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Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving
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The CMSC Team and the 83 Dreamers participating in our Winter 2020 Study Abroad Program want to wish everyone a safe and healthy Thanksgiving Holiday week.
Despite the challenging times of a year-long pandemic and the 4-year Trump nightmare:
- We are thankful for being alive and for the creator’s blessings
- We celebrate the election of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
- We are grateful for them bringing an end to Trump’s era of hate and racism in the United States
- We cherish the lives of more than 250,000 casualties and 12.5 million infected by COVID-19 in the U.S.
- We are optimistic and rejoice with a bright future for the U.S. and the world despite the millions infected and killed by the pandemic
- We are hopeful for the dawn of a new civil rights movement to end all forms of discrimination in the U.S. and the world
- We look forward to the release of all caged immigrant children and reunifying them with their parents and families in the U.S.
- We plea for an inclusive immigration reform with a path to citizenship for all undocumented workers and families in the U.S.
- We celebrate the restoration of DACA as originally established in 2012 and our success restoring DACA’s Advance Parole
Most important, we celebrate and appreciate the support that we have received from our sponsors and donors for our past and future Dreamers’ Study Abroad programs !!!
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The global impact of the U.S. 2020 elections, from a world-systems perspective
By Professor Gonzalo Santos, Op-Ed for El Magonista ~ Nov. 22, 2020
In this second commentary on the 2020 U.S. elections, I will assess the world impact it will have in the immediate, median, and long terms, with some remarks on the future of U.S.-Mexico relations. For my first commentary, where I focus on the election's domestic aspects, go here.
We must always analyze world-historic events - which Fernand Braudel dismissed, important as they may be, as "dust" in comparison with the structural evolution of the system of historical capitalism in the longue durée - in three time frames to better understand their meaning: their relationship to and impact on the moment they happen in the long life of the world-system; their relationship to and impact on the shorter cyclical patterns of the system, such as the A/B Kondratieff economic cycles of global prosperity and contraction, or the three cycles of global hegemony thus far (Dutch, British, and American) in the interstate system; and finally, the analysis of the proximate causes which gave rise to them in the conjuncture, as well as the immediate effects these events may have... Read Full Article
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to advocate for the California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program
The office of Senator and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has agreed to advocate for the expedited approval of all I-131 Advance Parole applications from Winter 2020 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program participants.
The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) has launched a new fund drive initiative from November 1 to December 31, 2020 to solicit sponsors and grants in support of the Winter 2020 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program, which will allow 85 DACA recipients to travel to Mexico with DACA’s Advance Parole permit, immerse in a unique U.S.-Mexico national security study abroad program, and reconnect with their family and cultural roots.
All participants have a pending Advance Parole (I-131) application since August 31, 2020, subject to USCIS approval and the CMSC team is working diplomatically with Mexico’s government and the U.S. Homeland Security Administration to secure authorization for all 85 participants.
But we need to raise about $50,000 to cover the increased costs of the program and ensure the safety of all participants while traveling in Mexico during the pandemic. The additional costs are related to increased expenses due doubling the cost for single-room hotel accommodations and all transportation costs due to social-distancing, COVID-19 pre- and post-testing, and 24/7 medical attention and prevention protocols.
Thus, we urge our community, Dreamers’ supporters, corporate and business sponsors, community and church groups, and academic colleagues to help us raise $50,000 by the end of the year with donations of any amount, or by sponsoring at least one Dreamer participant at $500 each.
MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!
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ADVANCE PAROLE VOICES
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Please watch the following videos from our Advance Parole Voices series, featuring current participants of our Winter 2020 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program.
Please share these videos and donate to our Winter 2020 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program Fund Drive Initiative.
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"Growing in the Shadows" a Latino Public Broadcasting Short Film made by Dreamers
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, the Latino Public Broadcasting announced the launch of a new series of short films called “Latinos Are Essential,” which chronicles the stories of Latinos during the COVID-19 pandemic and showcases the work of dedicated “essential workers” (health care providers, teachers, food service workers, retail clerks and others) who have kept our country going while caring for their own families, a release about the series said.
One of the films included in the series is Growing in the Shadows, which features the story of Anel Medina, a DACA recipient from Pennsylvania and one of our Winter 2020 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program participants. Moreover, the film was done by our very own multimedia director and filmmaker, Lidieth Arevalo.
YOU CAN WATCH THE FILM HERE
Anel Medina is a 28-year-old registered nurse and one of the 200,000 DACA recipients who are classified as essential workers, serving Americans across the country during the COVID-19... Read More
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Biden picks first Latino to head DHS
By: Bart Jansen, Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY – Nov. 23, 2020
Biden selected Alejandro Mayorkas to become the first immigrant and first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration policy and border security among its vast portfolio. The department has been one of the most contentious arenas in the federal government as President Donald Trump sought to tighten border security, reduce refugee admissions, increase deportations and build a larger wall along the border with Mexico.
Mayorkas, a Cuban American who arrived with his parents as refugees from Fidel Castro's regime in 1960, has been deputy secretary of the department and headed its citizenship agency... Read Full Article
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PRIMERA CÁTEDRA DE ESTUDIOS CHICANOS Y LA DIÁSPORA MEXICANA:
“El Impacto Histórico De La Revolución Mexicana Para El Pueblo Mexicano En Estados Unidos”
El Dr. José Ángel Gutiérrez, Profesor Emérito y Líder Nacional del Movimiento Chicano, presentó la primera Cátedra del Programa de Estudios Chicanos y la Diáspora Mexicana del Centro de Estudios California-México el viernes 20 de Noviembre de 2020.
El Dr. Gutiérrez presentó sobre "El impacto Histórico de la Revolución Mexicana para el Pueblo Mexicano en Estados Unidos", profundizando en la historia e impacto económico y sociocultural de los 40 millones de Mexicanos en Estados Unidos.
Una presentación organizada por el Centro de Estudios California-México (CMSC) y el Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT).
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Favorites emerge as Latino leaders press Biden to appoint 5 Latinos to Cabinet
BY RAFAEL BERNAL, THE HILL - NOV. 18, 2020
Top Latino advocacy organizations are pushing for President-elect Joe Biden to appoint five Hispanics to Cabinet-level posts.
The organizations include civil rights organizations like UnidosUS and elected official groups like the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, grouped together as the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda.
The president-elect has already signaled he is prioritizing a diverse administration, as three of his nine first hires at the White House are Hispanic... Read Full Article
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The CMSC is in dire need of funding support !!!
Please support the CMSC's 2020 projects, initiatives, and campaigns, including our advocacy to provide and facilitate our Winter 2020 Dreamers Study Abroad Program and our National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole.
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