Category: West
Stockton Civic Auditorium locks out Latino youth group’s peace message effort
Bilingual Weekly STOCKTON, CA — In an effort to give free financial literacy courses and personal finance development programs to impoverished minorities in San Joaquin; Leandro Vicuña put on a Free Financial Literacy Workshop at the Stockton Civic Auditorium — a program offered by Sus Finanzas. “100 to 150 persons attended the workshop during its [...]
Bilingual report: Colleges fight to survive time of change
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on the state of affairs in the California community college system. This story addresses the problems facing Latino students. Next month’s story will focus on possible solutions. State budget cuts, capped enrollment make community college today a challenge ANALYSIS: [...]
Students Create One of the World’s Largest Domino Portraits in Honor of Cesar Chavez
La Prensa San Diego To be Presented to Chicano Park for Their Forty Second Anniversary SAN DIEGO — Cesar Chavez once remarked that, “Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?” – A very ambitious group [...]
California Act that would allow (undocumented) farm and labor workers to work lawfully moves ahead
By Dennise Rocha Bilingual Weekly SACRAMENTO, CA — AB 1544, the California Agricultural Jobs and Industry Stabilization Act of 2012 that would allow undocumented farm and service-sector workers to stay in California lawfully, was approved on Wednesday, April 18, in the California Assembly Committee on Labor and is now ready to move to the next [...]
San Diego mayoral candidates had no answers for educating minority children
Editorial La Prensa San Diego It was billed as a mayoral debate on education, where the four candidates for mayor, Bob Filner, Bonnie Dumanis, Carol DeMaio, and Nathan Fletcher for an hour and a half shared their knowledge and vision on education held at the University of San Diego.
Farm workers continue Chavez Legacy
By Dennis Rocha – Bilingual Weekly Sacramento, CA — Only two days away from celebrating the 85th anniversary of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez’s birthday, dozens of farm workers and supporters along the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) continued the legacy of Chavez on Thursday, March 29 at the State Capitol.
Commentary: Is U.S. education unraveling?
By David Magallanes Amigos805.com OXNARD, CA — As I walk across campus at the community college where I teach, I sometimes get the impression that I can almost hear my own footsteps as I walk toward my classroom or to an office I need to visit. In the parking lots, students actually have plenty of [...]
UC San Diego Salutes César Chávez Day with Month of Activities in April
La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — The life and achievements of César E. Chávez will be celebrated with a series of events throughout the month of April at the University of California, San Diego. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the United Farm Workers (UFW), co-founded by Cesar Chávez and [...]
United Farm Workers Starts Negotiations in San Joaquin County
BILINGUAL WEEKLY San Joaquin County — “We are slaves in the U.S.” said Jose Garcia, a resident of Stockton, during a general meeting with United Farm Workers Union (UFW) at the Comisión Honorifica Mexicana (Honorific Mexican Commission) on Wednesday, March 7th. “UFW continues to find ways for better working conditions,” said Armando Elenes, UFW San [...]
Book donations to benefit students of cultural studies in Arizona
Amigos805.com VENTURA COUNTY — Local Latino journalist/photojournalist Jess Gutierrez this weekend announced that he is seeking donations of books to benefit students of cultural studies program in Arizona. “Friends, I need your help,” Gutierrez stated in a media release. “As a writer, photojournalist, and publisher, I cannot sit quietly while Arizona attacks our First Amendment [...]
