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AS WE APPROACH THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, WE SINCERELY THANK THE BLESSING AND GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS AND DONORS IN 2019
We appreciate your trust and generous support and wish you and yours a healthy Thanksgiving holiday.
We sincerely thank all the sponsors and donors that supported our National Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole throughout 2019 !!!
El Profe Armando and the CMSC Team: Lidieth, Luz, Citlalli, Mayra, Miriam and Armando Godinez
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The CMSC's Dreamers delegation returns from our most successful advocacy trip in Wash., D.C.
Watch video here !The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC)’s 3rd phase of the National Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole was a great success! Over 40 DACA recipients from across the states joined us in Washington, D.C. from Nov. 9-15, 2019 to advocate for DACA and the restoration of Advance Parole. Participating Dreamers met with Representatives, Senators, and legislators and secured the commitment of at least 60 new signatures for a new congressional letter led by Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46) to be sent to President Donald Trump, DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, and USCIS director Ken Cuccinelli II.
In addition, half of our delegation had the opportunity to enter the DACA Supreme Court hearing and be part of this historical moment. During the rest of our advocacy days, we were able to engage in conversations with legislators about why Advance Parole should be restored and included in future legislation. Overall the success of this experience was measured by the community that was built within our participants and by the new letter that will be led by Rep. Lou Correa.
"There were so many DACA recipients; I knew this by mere instinct. I felt so proud of us. I comforted a guy who was tearing up with emotions. I chanted. I cheered for the plaintiffs. I felt satisfied with my actions and stronger in my faith that God will protect us. That night, dinner was different because we were all different. This experience changed us. We were blessed and united with each other and everyone we had encountered that day. We said goodbye to some members who were parting the following day, my brother included. I stayed after people had left the room and joined in prayed with Lidi, Mayra, Miriam, and Andres, just like we had done the previous night. That’s another thing that made this trip different, the power of prayer." – Andrea Ortiz, DACA recipient
"Se que para muchos fue una gran sorpresa que entre ellos estuvieran nosotras las mamás DACAS y la abuelita de los SOÑADORES, también me dio tanto gusto que estos niños (jóvenes) les hablaran a sus papás y mamás de que estuvimos ahí y que ellos esperan que algún día estos padres los acompañen a un viaje como este.Me llene de Paz, de Fé y de esperanza cuando Mayra y Lidieth hablaron de la Palabra de Dios y sus promesas, el saber que no estamos solos y que juntos podremos alcanzar ese tan soñando Dream Act.Ahora se que no estamos solos en esto, qué hay personas como el Profe Armando que cree en nosotros, gracias a él gente como yo, como mis compañeras pudimos estar en lugares que creímos nunca pisar.Lo que más me impactó y lo que tengo aquí en mi álbum fotográfico mental, es ese instante en que vi bajar por esas escalinatas de La Corte Suprema a uno de nuestros integrantes a Xavier, luego a Andrea y al final a más de cincuenta jóvenes DACA, entre ellos a Karina tomándose de las manos, y alzarlas en señal de victoria, eso fue mi mejor imagen." – Elsa Osorio, DACA recipient's mom
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The True Latino American Achievement
By: Gilbert R. Vasquez and Adel Villalobos ~ Hispanic LA
The regrettable comments coming from Washington these days continues to focus on the dangers of immigration and its potential negative impact on the country. Almost daily we are assaulted by rhetoric that denigrates Latino Americans and, now that we are in a presidential campaign, the volume of anti-Latino American speech seems to dominate the political discussion.
Apart from the obvious lies and ethnic tropes, our social fabric is being shredded by the misleading statements that Latino Americans, especially immigrants, are a drain on the economy.
Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, Latino American purchasing power, labor force participation, and entrepreneurship are driving the country’s economic engine.
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Immigration raids tied to worse mental health among Latino Americans
By: Lisa Rapaport ~ Reuters~ November 21, 2019
Hispanic Americans may experience worsening mental health when immigration arrests spike, a U.S. study suggests.
Researchers examined data on people who identified as Hispanic or Latino in nationally-representative behavioral health surveys administered from 2014 to 2018. Overall, more than one third of these participants reported at least one day of poor mental health in the previous month, and about 11% reported frequent mental distress.
During the study period, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made 440,601 arrests, the study team notes in the American Journal of Public Health. Arrests increased sharply after a series of anti-immigration executive orders in 2017 that authorized a border wall with Mexico, banned U.S. entry for people from several predominantly Muslim countries, and modified ICE policies around arrests and deportation.
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We want to thank therapist Sofia Mendoza for preparing and sharing this important resource for Dreamers.
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Event video and photographs of the Joe White Legacy Lecture now available for you !!!
The Inaugural Lecture to memorialize Dr. Joseph L. White’s life-long contributions to the field of psychology, his pioneering role establishing ethnic studies in the U.S., and as the founder of the CSULB Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) was an amazing success with about 100 of his colleagues, family members, faculty and students in attendance.
As one of his closest disciples, Dr. Michael Connor delivered the Inaugural Lecture to celebrate Dr. White’s legacy and shared his teachings as the “Father of Black Psychology”, how he promoted the need for non-traditional treatment and understanding of ethnic minorities in mental health practices and how EOP has become a model replicated throughout California and the United States, allowing several generations of low-income students of color to graduate from public and private colleges and universities.
Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos pledged to continue to coordinate the annual lecture and pursue the goals of the Joseph L. White Legacy Project initiated in 2018 with many prominent EOP graduates, and to build upon the collaboration with the other co-sponsors of the event. These included the CSULB Psychology and Chicano & Latino Studies department, EOP and ASI.
The CMSC is proud to present this short documentary of the event, produced to continue documenting the project’s evolution and forthcoming 2020 plans.
Click image below to see photo gallery of the event !
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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The CMSC will be participating in the 4th Annual Keeping the Dream Alive Conference with workshops about advocacy, activism, and mental health
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CMSC's Días de la Raza exhibition by Luis Garza
(October 12, 2019 – January 19, 2020) – Centro Cultural Tijuana
The exhibition Días de la Raza was originated by the California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) and was inaugurated by Dr. Vianka R. Santana, General Director of the Tijuana Cultural Center (CECUT), on October 12, 2019 (Día de la Raza) as the final activity of the International Conference Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of Chicano Studies, celebrated at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) and CECUT from October 8-12, 2019, in collaboration with San Diego State University, COLEF, CECUT and CMSC.
Días de la Raza will be exhibited until Sunday, January 19, 2020.
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