The documentary Legacy and Leadership: The Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program (LB-ESP) features how the LBUSD offers their students the opportunity to take tuition-free college credit Ethnic Studies courses while in High School.  The Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program is a collaboration between the LBUSD and CSU Long Beach, building ...

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to the recent delays of Advance Parole application approvals, the California-Mexico Studies Center has opted to cancel the Fall 2016 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program which was originally planned to take place from October 15 to November 6, 2016.  The CMSC has come to the conclusion to ...

By: Lidieth Arevalo, CMSC News ~ July 19, 2016 The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) is pleased to announce that all 35 DACA-mented students participating in our Summer 2016 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program have been approved forAdvance Parole, and will be participating in a unique 3-week language and cultural travel-study ...

The pioneering spirit of El Rancho Unified School District (ERUSD) reached another milestone on Friday July 1st, 2016, when the first college-credit summer Ethnic Studies class concluded, with a unique new model of instruction for 55 college-bound students at El Rancho High School (ERHS). The CSULB course Introduction to Chicano ...

By THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD ~ JULY 4, 2016 The United States often faces global crises that force it to balance incompatible interests. But there is one test, close to home, whose answers are straightforward. It involves people who have fled the threat of death in Central America and ...

Por Soudi Jiménez, HOY ~ Junio 24, 2016 http://www.hoylosangeles.com/noticias/local/hoyla-loc-dreamers-explotan-bondades-del-programa-daca-por-medio-del-intercambio-estudiantil-story.html Estudiantes 'dreamers' aprovechan oportunidad para visitar sus países de origen La expansión de la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (Daca) fue bloqueada por la Corte Suprema de Justicia; sin embargo, los ‘dreamers’ están explotando los beneficios del programa ...

“Service to others is the rent that the Mexican Relief Fund pays for its room in heaven”, Muhammad Ali - September 18, 1985. Muhammad Ali ‘s passing is cause for us to mourn the loss of our generation’s hero, but those of us in our 60’s from the 60’s celebrate ...

Los permisos especiales de salida a los estudiantes indocumentados establecen un precedente que ayudaría a regularizar su estatus migratorio POR: ISAIAS ALVARADO, La Opinion ~  MAYO 31, 2016 http://www.laopinion.com/2016/05/31/beneficiados-de-daca-que-viajan-con-permiso-pueden-limpiar-su-entrada-ilegal-a-eeuu/# Volver a su tierra natal después de varios años no es el único incentivo para algunos estudiantes indocumentados que reciben permisos especiales para viajar al ...

Report on study abroad scholarship program targeting low-income students finds that beneficiaries build on their experiences abroad in future academic choices... By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education ~ June 1, 2016 https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/01/report-examines-impact-national-study-abroad-scholarship-program-low-income-students?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=a0fafeb056-DNU20160601&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a0fafeb056-197631013 DENVER – An evaluation of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program, which funds study abroad and international ...

Por: Isaias Alvarado 18 Mayo 2016 http://www.laopinion.com/2016/05/18/estudiantes-indocumentados-demuestran-que-vale-la-pena-ayudarles/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1463585413 Las togas y los birretes que esta primavera portan los estudiantes indocumentados en universidades de California son una muestra de que acertaron las leyes y la orden ejecutiva que les tendieron la mano. “Es una responsabilidad para demostrar que estamos saliendo adelante”, dice ...