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The International Conference to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Chicano Studies last week was a historic and hugely successful 5-day event, packed with academic and cultural activities at Tijuana’s Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) and the amazing Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), from October 8 to 12, 2019.
The conference was attended by 120+ delegates from numerous educational and cultural arts institutions, representing various states from the U.S. and Mexico.
In addition to the 3-day academic conference, the program included a 5-day Chicano documentary and films series and the CMSC’s Dias de La Raza photographic exhibit by Luis C. Garza, which will continue to be featured at CECUT’s majestic lobby until January 19, 2020.
Please watch the live webcast of the conference and access the photo gallery and full program below.
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Histórica y exitosa conferencia en México para celebrar el 50th Aniversario de Estudios Chicanos
La Conferencia Internacional Celebrando el 50º Aniversario de la Creación de Estudios Chicanos de la semana pasada, fue un evento histórico y enormemente exitoso de 5 días que integro múltiples actividades académicas y culturales en El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef) y el maravilloso Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT).
La conferencia fue acudida por mas de 120 delegados de distintas instituciones culturales y de educación superior, representando varios estados de Mexico y Estados Unidos.
La celebración incluyo la conferencia académica de 3 días, un ciclo de documental y cine Chicano de 5 días y la exhibición fotográfica del Centro de Estudios California-Mexico Dias de La Raza de Luis C. Garza, la cual estará montada en el maravilloso vestíbulo del CECUT hasta el 19 de Enero 2020.
Por favor vea la grabación de la conferencia aquí: CONFERENCIA DÍA 1 – CONFERENCIA DÍA 2
También puede ver el programa de actividades y la galería de fotos abajo.
PROGRAM IN ENGLISH –– PROGRAMA EN ESPAÑOL
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Support our Advance Parole advocacy campaign in Washignton D.C. next month!
On July 1, 2019, the CMSC launched the Advance Parole Application Assistance Program to help DACA beneficiaries apply for humanitarian Advance Parole, as a way to challenge the discriminatory practice by the Trump Administration to systematically suspend and deny all DACA recipients’ applications for Advance Parole, and to establish grounds for class-action litigation on behalf of all Dreamers denied due process and court-ordered consideration of all I-131 applications.
Now we're embarking on the 3rd phase of our National Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole and will take 50+ Dreamers to Washington, D.C. during November 9-15, 2019; including 30 Dreamers that have filed their humanitarian Advance Parole applications as part of our assistance program, to personally advocate for expedited approval of their I-131, Advance Parole applications.
CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES
- To request expedited approval and advocacy for current Advance Parole cases (from our AP Assistance Program)
- Secure additional signatures for a bicameral “Dear Colleagues” letter led by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Alan Lowenthal, and Sen. Kamala Harris.
- To request meetings with the DHS Secretary and USCIS Director
- Ask for an oversight hearing on Advance Parole or at least include AP on the agenda of an oversight hearing
- Participate in a forum with CA delegation at their weekly lunch meeting for a couple of Dreamers to speak at (on Wednesday, Nov. 13)
- Visit all congressional offices that pertain to the districts of participating Dreamers, and those that we did not visit in the past two advocacy trips.
But we cannot do it alone! We need your help. Please donate to our campaign today!
This phase of our campaign is essential because the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 is unlikely to be approved by the current Senate, and the U.S. Supreme Court will not rule on the future of DACA until next summer. Therefore, Dreamers remain in limbo and their dire need for humanitarian travel will continue to be denied Advance Parole authorization for an indefinite period.
MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!
Check out our ActBlue Fundraising Campaign, or donate
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Invitation to the "World Premiere" of Alpharaoh documentary at PIFF Los Angeles
We would like to invite you to join us at the “World Premiere” of Lidieth Arevalo's latest documentary film Alpharaoh (2019), which will be screening at 6pm on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at the Panamanian International Film Festival in Los Angeles (PIFFLA) in the Downtown Independent theater in LA.
Lidieth Arevalo is a Dreamer and the CMSC's Multimedia and Communications Director who has been working with us for the last 4 years. She has been fundamental in the successful production and execution of all of our CMSC-produced documentaries, study abroad programs, and campaigns. Thus, we would be delighted if you would join us on this day to support her career as an up-and-coming documentary filmmaker. Alpharaoh is the thesis film she completed as part of her MFA Documentary program at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
DATE & TIME: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at 6PM
LOCATION: The Downtown Independent Theater, 251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
TICKETS: Tickets are $10 each; you can buy them here: 5panafest.eventbrite.com
WATCH THE TRAILER
ABOUT THE FILM: A short documentary that follows Alex Alpharaoh, an undocumented American performing artist, as he shares his life in his highly-successful solo performance WET: A DACAmented Journey while taking the show on a national tour. Through Alpharaoh’s story, the film shines light into what it means to be an American in every sense of the word, except for one: on paper... Read more here
Download the film's PRESS KIT
Follow the film on Social Media: Instagram | Facebook | IMDb
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ADVANCE PAROLE VOICES LIVE (E3) WITH ANGÉLICA GUZMAN
In case you missed our third episode of "Advance Parole Voices - Live Edition" last Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 you can watch it on the link above. On this episode, we featured Angélica Guzman's story, a DACA-mented immigrant from Salt Lake City, Utah who had to choose between a once in a lifetime academic opportunity in Spain and home in the United States.
You can also watch our previous episodes featuring: (E1) Mayra Garibo and (E2) Areli Navarro.
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