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"El Magonista" | Vol. 7 No. 43 | November 22, 2019

Today's edition is dedicated in commemoration of

President John F. Kennedy's death on November 22, 1963

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The CMSC's Dreamers delegation returns from

our most successful advocacy trip in Wash., D.C.
 Watch video here

The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC)’s 3rd phase of the National

Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole was a great success! Over
40 DACA recipients from across the states joined us in Washington, D.C.
from Nov. 9-15, 2019 to advocate for DACA and the restoration of Advance
Parole. Participating Dreamers met with Representatives, Senators, and
legislators and secured the commitment of at least 60 new signatures for a
new congressional letter led by Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46) to be sent to
President Donald Trump, DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, and USCIS
director Ken Cuccinelli II.

In addition, half of our delegation had the opportunity to enter the DACA
Supreme Court hearing and be part of this historical moment. During the
rest of our advocacy days, we were able to engage in conversations with
legislators about why Advance Parole should be restored and included in
future legislation. Overall the success of this experience was measured by
the community that was built within our participants and by the new letter
that will be led by Rep. Lou Correa.

" As I listened to Karina speak, I understood what the movement was about
it wasn’t only about us DACA but about our families, about the ones that
had stayed behind and the ones we had lost along our journey. I’m not
going to lie, I broke on our third day, the emotions came out and I couldn't
stop the tears and the pain. I was angry at our pain because we hadn't
asked for this fight and the struggle, and yet we were here working hard
every day for our communities and loved ones."

– Angelica Ramos, DACA recipient

"Feeling the humanity and the brother and sisterhood was the most
amazing experience I have lived so far, knowing that the support for us is
there was unbelievable, yet our parents are not receiving the same
support. I understand that DACA is only a protection for me and that it has
excluded the majority of undocumented immigrants in this country. When
I speak to parents over the phone while I am here I can hear the excitement
in their voices when they tell me, Hechale ganas hija, tu puedes, the
admiramos,” I can tell that they are proud I am out here and because of
that I know I am in the right place, this is beyond DACA, this is a first step
this still means something to them."

– Citlalli Ortiz, DACA recipient

For Latinos, racist politics are mentally unhealthy

 By: Claudia Boyd-Barrett ~ OC Register ~ November 15, 2019

Tomasa Martinez sat with a dozen other somber-faced mothers, trying not to
weep.

The women were in a classroom at Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy in

East Los Angeles, as part of a weekly class sponsored by the Los Angeles
County Department of Mental Health.

Today’s topic: “Traumatic stress caused by immigration laws.”

“My little girl, she watches the TV and she says, ‘Mommy, I don’t want to go to
school,’” Martinez told other mothers in Spanish.

Martinez started to sob when she described the anxieties gripping her 11-year-
old daughter, Emily. As the girl hears story after story about immigrants held in
cages and of families separated — and of other kids in her neighborhood who
end up alone when their parents are deported — Martinez said her daughter
expresses her fear plainly: “I don’t want to come home and you not be here, or
for Daddy not to come home from work.”

Read full article here

A most deserving celebration for a trailblazing

and pioneering educator

The Inaugural Lecture to memorialize Dr. Joseph L. White’s life-long

contributions to the field of psychology, his pioneering role establishing ethnic
studies in the U.S., and as the founder of the CSULB Educational Opportunities
Program (EOP) was an amazing success with about 100 of his colleagues, family
members, faculty and students in attendance.
As one of his closest disciples, Dr. Michael Connor delivered the Inaugural
Lecture to celebrate Dr. White’s legacy and shared his teachings as the “Father
of Black Psychology”, how he promoted the need for non-traditional treatment
and understanding of ethnic minorities in mental health practices and how EOP
has become a model replicated throughout California and the United States,
allowing several generations of low-income students of color to graduate from
public and private colleges and universities.

Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos pledged to continue to coordinate the

annual lecture and pursue the goals of the Joseph L. White Legacy Project
initiated in 2018 with many prominent EOP graduates, and to build upon the
collaboration with the other co-sponsors of the event. These included the CSULB
Psychology and Chicano & Latino Studies department, EOP and ASI.

A short documentary of the event will be produced by the CMSC and the project’s
forthcoming 2020 plans.
Today we commemorate the passing of President John
F. Kennedy and share the following article on his
book A Nation of Immigrants that framed his policies
and the historic importance of immigrants in the U.S.

By: Jonathan A. Greenblatt ~ The Hill ~ October 17, 2018

Members of Congress and the Administration, faced with a wave of immigration

and fears that the immigrants would endanger national security, passed a series
of laws establishing entry quotas. Their goal was to severely restrict immigration
to the U.S.

To stem the influx of immigrants from Mexico, the government also launched an
operation to force their return, fanning agents across Texas and the Southwest
to identify undocumented immigrants and send them back across the border.

Read full article here

 WE THANK THE BLESSING OF OUR
SPONSORS AND DONORS IN 2019

We sincerely thank all the sponsors and donors that supported our
National Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole throughout
2019 !!!

We appreciate your trust and generous support and wish you and yours
a healthy Thanksgiving holiday.

El Profe Armando and the CMSC Team: Lidieth, Luz, Citlalli, Mayra,
Miriam and Armando Godinez
However, we still need to raise $10,000 to cover all expenses of the 2019
National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole.

MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!

Please donate any amount before December 31, 2019.

Donate on our ActBlue Fundraising Campaign, or donate on the button

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 UPCOMING EVENTS

The CMSC will be participating in the 4th Annual

Keeping the Dream Alive Conference with workshops
about advocacy, activism, and mental health
CMSC's Días de la Raza exhibition by Luis Garza
(October 12, 2019 – January 19, 2020) – Centro Cultural Tijuana
The exhibition Días de la Raza was originated by the California-Mexico
Studies Center (CMSC) and was inaugurated by Dr. Vianka R. Santana,
General Director of the Tijuana Cultural Center (CECUT), on October
12, 2019 (Día de la Raza) as the final activity of the International
Conference Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of
Chicano Studies, celebrated at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
and CECUT from October 8-12, 2019, in collaboration with San Diego
State University, COLEF, CECUT and CMSC.

Días de la Raza will be exhibited until Sunday, January 19, 2020.

Download Exhibition Flyer

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