The Genocide, Oppression, Resilience, and Sovereignty of the First Peoples of California




The Genocide, Oppression, Resilience, and Sovereignty
of the First Peoples of California
November 21-24, 2019



California State University



Conference Website


Four days of presentations, music, documentary films, and political action sessions offer attendees a chance to enhance knowledge of the California genocide and Indigenous peoples’ history. Engage with others who want to learn more about these topics and come away with new understanding. Come together with the community to share ideas for resolutions that will be sent to state officials at the end of the conference.

Day of the Dead Procession

Procesión día de muertos





The Transfer and Career Center is hosting an on-site recruitment Fair: October 30th

The US Census team is hiring multiple positions and will be joining the Transfer and Career Center from 10:00 am-2:00 pm.

No resume or experience is required, and there are multiple positions to choose from that range from $16.50 to $22.50. See job positions below, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Join our hiring rep – Dylan Breen, a City College Alumnus!
 
Date: 10-30-19 and 11-4-19
Time: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Location: Transfer and Career Center | A-301
1313 Park Blvd. A301 San Diego, CA 92101
 



HUBU Conference Oct 30 2019


Rebelflix Resistance and Autonomy through the Cinema: Oct 18

Rebelflix Experiences of Resistance and
Autonomy through the cinema presents:







Spanish with English Subtitles

Friday Sept 6, 6:30 pm
Centro Cultural de la Raza

2004 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92101
Balboa Park

Free entrance

Cal Fresh at City College Oct 23 2019


Planned Parenthood at City: Oct 16, 2019


Planned Parenthood at City, Wed., October 16th from 10-2pm

The Student Health Center is hosting Planned Parenthood, Wednesday October 16th

There will be education, giveaways, and free testing for HIV, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.
Tables and education will be offered in the A-Quad, while private testing will be done confidentially within the Health Clinic.

The Student Health Center (Medical and Mental Health) is located off the A-Quad, under the Nuestra Vida Chicana mural, in room A180!

25 Years of Operation Gatekeeper: Our Resistance & Resilience: Oct 7, 2019


25 Years of Operation Gatekeeper: Our Resistance & Resilience
Oct 7, 2019 6 PM – 8 PM

La Bodega Gallery
2196 Logan Ave, San Diego, California 92113


Hosted by AFSC-San Diego

On October 1, 1994, the San Diego Sector Border Patrol implemented Operation Gatekeeper as a strategy to push migrants into treacherous crossing routes, knowing that the harsh desert and mountain terrains would "deter" them from crossing. For many, deterrence meant death. Since then, conservative estimates have that over 8300 migrants have died crossing the US-Mexico border.

This event is also a fundraiser for a mural planned at Chicano Park that will honor the life of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, who was brutally killed by Customs and Border Protection and ICE agents in May 2010. To donate, visit this page: Fundraiser for Anastasio's Mural

Speakers will discuss the legacy of Operation Gatekeeper, how communities resist and demonstrate their resiliency to bad policies that endanger our border communities.

Speakers will include:
Judy de los Santos - Unión del Barrio
María Puga - Human Rights Advocate
Pedro Rios - American Friends Service Committee's US-Mexico Border Program
Mario Chacón and Gloria Favela Rocha, muralists working on Anastasio Hernández Rojas mural
Youth poet

Plus:
Come see a display of archived newspaper clippings and photographs on the topic of border militarization and Operation Gatekeeper

https://www.facebook.com/events/388195018542237/



Aquí el pueblo manda! Images of Resistance in Mexico: Oct 4, 2019





Aquí el pueblo manda!
Images of Resistance in Mexico
2017-2019

Rosa María Barajas

The photos-stories of this exhibition introduce us to peoples who refuse to be ignored or annihilated and instead keep resisting in one way or another. They are images of Indigenous communities building Zapatista autonomy; faces of Ayotzinapa parents and students protesting in Mexico City; or fists of women demanding no more femicides and claiming “respect our lives!"

October 4-25, 2019
Reception Oct 4 at 6 pm
Centro Cultural de la Raza
2004 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92101
Balboa Park




Photography can teach us histories. The exhibition Aquí el pueblo manda! (Here the people rules!) portrays faces and stories that the system denies, pretends to hide or disguise as "folklore."

The photos-stories of this exhibition introduce us to peoples who refuse to be ignored or annihilated and instead keep resisting in one way or another. They are images of Indigenous communities building Zapatista autonomy; faces of Ayotzinapa parents and students protesting in Mexico City; or fists of women demanding no more femicides and claiming “respect our lives!" They are also photos taken while she traveled together with the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) in their campaign “Struggle for Life”.

Through photography, the author make us to feel us the pain and rage, but also the strength and hope that moves peoples who only demand respect to their lives.

Originally from a Purépecha colonized town and raised in Mexico City, the life brought Rosa María Barajas to the Tijuana-San Diego border in the 1990s. Transborder activist, Rosa María studied communication at both UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) and San Diego City College where she obtained a degree while raising her little daughter. Free-lance photo-journalist for a while, her reality as a single mother forces her to abandon the photography for several years until 2017 when she has able to return and starts collaborating with independent media such as KPFK Informativo Pacifica in Los Angeles, and Ke Huelga Radio and Free Media Center in Mexico City.

By reporting on communities and social movements Rosa María realized the commercial media is nothing more than an instrument of domination and therefore we have to become our own media. She believes photography could portray people´s pain and resistance that mainstream media will hide, ignore or distort. Photography, radio and other independent electronic media have the power to change the narrative of our Story.

¡Aquí el pueblo manda! comes from a slogan used by Zapatista communities as well as the CNI:  "Here the people rule and the government obeys." That is how it should be and someday it will be ...

Festival del Maiz: Sep 29, 2019



4to Festival Del Maíz Tijuana 2019 

Just Like Us: Sep 27, 2019





Just Like Us chronicles the true coming-of-age story of four Colorado teenage girls. All four have grown up in the United States, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the pair who has legal status can see a clear path forward. Just Like Us explores the realities of immigration, one of our country’s most complicated social issues.

San Ysidro Health Recruitment Fair! Oct 2 2019


Transfer and Career Center is hosting an on-site recruitment fair with San Ysidro Health. Their organization is expanding in the San Diego region, and they are looking to hire Talented Knights!
Come and learn about an equity focused employer offering students a great opportunity to grow within healthcare.
SYHC is a non-profit, where the mission to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve with access for allThey offer a variety of employment opportunities that span across a multitude of industries that aid with advocacy, support, and access for patients.
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Time: 2pm-5pm
Location: Transfer and Career Center
                  San Diego City College -A301

Students are encouraged to
bring their resume and come prepared for their prescreening or interview.

RSVP is suggested but walk-ins are welcome.

Need a resume refresher
? Join a resume and cover letter workshop to learn how to market yourself to employers. You can also stop by the Transfer and Career Center for a resume review.

Cambrian Homecare On-Site Recruitment September 24th!


The Transfer and Career Center is hosting an on-site recruitment fair with Cambrian Homecare.

Their organization is expanding in the San Diego region, and they are looking to hire Talented Knights!

Come and learn about a dynamic employer offering flexible employment for students to begin their career in the healthcare industry.

Cambrian Homecare helps with the activities of daily living as well as in-home respite care and caregiving for all different stages of an individual’s life.  Their site promotes flexible employment opportunities that are both full-time and part-time positions.

Date: Tuesday, September 24
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Transfer and Career Center
San Diego City College -A301

Students are strongly encouraged to bring their resume and come prepared for their prescreening or on-site interview.

RSVP is suggested but walk-ins are welcome.

Need a resume refresher? Join a resume and cover letter workshop to learn how to market yourself to employers. You can also stop by the Transfer and Career Center for a resume review send an electronic copy or hard copy and received feedback within 48 hours.

RSVP to the event by emailing sknox@sdccd.edu or calling 619-388-3722.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Raza Visions Fundraiser and Cumbia Party: Sep 7, 2019


You are invited to Raza Visions Fundraiser and Cumbia Party at Centro Cultural de la Raza on September 7th 7pm-12am! The night will feature special guests El Santo Golpe (Los Angeles), a musical project merging cumbia, drums, dance and culture! Also performing is Bomba Liberté who honors the centuries-old dance and drum tradition of bomba, to educate about Afro-Puerto Rican history and culture. Supporting the night's lineup will be DJ Ana Brown and Viejo Lowbo, both known for bringing deep cumbia rhythms to the local San Diego stage. We will have food, drinks, and a screen printing workshop throughout the night. 


Centro Cultural de la Raza
2004 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92101
Balboa Park

Film The Cloud Forest @ Sep 6, 2019

Rebelflix Experiences of Resistances and Autonomies through the cinema presents:




Friday Sept 6, 6:30 pm
Centro Cultural de la Raza

2004 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92101
Balboa Park

Free entrance


A small community seeks for a sustainable way of life in one of the world´s most threatened ecosystems. When climate change, deforestation and their impact on the planet are issues of worldwide attention, this documentary shows us that by organizing, there is still hope.

Una comunidad busca una vida sustentable en uno de los ecosistemas más amenazados del mundo. Cuando el cambio climático, deforestación y su impacto en el planeta son temas de atención mundial, este documental nos muestra que organizándose, todavía hay esperanza.

Spanish with English Subtitles

Facebook event:  Cloud Forest

Facebook Trailer

To discuss the film, three special guest will participate:

Janice Luna Reynoso.  Mundo Gardens, a roots community garden program empowering youth and families throughout San Diego and across borders. They cultivate wellness and creativity by combining nature, music, and the arts. Mundo Gardens currently has a campaign to plant 1700 trees in National City. https://www.facebook.com/MundoGardens/

Cristina Juarez. Cooperativa Pixca, a small urban farm located in southern San Diego that uses conscious practices of social and environmental conditions that benefit crops, land, the environment and the people who consume what they grow. https://www.facebook.com/pixcafarm/

Paloma Diaz.  Mariposas Revolucionarias, a community organization focused in making the world a better place. They create community gardens , offer free or affordable workshops for the community, focused on herbalism and native  plants. Mariposas advocate to continue protecting our community and planet, opening a space and sanctuary for all minorities and people of color. They are starting  a community garden around  El Centro Cultural de la Raza https://www.facebook.com/events/470102150221837/

Know Your Rights Worshop- Aug 29, 2019

The Dreamer Resource Center has invited Attorney Dulce M. Garcia for a, “Know Your Rights Worshop.”  Please feel free to distribute to students, city staff, and surrounding community.



Thurs, Aug. 29, 2019 (1-3 PM) Room: AH-200A
Dulce M. Garcia, Attorney at Law

Rebelflix: June 7, 2019




 
June 7th.
HumanFlow (MareaHumana)


Director: Ai Weiwei. 2017                                                                                                                                                  Various languages with English subtitles
Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary shows the refugee crisis in the world.
 

Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey. Human Flow is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future.

More movies below.



Raza Visions May 24, 2019


Centro Cultural de la Raza
2004 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101

With the 50th anniversary of Centro Cultural de la Raza approaching in 2021 the Centro is envisioning new approaches to public engagement, historic preservation and new collaborations with artists. Come get involved in the future of the organization! The event will also kick off an online fundraiser of the same name to help the space bring new projects to fruition. One of the most exciting parts of this initiative is a collaboration with design students from San Diego State University who are proposing interior designs to begin imagining renovations to the space. These designs will be exhibited in the Centro’s gallery and will be open to community input.

Fall spaces available at the Child Development Center


Hello City College,

We have spaces available for fall enrollment at the Child Development Center for infants 6-17 months and children 3-4 years old.  The phone number for the office here is 619-388-3205 if they want some more information.

Thanks

Berta Harris
Professor, Child Development
Director, City College Child Development Center
619-388-3205

Immigrant Zion Marker Workers in Struggle: May 22, 2019

Immigrant Zion Marker Workers in Struggle



May 22, 2:30 pm
Room AH 200
City College Subir Dreamers Center

On Feb 13, 2019, ICE conducted a raid at the Zion Market in San Diego's Kearny Mesa community as a result of I-9 audits. ICE claimed it was targeting the employer, yet, detained 29 workers - 26 at the market and 3 at their homes.

The raid has caused fear of family separation, trauma, and economic and emotional hardship.

The workers denounce ICE's violence against them and attempts at criminalizing them for their honest work. They affirm their dignity by declaring their right to live without persecution and call for workers to organize to build solidarity with migrant workers.

Dispatches from the U.S.-Mexico Border with Azam Ahmed May 17, 2019



Join Azam Ahmed, The New York Times’s bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and National correspondent Jose A. Del Real for a conversation about the impact of Trump’s immigration policy on migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border.

Mr. Ahmed and photographers spent several weeks along the 1,900-mile border, reporting on  the everyday life of people living there and the desperation of those trying to cross. You can view a special exhibition of their photographs and ask questions.

Mr. Ahmed has covered subjects ranging from gang violence in El Salvador to hurricanes in the Caribbean, and has accompanied migrant caravans from Central America to the border. He previously served as The Times’s Afghanistan bureau chief.

When
Friday May 17, 2019
6 p.m.
Where
San Diego Central Library
Neil Morgan Auditorium
330 Park Boulevard
San Diego
Tickets
This is a free event

De Stress Zone


Community Forum on Health and Housing Instability: May 15, 2019



You are invited to a forum on youth housing instability and health in San Diego. The event will take place on May 15, 2019, from 5pm-7pm, at San Diego City College, Rm MS-140.

The event will be co-led by a group of young adult community activists and faculty and students. The forum will consist of a photo exhibition and a brief overview of our research project using “PhotoVoice” methodology to examine health, housing instability, and stigma in San Diego.

We are inviting a diverse group of community members and stakeholders, service providers, policymakers, and researchers to participate in this action-oriented event. The goal is to spark awareness and solution-focused discussions centered around key topics emerging from the data, including stigma, Hepatitis A, substance use, and youth resources.

The event is free. Refreshments and parking will be provided. Please RSVP at the following link: www.bit.ly/Action4HealthSD. Our flyer for this event is below.

Please share widely with your networks.

Thank you!

Action 4 Health Team, San Diego State University
Jerel Calzo, Jennifer Felner, Hunter Call, Daniel Kirkland, Talia Kieu, Amanda Farr, Andrew Stieber
action4healthsd@gmail.com

Madres y Familias Deportadas: May 4, 2019



May 4, 2014, a la 1:00 p.m.
 

Te invitamos a celebrar la apertura de nuestra nueva oficina!
 

Lugar: 

Vía de la Juventud Ote 8800, Defensores de Baja California, 22010 Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
 

Cruzando el puente fronterizo Ped West, dentro de la Plaza Viva Tijuana 


La Plaza Viva Tijuana es un centro comercial al aire libre en la Colonia Federal de Tijuana, directamente en frente a lo que anteriormente era la única salida a México para los peatones que venían de San Ysidro. La Plaza tiene varias farmacias, tiendas de artesanías y souvenirs, restaurantes y una de las discotecas gay más grandes de Tijuana que se llama "Club Fusion." Plaza Tijuana en Wikipedia.
Mapa Plaza Tijuana

En uno de los locales de la Plaza se encuentra la oficina de Madres y Familias Deportadas en Acción. 



May Day 2019



The march will begin at 5:00pm at the Sempra Energy Building on 488 8th Avenue, San Diego, CA (Downtown SD) and will be ending at Chicano Park, CA.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ulhdrB_rE