By Teresa Wantanabe ~ LA Times ~ March 8, 2018 California’s public colleges and universities face a “drastic disparity” in diversity between their undergraduates, who are overwhelmingly students of color, and their predominantly white faculty and campus leaders, a new study has found. That mismatch can negatively affect student academic success and ...

By Joel Beers ~ OC Weekly ~ February 22, 2018 The most important play you will ever see is currently in production at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB). Okay, that’s a bit hyperbolic, but after experiencing Dreamers: Aquí y Allá, a living piece of theater ripped from the proverbial headlines that ...

It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of CMSC board member and Cetlalic Institute Director, Jorge Torres Viveros. Jorge and the Cetlalic family collaborated with us for the last 20 years in heritage seeking, study abroad programs to Cuernavaca, Mexico. Jorge, an anthropologist by trait, was an amazing teacher, student, fighter, comedian, husband, ...

By Alicia Parlapiano ~ NY Times ~ February 15, 2018 Lawmakers have until March 5 to extend legal protections for Dreamers, the undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. But the battle over their fate has expanded to include other potential changes to the nation’s immigration system, ...

By Alan Feuer ~ February 13, 2018 ~ NY Times A federal judge in Brooklyn has issued an injunction requiring the Trump administration to keep DACA in place. The program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, has become a flash point in the immigration debate, triggering protests like the one pictured ...

By Emily Thronton ~ February 15, 2018 ~ The Grunion "This is the play of the moment," "Dreamers: Aquí y Allá" ("Here and There") co-director Andrea Caban said. "We as human beings learn from story. We connect to each other with story." The play — running Feb. 16 to 25 ...

By Erick Galindo ~ February 15, 2018 ~ LA Taco There is a false narrative gaining unchecked momentum about DACA recipients that paints them as criminals and gang members. A new play produced by an old Chicano activist about a select group of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals participants aims to ...

By CMSC ~ February 16, 2018 On February 13th, just one month after DACA recipient Mayra Garibo's father passed away in Mexico, and one week after her second attempt to request Advance Parole was denied; a federal judge blocked Trump's termination of DACA. Although the new court order does not mention the reactivation of Advance Parole, which was arbitrarily suspended by USCIS, Mayra Garibo and the CMSC continues ...

By Washington Post ~ February 14, 2018 WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on immigration Wednesday as President Donald Trump attempted to preemptively undercut the proposal by delivering an ultimatum: Pass my plan or risk a veto. The self-dubbed "Common Sense Caucus" of bipartisan senators late Wednesday ...

By Samantha Diaz ~ February 11, 2018 ~ 49er A family separated, the fear of being deported, a constantly changing political landscape. California Repertory Company will touch on these issues in its upcoming play, “Dreamers: Aqui y Alla” directed by Andrea Caban and Julie Granata-Hunicutt. The story begins in 2012 and ...