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"El Magonista" | Vol. 7 No. 36 | October 9, 2019

The 50th Anniversary of Chicano Studies Celebration at

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte has begun

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Join us tomorrow at the 50th Anniversary of

Chicano Studies Celebration at El Colef
We would like to remind you that the California-Mexico Studies
Center (CMSC), El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef), San
Diego State University (SDSU) and the Tijuana Cultural Center
(CECUT) will be convening the International Conference Celebrating
the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of Chicano Studies this week
from Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 10-12, 2019. The conference will
focus on the origin of the Chicano Movement and the implementation of
Chicano Studies programs in 1969, the importance of teaching Chicano
and Latino Studies in the United States and Mexico, as well as promote
a comparative analysis of the scope of this movement in both countries.

LIVE WEBCAST LINK

Starting tomorrow Thursday, Oct. 10, the conference will be

webcast live for those who cannot attend. Also, make sure to attend
the Chicano and Documentary Series that is taking place at CECUT
from Oct. 8-12, 2019.

PROGRAM IN ENGLISH PROGRAMA EN ESPAÑOL

(updated on Oct. 4, 2019) (actualizado Oct. 4, 2019)

For more information, contact Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos:

armando.vazquez-ramos@csulb.edu ~ (562) 972-0986

Join our Advance Parole advocacy campaign

in Washignton D.C. next month!
As you may recall, on July 1, 2019, the CMSC launched the Advance
Parole Application Assistance Program to help DACA beneficiaries
apply for humanitarian Advance Parole, as a way to challenge the
discriminatory practice by the Trump Administration to systematically
suspend and deny all DACA recipients’ applications for Advance Parole,
and to establish grounds for class-action litigation on behalf of all
Dreamers denied due process and court-ordered consideration of all I-
131 applications.

Now we're announcing the 3rd phase of our National Campaign to

Restore DACA’s Advance Parole and will take 50+ Dreamers to
Washington, D.C. during November 9-15, 2019; this includes
30 Dreamers that have filed their humanitarian Advance Parole
applications since July 1 as part of our assistance program, to
personally advocate for expedited approval of their I-131, Advance
Parole applications.

This phase of our campaign is essential because the Dream and

Promise Act of 2019 is unlikely to be approved by the current Senate,
and the U.S. Supreme Court will not rule on the future of DACA until
next summer. Therefore, Dreamers remain in limbo and their dire need
for humanitarian travel will continue to be denied Advance Parole
authorization for an indefinite period.

Are you a DACA recipient who has applied for an Advance Parole
permit before, or have been personally affected by its suspension
since September 5, 2017? If so, we would like to invite you to
participate in our campaign's 3rd Advocacy trip to Washington D.C
from November 9-14, 2019.

REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY:

• You must be a current or former DACA recipient.

• You must be available to participate from November 9-15, 2019.
• You must be able to purchase your own airfare and/or ground
transportation to Washignton D.C. (once confirmed, the CMSC
will cover your hotel room, all meals and local transportation).
 • You must apply by 5pm Friday, Oct. 11, 2019.

APPLY NOW

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR CAMPAIGN

We are at a crucial point to secure the necessary funding to expand the
National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole, and bring as many
Dreamers to Washington, D.C. next month!

MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!

Check out our ActBlue Fundraising Campaign, or donate on the button below:

A group of 60 Dreamers from the LA-area will

engage in a discussion with John Leguizamo
tomorrow at the Ahmanson Theater
In recognition of the CMSC’s National Campaign to Restore DACA’s
Advance Parole, the Center Theatre Group (CTG) and John
Leguizamo’s touring company invited 60 of our Dreamers to attend
a complimentary performance of “Latin History for Morons” at the
Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow, Thursday,
October 10, 2019 at 2pm.

The performance will be followed by a discussion with John Leguizamo,

to reflect upon the impact of his performance and the issues facing
Dreamers and their families.

Keeping Marco Antonio Firebaugh's Legacy Alive

The CMSC is committed to keep Marco Antonio Firebaugh's legacy
alive as the "godfather" of undocumented students with his landmark
legislation Assembly Bill 540 (AB-540), which has positively impacted
thousands of undocumented immigrants since 2001.

Thus, we would like to take a moment to remember and celebrate

what would have been Marco Antonio Firebaugh's 53rd birthday
this coming Sunday, October 13, 2019.
 UPCOMING EVENTS

We invite you to watch our third episode of "Advance Parole Voices -

Live Edition" tomorrow Thu. Oct. 10, 2019 at 6:30pm PST / 9:30pm
EST. On this episode, we will feature Angélica Guzman's story, a
DACA-mented immigrant from Salt Lake City, Utah who had to choose
between a once in a lifetime academic opportunity in Spain and home
in the United States.

Tune in tomorrow on our FACEBOOK PAGE

If you missed last week's episode featuring Areli Navarro,

you can watch it here.
We would like to invite you to join us at the “World Premiere” of Lidieth
Arevalo's latest documentary film Alpharaoh (2019), which will be
screening at 6pm on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at the Panamanian
International Film Festival in Los Angeles (PIFFLA) in the Downtown
Independent theater in LA.

Lidieth Arevalo is a Dreamer and the CMSC's Multimedia and

Communications Director who has been working with us for the last 4
years. She has been fundamental in the successful production and
execution of all of our CMSC-produced documentaries, study abroad
programs, and campaigns. Thus, we would be delighted if you would
join us on this day to support her career as an up-and-coming
documentary filmmaker. Alpharaoh is the thesis film she completed as
part of her MFA Documentary program at Chapman University’s Dodge
College of Film and Media Arts.

DATE & TIME:

Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at 6PM

LOCATION:
The Downtown Independent Theater

251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

TICKETS:

Tickets are $10 each; you can buy them

here: 5panafest.eventbrite.com

ABOUT THE FILM: A short documentary that follows Alex Alpharaoh,

an undocumented American performing artist, as he shares his life in
his highly-successful solo performance WET: A DACAmented
Journey while taking the show on a national tour. Through Alpharaoh’s
story, the film shines light into what it means to be an American in every
sense of the word, except for one: on paper... Read more here

Watch the TRAILER | Download the film's PRESS KIT

Follow the film on Social Media: Instagram | Facebook | IMDb

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A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump
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Richard Avila was 56 when he was deported to
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migrant workers, unveiled in downtown
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In Migrant’s Bend Plaza in downtown Los Angeles,
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