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The California-Mexico Studies Center

Armando Vazquez-Ramos, President & CEO
1551 N. Studebaker Road, Long Beach, CA
90815
Phone: (562) 430-5541 Cell: (562) 972-0986
californiamexicocenter@gmail.com

"El Magonista"
Vol. 4 No. 35
October 24th, 2016

Website: www.california-mexicocenter.org
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Long Beach Ethnic Studies

Initiative Conference,
Remembering Tom Hayden

Featured News:

Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program Initiative

Ethnic Studies: (Re)Discovering, ReMembering and Empowering Ourselves
Conference

Students deeply engaged in the conference.

Judge Kelvin Filer delivers his keynote speech.

Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell speaks.

CSULB President Jane Conoley praising the LB

Ethnic Studies Program.

Poet and performance artist Matt Sedillo reciting

his poetry.

LBUSD Superintendent Chris Steinhauser

addresses the students.

On Saturday October 22nd, almost 300 students from every high school in the
Long Beach Unified School District and from El Rancho High School in
Pico Rivera, convened for the Ethnic Studies conference (Re)Discovering, ReMembering and Empowering Ourselves at California State University, Long
Beach.
This was the third semi-annual conference hosted by the LBUSD-CSULB Long
Beach Ethnic Studies Initiative, and the program was packed with 2 keynote
speakers, incredible panels, student presentations, workshops, and performances
for the students to learn from and enjoy.
Read full article on our website.

Learn About the Program's History

LEADERSHIP AND LEGACY:
THE LONG BEACH ETHNIC STUDIES
PROGRAM

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 upon the Long Beach
College Promise. The program offers 12 CSULB classes from 9am to 12noon
on Saturdays at 6 of the LBUSD high schools, on Chicano and Latino Studies,
Africana Studies, Asian American Studies and American Indian Studies.
The LB-ESP documentary is currently airing on the LBUSD's EdNews TV
channel on the following days and times:
http://www.lbschools.net/Asset/files/OMS/edguide.pdf

In Memoriam: Brother Tom Hayden

Activist and Political Leader

Tom Hayden during a protest march in Mexico City, June 27th, 2012.

Tom Hayden resting along with the image of

Andrs Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Tom Hayden waiting for a Mexico City cab.

Tom Hayden sharing a moment with Ho Chi

Minh in Mexico City.

Tom Hayden preparing for his keynote at

the CMSC 2012 California-Mexico Seminar.

Memorable photographs of Tom Hayden taken by Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos,

during a protest march and a visit to the Ho Chi Minh memorial on June 27th, 2012 in
Mexico City, before the CMSC 2012 Seminar on California-Mexico Policy Issues.

We mourn the loss of Tom Hayden who was an incredible activist and political
leader throughout his life, particularly known for his leadership against the
Vietnam War.
We were honored to have Tom Hayden in attendance at our 2012 Seminar on
California-Mexico Policy Issues, hosted by the the California-Mexico Studies
Center and Seminario Permanente de Estudios Chicanos y de Fronteras (DEASINAH) at The University of California's Casa California on June 28 - 30, 2012
in Mexico City, Mexico. As a keynote speaker at the conference, he shared with

us his experience and knowledge in a presentation titled, "Student Movements

Since The 1960's to #YoSoy132."
We express our gratitude and condolences as we reflect on Tom Hayden's life
and legacy.
See the articles from the LA Times and the NY Times below to learn more
about this incredible leader.

'The radical inside the system': Tom Hayden,

protester-turned-politician, dies at 76 (L.A.
Times)
Tom Hayden, a 1960s radical who was in the vanguard of the movement
to stop the Vietnam War and became one of the nation's best-known
champions of liberal causes, has died in Santa Monica after a lengthy
illness. He was 76.
Hayden vaulted into national politics in 1962 as lead author of a student
manifesto that became the ideological foundation for demonstrations
against the war...Read More

Tom Hayden, Civil Rights and Antiwar Activist

Turned Lawmaker, Dies at 76 (N.Y. Times)
Tom Hayden, who burst out of the 1960s counterculture as a radical
leader of America's civil rights and antiwar movements, but rocked the
boat more gently later in life with a progressive political agenda as an
author and California state legislator, died on Sunday in Santa Monica,
Calif. Tom Hayden was 76...Read More

Upcoming Events:

We Invite You to Attend COLEF-CMSC's

International Seminar on Migration and Public
Policy

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) and the California-Mexico

Studies Center (CMSC) will host an international seminar on November
17 and 18, 2016 at the COLEF campus in Tijuana, Mexico; to address
the prospects and policy agenda for the 60-million U.S. Latino population,
in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. The seminar will focus
upon issues pertaining to a comprehensive immigration reform, Dreamers
on both sides of the border, the role of higher education institutions relative
to policy studies and research, and other topics regarding immigration
between both nations such as U.S. citizen children exiled in Mexico and

Central America, and deported veterans and mothers of U.S. citizens.

Goal of the Seminar:
Promote a post-election binational discussion between Mexico and U.S.
stakeholders on migration and immigration reform in the U.S., and the role
of Higher Education Institutions, through a dialogue involving immigrants,
academics and policymakers.
Hosted by COLEF and the CMSC, in collaboration with:

Hermandad Mexicana Humanitarian Foundation, Santa Ana,

California
Comunidad Interdisciplinaria de Estudios Migratorios (CIEM)
Programa de Estudios sobre Latinos en EEUU, Casa de las
Amricas
Centro Tlahuica de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural (CETLALIC),
Mxico
Seminario Permanente de Estudios Chicanos y de Fronteras
(SPECHF), INAH-DEAS
Coordinadora Nacional de Inmigracin 2016, Chicago, Illinois
Otros Dreams en Accin (ODA)
Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migracin, A.C. (IMUMI)
Border Angels - Angeles de la Frontera

Seminar Schedule Overview:

Day 1, Thursday Nov. 17, 2016: Full Seminar Program

Seminar program starts from 9 am to 4:40 pm at COLEF

Complimentary lunch will be provided

Day 2, Friday Nov. 18, 2016: Field Research and Guided visits
(optional)
Field research and guided visits to La Casa del Migrante en Tijuana, The
Bunker Center for Deported U.S. Military Veterans, and the U.S.-Mexico
border at playas de Tijuana.
Click here to Download the Seminar Program
to see full details of the program.

Hotel Accommodations:
There will be no complementary hotel accommodations, however, if you
are interested, COLEF will be able to secure a special discount rate if you
stay at Hotel Real del Rio. If you would like to know more information
about this special discount, please check the box "Yes, I want to reserve
hotel accommodations with Real del Rio at a discounted price" in the
registration form.

Sponsors:

For more information visit the CMSC website.

Remember: Opening the Door of Hope

"Abriendo la Puerta de la Esperanza"

At 12pm on Saturday November 19th--the day following the close of this

conference--an organization called Border Angels will be hosting an event
you will not want to miss! Border Angels will be making history once again
by bringing families together at Friendship Park for a World Children's Day
Celebration. For more information about the event, visit the event
information page.

Latest News:

El plan de deportaciones presentado por

Trump se parece mucho a lo hecho por
Barack Obama
Al presentar su "contrato con el votante estadounidense",
una plataforma de gobierno para sus primeros 100 das,
Donald Trump dijo el sbado que el primer da en la
Casa Blanca comenzar a expulsar a los ms de 2 millones de "ilegales
criminales" que viven en este pas y cancelar todas las rdenes ejecutivas del
presidente Obama, abriendo paso para la vuelta al estatus indocumentado de ms de
700,000 jvenes con DACA.

Read More
Website

Latinos & Immig Reform

Dreamers Advance Parole

Media

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