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Cesar Chavez Day and the Forgotten Asian Americans

Published on Wednesday, 1st April, 2009 at 1:56PM
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This past Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) reminds us how forgotten stories can perpetuate stereotypes. Charlotte, an Asian American student leader at Pomona College, asked me how do we ignite people into political action and sweep away the tired public perception of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) as passive and docile. I asked her if she knew the story of Pilipino or Japanese American farm workers in the fields and she admitted she knew very little. Considering the last of the Pilipino farm workers from an earlier period died in 1997 and very little has been written in any depth, most of the students across all races shared this common amnesia.
 
The story of Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) has been widely circulated to the point of Cesar’s birthday being designated as a California state holiday and President Obama declaring public support of it becoming a national one.

DHLI April 2009 Updates!

Published on Wednesday, 1st April, 2009 at 1:06PM
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NEWS

 
  • ILWU 63 and LA Harbor College will enter into a working partnership to create educational programs for local community!
  • Former International ILWU President David Arian does Book Reading & Signing at LA Harbor College!
  • Film “Made in LA” shown and Garment Workers Center Director Kimi Lee speaks at LA Harbor College!
  • LA Trade Tech Approves Introduction to Labor Studies course for meeting American Institutions Requirement for Graduation!
  • With LA Trade Tech Labor Center, DHLI helps teach first labor studies classes at newly opened Helen Bernstein High School!
  • LA Valley College Approves Sociology of Labor Class!
  • West LA College Obtains UC Transferability for California Literature and Labor Class!
  • East LA College will schedule History of Working People Class in Fall 2009!
  • At memorial service for the late labor scholar Jeff Stansbury, it was announced DHLI will administer the Jeff Stansbury Action Scholarship for Community College Students!
  • DHLI appointed to CA Speaker of Assembly’s Commission on Labor Education

 

For more updates, information and for the full article, "Cesar Chavez Day adn the Forgotten Asian Americans" see PDF document, available for download.

Sign Up for the Online California Literature in the California Labor Movement Class

Published on Wednesday, 1st April, 2009 at 12:52PM
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California Literature in the California Labor Movement
Online Course at West L.A. College, Fall 2009
English 275 – Section # 8057
CSU and UC transferable
Class begins Monday, August 31, 2009  
Information and registration at www.wlac.cc.ca.us/

Presented by West Los Angeles College with support from the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute, this course explores the social and political history of working people in California through its literature, including fiction, poetry, drama, expository forms, and films.

The Environment, Jobs and Change

Published on Tuesday, 24th February, 2009 at 12:59PM
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On Thursday, April 16, 2009, Pierce College will host an event about the environment and sustainability and what that means for the future of the types of jobs and world we will be living in. The key speaker will be Mr. Woodrwow Clark, II.

Co-winner of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Third Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report. He is a consultant to the LACCD for the Green Project. Woodrow Clark has earned three separate masters degrees in Political Science at Roosevelt University, Administration and Education at Loyola University, Chicago, and Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Illinois. Clark also earned his Ph.D. degree in Anthropology and Education at the University of California, Berkeley.

Woodrow Clark will discuss how environmental and sustainability issues will affect the jobs that will be in demand in the future. Industries, technology, social and political forces and policies will emphasize green jobs and technology. Mr. Clark will present how students can prepare for and understand how environmental changes will affect how they live their lives and work.

11th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Day Walk & Festival

Published on Wednesday, 28th January, 2009 at 2:48PM
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It is time to Serve our country, from the fields to the streets, communities to countryside—for "Dignity and Justice for All."
 
CESAR CHAVEZ DAY of SERVICE 2009 (A California State Holiday)
 
The UFW Foundation invites you to the 11th Annual  Cesar E.
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