SANTA PAULA — The opening reception for “The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers” will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 at the Agriculture Museum, 926 Railroad Ave., Santa Paula. The award-winning art, humanities and educational…
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Bilingual report: El Concilio to present civics course for U.S. citizenship
OXNARD — El Concilio Family Services in Oxnard will present a Civics course: “United States History and Government,” to prepare students who are considering applying for U.S. citizenship. The course will also be for students who have already submitted a…
Bilingual commentary: Late-night walks
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Guest commentary: Ruminating there, but for the grace of God, go I — c/s
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes 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 Rodolfo F. Acuña / Guest contributor One…
Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. to celebrate National Health Center Week 2013 through Aug. 15
VENTURA COUNTY — Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. will host a series of events from Aug. 11 to 17 in honor of National Health Center Week (NHCW). These events are part of National Campaign which celebrates the record of success…
Lacayo to speak on ‘Senior Advocacy in Ventura County’ at next Longevity Class on Aug. 14
VENTURA — Hank Lacayo, currently serving his fifth term as the state president of the Congress of California Seniors, will talk about “Senior Advocacy in Ventura County” at the next Longevity Class at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 702…
Luis Buñuel Film Series continues on Aug. 15 at Casa Delores in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — The Luis Buñuel Film Series will be presented from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Aug. 15 and 29 at Casa Delores: Center for the Study of the Popular Arts of Mexico, 1023 Bath St., Santa Barbara. Luis…
Guest commentary: Love the kids. Hate gangs. Changing culture
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De Colores Music to hold fundraiser on Aug. 10
SANTA PAULA — De Colores Music will present a musical fundraiser from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 at Casa Del Mexicano, 218 So. 11 St., Santa Paula. Entertainment will include performances by about 40 students of Xavier “Big…
Bilingual report: Community forum on labor rights to be held Aug. 11 in Santa Paula
SANTA PAULA — Lideres Campesinas’ (Farmworker Women Leaders) Ventura Chapter and Poder Popular from Santa Paula in collaboration with partner agencies that include Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB), the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) will host a roundtable…
Tickets still available for MICOP’s ‘Night in Oaxaca’ on Aug. 3
OXNARD — Tickets are still available for the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) annual “Night in Oaxaca — Education is Liberation” program which begins with registration at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way,…
Cover story: Migrant students introduced to college life
CSU Channel Islands hosting its first Migrant Summer Leadership Institute By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 Building multidimensional shapes out of plastic tubing and using Mentos and soda to propel race cars. While at first glance the exercises seem like children’s…
Bilingual commentary: The language of flowers
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Guest commentary: The Inconvenient truth — Erasure of memory
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes 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 Rodolfo F. Acuña / Guest contributor Every…
Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara begins July 31
SANTA BARBARA — The 89th annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara will be presented from July 31 through Aug. 4 in downtown Santa Barbara. The event features the opening “La Fiesta Pequeña” at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, musical…
CSU Channel Islands to host Migrant Summer Leadership Institute
More than 100 students and 40 parents from all around California will learn about college in multi-day residential institutes CAMARILLO – CSU Channel Islands will host its first Migrant Summer Leadership Institute (MSLI) for migrant high school students and their parents from Friday,…
Oxnard writers earn fellowship, awards
OXNARD — Two Oxnard writers received fellowships and an award from “A Room Of Her Own,” (AROHO) Foundation. Florencia Ramirez received the Gift of Freedom $5,000 award for her creative non-fiction work. Mona AlvaradoFrazier received the Courage Fellowship Award. These…
Bilingual commentary: Careers and jobs in a technical world
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Bilingual commentary: Sunshine: Friend or foe?
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes 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 As…
Ventura County Community College District hosting welcome reception on July 29 for new Ventura College president
VENTURA — Ventura County Community College District invites the community to attend a welcome reception for Dr. Greg Gillespie, new Ventura College president, on Monday, July 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the District Administrative Center, 255 W. Stanley…
Ventura County Veterans Funds awards first grants
Program to ease transition to civilian life for returning warriors CAMARILLO — The Ventura County Veterans Fund at the Ventura County Community Foundation has awarded its first grants to local nonprofits that serve veterans as they adjust to civilian life,…
Guest commentary: Por eso estamos como estamos
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Old Spanish Days’ ‘La Fiesta del Museo’ set for July 20 in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara will present its annual “La Fiesta del Museo” from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 136 E. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara. Dinner…
Flamenco dance performance to be held July 20 in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — The Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara will present ‘Romeria de Verano 2013’ from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at 721 E. Cota St., Santa Barbara. Students from the Linda Vega Dance Studio and ¡FLAMENCO! Santa…
Bilingual report: Farmworker Fair to be held on July 21 in Oxnard
OXNARD — The California Employment Development Dept. will present the 6th annual “Farmworker Fair — Feria Campesina” from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 21 at the EDD office/West Oxnard Job & Career Center, 635 So. Ventura Road, Oxnard. The…
Guest commentary: Erosion of respect for the law
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Region provides new Mexican cónsul challenges, opportunities
Large territory, limited funds are some obstacles for Mexican national community By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 As the crow/seagull flies, it’s almost 200 miles between Point Mugu and Paso Robles. That is almost as far (215 miles) as from…
Commentary: Spain pilgrimage draws seekers
By Stacey Wittig / Vagabonding Chica – Travel Writer Discovery is what I love most about traveling. When I have a tentative agenda, I have time to stumble upon new places. Once on foreign soil, I seek out events or…
Huckleberry Finn figures prominently in new book by UCSB expert in immigration law, policy
SANTA BARBARA — This is the overarching question that frames John S.W. Park’s new book, “Illegal Migrations and the Huckleberry Finn Problem” (Temple University Press, 2013), and it’s a question that has confronted many American citizens time and again throughout…
Bilingual report: Mexican Consulate to hold book donation ceremony on June 27
OXNARD — The Mexican Consulate in Oxnard will hold its annual book donation ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 27 at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary School, 3101 Dunkirk Drive, Oxnard. More than 40 educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, community centers, churches, clubs…
Guest commentary: Summer Reading-Latino Lit Lista
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Deadline is June 20 to register for ‘Young Writers Camp” in Ventura, Santa Barbara counties
The deadline to register is June. 20 for South Coast Writing Project presents “The 2013 Young Writers Camp” July 15-26 at UC Santa Barbara and California Lutheran University, July 15 through Aug. 1 at Oxnard and Ventura colleges. The students, third…
SCORE Ventura Hispanic Program to present free workshop, mixer on June 20
OXNARD — The SCORE Ventura Hispanic Program to present a free workshop, mixer from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20 at The Kitchen, 529 So. A St., Oxnard. The Best of SCORE Expo for business owners and startups will feature…
El Concilio Family Services presents 2013 Latino Leadership Awards
Click on photo to see a slideshow from the event. OXNARD — El Concilio Family Services held its 24th annual Latino Leadership Awards on June 7, 2013 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. Awards went to Haida Jimenez, (a counselor…
Ventura County internship program gives students head start for career in public works
VENTURA — In an effort to introduce students to the different facets of public works and nurture interest in civil engineering, Ventura County offers a student internship program with the ultimate goal of students transitioning into professional public works careers.…
Guest commentary: A father’s wail — Why do you kill my son?
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Bilingual report: Registration open for ‘Creative Writing in Spanish’ class in Santa Maria starting June 18
SANTA MARIA — A new “Creative Writing in Spanish” class will be offered from June 18 through July 9 through Allan Hancock College Community Education in Santa Maria. In the class, students create and share their own writing with other students in English…
Women’s Economic Ventures celebrates 80 SET graduates
Next Santa Barbara orientations for its Self-Employment Training (SET) program to be held June 13, 25 SANTA BARBARA — Women’s Economic Ventures recently held a graduation ceremony at the Montecito Country Club in honor of 80 new local entrepreneurs (40 from Santa Barbara County)…
Immigration reform talk to be held June 12 in Newbury Park
NEWBURY PARK — Maricela Morales, deputy executive director of the Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE), former mayor of Port Hueneme and daughter of immigrant parents, will speak about he current U.S. House and Senate immigration bills and…
UC Santa Barbara to present ‘Latina Mother / Adolescent Daughter Communications’ program on June 10
SANTA BARBARA — The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara will present a free “Latina Mother / Adolescent Daughter Communications” lecture by Dr. Laura Romo from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, June 10 at Faulkner Gallery, Santa…
El Concilio profile: Ventura County Mexican American Bar Association
Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series of stories profiling the award-winners of El Concilio Family Service 2013 Latino Leadership Awards. The awards gala will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. The event is…
Pew Hispanic Center releases report: ‘Inside the 2012 Latino Electorate’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A record 11.2 million Latinos voted in the 2012 presidential election, but Latinos’ voter turnout rate continues to lag other groups significantly, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data released this week by the…
Women’s Economic Ventures to present small business workshop in Spanish on June 6
SANTA BARBARA — Women’s Economic Ventures, in collaboration with the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara, will present a workshop in Spanish providing training on the most important aspects of starting and running a successful small business from 6 to 8:30…
Guest commentary: Chingaderas — It’s the system stupid
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CEDC, VCCDC to host ‘Community Resource Fair’ on June 1
CEDC event celebrating Homeownership Month will feature home-buyer education workshops, and foreclosure prevention workshops VENTURA — Cabrillo Economic Development Corp. (CEDC) and Ventura County Community Development Corp. (VCCDC) NeighborWorks® HomeOwnership Center will host its annual NeighborWorks® Week event on Saturday,…
Commentary: California LULAC says No to AB 955 Pay-to-Play Community College funding scheme
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LULAC to meet with Assemblymember Williams, State Sen. Jackson on June 1
VENTURA — The League of United Latin American Citizens will meet with Assemblymember Das Williams and State Sen. Hannah Beth Jackson at its monthly meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 1 at Clinicas Del Camino Real, 200 So. Wells Road,…
Bilingual commentary: The nature of work
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Guest commentary: How history is socially controlled in K-12
Setting Standards — Serfs and Lords Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes 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.…
LULAC says Williams misrepresented vote on AB955. Williams counters still time for discussion
VENTURA COUNTY — The League of United Latin American Citizens says Assemblyman Das Williams deliberately misled the organization in discussions on Assembly Bill 955, the organization reported in a media release on Wednesday. Williams released a statement Friday disagreeing with…