CAMARILLO — “Be the Change” is the theme of the 11th Annual Conference for Social Justice in Education at the CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) campus on April 6. Everyone is welcome to the free conference, including faculty, students, parents and anyone else interested in how education can advance equality for all citizens, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or anything else that has historically divided us. “In this era in which we’re living, we have such divisions in our country and so many people talk about it,” said conference planning committee member Charles Weis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education. “We...
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OXNARD — Join the 26th Annual Cesar Chavez March for Justice, meeting at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 24 at Cesar Chavez School, 224 Juanita Ave., Oxnard. “UFW President Teresa Romero and Ventura County farm workers want to invite you to join them as they march to Celebrate the legacy of #CesarChavez! #WeFeedYou / Amigos del Condado de Ventura / Los Ángeles: ¡La presidenta de la Union de Campesinos (UFW) Teresa Romero y los campesinos del Condado de Ventura quieren invitarlos a que se unan a ellos mientras marchan para celebrar el legado de César Chávez!” The march will begin at...
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Press Conference Set for March 22 on Superior Court Steps in San Luis Obispo SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY – The community is invited to a March 22 press conference to announce Seek Then Speak, a new tool to support sexual assault survivors, is nowavailable as?a free resource in San Luis Obispo County. The press conference will include members of RISE, San Luis Obispo Police, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, Cal Poly Police, and Cal Poly Safer and Title IX programs. Seek Then Speak is part of a new initiative by RISE and its community partners to help...
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Permits were granted without considering safe alternatives for hazardous pesticides such as chlorpyrifos, or how pesticides may interact with one another VENTURA COUNTY —  California’s County Agricultural Commissioners failed to comply with state law requiring them to not issue permits for hazardous pesticide use without first considering whether safe alternatives exist or whether there is potential for harmful interactions with other pesticides used at the same time. That’s the explosive conclusion of a new report by UCLA researchers released March 20 entitled Governance on the Ground: Evaluating the Role of County Agricultural Commissioners in Reducing Toxic Exposures. In fact, the...
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SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) was awarded the Vision for Success Policy Leadership Award by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors for her work reforming remedial education and removing a significant obstacle to student success. “When crafting AB 705, the mission was to remove the barriers to a quality education for every Californian,” said Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin. “I’m very pleased to be recognized by California Community Colleges Board of Governors and I would like to commend them for their work in implementing the bill.” Assemblymember Irwin’s AB 705 (2017) was unanimously passed by the California legislature...
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Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes local guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By David Magallanes • Guest contributor David Magallanes Every now and then, we become aware of a child prodigy in our midst.  A “prodigy” is someone who is blessed with a remarkable gift.  Many of the great musical composers of the classical era were child prodigies.  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example, was competent on the keyboard and violin before the age of 5,...
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VENTURA COUNTY — The Ventura County Board of Supervisors honored the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme with the Partnership for a Healthy Ventura County’s Health Champion Award. The award is presented each year to a community partner who excels in one of four committee focus areas. The board is presenting this award in honor of “National Nutrition Month,” which is celebrated in March. “The Club provides programs in three priority outcome areas – academic success, good character and citizenship and healthy lifestyles – in order to help our 10,400+ youth and teens become successful...
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Click here for the entire e-newsletter President’s Message  Dear Friends, Please take a moment to read the following message from United Way New Zealand CEO Teresa Moore regarding the recent shooting in Christchurch. “There are many people who are affected by this horrific act of violence in Christchurch. United Way NZ will work to ensure ALL donations go to the charities and community groups providing ongoing post traumatic support, for the victims, families and community.  Over the last 44 years we have developed transparent processes with our regional volunteers and Board of directors to ensure donations meet the needs...
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SANTA MARIA — The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) recently selected Righetti High School Science Teacher Laura Branch as the 2019 Teacher of the Year. The honor from the international organization with more than 38,000 members in 100-plus different countries comes with a $3,000 for personal use and another $3,000 earmarked for Branch’s classroom. The purpose of the AAPG is to advance science and geology. “Geology has always been my passion,’’ Branch said. “Teaching geology and about the world around us is my legacy. Finding out I won the AAPG Teacher of the Year Award is a full...
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Santa Barbara City College’s Community Newsletter Message from the President – March 2019 Dear Community, Serving as the Superintendent-President of Santa Barbara City College has been the most important job of my 31 year career in education.  I want to be sure to thank the Santa Barbara community for all the support you have giving me the past few years and for your ongoing support of Santa Barbara City College and the Foundation.  We are so fortunate to have Dr. Helen Benjamin joining the College as the Interim SBCC Superintendent-President, beginning April 1st.  She is amazing and you will...
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OXNARD — The Sight + Sound Film Festival – a joint production between the City of Oxnard, The Oxnard Performing Arts Center (The PACC) and Oxnard College – is accepting film submissions for consideration now thru May 30, 2019. Sight + Sound will hold its inaugural event on August 16-18, 2019. The festival will bring audiences to the very edges of cinematic programming. Also featured will be workshops on video editing and monster makeup and spaces to zen out Tinseltown-style. The festival will heighten every olfactory, tactile, optical, and auditory point of contact. Even tastebuds will be rewarded with themed...
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VENTURA COUNTY — United Way of Ventura County (UWVC) is proud to announce it has appointed Mitchel Sloan as Vice President of Resource Development & Marketing. He brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing and fundraising. Sloan most recently served as Vice President of Development & Communications at the Alzheimer’s Association California Central Coast Chapter, where he successfully led a team to increase fundraising revenue and organize philanthropic events, such as the Swing to Remember Golf Tournament. In his new role, Sloan will design and lead UWVC’s fundraising campaigns and build on relationships with the community. “Mitchel...
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Material Interactivo de Educación de Salud Ahora Disponible en la Red Accesible para Miembros de CenCal Health, Médicos, y la Comunidad en General en los Condados de Santa Barbara y San Luis Obispo SANTA BARBARA — CenCal Health, el plan de salud médico de Medi-Cal para los condados de Santa Barbara y San Luis Obispo, recientemente estableció una asociación con Healthwise, el líder en educación de salud basada en la evidencia, para proveer un biblioteca interactiva de educación para la salud, a sus comunidades locales. Disponible directamente en el sitio web de CenCal Health, esta biblioteca contiene miles de...
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VENTURA COUNTY — At its February 12 meeting, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors approved the Workforce Development Board (WDB) Membership Committee’s recommendation to appoint Rosa M. Serrato, as a WDB member for a three-year term. Serrato is corporate human resources director at Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC). RAC, headquartered in Oxnard, has operations worldwide with affiliates in the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Africa. It is the largest fresh, multi-berry producer in the world and the leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in North America. “With 13 years’ experience as a certified human resource professional, Rosa is...
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VENTURA — The Ventura College Foundation is seeking sponsors for several Ventura College student scholarship award events scheduled for April and May. The inaugural Allied Health Scholarship Awards ceremony will be held Saturday, April 13 at Ventura College’s Wright Event Center. This new scholarship event will honor Ventura College students interested in paramedic, nursing and other medical fields. The 20th Annual Phoenix Scholarship Awards will be held Thursday, April 18 also at Ventura College’s Wright Event Center. The Phoenix Scholarship Program was established in 1999 by VC Foundation board members to support Ventura College re-entry students. Phoenix Scholarships are...
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — State contractors have removed more than 102,000 tons of debris generated by the Woolsey and Hill fires from private properties in Los Angeles and Ventura counties since debris removal operations began on February 6, officials with the Debris Removal Operations Center (DROC) in Calabasas reported today. The debris removed so far represents 89,518.35 tons of burned debris and ash, concrete, contaminated soil and metal from properties in Los Angeles County participating in the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal Program, as well as 12,750.83 tons of debris from properties in Ventura County. Under the state program, administered by CalRecycle...
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