Thurs, Mar 19, 2020 6:30 PM Museum of Ventura County
The Museum of Ventura County is honored to host Dolores Huerta on March 19, 2020 @ 6:30 PM for a talk about her years working with the UFW, her work building community and organizing for change, and so much more. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines by Jorge Corralejo exhibit both before and after the talk. Admission is $5 for museum members, $15 for non-members.
Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and community organizer. She has worked for labor rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She served as Vice President and played a critical role in many of the union’s accomplishments for four decades. Dolores Huerta has received numerous awards: among them The Eleanor Roosevelt Humans Rights Award from President Clinton in 1998. In 2012 President Obama bestowed Dolores with The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.
Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines by Jorge Corralejo will be on display from March 14, 2020—April 26, 2020 at the Museum of Ventura County and from March 20, 2020-August 2, 2020 at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula.
Oxnard Film Society Screening of “Dolores” March 9, 2020 at 3:30 and 6:30 PM at the Plaza Cinemas 14 in Oxnard
In conjunction with the upcoming exhibit Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines by Jorge Corralejo and the Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta speaking event, The Museum of Ventura County is excited to co-sponsor with the Oxnard Film Society for two special screenings of “Dolores” on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM at the Plaza Cinemas 14 in Downtown Oxnard. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
Please see this informative guide, “Solidarity for Refugee Caravans in Tijuana”, especially if you plan on going to TJ. This guide was created by folks working on the ground in TJ. It includes information on the various needs of the different shelters (Benito Juarez, Enclave Caracol, Casa del Migrante, etc.), who to contact, and how you can go about volunteering. I encourage you all to share this information with your networks.
Legal Observers and Lawyers Needed in Tijuana
The situation at the border is dire. Last weekend, immigration agents used tear gas and pepper spray on individuals and families seeking asylum. A humanitarian crisis exists with inadequate shelter and resources in Tijuana’s sports stadium shelter for the thousands of people who migrated together, hoping to present themselves at the border.
There is a constant need for legal observers and attorneys for many weeks and months to come. Please consider traveling to Tijuana to help if you are able.
NLG-LA Board Co-President Gilbert Saucedo is traveling to volunteer in Tijuana on Saturday (for the weekend); if you are interested in coordinating with him, email him at gs.law@att.net. NLG-LA Immigration Committee Chair Pasquale Lombardo is likely traveling to Tijuana on Sunday (through early next week); email him at pglombardo1@gmail.com. Please fill out Al Otro Lado’s volunteer form if you can travel to Tijuana in the coming days/weeks: https://goo.gl/forms/22IqGTIg1TrjTVmi1.
About 25 UUCV members met on Oct. 15 and Nov. 12 to begin the formation of a committee in support of Immigrants’ Rights. A coordination committee was formed by Silvia Hutchins as a liaison to the Social Action Coordinating Committee (SACC) and CLUE. Susan Franzblau will develop an “Immediate Emergency Response Team.”
Ruth Capelle will participate in coalition building with other organizations and communicate action and volunteer opportunities to ATIR and send out information and analyses from other sources and UUSC. Ray Vargas joined us as well and has begun to lead the development of a mission statement and also initiated a fundraising effort.
Susan defines her task: “I am coordinating an effort to help undocumented immigrant families find a place to stay, food to eat, childcare and transportation when they are in our area for legal services or are clients of other agencies and organizations.” She hopes for volunteers to expand the network of people who can provide some of the services that will only involve a few days at a time.
Ruth intends to develop a more effective means of communication than frequent e-mails which will be reserved for immediate action alerts. She hopes volunteers will participate in outreach and inform us on activities in support of the immigrant community being planned by other groups in the West County.
Please contact Ruth if you’d like your name to be added to ATIR’s e-mail list for action alerts.
We plan to hold regular meetings on the 2nd Monday of the month beginning at 6pm for a potluck dinner and convene at 6:30pm; we expect to be done no later than 8pm. In December only, the meeting will take place on the third Monday of the month, Dec. 17.
The goals and efforts of this new committee are aligned with the UU principles and purposes, especially:
We are in covenant to affirm and promote:
The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations; and
The goal of a world community with peace, liberty and justice for all.
With love and the fervent hope that together we can make the world a better place for the most afflicted, The Action Team for Immigrant Rights
