La Voz de Aztlan, February 2 1977
Item
Title
La Voz de Aztlan, February 2 1977
Creator
Associated Students of Fresno State
Relation
La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
Coverage
Fresno, California
Date
2/2/1977
Format
PDF
Identifier
SCUA_lvda_00082
extracted text
'Cat':a step ahead
by Tom Uribes
If the Chicano community in the greater Fresno area has any one
person to thank for its gains, that one person would probably be
Catarino Hurtado. ·
·
Often referred to as the "man who started the Chicano movement in
Fresno," Cat died Saturday night as the result of a car accident in
Fresno. He was buried Tuesday.
Cat, who was 'l:l, is survived by his wife Maria Elena, 'l:l and three
children, Catarino Chico, 9, Carlos, 6, and Angelita, 8.
In tribute to the Chicano leader, a fund drive to establish a
scholarship for Cat's children is being planned by CSUF philosophy
instructor Ren Mabey.
Mabey said the idea was suggested by Carol Bishop McDonald, and
that people whom Cat had previously worked with at Millbrook High
School agreed to kick some money in to start the fund. Mabey is
seeking donations and may~be contacted at 487-2621.
Such an effort reflects Cats participation in striving to help others.
Cat's involvement in the Chicano movement locally spread into
many areas and many of the organizations now in existence were in
some way influenced by Cat's contributions.
Victor Salazar, former CSUF La Raza Studies professor and
compadre to Cat (he baptized his son Carlos ), said Cat was active at
Fresno State in the initial years. Some of the programs Chicanos and
other minorities now benefit from resulted from efforts such as those
of Cat's.
Victor s·aid Cat was very helpful in organizing community support.
It was Cat and Salazar who organized the anti-Vietnam War
moratorium here in 1970. Cat also served on el Comite Consejero as a
MEChA community representatives.
Rafael "Antenna" Mendibles, one of Cat's best friends, said Cat
paved the way for many Chicanos.
"He was the main thrust here in Fresno," said Antenna. "He had a
lot to offer and people learned a lot from him. He was in the class of
Pancho Villa and Che. That's how we felt about him."
CATARINO HURTADO WITH his wife and children : Cat, Sr.; Catarin,
Jr. (Bomber); Carlos (Conacos) ; Angelita ; and Maria Elena.
DE
WESDAY, NO,YEMBER
23, 11'1~
LXXXI-21
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN, California State University, Fresno
Chavez returns
to CSUF on March 4
The last time Cesar Chavez
came to CSUF, he met the fury of
agriculture in the midst of the
emotional fight over Proposition
14 last October.
Now the world-known founder
and leader of the United Farm
Workers of America (UFWA)
labor union returns to "hostile"
Fresno March 4 to deliver a talk
on " Future Alternatives of the
Chicano."
Co-sponsored by the College
Union· and MEChA, Chavez will
speak in the Men's Gym at 12
noon in two weeks. CSUF
students may attend free of
charge but a $1 admission charge
will be imposed on non-students .
The appearance is Chavez'
third on the CSUF campus, but
his second this year . His first
appearance was in 1972 during
the union 's fight against the
grower supported Prop . 22 which
was defeated. His second visit to
the campus came last October
amidst controversy surrounding
the union-backed Prop. 14, which
also went down to defeat.
During that visit, Chavez faced
a loud and rude audience
combined of both supporters and
opposers of Prop. 14.
He said it was the first time he
had not been permitted to speak
on a college campus.
Si Puedes (Get Out If You Can) ,
where he first met Fred Ross.
It was with Ross whom Chavez
began organizing people through
the
Community
Service
Organization (CSO> in 1952. This
was a barrio-based self-help
group formed among California
Mexican Americans to participate in conducting voter
Whether or not Chavez will run · registration and to fight racial
and economic discrimination
into the same mentality remains
against
Chicanos.
~o be seen, but as La Raza
Although Chavez became the
Studies professor Lea Ybarranational director of CSO in the
Soriano said recently, Chavez
late I950's , he soon departed CSO
has come to expect such actions
because it would not work to
from anti-UFW elements.
organize farmworkers.
Chavez' history in the farin
He and his family moved to
labor life, as is the case with
Delano, California and began
many Chicanos, dates back to a
building the National Farm
life of migration: following the
Workers Association. From that
crops during the depression.
point on , Chavez ' life became
After serving time in the Navy
synonymous with the farm
during World War II, Chavez
workers movement.
·
married Helen Fabela . They
settled in the San Jose barrio, Sal
Continued on page 4
New MEChA· officers .elected
Cat believed in the concept of Aztlan and was one of the founders
and builders of La Universidad de Aztlan. He also helped form the
Fresno chapter of the La Raza Unida Party and was a chairman of the
Brown Berets in its early days in Fresno.
by Celia Ponce
His other involvements included Millbrook, El Concilio, the /
Minority Advisory Committee which oversaw Telemex for Channel Denise Torres, a sophomore
30-TV, Centro La Familia, the Universidad de Campesinos Libres,
sociat welfare major, was
Inc. (UCLI), and Chepa .
elected CSUF MEChA president
He was also the coach of his son's soccer team.
for the Spring Semester ·1ast
In the past few years, Cat helped organize Navidad del Valle and its
..week.
toy drive so less advantaged Chicanitos could also enjoy Christmas.
Other officers elected were
At the time of his death, he was employed as a counselor at Clovis
freshman Juan Mendoza, also a
High School.
social welfare major, as ' vice
Antenna said that lately, Cat's interests and lifestyle steered more
president, and sophomore Marty
into indigena.
·
·
Gomez as sargeant-of-arms.
. "He was nationalist in the beginning;'' said Antenna. "But Jately he ·
Torres, whose past expel\'ience
was into the indio. He was a student of Toshta In indigena, there's no
with
MEChA includes memracism. As he grew, his mind grew. He beJieved in people,
bership
at UC Santa Gruz where
everybody.''
she was secretary last semester,
Al Reyes, who ·became close to Cat in recent years, said Cat was
and werved as acting president
"like Teatro Campesino, always a step ahead of the movement."
at CSUF this semester just prior
"Cat was the kind of guy who wouldn't compromise," said Reyes, a
to her election. She says the need
reporter for Channel 30-TV. " He stood up for his people at a time ,when
to strengthen MEChA is as
the mentality against Chicanos was more repressive. He stuck his
strong as in the past.
neck out."
"His going is making a lot of us see ourselves," Al said. "His death
"I think Chicanos should join
taught us a lot. He's going to ~erve as inspiration to a lot of people.
MEChA because it's important
"What comes to mind when you think of him is how he helped
for
Chicanos to
become
people. It makes you think how you can help people.''
politically aware of what goes on
Al recalled that a party given for La Raza Studies Director Alex
Saragoza recentJy, Cat walked into the room and Alex said, "Here's
the man who star ted the Chicano movement in Fresno."
A.week before he died, Cat wrote one of his many poems. It was
read at his rosario Monday night :
on campus as everything affects
us," she said.
"Chicanos have to learn to
fight racism, prejudice, and
discrimination, or whatever it is
that's supressing us.
"We have to learn to fight the
oppressor with his own tools,
which is politics. MEChA is also
a good place to become socially
and culturally aware. Another
function of ME Ch A is to help
socialize Chicar.os when they
come ·to this campus."
Denise also commented on the
kinds of changes she would like to
see take· place within MEChA
•and the type of image she would
like MEChA to project, in addition to increasing participation
within MEChA.
"I would like to see MEChA
become more politically involved
concerning issues on campus and
become more involved in student
government," she said. "No~ ju,st
MEChA but Chicanos in .
general."
MEChA she said
should be "''a club which faces all
issues affecting Chicanos on
campus with determination and
fairness, no matter what the
results are."
Vice-president Juan Mendoza
said plans are underway to in:
crease membership. He aannounced a questionnaire will be
circulated asking students what
they would like t~ see !:hanged in
MEChA and how meetings could
be improved.
"We also will be talking to
people personally to bring in new
ideas and find out what it is the
students want from MEChA,"
~ndoza said.
MEChA-. meetings are held
ever} Thursday at noon in the
College Union conference room
312.
·.~ New Day
This is the beginning of a new day
I have been given this day to use as I will
I can waste.it or use it for good
What I do today is important
Cause I'm exc hanging
A day of my life for it
When tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
~ .,~aving in its place whatever I have traded for it
Vv'hen tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
Leaving in its place whatever I have traded for it
I pledge to myself that it shal be gained not lost
Good not evil, success not failure
In order that I shall not regret the price I paid for this day.
Catarino Hurtado
Denise
Juan
Marty
Record 1200 students
at youth Conference
by Marta Urlbes
I'll try to get as much of an
education as I can." ·
An estimated 1,200 students
Connie Perez Arevalo (Selma
attended MEChA's fourth annual
High) : "Yes. I had decided to go
Chicano Youth Conference at . to college before last year's CYC,
CSUF last month, according to
but what I didn't decide was
1976-77 chairperson David
which college to go to. Now I
Gomez.
know where to attend and I really
like the place, CSUF."
The all day conference atRamiro Cantu <Kingsburg): :'I
tracted students from high
found there were better jobs·than
schools and community colleges
just those of working in the
throughout the valley. Some
fields."
students even came from as far
Sally Montanez
<Tulare
away as Salinas, Stockton, and
Western):
"It
seems
'like
a nice
Porterville.
·
coUege and it has a strong
Eighteen general interest
business administration
workshops and seven career
department which I plan to
workshops were presented in
major in."
addition to entertainment from·
Helen Villagran (Corcoran
La Raza Studies consisting of Los
High School>: "I wish that some
Danzantes de Aztlan, La Comof the MEChA members could go
parsa and El Teatro del Espiritu.
to Corcoran High to talk to us
about the current problems of
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Chicanos in high schools, and
Raza Studies professor, gave the
also about the problems of
keynote address. The different
Chicano gangs in the barrios."
schools on the CSUF campus also
Alma Sepuldveda <Franklin
participated this year by
Senior High) : "I really enjoyed
providing informational exhibits.
it! Next time, there should be
"We got positive responses
competition against other
from the students, and high
schools, like in volleyball. And
school counselors gave us high
also, this should be for a
recommendations," said Gomez .
weekend."
"We concluded that it was an
Rosa Sandoval (Mt. Whitney
overall success as you can obHigh): "It seems ,like MEChA
serve from the evaluations we
must care a great deal about the
collected from the students."
Chicano's future to put so much
Following are some of the
time and effort into putting this
responses students expressed:
conference on."
HAS THIS CONFERENCE
One girl commented nicely on
ENCOURAGED YOU TO ATthe
whole conference. Her .only
TEND COLLEGE'?
complaint was, after being
Margie Gonzalez (Fresno City
asked: WHAT DID YOU
College): "Yes, I thought about
DISLIKE MOST ABOUT THE
going to college for only two
CONFERENCE?
"The
years, but now, but now, if I can,
weather!"
Conference: to teach
Chicana health care
by Margarita Esparza
A health conference entitled
"La Chicana y su Salud" will be
held at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center in Fresno,
· Saturday, Feb. 19.
The second annual conference
is sponsored by the Le gue of
Mexican-American Women, in
cooperation with the Economic
Opportunity Commission and the
CSUF School of Social Work.
Teresa Acosta, a· co-ordinating
conference member and CSUF
student, said the conference,s
purpose is to utilize it as a vehicle
to help the Chicana in her efforts
to effect change in the area of
health.
"One of . the · goals of this
workshop," said Acosta, '·'is to
motivate and educate the
Chicana to take an active role in
the planning and changing of
Felt youf·h
conference
health care as it pertains to
Ms. Acosta, Ms. Coronado and
Ms. Becerra are all second year
herself and her family.''
Acosta also said the conference students working towards their
will bring . together community Master's Degree in the School of"
agencies and members of the Social Work.
- The conference is part of their
community to discuss the health
needs as expressed by the thesis for graduation.
Chicano community and to
The three ·chose the area of
compare services the community health because a survey conagencies are delivering.
ducted by the Fresno County
Maria Coronado, another Social Services office concluded
conference coordinator, said one
that health was the number one
objective of the wor~hops is to · priority in the rural areas where
furnish speakers who will
the agency reported a_ high
provide the expertise necessary
population of Chicanos reside.
to educate the Chicana about
The Chicanos fell since the
health. Coronado said another
woman is the main unit in the
objective is to make informaticn
family, it is important to get her
on inadequacies in the health
involved in planning.
·
delivery services, as discussed
The registration fee for the all
during the workshops available
day conference (8 :00 a.m. to 5:15
to county, state, and federal
p.m.) is $3 which includes lunch.
agencies.
The Sal Mosqueda Community
The three workshop topics are
Center is located at 4670 E.
"Mental Health," "Family
Butler (east of Maple and south
Planning" and "The Mature
of Ventura Avenues).
Chicana."
For further informatfon on the
Christina Becerra, another
conference and registration,
conference co-ordinator, said
contact Maria Coronado at 251"We felt that these areas are of
8676 or Angie Cisneros at 487- primary concern to the Chicano
2848.
community."
successful
Norman A. Baxter, President
California State University of
Fresno
N. Maple Ave.
Fresno, California
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for
allowing MEChA to demonstrate
their outstanding program in
regards to the C. Y.C. Conferenee
of
1977.
The
MEChA
organization, through their
dedication and voluntary work
demonstrated such a degree of
excellence, that I thought it my
responsibility to convey this
appreciation to you ana your
staff. The conference was well
organized, oriented and made an
overwhelming impact on all who
attended. I would like to com- ·
mend you and your staff for .
allowing MEChA to participate
on your campus and for the .
hospitality we received.
As I am sure, you are aware
that numerous representatives
from California Universitites
attended the conference. Ensuing the conference, a · critique
revealed unanimously that the
conference was very successful
in relation to its goals. Also
discussed was - the fact that
students of valley schools and the
community greatly benefited
from the conference. It was
agreed that the program had
great importance as to informing
young students how to go about
preparing to enter college.
Again thank you for allowing
us to participate in the MEChA.
LA CHICANA Y SU SALUD
FEBRUARY 19, 1977
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m .
9: 15 a.m.
10-12
and
2:30-4 p.m.
FAMILY PLANNING-General
Assembly Room A
Linda Bronzan-Nurse Practitioner,
Fresno
County
Department of Health
Francisco Garcia, M.D.-Orange
Cove Family Health Clinic
Georgina
Torres-RiskAttorney, Center of Law and
Justice, Los Angeles
l-2:30 p.m.
and
2:30-4 p.m.
_T HE MATURE CHICANA- .
General Assembly Room B
Fernando Torres-Gil-Director,
Gerontology Center Los Angeles,
California
Peggy Pena-Senior Citizen
Community Aide, Fresno,
California
Lee Schilling, M.D.-O.B:G.Y.N., Student Health Center,
CSUF
4-4:45 p.m.
here Friday
Mr. Caterino Soto, Recruiter,
Graduate School of Mangement,
School of Business., UCLA, will be
on campus Friday, Feb. 18, 1977,
to recruit students for its
program. He will provide information on pre-admission,
admission and financial aid.
Mr. Soto will oe in the College
Union Lounge from 10:00 to 1:00
p.m.
MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM-General Assembly
Room
Concha Saucedo-Clinical
Psychologist, San Francisco
Lorenzo Patino-Vice President,
National Association of Mental
Health, Washington, D.C.
Alejandro Saragoza-Professor
of La Raza Studies, at California
State University, Fresno
LUNCH
1-2:30 p:m .
Manuel Marquez, supporter
Chicano Youth Organizations
UC~A rep.
REGISTRATION
WELCOME:
Betty Rodri_guez, President,
League · of Mexican American
Women.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER :
Rodolfo Sanchez, Director of
COSSMHO, Washington, D.C.
4:45-5 p.m.
February Editor Cindy Cabrera
Editor
Angie Rios
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:
Richard
Alatorre.
State
Assemblyman, Los Angeles,
California
CLOSING:
Luis Avina Contreras, M.S.W.
Reporters
Margaret Esparza,
Victor Martinez, Anria Noriega,
Arturo Ocampo, Celia Ponce,
Pete Ramirez, Marta Uribes
Photographer
- Tom Uribes
T.eatro del Espiritu to perform
"Death _the -Courtroom,"
"Drugs don't discriminate.
They hit every color."
Frank Riojas' comment underlines the performance of
"Death In The Courtroom"
which CSUF Teatro del Espiritu
will present to the general
community,Wednesday,,-. 23.
' MEChA m January to over 1,000
students. Tuesday (Feb. 15), it
held a special performance for
Juvenile Hall.
The play was originally written
by Manual Pickett, of Fresno, in
1973. He is currently studying for
a doctorate of philosophy (PhD)
'
degree in theater arts at the
The Chicano theater group of
University of California, Davis~.
the La Raza Studies Program,
will perform at the Sal Mosqueda
Its theme dramatizes the efCenter (Butler and Maple fects of drugs and illustrates the
· Avenues) in conjunction with the need to understand the deeper
-.
.
Ex-Offender Community
r:a;ns involved behind the use
Resource Center Council and its 0
ugs.
co--ordinators, Al Sorondo and .
"Anybody can relate to it,"
Dave Davis.
says Riojas. "People just look at
The performance begins at. a drug user and see him or her as
. 7:00p.m. and the admission is $1.
a doper. They don't look further .
Teatro del Espiritu performed and see the social problems inthe play at th~ CSUF Chicano
volved.
Youth Conference sponsored by
"The play shows very well
what Juan Tecato (one of the
main charachters) went through
all his life,. and society's
pressures."
Riojas was pleased with the
group's performance at the
Chicano Youth Conference. He
said, however, some studen~
attending may have missed out
on the full impact of the performance be<:ause College Union
Lounge seating could not accommodate the record turnout
for the conference.
v .spite this, he felt . the
re.action supported t~e performance.
"As a whole, it went great," he
said. "The show made a good
impact. Some people were actually crying."
Tickets may be purchased
from Teatro members.
THE MONKEY ~N "Juan Tecato's" back was his drug hangup. Alicia
Ramirez and Gary Tellex. (Photo by Tom Uribes)
MAPA endorses
Wills, Will iam·s
by Victor L. Martinez
The days of Chicano exclusion
from local politics is over. This is
the sentiment of the Fresno
Chapter of the
MexicanAmerican Political Association
,MAPA> exerting its influence in
local elections.
"As far as the candidates are
concerned, MAP A carries a lot of
weight,'' said Angela Cisneros,
vice president of MAPA.
Recently, MAPA held a local
"Political Issues Conference" at
the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center to allow candidates to
voke their opinions.
Endorsements were issued to
Ted C. Wills for mayor, Joe
Williams for Council Post
Number Six, - and Dorothy T.
Rohfing, William Stegall, and
Ruth Gadebusch for the School
Board.
The conference attracted
many candidates seeking the
Chicano group's endorsements.
\'Some of those who did not get
- endorsed were very diappointed," Cisneros said. "There
are a lot of voters who, although
they are not active members of
MAPA,
respect o.u r endorsements very much ."
Cisneros went on to say that
MAP A's purpose .is to elect
Chicanos or other candidates
who best represent the interests
of the .Chicano community.
Besides being a political
association, MAPA also provides
educational scholarships,
emergency loan funds for
students, consultant services to
school
boards
and
adm in i strati on,
off-campus
counseling service to youth,
health clinics, community
cultural enrichment programs,
and
equal
opportunity
awareness.
Study in
Guadalajara, Mexico
The
GUADALAJARA
SUMl...,EA
SCHOOL. a fully accredited UNIVE·RSITY OF ARIZONA program, will offer
July 1-August 12, anthropology, art,
economics, bilingual education, folklore, history. political science. Span ish
ianguage and literature. Tuition and
fees, $:220; board anq room wi\11
Mexican family, $280. Write to
GU~ r \LAJARA SUMMER SCHOOL,
1530 <.:i.;mma Apartments. Uni·. ersity of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 .
MAP A was formed in Fresno in
when there were almost no
Chicanos in any political position
- of significance. Chicano hopes of
electing Henry Lopez Secretary
of State was dealt a serious blow.
1960,
· MAP A was formed as a result of
that defeat, and since then the
effort to get Chicanos into elected
and appointive positions has
taken a steady climb upwards.
PART OF THE reason behind "Juan Tecate" turning to-drugs wqs the pressures of society.
Although locally MAPA has
achieved advances, statewide it
is just emerging from a .slump.
"The cause of this is due to
many of our original members
being non-voters," Cisneros said.
"Without the power of vote,
MAPA goals became selfdefeating.''
Bµt the trend is cha.nging. In
July, MAPA plans new elections
designed to strengthen votin~
membership, and put younger
members in leadership positions.
As for further goals of MAP A
nationwide, Cisneros said,
"Right now we have branches in
Chicago and Washington, D.C.
We plan
build more."
to
special ~ nuest
event.
·bring )Ult' spccilJ ~ ro meet our special guest, .
for a fascinating c."Vtflingwith a
sdf-made miniooaire (by agJ: 23) .
PS I WORID presents
--- rd dJimmn
·rosucc
CALIF STATE
UNIVERSITY .
FRESNO
Air Force ROTC can give
more value to your college
years and help you pay for
your schooling at the same
tim-e. You can compete for .a
two, three, or four-year Air
Force ROTC schotarship that
will pay you $100 a month
and pay for your tuition,
books and lab f.ees, too.
,L
•
:l~~t
Plus, there's flight instructi . WL ........,
for those who qualify, a com
mission as a second lieutenant after graduation, then
responsibility od ,challenge
in an Air For job.
P.iccndt1111 Inn
2Xl5 la), SlialA>
(FREE AIMISSION)
mon . feb 21, 7=30pm
2226400
fll'CI IIR· ...... llrlll111Vlllll
CAIL· AEROOPACE S'IIDIIB CAPl1 AD.Am
D
f(:hicano
Todos estan invitados
tournament
Signups for the third annual
Chicano Basketball Tournament
may now be submitted announced
co-ordinator
Ed
Carrillo.
Carril1o, a senior physical
education major, said the main
by visiting _LRS professor Andres
purpose of the tournament is to
Segura will be featured. Segura raise money for a scholarship
was assistant professor at the . which would pay tuition and book
Acadamy of Modem Dances in
expenses for a Chicano athlete
Mexico City, Mexico and
from the valley.
assistant choreographer and
"This tournament would · not
dancer with Moshe Dedem.
only provide funds for a
One of Segura 's successful
scholarship," said Carrillo, "but
attributes is the founding of the
it's also a gooq way to get
dance group, Xinachtli.
Chicanos together and play with
Martinez said everyone is
their won people and have a good
invited for an evening of cultural
time."
enlightenment.
Carillos said he would like to
For more information, phone
have at least one girl playing on
La Raza Studies at 487-2848.
each team. He is seeking eight
Noche De La Raza to be held March 4
by Arturo Ocampo
La Noche de La Raza wUl be
presented by the CSUF La Raza
Studies faculty Friday, March 4,
at the Sequoia Junior High School
cafeteria.
The LRS staff has presented
this event annually for the last
five years. Last year 1,000
persons attended.
The parents of LRS students
and the general public are invited.
"The event is free of charge
and allows the parents and the
general public to get toJmow the
LRS staff better," says Ernesto
Martinez, an instructor with •La
Raza Studies.
The evening will begin with a
Mexican meal while the LRS
staff is introduced.
Teatro del Espiritu, La
Comparsa Unfversitaria, and
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will
perform. There will also be an
art display by Tony Roque and
students of La Raza Studies art
classes.
A special dance performance
Chavez returns to CSUF
(Continued from page 1)
stipend and "modest" food and
"If you're outraged at conliving benefits.
ditions, then you can't possibly .
The farm workers union went
be free or happy until you devote
through its growing stages
all your time to changing them
marked by its first major test:
and do nothing but that," says
joining the AFL-CIO in a 1965
Chavez, who wil1 be 50 years old
strike against Delano area table
March 31.
and wine grape growers . In 1966,
"But you can't change
Chavez' union merged with the
anything if you want to hold on to
AFL-CIO and formed the United
a good job, a good way of life, and
f<'arm Workers <Uft~W).
·
avoid sacrifice."
Strikes in 1970 and 1973 to
Chavez himself, as do all UFW
protest "sweetheart" contracts
employees, receives a $5 weekly
signed hetween growers and
Teamsters were massive and
showed the union's strength.
However, the strikers were met
with anti-strike injunctions,
brutality by deputy sheriffs and
imported Teamster goons, and
the murder of two strikers.
A worldwide boycott called by
Chavez of non-UFW grapes, head
lettuce and Gallo wines won the
support of 17 million American
adults according to a 1975 Louis
Harris poll.
That led to the enactment of
Gov. Jerry Brown's Agrkultural
Labor Relations Act in 1975
which brought secret ballot
elections to the fields so farmworkers could choose their own
union .
State l~gislators , pressured by
the agricultural industry refused
to appropriate emergency
funding so the board could
r.:ontinue elections. The growers
were demanding changes in the
law .
T.he UFW reports it won 68.8
per cent of the elections held by
the time the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board ( ALRB ) ran out
of money in February of 1976,
only 10 months after it began.
Faced with this deadlock in the
legislature. Chavez and the UFW
began a campaign to have the
California voters pass
a
proposition which would remove
the matter from the legislators
!lands and guara ntee union
l'lections for farm workers .
However. the same day the
initiative was qualifi ed for the
ballot, the legislature a pproved
the state budget which contained
money for the ALRB to operate.
Grower pressure dropped and
without the cha nges they
demanded be made in the law.
Instead. agribusiness mounted
its campaign to destroy the
initiative hiring a public
relations firm from Los Angeles
and paying campaign workers to
saturate the public wi th threats
that every individual ·s private
property would beeome accessible to UFW orga nizers. thus
violating property holder's
constitutional rights.
That seenario prevailed
despite the California State
Supreme Court's ruling that the
aecess provision of Prop . 14 was
not in violation of the constitution. supported by the US
Supreme Court's refusal to hear
the grower's appeal.
Despite the efforts of volunteer.s all over the state in support
of Prop. 14, it lost by a 2-1 margin
in the November election.
But many UFW organizers
sent out a plea to all its backers
not to give up hope and to make
the most of the experience .
"Don't lose hope," said Lea
Ybarra-Soriano. '' I know it hurts
after putting so mueh into it. But
we can learn a lot from it."
In Fresno.i the majority of
volunteers were Chicanos, which
underlines one of the themes
Chavez will discuss in his appearance here.
Union office spokespersons at
La Paz, the union 's headquarters
in Keene, California , say Chavez
is determi,n ed to fulfill his dream
of a national farm workers union.
" We have nothing else to do
with our lives except to build our
union ," says Chavez . " We will
continue wheth er it takes one
year or 20 . We \Vill never give up.
"We do not underestimate our
adversaries because they are
rich and powerful and they own
the land. But we know we will win
in the end: we learned many
years ago tha t the r ich may have
money, but the poor have time ."
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THE ENERGY SHORTAGE
THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
l'r--i- ·
Fecific
Ge.s
.and
Electric
Co
If you 're a graduating
student who isn't afraid of
j umping feet first into one of the
most complex problems of the
decade- the energy shortagePG&E may have a job for you.
The work is challenging.
The pay is good. And the benefits
are above average.
If you'd like to do something
meaningful with your life, as
well as earn a good living in a
job with good security, there
_maybe an opportunity for you
at PG&E.
We are interviewi11g on this
campus Feb. 23-25. Contact
your Placement Offi ce for details.
PG~E
An Equal Opportunity Employer
- men and women,
~------..JV
l
teams to participate with awards
for the top team and players
Carillo
himself
plays
basketball with the city league
and the E.O.P. teams on campus
as well as managing an
elementary .basketball team for
the city recreation department.
He also organized the past two
Chicano basketball tournaments
and was manager of the Fresno
State University basketball team
last year.
There wiH be an entrance fee
for all teams who participate and
donations will be taken at the
door.
Persons interested in helping
out in any way or playing in the
tournament may contact Eddie
Carrillo or leave a message at
237-3285.
by Tom Uribes
If the Chicano community in the greater Fresno area has any one
person to thank for its gains, that one person would probably be
Catarino Hurtado. ·
·
Often referred to as the "man who started the Chicano movement in
Fresno," Cat died Saturday night as the result of a car accident in
Fresno. He was buried Tuesday.
Cat, who was 'l:l, is survived by his wife Maria Elena, 'l:l and three
children, Catarino Chico, 9, Carlos, 6, and Angelita, 8.
In tribute to the Chicano leader, a fund drive to establish a
scholarship for Cat's children is being planned by CSUF philosophy
instructor Ren Mabey.
Mabey said the idea was suggested by Carol Bishop McDonald, and
that people whom Cat had previously worked with at Millbrook High
School agreed to kick some money in to start the fund. Mabey is
seeking donations and may~be contacted at 487-2621.
Such an effort reflects Cats participation in striving to help others.
Cat's involvement in the Chicano movement locally spread into
many areas and many of the organizations now in existence were in
some way influenced by Cat's contributions.
Victor Salazar, former CSUF La Raza Studies professor and
compadre to Cat (he baptized his son Carlos ), said Cat was active at
Fresno State in the initial years. Some of the programs Chicanos and
other minorities now benefit from resulted from efforts such as those
of Cat's.
Victor s·aid Cat was very helpful in organizing community support.
It was Cat and Salazar who organized the anti-Vietnam War
moratorium here in 1970. Cat also served on el Comite Consejero as a
MEChA community representatives.
Rafael "Antenna" Mendibles, one of Cat's best friends, said Cat
paved the way for many Chicanos.
"He was the main thrust here in Fresno," said Antenna. "He had a
lot to offer and people learned a lot from him. He was in the class of
Pancho Villa and Che. That's how we felt about him."
CATARINO HURTADO WITH his wife and children : Cat, Sr.; Catarin,
Jr. (Bomber); Carlos (Conacos) ; Angelita ; and Maria Elena.
DE
WESDAY, NO,YEMBER
23, 11'1~
LXXXI-21
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN, California State University, Fresno
Chavez returns
to CSUF on March 4
The last time Cesar Chavez
came to CSUF, he met the fury of
agriculture in the midst of the
emotional fight over Proposition
14 last October.
Now the world-known founder
and leader of the United Farm
Workers of America (UFWA)
labor union returns to "hostile"
Fresno March 4 to deliver a talk
on " Future Alternatives of the
Chicano."
Co-sponsored by the College
Union· and MEChA, Chavez will
speak in the Men's Gym at 12
noon in two weeks. CSUF
students may attend free of
charge but a $1 admission charge
will be imposed on non-students .
The appearance is Chavez'
third on the CSUF campus, but
his second this year . His first
appearance was in 1972 during
the union 's fight against the
grower supported Prop . 22 which
was defeated. His second visit to
the campus came last October
amidst controversy surrounding
the union-backed Prop. 14, which
also went down to defeat.
During that visit, Chavez faced
a loud and rude audience
combined of both supporters and
opposers of Prop. 14.
He said it was the first time he
had not been permitted to speak
on a college campus.
Si Puedes (Get Out If You Can) ,
where he first met Fred Ross.
It was with Ross whom Chavez
began organizing people through
the
Community
Service
Organization (CSO> in 1952. This
was a barrio-based self-help
group formed among California
Mexican Americans to participate in conducting voter
Whether or not Chavez will run · registration and to fight racial
and economic discrimination
into the same mentality remains
against
Chicanos.
~o be seen, but as La Raza
Although Chavez became the
Studies professor Lea Ybarranational director of CSO in the
Soriano said recently, Chavez
late I950's , he soon departed CSO
has come to expect such actions
because it would not work to
from anti-UFW elements.
organize farmworkers.
Chavez' history in the farin
He and his family moved to
labor life, as is the case with
Delano, California and began
many Chicanos, dates back to a
building the National Farm
life of migration: following the
Workers Association. From that
crops during the depression.
point on , Chavez ' life became
After serving time in the Navy
synonymous with the farm
during World War II, Chavez
workers movement.
·
married Helen Fabela . They
settled in the San Jose barrio, Sal
Continued on page 4
New MEChA· officers .elected
Cat believed in the concept of Aztlan and was one of the founders
and builders of La Universidad de Aztlan. He also helped form the
Fresno chapter of the La Raza Unida Party and was a chairman of the
Brown Berets in its early days in Fresno.
by Celia Ponce
His other involvements included Millbrook, El Concilio, the /
Minority Advisory Committee which oversaw Telemex for Channel Denise Torres, a sophomore
30-TV, Centro La Familia, the Universidad de Campesinos Libres,
sociat welfare major, was
Inc. (UCLI), and Chepa .
elected CSUF MEChA president
He was also the coach of his son's soccer team.
for the Spring Semester ·1ast
In the past few years, Cat helped organize Navidad del Valle and its
..week.
toy drive so less advantaged Chicanitos could also enjoy Christmas.
Other officers elected were
At the time of his death, he was employed as a counselor at Clovis
freshman Juan Mendoza, also a
High School.
social welfare major, as ' vice
Antenna said that lately, Cat's interests and lifestyle steered more
president, and sophomore Marty
into indigena.
·
·
Gomez as sargeant-of-arms.
. "He was nationalist in the beginning;'' said Antenna. "But Jately he ·
Torres, whose past expel\'ience
was into the indio. He was a student of Toshta In indigena, there's no
with
MEChA includes memracism. As he grew, his mind grew. He beJieved in people,
bership
at UC Santa Gruz where
everybody.''
she was secretary last semester,
Al Reyes, who ·became close to Cat in recent years, said Cat was
and werved as acting president
"like Teatro Campesino, always a step ahead of the movement."
at CSUF this semester just prior
"Cat was the kind of guy who wouldn't compromise," said Reyes, a
to her election. She says the need
reporter for Channel 30-TV. " He stood up for his people at a time ,when
to strengthen MEChA is as
the mentality against Chicanos was more repressive. He stuck his
strong as in the past.
neck out."
"His going is making a lot of us see ourselves," Al said. "His death
"I think Chicanos should join
taught us a lot. He's going to ~erve as inspiration to a lot of people.
MEChA because it's important
"What comes to mind when you think of him is how he helped
for
Chicanos to
become
people. It makes you think how you can help people.''
politically aware of what goes on
Al recalled that a party given for La Raza Studies Director Alex
Saragoza recentJy, Cat walked into the room and Alex said, "Here's
the man who star ted the Chicano movement in Fresno."
A.week before he died, Cat wrote one of his many poems. It was
read at his rosario Monday night :
on campus as everything affects
us," she said.
"Chicanos have to learn to
fight racism, prejudice, and
discrimination, or whatever it is
that's supressing us.
"We have to learn to fight the
oppressor with his own tools,
which is politics. MEChA is also
a good place to become socially
and culturally aware. Another
function of ME Ch A is to help
socialize Chicar.os when they
come ·to this campus."
Denise also commented on the
kinds of changes she would like to
see take· place within MEChA
•and the type of image she would
like MEChA to project, in addition to increasing participation
within MEChA.
"I would like to see MEChA
become more politically involved
concerning issues on campus and
become more involved in student
government," she said. "No~ ju,st
MEChA but Chicanos in .
general."
MEChA she said
should be "''a club which faces all
issues affecting Chicanos on
campus with determination and
fairness, no matter what the
results are."
Vice-president Juan Mendoza
said plans are underway to in:
crease membership. He aannounced a questionnaire will be
circulated asking students what
they would like t~ see !:hanged in
MEChA and how meetings could
be improved.
"We also will be talking to
people personally to bring in new
ideas and find out what it is the
students want from MEChA,"
~ndoza said.
MEChA-. meetings are held
ever} Thursday at noon in the
College Union conference room
312.
·.~ New Day
This is the beginning of a new day
I have been given this day to use as I will
I can waste.it or use it for good
What I do today is important
Cause I'm exc hanging
A day of my life for it
When tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
~ .,~aving in its place whatever I have traded for it
Vv'hen tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
Leaving in its place whatever I have traded for it
I pledge to myself that it shal be gained not lost
Good not evil, success not failure
In order that I shall not regret the price I paid for this day.
Catarino Hurtado
Denise
Juan
Marty
Record 1200 students
at youth Conference
by Marta Urlbes
I'll try to get as much of an
education as I can." ·
An estimated 1,200 students
Connie Perez Arevalo (Selma
attended MEChA's fourth annual
High) : "Yes. I had decided to go
Chicano Youth Conference at . to college before last year's CYC,
CSUF last month, according to
but what I didn't decide was
1976-77 chairperson David
which college to go to. Now I
Gomez.
know where to attend and I really
like the place, CSUF."
The all day conference atRamiro Cantu <Kingsburg): :'I
tracted students from high
found there were better jobs·than
schools and community colleges
just those of working in the
throughout the valley. Some
fields."
students even came from as far
Sally Montanez
<Tulare
away as Salinas, Stockton, and
Western):
"It
seems
'like
a nice
Porterville.
·
coUege and it has a strong
Eighteen general interest
business administration
workshops and seven career
department which I plan to
workshops were presented in
major in."
addition to entertainment from·
Helen Villagran (Corcoran
La Raza Studies consisting of Los
High School>: "I wish that some
Danzantes de Aztlan, La Comof the MEChA members could go
parsa and El Teatro del Espiritu.
to Corcoran High to talk to us
about the current problems of
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Chicanos in high schools, and
Raza Studies professor, gave the
also about the problems of
keynote address. The different
Chicano gangs in the barrios."
schools on the CSUF campus also
Alma Sepuldveda <Franklin
participated this year by
Senior High) : "I really enjoyed
providing informational exhibits.
it! Next time, there should be
"We got positive responses
competition against other
from the students, and high
schools, like in volleyball. And
school counselors gave us high
also, this should be for a
recommendations," said Gomez .
weekend."
"We concluded that it was an
Rosa Sandoval (Mt. Whitney
overall success as you can obHigh): "It seems ,like MEChA
serve from the evaluations we
must care a great deal about the
collected from the students."
Chicano's future to put so much
Following are some of the
time and effort into putting this
responses students expressed:
conference on."
HAS THIS CONFERENCE
One girl commented nicely on
ENCOURAGED YOU TO ATthe
whole conference. Her .only
TEND COLLEGE'?
complaint was, after being
Margie Gonzalez (Fresno City
asked: WHAT DID YOU
College): "Yes, I thought about
DISLIKE MOST ABOUT THE
going to college for only two
CONFERENCE?
"The
years, but now, but now, if I can,
weather!"
Conference: to teach
Chicana health care
by Margarita Esparza
A health conference entitled
"La Chicana y su Salud" will be
held at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center in Fresno,
· Saturday, Feb. 19.
The second annual conference
is sponsored by the Le gue of
Mexican-American Women, in
cooperation with the Economic
Opportunity Commission and the
CSUF School of Social Work.
Teresa Acosta, a· co-ordinating
conference member and CSUF
student, said the conference,s
purpose is to utilize it as a vehicle
to help the Chicana in her efforts
to effect change in the area of
health.
"One of . the · goals of this
workshop," said Acosta, '·'is to
motivate and educate the
Chicana to take an active role in
the planning and changing of
Felt youf·h
conference
health care as it pertains to
Ms. Acosta, Ms. Coronado and
Ms. Becerra are all second year
herself and her family.''
Acosta also said the conference students working towards their
will bring . together community Master's Degree in the School of"
agencies and members of the Social Work.
- The conference is part of their
community to discuss the health
needs as expressed by the thesis for graduation.
Chicano community and to
The three ·chose the area of
compare services the community health because a survey conagencies are delivering.
ducted by the Fresno County
Maria Coronado, another Social Services office concluded
conference coordinator, said one
that health was the number one
objective of the wor~hops is to · priority in the rural areas where
furnish speakers who will
the agency reported a_ high
provide the expertise necessary
population of Chicanos reside.
to educate the Chicana about
The Chicanos fell since the
health. Coronado said another
woman is the main unit in the
objective is to make informaticn
family, it is important to get her
on inadequacies in the health
involved in planning.
·
delivery services, as discussed
The registration fee for the all
during the workshops available
day conference (8 :00 a.m. to 5:15
to county, state, and federal
p.m.) is $3 which includes lunch.
agencies.
The Sal Mosqueda Community
The three workshop topics are
Center is located at 4670 E.
"Mental Health," "Family
Butler (east of Maple and south
Planning" and "The Mature
of Ventura Avenues).
Chicana."
For further informatfon on the
Christina Becerra, another
conference and registration,
conference co-ordinator, said
contact Maria Coronado at 251"We felt that these areas are of
8676 or Angie Cisneros at 487- primary concern to the Chicano
2848.
community."
successful
Norman A. Baxter, President
California State University of
Fresno
N. Maple Ave.
Fresno, California
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for
allowing MEChA to demonstrate
their outstanding program in
regards to the C. Y.C. Conferenee
of
1977.
The
MEChA
organization, through their
dedication and voluntary work
demonstrated such a degree of
excellence, that I thought it my
responsibility to convey this
appreciation to you ana your
staff. The conference was well
organized, oriented and made an
overwhelming impact on all who
attended. I would like to com- ·
mend you and your staff for .
allowing MEChA to participate
on your campus and for the .
hospitality we received.
As I am sure, you are aware
that numerous representatives
from California Universitites
attended the conference. Ensuing the conference, a · critique
revealed unanimously that the
conference was very successful
in relation to its goals. Also
discussed was - the fact that
students of valley schools and the
community greatly benefited
from the conference. It was
agreed that the program had
great importance as to informing
young students how to go about
preparing to enter college.
Again thank you for allowing
us to participate in the MEChA.
LA CHICANA Y SU SALUD
FEBRUARY 19, 1977
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m .
9: 15 a.m.
10-12
and
2:30-4 p.m.
FAMILY PLANNING-General
Assembly Room A
Linda Bronzan-Nurse Practitioner,
Fresno
County
Department of Health
Francisco Garcia, M.D.-Orange
Cove Family Health Clinic
Georgina
Torres-RiskAttorney, Center of Law and
Justice, Los Angeles
l-2:30 p.m.
and
2:30-4 p.m.
_T HE MATURE CHICANA- .
General Assembly Room B
Fernando Torres-Gil-Director,
Gerontology Center Los Angeles,
California
Peggy Pena-Senior Citizen
Community Aide, Fresno,
California
Lee Schilling, M.D.-O.B:G.Y.N., Student Health Center,
CSUF
4-4:45 p.m.
here Friday
Mr. Caterino Soto, Recruiter,
Graduate School of Mangement,
School of Business., UCLA, will be
on campus Friday, Feb. 18, 1977,
to recruit students for its
program. He will provide information on pre-admission,
admission and financial aid.
Mr. Soto will oe in the College
Union Lounge from 10:00 to 1:00
p.m.
MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM-General Assembly
Room
Concha Saucedo-Clinical
Psychologist, San Francisco
Lorenzo Patino-Vice President,
National Association of Mental
Health, Washington, D.C.
Alejandro Saragoza-Professor
of La Raza Studies, at California
State University, Fresno
LUNCH
1-2:30 p:m .
Manuel Marquez, supporter
Chicano Youth Organizations
UC~A rep.
REGISTRATION
WELCOME:
Betty Rodri_guez, President,
League · of Mexican American
Women.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER :
Rodolfo Sanchez, Director of
COSSMHO, Washington, D.C.
4:45-5 p.m.
February Editor Cindy Cabrera
Editor
Angie Rios
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:
Richard
Alatorre.
State
Assemblyman, Los Angeles,
California
CLOSING:
Luis Avina Contreras, M.S.W.
Reporters
Margaret Esparza,
Victor Martinez, Anria Noriega,
Arturo Ocampo, Celia Ponce,
Pete Ramirez, Marta Uribes
Photographer
- Tom Uribes
T.eatro del Espiritu to perform
"Death _the -Courtroom,"
"Drugs don't discriminate.
They hit every color."
Frank Riojas' comment underlines the performance of
"Death In The Courtroom"
which CSUF Teatro del Espiritu
will present to the general
community,Wednesday,,-. 23.
' MEChA m January to over 1,000
students. Tuesday (Feb. 15), it
held a special performance for
Juvenile Hall.
The play was originally written
by Manual Pickett, of Fresno, in
1973. He is currently studying for
a doctorate of philosophy (PhD)
'
degree in theater arts at the
The Chicano theater group of
University of California, Davis~.
the La Raza Studies Program,
will perform at the Sal Mosqueda
Its theme dramatizes the efCenter (Butler and Maple fects of drugs and illustrates the
· Avenues) in conjunction with the need to understand the deeper
-.
.
Ex-Offender Community
r:a;ns involved behind the use
Resource Center Council and its 0
ugs.
co--ordinators, Al Sorondo and .
"Anybody can relate to it,"
Dave Davis.
says Riojas. "People just look at
The performance begins at. a drug user and see him or her as
. 7:00p.m. and the admission is $1.
a doper. They don't look further .
Teatro del Espiritu performed and see the social problems inthe play at th~ CSUF Chicano
volved.
Youth Conference sponsored by
"The play shows very well
what Juan Tecato (one of the
main charachters) went through
all his life,. and society's
pressures."
Riojas was pleased with the
group's performance at the
Chicano Youth Conference. He
said, however, some studen~
attending may have missed out
on the full impact of the performance be<:ause College Union
Lounge seating could not accommodate the record turnout
for the conference.
v .spite this, he felt . the
re.action supported t~e performance.
"As a whole, it went great," he
said. "The show made a good
impact. Some people were actually crying."
Tickets may be purchased
from Teatro members.
THE MONKEY ~N "Juan Tecato's" back was his drug hangup. Alicia
Ramirez and Gary Tellex. (Photo by Tom Uribes)
MAPA endorses
Wills, Will iam·s
by Victor L. Martinez
The days of Chicano exclusion
from local politics is over. This is
the sentiment of the Fresno
Chapter of the
MexicanAmerican Political Association
,MAPA> exerting its influence in
local elections.
"As far as the candidates are
concerned, MAP A carries a lot of
weight,'' said Angela Cisneros,
vice president of MAPA.
Recently, MAPA held a local
"Political Issues Conference" at
the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center to allow candidates to
voke their opinions.
Endorsements were issued to
Ted C. Wills for mayor, Joe
Williams for Council Post
Number Six, - and Dorothy T.
Rohfing, William Stegall, and
Ruth Gadebusch for the School
Board.
The conference attracted
many candidates seeking the
Chicano group's endorsements.
\'Some of those who did not get
- endorsed were very diappointed," Cisneros said. "There
are a lot of voters who, although
they are not active members of
MAPA,
respect o.u r endorsements very much ."
Cisneros went on to say that
MAP A's purpose .is to elect
Chicanos or other candidates
who best represent the interests
of the .Chicano community.
Besides being a political
association, MAPA also provides
educational scholarships,
emergency loan funds for
students, consultant services to
school
boards
and
adm in i strati on,
off-campus
counseling service to youth,
health clinics, community
cultural enrichment programs,
and
equal
opportunity
awareness.
Study in
Guadalajara, Mexico
The
GUADALAJARA
SUMl...,EA
SCHOOL. a fully accredited UNIVE·RSITY OF ARIZONA program, will offer
July 1-August 12, anthropology, art,
economics, bilingual education, folklore, history. political science. Span ish
ianguage and literature. Tuition and
fees, $:220; board anq room wi\11
Mexican family, $280. Write to
GU~ r \LAJARA SUMMER SCHOOL,
1530 <.:i.;mma Apartments. Uni·. ersity of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 .
MAP A was formed in Fresno in
when there were almost no
Chicanos in any political position
- of significance. Chicano hopes of
electing Henry Lopez Secretary
of State was dealt a serious blow.
1960,
· MAP A was formed as a result of
that defeat, and since then the
effort to get Chicanos into elected
and appointive positions has
taken a steady climb upwards.
PART OF THE reason behind "Juan Tecate" turning to-drugs wqs the pressures of society.
Although locally MAPA has
achieved advances, statewide it
is just emerging from a .slump.
"The cause of this is due to
many of our original members
being non-voters," Cisneros said.
"Without the power of vote,
MAPA goals became selfdefeating.''
Bµt the trend is cha.nging. In
July, MAPA plans new elections
designed to strengthen votin~
membership, and put younger
members in leadership positions.
As for further goals of MAP A
nationwide, Cisneros said,
"Right now we have branches in
Chicago and Washington, D.C.
We plan
build more."
to
special ~ nuest
event.
·bring )Ult' spccilJ ~ ro meet our special guest, .
for a fascinating c."Vtflingwith a
sdf-made miniooaire (by agJ: 23) .
PS I WORID presents
--- rd dJimmn
·rosucc
CALIF STATE
UNIVERSITY .
FRESNO
Air Force ROTC can give
more value to your college
years and help you pay for
your schooling at the same
tim-e. You can compete for .a
two, three, or four-year Air
Force ROTC schotarship that
will pay you $100 a month
and pay for your tuition,
books and lab f.ees, too.
,L
•
:l~~t
Plus, there's flight instructi . WL ........,
for those who qualify, a com
mission as a second lieutenant after graduation, then
responsibility od ,challenge
in an Air For job.
P.iccndt1111 Inn
2Xl5 la), SlialA>
(FREE AIMISSION)
mon . feb 21, 7=30pm
2226400
fll'CI IIR· ...... llrlll111Vlllll
CAIL· AEROOPACE S'IIDIIB CAPl1 AD.Am
D
f(:hicano
Todos estan invitados
tournament
Signups for the third annual
Chicano Basketball Tournament
may now be submitted announced
co-ordinator
Ed
Carrillo.
Carril1o, a senior physical
education major, said the main
by visiting _LRS professor Andres
purpose of the tournament is to
Segura will be featured. Segura raise money for a scholarship
was assistant professor at the . which would pay tuition and book
Acadamy of Modem Dances in
expenses for a Chicano athlete
Mexico City, Mexico and
from the valley.
assistant choreographer and
"This tournament would · not
dancer with Moshe Dedem.
only provide funds for a
One of Segura 's successful
scholarship," said Carrillo, "but
attributes is the founding of the
it's also a gooq way to get
dance group, Xinachtli.
Chicanos together and play with
Martinez said everyone is
their won people and have a good
invited for an evening of cultural
time."
enlightenment.
Carillos said he would like to
For more information, phone
have at least one girl playing on
La Raza Studies at 487-2848.
each team. He is seeking eight
Noche De La Raza to be held March 4
by Arturo Ocampo
La Noche de La Raza wUl be
presented by the CSUF La Raza
Studies faculty Friday, March 4,
at the Sequoia Junior High School
cafeteria.
The LRS staff has presented
this event annually for the last
five years. Last year 1,000
persons attended.
The parents of LRS students
and the general public are invited.
"The event is free of charge
and allows the parents and the
general public to get toJmow the
LRS staff better," says Ernesto
Martinez, an instructor with •La
Raza Studies.
The evening will begin with a
Mexican meal while the LRS
staff is introduced.
Teatro del Espiritu, La
Comparsa Unfversitaria, and
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will
perform. There will also be an
art display by Tony Roque and
students of La Raza Studies art
classes.
A special dance performance
Chavez returns to CSUF
(Continued from page 1)
stipend and "modest" food and
"If you're outraged at conliving benefits.
ditions, then you can't possibly .
The farm workers union went
be free or happy until you devote
through its growing stages
all your time to changing them
marked by its first major test:
and do nothing but that," says
joining the AFL-CIO in a 1965
Chavez, who wil1 be 50 years old
strike against Delano area table
March 31.
and wine grape growers . In 1966,
"But you can't change
Chavez' union merged with the
anything if you want to hold on to
AFL-CIO and formed the United
a good job, a good way of life, and
f<'arm Workers <Uft~W).
·
avoid sacrifice."
Strikes in 1970 and 1973 to
Chavez himself, as do all UFW
protest "sweetheart" contracts
employees, receives a $5 weekly
signed hetween growers and
Teamsters were massive and
showed the union's strength.
However, the strikers were met
with anti-strike injunctions,
brutality by deputy sheriffs and
imported Teamster goons, and
the murder of two strikers.
A worldwide boycott called by
Chavez of non-UFW grapes, head
lettuce and Gallo wines won the
support of 17 million American
adults according to a 1975 Louis
Harris poll.
That led to the enactment of
Gov. Jerry Brown's Agrkultural
Labor Relations Act in 1975
which brought secret ballot
elections to the fields so farmworkers could choose their own
union .
State l~gislators , pressured by
the agricultural industry refused
to appropriate emergency
funding so the board could
r.:ontinue elections. The growers
were demanding changes in the
law .
T.he UFW reports it won 68.8
per cent of the elections held by
the time the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board ( ALRB ) ran out
of money in February of 1976,
only 10 months after it began.
Faced with this deadlock in the
legislature. Chavez and the UFW
began a campaign to have the
California voters pass
a
proposition which would remove
the matter from the legislators
!lands and guara ntee union
l'lections for farm workers .
However. the same day the
initiative was qualifi ed for the
ballot, the legislature a pproved
the state budget which contained
money for the ALRB to operate.
Grower pressure dropped and
without the cha nges they
demanded be made in the law.
Instead. agribusiness mounted
its campaign to destroy the
initiative hiring a public
relations firm from Los Angeles
and paying campaign workers to
saturate the public wi th threats
that every individual ·s private
property would beeome accessible to UFW orga nizers. thus
violating property holder's
constitutional rights.
That seenario prevailed
despite the California State
Supreme Court's ruling that the
aecess provision of Prop . 14 was
not in violation of the constitution. supported by the US
Supreme Court's refusal to hear
the grower's appeal.
Despite the efforts of volunteer.s all over the state in support
of Prop. 14, it lost by a 2-1 margin
in the November election.
But many UFW organizers
sent out a plea to all its backers
not to give up hope and to make
the most of the experience .
"Don't lose hope," said Lea
Ybarra-Soriano. '' I know it hurts
after putting so mueh into it. But
we can learn a lot from it."
In Fresno.i the majority of
volunteers were Chicanos, which
underlines one of the themes
Chavez will discuss in his appearance here.
Union office spokespersons at
La Paz, the union 's headquarters
in Keene, California , say Chavez
is determi,n ed to fulfill his dream
of a national farm workers union.
" We have nothing else to do
with our lives except to build our
union ," says Chavez . " We will
continue wheth er it takes one
year or 20 . We \Vill never give up.
"We do not underestimate our
adversaries because they are
rich and powerful and they own
the land. But we know we will win
in the end: we learned many
years ago tha t the r ich may have
money, but the poor have time ."
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THE ENERGY SHORTAGE
THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
l'r--i- ·
Fecific
Ge.s
.and
Electric
Co
If you 're a graduating
student who isn't afraid of
j umping feet first into one of the
most complex problems of the
decade- the energy shortagePG&E may have a job for you.
The work is challenging.
The pay is good. And the benefits
are above average.
If you'd like to do something
meaningful with your life, as
well as earn a good living in a
job with good security, there
_maybe an opportunity for you
at PG&E.
We are interviewi11g on this
campus Feb. 23-25. Contact
your Placement Offi ce for details.
PG~E
An Equal Opportunity Employer
- men and women,
~------..JV
l
teams to participate with awards
for the top team and players
Carillo
himself
plays
basketball with the city league
and the E.O.P. teams on campus
as well as managing an
elementary .basketball team for
the city recreation department.
He also organized the past two
Chicano basketball tournaments
and was manager of the Fresno
State University basketball team
last year.
There wiH be an entrance fee
for all teams who participate and
donations will be taken at the
door.
Persons interested in helping
out in any way or playing in the
tournament may contact Eddie
Carrillo or leave a message at
237-3285.
'Cat':a step ahead
by Tom Uribes
If the Chicano community in the greater Fresno area has any one
person to thank for its gains, that one person would probably be
Catarino Hurtado. ·
·
Often referred to as the "man who started the Chicano movement in
Fresno," Cat died Saturday night as the result of a car accident in
Fresno. He was buried Tuesday.
Cat, who was 'l:l, is survived by his wife Maria Elena, 'l:l and three
children, Catarino Chico, 9, Carlos, 6, and Angelita, 8.
In tribute to the Chicano leader, a fund drive to establish a
scholarship for Cat's children is being planned by CSUF philosophy
instructor Ren Mabey.
Mabey said the idea was suggested by Carol Bishop McDonald, and
that people whom Cat had previously worked with at Millbrook High
School agreed to kick some money in to start the fund. Mabey is
seeking donations and may~be contacted at 487-2621.
Such an effort reflects Cats participation in striving to help others.
Cat's involvement in the Chicano movement locally spread into
many areas and many of the organizations now in existence were in
some way influenced by Cat's contributions.
Victor Salazar, former CSUF La Raza Studies professor and
compadre to Cat (he baptized his son Carlos ), said Cat was active at
Fresno State in the initial years. Some of the programs Chicanos and
other minorities now benefit from resulted from efforts such as those
of Cat's.
Victor s·aid Cat was very helpful in organizing community support.
It was Cat and Salazar who organized the anti-Vietnam War
moratorium here in 1970. Cat also served on el Comite Consejero as a
MEChA community representatives.
Rafael "Antenna" Mendibles, one of Cat's best friends, said Cat
paved the way for many Chicanos.
"He was the main thrust here in Fresno," said Antenna. "He had a
lot to offer and people learned a lot from him. He was in the class of
Pancho Villa and Che. That's how we felt about him."
CATARINO HURTADO WITH his wife and children : Cat, Sr.; Catarin,
Jr. (Bomber); Carlos (Conacos) ; Angelita ; and Maria Elena.
DE
WESDAY, NO,YEMBER
23, 11'1~
LXXXI-21
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN, California State University, Fresno
Chavez returns
to CSUF on March 4
The last time Cesar Chavez
came to CSUF, he met the fury of
agriculture in the midst of the
emotional fight over Proposition
14 last October.
Now the world-known founder
and leader of the United Farm
Workers of America (UFWA)
labor union returns to "hostile"
Fresno March 4 to deliver a talk
on " Future Alternatives of the
Chicano."
Co-sponsored by the College
Union· and MEChA, Chavez will
speak in the Men's Gym at 12
noon in two weeks. CSUF
students may attend free of
charge but a $1 admission charge
will be imposed on non-students .
The appearance is Chavez'
third on the CSUF campus, but
his second this year . His first
appearance was in 1972 during
the union 's fight against the
grower supported Prop . 22 which
was defeated. His second visit to
the campus came last October
amidst controversy surrounding
the union-backed Prop. 14, which
also went down to defeat.
During that visit, Chavez faced
a loud and rude audience
combined of both supporters and
opposers of Prop. 14.
He said it was the first time he
had not been permitted to speak
on a college campus.
Si Puedes (Get Out If You Can) ,
where he first met Fred Ross.
It was with Ross whom Chavez
began organizing people through
the
Community
Service
Organization (CSO> in 1952. This
was a barrio-based self-help
group formed among California
Mexican Americans to participate in conducting voter
Whether or not Chavez will run · registration and to fight racial
and economic discrimination
into the same mentality remains
against
Chicanos.
~o be seen, but as La Raza
Although Chavez became the
Studies professor Lea Ybarranational director of CSO in the
Soriano said recently, Chavez
late I950's , he soon departed CSO
has come to expect such actions
because it would not work to
from anti-UFW elements.
organize farmworkers.
Chavez' history in the farin
He and his family moved to
labor life, as is the case with
Delano, California and began
many Chicanos, dates back to a
building the National Farm
life of migration: following the
Workers Association. From that
crops during the depression.
point on , Chavez ' life became
After serving time in the Navy
synonymous with the farm
during World War II, Chavez
workers movement.
·
married Helen Fabela . They
settled in the San Jose barrio, Sal
Continued on page 4
New MEChA· officers .elected
Cat believed in the concept of Aztlan and was one of the founders
and builders of La Universidad de Aztlan. He also helped form the
Fresno chapter of the La Raza Unida Party and was a chairman of the
Brown Berets in its early days in Fresno.
by Celia Ponce
His other involvements included Millbrook, El Concilio, the /
Minority Advisory Committee which oversaw Telemex for Channel Denise Torres, a sophomore
30-TV, Centro La Familia, the Universidad de Campesinos Libres,
sociat welfare major, was
Inc. (UCLI), and Chepa .
elected CSUF MEChA president
He was also the coach of his son's soccer team.
for the Spring Semester ·1ast
In the past few years, Cat helped organize Navidad del Valle and its
..week.
toy drive so less advantaged Chicanitos could also enjoy Christmas.
Other officers elected were
At the time of his death, he was employed as a counselor at Clovis
freshman Juan Mendoza, also a
High School.
social welfare major, as ' vice
Antenna said that lately, Cat's interests and lifestyle steered more
president, and sophomore Marty
into indigena.
·
·
Gomez as sargeant-of-arms.
. "He was nationalist in the beginning;'' said Antenna. "But Jately he ·
Torres, whose past expel\'ience
was into the indio. He was a student of Toshta In indigena, there's no
with
MEChA includes memracism. As he grew, his mind grew. He beJieved in people,
bership
at UC Santa Gruz where
everybody.''
she was secretary last semester,
Al Reyes, who ·became close to Cat in recent years, said Cat was
and werved as acting president
"like Teatro Campesino, always a step ahead of the movement."
at CSUF this semester just prior
"Cat was the kind of guy who wouldn't compromise," said Reyes, a
to her election. She says the need
reporter for Channel 30-TV. " He stood up for his people at a time ,when
to strengthen MEChA is as
the mentality against Chicanos was more repressive. He stuck his
strong as in the past.
neck out."
"His going is making a lot of us see ourselves," Al said. "His death
"I think Chicanos should join
taught us a lot. He's going to ~erve as inspiration to a lot of people.
MEChA because it's important
"What comes to mind when you think of him is how he helped
for
Chicanos to
become
people. It makes you think how you can help people.''
politically aware of what goes on
Al recalled that a party given for La Raza Studies Director Alex
Saragoza recentJy, Cat walked into the room and Alex said, "Here's
the man who star ted the Chicano movement in Fresno."
A.week before he died, Cat wrote one of his many poems. It was
read at his rosario Monday night :
on campus as everything affects
us," she said.
"Chicanos have to learn to
fight racism, prejudice, and
discrimination, or whatever it is
that's supressing us.
"We have to learn to fight the
oppressor with his own tools,
which is politics. MEChA is also
a good place to become socially
and culturally aware. Another
function of ME Ch A is to help
socialize Chicar.os when they
come ·to this campus."
Denise also commented on the
kinds of changes she would like to
see take· place within MEChA
•and the type of image she would
like MEChA to project, in addition to increasing participation
within MEChA.
"I would like to see MEChA
become more politically involved
concerning issues on campus and
become more involved in student
government," she said. "No~ ju,st
MEChA but Chicanos in .
general."
MEChA she said
should be "''a club which faces all
issues affecting Chicanos on
campus with determination and
fairness, no matter what the
results are."
Vice-president Juan Mendoza
said plans are underway to in:
crease membership. He aannounced a questionnaire will be
circulated asking students what
they would like t~ see !:hanged in
MEChA and how meetings could
be improved.
"We also will be talking to
people personally to bring in new
ideas and find out what it is the
students want from MEChA,"
~ndoza said.
MEChA-. meetings are held
ever} Thursday at noon in the
College Union conference room
312.
·.~ New Day
This is the beginning of a new day
I have been given this day to use as I will
I can waste.it or use it for good
What I do today is important
Cause I'm exc hanging
A day of my life for it
When tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
~ .,~aving in its place whatever I have traded for it
Vv'hen tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
Leaving in its place whatever I have traded for it
I pledge to myself that it shal be gained not lost
Good not evil, success not failure
In order that I shall not regret the price I paid for this day.
Catarino Hurtado
Denise
Juan
Marty
Record 1200 students
at youth Conference
by Marta Urlbes
I'll try to get as much of an
education as I can." ·
An estimated 1,200 students
Connie Perez Arevalo (Selma
attended MEChA's fourth annual
High) : "Yes. I had decided to go
Chicano Youth Conference at . to college before last year's CYC,
CSUF last month, according to
but what I didn't decide was
1976-77 chairperson David
which college to go to. Now I
Gomez.
know where to attend and I really
like the place, CSUF."
The all day conference atRamiro Cantu <Kingsburg): :'I
tracted students from high
found there were better jobs·than
schools and community colleges
just those of working in the
throughout the valley. Some
fields."
students even came from as far
Sally Montanez
<Tulare
away as Salinas, Stockton, and
Western):
"It
seems
'like
a nice
Porterville.
·
coUege and it has a strong
Eighteen general interest
business administration
workshops and seven career
department which I plan to
workshops were presented in
major in."
addition to entertainment from·
Helen Villagran (Corcoran
La Raza Studies consisting of Los
High School>: "I wish that some
Danzantes de Aztlan, La Comof the MEChA members could go
parsa and El Teatro del Espiritu.
to Corcoran High to talk to us
about the current problems of
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Chicanos in high schools, and
Raza Studies professor, gave the
also about the problems of
keynote address. The different
Chicano gangs in the barrios."
schools on the CSUF campus also
Alma Sepuldveda <Franklin
participated this year by
Senior High) : "I really enjoyed
providing informational exhibits.
it! Next time, there should be
"We got positive responses
competition against other
from the students, and high
schools, like in volleyball. And
school counselors gave us high
also, this should be for a
recommendations," said Gomez .
weekend."
"We concluded that it was an
Rosa Sandoval (Mt. Whitney
overall success as you can obHigh): "It seems ,like MEChA
serve from the evaluations we
must care a great deal about the
collected from the students."
Chicano's future to put so much
Following are some of the
time and effort into putting this
responses students expressed:
conference on."
HAS THIS CONFERENCE
One girl commented nicely on
ENCOURAGED YOU TO ATthe
whole conference. Her .only
TEND COLLEGE'?
complaint was, after being
Margie Gonzalez (Fresno City
asked: WHAT DID YOU
College): "Yes, I thought about
DISLIKE MOST ABOUT THE
going to college for only two
CONFERENCE?
"The
years, but now, but now, if I can,
weather!"
Conference: to teach
Chicana health care
by Margarita Esparza
A health conference entitled
"La Chicana y su Salud" will be
held at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center in Fresno,
· Saturday, Feb. 19.
The second annual conference
is sponsored by the Le gue of
Mexican-American Women, in
cooperation with the Economic
Opportunity Commission and the
CSUF School of Social Work.
Teresa Acosta, a· co-ordinating
conference member and CSUF
student, said the conference,s
purpose is to utilize it as a vehicle
to help the Chicana in her efforts
to effect change in the area of
health.
"One of . the · goals of this
workshop," said Acosta, '·'is to
motivate and educate the
Chicana to take an active role in
the planning and changing of
Felt youf·h
conference
health care as it pertains to
Ms. Acosta, Ms. Coronado and
Ms. Becerra are all second year
herself and her family.''
Acosta also said the conference students working towards their
will bring . together community Master's Degree in the School of"
agencies and members of the Social Work.
- The conference is part of their
community to discuss the health
needs as expressed by the thesis for graduation.
Chicano community and to
The three ·chose the area of
compare services the community health because a survey conagencies are delivering.
ducted by the Fresno County
Maria Coronado, another Social Services office concluded
conference coordinator, said one
that health was the number one
objective of the wor~hops is to · priority in the rural areas where
furnish speakers who will
the agency reported a_ high
provide the expertise necessary
population of Chicanos reside.
to educate the Chicana about
The Chicanos fell since the
health. Coronado said another
woman is the main unit in the
objective is to make informaticn
family, it is important to get her
on inadequacies in the health
involved in planning.
·
delivery services, as discussed
The registration fee for the all
during the workshops available
day conference (8 :00 a.m. to 5:15
to county, state, and federal
p.m.) is $3 which includes lunch.
agencies.
The Sal Mosqueda Community
The three workshop topics are
Center is located at 4670 E.
"Mental Health," "Family
Butler (east of Maple and south
Planning" and "The Mature
of Ventura Avenues).
Chicana."
For further informatfon on the
Christina Becerra, another
conference and registration,
conference co-ordinator, said
contact Maria Coronado at 251"We felt that these areas are of
8676 or Angie Cisneros at 487- primary concern to the Chicano
2848.
community."
successful
Norman A. Baxter, President
California State University of
Fresno
N. Maple Ave.
Fresno, California
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for
allowing MEChA to demonstrate
their outstanding program in
regards to the C. Y.C. Conferenee
of
1977.
The
MEChA
organization, through their
dedication and voluntary work
demonstrated such a degree of
excellence, that I thought it my
responsibility to convey this
appreciation to you ana your
staff. The conference was well
organized, oriented and made an
overwhelming impact on all who
attended. I would like to com- ·
mend you and your staff for .
allowing MEChA to participate
on your campus and for the .
hospitality we received.
As I am sure, you are aware
that numerous representatives
from California Universitites
attended the conference. Ensuing the conference, a · critique
revealed unanimously that the
conference was very successful
in relation to its goals. Also
discussed was - the fact that
students of valley schools and the
community greatly benefited
from the conference. It was
agreed that the program had
great importance as to informing
young students how to go about
preparing to enter college.
Again thank you for allowing
us to participate in the MEChA.
LA CHICANA Y SU SALUD
FEBRUARY 19, 1977
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m .
9: 15 a.m.
10-12
and
2:30-4 p.m.
FAMILY PLANNING-General
Assembly Room A
Linda Bronzan-Nurse Practitioner,
Fresno
County
Department of Health
Francisco Garcia, M.D.-Orange
Cove Family Health Clinic
Georgina
Torres-RiskAttorney, Center of Law and
Justice, Los Angeles
l-2:30 p.m.
and
2:30-4 p.m.
_T HE MATURE CHICANA- .
General Assembly Room B
Fernando Torres-Gil-Director,
Gerontology Center Los Angeles,
California
Peggy Pena-Senior Citizen
Community Aide, Fresno,
California
Lee Schilling, M.D.-O.B:G.Y.N., Student Health Center,
CSUF
4-4:45 p.m.
here Friday
Mr. Caterino Soto, Recruiter,
Graduate School of Mangement,
School of Business., UCLA, will be
on campus Friday, Feb. 18, 1977,
to recruit students for its
program. He will provide information on pre-admission,
admission and financial aid.
Mr. Soto will oe in the College
Union Lounge from 10:00 to 1:00
p.m.
MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM-General Assembly
Room
Concha Saucedo-Clinical
Psychologist, San Francisco
Lorenzo Patino-Vice President,
National Association of Mental
Health, Washington, D.C.
Alejandro Saragoza-Professor
of La Raza Studies, at California
State University, Fresno
LUNCH
1-2:30 p:m .
Manuel Marquez, supporter
Chicano Youth Organizations
UC~A rep.
REGISTRATION
WELCOME:
Betty Rodri_guez, President,
League · of Mexican American
Women.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER :
Rodolfo Sanchez, Director of
COSSMHO, Washington, D.C.
4:45-5 p.m.
February Editor Cindy Cabrera
Editor
Angie Rios
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:
Richard
Alatorre.
State
Assemblyman, Los Angeles,
California
CLOSING:
Luis Avina Contreras, M.S.W.
Reporters
Margaret Esparza,
Victor Martinez, Anria Noriega,
Arturo Ocampo, Celia Ponce,
Pete Ramirez, Marta Uribes
Photographer
- Tom Uribes
T.eatro del Espiritu to perform
"Death _the -Courtroom,"
"Drugs don't discriminate.
They hit every color."
Frank Riojas' comment underlines the performance of
"Death In The Courtroom"
which CSUF Teatro del Espiritu
will present to the general
community,Wednesday,,-. 23.
' MEChA m January to over 1,000
students. Tuesday (Feb. 15), it
held a special performance for
Juvenile Hall.
The play was originally written
by Manual Pickett, of Fresno, in
1973. He is currently studying for
a doctorate of philosophy (PhD)
'
degree in theater arts at the
The Chicano theater group of
University of California, Davis~.
the La Raza Studies Program,
will perform at the Sal Mosqueda
Its theme dramatizes the efCenter (Butler and Maple fects of drugs and illustrates the
· Avenues) in conjunction with the need to understand the deeper
-.
.
Ex-Offender Community
r:a;ns involved behind the use
Resource Center Council and its 0
ugs.
co--ordinators, Al Sorondo and .
"Anybody can relate to it,"
Dave Davis.
says Riojas. "People just look at
The performance begins at. a drug user and see him or her as
. 7:00p.m. and the admission is $1.
a doper. They don't look further .
Teatro del Espiritu performed and see the social problems inthe play at th~ CSUF Chicano
volved.
Youth Conference sponsored by
"The play shows very well
what Juan Tecato (one of the
main charachters) went through
all his life,. and society's
pressures."
Riojas was pleased with the
group's performance at the
Chicano Youth Conference. He
said, however, some studen~
attending may have missed out
on the full impact of the performance be<:ause College Union
Lounge seating could not accommodate the record turnout
for the conference.
v .spite this, he felt . the
re.action supported t~e performance.
"As a whole, it went great," he
said. "The show made a good
impact. Some people were actually crying."
Tickets may be purchased
from Teatro members.
THE MONKEY ~N "Juan Tecato's" back was his drug hangup. Alicia
Ramirez and Gary Tellex. (Photo by Tom Uribes)
MAPA endorses
Wills, Will iam·s
by Victor L. Martinez
The days of Chicano exclusion
from local politics is over. This is
the sentiment of the Fresno
Chapter of the
MexicanAmerican Political Association
,MAPA> exerting its influence in
local elections.
"As far as the candidates are
concerned, MAP A carries a lot of
weight,'' said Angela Cisneros,
vice president of MAPA.
Recently, MAPA held a local
"Political Issues Conference" at
the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center to allow candidates to
voke their opinions.
Endorsements were issued to
Ted C. Wills for mayor, Joe
Williams for Council Post
Number Six, - and Dorothy T.
Rohfing, William Stegall, and
Ruth Gadebusch for the School
Board.
The conference attracted
many candidates seeking the
Chicano group's endorsements.
\'Some of those who did not get
- endorsed were very diappointed," Cisneros said. "There
are a lot of voters who, although
they are not active members of
MAPA,
respect o.u r endorsements very much ."
Cisneros went on to say that
MAP A's purpose .is to elect
Chicanos or other candidates
who best represent the interests
of the .Chicano community.
Besides being a political
association, MAPA also provides
educational scholarships,
emergency loan funds for
students, consultant services to
school
boards
and
adm in i strati on,
off-campus
counseling service to youth,
health clinics, community
cultural enrichment programs,
and
equal
opportunity
awareness.
Study in
Guadalajara, Mexico
The
GUADALAJARA
SUMl...,EA
SCHOOL. a fully accredited UNIVE·RSITY OF ARIZONA program, will offer
July 1-August 12, anthropology, art,
economics, bilingual education, folklore, history. political science. Span ish
ianguage and literature. Tuition and
fees, $:220; board anq room wi\11
Mexican family, $280. Write to
GU~ r \LAJARA SUMMER SCHOOL,
1530 <.:i.;mma Apartments. Uni·. ersity of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 .
MAP A was formed in Fresno in
when there were almost no
Chicanos in any political position
- of significance. Chicano hopes of
electing Henry Lopez Secretary
of State was dealt a serious blow.
1960,
· MAP A was formed as a result of
that defeat, and since then the
effort to get Chicanos into elected
and appointive positions has
taken a steady climb upwards.
PART OF THE reason behind "Juan Tecate" turning to-drugs wqs the pressures of society.
Although locally MAPA has
achieved advances, statewide it
is just emerging from a .slump.
"The cause of this is due to
many of our original members
being non-voters," Cisneros said.
"Without the power of vote,
MAPA goals became selfdefeating.''
Bµt the trend is cha.nging. In
July, MAPA plans new elections
designed to strengthen votin~
membership, and put younger
members in leadership positions.
As for further goals of MAP A
nationwide, Cisneros said,
"Right now we have branches in
Chicago and Washington, D.C.
We plan
build more."
to
special ~ nuest
event.
·bring )Ult' spccilJ ~ ro meet our special guest, .
for a fascinating c."Vtflingwith a
sdf-made miniooaire (by agJ: 23) .
PS I WORID presents
--- rd dJimmn
·rosucc
CALIF STATE
UNIVERSITY .
FRESNO
Air Force ROTC can give
more value to your college
years and help you pay for
your schooling at the same
tim-e. You can compete for .a
two, three, or four-year Air
Force ROTC schotarship that
will pay you $100 a month
and pay for your tuition,
books and lab f.ees, too.
,L
•
:l~~t
Plus, there's flight instructi . WL ........,
for those who qualify, a com
mission as a second lieutenant after graduation, then
responsibility od ,challenge
in an Air For job.
P.iccndt1111 Inn
2Xl5 la), SlialA>
(FREE AIMISSION)
mon . feb 21, 7=30pm
2226400
fll'CI IIR· ...... llrlll111Vlllll
CAIL· AEROOPACE S'IIDIIB CAPl1 AD.Am
D
f(:hicano
Todos estan invitados
tournament
Signups for the third annual
Chicano Basketball Tournament
may now be submitted announced
co-ordinator
Ed
Carrillo.
Carril1o, a senior physical
education major, said the main
by visiting _LRS professor Andres
purpose of the tournament is to
Segura will be featured. Segura raise money for a scholarship
was assistant professor at the . which would pay tuition and book
Acadamy of Modem Dances in
expenses for a Chicano athlete
Mexico City, Mexico and
from the valley.
assistant choreographer and
"This tournament would · not
dancer with Moshe Dedem.
only provide funds for a
One of Segura 's successful
scholarship," said Carrillo, "but
attributes is the founding of the
it's also a gooq way to get
dance group, Xinachtli.
Chicanos together and play with
Martinez said everyone is
their won people and have a good
invited for an evening of cultural
time."
enlightenment.
Carillos said he would like to
For more information, phone
have at least one girl playing on
La Raza Studies at 487-2848.
each team. He is seeking eight
Noche De La Raza to be held March 4
by Arturo Ocampo
La Noche de La Raza wUl be
presented by the CSUF La Raza
Studies faculty Friday, March 4,
at the Sequoia Junior High School
cafeteria.
The LRS staff has presented
this event annually for the last
five years. Last year 1,000
persons attended.
The parents of LRS students
and the general public are invited.
"The event is free of charge
and allows the parents and the
general public to get toJmow the
LRS staff better," says Ernesto
Martinez, an instructor with •La
Raza Studies.
The evening will begin with a
Mexican meal while the LRS
staff is introduced.
Teatro del Espiritu, La
Comparsa Unfversitaria, and
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will
perform. There will also be an
art display by Tony Roque and
students of La Raza Studies art
classes.
A special dance performance
Chavez returns to CSUF
(Continued from page 1)
stipend and "modest" food and
"If you're outraged at conliving benefits.
ditions, then you can't possibly .
The farm workers union went
be free or happy until you devote
through its growing stages
all your time to changing them
marked by its first major test:
and do nothing but that," says
joining the AFL-CIO in a 1965
Chavez, who wil1 be 50 years old
strike against Delano area table
March 31.
and wine grape growers . In 1966,
"But you can't change
Chavez' union merged with the
anything if you want to hold on to
AFL-CIO and formed the United
a good job, a good way of life, and
f<'arm Workers <Uft~W).
·
avoid sacrifice."
Strikes in 1970 and 1973 to
Chavez himself, as do all UFW
protest "sweetheart" contracts
employees, receives a $5 weekly
signed hetween growers and
Teamsters were massive and
showed the union's strength.
However, the strikers were met
with anti-strike injunctions,
brutality by deputy sheriffs and
imported Teamster goons, and
the murder of two strikers.
A worldwide boycott called by
Chavez of non-UFW grapes, head
lettuce and Gallo wines won the
support of 17 million American
adults according to a 1975 Louis
Harris poll.
That led to the enactment of
Gov. Jerry Brown's Agrkultural
Labor Relations Act in 1975
which brought secret ballot
elections to the fields so farmworkers could choose their own
union .
State l~gislators , pressured by
the agricultural industry refused
to appropriate emergency
funding so the board could
r.:ontinue elections. The growers
were demanding changes in the
law .
T.he UFW reports it won 68.8
per cent of the elections held by
the time the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board ( ALRB ) ran out
of money in February of 1976,
only 10 months after it began.
Faced with this deadlock in the
legislature. Chavez and the UFW
began a campaign to have the
California voters pass
a
proposition which would remove
the matter from the legislators
!lands and guara ntee union
l'lections for farm workers .
However. the same day the
initiative was qualifi ed for the
ballot, the legislature a pproved
the state budget which contained
money for the ALRB to operate.
Grower pressure dropped and
without the cha nges they
demanded be made in the law.
Instead. agribusiness mounted
its campaign to destroy the
initiative hiring a public
relations firm from Los Angeles
and paying campaign workers to
saturate the public wi th threats
that every individual ·s private
property would beeome accessible to UFW orga nizers. thus
violating property holder's
constitutional rights.
That seenario prevailed
despite the California State
Supreme Court's ruling that the
aecess provision of Prop . 14 was
not in violation of the constitution. supported by the US
Supreme Court's refusal to hear
the grower's appeal.
Despite the efforts of volunteer.s all over the state in support
of Prop. 14, it lost by a 2-1 margin
in the November election.
But many UFW organizers
sent out a plea to all its backers
not to give up hope and to make
the most of the experience .
"Don't lose hope," said Lea
Ybarra-Soriano. '' I know it hurts
after putting so mueh into it. But
we can learn a lot from it."
In Fresno.i the majority of
volunteers were Chicanos, which
underlines one of the themes
Chavez will discuss in his appearance here.
Union office spokespersons at
La Paz, the union 's headquarters
in Keene, California , say Chavez
is determi,n ed to fulfill his dream
of a national farm workers union.
" We have nothing else to do
with our lives except to build our
union ," says Chavez . " We will
continue wheth er it takes one
year or 20 . We \Vill never give up.
"We do not underestimate our
adversaries because they are
rich and powerful and they own
the land. But we know we will win
in the end: we learned many
years ago tha t the r ich may have
money, but the poor have time ."
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THE ENERGY SHORTAGE
THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
l'r--i- ·
Fecific
Ge.s
.and
Electric
Co
If you 're a graduating
student who isn't afraid of
j umping feet first into one of the
most complex problems of the
decade- the energy shortagePG&E may have a job for you.
The work is challenging.
The pay is good. And the benefits
are above average.
If you'd like to do something
meaningful with your life, as
well as earn a good living in a
job with good security, there
_maybe an opportunity for you
at PG&E.
We are interviewi11g on this
campus Feb. 23-25. Contact
your Placement Offi ce for details.
PG~E
An Equal Opportunity Employer
- men and women,
~------..JV
l
teams to participate with awards
for the top team and players
Carillo
himself
plays
basketball with the city league
and the E.O.P. teams on campus
as well as managing an
elementary .basketball team for
the city recreation department.
He also organized the past two
Chicano basketball tournaments
and was manager of the Fresno
State University basketball team
last year.
There wiH be an entrance fee
for all teams who participate and
donations will be taken at the
door.
Persons interested in helping
out in any way or playing in the
tournament may contact Eddie
Carrillo or leave a message at
237-3285.
by Tom Uribes
If the Chicano community in the greater Fresno area has any one
person to thank for its gains, that one person would probably be
Catarino Hurtado. ·
·
Often referred to as the "man who started the Chicano movement in
Fresno," Cat died Saturday night as the result of a car accident in
Fresno. He was buried Tuesday.
Cat, who was 'l:l, is survived by his wife Maria Elena, 'l:l and three
children, Catarino Chico, 9, Carlos, 6, and Angelita, 8.
In tribute to the Chicano leader, a fund drive to establish a
scholarship for Cat's children is being planned by CSUF philosophy
instructor Ren Mabey.
Mabey said the idea was suggested by Carol Bishop McDonald, and
that people whom Cat had previously worked with at Millbrook High
School agreed to kick some money in to start the fund. Mabey is
seeking donations and may~be contacted at 487-2621.
Such an effort reflects Cats participation in striving to help others.
Cat's involvement in the Chicano movement locally spread into
many areas and many of the organizations now in existence were in
some way influenced by Cat's contributions.
Victor Salazar, former CSUF La Raza Studies professor and
compadre to Cat (he baptized his son Carlos ), said Cat was active at
Fresno State in the initial years. Some of the programs Chicanos and
other minorities now benefit from resulted from efforts such as those
of Cat's.
Victor s·aid Cat was very helpful in organizing community support.
It was Cat and Salazar who organized the anti-Vietnam War
moratorium here in 1970. Cat also served on el Comite Consejero as a
MEChA community representatives.
Rafael "Antenna" Mendibles, one of Cat's best friends, said Cat
paved the way for many Chicanos.
"He was the main thrust here in Fresno," said Antenna. "He had a
lot to offer and people learned a lot from him. He was in the class of
Pancho Villa and Che. That's how we felt about him."
CATARINO HURTADO WITH his wife and children : Cat, Sr.; Catarin,
Jr. (Bomber); Carlos (Conacos) ; Angelita ; and Maria Elena.
DE
WESDAY, NO,YEMBER
23, 11'1~
LXXXI-21
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN, California State University, Fresno
Chavez returns
to CSUF on March 4
The last time Cesar Chavez
came to CSUF, he met the fury of
agriculture in the midst of the
emotional fight over Proposition
14 last October.
Now the world-known founder
and leader of the United Farm
Workers of America (UFWA)
labor union returns to "hostile"
Fresno March 4 to deliver a talk
on " Future Alternatives of the
Chicano."
Co-sponsored by the College
Union· and MEChA, Chavez will
speak in the Men's Gym at 12
noon in two weeks. CSUF
students may attend free of
charge but a $1 admission charge
will be imposed on non-students .
The appearance is Chavez'
third on the CSUF campus, but
his second this year . His first
appearance was in 1972 during
the union 's fight against the
grower supported Prop . 22 which
was defeated. His second visit to
the campus came last October
amidst controversy surrounding
the union-backed Prop. 14, which
also went down to defeat.
During that visit, Chavez faced
a loud and rude audience
combined of both supporters and
opposers of Prop. 14.
He said it was the first time he
had not been permitted to speak
on a college campus.
Si Puedes (Get Out If You Can) ,
where he first met Fred Ross.
It was with Ross whom Chavez
began organizing people through
the
Community
Service
Organization (CSO> in 1952. This
was a barrio-based self-help
group formed among California
Mexican Americans to participate in conducting voter
Whether or not Chavez will run · registration and to fight racial
and economic discrimination
into the same mentality remains
against
Chicanos.
~o be seen, but as La Raza
Although Chavez became the
Studies professor Lea Ybarranational director of CSO in the
Soriano said recently, Chavez
late I950's , he soon departed CSO
has come to expect such actions
because it would not work to
from anti-UFW elements.
organize farmworkers.
Chavez' history in the farin
He and his family moved to
labor life, as is the case with
Delano, California and began
many Chicanos, dates back to a
building the National Farm
life of migration: following the
Workers Association. From that
crops during the depression.
point on , Chavez ' life became
After serving time in the Navy
synonymous with the farm
during World War II, Chavez
workers movement.
·
married Helen Fabela . They
settled in the San Jose barrio, Sal
Continued on page 4
New MEChA· officers .elected
Cat believed in the concept of Aztlan and was one of the founders
and builders of La Universidad de Aztlan. He also helped form the
Fresno chapter of the La Raza Unida Party and was a chairman of the
Brown Berets in its early days in Fresno.
by Celia Ponce
His other involvements included Millbrook, El Concilio, the /
Minority Advisory Committee which oversaw Telemex for Channel Denise Torres, a sophomore
30-TV, Centro La Familia, the Universidad de Campesinos Libres,
sociat welfare major, was
Inc. (UCLI), and Chepa .
elected CSUF MEChA president
He was also the coach of his son's soccer team.
for the Spring Semester ·1ast
In the past few years, Cat helped organize Navidad del Valle and its
..week.
toy drive so less advantaged Chicanitos could also enjoy Christmas.
Other officers elected were
At the time of his death, he was employed as a counselor at Clovis
freshman Juan Mendoza, also a
High School.
social welfare major, as ' vice
Antenna said that lately, Cat's interests and lifestyle steered more
president, and sophomore Marty
into indigena.
·
·
Gomez as sargeant-of-arms.
. "He was nationalist in the beginning;'' said Antenna. "But Jately he ·
Torres, whose past expel\'ience
was into the indio. He was a student of Toshta In indigena, there's no
with
MEChA includes memracism. As he grew, his mind grew. He beJieved in people,
bership
at UC Santa Gruz where
everybody.''
she was secretary last semester,
Al Reyes, who ·became close to Cat in recent years, said Cat was
and werved as acting president
"like Teatro Campesino, always a step ahead of the movement."
at CSUF this semester just prior
"Cat was the kind of guy who wouldn't compromise," said Reyes, a
to her election. She says the need
reporter for Channel 30-TV. " He stood up for his people at a time ,when
to strengthen MEChA is as
the mentality against Chicanos was more repressive. He stuck his
strong as in the past.
neck out."
"His going is making a lot of us see ourselves," Al said. "His death
"I think Chicanos should join
taught us a lot. He's going to ~erve as inspiration to a lot of people.
MEChA because it's important
"What comes to mind when you think of him is how he helped
for
Chicanos to
become
people. It makes you think how you can help people.''
politically aware of what goes on
Al recalled that a party given for La Raza Studies Director Alex
Saragoza recentJy, Cat walked into the room and Alex said, "Here's
the man who star ted the Chicano movement in Fresno."
A.week before he died, Cat wrote one of his many poems. It was
read at his rosario Monday night :
on campus as everything affects
us," she said.
"Chicanos have to learn to
fight racism, prejudice, and
discrimination, or whatever it is
that's supressing us.
"We have to learn to fight the
oppressor with his own tools,
which is politics. MEChA is also
a good place to become socially
and culturally aware. Another
function of ME Ch A is to help
socialize Chicar.os when they
come ·to this campus."
Denise also commented on the
kinds of changes she would like to
see take· place within MEChA
•and the type of image she would
like MEChA to project, in addition to increasing participation
within MEChA.
"I would like to see MEChA
become more politically involved
concerning issues on campus and
become more involved in student
government," she said. "No~ ju,st
MEChA but Chicanos in .
general."
MEChA she said
should be "''a club which faces all
issues affecting Chicanos on
campus with determination and
fairness, no matter what the
results are."
Vice-president Juan Mendoza
said plans are underway to in:
crease membership. He aannounced a questionnaire will be
circulated asking students what
they would like t~ see !:hanged in
MEChA and how meetings could
be improved.
"We also will be talking to
people personally to bring in new
ideas and find out what it is the
students want from MEChA,"
~ndoza said.
MEChA-. meetings are held
ever} Thursday at noon in the
College Union conference room
312.
·.~ New Day
This is the beginning of a new day
I have been given this day to use as I will
I can waste.it or use it for good
What I do today is important
Cause I'm exc hanging
A day of my life for it
When tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
~ .,~aving in its place whatever I have traded for it
Vv'hen tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever
Leaving in its place whatever I have traded for it
I pledge to myself that it shal be gained not lost
Good not evil, success not failure
In order that I shall not regret the price I paid for this day.
Catarino Hurtado
Denise
Juan
Marty
Record 1200 students
at youth Conference
by Marta Urlbes
I'll try to get as much of an
education as I can." ·
An estimated 1,200 students
Connie Perez Arevalo (Selma
attended MEChA's fourth annual
High) : "Yes. I had decided to go
Chicano Youth Conference at . to college before last year's CYC,
CSUF last month, according to
but what I didn't decide was
1976-77 chairperson David
which college to go to. Now I
Gomez.
know where to attend and I really
like the place, CSUF."
The all day conference atRamiro Cantu <Kingsburg): :'I
tracted students from high
found there were better jobs·than
schools and community colleges
just those of working in the
throughout the valley. Some
fields."
students even came from as far
Sally Montanez
<Tulare
away as Salinas, Stockton, and
Western):
"It
seems
'like
a nice
Porterville.
·
coUege and it has a strong
Eighteen general interest
business administration
workshops and seven career
department which I plan to
workshops were presented in
major in."
addition to entertainment from·
Helen Villagran (Corcoran
La Raza Studies consisting of Los
High School>: "I wish that some
Danzantes de Aztlan, La Comof the MEChA members could go
parsa and El Teatro del Espiritu.
to Corcoran High to talk to us
about the current problems of
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Chicanos in high schools, and
Raza Studies professor, gave the
also about the problems of
keynote address. The different
Chicano gangs in the barrios."
schools on the CSUF campus also
Alma Sepuldveda <Franklin
participated this year by
Senior High) : "I really enjoyed
providing informational exhibits.
it! Next time, there should be
"We got positive responses
competition against other
from the students, and high
schools, like in volleyball. And
school counselors gave us high
also, this should be for a
recommendations," said Gomez .
weekend."
"We concluded that it was an
Rosa Sandoval (Mt. Whitney
overall success as you can obHigh): "It seems ,like MEChA
serve from the evaluations we
must care a great deal about the
collected from the students."
Chicano's future to put so much
Following are some of the
time and effort into putting this
responses students expressed:
conference on."
HAS THIS CONFERENCE
One girl commented nicely on
ENCOURAGED YOU TO ATthe
whole conference. Her .only
TEND COLLEGE'?
complaint was, after being
Margie Gonzalez (Fresno City
asked: WHAT DID YOU
College): "Yes, I thought about
DISLIKE MOST ABOUT THE
going to college for only two
CONFERENCE?
"The
years, but now, but now, if I can,
weather!"
Conference: to teach
Chicana health care
by Margarita Esparza
A health conference entitled
"La Chicana y su Salud" will be
held at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center in Fresno,
· Saturday, Feb. 19.
The second annual conference
is sponsored by the Le gue of
Mexican-American Women, in
cooperation with the Economic
Opportunity Commission and the
CSUF School of Social Work.
Teresa Acosta, a· co-ordinating
conference member and CSUF
student, said the conference,s
purpose is to utilize it as a vehicle
to help the Chicana in her efforts
to effect change in the area of
health.
"One of . the · goals of this
workshop," said Acosta, '·'is to
motivate and educate the
Chicana to take an active role in
the planning and changing of
Felt youf·h
conference
health care as it pertains to
Ms. Acosta, Ms. Coronado and
Ms. Becerra are all second year
herself and her family.''
Acosta also said the conference students working towards their
will bring . together community Master's Degree in the School of"
agencies and members of the Social Work.
- The conference is part of their
community to discuss the health
needs as expressed by the thesis for graduation.
Chicano community and to
The three ·chose the area of
compare services the community health because a survey conagencies are delivering.
ducted by the Fresno County
Maria Coronado, another Social Services office concluded
conference coordinator, said one
that health was the number one
objective of the wor~hops is to · priority in the rural areas where
furnish speakers who will
the agency reported a_ high
provide the expertise necessary
population of Chicanos reside.
to educate the Chicana about
The Chicanos fell since the
health. Coronado said another
woman is the main unit in the
objective is to make informaticn
family, it is important to get her
on inadequacies in the health
involved in planning.
·
delivery services, as discussed
The registration fee for the all
during the workshops available
day conference (8 :00 a.m. to 5:15
to county, state, and federal
p.m.) is $3 which includes lunch.
agencies.
The Sal Mosqueda Community
The three workshop topics are
Center is located at 4670 E.
"Mental Health," "Family
Butler (east of Maple and south
Planning" and "The Mature
of Ventura Avenues).
Chicana."
For further informatfon on the
Christina Becerra, another
conference and registration,
conference co-ordinator, said
contact Maria Coronado at 251"We felt that these areas are of
8676 or Angie Cisneros at 487- primary concern to the Chicano
2848.
community."
successful
Norman A. Baxter, President
California State University of
Fresno
N. Maple Ave.
Fresno, California
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for
allowing MEChA to demonstrate
their outstanding program in
regards to the C. Y.C. Conferenee
of
1977.
The
MEChA
organization, through their
dedication and voluntary work
demonstrated such a degree of
excellence, that I thought it my
responsibility to convey this
appreciation to you ana your
staff. The conference was well
organized, oriented and made an
overwhelming impact on all who
attended. I would like to com- ·
mend you and your staff for .
allowing MEChA to participate
on your campus and for the .
hospitality we received.
As I am sure, you are aware
that numerous representatives
from California Universitites
attended the conference. Ensuing the conference, a · critique
revealed unanimously that the
conference was very successful
in relation to its goals. Also
discussed was - the fact that
students of valley schools and the
community greatly benefited
from the conference. It was
agreed that the program had
great importance as to informing
young students how to go about
preparing to enter college.
Again thank you for allowing
us to participate in the MEChA.
LA CHICANA Y SU SALUD
FEBRUARY 19, 1977
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m .
9: 15 a.m.
10-12
and
2:30-4 p.m.
FAMILY PLANNING-General
Assembly Room A
Linda Bronzan-Nurse Practitioner,
Fresno
County
Department of Health
Francisco Garcia, M.D.-Orange
Cove Family Health Clinic
Georgina
Torres-RiskAttorney, Center of Law and
Justice, Los Angeles
l-2:30 p.m.
and
2:30-4 p.m.
_T HE MATURE CHICANA- .
General Assembly Room B
Fernando Torres-Gil-Director,
Gerontology Center Los Angeles,
California
Peggy Pena-Senior Citizen
Community Aide, Fresno,
California
Lee Schilling, M.D.-O.B:G.Y.N., Student Health Center,
CSUF
4-4:45 p.m.
here Friday
Mr. Caterino Soto, Recruiter,
Graduate School of Mangement,
School of Business., UCLA, will be
on campus Friday, Feb. 18, 1977,
to recruit students for its
program. He will provide information on pre-admission,
admission and financial aid.
Mr. Soto will oe in the College
Union Lounge from 10:00 to 1:00
p.m.
MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM-General Assembly
Room
Concha Saucedo-Clinical
Psychologist, San Francisco
Lorenzo Patino-Vice President,
National Association of Mental
Health, Washington, D.C.
Alejandro Saragoza-Professor
of La Raza Studies, at California
State University, Fresno
LUNCH
1-2:30 p:m .
Manuel Marquez, supporter
Chicano Youth Organizations
UC~A rep.
REGISTRATION
WELCOME:
Betty Rodri_guez, President,
League · of Mexican American
Women.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER :
Rodolfo Sanchez, Director of
COSSMHO, Washington, D.C.
4:45-5 p.m.
February Editor Cindy Cabrera
Editor
Angie Rios
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:
Richard
Alatorre.
State
Assemblyman, Los Angeles,
California
CLOSING:
Luis Avina Contreras, M.S.W.
Reporters
Margaret Esparza,
Victor Martinez, Anria Noriega,
Arturo Ocampo, Celia Ponce,
Pete Ramirez, Marta Uribes
Photographer
- Tom Uribes
T.eatro del Espiritu to perform
"Death _the -Courtroom,"
"Drugs don't discriminate.
They hit every color."
Frank Riojas' comment underlines the performance of
"Death In The Courtroom"
which CSUF Teatro del Espiritu
will present to the general
community,Wednesday,,-. 23.
' MEChA m January to over 1,000
students. Tuesday (Feb. 15), it
held a special performance for
Juvenile Hall.
The play was originally written
by Manual Pickett, of Fresno, in
1973. He is currently studying for
a doctorate of philosophy (PhD)
'
degree in theater arts at the
The Chicano theater group of
University of California, Davis~.
the La Raza Studies Program,
will perform at the Sal Mosqueda
Its theme dramatizes the efCenter (Butler and Maple fects of drugs and illustrates the
· Avenues) in conjunction with the need to understand the deeper
-.
.
Ex-Offender Community
r:a;ns involved behind the use
Resource Center Council and its 0
ugs.
co--ordinators, Al Sorondo and .
"Anybody can relate to it,"
Dave Davis.
says Riojas. "People just look at
The performance begins at. a drug user and see him or her as
. 7:00p.m. and the admission is $1.
a doper. They don't look further .
Teatro del Espiritu performed and see the social problems inthe play at th~ CSUF Chicano
volved.
Youth Conference sponsored by
"The play shows very well
what Juan Tecato (one of the
main charachters) went through
all his life,. and society's
pressures."
Riojas was pleased with the
group's performance at the
Chicano Youth Conference. He
said, however, some studen~
attending may have missed out
on the full impact of the performance be<:ause College Union
Lounge seating could not accommodate the record turnout
for the conference.
v .spite this, he felt . the
re.action supported t~e performance.
"As a whole, it went great," he
said. "The show made a good
impact. Some people were actually crying."
Tickets may be purchased
from Teatro members.
THE MONKEY ~N "Juan Tecato's" back was his drug hangup. Alicia
Ramirez and Gary Tellex. (Photo by Tom Uribes)
MAPA endorses
Wills, Will iam·s
by Victor L. Martinez
The days of Chicano exclusion
from local politics is over. This is
the sentiment of the Fresno
Chapter of the
MexicanAmerican Political Association
,MAPA> exerting its influence in
local elections.
"As far as the candidates are
concerned, MAP A carries a lot of
weight,'' said Angela Cisneros,
vice president of MAPA.
Recently, MAPA held a local
"Political Issues Conference" at
the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center to allow candidates to
voke their opinions.
Endorsements were issued to
Ted C. Wills for mayor, Joe
Williams for Council Post
Number Six, - and Dorothy T.
Rohfing, William Stegall, and
Ruth Gadebusch for the School
Board.
The conference attracted
many candidates seeking the
Chicano group's endorsements.
\'Some of those who did not get
- endorsed were very diappointed," Cisneros said. "There
are a lot of voters who, although
they are not active members of
MAPA,
respect o.u r endorsements very much ."
Cisneros went on to say that
MAP A's purpose .is to elect
Chicanos or other candidates
who best represent the interests
of the .Chicano community.
Besides being a political
association, MAPA also provides
educational scholarships,
emergency loan funds for
students, consultant services to
school
boards
and
adm in i strati on,
off-campus
counseling service to youth,
health clinics, community
cultural enrichment programs,
and
equal
opportunity
awareness.
Study in
Guadalajara, Mexico
The
GUADALAJARA
SUMl...,EA
SCHOOL. a fully accredited UNIVE·RSITY OF ARIZONA program, will offer
July 1-August 12, anthropology, art,
economics, bilingual education, folklore, history. political science. Span ish
ianguage and literature. Tuition and
fees, $:220; board anq room wi\11
Mexican family, $280. Write to
GU~ r \LAJARA SUMMER SCHOOL,
1530 <.:i.;mma Apartments. Uni·. ersity of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 .
MAP A was formed in Fresno in
when there were almost no
Chicanos in any political position
- of significance. Chicano hopes of
electing Henry Lopez Secretary
of State was dealt a serious blow.
1960,
· MAP A was formed as a result of
that defeat, and since then the
effort to get Chicanos into elected
and appointive positions has
taken a steady climb upwards.
PART OF THE reason behind "Juan Tecate" turning to-drugs wqs the pressures of society.
Although locally MAPA has
achieved advances, statewide it
is just emerging from a .slump.
"The cause of this is due to
many of our original members
being non-voters," Cisneros said.
"Without the power of vote,
MAPA goals became selfdefeating.''
Bµt the trend is cha.nging. In
July, MAPA plans new elections
designed to strengthen votin~
membership, and put younger
members in leadership positions.
As for further goals of MAP A
nationwide, Cisneros said,
"Right now we have branches in
Chicago and Washington, D.C.
We plan
build more."
to
special ~ nuest
event.
·bring )Ult' spccilJ ~ ro meet our special guest, .
for a fascinating c."Vtflingwith a
sdf-made miniooaire (by agJ: 23) .
PS I WORID presents
--- rd dJimmn
·rosucc
CALIF STATE
UNIVERSITY .
FRESNO
Air Force ROTC can give
more value to your college
years and help you pay for
your schooling at the same
tim-e. You can compete for .a
two, three, or four-year Air
Force ROTC schotarship that
will pay you $100 a month
and pay for your tuition,
books and lab f.ees, too.
,L
•
:l~~t
Plus, there's flight instructi . WL ........,
for those who qualify, a com
mission as a second lieutenant after graduation, then
responsibility od ,challenge
in an Air For job.
P.iccndt1111 Inn
2Xl5 la), SlialA>
(FREE AIMISSION)
mon . feb 21, 7=30pm
2226400
fll'CI IIR· ...... llrlll111Vlllll
CAIL· AEROOPACE S'IIDIIB CAPl1 AD.Am
D
f(:hicano
Todos estan invitados
tournament
Signups for the third annual
Chicano Basketball Tournament
may now be submitted announced
co-ordinator
Ed
Carrillo.
Carril1o, a senior physical
education major, said the main
by visiting _LRS professor Andres
purpose of the tournament is to
Segura will be featured. Segura raise money for a scholarship
was assistant professor at the . which would pay tuition and book
Acadamy of Modem Dances in
expenses for a Chicano athlete
Mexico City, Mexico and
from the valley.
assistant choreographer and
"This tournament would · not
dancer with Moshe Dedem.
only provide funds for a
One of Segura 's successful
scholarship," said Carrillo, "but
attributes is the founding of the
it's also a gooq way to get
dance group, Xinachtli.
Chicanos together and play with
Martinez said everyone is
their won people and have a good
invited for an evening of cultural
time."
enlightenment.
Carillos said he would like to
For more information, phone
have at least one girl playing on
La Raza Studies at 487-2848.
each team. He is seeking eight
Noche De La Raza to be held March 4
by Arturo Ocampo
La Noche de La Raza wUl be
presented by the CSUF La Raza
Studies faculty Friday, March 4,
at the Sequoia Junior High School
cafeteria.
The LRS staff has presented
this event annually for the last
five years. Last year 1,000
persons attended.
The parents of LRS students
and the general public are invited.
"The event is free of charge
and allows the parents and the
general public to get toJmow the
LRS staff better," says Ernesto
Martinez, an instructor with •La
Raza Studies.
The evening will begin with a
Mexican meal while the LRS
staff is introduced.
Teatro del Espiritu, La
Comparsa Unfversitaria, and
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will
perform. There will also be an
art display by Tony Roque and
students of La Raza Studies art
classes.
A special dance performance
Chavez returns to CSUF
(Continued from page 1)
stipend and "modest" food and
"If you're outraged at conliving benefits.
ditions, then you can't possibly .
The farm workers union went
be free or happy until you devote
through its growing stages
all your time to changing them
marked by its first major test:
and do nothing but that," says
joining the AFL-CIO in a 1965
Chavez, who wil1 be 50 years old
strike against Delano area table
March 31.
and wine grape growers . In 1966,
"But you can't change
Chavez' union merged with the
anything if you want to hold on to
AFL-CIO and formed the United
a good job, a good way of life, and
f<'arm Workers <Uft~W).
·
avoid sacrifice."
Strikes in 1970 and 1973 to
Chavez himself, as do all UFW
protest "sweetheart" contracts
employees, receives a $5 weekly
signed hetween growers and
Teamsters were massive and
showed the union's strength.
However, the strikers were met
with anti-strike injunctions,
brutality by deputy sheriffs and
imported Teamster goons, and
the murder of two strikers.
A worldwide boycott called by
Chavez of non-UFW grapes, head
lettuce and Gallo wines won the
support of 17 million American
adults according to a 1975 Louis
Harris poll.
That led to the enactment of
Gov. Jerry Brown's Agrkultural
Labor Relations Act in 1975
which brought secret ballot
elections to the fields so farmworkers could choose their own
union .
State l~gislators , pressured by
the agricultural industry refused
to appropriate emergency
funding so the board could
r.:ontinue elections. The growers
were demanding changes in the
law .
T.he UFW reports it won 68.8
per cent of the elections held by
the time the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board ( ALRB ) ran out
of money in February of 1976,
only 10 months after it began.
Faced with this deadlock in the
legislature. Chavez and the UFW
began a campaign to have the
California voters pass
a
proposition which would remove
the matter from the legislators
!lands and guara ntee union
l'lections for farm workers .
However. the same day the
initiative was qualifi ed for the
ballot, the legislature a pproved
the state budget which contained
money for the ALRB to operate.
Grower pressure dropped and
without the cha nges they
demanded be made in the law.
Instead. agribusiness mounted
its campaign to destroy the
initiative hiring a public
relations firm from Los Angeles
and paying campaign workers to
saturate the public wi th threats
that every individual ·s private
property would beeome accessible to UFW orga nizers. thus
violating property holder's
constitutional rights.
That seenario prevailed
despite the California State
Supreme Court's ruling that the
aecess provision of Prop . 14 was
not in violation of the constitution. supported by the US
Supreme Court's refusal to hear
the grower's appeal.
Despite the efforts of volunteer.s all over the state in support
of Prop. 14, it lost by a 2-1 margin
in the November election.
But many UFW organizers
sent out a plea to all its backers
not to give up hope and to make
the most of the experience .
"Don't lose hope," said Lea
Ybarra-Soriano. '' I know it hurts
after putting so mueh into it. But
we can learn a lot from it."
In Fresno.i the majority of
volunteers were Chicanos, which
underlines one of the themes
Chavez will discuss in his appearance here.
Union office spokespersons at
La Paz, the union 's headquarters
in Keene, California , say Chavez
is determi,n ed to fulfill his dream
of a national farm workers union.
" We have nothing else to do
with our lives except to build our
union ," says Chavez . " We will
continue wheth er it takes one
year or 20 . We \Vill never give up.
"We do not underestimate our
adversaries because they are
rich and powerful and they own
the land. But we know we will win
in the end: we learned many
years ago tha t the r ich may have
money, but the poor have time ."
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THE ENERGY SHORTAGE
THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
l'r--i- ·
Fecific
Ge.s
.and
Electric
Co
If you 're a graduating
student who isn't afraid of
j umping feet first into one of the
most complex problems of the
decade- the energy shortagePG&E may have a job for you.
The work is challenging.
The pay is good. And the benefits
are above average.
If you'd like to do something
meaningful with your life, as
well as earn a good living in a
job with good security, there
_maybe an opportunity for you
at PG&E.
We are interviewi11g on this
campus Feb. 23-25. Contact
your Placement Offi ce for details.
PG~E
An Equal Opportunity Employer
- men and women,
~------..JV
l
teams to participate with awards
for the top team and players
Carillo
himself
plays
basketball with the city league
and the E.O.P. teams on campus
as well as managing an
elementary .basketball team for
the city recreation department.
He also organized the past two
Chicano basketball tournaments
and was manager of the Fresno
State University basketball team
last year.
There wiH be an entrance fee
for all teams who participate and
donations will be taken at the
door.
Persons interested in helping
out in any way or playing in the
tournament may contact Eddie
Carrillo or leave a message at
237-3285.