CECLEF Presents... ~An Evening of Interaction~ with David Bacon internationally renowned author and photojournalist Fri., Nov. 8 at 6 pm at the Cesar E. Chavez Service Center 1504 E. Commerce, San Antonio, TX 78205 Info. call (210) 226-3731 Dear Friends, David Bacon, an internationally renowned author and photo-journalist will speak on immigrants rights based on his recently published book, THE RIGHT TO STAY HOME. Mr Bacons presentation will take place on on Friday, November 8 at 6 pm, and is part of a series on immigration reform talks held at the Cesar Chavez Legacy Service Center located at 1504 East Commerce St. in San Antonio, TX. Click here to visit David Bacons Website. The immigrants plight is everyones concern and it is important to inform and educate the community on this issue, said Jaime P. Martinez, president of the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation. Its time to shift gears and call on President Obama to act pointing out that most likely Congress will fail to approve a comprehensive immigration reform in 2013. The Cesar Chavez immigration reform forum is organized to involve the community at large in this public debate by inviting experts in the subject such as David Bacon. David Bacon is author of Illegal People - How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants, The Children of NAFTA, Communities Without Borders and The Right to Stay Home in which he makes a case of how US foreign policy displace Latino workers forcing them to leave their home communities to survive. He Travels frequently to Mexico, the Philippines, and Iraq. Bacon also hosts a half-hour weekly radio show on labor, immigration and the global economy on KPFA-FM, and is a frequent guest on KQED-TVs This Week in Northern California. For twenty years, Bacon was a labor organizer for unions in which immigrant workers made up a large percentage of the membership. Those include the United Farm Workers, the United Electrical Workers, the International Ladies Garment Workers, the Molders Union and others. Those experiences gave him a unique insight into changing conditions in the workforce, the impact of the global economy and migration, and how these factors influence the struggle for workers rights. For more information contact; Jaime P. Martinez, president of the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Education Foundation at 210-842-9339 or iueorg@aol. Cesar E. Chavez Legacy & Educational Foundation Jaime P. Martinez, Founder San Antonio, TX Upcoming Events 4th Annual ACCION DE GRACIAS EN EL BARRIO Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 CECLEF will be providing Thanksgiving meals to low income families, if you know of a family in need, please call (210) 226-3731 to have their name placed on our voucher list. Please contact us if you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Cesar E. Chavez Legacy & Educational Foundation (CECLEF) 501 (c)(3), P.O. Box 830402 | San Antonio, Texas 78283. Please contact Foundation Treasurer, Ernest Martinez, with questions at (210) 364-5506 or the CECLEF office at (210) 226-3731. New Chavez Movie to Premire in April 2014... Movie Synopsis: Cesar Chavez chronicles the birth of a modern American movement led by famed civil rights leader and labor organizer, Cesar Chavez. Torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to bringing dignity and justice to others, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle for the rights of farm workers. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individuals ability to change the system. Directed by: Diego Luna Starring: Michael Pena, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, John Malkovich, Jacob Vargas, Michael Cudlitz, John Ortiz, Wes Bentley, Julian Sands, Gabriel Mann, Kevin Dunn, Yancey Arias, Mark Moses Release date: April 4, 2014 dbacon.igc.org/
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:31:36 +0000
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