La Voz de Aztlan, March 17 1977
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La Voz de Aztlan, March 17 1977
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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Fresno, California
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3/17/1977
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UFW moves··on
Harry_lDelizo_nna
by Tom Uribea
Local United Farm Worken members haw bNn picketing the Fresno ALRI office for 12 days. A '
meeting between the UFW and Chavez will determine whether or not a demonstration will occur in
Sacramento against the ALRB.
LA vaz
DE·
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1977
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN. California State University, Fresno
Independiete Trabajadores de
Royal Packing Company on a
March 3 ballot at that Imperial
In his appearance here two
Valley ranch recently. ·
weeks ago, United Farm
Workers President Cesar Chavez
(At ~UF speech, Chavez
told CSUF students, "If the laws
announced itie UFW lost that
are not enforced, we're going to election to Agrupacion 1~.)
co~plain. But if the ALRA
The UFW claims this is a
(Agricultural Labor Relations company union and if permitted
Act) is not enforced, we're going to participate in the elections
it,would set a precedent fo;
to fig~t abou~ it."
other growers to do the same in
Chavez proceeded, during his an effort to wipe out the UFW.
speech at CSUF, March 4, to
Tuesday, -Selma UFW office
level many charges against
Harry J. Delizonna, general director Becky Mendibles said
counsel of the Agricultural Labor the company union is a unionRelati9ns Board (ALRB) which busting technique which would
jeopardize the future of farmadministers the ALRA.
workers.
·
However, following through in
a pledge that day that "the
"Every grower in the state
farmworkers are going to bring
could
promise benefits and after
an
indictment
against
the
workers
vote for the company
Delizonna," Chavez and the
UFW filed a $2.1 million suit the union, they get kicked out in the
cold," she said while taking a
following Monday (March 8)
against the ALRB counsel coffee break from the picketing .
at the Fresno ALRB office.
claiming he has violated farmworkers constitutional rights.
"If the ALRB doesn't throw the
In addition, the UFW has been
company
union out, it'll take us
staging 24-hour-a-day demonstra tjons · at ALRB offices years in the courts to fight it out.
It cquld tie us up a long time."
throughout the state, including
Grace Solis, another UFW
Fresno, to protest Delizonna's
member and former CSUF
permission ·of what the UFW
calls a "company union" to student, said the stallln1
technique_is "something growers
appear on a union election- ballot.
The recent developments stem have done to us for years."
Mendibles reported the
from the placing of Agrupacion
situation has been well under
control at the Fresno demonstration site and thet the ALRB
(Continued ·on p. 2) ·
_,/
Reedley Chicanos protest
by Victor Martinez
A list of 11 demands for
educational and administrative
changes was presented to the
Kings Canyon Unified School
District by the Ad Hoc Committee on Quality Education for
Mexican-American Chicano
Students and Community.
The list came as the result of a
walkout by 250 Chicano students
at Reedley High School in
February. A fight between a
group of Chicano and Anglo
students and the subsequent
arrest and . suspension of two
Chicanos, touched off the
walkout.
David
Estrada,
the
representative of the student
organization committee, said
that tension between Chicano and
Anglo students has existed for
some time, but that the administration has ignored the
seriousness of the problem.
Estrada also said Chicanos have
been dissatisfied with the administration's la~k of incentive
to fulfill Chicano needs.
The statement called for a
formation of a grievance
mechanism that would assure nr
disciplinary ~ction be taken
against the students who participated in the wa,lkout.
Another demand is that a
Mecha organization be ser up
which will include student,
parent and teacher participation.
An affirmative action plan is,
being demanded to hire more
Chicano and bilingual teachers1
and match the composition of
district employees to the com'munity population, and that the
district cease hiring without the
approval of the committee.
The committee demands that a
La Raza studies program be
created for all grades, that instruction materials about
Mexican-Americans be made
available to the school, and that
students be allowed to celebrate
various cultural holidays.
· Also demanded is a proposal
for in-service training for all
teachers in the language,
culture, and history of MexicanAmerican students a nd that
Spanish-speaking personnel / be
placed in positions where the
school deals with the public in
person, or over the telephone.
Regardjng
matters . of '
. (Continued on p. 2)
____________
Electi.ons
Mar.30,31
1
On March 30 and 31, 1977, the
Associated Student Body elections will be held on campus. A
Coalition Advocating Unity in
Student Elections (CAUSE> has
been formed arid will be running
several candidates.
MEChA will be making its
official endorsement at today's
meeting·which will be held at the
College Union ·at l :00.
.
·
Sr. Segurahabla delpensamiento indigena
by Anna Noriega
"Si mis gentes sabian curar el
cancer y la rabia, enfermedades
que actualmente la medicina
oficial cientifica no cura y niis
gentes indigenas si , que estaba
haciendo yo en la facultad de
medicina?"
( "If my people knew how to
cure cancer and rabies, illnesses
which in fact official scientific
medicine does not cure and my
indigeno1:1s people do, what was I
doing in medical school?")
Andres Segura, part-time
guest lecturer in the La Raza
Studies program, conducts the
ANDRES SEGURA
class in folk medicine (curanderismo >. Segura was born on
November 10, 1931, to farmworker parents in Mexico,
Tenochtitlan at the Mercado de
La Lagunia.
Segura said both his parents
had poor beginnings. They
married and with the help- of
friends and family became
merchants and began to climb
the social ladder. His elementary
school education took place at a
public school because his parents
could not afford to give him a
private school education.
By the time he was ready to
enter high school his parents had
become "middle-class" and were
able to sen<i him to a pnvate high
school. There he obtained a
scholarship to attend El Colegio
Cristobal Colon. This was attended only by the cream of ~
crop, those of French descent.
After college he attended La
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico where he got his
Bachelors degree in biological
sciences. He then went oh to
medical school.Segura, a third year medical
student at La Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, .
quit school and gave himself
totally to the "Danza."
"La Danza indigenia como la
llevamos por tradicion en Mexico
se lleva como una forma de vida.
La Danza ilo es pegar de brincos,
dicen los viejos, como un
chapulin, no, la Danza es otra
serie de saberes."
("The Indigenous Danza, as it
is carried on traditionally in
Mexico is a style of life. The
Danza is not just jumping around
like grasshoppers, no, Danza is
another series of beliefs.")
Those in attendance at Noche
de La Raza, March 4, were
treated to a Danza by Andres
Segura. For some it was just an
indigenous dance, but for others
who are enrolled in his classes,
the meaning of his teachings was
brought to life on stage. ·
Through his teachings, Andres
stl"esses the importance of man
being in harmony with nature
and with himself. _"No hay enfermedades, solo disarmonicos,''
said Segura. (There are no
illnesses, only people who are not
in harmony.) He feels that
modern medicine ·should direct
its attention toward finding out ,
what is not in harmony within
man instead of trying to cure '
non-existent diseases.
One of the misconceptions that · "La Danza no es balle como •• conoce aqul. La danza •• mas, ea uno
he has attempted to correct is the forma de vlvlr," said Andres Segura who performed a Danza lndlgena
belief that the indigenous people at Sequoia Jr. High School for Noche de La Raza, March 4.
of Mexico, prior to 1519, w~re a
('Continued on p. 3)
Commentary
Reedley students
_pushing for rights
by Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Staff Writer
.
'
There probably isn't a high school in the stat~ that does not have
controversies between the administration and the student body. In
most cases the controversy begins with student dissatisfaction.
Sometimes a student may feel he is not getting an adequate
education, sometimes he may feel that he does not have a voice in how
the school is run.
What does he do when faced with that problem. Does he sit back and
say nothing? Or does he protest? And if so, how?
At Reedley High School, a mass of chicano students walked out of
classes protesting "administrative injustices." The walkout,
triggered by a fight between a group of Chicano and anglo students,
resulted in the suspension and arrest of two Chicanos, while the
anglos were let off scot free.
That was the spark that ignited the powder keg.
For years Chicanos in Reedley have claimed that the administration has been operating on a set of double standards, where a
Chicano who gets in trouble is automatically suspended from school,
Tania Ybarra UFW northern division director, gives a report to the campesinos on the status of the UFW
while an anglo is given a verbal reprimand and sent back to class.
statewide co~plalnt against ALRB counsel Harry Dellzonna. (Photos by Tom Urlbes.)
·
Whether that is true or not, the fact remains that there was enough
animosity for 250 students to walk out.
· Chicanos have asked the administration for a MEChA organization,
to which they believe they are entitled. Surely a school that lets such
specialized groups as a ski club to exist, should not have objections to
Chicanos having a club or organization of their own. They asked for
the
ALRB
$1,800
a
day
to
pay
for
will
probably
stay
on-said
more
(Continued from p. 1)
various
cultural holidays. In a school that is 45 per cent Chicano, the
information may be obtained by
the state police to guard all seven
number of Spanish-surnamed instructors totals a paltry five. Furpersonnel and director, Robert offices in California.
calling her at the Selma office,
Dresser, have been easy to get
thermore, where Chicanos comprise 50 per cent of the school district
"At that rate of expenditure,"
896-5251,
along with.
there is only one Chicano counselor.
he commented, "it could prevent
"He's (Dresser) treated us some investigation at a later date
They have asked for speakers in behalf of Chicano culture and
good," said Mendibles. "He asks from being carried though."
- education, and have asked for funds for field trip~ and various
if there's anything we need. We
Today was to have been the
Chicano functions.
have no complaints here."
12th and final day of the picket in
Both refusals by the administration are µnjustified. The need of a
Tanis Ybarra, the UFW's Fresno with the possibility of a
people having to identify with one another is self evident, while field
northern division director who mass demonstration planned for
trips have played an important part in education in all schools. In
· was in town Tuesday, also said,
Monday in Sacramento if a
addition, why refuse those requests when funds are obviously
"We have nothing against these special meeting between the
available.
people here,. (Fresno ALRB).
UFW and Delizonna yesterday
The controversy does not exist in that level alone. Something must
Delizonna 's the main guy. He's
produced results unsatisfactory
by Arturo O'Campo
be wrong when an administration hires instructors who say such
the one the diablito's .with."
to the union, said Ybarra.
things as, "the only good Mexican is a dead Mexican," then shrugs its
Dresser expressed mutual ·
Although the DelizonnaIn
an
effort
to
reach
the
shoulders when students protest; or a counselor who informs a parent
feelings.
situation has now developed into
Spanish-speaking . community,
that his ~tudent should forget about coming to school, and instead be
"They (picketers) have been
one of the UFW's major preHelp in Emotional Trouble
placed in a mental institution.
conducting themselves in an
occupations, Chavez announced
(HET) seeks bilingual volunWhat happens when students are faced with injustice, and worse,
appropriate fashion," he said.
at his CSUF speech that a
teers-according to Bobbe- the frustrations of being helpless to do anything about it? Do they
"The operation of the· office has
recruitment drive for volunteers
Heizman, the public relations
protest?
not been interfered with."
to donate at least a year of their
coordinator for HET.
This is exactly what the Reedley students did.
He said during several nights
time to the union is underway.
HET is a 24--hour telephone
On Feb. 24, , 250 Chicanos walked out of class to bring attention to
union members have slept inside
"We're looking for people who
counseling and referral service.
the office, but not without one
these problems and to demonstrate their dissatisfaction. For two and
might want to give the movement
It was originated 11 years ago by
member of the state police
a half weeks they stayed out of school, putting their grades, if not their
a year or more of their time to go
the Mental Health Association
present.
futures, on the line.
to school-the school of life-and
when a group of professionals in
"This is for the purpose of
Although given the impression by the administration, as well as
learn a few things," Chavez told
the community were concerned
assuring others-growers and
his quiet audience in the men's
other students, that · they were crimi!lals, Reedley students found
with drug problems and suicide
other unions-that the files are
gym.
support in their parents and concerned members of the community.
prevention.
not being tampered with," he
Mendibles·, who herself will
Meetings were held with 500 students and parents to alleviate their
"In order for HET to have a 24said.
complete a year's commitment
grievances with the school administration.
bilingual service, we will need at
Dresser pointed out it is costing
in June-although she says she
In reaction to this the administration quickly turned an otherwise
least 30 to 40 bilingual volunopen campus into a closed camp. It closed the campus and did not let
teers," said Ms. Heizman.
Candidates must apply through
students from Orange Cove ride the bus home, whether they were
HET. An interview to de_termine
protesting or not. Other tmenrolled students were threatened with a
the candidate's emotional
three day suspension if they walked out.
capacity to hear other peoples
So far, the results of the walkouts include the reinstatement of a
problems will be conducted.
MEChA organization (it was changed from MEChA last year) with
Training lasts six weeks with
parent and student participation. An. election of officers has been
one session a week. During
held, artd ,·<of yet, no further disciplinary action has been taken
training, candidates are exposed
against the students for going back to school.
to professional speakers on
The rest of the demands are still in the negotiative stages. The
suicide,
drugs,
sexuality,
students have received funds for bus transportation to attend a
counseling skill techniques,
Chicano Youth Conference at Fresno City College.
coupled with some on the job
The incident indicates students should be given a greater voice in
Bob Deis
training.
their
education, and those students at Reedley High School, instead of
Ms. Heizman said "HET not
being
called criminals, should be congratulated as spokespersons for
only offers the volunteer the
feeling of self satisfaction by · student rights.
-C havez seeks volunteers
HEY.seeks
b_ilingual
v·o lu nteer-s
Athlete of the week
helping people but also provides
the opportunity
to gain
knowledge and experience that
can be very beneficial to anyone
planning to enter the fields of
social work, psychology etc."
Anyone interested may call
485-1532.
Burrito
tamal
808 DEIS, funlor from American River Coll-s,e (Sacramento)
Hf two school records In the Stanford duel meet: 1500 and
3000 met• races.
. 'lbunday, March 17, 1977
and
sale
The Chicano Faculty, Support
Staff, and Student Organization of
CSUF will hold a Tamale and
Burrito Sale on March 24, 1977.
The sale will be held in the Free
Speech Area starting at 11:30
Burritos will be 50 cents and
Tamales will be 60 cents.
Students present demands
(Continued from p. 1)
disc1pune,
the committee
demands that future disciplinary
action against students be judged
by a uniform set of standards and
that no one segment of the
student body be given impunity.
Estrada said the demands,
"Were long since overdo."
He noted that in a school
district comprising of 50 per cent
Chicanos, there are only five
Chicano administrators and one
counselor. Reedl~y High School,
where 45 per cent of the students
are Chicano, there is -only . one
Chicano faculty member.
"We ask only for our rights,"
Estrada said.
After the presentation of the
demands, the School District
referred the matter over to its
legal counsel. A response will be
presented at an open meeting of
the school board for all people of
the district to hear, but no in- .
dication as to when a reply will
be made.
••--------•••I
· March Editor An~o Oea~po
&Utor ·Aall, Rlol
·w..:.-,,t_
Reporters Ciady '·1• ~
Margaret Espana, Victor! Martin
Anna· Noriega. Celia P•ce,
Pe&e Ramirel, Marta Urlbet
Pw.cra.Pher
T. . Urfllea·
•-----------•!
Grants fOr Chicanas
UFW to
ViUa becomes
established by L_MAW sponsor dance municipal iudge
The League of MexicanAmerican Women of Fresno is
accepting applications for two
~200 scholarships to be presented
m May um.
~roviding scholarships for
Chicanas is one goal of the
UCLI ·will
hold tardeada
A tardeada to raise funds for la
Universidad de Campesinos
Libres, lnc.-will be held Sunday,
March 20.
The tardeada will take place at
Kearney Park from 3 to 8 p.m.
Food will be sold and
mus1c1ans .
will
perform.
Mariachi_ de La Tierra, Los
Filarmonicos, The Satalites and
Los Viajieros del Occidente will
be performing.
Candelaria Arroyo, an employee of UCLI will be a featured
singer.
For more information contact
UCLI at 485-1633.
The United Farmworkers of
league. The funds for th is years
America Union will s~nsor a
scholarships were raised at a
dance Friday, March 18, at the
luncheon fashion show, whic h
Fresno District Fairgrounds
was held last fall. An additional
Cafeteria.
$300will be placed in endowment.
Proceeds from the benefit
One scholarship will be
dance will help pay off the deficit
available to an entering college of the Pr"position 14 campaign.
student and the other to a con- The dance will be from 8:30 p.m.
tinuing student.
to 1:30 a.m., and will feature Los
To be an eligible candidate, a
Rainbows, Mellow and Mestizo.
student must meet the following
Tickets are $3 and can be purcriteria:
chased from Angie Cisneros at
1. 2.5 overall G.P .A. (not
La Raza Studies Office.
including P.E.)
.llliiiliiiiiiliiiiiiilliiililill--••
2. must be of Chicano
heritage
3. must be planning to enro)l
as a fulltime student in an institution of higher learning.
The deadline for applying is
A dance sponsored by ·Maria
April 8, 1977. Selection will be
Velarde will be held at the
made by April 30th. The two
Rainbow Ballroom March 23.
recipients will be honored at a
Motambo, Mellow, Gang's Back
luncheon on May 7.
and East & West will provide
For further information and
applications contact: 485-0329 or . music for Ms. Velarde who is a
Cinco de Mayo queen candidate
255-4967.
Councilman Al Villa was sworn ·
in as Municipal Court Judge last
week-the second Chicano to be
named to the Fresno Judi<;ial
bench by Gov. Edmund Brown.
Several hundred people
gathered at the ceremonies held
at the west patio of the Fresno
County Courthouse to see Villa
take the oath of office.
The oath was administered by
Municipal Court Judge Armando
Rodriguez, also appointed by
Queen hopeful plans dcince
for Universidad de Campesinos
Libre, Inc. <UCLD.
The dance which is from 8 p.m.
to i a.m., will cost $3 in advance
and $3.50 at the door. Tickets are
available at William Carol
(Madera) and Sarape Records.
Brown and the first Mexicano to
serve on the judicial bench in
Fresno.
Villa was born in New Mexico,
of farmworker parents. They
moved to Fresno when he was 11
years old.
He quit high school in the ninth
grade and volunteered for the
armed forces.
After serving in the military he
. returned and attended College of
the Sequoias and CSUF, where he
received his degree in accounting.
He attended the University of
the Pacific's McGeorge School of
Law, and received his law degree
in 1967.
Villa was the first Chicano to
be elected to the Fresno City
Council in 1971 and re-elected in
1975. He is presently serving on
the State Transportation Board.
The 41 year old Democrat will
replace 5th District Court of
Appeal Judge George A. Hopper.
3rd ;Chicano
tourney
The Third Annual Chicano
Basketball Tournament will be
April 1 and 2. It will be held in the
Men's Gym and will begin at 7
p.m. on Friday, and run from 10
a.m. to _5 p.m. on Saturday.
A meeting for all students
involved in the tournament will
be held Friday, March 18 at 1
p.m. in the balcony of the Men's
Gym. Rules, awards, and time
slots will be discussed and sign
up sheets and entry fees will be
collected.
Anyone who is interested in
help~g with the scorekeeping,
collecting donations at the door,
or refereeing must also attend
the meeting. If you are unable to
make the meeting but wish to
participate, please leave a
message in La Raza Studies.
Segura
(Continued from p. 1)
people of many gods.
He explained that they
believed in only one god. What
the Europeans interpreted as
being gods were nothing more
than the manifestations of
energy of that one god. In the
indigenous though t, · these
manife~tations of energy were
given names, they were called
Senores.
Since the Europeans lacked a
total understanding of nature,
they did not have comparable
concepts in their own language,
therefore, in translating the
beliefs pf the ·indigenous people
they changed Senores to gods.
"Traductor-traidor " (translator-traitor), he said and
flashed that smile that gives one
the impression that what has
been said has a deeper meaning
than what is apparent.
Segura credits his maternal
grandmother with being his first
teacher in the use of medicinal
herbs. He said that she grew
herbs which she would sell or
give away. She herself was not a
curandera.
After he quit medical school,
Segura said there emerged a
spiritual father for him who was
his guide and teacher: Andres
Segura is• now a Capitan de
Danza (Captain of Danza).
Segura 's classes classes meet
on Tl.1 :-~dav and Thursday in the
Women's Gym 131 at 11 a .m. , and
3:45 p.m. in San Ramon 1 room
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'lbursday, March 17, 1'11'1
Third World Women
syposium scheduled
the effort we a~ undertaking for
liberation
rand
selfChicano,
Black,
Native
determination.,,
American, 'and Amerasian
All Third World Women,
women are finalizing plans for
students and from the comthe Third World Women Symmunity, are invited to attend the
posium scheduled for April 13, 14,
Symposium.
and 15, in the CSUF College
Any ethnic organization which
Union lounge from 11 a.m. to fwould like to set up a booth for
p.m. each day.
the food bazaar, may contact La
Featured at the symposium
Raza Studies Office. Any Third
will be such guest speakers as· World Woman interested in
Antonia Hernandez, an attorney
displaying her_ art work may ·call
for the Law and Justice Center in
La Raza Studies.
Los Angeles. She is currently
working on a law suit involving
forced sterilization.
Primavera, a Chicano band
Los Danzantes de Aztlan of
from the Sacramento area will
CSUF and Los Paisanos of Selma
perform and is being coHigh School will co-host the first
sponsored by the CSUF
Chicano "Festival de Danza
Programming Committee. ·
Folklorica,, in the valley
Other attractions include an
Saturday, March 26.
art-exhi~it displaying art work .
The conference type affair,
created by Third World Women,
which will be at Selma High
m.id an ethnic food bazaar. ,
School, starts at 8 a.m. with
On Wednesday night, a panel
registration in the cafeteria.
discussion at 7 p.m. on self
Registration fee will be $2 per
awareness will be conducted by
person. Participants must be
representatives from the comaccompanied by authorized
munity and each ethnic block.
school personnel who will
Also planned for that evening is a
assume responsibility for the
skit dealing with the evolution of
participants.
women's rights.
The dance competition will
According
to
Margaret
take place in the afternoon.
Esparza, one of the chief coorThere will be trophies awarded to
dinators, the purpose of the
those groups and individuals
Symposium is to unify the Third
placing in the dance competition;
World Women on campus and in
Two guest instructors conthe community.
ducting workshops will be Pachi
"As Third World Women, we
Catzin from Merida, Yucatan,
come from different cultures and
Mexico and Lorenzo Montoya
histories, but we are involved in a · from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
common struggle against the
Other instructors are Anna
oppression our people face,,' said
Noriega, Amparo Ramos , Irene
Esparza. "The Third World
Palacios, Miguel DeAnda, ArWomen's Symposium represents
mando Perez, Fernando Banda,
by Cecelia Ponce
Festival
Folklorico
'
Nearly 700 persons Jammed Into the Sequoia Jr. High Schoof Morch 4 for the annual Nocfte de la
Raza. The crowd, which formed o standing room audience, viewed entertainment provided by th•
sponsor, lo Rozo Studies of CSUF. Special feature of the evening was on appearance and speech by
United Form Workers President Cesar Chavez, and a spiritual dance by la Razo Studies professor
Andres Segura. los Danzantes de Aztlan, El Teatro del Espiritu and la Comporso Unlversltarla performed. The lRS faculty organized the effort In practicing Its philosophy of presenting the program to
, the Comunldad Mexicano, sold director Alex Sorogoza.
Chicanas be·gin mural
by Cindy Cabrera
Ten Fresno Chicanas have
begun working on an 8 feet by 60
feet mural depicting the mujer's
and Ernesto Martinez, all of Los
Danzantes de Aztlan.
The Dance Competition which
is open to the public will be held
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by Tom Uribea
Local United Farm Worken members haw bNn picketing the Fresno ALRI office for 12 days. A '
meeting between the UFW and Chavez will determine whether or not a demonstration will occur in
Sacramento against the ALRB.
LA vaz
DE·
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1977
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN. California State University, Fresno
Independiete Trabajadores de
Royal Packing Company on a
March 3 ballot at that Imperial
In his appearance here two
Valley ranch recently. ·
weeks ago, United Farm
Workers President Cesar Chavez
(At ~UF speech, Chavez
told CSUF students, "If the laws
announced itie UFW lost that
are not enforced, we're going to election to Agrupacion 1~.)
co~plain. But if the ALRA
The UFW claims this is a
(Agricultural Labor Relations company union and if permitted
Act) is not enforced, we're going to participate in the elections
it,would set a precedent fo;
to fig~t abou~ it."
other growers to do the same in
Chavez proceeded, during his an effort to wipe out the UFW.
speech at CSUF, March 4, to
Tuesday, -Selma UFW office
level many charges against
Harry J. Delizonna, general director Becky Mendibles said
counsel of the Agricultural Labor the company union is a unionRelati9ns Board (ALRB) which busting technique which would
jeopardize the future of farmadministers the ALRA.
workers.
·
However, following through in
a pledge that day that "the
"Every grower in the state
farmworkers are going to bring
could
promise benefits and after
an
indictment
against
the
workers
vote for the company
Delizonna," Chavez and the
UFW filed a $2.1 million suit the union, they get kicked out in the
cold," she said while taking a
following Monday (March 8)
against the ALRB counsel coffee break from the picketing .
at the Fresno ALRB office.
claiming he has violated farmworkers constitutional rights.
"If the ALRB doesn't throw the
In addition, the UFW has been
company
union out, it'll take us
staging 24-hour-a-day demonstra tjons · at ALRB offices years in the courts to fight it out.
It cquld tie us up a long time."
throughout the state, including
Grace Solis, another UFW
Fresno, to protest Delizonna's
member and former CSUF
permission ·of what the UFW
calls a "company union" to student, said the stallln1
technique_is "something growers
appear on a union election- ballot.
The recent developments stem have done to us for years."
Mendibles reported the
from the placing of Agrupacion
situation has been well under
control at the Fresno demonstration site and thet the ALRB
(Continued ·on p. 2) ·
_,/
Reedley Chicanos protest
by Victor Martinez
A list of 11 demands for
educational and administrative
changes was presented to the
Kings Canyon Unified School
District by the Ad Hoc Committee on Quality Education for
Mexican-American Chicano
Students and Community.
The list came as the result of a
walkout by 250 Chicano students
at Reedley High School in
February. A fight between a
group of Chicano and Anglo
students and the subsequent
arrest and . suspension of two
Chicanos, touched off the
walkout.
David
Estrada,
the
representative of the student
organization committee, said
that tension between Chicano and
Anglo students has existed for
some time, but that the administration has ignored the
seriousness of the problem.
Estrada also said Chicanos have
been dissatisfied with the administration's la~k of incentive
to fulfill Chicano needs.
The statement called for a
formation of a grievance
mechanism that would assure nr
disciplinary ~ction be taken
against the students who participated in the wa,lkout.
Another demand is that a
Mecha organization be ser up
which will include student,
parent and teacher participation.
An affirmative action plan is,
being demanded to hire more
Chicano and bilingual teachers1
and match the composition of
district employees to the com'munity population, and that the
district cease hiring without the
approval of the committee.
The committee demands that a
La Raza studies program be
created for all grades, that instruction materials about
Mexican-Americans be made
available to the school, and that
students be allowed to celebrate
various cultural holidays.
· Also demanded is a proposal
for in-service training for all
teachers in the language,
culture, and history of MexicanAmerican students a nd that
Spanish-speaking personnel / be
placed in positions where the
school deals with the public in
person, or over the telephone.
Regardjng
matters . of '
. (Continued on p. 2)
____________
Electi.ons
Mar.30,31
1
On March 30 and 31, 1977, the
Associated Student Body elections will be held on campus. A
Coalition Advocating Unity in
Student Elections (CAUSE> has
been formed arid will be running
several candidates.
MEChA will be making its
official endorsement at today's
meeting·which will be held at the
College Union ·at l :00.
.
·
Sr. Segurahabla delpensamiento indigena
by Anna Noriega
"Si mis gentes sabian curar el
cancer y la rabia, enfermedades
que actualmente la medicina
oficial cientifica no cura y niis
gentes indigenas si , que estaba
haciendo yo en la facultad de
medicina?"
( "If my people knew how to
cure cancer and rabies, illnesses
which in fact official scientific
medicine does not cure and my
indigeno1:1s people do, what was I
doing in medical school?")
Andres Segura, part-time
guest lecturer in the La Raza
Studies program, conducts the
ANDRES SEGURA
class in folk medicine (curanderismo >. Segura was born on
November 10, 1931, to farmworker parents in Mexico,
Tenochtitlan at the Mercado de
La Lagunia.
Segura said both his parents
had poor beginnings. They
married and with the help- of
friends and family became
merchants and began to climb
the social ladder. His elementary
school education took place at a
public school because his parents
could not afford to give him a
private school education.
By the time he was ready to
enter high school his parents had
become "middle-class" and were
able to sen<i him to a pnvate high
school. There he obtained a
scholarship to attend El Colegio
Cristobal Colon. This was attended only by the cream of ~
crop, those of French descent.
After college he attended La
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico where he got his
Bachelors degree in biological
sciences. He then went oh to
medical school.Segura, a third year medical
student at La Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, .
quit school and gave himself
totally to the "Danza."
"La Danza indigenia como la
llevamos por tradicion en Mexico
se lleva como una forma de vida.
La Danza ilo es pegar de brincos,
dicen los viejos, como un
chapulin, no, la Danza es otra
serie de saberes."
("The Indigenous Danza, as it
is carried on traditionally in
Mexico is a style of life. The
Danza is not just jumping around
like grasshoppers, no, Danza is
another series of beliefs.")
Those in attendance at Noche
de La Raza, March 4, were
treated to a Danza by Andres
Segura. For some it was just an
indigenous dance, but for others
who are enrolled in his classes,
the meaning of his teachings was
brought to life on stage. ·
Through his teachings, Andres
stl"esses the importance of man
being in harmony with nature
and with himself. _"No hay enfermedades, solo disarmonicos,''
said Segura. (There are no
illnesses, only people who are not
in harmony.) He feels that
modern medicine ·should direct
its attention toward finding out ,
what is not in harmony within
man instead of trying to cure '
non-existent diseases.
One of the misconceptions that · "La Danza no es balle como •• conoce aqul. La danza •• mas, ea uno
he has attempted to correct is the forma de vlvlr," said Andres Segura who performed a Danza lndlgena
belief that the indigenous people at Sequoia Jr. High School for Noche de La Raza, March 4.
of Mexico, prior to 1519, w~re a
('Continued on p. 3)
Commentary
Reedley students
_pushing for rights
by Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Staff Writer
.
'
There probably isn't a high school in the stat~ that does not have
controversies between the administration and the student body. In
most cases the controversy begins with student dissatisfaction.
Sometimes a student may feel he is not getting an adequate
education, sometimes he may feel that he does not have a voice in how
the school is run.
What does he do when faced with that problem. Does he sit back and
say nothing? Or does he protest? And if so, how?
At Reedley High School, a mass of chicano students walked out of
classes protesting "administrative injustices." The walkout,
triggered by a fight between a group of Chicano and anglo students,
resulted in the suspension and arrest of two Chicanos, while the
anglos were let off scot free.
That was the spark that ignited the powder keg.
For years Chicanos in Reedley have claimed that the administration has been operating on a set of double standards, where a
Chicano who gets in trouble is automatically suspended from school,
Tania Ybarra UFW northern division director, gives a report to the campesinos on the status of the UFW
while an anglo is given a verbal reprimand and sent back to class.
statewide co~plalnt against ALRB counsel Harry Dellzonna. (Photos by Tom Urlbes.)
·
Whether that is true or not, the fact remains that there was enough
animosity for 250 students to walk out.
· Chicanos have asked the administration for a MEChA organization,
to which they believe they are entitled. Surely a school that lets such
specialized groups as a ski club to exist, should not have objections to
Chicanos having a club or organization of their own. They asked for
the
ALRB
$1,800
a
day
to
pay
for
will
probably
stay
on-said
more
(Continued from p. 1)
various
cultural holidays. In a school that is 45 per cent Chicano, the
information may be obtained by
the state police to guard all seven
number of Spanish-surnamed instructors totals a paltry five. Furpersonnel and director, Robert offices in California.
calling her at the Selma office,
Dresser, have been easy to get
thermore, where Chicanos comprise 50 per cent of the school district
"At that rate of expenditure,"
896-5251,
along with.
there is only one Chicano counselor.
he commented, "it could prevent
"He's (Dresser) treated us some investigation at a later date
They have asked for speakers in behalf of Chicano culture and
good," said Mendibles. "He asks from being carried though."
- education, and have asked for funds for field trip~ and various
if there's anything we need. We
Today was to have been the
Chicano functions.
have no complaints here."
12th and final day of the picket in
Both refusals by the administration are µnjustified. The need of a
Tanis Ybarra, the UFW's Fresno with the possibility of a
people having to identify with one another is self evident, while field
northern division director who mass demonstration planned for
trips have played an important part in education in all schools. In
· was in town Tuesday, also said,
Monday in Sacramento if a
addition, why refuse those requests when funds are obviously
"We have nothing against these special meeting between the
available.
people here,. (Fresno ALRB).
UFW and Delizonna yesterday
The controversy does not exist in that level alone. Something must
Delizonna 's the main guy. He's
produced results unsatisfactory
by Arturo O'Campo
be wrong when an administration hires instructors who say such
the one the diablito's .with."
to the union, said Ybarra.
things as, "the only good Mexican is a dead Mexican," then shrugs its
Dresser expressed mutual ·
Although the DelizonnaIn
an
effort
to
reach
the
shoulders when students protest; or a counselor who informs a parent
feelings.
situation has now developed into
Spanish-speaking . community,
that his ~tudent should forget about coming to school, and instead be
"They (picketers) have been
one of the UFW's major preHelp in Emotional Trouble
placed in a mental institution.
conducting themselves in an
occupations, Chavez announced
(HET) seeks bilingual volunWhat happens when students are faced with injustice, and worse,
appropriate fashion," he said.
at his CSUF speech that a
teers-according to Bobbe- the frustrations of being helpless to do anything about it? Do they
"The operation of the· office has
recruitment drive for volunteers
Heizman, the public relations
protest?
not been interfered with."
to donate at least a year of their
coordinator for HET.
This is exactly what the Reedley students did.
He said during several nights
time to the union is underway.
HET is a 24--hour telephone
On Feb. 24, , 250 Chicanos walked out of class to bring attention to
union members have slept inside
"We're looking for people who
counseling and referral service.
the office, but not without one
these problems and to demonstrate their dissatisfaction. For two and
might want to give the movement
It was originated 11 years ago by
member of the state police
a half weeks they stayed out of school, putting their grades, if not their
a year or more of their time to go
the Mental Health Association
present.
futures, on the line.
to school-the school of life-and
when a group of professionals in
"This is for the purpose of
Although given the impression by the administration, as well as
learn a few things," Chavez told
the community were concerned
assuring others-growers and
his quiet audience in the men's
other students, that · they were crimi!lals, Reedley students found
with drug problems and suicide
other unions-that the files are
gym.
support in their parents and concerned members of the community.
prevention.
not being tampered with," he
Mendibles·, who herself will
Meetings were held with 500 students and parents to alleviate their
"In order for HET to have a 24said.
complete a year's commitment
grievances with the school administration.
bilingual service, we will need at
Dresser pointed out it is costing
in June-although she says she
In reaction to this the administration quickly turned an otherwise
least 30 to 40 bilingual volunopen campus into a closed camp. It closed the campus and did not let
teers," said Ms. Heizman.
Candidates must apply through
students from Orange Cove ride the bus home, whether they were
HET. An interview to de_termine
protesting or not. Other tmenrolled students were threatened with a
the candidate's emotional
three day suspension if they walked out.
capacity to hear other peoples
So far, the results of the walkouts include the reinstatement of a
problems will be conducted.
MEChA organization (it was changed from MEChA last year) with
Training lasts six weeks with
parent and student participation. An. election of officers has been
one session a week. During
held, artd ,·<of yet, no further disciplinary action has been taken
training, candidates are exposed
against the students for going back to school.
to professional speakers on
The rest of the demands are still in the negotiative stages. The
suicide,
drugs,
sexuality,
students have received funds for bus transportation to attend a
counseling skill techniques,
Chicano Youth Conference at Fresno City College.
coupled with some on the job
The incident indicates students should be given a greater voice in
Bob Deis
training.
their
education, and those students at Reedley High School, instead of
Ms. Heizman said "HET not
being
called criminals, should be congratulated as spokespersons for
only offers the volunteer the
feeling of self satisfaction by · student rights.
-C havez seeks volunteers
HEY.seeks
b_ilingual
v·o lu nteer-s
Athlete of the week
helping people but also provides
the opportunity
to gain
knowledge and experience that
can be very beneficial to anyone
planning to enter the fields of
social work, psychology etc."
Anyone interested may call
485-1532.
Burrito
tamal
808 DEIS, funlor from American River Coll-s,e (Sacramento)
Hf two school records In the Stanford duel meet: 1500 and
3000 met• races.
. 'lbunday, March 17, 1977
and
sale
The Chicano Faculty, Support
Staff, and Student Organization of
CSUF will hold a Tamale and
Burrito Sale on March 24, 1977.
The sale will be held in the Free
Speech Area starting at 11:30
Burritos will be 50 cents and
Tamales will be 60 cents.
Students present demands
(Continued from p. 1)
disc1pune,
the committee
demands that future disciplinary
action against students be judged
by a uniform set of standards and
that no one segment of the
student body be given impunity.
Estrada said the demands,
"Were long since overdo."
He noted that in a school
district comprising of 50 per cent
Chicanos, there are only five
Chicano administrators and one
counselor. Reedl~y High School,
where 45 per cent of the students
are Chicano, there is -only . one
Chicano faculty member.
"We ask only for our rights,"
Estrada said.
After the presentation of the
demands, the School District
referred the matter over to its
legal counsel. A response will be
presented at an open meeting of
the school board for all people of
the district to hear, but no in- .
dication as to when a reply will
be made.
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· March Editor An~o Oea~po
&Utor ·Aall, Rlol
·w..:.-,,t_
Reporters Ciady '·1• ~
Margaret Espana, Victor! Martin
Anna· Noriega. Celia P•ce,
Pe&e Ramirel, Marta Urlbet
Pw.cra.Pher
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Grants fOr Chicanas
UFW to
ViUa becomes
established by L_MAW sponsor dance municipal iudge
The League of MexicanAmerican Women of Fresno is
accepting applications for two
~200 scholarships to be presented
m May um.
~roviding scholarships for
Chicanas is one goal of the
UCLI ·will
hold tardeada
A tardeada to raise funds for la
Universidad de Campesinos
Libres, lnc.-will be held Sunday,
March 20.
The tardeada will take place at
Kearney Park from 3 to 8 p.m.
Food will be sold and
mus1c1ans .
will
perform.
Mariachi_ de La Tierra, Los
Filarmonicos, The Satalites and
Los Viajieros del Occidente will
be performing.
Candelaria Arroyo, an employee of UCLI will be a featured
singer.
For more information contact
UCLI at 485-1633.
The United Farmworkers of
league. The funds for th is years
America Union will s~nsor a
scholarships were raised at a
dance Friday, March 18, at the
luncheon fashion show, whic h
Fresno District Fairgrounds
was held last fall. An additional
Cafeteria.
$300will be placed in endowment.
Proceeds from the benefit
One scholarship will be
dance will help pay off the deficit
available to an entering college of the Pr"position 14 campaign.
student and the other to a con- The dance will be from 8:30 p.m.
tinuing student.
to 1:30 a.m., and will feature Los
To be an eligible candidate, a
Rainbows, Mellow and Mestizo.
student must meet the following
Tickets are $3 and can be purcriteria:
chased from Angie Cisneros at
1. 2.5 overall G.P .A. (not
La Raza Studies Office.
including P.E.)
.llliiiliiiiiiliiiiiiilliiililill--••
2. must be of Chicano
heritage
3. must be planning to enro)l
as a fulltime student in an institution of higher learning.
The deadline for applying is
A dance sponsored by ·Maria
April 8, 1977. Selection will be
Velarde will be held at the
made by April 30th. The two
Rainbow Ballroom March 23.
recipients will be honored at a
Motambo, Mellow, Gang's Back
luncheon on May 7.
and East & West will provide
For further information and
applications contact: 485-0329 or . music for Ms. Velarde who is a
Cinco de Mayo queen candidate
255-4967.
Councilman Al Villa was sworn ·
in as Municipal Court Judge last
week-the second Chicano to be
named to the Fresno Judi<;ial
bench by Gov. Edmund Brown.
Several hundred people
gathered at the ceremonies held
at the west patio of the Fresno
County Courthouse to see Villa
take the oath of office.
The oath was administered by
Municipal Court Judge Armando
Rodriguez, also appointed by
Queen hopeful plans dcince
for Universidad de Campesinos
Libre, Inc. <UCLD.
The dance which is from 8 p.m.
to i a.m., will cost $3 in advance
and $3.50 at the door. Tickets are
available at William Carol
(Madera) and Sarape Records.
Brown and the first Mexicano to
serve on the judicial bench in
Fresno.
Villa was born in New Mexico,
of farmworker parents. They
moved to Fresno when he was 11
years old.
He quit high school in the ninth
grade and volunteered for the
armed forces.
After serving in the military he
. returned and attended College of
the Sequoias and CSUF, where he
received his degree in accounting.
He attended the University of
the Pacific's McGeorge School of
Law, and received his law degree
in 1967.
Villa was the first Chicano to
be elected to the Fresno City
Council in 1971 and re-elected in
1975. He is presently serving on
the State Transportation Board.
The 41 year old Democrat will
replace 5th District Court of
Appeal Judge George A. Hopper.
3rd ;Chicano
tourney
The Third Annual Chicano
Basketball Tournament will be
April 1 and 2. It will be held in the
Men's Gym and will begin at 7
p.m. on Friday, and run from 10
a.m. to _5 p.m. on Saturday.
A meeting for all students
involved in the tournament will
be held Friday, March 18 at 1
p.m. in the balcony of the Men's
Gym. Rules, awards, and time
slots will be discussed and sign
up sheets and entry fees will be
collected.
Anyone who is interested in
help~g with the scorekeeping,
collecting donations at the door,
or refereeing must also attend
the meeting. If you are unable to
make the meeting but wish to
participate, please leave a
message in La Raza Studies.
Segura
(Continued from p. 1)
people of many gods.
He explained that they
believed in only one god. What
the Europeans interpreted as
being gods were nothing more
than the manifestations of
energy of that one god. In the
indigenous though t, · these
manife~tations of energy were
given names, they were called
Senores.
Since the Europeans lacked a
total understanding of nature,
they did not have comparable
concepts in their own language,
therefore, in translating the
beliefs pf the ·indigenous people
they changed Senores to gods.
"Traductor-traidor " (translator-traitor), he said and
flashed that smile that gives one
the impression that what has
been said has a deeper meaning
than what is apparent.
Segura credits his maternal
grandmother with being his first
teacher in the use of medicinal
herbs. He said that she grew
herbs which she would sell or
give away. She herself was not a
curandera.
After he quit medical school,
Segura said there emerged a
spiritual father for him who was
his guide and teacher: Andres
Segura is• now a Capitan de
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Third World Women
syposium scheduled
the effort we a~ undertaking for
liberation
rand
selfChicano,
Black,
Native
determination.,,
American, 'and Amerasian
All Third World Women,
women are finalizing plans for
students and from the comthe Third World Women Symmunity, are invited to attend the
posium scheduled for April 13, 14,
Symposium.
and 15, in the CSUF College
Any ethnic organization which
Union lounge from 11 a.m. to fwould like to set up a booth for
p.m. each day.
the food bazaar, may contact La
Featured at the symposium
Raza Studies Office. Any Third
will be such guest speakers as· World Woman interested in
Antonia Hernandez, an attorney
displaying her_ art work may ·call
for the Law and Justice Center in
La Raza Studies.
Los Angeles. She is currently
working on a law suit involving
forced sterilization.
Primavera, a Chicano band
Los Danzantes de Aztlan of
from the Sacramento area will
CSUF and Los Paisanos of Selma
perform and is being coHigh School will co-host the first
sponsored by the CSUF
Chicano "Festival de Danza
Programming Committee. ·
Folklorica,, in the valley
Other attractions include an
Saturday, March 26.
art-exhi~it displaying art work .
The conference type affair,
created by Third World Women,
which will be at Selma High
m.id an ethnic food bazaar. ,
School, starts at 8 a.m. with
On Wednesday night, a panel
registration in the cafeteria.
discussion at 7 p.m. on self
Registration fee will be $2 per
awareness will be conducted by
person. Participants must be
representatives from the comaccompanied by authorized
munity and each ethnic block.
school personnel who will
Also planned for that evening is a
assume responsibility for the
skit dealing with the evolution of
participants.
women's rights.
The dance competition will
According
to
Margaret
take place in the afternoon.
Esparza, one of the chief coorThere will be trophies awarded to
dinators, the purpose of the
those groups and individuals
Symposium is to unify the Third
placing in the dance competition;
World Women on campus and in
Two guest instructors conthe community.
ducting workshops will be Pachi
"As Third World Women, we
Catzin from Merida, Yucatan,
come from different cultures and
Mexico and Lorenzo Montoya
histories, but we are involved in a · from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
common struggle against the
Other instructors are Anna
oppression our people face,,' said
Noriega, Amparo Ramos , Irene
Esparza. "The Third World
Palacios, Miguel DeAnda, ArWomen's Symposium represents
mando Perez, Fernando Banda,
by Cecelia Ponce
Festival
Folklorico
'
Nearly 700 persons Jammed Into the Sequoia Jr. High Schoof Morch 4 for the annual Nocfte de la
Raza. The crowd, which formed o standing room audience, viewed entertainment provided by th•
sponsor, lo Rozo Studies of CSUF. Special feature of the evening was on appearance and speech by
United Form Workers President Cesar Chavez, and a spiritual dance by la Razo Studies professor
Andres Segura. los Danzantes de Aztlan, El Teatro del Espiritu and la Comporso Unlversltarla performed. The lRS faculty organized the effort In practicing Its philosophy of presenting the program to
, the Comunldad Mexicano, sold director Alex Sorogoza.
Chicanas be·gin mural
by Cindy Cabrera
Ten Fresno Chicanas have
begun working on an 8 feet by 60
feet mural depicting the mujer's
and Ernesto Martinez, all of Los
Danzantes de Aztlan.
The Dance Competition which
is open to the public will be held
in the gymnasium. The admission fee is $1.50 for adults and
$1 for children.
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Harry_lDelizo_nna
by Tom Uribea
Local United Farm Worken members haw bNn picketing the Fresno ALRI office for 12 days. A '
meeting between the UFW and Chavez will determine whether or not a demonstration will occur in
Sacramento against the ALRB.
LA vaz
DE·
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1977
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN. California State University, Fresno
Independiete Trabajadores de
Royal Packing Company on a
March 3 ballot at that Imperial
In his appearance here two
Valley ranch recently. ·
weeks ago, United Farm
Workers President Cesar Chavez
(At ~UF speech, Chavez
told CSUF students, "If the laws
announced itie UFW lost that
are not enforced, we're going to election to Agrupacion 1~.)
co~plain. But if the ALRA
The UFW claims this is a
(Agricultural Labor Relations company union and if permitted
Act) is not enforced, we're going to participate in the elections
it,would set a precedent fo;
to fig~t abou~ it."
other growers to do the same in
Chavez proceeded, during his an effort to wipe out the UFW.
speech at CSUF, March 4, to
Tuesday, -Selma UFW office
level many charges against
Harry J. Delizonna, general director Becky Mendibles said
counsel of the Agricultural Labor the company union is a unionRelati9ns Board (ALRB) which busting technique which would
jeopardize the future of farmadministers the ALRA.
workers.
·
However, following through in
a pledge that day that "the
"Every grower in the state
farmworkers are going to bring
could
promise benefits and after
an
indictment
against
the
workers
vote for the company
Delizonna," Chavez and the
UFW filed a $2.1 million suit the union, they get kicked out in the
cold," she said while taking a
following Monday (March 8)
against the ALRB counsel coffee break from the picketing .
at the Fresno ALRB office.
claiming he has violated farmworkers constitutional rights.
"If the ALRB doesn't throw the
In addition, the UFW has been
company
union out, it'll take us
staging 24-hour-a-day demonstra tjons · at ALRB offices years in the courts to fight it out.
It cquld tie us up a long time."
throughout the state, including
Grace Solis, another UFW
Fresno, to protest Delizonna's
member and former CSUF
permission ·of what the UFW
calls a "company union" to student, said the stallln1
technique_is "something growers
appear on a union election- ballot.
The recent developments stem have done to us for years."
Mendibles reported the
from the placing of Agrupacion
situation has been well under
control at the Fresno demonstration site and thet the ALRB
(Continued ·on p. 2) ·
_,/
Reedley Chicanos protest
by Victor Martinez
A list of 11 demands for
educational and administrative
changes was presented to the
Kings Canyon Unified School
District by the Ad Hoc Committee on Quality Education for
Mexican-American Chicano
Students and Community.
The list came as the result of a
walkout by 250 Chicano students
at Reedley High School in
February. A fight between a
group of Chicano and Anglo
students and the subsequent
arrest and . suspension of two
Chicanos, touched off the
walkout.
David
Estrada,
the
representative of the student
organization committee, said
that tension between Chicano and
Anglo students has existed for
some time, but that the administration has ignored the
seriousness of the problem.
Estrada also said Chicanos have
been dissatisfied with the administration's la~k of incentive
to fulfill Chicano needs.
The statement called for a
formation of a grievance
mechanism that would assure nr
disciplinary ~ction be taken
against the students who participated in the wa,lkout.
Another demand is that a
Mecha organization be ser up
which will include student,
parent and teacher participation.
An affirmative action plan is,
being demanded to hire more
Chicano and bilingual teachers1
and match the composition of
district employees to the com'munity population, and that the
district cease hiring without the
approval of the committee.
The committee demands that a
La Raza studies program be
created for all grades, that instruction materials about
Mexican-Americans be made
available to the school, and that
students be allowed to celebrate
various cultural holidays.
· Also demanded is a proposal
for in-service training for all
teachers in the language,
culture, and history of MexicanAmerican students a nd that
Spanish-speaking personnel / be
placed in positions where the
school deals with the public in
person, or over the telephone.
Regardjng
matters . of '
. (Continued on p. 2)
____________
Electi.ons
Mar.30,31
1
On March 30 and 31, 1977, the
Associated Student Body elections will be held on campus. A
Coalition Advocating Unity in
Student Elections (CAUSE> has
been formed arid will be running
several candidates.
MEChA will be making its
official endorsement at today's
meeting·which will be held at the
College Union ·at l :00.
.
·
Sr. Segurahabla delpensamiento indigena
by Anna Noriega
"Si mis gentes sabian curar el
cancer y la rabia, enfermedades
que actualmente la medicina
oficial cientifica no cura y niis
gentes indigenas si , que estaba
haciendo yo en la facultad de
medicina?"
( "If my people knew how to
cure cancer and rabies, illnesses
which in fact official scientific
medicine does not cure and my
indigeno1:1s people do, what was I
doing in medical school?")
Andres Segura, part-time
guest lecturer in the La Raza
Studies program, conducts the
ANDRES SEGURA
class in folk medicine (curanderismo >. Segura was born on
November 10, 1931, to farmworker parents in Mexico,
Tenochtitlan at the Mercado de
La Lagunia.
Segura said both his parents
had poor beginnings. They
married and with the help- of
friends and family became
merchants and began to climb
the social ladder. His elementary
school education took place at a
public school because his parents
could not afford to give him a
private school education.
By the time he was ready to
enter high school his parents had
become "middle-class" and were
able to sen<i him to a pnvate high
school. There he obtained a
scholarship to attend El Colegio
Cristobal Colon. This was attended only by the cream of ~
crop, those of French descent.
After college he attended La
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico where he got his
Bachelors degree in biological
sciences. He then went oh to
medical school.Segura, a third year medical
student at La Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, .
quit school and gave himself
totally to the "Danza."
"La Danza indigenia como la
llevamos por tradicion en Mexico
se lleva como una forma de vida.
La Danza ilo es pegar de brincos,
dicen los viejos, como un
chapulin, no, la Danza es otra
serie de saberes."
("The Indigenous Danza, as it
is carried on traditionally in
Mexico is a style of life. The
Danza is not just jumping around
like grasshoppers, no, Danza is
another series of beliefs.")
Those in attendance at Noche
de La Raza, March 4, were
treated to a Danza by Andres
Segura. For some it was just an
indigenous dance, but for others
who are enrolled in his classes,
the meaning of his teachings was
brought to life on stage. ·
Through his teachings, Andres
stl"esses the importance of man
being in harmony with nature
and with himself. _"No hay enfermedades, solo disarmonicos,''
said Segura. (There are no
illnesses, only people who are not
in harmony.) He feels that
modern medicine ·should direct
its attention toward finding out ,
what is not in harmony within
man instead of trying to cure '
non-existent diseases.
One of the misconceptions that · "La Danza no es balle como •• conoce aqul. La danza •• mas, ea uno
he has attempted to correct is the forma de vlvlr," said Andres Segura who performed a Danza lndlgena
belief that the indigenous people at Sequoia Jr. High School for Noche de La Raza, March 4.
of Mexico, prior to 1519, w~re a
('Continued on p. 3)
Commentary
Reedley students
_pushing for rights
by Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Staff Writer
.
'
There probably isn't a high school in the stat~ that does not have
controversies between the administration and the student body. In
most cases the controversy begins with student dissatisfaction.
Sometimes a student may feel he is not getting an adequate
education, sometimes he may feel that he does not have a voice in how
the school is run.
What does he do when faced with that problem. Does he sit back and
say nothing? Or does he protest? And if so, how?
At Reedley High School, a mass of chicano students walked out of
classes protesting "administrative injustices." The walkout,
triggered by a fight between a group of Chicano and anglo students,
resulted in the suspension and arrest of two Chicanos, while the
anglos were let off scot free.
That was the spark that ignited the powder keg.
For years Chicanos in Reedley have claimed that the administration has been operating on a set of double standards, where a
Chicano who gets in trouble is automatically suspended from school,
Tania Ybarra UFW northern division director, gives a report to the campesinos on the status of the UFW
while an anglo is given a verbal reprimand and sent back to class.
statewide co~plalnt against ALRB counsel Harry Dellzonna. (Photos by Tom Urlbes.)
·
Whether that is true or not, the fact remains that there was enough
animosity for 250 students to walk out.
· Chicanos have asked the administration for a MEChA organization,
to which they believe they are entitled. Surely a school that lets such
specialized groups as a ski club to exist, should not have objections to
Chicanos having a club or organization of their own. They asked for
the
ALRB
$1,800
a
day
to
pay
for
will
probably
stay
on-said
more
(Continued from p. 1)
various
cultural holidays. In a school that is 45 per cent Chicano, the
information may be obtained by
the state police to guard all seven
number of Spanish-surnamed instructors totals a paltry five. Furpersonnel and director, Robert offices in California.
calling her at the Selma office,
Dresser, have been easy to get
thermore, where Chicanos comprise 50 per cent of the school district
"At that rate of expenditure,"
896-5251,
along with.
there is only one Chicano counselor.
he commented, "it could prevent
"He's (Dresser) treated us some investigation at a later date
They have asked for speakers in behalf of Chicano culture and
good," said Mendibles. "He asks from being carried though."
- education, and have asked for funds for field trip~ and various
if there's anything we need. We
Today was to have been the
Chicano functions.
have no complaints here."
12th and final day of the picket in
Both refusals by the administration are µnjustified. The need of a
Tanis Ybarra, the UFW's Fresno with the possibility of a
people having to identify with one another is self evident, while field
northern division director who mass demonstration planned for
trips have played an important part in education in all schools. In
· was in town Tuesday, also said,
Monday in Sacramento if a
addition, why refuse those requests when funds are obviously
"We have nothing against these special meeting between the
available.
people here,. (Fresno ALRB).
UFW and Delizonna yesterday
The controversy does not exist in that level alone. Something must
Delizonna 's the main guy. He's
produced results unsatisfactory
by Arturo O'Campo
be wrong when an administration hires instructors who say such
the one the diablito's .with."
to the union, said Ybarra.
things as, "the only good Mexican is a dead Mexican," then shrugs its
Dresser expressed mutual ·
Although the DelizonnaIn
an
effort
to
reach
the
shoulders when students protest; or a counselor who informs a parent
feelings.
situation has now developed into
Spanish-speaking . community,
that his ~tudent should forget about coming to school, and instead be
"They (picketers) have been
one of the UFW's major preHelp in Emotional Trouble
placed in a mental institution.
conducting themselves in an
occupations, Chavez announced
(HET) seeks bilingual volunWhat happens when students are faced with injustice, and worse,
appropriate fashion," he said.
at his CSUF speech that a
teers-according to Bobbe- the frustrations of being helpless to do anything about it? Do they
"The operation of the· office has
recruitment drive for volunteers
Heizman, the public relations
protest?
not been interfered with."
to donate at least a year of their
coordinator for HET.
This is exactly what the Reedley students did.
He said during several nights
time to the union is underway.
HET is a 24--hour telephone
On Feb. 24, , 250 Chicanos walked out of class to bring attention to
union members have slept inside
"We're looking for people who
counseling and referral service.
the office, but not without one
these problems and to demonstrate their dissatisfaction. For two and
might want to give the movement
It was originated 11 years ago by
member of the state police
a half weeks they stayed out of school, putting their grades, if not their
a year or more of their time to go
the Mental Health Association
present.
futures, on the line.
to school-the school of life-and
when a group of professionals in
"This is for the purpose of
Although given the impression by the administration, as well as
learn a few things," Chavez told
the community were concerned
assuring others-growers and
his quiet audience in the men's
other students, that · they were crimi!lals, Reedley students found
with drug problems and suicide
other unions-that the files are
gym.
support in their parents and concerned members of the community.
prevention.
not being tampered with," he
Mendibles·, who herself will
Meetings were held with 500 students and parents to alleviate their
"In order for HET to have a 24said.
complete a year's commitment
grievances with the school administration.
bilingual service, we will need at
Dresser pointed out it is costing
in June-although she says she
In reaction to this the administration quickly turned an otherwise
least 30 to 40 bilingual volunopen campus into a closed camp. It closed the campus and did not let
teers," said Ms. Heizman.
Candidates must apply through
students from Orange Cove ride the bus home, whether they were
HET. An interview to de_termine
protesting or not. Other tmenrolled students were threatened with a
the candidate's emotional
three day suspension if they walked out.
capacity to hear other peoples
So far, the results of the walkouts include the reinstatement of a
problems will be conducted.
MEChA organization (it was changed from MEChA last year) with
Training lasts six weeks with
parent and student participation. An. election of officers has been
one session a week. During
held, artd ,·<of yet, no further disciplinary action has been taken
training, candidates are exposed
against the students for going back to school.
to professional speakers on
The rest of the demands are still in the negotiative stages. The
suicide,
drugs,
sexuality,
students have received funds for bus transportation to attend a
counseling skill techniques,
Chicano Youth Conference at Fresno City College.
coupled with some on the job
The incident indicates students should be given a greater voice in
Bob Deis
training.
their
education, and those students at Reedley High School, instead of
Ms. Heizman said "HET not
being
called criminals, should be congratulated as spokespersons for
only offers the volunteer the
feeling of self satisfaction by · student rights.
-C havez seeks volunteers
HEY.seeks
b_ilingual
v·o lu nteer-s
Athlete of the week
helping people but also provides
the opportunity
to gain
knowledge and experience that
can be very beneficial to anyone
planning to enter the fields of
social work, psychology etc."
Anyone interested may call
485-1532.
Burrito
tamal
808 DEIS, funlor from American River Coll-s,e (Sacramento)
Hf two school records In the Stanford duel meet: 1500 and
3000 met• races.
. 'lbunday, March 17, 1977
and
sale
The Chicano Faculty, Support
Staff, and Student Organization of
CSUF will hold a Tamale and
Burrito Sale on March 24, 1977.
The sale will be held in the Free
Speech Area starting at 11:30
Burritos will be 50 cents and
Tamales will be 60 cents.
Students present demands
(Continued from p. 1)
disc1pune,
the committee
demands that future disciplinary
action against students be judged
by a uniform set of standards and
that no one segment of the
student body be given impunity.
Estrada said the demands,
"Were long since overdo."
He noted that in a school
district comprising of 50 per cent
Chicanos, there are only five
Chicano administrators and one
counselor. Reedl~y High School,
where 45 per cent of the students
are Chicano, there is -only . one
Chicano faculty member.
"We ask only for our rights,"
Estrada said.
After the presentation of the
demands, the School District
referred the matter over to its
legal counsel. A response will be
presented at an open meeting of
the school board for all people of
the district to hear, but no in- .
dication as to when a reply will
be made.
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· March Editor An~o Oea~po
&Utor ·Aall, Rlol
·w..:.-,,t_
Reporters Ciady '·1• ~
Margaret Espana, Victor! Martin
Anna· Noriega. Celia P•ce,
Pe&e Ramirel, Marta Urlbet
Pw.cra.Pher
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Grants fOr Chicanas
UFW to
ViUa becomes
established by L_MAW sponsor dance municipal iudge
The League of MexicanAmerican Women of Fresno is
accepting applications for two
~200 scholarships to be presented
m May um.
~roviding scholarships for
Chicanas is one goal of the
UCLI ·will
hold tardeada
A tardeada to raise funds for la
Universidad de Campesinos
Libres, lnc.-will be held Sunday,
March 20.
The tardeada will take place at
Kearney Park from 3 to 8 p.m.
Food will be sold and
mus1c1ans .
will
perform.
Mariachi_ de La Tierra, Los
Filarmonicos, The Satalites and
Los Viajieros del Occidente will
be performing.
Candelaria Arroyo, an employee of UCLI will be a featured
singer.
For more information contact
UCLI at 485-1633.
The United Farmworkers of
league. The funds for th is years
America Union will s~nsor a
scholarships were raised at a
dance Friday, March 18, at the
luncheon fashion show, whic h
Fresno District Fairgrounds
was held last fall. An additional
Cafeteria.
$300will be placed in endowment.
Proceeds from the benefit
One scholarship will be
dance will help pay off the deficit
available to an entering college of the Pr"position 14 campaign.
student and the other to a con- The dance will be from 8:30 p.m.
tinuing student.
to 1:30 a.m., and will feature Los
To be an eligible candidate, a
Rainbows, Mellow and Mestizo.
student must meet the following
Tickets are $3 and can be purcriteria:
chased from Angie Cisneros at
1. 2.5 overall G.P .A. (not
La Raza Studies Office.
including P.E.)
.llliiiliiiiiiliiiiiiilliiililill--••
2. must be of Chicano
heritage
3. must be planning to enro)l
as a fulltime student in an institution of higher learning.
The deadline for applying is
A dance sponsored by ·Maria
April 8, 1977. Selection will be
Velarde will be held at the
made by April 30th. The two
Rainbow Ballroom March 23.
recipients will be honored at a
Motambo, Mellow, Gang's Back
luncheon on May 7.
and East & West will provide
For further information and
applications contact: 485-0329 or . music for Ms. Velarde who is a
Cinco de Mayo queen candidate
255-4967.
Councilman Al Villa was sworn ·
in as Municipal Court Judge last
week-the second Chicano to be
named to the Fresno Judi<;ial
bench by Gov. Edmund Brown.
Several hundred people
gathered at the ceremonies held
at the west patio of the Fresno
County Courthouse to see Villa
take the oath of office.
The oath was administered by
Municipal Court Judge Armando
Rodriguez, also appointed by
Queen hopeful plans dcince
for Universidad de Campesinos
Libre, Inc. <UCLD.
The dance which is from 8 p.m.
to i a.m., will cost $3 in advance
and $3.50 at the door. Tickets are
available at William Carol
(Madera) and Sarape Records.
Brown and the first Mexicano to
serve on the judicial bench in
Fresno.
Villa was born in New Mexico,
of farmworker parents. They
moved to Fresno when he was 11
years old.
He quit high school in the ninth
grade and volunteered for the
armed forces.
After serving in the military he
. returned and attended College of
the Sequoias and CSUF, where he
received his degree in accounting.
He attended the University of
the Pacific's McGeorge School of
Law, and received his law degree
in 1967.
Villa was the first Chicano to
be elected to the Fresno City
Council in 1971 and re-elected in
1975. He is presently serving on
the State Transportation Board.
The 41 year old Democrat will
replace 5th District Court of
Appeal Judge George A. Hopper.
3rd ;Chicano
tourney
The Third Annual Chicano
Basketball Tournament will be
April 1 and 2. It will be held in the
Men's Gym and will begin at 7
p.m. on Friday, and run from 10
a.m. to _5 p.m. on Saturday.
A meeting for all students
involved in the tournament will
be held Friday, March 18 at 1
p.m. in the balcony of the Men's
Gym. Rules, awards, and time
slots will be discussed and sign
up sheets and entry fees will be
collected.
Anyone who is interested in
help~g with the scorekeeping,
collecting donations at the door,
or refereeing must also attend
the meeting. If you are unable to
make the meeting but wish to
participate, please leave a
message in La Raza Studies.
Segura
(Continued from p. 1)
people of many gods.
He explained that they
believed in only one god. What
the Europeans interpreted as
being gods were nothing more
than the manifestations of
energy of that one god. In the
indigenous though t, · these
manife~tations of energy were
given names, they were called
Senores.
Since the Europeans lacked a
total understanding of nature,
they did not have comparable
concepts in their own language,
therefore, in translating the
beliefs pf the ·indigenous people
they changed Senores to gods.
"Traductor-traidor " (translator-traitor), he said and
flashed that smile that gives one
the impression that what has
been said has a deeper meaning
than what is apparent.
Segura credits his maternal
grandmother with being his first
teacher in the use of medicinal
herbs. He said that she grew
herbs which she would sell or
give away. She herself was not a
curandera.
After he quit medical school,
Segura said there emerged a
spiritual father for him who was
his guide and teacher: Andres
Segura is• now a Capitan de
Danza (Captain of Danza).
Segura 's classes classes meet
on Tl.1 :-~dav and Thursday in the
Women's Gym 131 at 11 a .m. , and
3:45 p.m. in San Ramon 1 room
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Third World Women
syposium scheduled
the effort we a~ undertaking for
liberation
rand
selfChicano,
Black,
Native
determination.,,
American, 'and Amerasian
All Third World Women,
women are finalizing plans for
students and from the comthe Third World Women Symmunity, are invited to attend the
posium scheduled for April 13, 14,
Symposium.
and 15, in the CSUF College
Any ethnic organization which
Union lounge from 11 a.m. to fwould like to set up a booth for
p.m. each day.
the food bazaar, may contact La
Featured at the symposium
Raza Studies Office. Any Third
will be such guest speakers as· World Woman interested in
Antonia Hernandez, an attorney
displaying her_ art work may ·call
for the Law and Justice Center in
La Raza Studies.
Los Angeles. She is currently
working on a law suit involving
forced sterilization.
Primavera, a Chicano band
Los Danzantes de Aztlan of
from the Sacramento area will
CSUF and Los Paisanos of Selma
perform and is being coHigh School will co-host the first
sponsored by the CSUF
Chicano "Festival de Danza
Programming Committee. ·
Folklorica,, in the valley
Other attractions include an
Saturday, March 26.
art-exhi~it displaying art work .
The conference type affair,
created by Third World Women,
which will be at Selma High
m.id an ethnic food bazaar. ,
School, starts at 8 a.m. with
On Wednesday night, a panel
registration in the cafeteria.
discussion at 7 p.m. on self
Registration fee will be $2 per
awareness will be conducted by
person. Participants must be
representatives from the comaccompanied by authorized
munity and each ethnic block.
school personnel who will
Also planned for that evening is a
assume responsibility for the
skit dealing with the evolution of
participants.
women's rights.
The dance competition will
According
to
Margaret
take place in the afternoon.
Esparza, one of the chief coorThere will be trophies awarded to
dinators, the purpose of the
those groups and individuals
Symposium is to unify the Third
placing in the dance competition;
World Women on campus and in
Two guest instructors conthe community.
ducting workshops will be Pachi
"As Third World Women, we
Catzin from Merida, Yucatan,
come from different cultures and
Mexico and Lorenzo Montoya
histories, but we are involved in a · from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
common struggle against the
Other instructors are Anna
oppression our people face,,' said
Noriega, Amparo Ramos , Irene
Esparza. "The Third World
Palacios, Miguel DeAnda, ArWomen's Symposium represents
mando Perez, Fernando Banda,
by Cecelia Ponce
Festival
Folklorico
'
Nearly 700 persons Jammed Into the Sequoia Jr. High Schoof Morch 4 for the annual Nocfte de la
Raza. The crowd, which formed o standing room audience, viewed entertainment provided by th•
sponsor, lo Rozo Studies of CSUF. Special feature of the evening was on appearance and speech by
United Form Workers President Cesar Chavez, and a spiritual dance by la Razo Studies professor
Andres Segura. los Danzantes de Aztlan, El Teatro del Espiritu and la Comporso Unlversltarla performed. The lRS faculty organized the effort In practicing Its philosophy of presenting the program to
, the Comunldad Mexicano, sold director Alex Sorogoza.
Chicanas be·gin mural
by Cindy Cabrera
Ten Fresno Chicanas have
begun working on an 8 feet by 60
feet mural depicting the mujer's
and Ernesto Martinez, all of Los
Danzantes de Aztlan.
The Dance Competition which
is open to the public will be held
in the gymnasium. The admission fee is $1.50 for adults and
$1 for children.
For more information contact
Ernesto Martinez at 487-2848 or
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by Tom Uribea
Local United Farm Worken members haw bNn picketing the Fresno ALRI office for 12 days. A '
meeting between the UFW and Chavez will determine whether or not a demonstration will occur in
Sacramento against the ALRB.
LA vaz
DE·
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1977
A special edition of THE COLLEGIAN. California State University, Fresno
Independiete Trabajadores de
Royal Packing Company on a
March 3 ballot at that Imperial
In his appearance here two
Valley ranch recently. ·
weeks ago, United Farm
Workers President Cesar Chavez
(At ~UF speech, Chavez
told CSUF students, "If the laws
announced itie UFW lost that
are not enforced, we're going to election to Agrupacion 1~.)
co~plain. But if the ALRA
The UFW claims this is a
(Agricultural Labor Relations company union and if permitted
Act) is not enforced, we're going to participate in the elections
it,would set a precedent fo;
to fig~t abou~ it."
other growers to do the same in
Chavez proceeded, during his an effort to wipe out the UFW.
speech at CSUF, March 4, to
Tuesday, -Selma UFW office
level many charges against
Harry J. Delizonna, general director Becky Mendibles said
counsel of the Agricultural Labor the company union is a unionRelati9ns Board (ALRB) which busting technique which would
jeopardize the future of farmadministers the ALRA.
workers.
·
However, following through in
a pledge that day that "the
"Every grower in the state
farmworkers are going to bring
could
promise benefits and after
an
indictment
against
the
workers
vote for the company
Delizonna," Chavez and the
UFW filed a $2.1 million suit the union, they get kicked out in the
cold," she said while taking a
following Monday (March 8)
against the ALRB counsel coffee break from the picketing .
at the Fresno ALRB office.
claiming he has violated farmworkers constitutional rights.
"If the ALRB doesn't throw the
In addition, the UFW has been
company
union out, it'll take us
staging 24-hour-a-day demonstra tjons · at ALRB offices years in the courts to fight it out.
It cquld tie us up a long time."
throughout the state, including
Grace Solis, another UFW
Fresno, to protest Delizonna's
member and former CSUF
permission ·of what the UFW
calls a "company union" to student, said the stallln1
technique_is "something growers
appear on a union election- ballot.
The recent developments stem have done to us for years."
Mendibles reported the
from the placing of Agrupacion
situation has been well under
control at the Fresno demonstration site and thet the ALRB
(Continued ·on p. 2) ·
_,/
Reedley Chicanos protest
by Victor Martinez
A list of 11 demands for
educational and administrative
changes was presented to the
Kings Canyon Unified School
District by the Ad Hoc Committee on Quality Education for
Mexican-American Chicano
Students and Community.
The list came as the result of a
walkout by 250 Chicano students
at Reedley High School in
February. A fight between a
group of Chicano and Anglo
students and the subsequent
arrest and . suspension of two
Chicanos, touched off the
walkout.
David
Estrada,
the
representative of the student
organization committee, said
that tension between Chicano and
Anglo students has existed for
some time, but that the administration has ignored the
seriousness of the problem.
Estrada also said Chicanos have
been dissatisfied with the administration's la~k of incentive
to fulfill Chicano needs.
The statement called for a
formation of a grievance
mechanism that would assure nr
disciplinary ~ction be taken
against the students who participated in the wa,lkout.
Another demand is that a
Mecha organization be ser up
which will include student,
parent and teacher participation.
An affirmative action plan is,
being demanded to hire more
Chicano and bilingual teachers1
and match the composition of
district employees to the com'munity population, and that the
district cease hiring without the
approval of the committee.
The committee demands that a
La Raza studies program be
created for all grades, that instruction materials about
Mexican-Americans be made
available to the school, and that
students be allowed to celebrate
various cultural holidays.
· Also demanded is a proposal
for in-service training for all
teachers in the language,
culture, and history of MexicanAmerican students a nd that
Spanish-speaking personnel / be
placed in positions where the
school deals with the public in
person, or over the telephone.
Regardjng
matters . of '
. (Continued on p. 2)
____________
Electi.ons
Mar.30,31
1
On March 30 and 31, 1977, the
Associated Student Body elections will be held on campus. A
Coalition Advocating Unity in
Student Elections (CAUSE> has
been formed arid will be running
several candidates.
MEChA will be making its
official endorsement at today's
meeting·which will be held at the
College Union ·at l :00.
.
·
Sr. Segurahabla delpensamiento indigena
by Anna Noriega
"Si mis gentes sabian curar el
cancer y la rabia, enfermedades
que actualmente la medicina
oficial cientifica no cura y niis
gentes indigenas si , que estaba
haciendo yo en la facultad de
medicina?"
( "If my people knew how to
cure cancer and rabies, illnesses
which in fact official scientific
medicine does not cure and my
indigeno1:1s people do, what was I
doing in medical school?")
Andres Segura, part-time
guest lecturer in the La Raza
Studies program, conducts the
ANDRES SEGURA
class in folk medicine (curanderismo >. Segura was born on
November 10, 1931, to farmworker parents in Mexico,
Tenochtitlan at the Mercado de
La Lagunia.
Segura said both his parents
had poor beginnings. They
married and with the help- of
friends and family became
merchants and began to climb
the social ladder. His elementary
school education took place at a
public school because his parents
could not afford to give him a
private school education.
By the time he was ready to
enter high school his parents had
become "middle-class" and were
able to sen<i him to a pnvate high
school. There he obtained a
scholarship to attend El Colegio
Cristobal Colon. This was attended only by the cream of ~
crop, those of French descent.
After college he attended La
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico where he got his
Bachelors degree in biological
sciences. He then went oh to
medical school.Segura, a third year medical
student at La Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, .
quit school and gave himself
totally to the "Danza."
"La Danza indigenia como la
llevamos por tradicion en Mexico
se lleva como una forma de vida.
La Danza ilo es pegar de brincos,
dicen los viejos, como un
chapulin, no, la Danza es otra
serie de saberes."
("The Indigenous Danza, as it
is carried on traditionally in
Mexico is a style of life. The
Danza is not just jumping around
like grasshoppers, no, Danza is
another series of beliefs.")
Those in attendance at Noche
de La Raza, March 4, were
treated to a Danza by Andres
Segura. For some it was just an
indigenous dance, but for others
who are enrolled in his classes,
the meaning of his teachings was
brought to life on stage. ·
Through his teachings, Andres
stl"esses the importance of man
being in harmony with nature
and with himself. _"No hay enfermedades, solo disarmonicos,''
said Segura. (There are no
illnesses, only people who are not
in harmony.) He feels that
modern medicine ·should direct
its attention toward finding out ,
what is not in harmony within
man instead of trying to cure '
non-existent diseases.
One of the misconceptions that · "La Danza no es balle como •• conoce aqul. La danza •• mas, ea uno
he has attempted to correct is the forma de vlvlr," said Andres Segura who performed a Danza lndlgena
belief that the indigenous people at Sequoia Jr. High School for Noche de La Raza, March 4.
of Mexico, prior to 1519, w~re a
('Continued on p. 3)
Commentary
Reedley students
_pushing for rights
by Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Staff Writer
.
'
There probably isn't a high school in the stat~ that does not have
controversies between the administration and the student body. In
most cases the controversy begins with student dissatisfaction.
Sometimes a student may feel he is not getting an adequate
education, sometimes he may feel that he does not have a voice in how
the school is run.
What does he do when faced with that problem. Does he sit back and
say nothing? Or does he protest? And if so, how?
At Reedley High School, a mass of chicano students walked out of
classes protesting "administrative injustices." The walkout,
triggered by a fight between a group of Chicano and anglo students,
resulted in the suspension and arrest of two Chicanos, while the
anglos were let off scot free.
That was the spark that ignited the powder keg.
For years Chicanos in Reedley have claimed that the administration has been operating on a set of double standards, where a
Chicano who gets in trouble is automatically suspended from school,
Tania Ybarra UFW northern division director, gives a report to the campesinos on the status of the UFW
while an anglo is given a verbal reprimand and sent back to class.
statewide co~plalnt against ALRB counsel Harry Dellzonna. (Photos by Tom Urlbes.)
·
Whether that is true or not, the fact remains that there was enough
animosity for 250 students to walk out.
· Chicanos have asked the administration for a MEChA organization,
to which they believe they are entitled. Surely a school that lets such
specialized groups as a ski club to exist, should not have objections to
Chicanos having a club or organization of their own. They asked for
the
ALRB
$1,800
a
day
to
pay
for
will
probably
stay
on-said
more
(Continued from p. 1)
various
cultural holidays. In a school that is 45 per cent Chicano, the
information may be obtained by
the state police to guard all seven
number of Spanish-surnamed instructors totals a paltry five. Furpersonnel and director, Robert offices in California.
calling her at the Selma office,
Dresser, have been easy to get
thermore, where Chicanos comprise 50 per cent of the school district
"At that rate of expenditure,"
896-5251,
along with.
there is only one Chicano counselor.
he commented, "it could prevent
"He's (Dresser) treated us some investigation at a later date
They have asked for speakers in behalf of Chicano culture and
good," said Mendibles. "He asks from being carried though."
- education, and have asked for funds for field trip~ and various
if there's anything we need. We
Today was to have been the
Chicano functions.
have no complaints here."
12th and final day of the picket in
Both refusals by the administration are µnjustified. The need of a
Tanis Ybarra, the UFW's Fresno with the possibility of a
people having to identify with one another is self evident, while field
northern division director who mass demonstration planned for
trips have played an important part in education in all schools. In
· was in town Tuesday, also said,
Monday in Sacramento if a
addition, why refuse those requests when funds are obviously
"We have nothing against these special meeting between the
available.
people here,. (Fresno ALRB).
UFW and Delizonna yesterday
The controversy does not exist in that level alone. Something must
Delizonna 's the main guy. He's
produced results unsatisfactory
by Arturo O'Campo
be wrong when an administration hires instructors who say such
the one the diablito's .with."
to the union, said Ybarra.
things as, "the only good Mexican is a dead Mexican," then shrugs its
Dresser expressed mutual ·
Although the DelizonnaIn
an
effort
to
reach
the
shoulders when students protest; or a counselor who informs a parent
feelings.
situation has now developed into
Spanish-speaking . community,
that his ~tudent should forget about coming to school, and instead be
"They (picketers) have been
one of the UFW's major preHelp in Emotional Trouble
placed in a mental institution.
conducting themselves in an
occupations, Chavez announced
(HET) seeks bilingual volunWhat happens when students are faced with injustice, and worse,
appropriate fashion," he said.
at his CSUF speech that a
teers-according to Bobbe- the frustrations of being helpless to do anything about it? Do they
"The operation of the· office has
recruitment drive for volunteers
Heizman, the public relations
protest?
not been interfered with."
to donate at least a year of their
coordinator for HET.
This is exactly what the Reedley students did.
He said during several nights
time to the union is underway.
HET is a 24--hour telephone
On Feb. 24, , 250 Chicanos walked out of class to bring attention to
union members have slept inside
"We're looking for people who
counseling and referral service.
the office, but not without one
these problems and to demonstrate their dissatisfaction. For two and
might want to give the movement
It was originated 11 years ago by
member of the state police
a half weeks they stayed out of school, putting their grades, if not their
a year or more of their time to go
the Mental Health Association
present.
futures, on the line.
to school-the school of life-and
when a group of professionals in
"This is for the purpose of
Although given the impression by the administration, as well as
learn a few things," Chavez told
the community were concerned
assuring others-growers and
his quiet audience in the men's
other students, that · they were crimi!lals, Reedley students found
with drug problems and suicide
other unions-that the files are
gym.
support in their parents and concerned members of the community.
prevention.
not being tampered with," he
Mendibles·, who herself will
Meetings were held with 500 students and parents to alleviate their
"In order for HET to have a 24said.
complete a year's commitment
grievances with the school administration.
bilingual service, we will need at
Dresser pointed out it is costing
in June-although she says she
In reaction to this the administration quickly turned an otherwise
least 30 to 40 bilingual volunopen campus into a closed camp. It closed the campus and did not let
teers," said Ms. Heizman.
Candidates must apply through
students from Orange Cove ride the bus home, whether they were
HET. An interview to de_termine
protesting or not. Other tmenrolled students were threatened with a
the candidate's emotional
three day suspension if they walked out.
capacity to hear other peoples
So far, the results of the walkouts include the reinstatement of a
problems will be conducted.
MEChA organization (it was changed from MEChA last year) with
Training lasts six weeks with
parent and student participation. An. election of officers has been
one session a week. During
held, artd ,·<of yet, no further disciplinary action has been taken
training, candidates are exposed
against the students for going back to school.
to professional speakers on
The rest of the demands are still in the negotiative stages. The
suicide,
drugs,
sexuality,
students have received funds for bus transportation to attend a
counseling skill techniques,
Chicano Youth Conference at Fresno City College.
coupled with some on the job
The incident indicates students should be given a greater voice in
Bob Deis
training.
their
education, and those students at Reedley High School, instead of
Ms. Heizman said "HET not
being
called criminals, should be congratulated as spokespersons for
only offers the volunteer the
feeling of self satisfaction by · student rights.
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HEY.seeks
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v·o lu nteer-s
Athlete of the week
helping people but also provides
the opportunity
to gain
knowledge and experience that
can be very beneficial to anyone
planning to enter the fields of
social work, psychology etc."
Anyone interested may call
485-1532.
Burrito
tamal
808 DEIS, funlor from American River Coll-s,e (Sacramento)
Hf two school records In the Stanford duel meet: 1500 and
3000 met• races.
. 'lbunday, March 17, 1977
and
sale
The Chicano Faculty, Support
Staff, and Student Organization of
CSUF will hold a Tamale and
Burrito Sale on March 24, 1977.
The sale will be held in the Free
Speech Area starting at 11:30
Burritos will be 50 cents and
Tamales will be 60 cents.
Students present demands
(Continued from p. 1)
disc1pune,
the committee
demands that future disciplinary
action against students be judged
by a uniform set of standards and
that no one segment of the
student body be given impunity.
Estrada said the demands,
"Were long since overdo."
He noted that in a school
district comprising of 50 per cent
Chicanos, there are only five
Chicano administrators and one
counselor. Reedl~y High School,
where 45 per cent of the students
are Chicano, there is -only . one
Chicano faculty member.
"We ask only for our rights,"
Estrada said.
After the presentation of the
demands, the School District
referred the matter over to its
legal counsel. A response will be
presented at an open meeting of
the school board for all people of
the district to hear, but no in- .
dication as to when a reply will
be made.
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Reporters Ciady '·1• ~
Margaret Espana, Victor! Martin
Anna· Noriega. Celia P•ce,
Pe&e Ramirel, Marta Urlbet
Pw.cra.Pher
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Grants fOr Chicanas
UFW to
ViUa becomes
established by L_MAW sponsor dance municipal iudge
The League of MexicanAmerican Women of Fresno is
accepting applications for two
~200 scholarships to be presented
m May um.
~roviding scholarships for
Chicanas is one goal of the
UCLI ·will
hold tardeada
A tardeada to raise funds for la
Universidad de Campesinos
Libres, lnc.-will be held Sunday,
March 20.
The tardeada will take place at
Kearney Park from 3 to 8 p.m.
Food will be sold and
mus1c1ans .
will
perform.
Mariachi_ de La Tierra, Los
Filarmonicos, The Satalites and
Los Viajieros del Occidente will
be performing.
Candelaria Arroyo, an employee of UCLI will be a featured
singer.
For more information contact
UCLI at 485-1633.
The United Farmworkers of
league. The funds for th is years
America Union will s~nsor a
scholarships were raised at a
dance Friday, March 18, at the
luncheon fashion show, whic h
Fresno District Fairgrounds
was held last fall. An additional
Cafeteria.
$300will be placed in endowment.
Proceeds from the benefit
One scholarship will be
dance will help pay off the deficit
available to an entering college of the Pr"position 14 campaign.
student and the other to a con- The dance will be from 8:30 p.m.
tinuing student.
to 1:30 a.m., and will feature Los
To be an eligible candidate, a
Rainbows, Mellow and Mestizo.
student must meet the following
Tickets are $3 and can be purcriteria:
chased from Angie Cisneros at
1. 2.5 overall G.P .A. (not
La Raza Studies Office.
including P.E.)
.llliiiliiiiiiliiiiiiilliiililill--••
2. must be of Chicano
heritage
3. must be planning to enro)l
as a fulltime student in an institution of higher learning.
The deadline for applying is
A dance sponsored by ·Maria
April 8, 1977. Selection will be
Velarde will be held at the
made by April 30th. The two
Rainbow Ballroom March 23.
recipients will be honored at a
Motambo, Mellow, Gang's Back
luncheon on May 7.
and East & West will provide
For further information and
applications contact: 485-0329 or . music for Ms. Velarde who is a
Cinco de Mayo queen candidate
255-4967.
Councilman Al Villa was sworn ·
in as Municipal Court Judge last
week-the second Chicano to be
named to the Fresno Judi<;ial
bench by Gov. Edmund Brown.
Several hundred people
gathered at the ceremonies held
at the west patio of the Fresno
County Courthouse to see Villa
take the oath of office.
The oath was administered by
Municipal Court Judge Armando
Rodriguez, also appointed by
Queen hopeful plans dcince
for Universidad de Campesinos
Libre, Inc. <UCLD.
The dance which is from 8 p.m.
to i a.m., will cost $3 in advance
and $3.50 at the door. Tickets are
available at William Carol
(Madera) and Sarape Records.
Brown and the first Mexicano to
serve on the judicial bench in
Fresno.
Villa was born in New Mexico,
of farmworker parents. They
moved to Fresno when he was 11
years old.
He quit high school in the ninth
grade and volunteered for the
armed forces.
After serving in the military he
. returned and attended College of
the Sequoias and CSUF, where he
received his degree in accounting.
He attended the University of
the Pacific's McGeorge School of
Law, and received his law degree
in 1967.
Villa was the first Chicano to
be elected to the Fresno City
Council in 1971 and re-elected in
1975. He is presently serving on
the State Transportation Board.
The 41 year old Democrat will
replace 5th District Court of
Appeal Judge George A. Hopper.
3rd ;Chicano
tourney
The Third Annual Chicano
Basketball Tournament will be
April 1 and 2. It will be held in the
Men's Gym and will begin at 7
p.m. on Friday, and run from 10
a.m. to _5 p.m. on Saturday.
A meeting for all students
involved in the tournament will
be held Friday, March 18 at 1
p.m. in the balcony of the Men's
Gym. Rules, awards, and time
slots will be discussed and sign
up sheets and entry fees will be
collected.
Anyone who is interested in
help~g with the scorekeeping,
collecting donations at the door,
or refereeing must also attend
the meeting. If you are unable to
make the meeting but wish to
participate, please leave a
message in La Raza Studies.
Segura
(Continued from p. 1)
people of many gods.
He explained that they
believed in only one god. What
the Europeans interpreted as
being gods were nothing more
than the manifestations of
energy of that one god. In the
indigenous though t, · these
manife~tations of energy were
given names, they were called
Senores.
Since the Europeans lacked a
total understanding of nature,
they did not have comparable
concepts in their own language,
therefore, in translating the
beliefs pf the ·indigenous people
they changed Senores to gods.
"Traductor-traidor " (translator-traitor), he said and
flashed that smile that gives one
the impression that what has
been said has a deeper meaning
than what is apparent.
Segura credits his maternal
grandmother with being his first
teacher in the use of medicinal
herbs. He said that she grew
herbs which she would sell or
give away. She herself was not a
curandera.
After he quit medical school,
Segura said there emerged a
spiritual father for him who was
his guide and teacher: Andres
Segura is• now a Capitan de
Danza (Captain of Danza).
Segura 's classes classes meet
on Tl.1 :-~dav and Thursday in the
Women's Gym 131 at 11 a .m. , and
3:45 p.m. in San Ramon 1 room
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'lbursday, March 17, 1'11'1
Third World Women
syposium scheduled
the effort we a~ undertaking for
liberation
rand
selfChicano,
Black,
Native
determination.,,
American, 'and Amerasian
All Third World Women,
women are finalizing plans for
students and from the comthe Third World Women Symmunity, are invited to attend the
posium scheduled for April 13, 14,
Symposium.
and 15, in the CSUF College
Any ethnic organization which
Union lounge from 11 a.m. to fwould like to set up a booth for
p.m. each day.
the food bazaar, may contact La
Featured at the symposium
Raza Studies Office. Any Third
will be such guest speakers as· World Woman interested in
Antonia Hernandez, an attorney
displaying her_ art work may ·call
for the Law and Justice Center in
La Raza Studies.
Los Angeles. She is currently
working on a law suit involving
forced sterilization.
Primavera, a Chicano band
Los Danzantes de Aztlan of
from the Sacramento area will
CSUF and Los Paisanos of Selma
perform and is being coHigh School will co-host the first
sponsored by the CSUF
Chicano "Festival de Danza
Programming Committee. ·
Folklorica,, in the valley
Other attractions include an
Saturday, March 26.
art-exhi~it displaying art work .
The conference type affair,
created by Third World Women,
which will be at Selma High
m.id an ethnic food bazaar. ,
School, starts at 8 a.m. with
On Wednesday night, a panel
registration in the cafeteria.
discussion at 7 p.m. on self
Registration fee will be $2 per
awareness will be conducted by
person. Participants must be
representatives from the comaccompanied by authorized
munity and each ethnic block.
school personnel who will
Also planned for that evening is a
assume responsibility for the
skit dealing with the evolution of
participants.
women's rights.
The dance competition will
According
to
Margaret
take place in the afternoon.
Esparza, one of the chief coorThere will be trophies awarded to
dinators, the purpose of the
those groups and individuals
Symposium is to unify the Third
placing in the dance competition;
World Women on campus and in
Two guest instructors conthe community.
ducting workshops will be Pachi
"As Third World Women, we
Catzin from Merida, Yucatan,
come from different cultures and
Mexico and Lorenzo Montoya
histories, but we are involved in a · from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
common struggle against the
Other instructors are Anna
oppression our people face,,' said
Noriega, Amparo Ramos , Irene
Esparza. "The Third World
Palacios, Miguel DeAnda, ArWomen's Symposium represents
mando Perez, Fernando Banda,
by Cecelia Ponce
Festival
Folklorico
'
Nearly 700 persons Jammed Into the Sequoia Jr. High Schoof Morch 4 for the annual Nocfte de la
Raza. The crowd, which formed o standing room audience, viewed entertainment provided by th•
sponsor, lo Rozo Studies of CSUF. Special feature of the evening was on appearance and speech by
United Form Workers President Cesar Chavez, and a spiritual dance by la Razo Studies professor
Andres Segura. los Danzantes de Aztlan, El Teatro del Espiritu and la Comporso Unlversltarla performed. The lRS faculty organized the effort In practicing Its philosophy of presenting the program to
, the Comunldad Mexicano, sold director Alex Sorogoza.
Chicanas be·gin mural
by Cindy Cabrera
Ten Fresno Chicanas have
begun working on an 8 feet by 60
feet mural depicting the mujer's
and Ernesto Martinez, all of Los
Danzantes de Aztlan.
The Dance Competition which
is open to the public will be held
in the gymnasium. The admission fee is $1.50 for adults and
$1 for children.
For more information contact
Ernesto Martinez at 487-2848 or
487-1191.
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CSUF 's
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Program and one_ of six CSUF
and la familia , educational, and
Chicanas involved, said the
professional.
mural is expected to be com, "We're putting emphasis on
pleted by April 22.
· the woman's experience," said
Although the mural. will be
Ms. Cruz.
located in the migrant labor
The mural project became a
camp on Academy Avenue_ in
reality through the efforts of La.
Parlier, it is being painted on
Brocha del Valle, local Chicano
transportable one-half inch
artists, who wrote the proposal to
exterior plywood inside El
the California Arts Council in
Centro Hurtado in Fresno.
Sacramento, and Council board
Ms. Cruz said the sectioned
member Luis Valdez.
panels will be transported by
In addition to Brocha
truck to Parlier where they will
assistance, the Chicanas are
be assembled in a fence-like
receiving technical help from
fashion.
Mujeres Muralistas, a bay area
Using a new type of paint,
group of artistas. Last weekend,
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three members, Irene P erez,
•••••••••••••••••••••••• Patricia Rodriguez , and Esther
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Hernandez lectured the Fresno
Chicanas and critiqued their
Wyoming
work.
Summertime employees for '
The local artistas working on
dude ranches, National Parks, ·
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