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Court Rules Arizona Law That Banned Mexican-American Studies May Be Discriminatory
By Roque Planas roque.planas@huffingtonpost.com, Huffington Post July 7, 2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/07/arizona-mexican-american-studies_n_7748102.html A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a trial to assess whether an Arizona law that was passed to ban a Mexican-American studies curriculum in Tucson's public schools intentionally discriminates against Hispanics. The 2-1 ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th ... -
Long Beach dedicates park to Jenni Rivera, a singer and an inspiration
Long Beach dedicated Jenni Rivera Memorial Park on Thursday to honor the Mexican American singer who died in a plane crash in 2012. Rivera's granddaughter Jaylah Hope Yanez plays with a butterfly near the park's mural, dubbed the “Mariposa de barrio,” the neighborhood butterfly. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) ... -
Hundreds Gather for Opening of Jenni Rivera Memorial Park
BY STEPHANIE RIVERA, L.B. POST - JULY 2, 2015 http://lbpost.com/news/2000006496-in-pictures-hundreds-gather-for-opening-of-jenni-rivera-memorial-park Hundreds of fans of the late Banda singer Jenni Rivera gathered in Long Beach Thursday morning to dedicate a park in her honor on what would have been the Long Beach native’s 46th birthday. The memorial ceremony included a prayer ... -
Políticos capitalinos lucran y sacan ventaja de los 'dreamers' en México
Los ‘dreamers’ comparten la foto con la comitiva de Ciudad de México que visitó Los Ángeles la semana pasada. Los jóvenes conversaron en la Plaza de la Cultura con los funcionarios, quienes dijeron estar conmovidos por sus historias. By Selene Riveracontact the reporter Funcionarios capitalinos se paran el cuello en L.A. ... -
Orphaned in Mexico, siblings triumph in graduating from SoCal universities
Sophy Amel Peralta and her brother Allen Amel Peralta, left, graduated Saturday from Cal State L.A. and UC Irvine because of help the received from Brian Fonteyn. The siblings plan to work for a year before pursuing master's degrees in social work and medicine. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) ... -
Against the odds, chemistry grad finds a path out of poverty
By Nicole Freeling, UC Newsroom ~ Thursday, June 11, 2015 http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/against-odds-chemistry-grad-finds-path-out-poverty By the time he was 6, Rene Amel Peralta was already working full time in construction and odds jobs in Mexico, just trying to survive. By 13, he and his sister had been abandoned by their only parent and ... -
CSU TASK FORCE ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF ETHNIC STUDIES REPORT 2015
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Northern Colorado Resumes Mexican-American Studies
Inside Higher Education ~ May 11, 2015 The University of Northern Colorado announced Friday that it is resuming admissions into its Mexican-American studies program and a related program to train high school teachers to provide instruction in the field. The university suspended admissions to the programs in March, prompting numerous protests from ... -
Long Beach professor wants ethnic studies curriculum implemented in local schools
By Nadra Nittle, Long Beach Press Telegram ~ March 29, 2015 http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20150329/long-beach-professor-wants-ethnic-studies-curriculum-implemented-in-local-schools?source=most_viewed LONG BEACH >> A Chicano studies professor wants local youth to have the same exposure to ethnic studies courses that their college counterparts do. Armando Vazquez-Ramos of Cal State Long Beach is campaigning for the Long Beach Unified School District to make ... -
Dream Success Center Opens For AB540, Undocumented Students
By Shayne Schroeder, Inside CSULB ~ March 16, 2015 http://web.csulb.edu/misc/inside/?p=50497 With the opening of the Dream Success Center at CSULB on March 9, undocumented and AB540 students now have a place to call their own. The center, located in newly dedicated Room 309 of the University Student Union (USU), will ...