diego, please visit the following website: http://www.hatefreesandiego.org/
• Border Angels • Center for Social Advocacy • City of San Diego Human Relation Commission • The First Church of the Brethren of San Diego • Church of Scientology of San Diego • Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Diego • The First Unitarian Universialist Church of San Diego
Alberto Bianez: Dreams and Prayers
Artist Reception
Oct 2, 2009 @ 7-9 pm
Feauting: The Red Warrior Drummers
Centro Cultural de la Raza
2004 Park Blvd. SD CA 92101
Albert Bianez
Sep 19 - Oct 23, 2009
Native of California
Born in San Fernando of New Mexico Albert’s heritage includes Apache Indian. Albert began painting at an early age and continues to paint today. With over 100 paintings Albert’s works brings personal thoughts, prayers and dreams. As a Native American singer and drummer, his artwork is an effort to visualize the sound that is made when men circle the drum and chant the traditional ancient songs. Albert uses his ability and training to expand his expression into stone carving and other forms of artwork, such as pipes and rattles used for prayer ceremonies.
City College Book Fair
Presentations, Culture Music Children
Lucha Libro
English Spanish Español
Sep 28 to October 3
Check the City College
Book Fair Calendar:
City College Book Fair
Recommendations for
Chicanas and Chicanos:
Sept. 28 - City College Room D121A/B
12:45-2 p.m. Michael Ornelas, The Sons of Guadalupe
Sept. 29 - City College Room D121A/B
12:45-2:10 p.m. Reyna Grande, Dancing with Butterflies
Oct. 1 - City College Room D121A/B
12:45-2:10 p.m. Residency with vocalist Perla Batalla, Grammy nominee
Oct. 2 - City College Saville Theatre
7-8 p.m. Ella deCastro Baron, Itchy Brown Girl Seeks Employment
8-9 p.m. Ana Castillo, The Guardians
9 p.m. Concert with Perla Batalla
Oct. 3 - City College Saville Theatre: Full day of authors
10 a.m. Gustavo Arellano, Orange County; ¡Ask a Mexican!
11 a.m. Rodolfo Acuña, lecture, “Chicano Studies: from Activism to Mainstream”
Oct. 3 - City College Saville Theatre
12 noon DJ Watson, Olga García Echeverría, Lucia Gbaya-Kanga, Michelle Sierra and other authors from the City Works Press anthology, Lavanderia: A Mixed Load of Women, Wash and Word
1 p.m. Barry Sanders, The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism
Oct. 3 - City College Saville Theatre
2 p.m. William Powers, lecture, “Write to Make Change”
3 p.m. Marilyn Chin, Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen
Oct. 3 - City College Saville Theatre
4 p.m. Laurel Corona, Until Our Last Breath
5 p.m. Willie Perdomo, Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, Emergency Money
Oct. 3 – C211 – En español—Readings in Spanish
10:45 a.m. Úrsula Tania, Aspuk, Aspuk, Colorin, Colorado -- Espectáculo de cuentos, mitos, y leyendas de las Californias, música por Jesse Vázquez ¨Chaks.¨ (3+)
Oct. 3 – C211 – En español—Readings in Spanish
1:00 p.m. José Lozano, Once Around the Block (Una Vuelta a la Manzana) (4-8)
Oct. 3 – C211 – En español—Readings in Spanish
2:30 p.m. P. J. Sáinz, Mica Chueca (12-20+)
Oct. 3 – College Room C211
4:00 p.m. P. J. Sáinz, Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada.
Oct. 3 – Changed to D121A/B faculty dining room by cafeteria
10:00 a.m. Willie Perdomo, Visiting Langston (Level: 4-8 years old)
10:45 a.m. Roberta Labastida, My Ancestors’ Village (8-12)
11:30 a.m. Rick Halsey, Fire and Chaparral (12-adult)
Oct. 3— Children and Young Adults
Activity Room changed to south end of cafeteria 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Variety of activities for children, including face painting, writing and illustrating books, making lucha libre (freestyle wrestling) masks and more.
Learn about all these events:
City College Book Fair
500 Years of Opression and Resistance
THE KUMEYAAY EXPERIENCE
Presentation by:
Stan Rodriguez
Santa Ysabel Reservation
Kumeyaay Community College Instructor
September 23 Wed.
11:15 12:30
Room D121a/b
San Diego City College
Sponsored by City College World Cultures and Chicano/a Studies
Presentation by:
Stan Rodriguez
Santa Ysabel Reservation
Kumeyaay Community College Instructor
September 23 Wed.
11:15 12:30
Room D121a/b
San Diego City College
Sponsored by City College World Cultures and Chicano/a Studies
Maize Harvest: City College Urban Milpa
Saturday
Sep 26, 1 pm
City College
Urban Milpa
(Next to Centre City
Continuing Education)
A second urban farm has been created at City College to grow maize, beans, squash, and other products following the “milpa” system—a Mesoamerican agricultural tradition. For more than 5,000 years societies of North and Central America have practiced milpa agriculture which creates a harmonious relationship between farmers and fields, carbohydrates and proteins, soil and animals, and humans and Mother Earth.
Students from the City College Chicano/a Studies, Biology and English Departments, supported and guided by the farmers of Seeds at City Urban Farm, prepared the soil and planted maize. Now, the corn is ready! You are invited to the harvest day: Sep 26, 1 pm, at the Milpa, next to Center City (Park Blvd & Russ Blvd, in front of City College).
More information: Enrique Davalos edavalos@sdccd.edu, (619) 388-3634
What's Happening on the Border???
BORDER REALITIES, FRIENDSHIP PARK
"Immigration 'Reform': are things really getting much better?"
Monday Sept 21, 2009 7pm
Joyce Beers Community Center
1090 Vermont St, Hillcrest, 1 block north of University Ave, San Diego
(Ralph's Shopping Center, next to Trader Joe's)
Special guests:
Enrique Morones
David Schmidt
Enrique Morones, San Diego native and long time human rights activist will share stories about the realities along the border and what is happening with immigration reform today.
Enrique is the president and founder of BORDER ANGELS "saving migrant lives" ; LATINO ANTI DEFAMATION ALLIANCE "exposing racism, hate and hate groups"; Founding member of FRIENDS OF FRIENSHIP PARK" reopening the heart and soul of operation gatekeeper "MARCHA MIGRANTES "taking it to the streets" where he lead caravan back and forth from San Diego to DC and told president Obama, "we marched, we voted now its time to deliver immigration reform" .
David Schmidt, a great-grandchild of immigrants from Russia, has been involved in urban and rural indigenous communities in Mexico over the last decade, and has witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of lopsided trade policies and neoliberal economics on the poorest communities in the world.
David will present a critical view of the current discussion of "immigration reform", the changes that are on the table in immigration policy and enforcement, in light of the last reform (1986 Amnesty) and the recent history of enforcement on the border. He will consider the future of immigration and immigrants. Unless the US Government drastically increases the ability to legally immigrate to the US and drastically changes US trade policies like NAFTA which push massive migration, the fundamental problems facing immigrants will continue.
Friendship Park, at the border, is a unique venue of great historical significance to both Mexico and the United States, and has served as the centerpiece of California's Border Field State Park since its inauguration by then-First Lady Pat Nixon in 1971. Friends of Friendship Park have worked tirelessly to decriminalize the Border, restore Friendship Park & promote peaceful dialogue with our neighbors.
Across two years, grassroots leaders have built a broad coalition to save Friendship Park, the historic location overlooking the Pacific Ocean where people from San Diego and Tijuana have met for generations to visit with friends and family at the border fence
Having secured the support of California politicians at every level of office, leaders from this coalition are now negotiating with San Diego Border Patrol to restore public access to Friendship Park.
About Friendship Park http://www.friendshippark.org & Border Angels (founded in 1986) www.borderangels.org
- donation requested -
Sponsored by Activist San Diego www.ActivistSanDiego.
March for California Future: No Budget Cuts
No budget cuts
Please join People United for Social Justice at a March for California’s Future
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009
12:00 p.m. – Gather at Presidents Way and Park Blvd. and march to City College
1:00 p.m. – Rally at City College
1313 Park Blvd.
For more information, contact
Alicia: (626) 224-8189, alepe@communitychange.org
or Gustavo: (619) 948-0365, guesespadilla@hotmail.com
We demand that California’s lawmakers:
• Fund quality education and health care
• Preserve life-saving services and income supports for children, seniors, people
with disabilities, working families, and the poor
• Close corporate loopholes in the state tax system
• Create a tax system where the wealthy pay their fair share
Endorsed by: California Partnership, California School Employees Association, International Socialist Organization, Latinos y Latinas en Acción, Plan of Action in a Changing Era, San Diego Disability Action Coalition, United Domestic Workers of America Local 3930
Dia del Activismo--Day of Activism
Day of Activism, Cultural Awareness and Consciusness-Rising
Thursday, Sept 17, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
San Diego City College
Chicano/a Studies Department
Room A-213
The Chicano/a Studies Department will be hosting the DAY OF ACTIVISM, CULTURAL AWARENESS AND CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING forum for campus and community-based social justice organizations to speak to our students. The goal is to build bridges between the community and campus, engage in cultural awareness, and education and consciousness-raising about social and political issues, and to sign-up students to participate in the activities of the participating organizations for class credit through the City College Service Learning Program. We would like to invite your organization to be a part of this event. Each group will have time to present a description of their organization and activities and students will be encouraged to ask questions. Together we hope to build lasting relationships and a joint commitment to social justice and community service between the Chicano/a Studies students, faculty and the participating organizations. Please RSVP to this email if you can participate and what time frame works best for you to present. We hope to have you there!
DÍA DEL ACTIVISMO, CONCIENCIA Y CULTURA
Jueves 17 de septiembre, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
San Diego City College
Chicano/a Studies Department
Salón A-213
El Departamento de Estudios Chican@s tendrá el forum “Día de Activismo, Conciencia y Cultura” dedicado a las organizaciones del colegio y la comunidad que luchan por justicia social para que platiquen con nuestros estudiantes. Queremos construir puentes entre el salón de clases y la comunidad, involucrarnos con grupos educativos y culturales que promueven cambios sociales y políticos, e invitar a los y las estudiantes a participar en las actividades de estos grupos a través del Programa de Servicio Comunitario Educativo del City College. Queremos invitar a tu organización a ser parte de este evento. Cada grupo tendrá tiempo para presentar su organización y actividades y para contestar preguntas de los estudiantes. Esperamos construir una relación perdurable y un compromiso común por justicia social entre tu organización y el Departamento de Estudios Chican@s. Por favor responde si quieres a participar y a que hora te conviene mas. Esperamos verte en el forum.
Saludos,
SD City College Chicano and Chicana Studies Department
No Class Cut Student Rally
Stand with students
Join Student Rally
City College
Park Blvd & A St.
Sep 9, 1 pm
No Class Cuts
No Budget Cuts
City College President Message:
I regret to report that the state budget situation continues to deteriorate, and our district has been notified that new and significant budget cuts will be or are likely to be effected. Late last week, our district was notified by the State Chancellor's Office that cuts to categorical programs (Matriculation, EOPS, DSPS, CARE, CalWORKS, etc.) will be $3.6 million higher than earlier estimated. This brings the total 2009-2010 budget cut to categorical programs districtwide to a whopping $8.7 million, representing reductions of 28-56%. At this level, our ability to offer these critical student support programs is seriously in doubt. On top of this grim news, our district has been warned that additional mid-year budget cuts of at least $2.93 million are nearly certain. Enough!
I am pleased to report, however, that the Associated Student Government organizations of our three colleges and Continuing Education have planned a student protest rally for next Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. on the steps of our Educational Technology Center (B Building) to provide an effective venue in which student voices may be heard. I am also pleased that City College will be hosting this important media event.
Terrence J. Burgess, Ph.D.
President
San Diego City College
Join Student Rally
City College
Park Blvd & A St.
Sep 9, 1 pm
No Class Cuts
No Budget Cuts
City College President Message:
I regret to report that the state budget situation continues to deteriorate, and our district has been notified that new and significant budget cuts will be or are likely to be effected. Late last week, our district was notified by the State Chancellor's Office that cuts to categorical programs (Matriculation, EOPS, DSPS, CARE, CalWORKS, etc.) will be $3.6 million higher than earlier estimated. This brings the total 2009-2010 budget cut to categorical programs districtwide to a whopping $8.7 million, representing reductions of 28-56%. At this level, our ability to offer these critical student support programs is seriously in doubt. On top of this grim news, our district has been warned that additional mid-year budget cuts of at least $2.93 million are nearly certain. Enough!
I am pleased to report, however, that the Associated Student Government organizations of our three colleges and Continuing Education have planned a student protest rally for next Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. on the steps of our Educational Technology Center (B Building) to provide an effective venue in which student voices may be heard. I am also pleased that City College will be hosting this important media event.
Terrence J. Burgess, Ph.D.
President
San Diego City College
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