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The Los Padres Chapter of the Sierra Club displayed their "Green Block" as part of the Ventura Street Fair in Ventura on the 4th of July. The 30th annual street fair is mainly a shopping extraveganza, but the "Green Block" was selling ideas: how to Save the World for Kids, and how to Green the Home. The Ventura City Environmental Department showed kids how to recycle which items and how to win prizes with the correct answers to their quiz. Air Pollution Control District of Ventura had games fo...
Walter just got his naturalization papers. His co-workers introduce him to "american" foods and deserts, but he seems a little skeptical....
Dream Act legislation for Callifornia was discussed in Santa Barbara at an event on the library grounds, downtown. A cheerful group of would be college students and supporters talked about the need for the legislation and what it means to all Californians. This law, if passed, would allow undocumented students who have attended schools here for 3 years or more, to apply for loans and scholarships when they go on to college.
The Pacific Surfliner runs from Central California to points South. I took it from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, with my bike, then took the subway with my bike, then a city bus with my bike, went to visit my friend, and returned home.It sure as heck beats driving, and I got some exercise!
The families of Faga, Mafo'e, Leong, Littlejohn, Dell and Meyer gathered for the memorial resting of mother, aunti, gramma, sister Dorothy Dell. She was buried along side her husband, Marlin Dell of the US Navy, at the Riverside National Cemetery.
Nicolas Centino explains why he thinks there was such a huge turnout for May 1 at the immigration rights marches in the US. What are the issues that set everyone off? 8 1/2 minutes
What are the factors which ask us to re-think our values, our priorities as a society? Certainly Mexican immigration brings up a number of viewpoints about how workers are perceived and why. Denise Segura asks the tough questions: How does Mexican immigration affect the US technological development? Higher education? Health care?
Immigration from Mexico has occured over the past couple hundred years. Here's some background on the migration of Mexicans in North America, including the Braceros Program initiated in the 30's.
Mexican Immigration involves families and people and values and work ethic and a long history of migration. Francisco Lomeli explains the social ramifications of immigration between the US and Mexico.