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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Cesar E. Chavez in San Diego
11th Annual Cesar E. Chavez High School Essay Contest, Coming Together through Service for One Another: Prizes: Grand Prize Winner: $1000, 12th Grade Winner: $500, 11th Grade Winner: $400, 10th Grade Winner: $300, 9th Grade Winner: $200, 5 Honorable Mention Winners: $100, ESSAY DEADLINE IS MARCH 13, 2009. All prizes will be awarded at the 11th Annual César E. Chávez Commemorative Breakfast to be held at the San Diego Convention Center on Monday, March 30, 2009. The Grand Prize Winner will be invited to read the winning essay onstage. The winners will also be recognized at community celebrations honoring César E. Chávez. This essay contest is open to San Diego, Imperial, and Orange County students in grades 9-12. Past winners are ineligible. All submitted essays will become the property of the San Diego César E. Chávez Commemorative Committee. Winners will be chosen by a panel of representatives from the SDCECCC and UCSD.For more information visit http://www.sdchavezcommittee.info/
Participate in the 2009 Cesar E. Chavez Parade & Community Celebration
Saturday, March 28, 2009 Parade: 10:00am-12:00pm - Community Celebration:12:00pm-4:00pm, The Cesar E. Chavez Commemoration Committee presents the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial March/Parade & Community Celebration and invites organizations and community groups, to sign up to participate. For parade entry form or booth registration visit http://www.sdchavezcommittee.info/
Dolores Huerta Keynotes Cesar E. Chavez Breakfast, Monday, March 30, 2009, 7:30am, San Diego Convention Center, Join us at the 11th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Commemorative Breakfast. This year's keynote address will be delivered by UFW co-founder and labor leader Dolores Huerta. Registration is currently underway for the annual Cesar E. Chavez Commemorative Breakfast in honor of late United Farm Workers founder and civil rights hero. This event joins dozens of statewide events in honor of Chavez and the statewide day of service learning created in his honor. Cesar E. Chavez, who along with Dolores Huerta, founded and made it his life work to organize farm workers to attain livable wages and humane working conditions. Once again thousands will gather to pay tribute to the revered leader. The breakfast will continue its yearly tradition of honoring the winners of its annual Cesar E. Chavez high school (9-12) essay contest and presenting the Cesar E> Chavez Visionary Award. For registration or sponsorship information visit http://www.sdchavezcommittee.info/
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It is the mission of The Greater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation to unify and empower the neighborhood’s residents, property owners and business people to bring about physical improvement while preserving the historic and unique character of the community and fostering cultural, educational and economic opportunities in order to improve the quality of life in Greater Golden Hill. I look forward to working with each of you in my new capacity especially if you live within the communities of Golden Hill, South Park, Brooklyn Heights, Orange Park, Morse, Seaman & Choates. Also please save the date for the Second Annual Gala Celebration of Greater Golden Hill: June 5, 2009! More information will follow once I get my feet wet!
It will be challenging work but a wonderful opportunity to put into practice what I learned at USD and in my previous positions. I will keep you all posted on my progress on occasion and hope that I can continue to count on your support.
My first day on the job will be March 2, 2009...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Pass the DREAM Act - Support Higher Education for All Students
The problem: Many American students graduate from college and high school each year, and face a roadblock to their dreams: they can't drive, can't work legally, can't further their education, and can't pay taxes to contribute to the economy just because they were brought to this country illegally by their parents or lost legal status along the way. It is a classic case of lost potential and broken dreams, and the permanent underclass of youth it creates is detrimental to our economy. Former Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch has said: “In short, although these children have built their lives here, they have no possibility of achieving and living the American dream. What a tremendous loss for them, and what a tremendous loss to our society.”
The solution: The federal DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act), is a bipartisan legislation that would permit these students conditional legal status and eventual citizenship granted that they meet ALL the following requirements:--if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16, are below the age of 30,--have lived here continuously for five years,--graduated from a U.S. high school or obtained a GED--have good moral character with no criminal record and--attend college or enlist in the military.
Why should you care? There is no other pathway to citizenship for these students. Besides the injustice of punishing children for the alleged transgressions of their parents, throwing away the talent we have invested in from K-12 and accruing losses in human and financial capital by deporting talented students is bad public policy. The Social Security Administration has recently stated that we need a net increase of 100,000 immigrants each year to ensure Social Security solvency. Passing the DREAM Act would actually help solve the Social Security crisis by creating a larger taxable base of educated Americans that are already in the United States. It would also free some of the backlog that currently plagues the legal immigration system. Also, the DREAM Act in its latest form, does not grant in-state tuition to any student.
Endorsements: Since 2001, almost a 1000 organizations have officially endorsed the bill. Barack Obama has stated that DREAM Act beneficiaries are “American children for all intents and purposes” and has called this a top priority. Tell President-Elect Obama to pass the DREAM Act in 2009. See DreamActivist.org to get more involved.
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