San Diego Chicanao Blog

Community College Scholarship Fall 2012

The California Community Colleges Student Financial Aid Administrators Association will again sponsor student scholarships; a total of twenty $500 student scholarships, two $500 scholarship for each of the ten CCCSFAAA regions across the State. Each California community college is asked to promote the scholarship competition on their campus and nominate up to two students for the scholarship.

The deadline for the student to submit his/her application materials to the City College Scholarship Office, Room D-106 is October 3, 2013 before noon.

Student winners will be notified by letter in November and checks will be mailed to the winners shortly thereafter.

More information: City College Scholarships, Room D-106

Attached you will find the CCCSFAAA student application.

Aug 24: Film Maquilapolis

Film and Panel Discussion: "MAQUILAPOLIS" and Fair Trade Initiatives

Friday, August 24, 2012

6:00pm to 9:00pm

Sponsored by:

Af3irm San Diego, Centro Cultural de la Raza

Location:

Centro Cultural de la Raza

Address:

2004 Park Blvd., San Diego, California 92101

As a continued effort against Free Trade Agreements, Af3irm San Diego in collaboration with The Centro Cultural de la Raza will be presenting the film MAQUILAPOLIS [city of factories] by Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre. Following the film is a panel discussion with local groups on how to continue the efforts against Free Trade Agreements (old and new) in our bordering communities.

About the film

"To create MAQUILAPOLIS, the filmmakers brought together factory workers in Tijuana and community organiza...tions in Mexico and the U.S. to collaborate on a film that depicts globalization through the eyes of the women who live on its leading edge. The factory workers who appear in the film have been involved in every stage of production, from planning to shooting, from scripting to outreach. This collaborative process breaks with the traditional documentary practice of dropping into a location, shooting and leaving with the "goods," which would only repeat the pattern of the maquiladora itself. The process embraces subjectivity as a value and a goal. It merges artmaking with community development to ensure that the film's voice will be truly that of its subjects."

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/406724496057599/

June 23: Segundo Festival de Arte y Cultura "Tejiendo Puentes y Esperanzas"

Foro de expresión y enlace comunitario con diferentes manifestaciones artísticas que la gente cotidianamente desarrolla

Sábado 23 de Junio, 2012

12 a 9 pm

Vista Town Community Center

642 Vista Village Dr, 92083

Saumación: Grupo de Danza Tezcatlipoca
Angel Lita (música)
Grupo de Danza Mexica Omeyocan
NegativeOne e Invitados (música)
Teatro Luna
MIssion Hills High School Club e Invitados (música)
Trío Veracruz (música)
Juan Lita (música)
Alejandro Pereda y Victor Hugo Moreno (música)
Son de San Diego (música)
Grupo Juvenil, Ballet Folklórico Tierra Caliente (música)
Micrófono abierto con Daysi Alonso
Bulmaro Mendoza (música)
Fuego Sureño (música)
Sonia Gutiérrez

Más información:

Angel Lita

litamusicangel@aol.com

June 9: ‘Occupy OUR Arts’: A Celebration of the 99% Culture and Creative Arts

Saturday June 9th

10:00AM to 6:00PM

Civic Center Plaza

(3rd and B St, San Diego)

A Celebration of the 99%

Culture and Creative Arts

Bringing people together to celebrate our gifts and diversity!

Performance Arts:

music

dance

acrobatics

street theater

comedy

Visual Arts:

sculpture

photography

painting

spray art

sidewalk chalk art

Workshops, ‘Teach Ins and Interactive Art:

Parents and their children can participate in crafts, music and dance, ecological projects, face painting, Children’s Parade; Children's Peace Garden.

Featuring:

WOSD Occupella Chorus, Art of Pride, Art Academy of San Diego, Ballet Folklorico, Sophia Isadora Academy of Circus Arts, Evoke Dance Theater, San Diego Women's Drum Circle, Page to Stage; more

For more info:

womenoccupysandiego.org

Tijuana Maquiladora Tour: Oct 20

Come to learn about Tijuana communities and workers' conditions and struggles!

Saturday, June 2, 2012
9 am to 3 pm
[Versión en español: ver abajo]

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Chicana/o Studies

Calendar of Action and Culture

Summer 2012

Spring 2012

Chicana/o Studies

Calendar of Action and Culture

Spring 2012

May 19 Tour: Chicano Park’s history and restoration

Meeting @ Chicano Park

May 19, 2012, 11 am

Muralist Salvador Torres and M.E.Ch.A invite you to join us for a unique tour of Chicano Park’s history and restoration. Afterwards, Salvador is going to do a Cesar Chavez Park tour and then we’re having a park cleanup! Bring a lunch for a little picnic and feel free to bring other people!!!

Sponsored by San Diego City College M.E.Ch.A.

The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of the Empire

On line exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum

Go to the exhibition:
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/aztec/

May 4-7 Earth Dance at Tecate

Summer 2012 SDSU Cross Enrollment

Good Afternoon;

We have finally received word from SDSU that Cross Enrollment will be available to our students for Summer 2012. With our Summer Session being cancelled, students are typically required to be in a min. 6 units to take advantage of Cross Enrolling. SDSU is willing to waive that 6 unit requirement to allow our students to Cross Enroll (1 class) for the summer as long as the other criteria is met.

Cross Enrollment Criteria:

Min 6 units on home campus (Waive only for Summer 2012)

Ca. Resident

2.0 GPA (Established at City unless ROTC)

No Holds on any accounts

Please visit the Transfer Center for any questions.

Thanks

Joseph D'Ambro

Senior Student Service Assistant

Transfer Career Center

(619)388-3133

jdambro@sdccd.edu

May 3: We are All Anastasio

Bring Justice Home!

Thursday, May 3rd, 6 pm

Balboa Park, 6th and Laurel

Vigil and March to the Hall of Justice

*Wear a baseball cap

May 3: Blowout!

Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for
Educational Justice

May 3, 2012

9:35-11 am

San Diego

Mesa College

Room H 117

Dr. Mario Garcia and Sal Castro will discuss their recently published book Blowout! Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice at Mesa College on Thursday, May 3, 2012 in room H-117/118 at 9:35AM-11AM. Based on oral history, this book is the life-story of a remarkable high school teacher, Sal Castro, who in 1968 inspired the Chicano students of the East Los Angeles public schools to stage a massive walkout to protest years of school discrimination and educational inequality that affected Mexican American students. These walkouts came to be known as the “blowouts” and represent a seminal event of the Chicano Movement of that era. A book signing will follow the presentation.

Mario T. García is professor of Chicana/o studies and adjunct professor in history and religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Sal Castro is an American educator and activist.

Blowout! Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice by Mario T. García and Sal Castro. For more information: http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/T-8981.html

Sponsored by the Chicano Studies Department, the Chicano Latino Heritage Celebration Committee and the Humanities Institute.

Exhibition of the Chicano Books Banned in Tucson, Arizona

First, the Tucson School District went after the
Mexican American studies program.

Now, it's going after its books.

On Display

Chicano Books Banned in Tucson, Arizona

San Diego City College Library

Next to the Circulation Desk

April 17- May 1st

Invite your friends and students!

May 1- International Workers Day

The City College BEAT Club, Occupy at City College, supported by AFT Local 1931, will be holdinga rally for education rights on May 1st at 11am at Park and A (in front of the B Building), Therally will be followed by a march to the Civic Center downtown.

This Tuesday is May 1st, or May Day, also known as International Worker's Day. This

day commemorates the history of the labor movement and all of its accomplishments

and to raise awareness of the pertinent labor issues of the day.

This year, there will be several events around San Diego, including one at City College, to

commemorate May Day and to raise awareness of the issues working families and students are facing in the present. This includes budget cuts, unemployment, and the need for workers rights.

The City College BEAT Club, Occupy at City College, supported by AFT Local 1931, will be holding a rally for education rights on May 1st at 11am at Park and A (in front of the B Building), The rally will be followed by a march to the Civic Center downtown.

Join with the campus community to stand up for education and workers rights!

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Other events (elsewhere) of the day include:

12pm: Rally at the San Diego Civic Center to support local area janitors

3:30pm: Rally and march from Roosevelt Middle to the San Diego School Board meeting with San Diego Education Association to support hundreds of San Diego Unified School District teachers facing layoffs

4-6pm: Occupy San Diego Labor Solidarity event calling for support for local labor rights campaigns

5:30pm Chicano Park celebration of May Day

April 28: Tu'un davi / Español / English : Language Exchange at Cognate Space

Mujeres Mixtecas, CAFE and Cog*nate collective invite you to share in a night of exchange! Mujeres Mixtecas, a female Mixtec sewing co-op will share their language and culture as they will unveil a sewn mural created in collaboration with cog*nate collective, and give a short talk on their history and culture. The event is a way of inciting dialogue between the various ethnic and economic groups at the border.

Saturday April 28
11am - 4pm

Tijuana

There will be music and the co-op will prepare a Mixtec meal for everyone. $7 donation suggested for lunch. Our hope is that each of us will teach a bit of our own language(s) as we learn a bit more Mixtec, Spanish, or English through conversation and social exchange.

Located between the northbound lanes of traffic at the Mercado de Artesanias, Linea in the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Cog*nate Space/Espacio Cognado has hosted various arts and cultural events since its inception last year.

Directions to Cog*nate Space:

The space is located at the foot of the pedestrian bridge on the Mexican side of the border on the median between border car lanes.

From the US:

Crossing the border on foot, continue straight through the turnstiles. There will be a set of turnstiles to your right, DO NOT GO RIGHT. Instead, continue straight ahead until you cross a set of turnstiles that will lead you to "La Concha," a silvery shell-like building that will be on your left. Walk past the building toward the taxis, which should be in front of you. Before reaching the taxis make a left onto a footbridge that will take you to the port of entry. Cross the bridge and walk down at the first exit point as you walk east on the bridge. The market is the set of red stalls on your right.

From Mexico:

Go to the San Ysidro port of Entry and take the pedestrian bridge that goes over the cars west. Exit the bridge before you get to "La Concha". The market is the set of red stalls on your left.

For more information about cog*nate collective's collaboration with Mujeres Mixtecas visit:http://cognatecollective.tumblr.com/

April 21: Free Naturalization Workshop

April 21: Free Naturalization Workshop

Southwestern College

900 Otay Lakes Rd.,Chula Vista, CA 91910. Free Parking.

Please register in advance. Walk-ins welcomed.

Bring all of the items listed below to the workshop:

Money Order for N-400 Application Fee: $680 (made out to U.S. Department of Homeland Security) OR fee waiver documents (see below).
Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) card / also known as “green card”.
Identification Documents: (1) Social Security # and (2) California Driver’s License or ID (if you have one).
Spouse’s Info: (1) birthdate, (2) Social Security #, and (3) citizenship certificate or LPR card (if immigrant).
Children’s Info: (1) birthdates, (2) current addresses, and (3) LPR cards or A numbers (if immigrants).
Marriage Certificates: for ALL of your marriages and ALL of your current spouse’s marriages.
Divorce Decrees (with date marriage ended): for ALL your divorces AND your current spouse’s divorces.
Employment History: employer name, address, and start and end dates for ALL jobs in the last 5 years.
Home Addresses: for last 5 years with the year and month of EACH move.
Travel Dates: dates and destinations of ALL trips outside of the US (only trips of more than 24 hours).
Court Papers (charging documents, judgements and orders) for ALL criminal arrests and convictions.
Men Only: Selective Service # and date registered (if known).

You might qualify for waiver of the application fee:

If you or your spouse receive means-tested public assistance, you might qualify for a waiver of the $680 application fee. Bring evidence of Medicaid, Medi-Cal, Food Stamps, Cash Assistance (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or CalWORKs benefits that you currently receive.

You might qualify for an English waiver:

If you are over 50 years old and have been a permanent resident for at least 20 years OR are over 55 years old and have been a permanent resident for 15 years, you may take the civics test in your native language. Bring addresses where you have lived in the US since becoming a resident.

Chicano Park Day

Organized by the Chicano Park Steering Committee

42nd Annual Chicano Park Day Celebration

April 21, 2012

The 42nd annual Chicano Park Day celebration will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2012, 10 am to 5 pm, in historic Chicano Park, located in the Barrio Logan community, south of downtown San Diego, under the San Diego-Coronado bridge. This family event is always free and open to the public. The theme for the 42nd Chicano Park Day, represented in the poster designed by Victor Cordero, is "Lowriders: Part of Chicano Park's History, Culture, Pride & Future!'

Established by Chicano activists on April 22, 1970, Chicano Park has received international recognition as a major public art site for its commanding mural paintings of the past and present struggle of Mexican and Chicano history. Visitors to Chicano Park Day will experience traditional music and dance, including one of the most beautiful performances of Aztec Indigenous dance, coordinated by Toltecas en Aztlán.

More information

ChicanoPark.Org

April 20: Bring Justice Home

New Eye Witness Video of Beating and Tasing of Anastasio Rojas Emerges

April 20

8:30 pm
Program "Need to Know"

KPBS TV San Diego

Channel 15 or 11

More than six million people living on the U.S. side of the southern border call this region home. Millions more cross back and forth every day to shop, visit family and do business that fuels our economy. The U.S.-Mexico Border is a vibrant, diverse and unique region.

In the midst of our border communities, the largest law-enforcement agency in the country, the U.S. Border Patrol, operates with virtual impunity. Southern border communities have insisted that the U.S. Border Patrol cannot act above the law.

Since 2010 Border Patrol agents have killed at least seven members of border communities and several others have been seriously injured. The Border Patrol has taken no known action against any of the agents involved. There also has been no investigation made public that will help families understand why their loved ones were killed or injured.

On Friday, April 20th PBS’s Need to Know Program will air a half hour segment that will expose the excessive use of deadly force that has become routine for the Border Patrol.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8MJ5W9Yto5Q

April 17: Chile’s Student Protest Movement

AL-JAZEERA FAULT LINES FILM SHOWING:

CHILE RISING

Fault Lines follows Chile’s student protest movement and examines the underlying issues driving the anger—from austerity budget cut measures to privatization.

Is the situation in Chile telling of our future as students here in the US? What lessons can we learn?

When: Tuesday, April 17th at 12:35pm

Where: D-121

What: Film showing and discussion

Brought to you by BEAT and Visionary Feminists

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