UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association

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To register or sign up to learn about future events: https://bit.ly/3wUOtLX 💙🐻💛🎓

Buenos dias and so sad 😥 announce that on Thursday night 3/28, I lost my amazing lifetime mentors who guided me and my entire familia on our path to an education. He was my Spanish teacher, then became a Vice Principal to Sequoia High and then became the Director of Adult School in Redwood City - he is a testament of what teaching and learning is all about - rooted in love and social justice❤️. I have so many memories with him creating community, coming to my graduations, and empowering us to be the future leaders. And he always have a great sense of humor, amazing energy and words of encouragement for any occiasion. I will miss my platicias with him and amazing advice. Below are some pictures from high school that were shared with me.
My familia sends his familia our condolences and we thank them for sharing such an amazing man and human being who impacted so many of us in Redwood City and the Bay Area
- Mr. Roberto Martinez - Esta Presente! 💜✊

Buenos dias and last night Berkeley Community College hosted our Berkeley Cesar E. Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Larry Itliong Commemoration Celebration- Environmental Justice Starts with Us. Started with showing the Maria Moreno film Adios Amor and opened ceremonia with Berkeley's danzantes - Cuauhtli Mitotiani Mexica coordinated by Ms. Betti then moved to our speakers - Dr. Denise Richardson, BCC President; Ana Vasudeo, BUSD Latina Board President; Jill Hoogendyk, Associate Superintendent; and Alexis Bernal, PhD student in ESPM at UC Berkeley. And we closed by celebrating 11 individuals from Berkeley who have gone above and beyond to help others and are grounded in the values non-violence, social justice and making a difference in our daily practices of love and compassion.
Special shout outs to: Lisette Flores for hosting us at BCC; Jose Martinez for the altars and the Marimba musica that came to the central valley. Gracias y seguimos Pa'delante!

Buenos dias and sharing pictures from our UCB Uplifting Latinas and Allies gathering that took place Wednesday,
April 20th celebrating Womxn's Hxstory month at the new Latinx Student Resource Center.
We honored and celebrated - Lillian Castillo-Speed, Ethnic Studies head librarian; Lisa S Hirai Tsuchitani - Asian American Studies faculty; Diana Lizarraga, Director of Cal NERDS and Maria Ramirez, performer and her storytelling.
Shared knowledge and intergenerational experiences as we broke bread and reflected on our responsibilities as educated individuals. And listened to Maira's performance reminding us of the herstory perspective in storytelling.
Gracias 🙏 and felicidades 🎉 to all our honorees for their fierce dedication and commitment to our students and communities.

Buenos dias comunidad y muchas gracias for all those that gave during the UCB Big Give Day - Dando y Ayudando!
And I am inviting you all to the Cesar E. Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Larry Itliong Commemoration Celebration this coming Thursday, March 21st at Berkeley Community College. Starting at 4:15pm we will start with the Maria Moreno (UFW organizer) film Adios Amor and then with speakers, recognitions y musica.
And for those who would still would like to donate funds to our UCB Chicanx Latine students consider $100 amigos/as, $250 tias/tios, $500 madrinas/padrinos y $1k+ CLSD Familia.
https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU1092000
Questions please email: [email protected]
Seguimos Pa'delante! And thank you all for being engaged

Buenos dias comunidad - and today is the day for the Big Give!
I hope you can all give in any amount to any of our six funds: https://cejce.berkeley.edu/clsd/biggive
This year we are uplifting our Chicanx Latinx Graduation as we now hold two graduations-Celebrando con la Familia!
https://givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/76721/department/76917

Dando y Ayudano - UCB Big Give! Tomorrow March 14th !
Established in 1991 Casa Magdalena Mora was started by
Dr. Larry Trujillo and Dr. Francisco Hernandez to help Latino students transition to CAL. Creating a Casa y Familia away from home. Started with 12 students and now we house and serve 64 students. Please give to continue supporting our seminar, programming and retreats.
https://givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/76721/donate?dept=77403

Dando y Ayudando - comunidad a - Friendly Reminder - to give tomorrow for the Big Give! And one of our funds is the UCB Latinx and the Latinos and the Environment Initiative (LEI) that is part of UCB Chicanx Latinx Student Development Office.
LEI mission is to give students (undergraduate and graduate) paid research opportunities in all areas of the environment. Please give: https://givingday.berkeley.edu/givingday/76721/department/88702

Buenos dias comunidad - and sharing with you all a beautiful example of Dando y Ayudando by some of our alumni and donors. The Cal Bears in the Dessert just donated 3 amazing prints by Amado Peña from New Mexico to the new UC Berkeley Latinx Student Resource Center! Gracias Luisa Armijo and Oscar Armijo for your continued support! Seguimos Pa'delante!
Consider giving this Thursday, March 14th to any of our funds to help our Latinx student thrive on campus - more information: https://cejce.berkeley.edu/clsd/biggive

Buenos dias comunidad - Cal alumni and allies we are all getting ready for the UCB Big Give -Dando y Ayudando annual ask for our UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx students.
Please consider giving on Thursday, March 14th to any of our six funds that all help our Latine students at CAL.
Learn more on our six funds visit our website page: https://cejce.berkeley.edu/clsd/biggive
Danado y Ayudando colectivamente seguimos Pa'delante!

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2023/09/20/latinos-views-of-and-experiences-with-the-spanish-language/

Latinos’ Views of and Experiences With the Spanish Language Most U.S. Latinos speak Spanish, and about half of U.S. Latinos who do not speak Spanish have been shamed by other Latinos for it.

Hola Osxs! Our 2022 CLAA Scholarship Application for incoming/current Latinx undergrad and graduate students at Cal is NOW LIVE! The deadline to apply is July 24, 2022.

Apply here: https://www.ucbclaa.org/claa-scholarship.html

This year, every scholarship award will be a minimum of $1,000! We look forward to celebrating all recipients at the CLAA Legacy Scholarship Brunch Ceremony on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 9:30am on campus (location TBA).

Email [email protected] if you have any questions!

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Great sharing lunch with Joe Kapp today!

Our Homecoming Event 2021 is coming up sooner than you think!

It is still planned to continue with a combination of virtual and in-person events, abiding by city, county, and university guidelines. Please save 10AM to 1PM on Saturday, October 2, 2021 for a welcome, campus updates, scholarship awards, and class reunion reception.

Register using the link below or scan the QR code on our flyer. We look forward to having you!

Homecoming Registration: https://forms.gle/bjdDaAoGL6DnLEH98

Join UCB's Mariachi Luz De Oro tomorrow evening, April 9th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm for Noche de Amor y Música as they fundraise for Trajes and continue to promote the Mariachi on campus! Donate and/or register for the event here:

https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTEwNjIy

Feliz Cumple ! Gracias for celebrating our Toughest Chicano and honoring our Joe Kapp Scholarship Fund. Thank you David Ortega for sharing stories and cheering for our Osx student parents on campus! Thanks for your support tonight !



https://itascabooks.com/joe-kapp-the-toughest-chicano-a-life-of-leadership/

Toast to "The Toughest Chicano" Coach Joe Kapp's birthday with CLAA next Friday, March 19th at 6:30 pm with Washington Football Team's Coach Ron Rivera and his son, JJ Kapp. All event proceeds benefit our Joe Kapp Scholarship Fund. bit.ly/joe-kapp

An Evening with Joe Kapp Check out An Evening with Joe Kapp by UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association!

A statement from the UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association Board of Directors regarding the decision by the Cal Career Center to invite ICE to their March 11th Non-Profit, Education, and Public Service Career Fair:

Join us for the 2021 Diversity Career & Internship Fair being held virtually in Handshake on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 12-4pm PST. This event is offered in collaboration by the UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association (CLAA) and the UC Berkeley Career Center. Recruiters across industries, with a particular interest in enhancing the diversity of their workforce will bring information about their entry-level career, fellowship and internship positions.
Scholarship drawing: a drawing for at least six (6) $250 scholarships will be held. Students who attend and participate in both the Diversity Summit (March 5, 1-5pm PST) and the Diversity Career & Internship Fair double their chances of being awarded a scholarship.
Students must register to participate. Register now on Handshake >

https://berkeley.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/21342/student_preview?token=_WcgJX9W24tl6W_JGs-I37Ye2SDFlxM-XDiv07JsIhf9ZzBo5i8h6g&fbclid=IwAR3oiwzgqH5KIxNtWtp-D16pOa01GO_Zdk-tXcUqicjQRaLU-yS09YNFS0s

https://berkeley.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/21342/student_preview?token=_WcgJX9W24tl6W_JGs-I37Ye2SDFlxM-XDiv07JsIhf9ZzBo5i8h6g&fbclid=IwAR3oiwzgqH5KIxNtWtp-D16pOa01GO_Zdk-tXcUqicjQRaLU-yS09YNFS0s

Handshake

La Red de Salud - partnering with Latinos Unidos de Berkeley to have inform our communities in Spanish about the vaccine.
Acompañenos para el taller en Español sobre la Vacuna de Covid 19 este Domingo, Enero 24, 2021 a las 4:00pm.

En comunidad y Pa'delante!