Formerly known as Cesar Chavez Week, the newly re-named Cesar Chavez-Dolores Huerta Commemoration Week is a series of educational and informational events promoting involvement and activism in varying fields including but not limited to education, politics, legal justice and the labor movement. The events are hosted by MEChA with input and participation with other campus RSOs and take place at the beginning of spring quarter.
This year's events include:
Thursday April 2nd
Immigrant Bashing: Human and Civil Rights Violations in the U.S.A. Today
A teach-in by the Latino Union of Chicago
7:30pm @ OMSA 5710 Woodlawn
Monday April 6th
The Bandana Project: Sexual Exploitation of Farmworker Women
6:00 @ OMSA Community Lounge
FREE FOOD
Monday April 6th
What is a Chicano?
A Panel on Chicano Identity
7:30 @ OMSA Community Lounge
FREE FOOD
Wednesday April 8th
Dolores Huerta: A Woman in Pursuit of Justice
MEChA's Chavez-Huerta Keynote
7pm-9pm @ OMSA 5710
FREE FOOD
(for more information on Dolores Huerta see http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=81 and http://www.doloreshuerta.org/ )
Tuesday April 7th
Dreaming of Higher Education
A DREAM Act Informational
6:30 @ OMSA 5710
FREE FOOD
Thursday April 9th
Arte Popular: Activism Through Art
5:30-7:30 @ SMART Museum
FREE FOOD
Friday April 10th
Movie Night
Screening of "The Fight in the Fields"
6pm @ OMSA 5710
FREE FOOD
See here for a link to our facebook event!
Hope to see you this week!
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