Fall 2007 Events
Wilmington Hispanic Day Parade
Sunday, September 9, 2007
We depart from the Trabant Circle at 9:30am and will return at approximately 4:30pm. All are welcome to attend.
Meet The Family: 1st La Raza General Meeting
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Trabant MPR C
Come and learn about why you should be apart of one of the most progressive sociopolitical organizations on campus, The Campus Alliance de La Raza. If you are passionate about bettering the lives of the underrepresented, and righting injustices on this campus and nation-wide, then La Raza is the organization for you.
The Campus Alliance de La Raza (CALR) is part of a network of college student organizations that works closely with The National Council de La Raza (NCLR) to increase youth leadership and advance positive social change on University campuses, in Latino communities, and throughout the United States. The CALR rests on two important pillars: 1) advocacy in pursuit of the advancement of the Latino Agenda and 2) the intellectual and social development of its members.
A famous revolutionary once said, "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine."
La Raza Board Meetings
All Meetings are Open to the Public
September 12, 2007
9:00pm, Christiana Commons Meeting Room A
September 26, 2007
9:00pm, Christiana Commons Meeting Room A
October 10, 2007
9:00pm, Christiana Commons Meeting Room A
October 24, 2007
9:00pm, Christiana Commons Meeting Room A
November 7, 2007
9:00pm, Christiana Commons Meeting Room A
November 21, 2007
9:00pm, Christiana Commons Meeting Room A
December 5, 2007
9:00pm, Christiana Commons Meeting Room A
2007 Voter Registration Drive (Day 1)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
11a.m to 3p.m at Trabant Kiosk B
Trabant University Center, University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19717
Sponsored by La Raza, the Black Student Union, NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
The CALR Presents: Dolores Huerta
Co-Founder and First Vice President Emeritus
of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
5:30pm Trabant Centers Multi-Purpose Rooms
A and B
Trabant University Center, University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19717
"“Walk the street with us into history. Get
off the sidewalk.”
- Dolores Huerta
Latino Heritage Month at UD will open in September with a lecture, “Making History and Fighting for Those Who Cannot Fight,” by Dolores C. Huerta, co-founder and first vice president emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO. A reception will be held at 5 p.m., followed by her lecture at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Multipurpose Rooms A and B of the Trabant University Center.
Huerta has played a major role in the American civil rights movement. As a founding member of the Community Service Organization, she helped battle segregation and police brutality. She also was instrumental in the passage of legislation allowing farm workers the right to vote and to take driver's exams in Spanish.
In 1962, Huerta joined Cesar Chavez in forming what became the United Farm Workers Union. Together they founded the Robert F. Kennedy Medical Plan, the Juan De La Cruz Farm Worker Pension Fund and the Farm Workers Credit Union. They also formed the National Farm Workers Service Center Inc., a community-based affordable housing and Spanish-language radio communications organization. Over the years, Huerta has helped organize farm workers, boycotts and strikes and educated legislators about the inadequate living conditions, poor health and the extreme poverty level of many farm laborers.
Among her honors, Huerta received the Outstanding Labor Leader Award from the California State Senate, the American Civil Liberties Union's Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award and the Ellis Island Medal of Freedom. She also has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, was featured as one of the “100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century” by the Ladies Home Journal.
The lecture is sponsored by UD's Latino and Latin American Heritage Office and the Office of Affirmative Action and Multicultural Programs in conjunction with the Office of Human Resources, the Office of Women's Affairs, Women's Studies and the Campus Alliance de la Raza.
Harrington Beach Picnic
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Tentative time (coming soon…)
A Saturday picnic bringing together La Raza, HOLA, BSU, and the NAACP
2007 Voter Registration Drive (Day 2)
Monday, October 1, 2007
11a.m to 3p.m at Trabant Kiosk B
Trabant University Center, University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19717
Sponsored by the La Raza, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc
Colored Men and Hombres Aquí:
Hernandez v. Texas and the Emergence of Mexican
American Lawyering
Michael A. Olivas
October 2, 2007
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