"Where the Guns Go"-- Oct 31, 2017

"Where the Guns Go" 

Screening and presentation by the co-director 

John Lindsay-Poland 

Tuesday October 31, 12:45-2.10 pm 

Room MS 462 

San Diego City College 

 

In 2017, after a decade of the U.S.-supported drug war, Mexico is experiencing more killings than ever – most of them committed with guns coming from the United States, legally or illegally. What can be done to stop the bloodshed with U.S.-sourced weaponry? Where the Guns Go: US Policy and Human Rights in Mexico brings together testimonies of human rights activists, journalists, and Mexicans directly affected by the violence in a 26-minute film. Co-director John Lindsay-Poland coordinates research and advocacy to end the iron river of U.S. weapons that deepen the violence and destruction of families in Mexico. 

Speaker of Cheran, Mexico in San Diego, Oct 19, 2017

Cheran, Michoacan An experience on autonomy
in a Purepecha community on Michoacan, Mexico 

A dialogue with Samuel Ramos, member of the
Political Committee of Cheran 

To learn more about Samuel Ramos and Cheran: 

Cheran: Battling Mexico's illegal logging trade. Al Jazeera Video Residents in the Mexican town of Cheran have taken up arms against illegal loggers. They say the authorities are corrupt and have done nothing to stop loggers stripping the local pine forest of trees. The economy of Cheran, a town of 17,000 people, relies on this forest. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Cheran. 

Entrevista (en español) en TV Rompevientos con Samuel Ramos de Cheran- Rompevientos TV Programa especial del noticiero Perspectivas. Ernesto Ledesma entrevista en el estudio de Rompeviento a David Romero, comunero y abogado de Cherán, y Samuel Ramos, comunero y miembro de la Comisión Política de Cherán, pueblo purépecha del estado de Michoacán, que protagoniza una lucha emblemática por la defensa de sus recursos naturales, en contra de talamontes coludidos con el crimen organizado. Cheran en Rompevientos

National Coming Out Day- Oct 11, 2017

7th Annual HUBU Conference!- Oct 11, 2017

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

11:10am-5:00pm

MS 140

The conference theme is P.U.S.H. Perseverance, Unity, Scholarship, Hope. The Annual HUBU Conference was designed to help African American and Latino male students succeed by informing, motivating, and preparing them for success both academically and personally. The HUBU conference aims to motivate and inspire students through workshops that address real life issues.

** This event is designed specifically to discuss/address topics relating to men of color. Please share this great opportunity for community dialogue and empowerment with your students.

Film Dolores Huerta: Oct 1 to 12, 2017

Hillcrest Cinema

Oct 1 to12

Four shows from noon to 10 pm

3965 5th Avenue

(Near University Avenue)

Hillcrest

San Diego, CA, 92103

More info and tickets:
Landmark Theatres

Dolores Huerta is one of the most important, yet least known, activists in the fight for racial, class and gender equality in American history. She was an equal partner co-founding the first farm workers union with Cesar Chavez, but her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Even as she empowered a generation of immigrants to stand up for their rights, her own fiery dedication and relentless work ethic were constantly under attack. False accusations from foes and friends alike, of child neglect and immoral behavior from a woman who married three times and raised 11 children, pushed Dolores out of the very union she helped create. Still, she remains as steadfast in her fight as ever at the age of 87. Director Peter Bratt’s provocative and energizing documentary reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to the fight for justice and sets the record straight on one of the most effective and undervalued civil and labor rights leaders in modern U.S. history. Winner of Audience Awards for Best Documentary at the San Francisco, Seattle and Minneapolis Film Festivals.