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No paperwork, no pay: Student president goes unpaid without documentation
The first undocumented ASI President cannot get paid due to legal status and a pending DACA. Valerie Osier, Staff Writer | September 23, 2015 http://www.daily49er.com/news/2015/09/23/no-paperwork-no-pay-student-president-goes-unpaid-without-documentation/ A new proposal by Associated Students, Inc. President Jose Salazar is causing controversy among the ASI executives. The ASI Board of Control will hear the ... -
Ethnic Studies Bill Heads To California Governor
Gov. Brown has yet to say whether he'll sign the bill creating a model ethnic studies curriculum that districts could use... By Roque Planas, The Huffington Post ~ September 10, 2015 The California state assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would create a model ethnic studies curriculum for optional use ... -
Dear College Student, Please Diversify Your Courses
By Marisel Moreno, The Huffington Post ~ August 24, 2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marisel-moreno/dear-college-student-please-diversify-your-courses_b_8022442.html I don't know if it's because I'm on research leave this semester and I miss getting ready to go into the classroom, or because of the latest wave of an anti-Latino sentiment partly fueled by a certain presidential contender ... -
Immigrants become activists during Dream Summer
By KATE LINTHICUM, l.a. times ~ august 22, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-dream-summer-20150823-story.html Growing up in wealthy Marin County, Yaqueline Rodas didn't know many people like herself: a young immigrant from Guatemala in the country without legal status. She knew even fewer political activists. So it was with amazement and a little anxiety that ... -
Jose Salazar Presidential speech at the 2015 Annual CSULB Convocation Ceremony
Jose Salazar is the first undocumented student to be elected president of the Associated Student Inc government at the California State University Long Beach. Related Article: Finding A Seat at the Table http://california-mexicocenter.org/finding-a-seat-at-the-table/ -
Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program launching
Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program launching meeting of CSULB faculty and department chairs with Long Beach Unified School District Superintendent Chris Steinhauser on Friday August 14th, 2015. For more information about the Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program, visit the Long Beach Schools website. -
Finding a seat at the table
Paige Pelonis, Editor in Chief, CSULB Daily 49er ~ April 9, 2015 http://www.daily49er.com/blog/2015/04/09/finding-a-seat-at-the-table/#sthash.H46pdUq0.dpuf Eight — nights in jail, one for every time they caught him at the border. Six — students sitting at “the table for outcasts” back when he couldn’t speak much English. Three — younger siblings watching him become ... -
Grand Marshal Speech by Armando Vazquez-Ramos at 26th Annual Chicano Latino Graduation CSULB
The 26th Annual Chicano/Latino Graduation Celebration (CLGC) took place on Sunday, May 17, 2015 in the Walter Pyramid at 2:00pm. Over the past 25 years, the Chicano/Latino students at Long Beach State have come together to celebrate and highlight the educational accomplishments, cultura, comunidad, and familia. -
DACA Recipients Traveling Abroad With Advance Parole May Make Them Eligible to Get Their Green ...
By Mark Silverman, and Alison Kamhi Immigrant Legal Resource Center, August 1, 2015 Introduction: A person with DACA may apply for and be granted permission to travel outside the U.S. temporarily from DHS (the Department of Homeland Security) for humanitarian, educational, or employment purposes. This is called advance parole.[1] One ... -
Goodbye to Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Long Beach, Calif on July 4. (Los Angeles Times) By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD, July 7, 2015 To some people, even 150 years after the end of the Civil War, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee remains a symbol of honor, chivalry and courage; his memory conjures ...