Monday, March 10, 2008

Is This Really An Appropriate Use of Our Money?

Yes, it's Cesar E. Chavez day. Even better! It's Cesar E. Chavez month! (Stay tuned for my response on the myth of Cesar Chavez.) I'm sure the immigration panels are going to be completely academic and unbiased. Because we expect nothing less.

César E. Chávez

Celebration

The César Chávez Commemoration Committee 2008

March 24-April 24, 2008

The Claremont Colleges

! Monday, March 24

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ MONTH KICKOFF AND

EXHIBIT OPENING

“L.A. in the Zoot Suit Era”

Poster signing with special guest Ignacio Gómez

4:30-6:30 P.M., Smith Campus Center Gallery, Pomona College. Exhibit open Wed.-Sun.,

12 NOON-7:00 P.M. through April 13.

! Tuesday, March 25

EXHIBIT OPENING

“Ignacio Gómez: A 30-Year Retrospective”

4:30-6:30 P.M., Salathe Gallery, McConnell Center,

Pitzer College. Exhibit open daily, 12 NOON-5:00 P.M. through April 8.

! Wednesday, March 26

“Labor of Art: Barbara Carrasco, Artist for the United Farm

Workers Union”

12 NOON- 1:30 P.M., Hampton Room, Malott Commons, Scripps College

Scripps Tea

Danzantes del Sol, Azteca Dancers. Directed by Javier Gálvez, Pomona

3:30-4:30 P.M., Seal Court, Malott Commons, Scripps College

! Thursday, March 27

César Chávez Breakfast with Dolores Huerta

8:00 A.M., El Molcajete Restaurant, 305 East Holt, Pomona. For information, contact José

Calderón, [email protected]

! Friday, March 28

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ DAY OBSERVED

! Saturday, March 29

Latino Rockabilly Festival

5:00-9:00 P.M., The Mounds, Pitzer College

! Monday, March 31

“Pachuco Yesterday, Vato Loco Today: 50 Years of

Choloization”

Diego Vigíl, UC Irvine, and Ray Buriel, Pomona

11:30 A.M., Blue Room, Frank Dining Hall, Pomona College

Musical Tea with Mariachi Serrano de Claremont

3:00-4:30 P.M., Athenaeum Courtyard, Claremont McKenna College

! Wednesday, April 2

“Border Crossers: A Critical Perspective on Asian

Immigration to the United States”

Yen Le Espíritu

4:15 P.M., Rose Hills Theatre and Lobby, Pomona College

Meet the Artist Reception and Poster Signing

with Ignacio Gómez

4:30-5:30 P.M., Athenaeum Lobby, Claremont McKenna College

Exhibit open March 31, 8 A.M.-5 P.M. through April 4

Daniel Valdez, Concert and Conversation

Star of “Zoot Suit,” play and fi lm

6:45 P.M., Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College

! Thursday, April 3

Opening Night Dinner for “Zoot Suit”

5:30 P.M., Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College (invitation only)

OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE

30th Anniversary Production of “Zoot Suit” by Luís Valdez

Directed by Alma Martínez, Theater Department

8:00 P.M., Seaver Theatre, 300 E. Bonita Ave., Pomona College. Performances April 3-6 and

April 10-13, Thursday-Sunday. Ticket and performance information,

www.theatre.pomona.edu/zootsuit

! Friday, April 11

Pomona College Staff Appreciation “Zoot Suit” Performance

8:00 P.M., Seaver Theatre, 300 E. Bonita Ave., Pomona College

! Saturday, April 12

Early California Music by Coro Hispano de San Francisco

8:00 P.M., Little Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College

For information, contact Tomás Summers Sandovál, [email protected]

! Tuesday, April 15

“The Process of Capitalist Restructuring: Labor Migration in

the U.S.-México Case”

Raúl Delgado Wise, Director of Doctoral Program in Migration Studies,

Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

7:00 P.M., Rose Hills Theatre and Lobby, Pomona College

! Wednesday, April 16

CLSA Community Lunch, “The Fire Within”

Paul Botello

11:00 A.M., Multipurpose Room, Tranquada Student Services Center

! Thursday, April 24

“Ten Facts about Mexican Immigration and Why We Need to

Recast the Debate”

Pierette Hondagneu-Sotelo, USC

7:00 P.M., Pearsons 101, Pomona College

For information about the César E. Chávez Celebration call María Torres, ext. 18044,

Chicano/Latino Student Affairs Center. All events are free and open to the public,

unless otherwise noted. www.theatre.pomona.edu/cesarchavez

Illustration by Paul Botello




6 comments:

Stagafling said...

Good point, but perhaps you could have broadened your post title to "Is this really necessary?" The answer is still no. No matter how much white guilt you can muster, nobody gets a month. Nobody.

Anonymous said...

si se puede, charles, si se puede! j/k. during my senior year religion in american politics class at CMC, I found out that while Chavez had catholic roots, he strayed into some odd mysticism practices and his religious makeup bordered on bizarre. Not the best of role models, though not the worst either.
And the dummy of Albany, lil' deputy of Wall Street, Mr. Spitzer obviously should resign. Hows that for an Ivy League education eh? Those blue bloods.

Anonymous said...

I don't really understand why you think this is your money. CMC is a private college. Even if you are paying full tuition you aren't even covering the full cost of your education. Funds from other sources, including the endowment, cover the difference. Moreover, I especially don't understand your objection to those events on this list which are not being held at CMC, because there is no way you could have any kind of claim on Pomona's money, or Pitzer's money, or Scripps's money. Only 2 of these 18 events are at CMC.

--Nicholas Conway

ConfusedMinority said...

Nicholas:

Read: 'Our Money'.

But you're right, Pomona College's apathetic community has the right to find out what happens to money when combined with fire. Such a wasteful set of events almost seems well researched! I wonder what the alternatives were.

Personally, I mind even those two events being held at CMC. Its frustrating to see our school go from nyah to nyah. It happened to the University of Chicago way back in the day and its happening to us. Reason, logic and fact are being sidelined for rhetoric and propaganda.

But thank you for organizing such events. They can be recorded as the decline of CMC's beautiful and sincere foundations. Its difficult having informed opinions without flashy slogans and fists. We had a good run.

Anonymous said...

Well, this whole month seems to be flowing rather nicely. There have been many events on that list that i have attended, that my friends have attended, and my family. Too bad your childish complaints did not halt the festivities. You missed out on a lot of fun too.

Peace out.

Charles Johnson said...

Make an argument, not an insult.

No one is disputing that special privileges aren't fun for those who are intended to receive them.