COALICIÓN PRO DERECHOS DE LA RAZA
Raza Rights Coalicion
POR LA DIGNIDAD LUCHAMOS - POR LA LIBERTAD VENCEREMOS
proyecto de Unión del Barrio
P.O. Box 620095
San Diego, CA 92162
http://coalicionproderechos.org
coalicionproderechos@hotmail.com
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THIS IS WHAT WE STRUGGLE FOR
POR ESTO LUCHAMOS:
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1. Full employment with union jobs and decent wages.
2. Quality public education for all our children including Chicano/Raza Studies and Bilingual Education at all levels
3. Free health care for all people
4. Decent affordable housing
5. Community control of the police and sheriffs
6. Abolishment of the racist Migra (Border Patrol & ICE) and the
immediate demilitarization of the Mexico/U.S. border
7. End to the importation and promotion of drugs in our communities and barrios
8. An end to U.S. intervention in Mexico, Latin America and all over the globe
9. An immediate halt to Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA, CAFTA, FTAA etc.)
and the support for the Bolivarian Alternative of the Américas (ALBA)
10. A Clean and Healthy Environment
11. Social justice and true democracy in México -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Empleo total con trabajos sindicalizados y salarios dignos
2. Educación culturalmente relevante y de calidad, pública y accesible en todos los niveles, para
nuestra juventud- incluyendo educación bilingüe y Estudios Chicanos/La Raza
3. Servicios de salud gratuitos y de calidad para todo el pueblo
4. Vivienda decente y económicamente alcanzable
5. Control comunitario de la policía y los Sheriffs
6. Abolición de la Migra (Patrulla Fronteriza y ICE) y la desmilitarización inmediata de la Frontera
7. Alto a la importación de drogas a nuestros barrios
8. Alto al intervencionismo de Estados Unidos en México, América Latina y el mundo
9. Suspensión inmediata al los Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLCAN, CAFTA, ALCA, etc.) y el apoyo a La Alternativa Bolivariana de las Américas (ALBA)
10. Exigimos un medio ambiente limpio y saludable
11. Justicia social y verdadera democracia en México
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 DIA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS Y LOS TRABAJADORES - 01 MAYO
International Worker's Day - May 1
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DIA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS Y LOS TRABAJADORES - 01 MAYO
International Worker's Day - May 1
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Click on Image for May 1st Coalition Website
Haz Click en el bolante para el Sitio de Internet de la Coalición 01 mayoMEDIA ADVISORY
What:
Press Conference to announce this year's May
1 Immigrants' Rights March
Who:
A.Ch.A. of SDSU, Activist San Diego, American
Friends Service Committee-U.S./Mexico Border Program, Black Contractors, Border
Angels, Center for Social Advocacy, Day Laborers of San Diego County, Filipino
American Community Empowerment, Gay Student Alliance of San Diego,
International Action Center, International Socialist Organization, M.E.Ch.A. of
UCSD, Migrant Rights Awareness of UCSD, Raza Rights Coalition and its
collectives, San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality, San Diego Coalition for
Peace and Justice, Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Service Employees
International Union chapter 1877, Sí Se Puede Immigrants' Rights Organization,
United Domestic Workers, UNITE-HERE Labor Association, and other human, labor
and immigrants' rights organizations.
Contacts:
David Schmidt (619) 781-2431
davidschmidt2003@hotmail.com
Richard
Lawrence (619) 417-0324
rlawrence@udwa.org
When:
Tuesday,
April 28, 2009 - 2:45 p.m.
Where:
The
front lawn of City College, downtown San Diego, on Park Avenue. (Across from
McDonald's.) 1313 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA.
Why:
We will announce the May 1 Immigrants' Rights March to take
place this year in San Diego, calling for:
- A stop to the ICE raids, detentions and deportations.
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Legalization and the right to migrate for all.
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Dignified work for all-pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
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Equal access to education-pass the California State DREAM
Act.
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No more wasteful spending on border wall
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FRIENDSHIP PARK
Parque de la Amistad
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THIS MESSAGE REPEATS IN ENGLISH
Una delegacion de la Coalicion de los Amigos del Parque de la Amistad de San Diego saldrá mañana a la capital de la nacion
para resaltar el tema de la militarizacion de la frontera ante
congresistas y senadores. Para mas informacion favor de visitar http://friendshippark.org-----------------------------------------------------------A delegation from the Friends of Friendship Park Coalition from San Diego will leave tomorrow to Washington DC
to bring attention to the militarization of the border to congress and
senate members. For more information please visit http://friendshippark.org |
DIA DEL PARQUE CHICANO
Chicano Park Day
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M.E.Ch.A. de SDSU
Scholarship for Entering Undocumented Student |
 To all Raza seniors attending SDSU in 2009-2010,
Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán de San Diego State University (SDSU) is awarding a scholarship for one undocumented student entering SDSU in the 2009-2010 academic school year.
In our attempt to promote higher learning amongst everyone in the community, we are beginning our annual $500.00 (five hundred dollar) scholarship awarded to one undocumented student.
As M.E.Ch.A. de SDSU, we believe that education is a basic human right and should not be denied to anyone. Therefore, if you qualify or know of any student who would benefit from this, please give them the attached scholarship application.
If you have any questions please email us at: mechasdsu@gmail.com or call us at: (619)594-654
Thank you for your time and commitment to educational equity. We hope to see you as the recipient of MEChA de SDSU's first scholarship.
Sincerely,
M.E.Ch.A de SDSU
Phone: 619-594-6541
http://mechasdsu.org/ |
A.R.E.
Association of Raza Educators - S.D.
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A.R.E.
Statement on the Budget Cuts, April 21, 2009
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Statement from A.R.E. on the Budget Cuts to Public EducationApril 21, 2009Stop the War on Education! Teachers and Students, Organize Now!The Association of Raza Educators (A.R.E.) opposes the proposed budget cuts to education, health, and other social services. State politicians as well as the Governor plan to end the existing $16 billion deficit by laying off teachers and cutting spending on much needed social programs.We believe that the budget cuts will not only affect the 26,000 teachers that are being dismissed throughout the state, but the students in severely under-funded school districts.- Currently, California public schools rank 47th in spending (approx. $7,571/pupil per yr.).
- Given public school funding formulas, poor and under-funded districts will not be able to make up for the cuts on public education. (only school districts in affluent neighborhoods will be able to raise the necessary funds through local property taxes).
- For the past decade, with increased standardization of schools, curricula, and testing, we see the hypocrisy of government officials who say they care about education and want improved test scores, yet they are doing little to provide the funds necessary for ensuring a quality education to all students.
- Low income, Latino/a, African-American, and Pacific Islander students are being pushed out of high schools at soaring rates. Currently, 60% of Latino/a youth and 56% of African-American youth are being pushed out of our schools. We believe this is due to two reasons: (a) the eurocentric curriculum and standards-based assessments that serve to track students into the labor and military sectors; (b) the broader structural, economic inequalities that perpetuate the mis-education of historically dominated groups.
We believe that the problem of educational bankruptcy originates with the general lack of support for public education. We are living a crisis, whose genesis begins with the racial and economic roots of this nation. Today, this is evidenced in the move to privatize public education, a phenomenon that is, by design, taking place throughout the entire globe, especially in the "underdeveloped" regions of the world. Consider these facts:- From 2006 to 2008 U.S. defense spending has increased by 161 billion. In 2008 the U.S. federal government allocated $800 billion to defense and homeland security versus $91.1 billion to public education.
Between 1983 and 2003, 23 new prisons were opened. Between 1982 and 2003, only one new university was opened in the state of California.- By 2012-2013, $15.4 billion will be spent on prison systems in California, as compared with $15.3 billion spent on education.
- The federal government has budgeted $9 trillion for the bail out of banks, corporations, and private firms.
Given these realities, A.R.E. stands against the budget cuts and for a free, culturally relevant education that is equitable and truly public, in the sense that parents and students along with teachers have a say in the content and form of education rather than politicians and corporations. We see these cuts as hurtful not only to teachers, but to historically marginalized groups in the United States, in particular African-American, Latino, and low-income urban students and migrant students.> Therefore, we demand that the politicians in California, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Congress, and President Barack Obama,END THE INVESTMENT IN THE PRISON SYSTEM!END THE INVESTMENT IN THE UNJUST AND CRIMINAL WAR IN IRAQ!END THE PRIVATIZATION OF EDUCATION!FULLY FUND A CULTURALLY RELEVANT EDUCATION NOW!A.R.E. calls on ALL teachers, students, and other aligned organizations to mobilize and organize against what we consider a violation of the human right to a free and equitable education for ALL students.The Association of Raza Educators |
CALENDARIO DE EVENTOS - ABRIL
Calendar of Events - April
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