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Last Friday October 13, 2017, the California-Mexico Studies Center in collaboration with Los Angeles Theater Center (LATC), Las Cafeteras , Casa Fina Restaurant , and Ernie G. presented "American Dreamers: An evening of performance, music, and comedy" as the start of the 2nd Annual Marco A. Firebaugh California-Mexico Dreamers Fund Drive, organized to celebrate Marco's 51st birthday, his life and legacy, and to raise tax-deductible funds through December 31, 2017 for the CMSC's projects. To donate click here.
The event featured solo performances by comedian Ernie G. as the Master of Ceremonies, actress Miriam Peniche, guitarist Raul Pacheco (Ozomatli), Justino Mora (co-founder of Undocumedia ), playwright and entrepreneur Josefina Lopez (CASA0101 Theatre and Restaurant Casa Fina), filmmaker Sergio Arau (A Day Without a Mexican), actress Yareli Arizmendi, cultural lecturer Gregorio Luke, dancer Isis Avalos, and a special musical performance by the Susie Hansen Latin Band .
To see a complete gallery of photos, click here.
We want to thank everyone that made "American Dreamers" a great success, but in particular we want to recognize our sponsors, collaborators and performers:
- The Los Angeles Theatre Center
- Hector Flores and Las Cafeteras
- Josefina Lopez & Emmanuel Deleage / Casa Fina Restaurant
- Ernie G.
- Supervisor Janice Hahn
- Councilmember Roberto Uranga
- La Curacao
- Jessica Quintana / Centro CHA
- Jorge Martinez / Pacific Coast Landscape & Design
- Sandra Padilla / Wholesome Kitchen
- Senator Tony Mendoza
- David Sandoval
- David Salazar
- Richard Brandt
- Carol Perruso and Lee Brown
- Theresa Marino
- Hilda and Sid Martinez
- Jorge Rodriguez
- Ray Cordova / South County Labor
- Miriam Peniche
- Gregorio Luke
- Isis Avalos
- Raul Pacheco
- Justino Mora
- Sergio Arau
- Yareli Arizmendi
- Susie Hansen's Latin Band
- Daniel and Melisa Loera
- Rocio Diaz
- Blanca Melchor
- Jose Luis Rodriguez
- Michael Aranda
- Carlos Mendez
- Ana Rivas
- The California-Mexico Dreamers' Network Volunteers
- The CMSC Team: Profe Armando, Lidieth, Sheila, Sandra, Luz, Rocio, and Carolina.
To see a complete gallery of photos, click here.
To donate online in support of the CMSC's projects donate click here.
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Niños ciudadanos de Estados Unidos, de padres deportados, en la frontera cantándole a México
Un grupo de niños nacidos en Estados Unidos, de padres mexicanos, cantó piezas musicales que hablan principalmente sobre la migración cerca del muro fronterizo en Tijuana, Baja California. Con el artista italiano Francesco Grigolo liderándolos, el momento más emotivo fue cuando entonaron "México lindo y querido", una canción emblemática para el pueblo mexicano. Con las rejas del muro al fondo del escenario, inició la presentación de los niños y jóvenes tomados de la mano parados a lo largo de la valla para comenzar con la presentación. Video cortesía de: Radio Formula
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As American kids are exiled across the border, Mexican schools struggle to keep up
By: Kristen Hwang, USA TODAY, Sept. 5, 2017
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Elizabeth Rossil, 11, looks just like her classmates. She wears a neatly pressed red polo shirt and a pleated plaid skirt with Mary Jane shoes - the school uniform that all the girls wear - and pulls her long hair back into a tight ponytail.
Giggling shyly with her classmates as they work on a grammar assignment, Elizabeth is indistinguishable from the 400 other children at her school.
But Elizabeth is different. She speaks English with a Southern California accent and for the past two years has been the only English-speaking kid in her class. She's in sixth grade.
"I'm supposed to be in already seventh grade," she says cheerfully. "I didn't flunk or anything, but they made me go again ... because I didn't know anything in Spanish."
Elizabeth is from Santa Clarita, Calif., but she goes to school in Tecate, Mexico, a picturesque mountain town on the border of Mexico and California. In August, she started her third year of school at Escuela Primaria Memorial Morse, one of the local elementary schools.
Like an increasing number of children in Southern California, Elizabeth and her older sister, Stephanie, moved to Mexico because their parents had been deported, and educators on both sides of the border worry that even more American kids will leave the U.S. since President Trump has made strict immigration policy a cornerstone of his agenda.More and more families are hedging their bets, preferring to stay united in Mexico rather than be separated by international borders.
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The Ethnic Studies Revolution at El Rancho Unified School District
A 7-minute documentary trailer on the "Ethnic Studies Revolution," which started at El Rancho Unified School District (ERUSD) in 2014 when ERUSD became the first school district in the state of California to adopt Ethnic Studies as a high school graduation requirement.
Stay tuned: A full documentary will be produced by The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC), in collaboration with Alyson Studios for ERUSD during fall 2017.
Centro CHA's 20th Anniversary Celebration, Nuestra Imagen Awards
On Friday Sept. 29, Centro CHA celebrated 20 years of honoring distinguished leaders that have made Long Beach a safer, healthier and more vibrant place to live, work and play.
This year's Nuestra Imagen Gala was again celebrated during the Latino Heritage Month with mariachi, folklorico dancing and delicious Mexican cuisine at the Beautiful Long Beach Convention Center, Pacific Ballroom.
Leaders shared "who, what, where, when and why" their inspiration and perseverance has lead them to achieve greatness in civic leadership and public service, and future possibilities for economic growth and achievement for Latinos in Long Beach and across the state of California.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
The CMSC-CSULB Dreamers' Play Scheduled for Spring 2018
The Dreamers: Aquí y Allá
Devised by Andrea Caban And Julie Granata Hunicutt
February 16 - 25, 2018
CSULB Studio Theatre
A California Repertory Production
The Dreamers are students and adults without legal status who were brought into the United States by their parents as children. The story of their journeys returning to their birthplace and reconnecting with their family and cultural roots is told in this production devised in collaboration with the California-Mexico Studies Center. Featuring testimonials by participants in the California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program and interviews with community leaders, these stories of personal struggle and their fight to call America home invite the question: who gets to dream the American Dream?
The Dreamers: Aquí y Allá continues the Devising Democracy Series, a four-year long endeavor of producing original, devised work that confronts the burning issues of our time. These productions link to other devised works on other CSU and UC campuses - to spark conversation around issues of democracy, action, and activism.
The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to research, develop, promote, and establish policies and programs between higher educational institutions and cultural organizations that will enhance the teaching, mobility and exchange of faculty, students, and professionals between California and the U.S. with Mexico and other nations in the Western Hemisphere. CMS Center was founded by the California State University Long Beach Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos in 2010 as an extension of the California-Mexico Project that he has led since 1998 at the CSULB Chicano and Latino Studies department.
For more info visit CSULB College of the Arts (COTA) website
Candlelight Vigil for the DREAM Act
Saturday, October 28 at 5 PM - 8 PM
Grand Park Los Angeles
A Candlelight Vigil for DREAM ACT. It's a peaceful event to support the bill and make people aware what DACA is, it's contributions to the U.S, what will the DREAM ACT do if passed and what can people do to support the bill. Organized by DACA recipients, permanent residents and U.S citizens.
The event will be hosted by the song-writer Iran Millan , La Raza Unida , California For Progress , Los Angeles Greens , Centro CSO , FWD.us , UndocuMedia and musician Angelo Salazar with his 3 band members of Chacombo .
JOIN AND BRING YOUR FAMILY! THIS IS A PEACEFUL EVENT!
Please wear a white shirt, and no fire candles will be accepted ! Only battery candles.
For more info visit the official Facebook Event.
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