For more information please check: http://www.mechadesonoma.org/statewide.html in the near future.

If you would like to receive updated email information, please let us know a: statewide@mechadesonoma.org.

For conference information you can email: statewide@mechadesonoma.org

"He was a groundbreaker for Latinos in this country, but his work spoke to all Americans," Postmaster Gen. John E. Potter said recently. "By giving voice to those who didn't have one, Ruben Salazar worked to improve life for everybody. His reporting of the Latino experience in this country set a standard that's rarely met even today."

It was the way Salazar died that made him a martyr to many in the Mexican American community. His head was shattered by a heavy, torpedo-shaped tear gas projectile fired by a sheriff's deputy during a riot Salazar was covering in East Los Angeles on Aug. 29, 1970. Salazar was 42.

In March 1979, SSU renamed its library in honor of Salazar. Until the dedication ceremony, the building was only called "The Library," although there had been previous efforts to change the name to The Emiliano Zapata Library and The Ronald Reagan Library that failed.

Victor Soto of MEChA, who led the effort to rename the building after Salazar, first proposed the idea to the Academic Senate in March 1977. After popularizing the notion around campus and gaining strong campus support, it was voted to approve the proposal to name the Library after Ruben Salazar. The name was submitted to the CSU Board of Trustees and approved by Board Chair Roy T. Brophy and Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke.

The official dedication ceremony was held on March 2, 1979 and the event hosted eight San Francisco artists’ galleries in the building. This is the second CSU structure to be named after Salazar; in 1976 CSU Los Angeles dedicated its South Hall in Salazar’s memory.

In 2002, after the Schulz Library was constructed, the Ruben Salazar Library became Salazar Hall, and was renovated. It has won many awards for its energy efficient design and has one of the largest solar panel grids in the northern California region. Salazar Hall is now home to many of the school’s administrative and educational offices, as well as the Journalism Laboratory and several classrooms.

The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Day Sunrise Gathering happens annually at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. IITC extends and invitation to the general public to come and listen to the voices, stories, songs, dances and drums from traditional Indigenous Peoples from the Western Hemisphere who offer an alternative and historically correct perspective to "Columbus Day." Join us as we give honor and respect to our ancestors, cultures and survival and celebrate the recent adoption of the "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" by the United Nations General Assembly.

Special guest and speakers include:
Lenny Foster, Dine, IITC Board Member, National Prisoners Rights Project, American Indian Movement; Floyd "Redcrow" Westerman, Lakota, Musician, song writer, Actor;
Lorena Banyacya, Hopi, Oraibi, Arizona, Veterans of Alcatraz; Richard Oakes Family;
Veterans of the The Longest Walk-1978 and walkers of The Longest Walk 2-2008;
Jimbo Simmons, Choctaw, Master of Ceremonies,
IITC/AIM, Andrea Carmen, Yaqui, IITC Executive Director.

Ticket Info:
http://www.alcatrazcruises.com/websi...gathering.aspx

This event is one day on Monday, October 8, 2007 leaving at 5:30a.m,
5:45 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

The Indigenous People's sunrise ceremony is a comemoration of the start of the 1969-1971 occupation of Alcatraz by the 'Indians of All Tribes.'

Purchase and print your tickets on the web. Tickets can also be purchased by calling 415 981-7625 or at the Pier 33 Ticket Booth. The ticket booth opens at 5:00 am on Monday, October 8, 2007. Tickets are $11.00 per person. Children 5 and under are free.

PEACE

The event is taking place September 21, 2007 at 6pm.
Where: Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma room 191
680 Sonoma Mtn. Parkway
Petaluma, CA 94954

We ask that you spread the word to as many people as you can! An event as
important as this should be attended, so let's make this happen!

Appointments may be made by calling the Nursing Department at (707) 664-2466, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The exams are supervised by nursing faculty and performed by Family Nurse Practitioner students who are registered nurses enrolled in the Master's nursing program. Services include a complete medical and health history, identification of health risk factors, complete physical examination and screening tests including blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology testing, cholesterol testing, and Pap smears for cervical cancer.

These services can be utilized for annual exams, sports physicals, pre-employment physicals, camp physicals and Class II DMV licensing physicals.

Appointments are available only to Sonoma County residents.

~ Cassie Olivares
Director of Communications, MEChA de Sonoma

~ Jose Diaz
Chair, MEChA de Sonoma

Academia has created this pledge as the vehicle for community members to show support for the re-authorization of the charter. You can print this form and fax it to (323) 987-1240.

This conference aims to empower, educate and politicize by providing workshops presented by students, professors and members of the community here at Sonoma State University to expose students to a university environment and making all components culturally related. The conference will provide food and entertainment for the students attending. More importantly, it aims at creating unity amongst all raza.

September 30 is the last day for Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature before September 1 and in his possession on or after September 1 (California Constitution, Art. IV, Sec.10(b)(2)). In order for SB 160 to become effective the Governor can sign the bill into law or allow it to become law without his or her signature.

What does this mean?

This means that we must act now by showing our support for this bill and ensuring it becomes law, making higher education accessible to many deserving students.

What can you do?

• Call the Governor:

  The California DREAM Act is one of six bills that the Governor has chosen to monitor using his telephone call-in feature.
  1. Call: (916) 445-2841 (Available 24 hours);
  2. Press: 1 - English (use English option because SB 160 is not in the Spanish option);
  3. Press: 2 - Voice Opinion on Legislation OR Press 5 to speak to a person (9am-5pm);
  4. Then Press: 6 - SB 160, California Dream Act.
  You can also call his district offices to show your support >>>

• E-mail the Governor:

  • At governor@governor.ca.gov;
  • Or visit: http://www.govmail.ca.gov.
  * Attachments are not reviewed when emailing the Governor.

• Write the Governor:

  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
  State Capitol Building
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  -- Sample Letter --

  You can also write his district offices to show your support >>>

• Fax the Governor:

  • Fax: 916-445-4633
    -- Sample Letter --

  You can also fax his district offices to show your support >>>