Maceo Montoya, Chicano Movement for Beginners: March 16, 2017

Maceo Montoya

Chicano Movement for Beginners

March 16, Thursday, 9:35 am 

Room BT 306

http://www.maceomontoya.com/index.html

As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of its important figures pass on, so too does knowledge of its significance. Thus, Chicano Movement For Beginners is an important attempt to stave off historical amnesia. It seeks to shed light on the multifaceted civil rights struggle known as "El Movimiento" that galvanized the Mexican American community, from laborers to student activists, giving them not only a political voice to combat prejudice and inequality, but also a new sense of cultural awareness and ethnic pride.

Beyond commemorating the past, Chicano Movement For Beginners seeks to reaffirm the goals and spirit of the Chicano Movement for the simple reason that many of the critical issues Mexican American activists first brought to the nation's attention then--educational disadvantage, endemic poverty, political exclusion, and social bias--remain as pervasive as ever almost half a century later.

24th Latino Film Festival Promo: Mar 14, 2017

24th Latino Film Festival Promo

Ethan Van Thillo, Festival director

March 14, Tuesday, 11:10 am 

MS 162

World Cultures Program

Tijuana Maquiladora Tour: Apr 22, 2017

Tijuana Maquiladora Tour

Come to learn about Tijuana workers'

conditions and struggles!

Saturday, Apr 22, 2017

8:30 am to 3:00 pm

Important Notice:

• U.S. citizens entering Mexico via Tijuana and returning from Mexico to San Diego should carry a U.S. passport.
• All tour participants must read the US travel alert to Mexico and sign the tour waiver. Please click here to see the Tour travel alert and waiver.

Schedule (There may be slight variations from tour to tour.)

• 8:30 am sharp- San Ysidro. Additional information about the meeting place will be provided.
• 9:00 am Group arrives to Tijuana. Border line to enter Tijuana last about 30 mins.
• 9:15 am- The crosses at the border: More than 7,000 immigrants have died trying to cross the border since 1994, when NAFTA was imposed.
• 9:30 am- Otay Industrial Park, Sanyo and other maquiladoras: workers’ labor conditions, labor rights and struggles
• NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any factory.
• 11:15 am- Rio Alamar, or how maquiladoras, distorted urban development and wild industrialization define Tijuana
• 12:00 pm- Foxconn: the largest maquiladora in both Tijuana and the world
• 12:45 pm- Lunch
• 1:15 pm:- Group dialogue about the experience; time for questions and comments
• 2:00 pm- Working women in Tijuana are organizing artisan cooperatives and promoting an alternative economy. They will bring their handcrafts to the tour. To learn in advance about these cooperatives, please go to: Cooperativa Ollin Calli
• 3:00 pm- Return to the bus station

Registration

• $30 regular, $20 students, $ 50 solidarity
• Your registration covers the bus, lunch, and a donation to the
• workers’ organizations.

• For tour registration go to: sdmaquila.org

More information on the tour and maquiladoras

Sponsored by:

• Colectivo Ollin Calli Tijuana
• San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network

Ana Castillo- March 9. 2017

Mexican teachers in San Diego: Mar 4, 2017

CNTE

Since February 2013, the national coordinator of education workers (CNTE) has maintained an intense struggle in Mexico against what the government has called "Education reform." The central objectives of these “reforms” are the privatization of public education and the dismantling of the national education system. In addition, the “reforms” are designed to weaken the union.

The resistance led by the CNTE and supported by much of the population has resulted in the delegitimization and in cancellation of some of these attacks.

However, repression by the government of Enrique Peña Nieto has also resulted in several deaths, dozens imprisoned, and untold numbers of teachers and their supporters beaten by pólice as part of a widespread campaign of repression.

This government is determined to carry out its campaign of privatization at all costs to comply with the free-market capitalist dictates of the OECD, IMF, and World Bank – and against the will of its own people.

Since the repression has begun, over 3360 teachers have been fired by the government, targeted for their participation in the mass protests and and other forms of opposition to the campaign of privatization.

Join us to hear from the teachers and leaders of the CNTE, who are coming to San Diego to share their story and build solidarity against the cross-border assault on public education and teachers’ unions.

https://www.facebook.com/events/284093238674148/

Red Earth Rising at Centro Cultural de la Raza: Mar 4, 2017

CENTRO CULTURAL DE LA RAZA

CCLaRaza.Com

2004 PARK BLVD

SAN DIEGO, CA, 92101

Know your Rights with or without papers: Mar 2, 2017

Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of California´s Indians: Feb 27, 2017

Elias Castillo. A Cross of Thorns:
The Enslavement of California´s Indians
by the Spanish Missions 

Monday February 27, 2017 

11 am and 12: 45 pm 

Room MS 462

San Diego City College 

Elias Castillo. A Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of California´s Indians by the Spanish Missions

About the Author: Elias Castillo is a three time Pulitzer Prize nominee and winner of 13 journalism awards, working for the San Jose Mercury News and Associated Press. Under a grant from National Geographic, he led the first scientific exploration of Mexico's vast Copper Canyon. The expedition gathered the first geological survey and environmental data of an area that rivals the dimensions of the Grand Canyon. Castillo, who holds two degrees from San Jose State University, was born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, where his step grandfather, Jose Severo Castillo, was publisher of an influential reformist newspaper. 

Excerpt from A Cross of Thorns: "In a native society controlled by men, it was an Indian medicine woman of the Gabrieleño tribe named Toypurina who, in 1785, organized warriors to attack the missions and kill those who had invaded and now controlled her people's land. Hers would be the only known Indian rebellion in North America to have a woman at its helm. Toypurina was a Tongva Indian living in a village called Japchivit and was probably 9 or 10 years old when the Spanish expeditions arrived in the spring and summer of 1769 to found the first mission in San Diego. As a girl, she lived virtually free of worry. Food was bountiful along the coast and whether it was winter or summer, the coastal weather was always mild." 

For more information: Profe Eduardo Aguilar- eaguilar@sdccd.du

Free Citizenship Fair: Feb 20, 2017

Free Citizenship Fair

Apply to become a Naturalized Citizen 

Aplique para ser un Ciudadano Naturalizado

February 20

Any time between 10 am and 7 pm

Hermandad Mexicana

2440 Highland Ave. 

National City, CA 91950

(619) 434-9458

Must be a Legal Permanent Resident without a criminal record for at least 5 years, and 18 y.o.+ Must bring LPR Card, ID/License, Social Security card, and 2 photos passport size. 

Debe ser Residente Permanente Legal sin antecedentes penales por mínimo 5 años, con 18 años de edad+. Deben traer Mica, ID/Licencia, tarjeta de Seguro Social, y 2 fotos tipo pasaporte.

Facebook Event

Transnational Art and Struggle: Jan 30 to Feb 16, 2017

Facebook event

Reception: Feb 10, Friday, 5-8 pm
City College Gallery
V-CTC Building
B St. and 16th St.

Presentation: Know and Defend your Rights- Feb 15, 2017

Jane Terrazas: Feb 10, 2017

Cuidad Juarez artist, Jane Terrazas will be discussing human rights issues experienced by residents in her hometown and in the state of Chihuahua in the context of artistic activsim on Friday February 10th at 3:30pm at the Centro Cultural de la Raza.

Terrazas is a textile artists who uses raw material such as re-used fabric, women's stockings, plastic, electro sensitive material, yarn and threads to make reflection of the systematic gender violence. Taking as an object of study the atrocities that occur in her hometown of Cuidad Juarez, she invites us to reflect on textile sculpture, weaving, loom and contemporary embroidery as urban interventions to create a dialogue with the community about new forms of economic conscience to break with the frustration, speculation, exploitation and bloodshed of our current oppressive system.

Terrazas studied design at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara and did an artist residency at the IFCA in Yokohama Japan. Her work has been published in magazines and newspapers such as: Ka Volta, Fusion Mag, Amapola Cultura, El informador, Picnic, La tempestad y Art agenda (Nota sobre Yonke), Faboulosly Feminist, Remezcla, Quilombismo, TV UNAM, Nueva Mujer, Borderland TV, Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Crónica Jalisco.

Jane Terrazas' work is currently on display at the Transnational Struggles: Intersectionalites Across Borders group art exhibit at SD City College Luxe Gallery. The exhibit is part of the biannual Bi-National Border Conference hosted by the Chicana/o Studies department at SD City College.
The presentation will be followed by an artist reception at Luxe Gallery located on the 5th Floor of V Bldg. (1080 16th st. SD CA 92101). Artist reception is from 5-8pm.

A very special thanks to our host, the Centro Cultural de la Raza, for the community space!

San Diego City College: CHIC 201 Spring 2017

Check out this interesting course

San Diego Stands with Standing Rock: Dec 17, 2016

Posada por los Kumiai: Dec 18, 2016

Posada: Dec 16, 2016

UndocuYouth Conference- Dec 10, 2016

1st Annual
UndocuYouth Conference

Saturday Dec. 10th, from 9-2:30pm

SDSU Arts & Letters 201

These are post-election times and many of us are uncertain of what to expect for our immigrant communities under President-elect Trump. In response to this, San Diego Dream Team, along with Education without Borders at SDSU have partnered up and will be the proud hosts of the 1st Annual UndocuYouth Conference for immigrant youth and families who are uncertain. There will be numerous workshops on resources and several other topics. 

Check-in: 8:30am
Workshops: 9:00am

Workshops will include:

- Know Your Rights 
- Health Care
- Deportation Defense
- Self-care
- and more!

Stay tuned for workshop updates!
RSVP at: Tinyurl.com/MovingForwardSD

Space is limited, please RSVP to reserve spot and lunch.
Childcare will be provided

For questions, contact: dreamteamsd@gmail.com

Facebook event:
1st Annual UndocuYouth Conference

Summer Academy at UCSD

Summer Academy at UCSD 

For students in Humanities majors 

(Preferably Honors students, but anyone interested should check it out). 

July 3 - August 4, 2017 

Apply to participate in an academic transition program designed especially for SDCCD transfer students majoring in History, Literature, Philosophy and academic programs in the Humanities at UC San Diego. 

This academy for our district’s students is made available through the Mellon Foundation Grant that were awarded this fall. There will be 30-35 spots available from three campuses: City, Mesa and Miramar Colleges. 

More info: 

Prof. Kelly Mayhew, Ph.D. 

Honors Program Co-Coordinator 

kmayhew@sdccd.edu

Binational Conference on Border Issues: Nov 17, 2016

 [Versión en español: ver abajo]

Binational Conference on Border Issues

Activism and Academia

Transnational Struggles:

Intersectionalities Across the Border

Binationalconferencia.org

Thursday Nov 17

San Diego City College

1046 16th Street

San Diego, CA, 92101

Building MS

Room MS 162

8 am -- 4:30 pm

Friday Nov 18

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Km 18.5 carretera escénica Tijuana – Ensenada

San Antonio del Mar Tijuana, Baja California

México, C.P. 22560

9 am – 1 pm

Autonomous University of Baja California

School of Humanities
 Calzada Tecnológico s/n

Tijuana, Mexico

4 – 8 pm

Keynote Speakers in San Diego:

Caravana against the Repression in Mexico

Thursday Nov 17, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

San Diego City College

Room MS 162

Eight activist women from Mexico travel throughout the U.S. to expose violence in Mexico and the social efforts to recover a country whose mafia-like government is strongly supported by U.S. politicians.

Contrarepresionmex.org

Cristina Bautista Salvador- Assembly of mothers and fathers of the 43 students disappeared from Ayotzinapa. Mother of Benjamin Ausencio Bautista, one of the 43 missing students.

Joaquina García Velázquez- Assembly of mothers and fathers of the 43 students disappeared from Ayotzinapa. Mother of Martin Getsemaní Sánchez, one of the 43 missing students.

Lucía Gutiérrez Nicolás- Committee of Victims of the Repression in Nochixtlán, Oaxaca on June 19th 2016; a community savagely attacked by federal forces on June 19th, 2016.

Bertha Alicia Garcia Ruiz- Committee of Return Our Daughters Home of Ciudad Juarez. Mother of Brenda Berenice Castillo Garcia who was kidnapped and murdered when she was only 17 years old.

Alicia Bustamante Perez- Ñatho-Otomi Nation from Xochicuautla from the State of Mexico. She has dedicated the past two years fighting vigorously in defense of her ancestral land against the so called “mega-projects.”

Odadelmis Hermelinda Leyva Villafane- National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE). Representative of CNTE and of the Teachers´ union local 9 in Mexico City fighting for the public education in Mexico. 

Maria del Carmen Mata Lopez- Alliance of National, State, and Municipal Organizations for Social Justice; San Quintín, Baja California Maria comes from a family of agricultural workers. She started working in the fields in the northern state of Sinaloa at the age of 9. 

Miriam Hernandez Neri- Family member of a political prisoner from the State Estado de Mexico Teachers Collective Against the Education Reform (MMCRE-CNTE in Spanish). Miriam is a teacher and sister to Oscar Hernandez Neri, also a teacher who was imprisoned for defending public education and human rights in the state of Estado de Mexico.

More information about these speakers:

Contrarepresionmex.org/participants

   

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Conferencia Binacional en Temas Fronterizos 
Activismo y academia 

Luchas transnacionales: 
Interseccionalidades a través de la frontera 

Binationalconferencia.org 

Jueves 17 de noviembre 

San Diego City College 
1046 16th Street San Diego, CA, 92101 
Edificio MS 
Salón MS 162 
8 am -- 4:30 pm 

Viernes 18 de noviembre 

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte 
Km 18.5 carretera escénica Tijuana – Ensenada 
San Antonio del Mar Tijuana, 
Baja California México, C.P. 22560 
9 am – 1 pm 

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 
Facultad de Humanidades 
Calzada Tecnológico s/n Tijuana, 
Mexico 4 – 8 pm 

Presentaciones magistrales en San Diego: 
Caravana contra la Represión en México 

Jueves 17 de noviembre
9:30 am – 12:30 pm 
San Diego City College 
Salon MS 162 

Ocho mujeres activistas de México viajan a Estados Unidos para exponer la violencia en México y los esfuerzos comunitarios de recuperar a un país gobernado por una mafia que es defendida por políticos en Estados Unidos. 

Contrarepresionmex.org 

Cristina Bautista Salvador- Asamblea de padres y madres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa. Madre de Benjamín Ausencio Bautista, uno de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos.

Joaquina García Velázquez- Asamblea de padres y madres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa. Madre de Martín Getsemaní Sánchez, uno de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos.

Lucía Gutiérrez Nicolás- Comité de víctimas del 19 de junio de Nochixtlán, Oaxaca. Esta comunidad que fue salvajemente atacada por fuerzas federales el 19 de junio de 2016. Ella misma es una víctima de ese ataque. Profesora de profesión, trabaja en una comunidad alejada de la ciudad.

Bertha Alicia García Ruiz- Comité Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa de Ciudad Juárez. Madre de Brenda Berenice Castillo García que a la edad de 17 años fue desaparecida y asesinada.

Alicia Bustamante Pérez - Comunidad Ñatho-Otomí de Xochicuautla, Estado de México. Desde hace dos años, Alicia se ha enfocado vigorosamente en la lucha por la defensa del territorio de su comunidad contra los mega proyectos de construcción y destrucción.

Odadelmis Hermelinda Leyva Villafañe- Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE). Representa a la CNTE e integrante de la Sección IX de la Ciudad de México.

María del Carmen Mata López- Alianza de Organizaciones Nacional, Estatal y Municipal por la Justicia Social; San Quintín, Baja California. Activista proveniente de familia de jornaleros y jornaleras agrícolas.

Miriam Hernández Neri- maestra y hermana de preso politico del colectivo Magisterio Mexiquense Contra la Reforma Educativa (MMCRE-CNTE), el cual también es maestro y fue encarcelado por defender la educación pública y los derechos humanos en México.

More information about these speakers:
Contrarepresionmex.org/participantes

Reina Grande: Nov 15, 2016