La Voz de Aztlan, October 20 1980
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La Voz de Aztlan, October 20 1980
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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Fresno, California
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Californ,a
State
Monday
O~tober 20, 1980
andidate 's wife
1
Clark stresses · the alternative'
by Margarita M. Martinez
She discussed many of her husband's
policies. One of her main themes was
that of a massive cut in inc:ome tax.
Alicia Carcia Cobos de · Clark, wife
of Libertarian Party presidential - candidate Ed Clark, was at CSUF last
Monday to discuss her husband's cam-
The proP9sed tax cut wou]d amount
to $110 billion·a year.
paign.
Mrs. Clark also . traveled to the
Chicano Youth Center and the Hope
Manor senior citizen's home.
The idea of the tax cut was for people
to have more money to spend. "Two
· things wifl hap~n," said Mrs. Clark.
"One, they are going to save some of
this money and the banks will have more
money to invest in the economy of the
country and two, the people are going
to use this money to solve their own
problems ."
By putting billions of -dollars into the
private economy, she felt, the companies
would have to increase their product~on
to fulfill the demand. By doing this
they would have to create many jobs.
· Mrs. Clark affirmed that according to
a group of economists this income tax
cut would create in only one year five
million _new jobs in ~he private industry.
Throughout the interview Mrs. Clark
spoke in both English and Spanish .
She stated she was an important element
in her husband's .campaign.
Stie
translates all the radio and television
announcements into Spanjsh.
Mrs. Clark said that in her interviews with Anglos she was always
asked, "f-:low can you campaign in
Spanish-speaking areas? The Hispanics
want a strong government.· All they
want is for the government to support
them."
'They try to bu-y the Hispanic vote by offering them
money or special programs. The only thing the
government is doing is making millions of people
d_ependent upon them.'
Alicia de Clark
Another area where Ed Clark is very
concerned, according to Mrs. Clark
is education.
.
"Wfiat he proposes is that any individual _who wants to help in the education of any child, whether it be his
own child, a niece or a neighbor's child,
can keep $1,200 out of his income tax
to send this child to whatever school
they feel is best," explained Mrs .·
Clark. "We believe education is one of
the most important issues, on the other
hand, the other candidates aren't even
talking about it."
When asked about John Anderson
receiving all the attention as the only
alternative Mr:s. Clark replied, "One
of the biggest problems we thought
we were going to have was the opening
ofth~"American people's minds with the
idea that there is not only Republicans
. and Democrats. Before Mr. Anderson
came out of .the Republican ·party he
had 5 percent of the vote according to
the polls. When he left the party, from
one day to the next, he went from 5
percent to 25 percent. This demonstrated the disenchantment of the people
in general towards the two party
system."
Mrs. Clark felt John Anderson had
helped to open_-the people's minds to
the idea of an alternative. She stated
.the polls show that Ed Clark has 5 percent of the vote which she feels will
increase by the time of the elections .
People are tired of the government
, bureaucracy, according_to Mrs. Clark,
and as an alternative would turn to the
Photo by John Biek_
Libertarian oartv. The party believes
in a "very small government interAlicia de Clark was in Fresno last Monday camp~igning for husband E;d Clark.
ference ."
This was something that always
anszered her. She would am?rilv resoond
"Mexican people in general come·to the
United St-a tes to work . They are lookingfor a new beginning . Most of them are
honest workers who can make great
contributions. What they least want
is for the government to support·them.
What ttiey least want is welfare."
"They try to buy the Hispanic vote by
offering them nioney or special programs. The only thing the government
is doing is that it is making millions
of people dependent upon them,"
stated Mrs. Clark.
She said Ed Clark's goals were to
make people self-sufficient and less
dependent on the government
Mrs. Clark was born ir:i Vera Cruz,
Mexico. She married Ed Clark in
1970, they have one child, Edward Jr.,
who is bilingual and bicultural.
She has degrees from the National
University ·and
the National ·
Polytechnic Institute Textile School,
both are in Mexico City. She also
wa named one of five top executive
women in Mexico by one of the top
national magazines and in 1969 she
was named one · of ten top executives
in Publicity and Advertising in Mexico
by the Mexican Advertising Association .
She attended the New York lnstitue
of Advertising.
·
Mrs. Clark's father, Rafael Carcia
Aully, was the mayor of Vera Cruz,
Mexico. He was also a member of the
Mexican National Assembly.
Note: For a more personal interview
in Spanish see page eight.
Pa1e2
October 20, 1!11
La Voz De Azt~n
Historically, Chicanas have come. a long way
cana 's, it has often been our mother's and grandmother's. These are the. giant'J
our lives and the people that, by their example, gave us our peredspective. Ti
women were not schooled in the popular sense, but they were educat ·
.
I am reminded of my gr;mdmother who could stretch a dollar clear mto
month. She was more disciplined than anyone I have ever known. We ':°"Id
tell the time of day by watching her. It was 4:00 a.m. when she awoke;; wasd'
I often think of Chicanos as in some way more fortunate, in spite of poverty, than noon (on the dot) when we had our lunch; it was 5:30 p.m. when we ha our m
other ethnic minorities, because we have not been part.of the mainstream and thus etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. The interesting thing about all of this is that she
much less "Americanized. 11 We have retained much of our cultural heritage and, as in this manner whether we lived in a house, a tent, or a labor camp. She never
such, can make a public contribution from our own unique perspective. In a sense it ed to read, but she could pray for three days without r~ating a s~ngle prayer..
is our "marginality" and our separateness as a people (forced as it was) that has work she did in the home was highly valued by the family; she was like a beacon in
allowed us to develop a perspective that does not copy or emulate popular thought.
often stormy sea. She brought us great stability and a belief that a life, no matter
This perspective is based upon many years of struggle to maintain and hold to- or where it is lived, has order.
.
gether our families, to eke out a living in an often hostile environment, and to retain a.
My mother, on the other hand, worked in the fields. It was said that ~ did
sense of pride in who we are as a people, in spite of the strong forces that tell us · work of a man and could outdo or keep up with the best pickers in harvestif!l 1
otherwise. Less romanticaly, this was also due, in part, to the type of work we did: cotton, strawberries, melons, chili, and anything else that grew. The family's
field hands, migrant workers, railroad workers, etc., work that. brought us into much in her. ability was indeed great, and we never ceased to be amazed at her.great
less contact with "dominant society. 11 Historically, our children were herded around These women, although very different, and performing different duties
with us from work site to work site and often had little if any contact with schools family, had great dignity and pride, and were to be respected by all w~o k'!ew
They gave a sense of dignity to what could have been a desperate situation.
where the "great melt" takes place. In places like New Mexico, where Mexicans remained in one place for long periods of time, the schools were "Mexican schools, " and countless other women like them, made our poverty one of economy, and not
of the spirit. They taught us that Chicanos have never been spiritually con
and the "opportunity" for Americanization was not as severe.
If institutions have not contributed in a significant way to our perspective, then and it is this :.freshness of perspective that we Chicanas bring with us to the
who has contributed to the molding of the Chicana of the 80 's? Who have been the of the BO's.
influential people in our lives, the role models? I w_ould venture to say that for ChiWe as Chicana 's are being challenged in the 80 's to make a major contribution in
all areas of life; the 80 's are being cited as the decade of the Chicano. As I think of
this, I see that we have always made major contributions; the difference now is that
we are being asked to do,this in a more public way.
.
.
In an effort to broaden our news
I felt a special issu.e was needed to ·
into light a much forgotten fac:tia
our society, La Mujer.
As education becomes a vital W
success, no longer can we stereotype
take for granted, the Chicana de
La Chicana is much more aware of
role and now defends herself willl
intellect, not her tears. The
woman is slowly becoming a mere
almost extinct.
We must not overlook their 1oals
assist them in their dreams. We
take into consideration, as Chicanas,
face many obstacles, but as
•
their road to success is twice as
Although this issue deals mostly
successfully proven Chicanas, I am
for not having been ·able to have
more Chicanas, whom we have
ed.
With only so much time, space,
manpower, our resources are
limited, but I hope we have put
our message.
Edward Aparicio
Editor-in-Chief
~
i
.c
Q.
ess Avila speaks to Chicanos-In-Law on issues concerning the community
Founded in 1969
Editor-in-Chief: F.clward Apui:io
La Raza Law_yer's Association
Chicanos-ln-LaW
. update
"We' re winding up our first year of existence and we're hoping to be acknowledged by the state board .next year,"
Avila commented. "Then we'll be in the
position to send one delegate to the State
Bar Convention."
Jess Avila, member of La Raza Law- - -·Although the Association is already
yers association in Fresno, spoke to Chi- well established, having been courted by
canos--ln-Law about their organization several politicians for endorsements
and their role in the community.
they refrain from patting one another on'
the back . "It's easy for us to think we're
Just into existence .one year, Avila up in the clouds ... untou$=hed."
stated the La Raza Lawyers Association
has approximately three-fourths of the
The membership has a wide scope of
Chicano lawyers in Fresno and antici- professionals,
including
Honorable
. ate bigger. things for the next year . Judge Armando Rodriquez and Bob
Perez, one the States most prominen
personal injury attorneys.
We need you (students) to keep us
down to earth," Avila claimed. "We
welcome any issue you may have which
you feel concerns us (Raza)."
Excited about Chicanos-In-Law at
CSUF, Avila stated the Association is
more than willing to lend any professional advice or aid they are able to. "Our
membership is quite young, thus ·we·are
able to relate to· what you are going
through," Avila stated .
Ma.'llging Editor: Margarita ~
Sports Editor: Eli Gaucla
Photo F.clitor: Robert Hernandaz
Photographers:
Richa..,l Rim, I •
Vallez
Production ·Manager: Dora L. Lira
Advertising Co-Managers: Alm BOIDIIO
Hector Romero
Artist: Harold Porru
Staff Reporten:
Sandra
Goma)el.
Yolanda Granados, Fernando Quintero,
Pete Ramirez, Connie Soto, Yolanda
· Soto, Rosalva Villegas
La Voz De Azt1an office is locat.ed ill
the Keats Campus Building on die
CSUF campus.
Letters to the editor are welcomed.
La Voz De Aztlan reserves the right CO
edit letters. Submission does not
guarantee publication.
October 20, 1980
La Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
QSUF Student
Martinez finds 'Amigos' Health Program
vastly essential in the Dominican Republic
by Pete Ramirez
The music is merengue, food is not
wasted, and women do not have to fear
walking at night. These are just a few
memories Olga Martinez has brought
back from- a month spent this past summer in the Dominican Republic.
Olga, a Health Science major at CSUF
had the opportunity to travel and work in
the Dominican Republic by participating
in the Am'igos De Las Americas Program.
·
To accomplish this, Amigos trains volunteers through . a program which lasts
from six to eight months. The program consists of training in the fields of
visual screening, dental hygiene, immunization, and animal husbandry, ·
In addition, they have to be qualified in
first aid. They must learn the language,
cu1ture, and history of the Latin American country they will be visiting.
The countries which participate in this
program are Mexico, Bolivia, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Columbia, Peru, Honduras, and Paraguay.
The headquarters ot Amigos is in Houston, Texas with Fresno being the newest chapter out of 30 scattered around
the United States.
It was at Miami that Olga got to see
Mark Diaz who took a different flight
, by way of Chicago. He was only there
for 15 minutes before taking a flight to
Paraguay, his destination. Olga stayed
overnight at the airport and then left
for Santa Domingo the next afternoon.
The high humidity of the country was
what greeted Olga in her adopted country. f:xpecting to live and work out in
the countryside , Olga was quite surprised that she would be living inside
the capitol citv with her adopted family.
Olga's new home consisted of a small
wooden trame nouse with running water
for cooking and drinking. A contrast in
her adopted family's financial status
was that although the family had a car,
her shower consisted of only a.bucket of
water to pour over her h·ead. "They
couldn't believe that in the United States
we only take\ one shower a day while
there in that cQuntry because of the high
humidity, you 'have to bathe three times
aday." .
'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich
· and poor with hardly a middle class existing.
"'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich and poor with hardly a middle class existing. If there is a middle
class, I think my adopted family may be
considered middle class by ownership of Olaa Martinez' trip to the Dominican Republic proved both educational and enjoyable.
a car,~ replied Olga when asked if ~er
hosts were tinancially comfortable.
A different experience in the Domin- She also found that the father is not as
Olga's day in Santa Domingo consistican Republic wa:s hitch~hiking.
Al- strict with his daughters as are fathers in
In order to raise tne necessary money ed of waking up earJy in the morning and
though, in the United States a girl other Latin American countries. In fact
hitch-hiking is looked down upon, in girls can drink beer early in their teens.
for the trip, Olga had to help in fund- wa1king to a designated area. All theraisers. She even held a big yard sale ,, Amigo' volunteers gathered for their
the Dominican Republic it is a common
day's assignment in the surrounding
at her parents home in Mendota. The
way of transportation. With the crime
rate very low in that country as comA common occurance in the house
cost of her entire trip came to 1,790 countryside to vaccinate· the people.
pared to the United States, it ' was safe· where Olga lived was the huge cock
dollars with most of the amount paid by
to hitch-hike.
. roaches called "'cuca rachas"' which came
A frustration which plagued Olga ~nd
various fundraisers Amigos held.
out ·at nhcht to look for food and flew
the other volunteers was the wait to be
in the hous~, usually colliding into
assigned a village to start work for the
For Olga the entire trip was exciting
day. In order to kill time they enterOlga found out how it easy it was to
people who occupied the house•
from the start of her flight from Fresno
tained the neighborhood kids with pup- get a ride. On one occassion she and ,
When it came to l~avin~ her ado~ted
to Santa Domingo the capitol of Domin- pets and games. There was never a other volunteers wanted to go to the
country Olga coul~n t believe the time
ican Republic. The flight was her first shortage of kids as thev were fascinated beach. They stood by the road with a · had passed_ so gu1ckly. She ho~s she
ever on a commercial jet. Her-first stop by their first glimpse of "Americans."'
group of Dominicans standing in front can 8? a~~~n next summer but if she
was in Denver where she met other Amiand behind them seeking a ride. The does 1t will probably be to another
gos from various chapters all over the
The peo~le of that neighborhood
first group to be pickec4 up was Olga and countrv ·
Western United States. After spending
would ask :•~s · to innoculate them
her companions instead of the other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - four hours and changing jets, Olga whenever we had the chance, but for the two groups of Dominicans.
The training sessions have begun
embarked again and landed in Miami, -✓ ones we treated there were hundreds
here in Fresno.
The meetings are
Florida.
more who needed shots. We ran out of
~yery Tuesday night from 7:00 to 10:00
"'The Miami I saw was not the Miami supplies on certain days," replied Olga.
behi.1d Sacred Heart Church in Room
As to what attributed to this Olga
of TV," remarked Olga of her- first imanswered "'My companions have blono #5. lfyou have any questions in regards
pression of the city. She was surprised
Olga_ discovered the different at- hair and they associate all Americans · to Amiaos, please feel free to call 229that all the airport personnel were Cu- - titudes of the Dominican Republic
with blond hair. Dominicans are very 9382 or write to:
•ans ano other Latin People: .. "When people toward the United States. Her
interested in Americans and their cul- Amigos de las Americas
ture.
Another reason was to show off c/o Kay Miles
they spoke to me it was in Spanish, not adopted father would turn on the radio to
4014 E. Michigan
that an American was riding in that
the Spanish spoken here but the kind listen to the news which was always
Fresno, CA 93703
Dominican's
car."'
spoken in the Carribean area. They mis- dominated by the · United States.
If interested in joining Amigos, Olga
Olga had plenty of time to learn the
took me for being Cuban or Dominican
Thinking that all Americans were
because of my dark features. When I rich caused negative feelings toward culture of that country. She learned . suggests you attend the next meeti!lg
spoke in English they were surprisedJ"' the United States by some of the Dom- to dance to merengue, the ·country's on Tuesday nigh~, because your chances
music which is somewhat like Salsa. may decrease if you let time slip by.
said Olga.
inicans.
The adventure began for Olga in Feburary of this year. She was one of 13
volunteers at the beginning but that
number dwindled to three by the time ·
· preparations were made to leave in July.
The other two volunteers were Mark
Diaz of Fresno and Robert Smith of
Madera.
Irene Aparicio, a recreational therapist at Fresno Community Hospital
discussed the topic of menial health and Chicanas and also instructed
the women· in relaxation exercises.
Ybarra-Soriano, introd ·
for the conference.
Blan:c!i,e s_hakir, .from Metro Ministry, encouraged audience
participation as she sooke on "Parentin,!'': Understanding
Yo urse(f, Understanding Your child.
i !;t'i\: \, ········ --
Men also found the conference
interesting and wo rthwhik, at
least adults like Raul Diaz~
An overflow crowd e11j0.
Director of RSVP. His young
son found other things to do.
rence for the camplls and community·
,,
Dr. Alex .Saragoza, a professor at U.C. Berkely, started· off the morning
: with a lecture io an enthusiastic audience. He spoke on the role of
women in preseroing their cultural heritage.
.
mments.
.
A conference on La Mujer of Today, was held at the CSUF College Union on Sep•
tember 27. Over two hundred women attended the conference and enjoyed listening
to several excellent speakers; Dr. Alex Saragoza, Irene Aparicio, and Blanche.
Shakir. A film, The Salt of the Earth, was also-shown.
.
Conference evaluations by the women attending stated they felt "very inspired and
motivated" by seeing so many Chicanas come together. The conference attracted a
diverse group of women; both from the campus and from the community; y~ung and
old, students, housewives, and professional women. They all felt that the conference
was very rewarding and agreed that other conferences, dealing with diverse issues
affecting Chicanas, should be regularly scheduled in the future.
· The conference on La Mujer was organized by Dr. Lea Ybarra-Soriano, an Asso•
ciate Professor in La Raza Studies. Dr. Ybarra is also director of Project T.E.A.C.H.
This conference was part of a series of events sponsored by T.E.A.C.H. (Teaching
Ethnic Awareness and Cultural Heritage).
Dr. Ybarra stated she was very pleased, and surprised, with the large turn-out of
women. She stated, "It certainly is indicative of the tremendous need and desire,
among Chicanas, for conferences and forums such as this. I certainly plan to work on
similar conferences in the future which will address other Chicana concerns."
La Voz De Azt!an
Page6
Mis Querldas ¥uJ8(es,
Successful CSUF Grad Returns ·
by ~ichard Rios
With personal roots which run deep in
the Valley Olivia Chavez is an example
of a Chica~a whose professional accomplishments have done much to improve
the Chicano community.
Born in Visalia, Ms. Chavez_,grady_ated
from Redwood high School. Her undergraduate education included attending
the College of the Sequoias (C.O.S.).
She received her B.A. from Fresno State
in 1973. Graduate schooling was undertaken at the University of New Mexico
where she received her Master's degree
in counseling in 1974.
After a short stint as a high school
counselor at Hanford High, Ms. Chavez
was hired as a Counselor and Graduate
school advisor for the EOP Office at UC
Santa C.ruz. Shortly thereafter, she was
appointed acting director of E.O.P. After
one year, she applied for and received
the permanent position of EOf:> director.
She also was placed in charge of Student
Affirmative Action.
Ms. Chavez worked at U.C.S.C. for a
period of three years. During that time
she was in charge of programs which introduced and provided support to Chicanos in higher education. She was directly involved in EOP and regular admis. sions. Ms. Chavez was the coordinator of
on-campus support systems. A graduate
.advisement program was established
which saw the EOP oro.zram achieve a BO·
percent graduate school advancement
rate. Her final act as E.O.P. director,
was the initiation and establishment of
the Early Outreach/Partnership Program which works with junior high and
high school students providing much
needed counseling . and academic assistance and, thus, increasing their chances
of success in college.
Ms. Chavez returned to C.S.U.F. in
the Fall of 1979 where she is now a counselor at the campus Counseling Center.
Her training and experience enable'· her
to provide professional services in areas
of personal, career and vocational, and
academic counseling.
Besides her regular duties as a counsler, Ms. Chavez has initiated additional
services. She has begun a Chicana Support Group, which is composed of Chicanas residing in the dorms. This group is
organized to bring Chicanas together
and provides them with support in order
to better deal with the adjustment to university life.
Las deseo ver mucho. Cada de
me han hecho ml vlda mucho mas fellz.
Siempre lugamos juntos, nos
chlsmes. v algunas veces, lloramoe
toe. Tai vez las muJeres mas Im
es en ml vlda son mi mama, Juanita,
abuelita. Eva, y ml hermanlta Mar11811.
Sin la ayuda y amor de ustedel,
creo que fuera sldo poslble contlnuar
mis estudlos.
Ojala. con la ayuda de Oloe,
Diclembre pudleramos hacer una
remenda con todas nuestras famll181.
She also directly assists the Chicana
l<e-Entrv student. Her expertise helps
them cope with the someti.mes difficult
transition to student/college life.
Ms. Chavez ha~ :;o definite plans that
will affect her career in the immediate
future. She may eventually pursue more
education in order ·to receive her doctorate. She is certain that she will remain to
work in the Valley and ·her career will
continue to assist Chicanos in realizing
their fun ootential by helping them make
+he most out of hijlher education.
Su Querido
League of
American
by
Angie Cisneros, President
For many years Chicanos in F
have worked and continue to mnbibute to the betterment of the Ch·
community and the Chicano farnilr
One such group is the League of
can-American Women.
In 1973 the League of Mexican-Amert
can Women organized as a Chapter a
ComisQn· Femenil. It's goals include
developing a strong and responsM
membership which is active in di
Fresno Community. An even more
portant iioal is assisting Chicanas mei
their own needs as well as those •
their families.
Medical School students giving information on how to enter health professions
during a Survival Skills Workshop.
The need for minorities in the health
field was the key topic of the Surwval
Ski I ls Conference .held on campus
last Saturday, October 11. The conference was co-sponsored bv the Chicano
Health Organization (CHO) and was
well attended by college and high school
students from throughout the Valley.
Two kevnote presentations were given
during the fWOrning session. The first,
presented ht Dr. Kathy Flores, related
facts which iffustrated the lack of proper
medical care received by the minority
segments c,f the population. She ex-
plained how having more minorities
in medicine would best solve this
problem.
The second soeaker was David' Pacheco, a professional health. planner.
His address, "Minority Admissions in
the 1980' s", dealt with the fact that
opportunities for minorities to be admitted into medical schools have never
been better. He also noted how the acute need for minority doctors in underserved areas has forced admissions
boards to no longer ignore minority
applicants.
Various workshops were held throughout the afternoon. These were conducted bv counselors and medical school
students who gave the conference participants useful information and advice on how to prepare for a career in
health.
Comments received from persons attendin~ the conference were positive.
Plans are being considered to make
the survival skills conference an annual
event at C.S.U.F.
In 1975 we established an annual
raising event which has proven to be
more successful than we expected. TM
is our annual fashion show. The pro,
ceeds are distributed every year in the
form of scholarships as the result d
last year's fashion show.
In 1977 we submitted a proposal to the
Fresno Employment and Training Contmission and received funds for a pro5ram that provided training for women;
specifically in non-traditional jobs. The
program Working Opportunities •
Women is still in existence and
to be successful. Members of the
League of Mexican-American W
sit on the Board of Directors of W .0.
In 1978 we were able to raise SSOO
for the women involved in the U.F.
strike in the Mendota area , and been
instrumental part of other commu
efforts to raise funds and support organizations. To date the League
Mexican-American Women has p
several women in key positions
local and state commissions and boards
We have established ourselves as
viable and working o~ganization.
This vear our Fashion Show is scheduled for November 29, donation
$15.00 oer person and we have a limited
number of space.
La Voz De Aztlan
October 20~ 1980
Paae7
Diversified Professional Careers .
Kathy Flores
unas Mujer~s de Fresno
·· Alicia Maldonado ·
Marty Uribes
I
by Fernando Quintero
She's Rot_ beauty, she's got brains,
and she's Chicana. Marty Uribes, a student at CSUF is also a reporter for KJ EO
Channel 47.
After graduating from Sanger High
school, Marty attended Fresno State
where she recieved her Bachelor of Arts
degree in journalism. She is currently
finishing up with electives.
With an emphasis on magazine writing, Marty realized the opportunities for
Chicana women in the electronic media
and found it to be an exciting challenge.
'lt'.s a terrific feeling to gain the viewer's credibility,"' she said.
Marty's advice for Chicanas interested
in the media field is simply "'to be
tough."' ·she sounds like she means it.
Marty Caballero
*It was an accident and sheer fright,"'
said Marty Caballero about her new job
as anchorperson
KMJ Channel 24' s
, mornina news. Marty first t:>eeame invot.:.
ved with the station as an announcer of
job openings for the Em~loy~ent De:velopment Department where she continues to work part time.
Marty was this year's co-hostess along
with Bob Long for Jerry Lewis's Labor
Day Muscular Dystropy telethon.
'Working at 24 is one of tbe most exciting thin~s that ever happened to me,*
she said, "'the ·only regret I have is the
lack of formal education in this paticular
field."'
Being motivated and dedicated are t)vo
important factors that are important to
Marty. She suggests that 'Clficanas who
are interested in working with the media
prove themselves and be ready for any-
for
thing.
LAS ADELITAS
Las Adelitas is a student organization
made up of Chicana women here on the
CSUF campus ~
The purpose of the organization is to
help Chicanas get acquainted with other
Chictanas on campus. -They work on educational, political, and social issues,
affecting the community and the_ CSUF
campus.
Initiation is a big attraction for the
Adelitas, in ~hich new member,; are introduced into the organization in a fun
way. The initiation builds ·a unity between the women. The Adelitas also
have yearly fundraisers which are the
Annual Halloween Dance and the Consentido dance. Adelitas donate ·money
made from fundraisers to different organizations on campus, and in the community.
Membership ranges from 20-25 members. Officers for the 1980-81 year are;
President-Martha Ramirez, VP-Deana
Garrido, Secretary Jackie Hernandez,
Treasurer-Lydia Guiterrez, Sergeant at
arms-Olivia Lucio.
Alicia Maldonado has led a very busy
life bein~ the first Chicana TV news re~
porter in the Valley to be working as pub_lic affairs coordinator at FM 91 Radio
Bilingue.
A native of Fresno, Alicia recalls how
she had always wanted to write. She was
on the Rampage staff at Fresno City College and worked for La Voz de Aztlan ·
and lnsiaht at Fresno State.-,
·1n 1971, she was hired at KFSN Channel 30 "'because it was there"' according
Alicia. "'The job opened up and I took it,"'
she said. Once she became involved with
the electronic m~ia, she began to work
her way up from copy person, to filmediting, and finally to producer. Alicia was
on the Media Advisory Council and produced several documentaries and interviews as public affairs coordinator. She
recently resigned from Channel 30 because of their "lack of commitment to the
minority convnunity," she said.
Alicia would like to see more Chicanas
in the media. "'Chicanas needn't fall into
the stereotype of being quiet and pass. ive. There are many capable Chicanas
out there that are taking clerical jobs."'
Included in Alicia's future plans are
writing a book dealing with a Chicana
growing up in society. She is verv excited about her new job at Radio Bilingue
She encourages Chicanas or Chicanos to
talk to her about the media and get to
know more about it. If there's anyone
who would know anything about the
media--A1icia would.
Maria Hurtado
by Connie Soto
"'A Chicana needs a career just as
much as a Chicano. And the opportunities are in our reach."' Maria Hurtado,
dedicated to the child development of
the Chicanito, emphasizes the importance of the Chicana in education.
Mrs. Hurtado directs her own esquelita in Fresno, "'Hacienaa De Los Amiqitos" where Chicano students can maintain their culture without being pressured into the Anglo's norm. She is also active in the Child development Association
which awards teachers a national credential.
Mrs. Hurtado first began as a teacher's aide, in 1965, which-led her to the
experience of a teacher's train~r for six
years. Later she became an ed4cation
coordinator for two.vears. She explains
how "headstart" encouraged her further
·;nterest of child ·development by working with p00r children, the majority were
Chicanos. In accordance, Mrs. Hurtado
developed a Chicano curriculum for the
necessity of a bilingual bi-cultural program.
Mrs. Hurtado graduated from CSUv
in 1975 to continue her plans as an educator. She advises other Chicanas who
are interested in education that there is a
widespread need for bilingual teachers.
Mrs. Hurtado adds, "I enjoy my job and
there is no reason why other Chicanas
cannot. The opportunity is there."'
by Richard Rios
Dr. Flores is living proof that a Chicana from the Valle de San Joaquin
can rise to succeed in the medical profession.
Born and raised in Fresno, Dr. Flores
graduated from Roosevelt High in 1971.
She attended Stanford University where
By Sandra Conzales
she received her B.A. degree in Human
Biology in 1975. She then was admitted
Mary Marcelletti, new director of the to the U.C. Davis Medical School
Magnet School Planning Program, feels where she received her M.D. degree
a stronR commitment not only as an in 1919. ·
Dr. Flores is currently in her second
ethnic, but as an individual, •to better
the whole education situation for society."' year of Family Practice training at
As director of the program,het1'esoon- Valley Medical Center (VMC). As a
sibilities and priorities are geared tow- resident doctor, she rotates through the
ards helping any or all students caught various wards of VMC where she may
work in such areas as Pediatrics and Surup in the problem of racial isolation.
The program, funded by a one-year gery.
grant · under the Federal Emergency
School Aid Act, is designed to lessen the
problem of segregation in Fresno
schools.
Mary Marcelletti ·
Marcelletti said that they are currently
looking at proposals and ideas for
schools which would offer alternatives
for inducing voluntary desegregation.
One of Marcelletti's main responsibilities is to coordinate and implement
those activities which would substantiate
a number of students-from social back- ·
grounds.
Marcelletti, a graduate of California
State University, Fresno, has previously
taught at Fresno City Schools in West
Fresno. She has also . traveled to South
America where she stayed for over a
year teaching in Venenzuela.
Before being named director of the
Magnet School Planning Program,
Marcelletti was Coordinator of the bilingual program at the state and local
levels. She has also been involved with
the Mexican Association of Education. ·
"'One of the areas that has been most
rewarding has been in the educaiton of
Chica.nos. I think education is one of the
ways we could improve the whole world.
As Chicanos, we need to take care of
ourselves and our needs," she said.
Although her new position has its definite priorities, Marcelletti said that her
outside activities ~re directed to Chicanos "where my energies are best directed toward."'
Or. Flores will complete her residency
in one vear. Her goals for the future are
to set uo a practice in the Valley and to
establish a Chicano professional center.
She olans to take several vears off
from actively practicing medicine in order to devote time to rais!_ng ~ f~_f!l_iJy_.
Dr. Flores stresses the idea that a person
can both practice medicine and have a
family.
Dr. Flores encourages Raza to enter
the medical profession. Especially noted
was the need for Chicana doctors and
nurses.
She acknowledges the tact
that many obstacles must be overcome in
order to enter the medical profession.
Dr. Flores is confident, however, that
these barriers can be overcome if one
makes a personal commitment and has a
•r11e concern for the community.
LAS ADJ: LITAS presents the 4th annual
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CSUF Re~dence Hall
October 24, 1980
9:00p.m.-1:00a.m.
Donation
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•
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La Voz De Aztlan
Pa1e 8
October 20, 1980
Alicia de Clark
La Senora tras de/ Ca-ndidato
La Voz:
Por Margarita M. Martinez
·
Estuvo en Fresno el 13 de octubre
la Senora Alicia Garcia Cobos de Clark,
la esposa de Ed Clark el candidato
libertario para presidente.
Ella campana adivamen~e por ~us
ideas libertarias. Hizo esta entrev1sta
con La Voz de Aztlan en espanol.
La Voz: Sra. Clark digame un poquito
de Usted.
Naci en Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico. y ·fui a la escuela secundaria
Preparatoria de Vera Cruz en donde
obtuve mi titulo de la chillera en Sciencias y letras y despu~s de eso me fui
a la universidad Nacional de Mejico
en donde estudie la carrera de engenieria quimica industrial.
Lue~o ·de alli, fui a trab~jar como
quimica a una gran empresa. Esta empresa produce fibras textiles para la
industria textile. Precive que necesitaba yo conocer un poquito mas de los
problemas de mis clientes, los fabricantes de telas, asi es que estando trabajando regrese a estudiar engenier:ia
textil.
Nuevamente volvi a la escuela a estudiar publicidad y promocion de ventas
de una de las companias privadas
mas grande del pais. En 1968 una
revista Mexicana me nombro una de las
cinco mujeres exucutivos de Mejico
mas imoortantes, yen 1970
·
pomocion muy bonita que organise
para la compania la Asociacion National
de las Publicidad me nombro uno de los
diez ejecutivo de publicidad en Mejico.
como conocio a su esposot
En ese ano 1970 conoci a mi esposo
durante unos de mis viajes a Nueva
York y,poco despue~ decidirnos casarnos
y me movi de la cuidad de Meji~o a la
cuidad de Nueva York. Ahora vivo en
Los Angeles con mi esposo y mi hijo
de seis anos, Ned, el cual es bi-lingue y
bi-cultural.
Pero antes de casarme tuve la oportunidad de viajar. He estado en Europa
mucha veces por quesfiones de trabajo
y de vacaciones.
He estado en Columbia Venezuela,
Brazil, Peru, Argentina. Viaje muco
aprendi mucho, trabaje mucho antes
ge casarme.
Y despues de · casada cuan~o yo
supe que me iba casar yo dije "bueno
pues casarse es todavia mas importante
que ser una mujer de negocios, _un
ejecutivo asi que devuelta a la escuela
a estudiar. Esta vez a estudiar economia
domestica · decoracion de interi~res,
arreglo fl~ral, codna psicolo~ia e~
el matrimonio, la psicologia del Mexicano, psicologia ae1 l\mericano, etc.,
etc.
Ha tratado de ·que pudiera yo estar
preparada tome dases hasta de como
trabajar en la casa, · como lavar, como
planchar v como limpiar.
Pero porque cuando uno se mueve
·de Mejico, para aca uno tiene que hacer
todo asi es que no iba yo a tener a
nadie para ensenareme.
No iba yo a tener una mama, una tia,
una hermana, a nadie.
Asi que dije mas vale que me p·onga
yo a aprender antes de irme y asi lo hice
porque lo mismo al momento que yo
decidir casareme queria yo hacer una
muy buena esposa y me puse aprender
todo.
·
Ed Clark, Canidato por Presidental.
•
Al poco tiempo llego nuestro hijo y
me dediaue a ·ser madre por tres anos y
uespues de tres anos mi esposo empezo
a estar muy envuelto en la question
politica del partido. En 1968 cuando
fue candidato gobernador de California
y dedice poner me esfuerzo en ayudarle
a el desde entonces ha estado en campanias.
y en estos tres anos me he dedicado
a ayudar a mi esposo, a estudiar y a
aprender lo mas que puedo de el pais.
Soy una especia de secretaria privada
para el. Manejo todas las cosas en orden
1
Y hago campania para e ·
La Voz: Sra. Clark muchas veces a
la mujer M~xicana se_ le dice que _no
es necesario estudiar, que s_u lugar es
en la casa. Que dice usted a estot
Tuve ese problema con mis amistades
afortunadamente no con mi madre. ·
Porque mi madre fue al revez. Mi
madre dijo "yo quiero que ustedes
tengan una carrera antes de casarse
para que cuando se c~sen ustedes
dependan de si mismas. Y si se casan se
casan porque los quieren y porque
ellos las quieren a ustedes. Pero no
quiero que dependan pani siempre de
que si el senor las quiere mantener o
no las quiere mantener."
Ella siempre lucho para que • estudiaramos y hicieramos una carrera tanto a mi
hermana como yo. Pero si, alrededor
mio-en general la idea era ·"para que vas
a la escuela. Para que estudias. No
seas tonta te vas a casar. No va a
servir de nada. Todo es dinero votado a
la calle y cosas por el estilo.
No estoy de acuerdo con es;o porque ·
tan solo la seguridad que le da a una
mujer el hecho de tener un titulo. El
hecho de saber que ella es capaz de
lograr esos titulo es bastante. Muy lejos
de romper las relaciones con el marido
yo creo que las estrecha.
El welfare es otra cosa. Es el mis:
. g~bierno el que ha. criado e ste seenle
m1ento. Y o no creo que e_s 1a I
lo que la ha criado si no el gob1erno. .
He estado platicando con
personas. Una oersona en mas
.. u~a __
d e Ias cosas .
Cruz. me d 110.
terribles que el gobierno Amer
ha hecho a los Hispanos es el we1~
Que esta: destruyendo a las farnilias
que las mujeres se separan de losesposos facilmente para vivir en welfare
Que sea que en lugar de esta~ •
yudando en realidad los estan
icando. Y esto me lo dijo un
Americana. Esto es el sentim·
ellos tienen que el gobierno
comprar los votos de los Hi
esta ofreciendo programas Y
dependientes.
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r
El unico que el gobierno esta
es que millones de gente
ellos. En lugar de ayudarlos
suficientes. Lo que Ed
en mente es ayudar a la
suficiente por si mismo. ~
guarde mas del dinero que
bolsillo oara que cuide de su
The median age for Chicanas in
United -5tates is 21.3 years com
with 30.6 for all women.
About 1 of 3 Chicanas is under age 'I(
compared with about 1 of 5 of all women.
Chicanas still lag substantiaHy behi
all women in formal education; that is,
education obtained in a regular sdm
system that advances a person toward
elementary school certificate or hiaft
school diploma,. or professional scholl
degree.
Median years of school completed br
all adult women age 25 and over
12.4 years, compared with only 8.6 years
La Voz: Que es la relacion que tiene
by Chicanas of the same age.
usted con la gente Mexicana en la camIn 1978, the labor force participaticll
pania de su esposo.
rate for Chicanas (47 percent) was somewhat below the rate (49 percent) for
Sra. Clark: Basicamente yo soy un
women, but their unemployment rate
elemento importante en la campania , (11.4) percent was substantially higher
de espanol. Estoy encargada de traducir than the 7.0 percent rate for all women.
_ al espanol los anuncios de television,
Employed Chicanas are more Ii
los anuncios de radios.
than other employed women to be
Una pregunta que tengo muy a blue-collar work, or in the lower-payi
menudo cuando tengo entrevistas
service occupations.
en ingles es que me dicen, J/Sra. cuando
In 1977, median income for emp~
usted hace campania como puede Chicanas was $5,080, 83 percent
usted hacer.campania entre los Hispanos the median for all women.
·
dicen, los- Hispanos estan por gobierno
In 1978, only 4~ percent ofthe emplot
fuerte ellos lo unico que quieren es que ed Chicanas were in white-collar jobs
el 2obierno los mantenga y eso me da compared to 64 percent of all em~
coraje. H
U.S. women.
Roughly 22 percent of alt emp
Porque los hago saber que no es
cierto.
Los Mexicanos, los . Latinos U.S. women in 1978 worked in profet
en general que vienen a este pais son sional-technical and managerjal pos,gente muy trabajadora que vienen • tions, where median annual income ffJ
para buscar un nuevo horizonte en sus, all women was over $10,100. Only 11
percent of the Chicanas held these
vidas.
La mayoria son honrados, trabaja- higher-paying jobs . .
Average (median) family income •
dores que van hacer u n contribucion
a este pais. Que lo que rnenos esperan the United States was about S16,000. ill
es que el gobierno los mantenga. Lo 1977. The average for Mexican-Amert
que menos esperan es el · welfare. Lo can families was $11,740, about threeque menos esperan es sacar veritaja del fourths of that for all U.S. families.
For families maintained by Chicanas
social security.
average income was about $6,170, co,npared to $7,765. for all female-headed
Pero parece ser que el gobierno a families.
tratado de comprar los votos de los
About 46 percent of the fam iIies headHispanps ofreciendoles dinero o pro- ed by Chicanas, in 1977, were below the
gramas especial es .
State
Monday
O~tober 20, 1980
andidate 's wife
1
Clark stresses · the alternative'
by Margarita M. Martinez
She discussed many of her husband's
policies. One of her main themes was
that of a massive cut in inc:ome tax.
Alicia Carcia Cobos de · Clark, wife
of Libertarian Party presidential - candidate Ed Clark, was at CSUF last
Monday to discuss her husband's cam-
The proP9sed tax cut wou]d amount
to $110 billion·a year.
paign.
Mrs. Clark also . traveled to the
Chicano Youth Center and the Hope
Manor senior citizen's home.
The idea of the tax cut was for people
to have more money to spend. "Two
· things wifl hap~n," said Mrs. Clark.
"One, they are going to save some of
this money and the banks will have more
money to invest in the economy of the
country and two, the people are going
to use this money to solve their own
problems ."
By putting billions of -dollars into the
private economy, she felt, the companies
would have to increase their product~on
to fulfill the demand. By doing this
they would have to create many jobs.
· Mrs. Clark affirmed that according to
a group of economists this income tax
cut would create in only one year five
million _new jobs in ~he private industry.
Throughout the interview Mrs. Clark
spoke in both English and Spanish .
She stated she was an important element
in her husband's .campaign.
Stie
translates all the radio and television
announcements into Spanjsh.
Mrs. Clark said that in her interviews with Anglos she was always
asked, "f-:low can you campaign in
Spanish-speaking areas? The Hispanics
want a strong government.· All they
want is for the government to support
them."
'They try to bu-y the Hispanic vote by offering them
money or special programs. The only thing the
government is doing is making millions of people
d_ependent upon them.'
Alicia de Clark
Another area where Ed Clark is very
concerned, according to Mrs. Clark
is education.
.
"Wfiat he proposes is that any individual _who wants to help in the education of any child, whether it be his
own child, a niece or a neighbor's child,
can keep $1,200 out of his income tax
to send this child to whatever school
they feel is best," explained Mrs .·
Clark. "We believe education is one of
the most important issues, on the other
hand, the other candidates aren't even
talking about it."
When asked about John Anderson
receiving all the attention as the only
alternative Mr:s. Clark replied, "One
of the biggest problems we thought
we were going to have was the opening
ofth~"American people's minds with the
idea that there is not only Republicans
. and Democrats. Before Mr. Anderson
came out of .the Republican ·party he
had 5 percent of the vote according to
the polls. When he left the party, from
one day to the next, he went from 5
percent to 25 percent. This demonstrated the disenchantment of the people
in general towards the two party
system."
Mrs. Clark felt John Anderson had
helped to open_-the people's minds to
the idea of an alternative. She stated
.the polls show that Ed Clark has 5 percent of the vote which she feels will
increase by the time of the elections .
People are tired of the government
, bureaucracy, according_to Mrs. Clark,
and as an alternative would turn to the
Photo by John Biek_
Libertarian oartv. The party believes
in a "very small government interAlicia de Clark was in Fresno last Monday camp~igning for husband E;d Clark.
ference ."
This was something that always
anszered her. She would am?rilv resoond
"Mexican people in general come·to the
United St-a tes to work . They are lookingfor a new beginning . Most of them are
honest workers who can make great
contributions. What they least want
is for the government to support·them.
What ttiey least want is welfare."
"They try to buy the Hispanic vote by
offering them nioney or special programs. The only thing the government
is doing is that it is making millions
of people dependent upon them,"
stated Mrs. Clark.
She said Ed Clark's goals were to
make people self-sufficient and less
dependent on the government
Mrs. Clark was born ir:i Vera Cruz,
Mexico. She married Ed Clark in
1970, they have one child, Edward Jr.,
who is bilingual and bicultural.
She has degrees from the National
University ·and
the National ·
Polytechnic Institute Textile School,
both are in Mexico City. She also
wa named one of five top executive
women in Mexico by one of the top
national magazines and in 1969 she
was named one · of ten top executives
in Publicity and Advertising in Mexico
by the Mexican Advertising Association .
She attended the New York lnstitue
of Advertising.
·
Mrs. Clark's father, Rafael Carcia
Aully, was the mayor of Vera Cruz,
Mexico. He was also a member of the
Mexican National Assembly.
Note: For a more personal interview
in Spanish see page eight.
Pa1e2
October 20, 1!11
La Voz De Azt~n
Historically, Chicanas have come. a long way
cana 's, it has often been our mother's and grandmother's. These are the. giant'J
our lives and the people that, by their example, gave us our peredspective. Ti
women were not schooled in the popular sense, but they were educat ·
.
I am reminded of my gr;mdmother who could stretch a dollar clear mto
month. She was more disciplined than anyone I have ever known. We ':°"Id
tell the time of day by watching her. It was 4:00 a.m. when she awoke;; wasd'
I often think of Chicanos as in some way more fortunate, in spite of poverty, than noon (on the dot) when we had our lunch; it was 5:30 p.m. when we ha our m
other ethnic minorities, because we have not been part.of the mainstream and thus etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. The interesting thing about all of this is that she
much less "Americanized. 11 We have retained much of our cultural heritage and, as in this manner whether we lived in a house, a tent, or a labor camp. She never
such, can make a public contribution from our own unique perspective. In a sense it ed to read, but she could pray for three days without r~ating a s~ngle prayer..
is our "marginality" and our separateness as a people (forced as it was) that has work she did in the home was highly valued by the family; she was like a beacon in
allowed us to develop a perspective that does not copy or emulate popular thought.
often stormy sea. She brought us great stability and a belief that a life, no matter
This perspective is based upon many years of struggle to maintain and hold to- or where it is lived, has order.
.
gether our families, to eke out a living in an often hostile environment, and to retain a.
My mother, on the other hand, worked in the fields. It was said that ~ did
sense of pride in who we are as a people, in spite of the strong forces that tell us · work of a man and could outdo or keep up with the best pickers in harvestif!l 1
otherwise. Less romanticaly, this was also due, in part, to the type of work we did: cotton, strawberries, melons, chili, and anything else that grew. The family's
field hands, migrant workers, railroad workers, etc., work that. brought us into much in her. ability was indeed great, and we never ceased to be amazed at her.great
less contact with "dominant society. 11 Historically, our children were herded around These women, although very different, and performing different duties
with us from work site to work site and often had little if any contact with schools family, had great dignity and pride, and were to be respected by all w~o k'!ew
They gave a sense of dignity to what could have been a desperate situation.
where the "great melt" takes place. In places like New Mexico, where Mexicans remained in one place for long periods of time, the schools were "Mexican schools, " and countless other women like them, made our poverty one of economy, and not
of the spirit. They taught us that Chicanos have never been spiritually con
and the "opportunity" for Americanization was not as severe.
If institutions have not contributed in a significant way to our perspective, then and it is this :.freshness of perspective that we Chicanas bring with us to the
who has contributed to the molding of the Chicana of the 80 's? Who have been the of the BO's.
influential people in our lives, the role models? I w_ould venture to say that for ChiWe as Chicana 's are being challenged in the 80 's to make a major contribution in
all areas of life; the 80 's are being cited as the decade of the Chicano. As I think of
this, I see that we have always made major contributions; the difference now is that
we are being asked to do,this in a more public way.
.
.
In an effort to broaden our news
I felt a special issu.e was needed to ·
into light a much forgotten fac:tia
our society, La Mujer.
As education becomes a vital W
success, no longer can we stereotype
take for granted, the Chicana de
La Chicana is much more aware of
role and now defends herself willl
intellect, not her tears. The
woman is slowly becoming a mere
almost extinct.
We must not overlook their 1oals
assist them in their dreams. We
take into consideration, as Chicanas,
face many obstacles, but as
•
their road to success is twice as
Although this issue deals mostly
successfully proven Chicanas, I am
for not having been ·able to have
more Chicanas, whom we have
ed.
With only so much time, space,
manpower, our resources are
limited, but I hope we have put
our message.
Edward Aparicio
Editor-in-Chief
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Q.
ess Avila speaks to Chicanos-In-Law on issues concerning the community
Founded in 1969
Editor-in-Chief: F.clward Apui:io
La Raza Law_yer's Association
Chicanos-ln-LaW
. update
"We' re winding up our first year of existence and we're hoping to be acknowledged by the state board .next year,"
Avila commented. "Then we'll be in the
position to send one delegate to the State
Bar Convention."
Jess Avila, member of La Raza Law- - -·Although the Association is already
yers association in Fresno, spoke to Chi- well established, having been courted by
canos--ln-Law about their organization several politicians for endorsements
and their role in the community.
they refrain from patting one another on'
the back . "It's easy for us to think we're
Just into existence .one year, Avila up in the clouds ... untou$=hed."
stated the La Raza Lawyers Association
has approximately three-fourths of the
The membership has a wide scope of
Chicano lawyers in Fresno and antici- professionals,
including
Honorable
. ate bigger. things for the next year . Judge Armando Rodriquez and Bob
Perez, one the States most prominen
personal injury attorneys.
We need you (students) to keep us
down to earth," Avila claimed. "We
welcome any issue you may have which
you feel concerns us (Raza)."
Excited about Chicanos-In-Law at
CSUF, Avila stated the Association is
more than willing to lend any professional advice or aid they are able to. "Our
membership is quite young, thus ·we·are
able to relate to· what you are going
through," Avila stated .
Ma.'llging Editor: Margarita ~
Sports Editor: Eli Gaucla
Photo F.clitor: Robert Hernandaz
Photographers:
Richa..,l Rim, I •
Vallez
Production ·Manager: Dora L. Lira
Advertising Co-Managers: Alm BOIDIIO
Hector Romero
Artist: Harold Porru
Staff Reporten:
Sandra
Goma)el.
Yolanda Granados, Fernando Quintero,
Pete Ramirez, Connie Soto, Yolanda
· Soto, Rosalva Villegas
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October 20, 1980
La Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
QSUF Student
Martinez finds 'Amigos' Health Program
vastly essential in the Dominican Republic
by Pete Ramirez
The music is merengue, food is not
wasted, and women do not have to fear
walking at night. These are just a few
memories Olga Martinez has brought
back from- a month spent this past summer in the Dominican Republic.
Olga, a Health Science major at CSUF
had the opportunity to travel and work in
the Dominican Republic by participating
in the Am'igos De Las Americas Program.
·
To accomplish this, Amigos trains volunteers through . a program which lasts
from six to eight months. The program consists of training in the fields of
visual screening, dental hygiene, immunization, and animal husbandry, ·
In addition, they have to be qualified in
first aid. They must learn the language,
cu1ture, and history of the Latin American country they will be visiting.
The countries which participate in this
program are Mexico, Bolivia, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Columbia, Peru, Honduras, and Paraguay.
The headquarters ot Amigos is in Houston, Texas with Fresno being the newest chapter out of 30 scattered around
the United States.
It was at Miami that Olga got to see
Mark Diaz who took a different flight
, by way of Chicago. He was only there
for 15 minutes before taking a flight to
Paraguay, his destination. Olga stayed
overnight at the airport and then left
for Santa Domingo the next afternoon.
The high humidity of the country was
what greeted Olga in her adopted country. f:xpecting to live and work out in
the countryside , Olga was quite surprised that she would be living inside
the capitol citv with her adopted family.
Olga's new home consisted of a small
wooden trame nouse with running water
for cooking and drinking. A contrast in
her adopted family's financial status
was that although the family had a car,
her shower consisted of only a.bucket of
water to pour over her h·ead. "They
couldn't believe that in the United States
we only take\ one shower a day while
there in that cQuntry because of the high
humidity, you 'have to bathe three times
aday." .
'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich
· and poor with hardly a middle class existing.
"'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich and poor with hardly a middle class existing. If there is a middle
class, I think my adopted family may be
considered middle class by ownership of Olaa Martinez' trip to the Dominican Republic proved both educational and enjoyable.
a car,~ replied Olga when asked if ~er
hosts were tinancially comfortable.
A different experience in the Domin- She also found that the father is not as
Olga's day in Santa Domingo consistican Republic wa:s hitch~hiking.
Al- strict with his daughters as are fathers in
In order to raise tne necessary money ed of waking up earJy in the morning and
though, in the United States a girl other Latin American countries. In fact
hitch-hiking is looked down upon, in girls can drink beer early in their teens.
for the trip, Olga had to help in fund- wa1king to a designated area. All theraisers. She even held a big yard sale ,, Amigo' volunteers gathered for their
the Dominican Republic it is a common
day's assignment in the surrounding
at her parents home in Mendota. The
way of transportation. With the crime
rate very low in that country as comA common occurance in the house
cost of her entire trip came to 1,790 countryside to vaccinate· the people.
pared to the United States, it ' was safe· where Olga lived was the huge cock
dollars with most of the amount paid by
to hitch-hike.
. roaches called "'cuca rachas"' which came
A frustration which plagued Olga ~nd
various fundraisers Amigos held.
out ·at nhcht to look for food and flew
the other volunteers was the wait to be
in the hous~, usually colliding into
assigned a village to start work for the
For Olga the entire trip was exciting
day. In order to kill time they enterOlga found out how it easy it was to
people who occupied the house•
from the start of her flight from Fresno
tained the neighborhood kids with pup- get a ride. On one occassion she and ,
When it came to l~avin~ her ado~ted
to Santa Domingo the capitol of Domin- pets and games. There was never a other volunteers wanted to go to the
country Olga coul~n t believe the time
ican Republic. The flight was her first shortage of kids as thev were fascinated beach. They stood by the road with a · had passed_ so gu1ckly. She ho~s she
ever on a commercial jet. Her-first stop by their first glimpse of "Americans."'
group of Dominicans standing in front can 8? a~~~n next summer but if she
was in Denver where she met other Amiand behind them seeking a ride. The does 1t will probably be to another
gos from various chapters all over the
The peo~le of that neighborhood
first group to be pickec4 up was Olga and countrv ·
Western United States. After spending
would ask :•~s · to innoculate them
her companions instead of the other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - four hours and changing jets, Olga whenever we had the chance, but for the two groups of Dominicans.
The training sessions have begun
embarked again and landed in Miami, -✓ ones we treated there were hundreds
here in Fresno.
The meetings are
Florida.
more who needed shots. We ran out of
~yery Tuesday night from 7:00 to 10:00
"'The Miami I saw was not the Miami supplies on certain days," replied Olga.
behi.1d Sacred Heart Church in Room
As to what attributed to this Olga
of TV," remarked Olga of her- first imanswered "'My companions have blono #5. lfyou have any questions in regards
pression of the city. She was surprised
Olga_ discovered the different at- hair and they associate all Americans · to Amiaos, please feel free to call 229that all the airport personnel were Cu- - titudes of the Dominican Republic
with blond hair. Dominicans are very 9382 or write to:
•ans ano other Latin People: .. "When people toward the United States. Her
interested in Americans and their cul- Amigos de las Americas
ture.
Another reason was to show off c/o Kay Miles
they spoke to me it was in Spanish, not adopted father would turn on the radio to
4014 E. Michigan
that an American was riding in that
the Spanish spoken here but the kind listen to the news which was always
Fresno, CA 93703
Dominican's
car."'
spoken in the Carribean area. They mis- dominated by the · United States.
If interested in joining Amigos, Olga
Olga had plenty of time to learn the
took me for being Cuban or Dominican
Thinking that all Americans were
because of my dark features. When I rich caused negative feelings toward culture of that country. She learned . suggests you attend the next meeti!lg
spoke in English they were surprisedJ"' the United States by some of the Dom- to dance to merengue, the ·country's on Tuesday nigh~, because your chances
music which is somewhat like Salsa. may decrease if you let time slip by.
said Olga.
inicans.
The adventure began for Olga in Feburary of this year. She was one of 13
volunteers at the beginning but that
number dwindled to three by the time ·
· preparations were made to leave in July.
The other two volunteers were Mark
Diaz of Fresno and Robert Smith of
Madera.
Irene Aparicio, a recreational therapist at Fresno Community Hospital
discussed the topic of menial health and Chicanas and also instructed
the women· in relaxation exercises.
Ybarra-Soriano, introd ·
for the conference.
Blan:c!i,e s_hakir, .from Metro Ministry, encouraged audience
participation as she sooke on "Parentin,!'': Understanding
Yo urse(f, Understanding Your child.
i !;t'i\: \, ········ --
Men also found the conference
interesting and wo rthwhik, at
least adults like Raul Diaz~
An overflow crowd e11j0.
Director of RSVP. His young
son found other things to do.
rence for the camplls and community·
,,
Dr. Alex .Saragoza, a professor at U.C. Berkely, started· off the morning
: with a lecture io an enthusiastic audience. He spoke on the role of
women in preseroing their cultural heritage.
.
mments.
.
A conference on La Mujer of Today, was held at the CSUF College Union on Sep•
tember 27. Over two hundred women attended the conference and enjoyed listening
to several excellent speakers; Dr. Alex Saragoza, Irene Aparicio, and Blanche.
Shakir. A film, The Salt of the Earth, was also-shown.
.
Conference evaluations by the women attending stated they felt "very inspired and
motivated" by seeing so many Chicanas come together. The conference attracted a
diverse group of women; both from the campus and from the community; y~ung and
old, students, housewives, and professional women. They all felt that the conference
was very rewarding and agreed that other conferences, dealing with diverse issues
affecting Chicanas, should be regularly scheduled in the future.
· The conference on La Mujer was organized by Dr. Lea Ybarra-Soriano, an Asso•
ciate Professor in La Raza Studies. Dr. Ybarra is also director of Project T.E.A.C.H.
This conference was part of a series of events sponsored by T.E.A.C.H. (Teaching
Ethnic Awareness and Cultural Heritage).
Dr. Ybarra stated she was very pleased, and surprised, with the large turn-out of
women. She stated, "It certainly is indicative of the tremendous need and desire,
among Chicanas, for conferences and forums such as this. I certainly plan to work on
similar conferences in the future which will address other Chicana concerns."
La Voz De Azt!an
Page6
Mis Querldas ¥uJ8(es,
Successful CSUF Grad Returns ·
by ~ichard Rios
With personal roots which run deep in
the Valley Olivia Chavez is an example
of a Chica~a whose professional accomplishments have done much to improve
the Chicano community.
Born in Visalia, Ms. Chavez_,grady_ated
from Redwood high School. Her undergraduate education included attending
the College of the Sequoias (C.O.S.).
She received her B.A. from Fresno State
in 1973. Graduate schooling was undertaken at the University of New Mexico
where she received her Master's degree
in counseling in 1974.
After a short stint as a high school
counselor at Hanford High, Ms. Chavez
was hired as a Counselor and Graduate
school advisor for the EOP Office at UC
Santa C.ruz. Shortly thereafter, she was
appointed acting director of E.O.P. After
one year, she applied for and received
the permanent position of EOf:> director.
She also was placed in charge of Student
Affirmative Action.
Ms. Chavez worked at U.C.S.C. for a
period of three years. During that time
she was in charge of programs which introduced and provided support to Chicanos in higher education. She was directly involved in EOP and regular admis. sions. Ms. Chavez was the coordinator of
on-campus support systems. A graduate
.advisement program was established
which saw the EOP oro.zram achieve a BO·
percent graduate school advancement
rate. Her final act as E.O.P. director,
was the initiation and establishment of
the Early Outreach/Partnership Program which works with junior high and
high school students providing much
needed counseling . and academic assistance and, thus, increasing their chances
of success in college.
Ms. Chavez returned to C.S.U.F. in
the Fall of 1979 where she is now a counselor at the campus Counseling Center.
Her training and experience enable'· her
to provide professional services in areas
of personal, career and vocational, and
academic counseling.
Besides her regular duties as a counsler, Ms. Chavez has initiated additional
services. She has begun a Chicana Support Group, which is composed of Chicanas residing in the dorms. This group is
organized to bring Chicanas together
and provides them with support in order
to better deal with the adjustment to university life.
Las deseo ver mucho. Cada de
me han hecho ml vlda mucho mas fellz.
Siempre lugamos juntos, nos
chlsmes. v algunas veces, lloramoe
toe. Tai vez las muJeres mas Im
es en ml vlda son mi mama, Juanita,
abuelita. Eva, y ml hermanlta Mar11811.
Sin la ayuda y amor de ustedel,
creo que fuera sldo poslble contlnuar
mis estudlos.
Ojala. con la ayuda de Oloe,
Diclembre pudleramos hacer una
remenda con todas nuestras famll181.
She also directly assists the Chicana
l<e-Entrv student. Her expertise helps
them cope with the someti.mes difficult
transition to student/college life.
Ms. Chavez ha~ :;o definite plans that
will affect her career in the immediate
future. She may eventually pursue more
education in order ·to receive her doctorate. She is certain that she will remain to
work in the Valley and ·her career will
continue to assist Chicanos in realizing
their fun ootential by helping them make
+he most out of hijlher education.
Su Querido
League of
American
by
Angie Cisneros, President
For many years Chicanos in F
have worked and continue to mnbibute to the betterment of the Ch·
community and the Chicano farnilr
One such group is the League of
can-American Women.
In 1973 the League of Mexican-Amert
can Women organized as a Chapter a
ComisQn· Femenil. It's goals include
developing a strong and responsM
membership which is active in di
Fresno Community. An even more
portant iioal is assisting Chicanas mei
their own needs as well as those •
their families.
Medical School students giving information on how to enter health professions
during a Survival Skills Workshop.
The need for minorities in the health
field was the key topic of the Surwval
Ski I ls Conference .held on campus
last Saturday, October 11. The conference was co-sponsored bv the Chicano
Health Organization (CHO) and was
well attended by college and high school
students from throughout the Valley.
Two kevnote presentations were given
during the fWOrning session. The first,
presented ht Dr. Kathy Flores, related
facts which iffustrated the lack of proper
medical care received by the minority
segments c,f the population. She ex-
plained how having more minorities
in medicine would best solve this
problem.
The second soeaker was David' Pacheco, a professional health. planner.
His address, "Minority Admissions in
the 1980' s", dealt with the fact that
opportunities for minorities to be admitted into medical schools have never
been better. He also noted how the acute need for minority doctors in underserved areas has forced admissions
boards to no longer ignore minority
applicants.
Various workshops were held throughout the afternoon. These were conducted bv counselors and medical school
students who gave the conference participants useful information and advice on how to prepare for a career in
health.
Comments received from persons attendin~ the conference were positive.
Plans are being considered to make
the survival skills conference an annual
event at C.S.U.F.
In 1975 we established an annual
raising event which has proven to be
more successful than we expected. TM
is our annual fashion show. The pro,
ceeds are distributed every year in the
form of scholarships as the result d
last year's fashion show.
In 1977 we submitted a proposal to the
Fresno Employment and Training Contmission and received funds for a pro5ram that provided training for women;
specifically in non-traditional jobs. The
program Working Opportunities •
Women is still in existence and
to be successful. Members of the
League of Mexican-American W
sit on the Board of Directors of W .0.
In 1978 we were able to raise SSOO
for the women involved in the U.F.
strike in the Mendota area , and been
instrumental part of other commu
efforts to raise funds and support organizations. To date the League
Mexican-American Women has p
several women in key positions
local and state commissions and boards
We have established ourselves as
viable and working o~ganization.
This vear our Fashion Show is scheduled for November 29, donation
$15.00 oer person and we have a limited
number of space.
La Voz De Aztlan
October 20~ 1980
Paae7
Diversified Professional Careers .
Kathy Flores
unas Mujer~s de Fresno
·· Alicia Maldonado ·
Marty Uribes
I
by Fernando Quintero
She's Rot_ beauty, she's got brains,
and she's Chicana. Marty Uribes, a student at CSUF is also a reporter for KJ EO
Channel 47.
After graduating from Sanger High
school, Marty attended Fresno State
where she recieved her Bachelor of Arts
degree in journalism. She is currently
finishing up with electives.
With an emphasis on magazine writing, Marty realized the opportunities for
Chicana women in the electronic media
and found it to be an exciting challenge.
'lt'.s a terrific feeling to gain the viewer's credibility,"' she said.
Marty's advice for Chicanas interested
in the media field is simply "'to be
tough."' ·she sounds like she means it.
Marty Caballero
*It was an accident and sheer fright,"'
said Marty Caballero about her new job
as anchorperson
KMJ Channel 24' s
, mornina news. Marty first t:>eeame invot.:.
ved with the station as an announcer of
job openings for the Em~loy~ent De:velopment Department where she continues to work part time.
Marty was this year's co-hostess along
with Bob Long for Jerry Lewis's Labor
Day Muscular Dystropy telethon.
'Working at 24 is one of tbe most exciting thin~s that ever happened to me,*
she said, "'the ·only regret I have is the
lack of formal education in this paticular
field."'
Being motivated and dedicated are t)vo
important factors that are important to
Marty. She suggests that 'Clficanas who
are interested in working with the media
prove themselves and be ready for any-
for
thing.
LAS ADELITAS
Las Adelitas is a student organization
made up of Chicana women here on the
CSUF campus ~
The purpose of the organization is to
help Chicanas get acquainted with other
Chictanas on campus. -They work on educational, political, and social issues,
affecting the community and the_ CSUF
campus.
Initiation is a big attraction for the
Adelitas, in ~hich new member,; are introduced into the organization in a fun
way. The initiation builds ·a unity between the women. The Adelitas also
have yearly fundraisers which are the
Annual Halloween Dance and the Consentido dance. Adelitas donate ·money
made from fundraisers to different organizations on campus, and in the community.
Membership ranges from 20-25 members. Officers for the 1980-81 year are;
President-Martha Ramirez, VP-Deana
Garrido, Secretary Jackie Hernandez,
Treasurer-Lydia Guiterrez, Sergeant at
arms-Olivia Lucio.
Alicia Maldonado has led a very busy
life bein~ the first Chicana TV news re~
porter in the Valley to be working as pub_lic affairs coordinator at FM 91 Radio
Bilingue.
A native of Fresno, Alicia recalls how
she had always wanted to write. She was
on the Rampage staff at Fresno City College and worked for La Voz de Aztlan ·
and lnsiaht at Fresno State.-,
·1n 1971, she was hired at KFSN Channel 30 "'because it was there"' according
Alicia. "'The job opened up and I took it,"'
she said. Once she became involved with
the electronic m~ia, she began to work
her way up from copy person, to filmediting, and finally to producer. Alicia was
on the Media Advisory Council and produced several documentaries and interviews as public affairs coordinator. She
recently resigned from Channel 30 because of their "lack of commitment to the
minority convnunity," she said.
Alicia would like to see more Chicanas
in the media. "'Chicanas needn't fall into
the stereotype of being quiet and pass. ive. There are many capable Chicanas
out there that are taking clerical jobs."'
Included in Alicia's future plans are
writing a book dealing with a Chicana
growing up in society. She is verv excited about her new job at Radio Bilingue
She encourages Chicanas or Chicanos to
talk to her about the media and get to
know more about it. If there's anyone
who would know anything about the
media--A1icia would.
Maria Hurtado
by Connie Soto
"'A Chicana needs a career just as
much as a Chicano. And the opportunities are in our reach."' Maria Hurtado,
dedicated to the child development of
the Chicanito, emphasizes the importance of the Chicana in education.
Mrs. Hurtado directs her own esquelita in Fresno, "'Hacienaa De Los Amiqitos" where Chicano students can maintain their culture without being pressured into the Anglo's norm. She is also active in the Child development Association
which awards teachers a national credential.
Mrs. Hurtado first began as a teacher's aide, in 1965, which-led her to the
experience of a teacher's train~r for six
years. Later she became an ed4cation
coordinator for two.vears. She explains
how "headstart" encouraged her further
·;nterest of child ·development by working with p00r children, the majority were
Chicanos. In accordance, Mrs. Hurtado
developed a Chicano curriculum for the
necessity of a bilingual bi-cultural program.
Mrs. Hurtado graduated from CSUv
in 1975 to continue her plans as an educator. She advises other Chicanas who
are interested in education that there is a
widespread need for bilingual teachers.
Mrs. Hurtado adds, "I enjoy my job and
there is no reason why other Chicanas
cannot. The opportunity is there."'
by Richard Rios
Dr. Flores is living proof that a Chicana from the Valle de San Joaquin
can rise to succeed in the medical profession.
Born and raised in Fresno, Dr. Flores
graduated from Roosevelt High in 1971.
She attended Stanford University where
By Sandra Conzales
she received her B.A. degree in Human
Biology in 1975. She then was admitted
Mary Marcelletti, new director of the to the U.C. Davis Medical School
Magnet School Planning Program, feels where she received her M.D. degree
a stronR commitment not only as an in 1919. ·
Dr. Flores is currently in her second
ethnic, but as an individual, •to better
the whole education situation for society."' year of Family Practice training at
As director of the program,het1'esoon- Valley Medical Center (VMC). As a
sibilities and priorities are geared tow- resident doctor, she rotates through the
ards helping any or all students caught various wards of VMC where she may
work in such areas as Pediatrics and Surup in the problem of racial isolation.
The program, funded by a one-year gery.
grant · under the Federal Emergency
School Aid Act, is designed to lessen the
problem of segregation in Fresno
schools.
Mary Marcelletti ·
Marcelletti said that they are currently
looking at proposals and ideas for
schools which would offer alternatives
for inducing voluntary desegregation.
One of Marcelletti's main responsibilities is to coordinate and implement
those activities which would substantiate
a number of students-from social back- ·
grounds.
Marcelletti, a graduate of California
State University, Fresno, has previously
taught at Fresno City Schools in West
Fresno. She has also . traveled to South
America where she stayed for over a
year teaching in Venenzuela.
Before being named director of the
Magnet School Planning Program,
Marcelletti was Coordinator of the bilingual program at the state and local
levels. She has also been involved with
the Mexican Association of Education. ·
"'One of the areas that has been most
rewarding has been in the educaiton of
Chica.nos. I think education is one of the
ways we could improve the whole world.
As Chicanos, we need to take care of
ourselves and our needs," she said.
Although her new position has its definite priorities, Marcelletti said that her
outside activities ~re directed to Chicanos "where my energies are best directed toward."'
Or. Flores will complete her residency
in one vear. Her goals for the future are
to set uo a practice in the Valley and to
establish a Chicano professional center.
She olans to take several vears off
from actively practicing medicine in order to devote time to rais!_ng ~ f~_f!l_iJy_.
Dr. Flores stresses the idea that a person
can both practice medicine and have a
family.
Dr. Flores encourages Raza to enter
the medical profession. Especially noted
was the need for Chicana doctors and
nurses.
She acknowledges the tact
that many obstacles must be overcome in
order to enter the medical profession.
Dr. Flores is confident, however, that
these barriers can be overcome if one
makes a personal commitment and has a
•r11e concern for the community.
LAS ADJ: LITAS presents the 4th annual
a.a&&flWII
-··--
CSUF Re~dence Hall
October 24, 1980
9:00p.m.-1:00a.m.
Donation
s2.so w/costume,
•
s3_00 w/out
La Voz De Aztlan
Pa1e 8
October 20, 1980
Alicia de Clark
La Senora tras de/ Ca-ndidato
La Voz:
Por Margarita M. Martinez
·
Estuvo en Fresno el 13 de octubre
la Senora Alicia Garcia Cobos de Clark,
la esposa de Ed Clark el candidato
libertario para presidente.
Ella campana adivamen~e por ~us
ideas libertarias. Hizo esta entrev1sta
con La Voz de Aztlan en espanol.
La Voz: Sra. Clark digame un poquito
de Usted.
Naci en Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico. y ·fui a la escuela secundaria
Preparatoria de Vera Cruz en donde
obtuve mi titulo de la chillera en Sciencias y letras y despu~s de eso me fui
a la universidad Nacional de Mejico
en donde estudie la carrera de engenieria quimica industrial.
Lue~o ·de alli, fui a trab~jar como
quimica a una gran empresa. Esta empresa produce fibras textiles para la
industria textile. Precive que necesitaba yo conocer un poquito mas de los
problemas de mis clientes, los fabricantes de telas, asi es que estando trabajando regrese a estudiar engenier:ia
textil.
Nuevamente volvi a la escuela a estudiar publicidad y promocion de ventas
de una de las companias privadas
mas grande del pais. En 1968 una
revista Mexicana me nombro una de las
cinco mujeres exucutivos de Mejico
mas imoortantes, yen 1970
·
pomocion muy bonita que organise
para la compania la Asociacion National
de las Publicidad me nombro uno de los
diez ejecutivo de publicidad en Mejico.
como conocio a su esposot
En ese ano 1970 conoci a mi esposo
durante unos de mis viajes a Nueva
York y,poco despue~ decidirnos casarnos
y me movi de la cuidad de Meji~o a la
cuidad de Nueva York. Ahora vivo en
Los Angeles con mi esposo y mi hijo
de seis anos, Ned, el cual es bi-lingue y
bi-cultural.
Pero antes de casarme tuve la oportunidad de viajar. He estado en Europa
mucha veces por quesfiones de trabajo
y de vacaciones.
He estado en Columbia Venezuela,
Brazil, Peru, Argentina. Viaje muco
aprendi mucho, trabaje mucho antes
ge casarme.
Y despues de · casada cuan~o yo
supe que me iba casar yo dije "bueno
pues casarse es todavia mas importante
que ser una mujer de negocios, _un
ejecutivo asi que devuelta a la escuela
a estudiar. Esta vez a estudiar economia
domestica · decoracion de interi~res,
arreglo fl~ral, codna psicolo~ia e~
el matrimonio, la psicologia del Mexicano, psicologia ae1 l\mericano, etc.,
etc.
Ha tratado de ·que pudiera yo estar
preparada tome dases hasta de como
trabajar en la casa, · como lavar, como
planchar v como limpiar.
Pero porque cuando uno se mueve
·de Mejico, para aca uno tiene que hacer
todo asi es que no iba yo a tener a
nadie para ensenareme.
No iba yo a tener una mama, una tia,
una hermana, a nadie.
Asi que dije mas vale que me p·onga
yo a aprender antes de irme y asi lo hice
porque lo mismo al momento que yo
decidir casareme queria yo hacer una
muy buena esposa y me puse aprender
todo.
·
Ed Clark, Canidato por Presidental.
•
Al poco tiempo llego nuestro hijo y
me dediaue a ·ser madre por tres anos y
uespues de tres anos mi esposo empezo
a estar muy envuelto en la question
politica del partido. En 1968 cuando
fue candidato gobernador de California
y dedice poner me esfuerzo en ayudarle
a el desde entonces ha estado en campanias.
y en estos tres anos me he dedicado
a ayudar a mi esposo, a estudiar y a
aprender lo mas que puedo de el pais.
Soy una especia de secretaria privada
para el. Manejo todas las cosas en orden
1
Y hago campania para e ·
La Voz: Sra. Clark muchas veces a
la mujer M~xicana se_ le dice que _no
es necesario estudiar, que s_u lugar es
en la casa. Que dice usted a estot
Tuve ese problema con mis amistades
afortunadamente no con mi madre. ·
Porque mi madre fue al revez. Mi
madre dijo "yo quiero que ustedes
tengan una carrera antes de casarse
para que cuando se c~sen ustedes
dependan de si mismas. Y si se casan se
casan porque los quieren y porque
ellos las quieren a ustedes. Pero no
quiero que dependan pani siempre de
que si el senor las quiere mantener o
no las quiere mantener."
Ella siempre lucho para que • estudiaramos y hicieramos una carrera tanto a mi
hermana como yo. Pero si, alrededor
mio-en general la idea era ·"para que vas
a la escuela. Para que estudias. No
seas tonta te vas a casar. No va a
servir de nada. Todo es dinero votado a
la calle y cosas por el estilo.
No estoy de acuerdo con es;o porque ·
tan solo la seguridad que le da a una
mujer el hecho de tener un titulo. El
hecho de saber que ella es capaz de
lograr esos titulo es bastante. Muy lejos
de romper las relaciones con el marido
yo creo que las estrecha.
El welfare es otra cosa. Es el mis:
. g~bierno el que ha. criado e ste seenle
m1ento. Y o no creo que e_s 1a I
lo que la ha criado si no el gob1erno. .
He estado platicando con
personas. Una oersona en mas
.. u~a __
d e Ias cosas .
Cruz. me d 110.
terribles que el gobierno Amer
ha hecho a los Hispanos es el we1~
Que esta: destruyendo a las farnilias
que las mujeres se separan de losesposos facilmente para vivir en welfare
Que sea que en lugar de esta~ •
yudando en realidad los estan
icando. Y esto me lo dijo un
Americana. Esto es el sentim·
ellos tienen que el gobierno
comprar los votos de los Hi
esta ofreciendo programas Y
dependientes.
s:=5
r
El unico que el gobierno esta
es que millones de gente
ellos. En lugar de ayudarlos
suficientes. Lo que Ed
en mente es ayudar a la
suficiente por si mismo. ~
guarde mas del dinero que
bolsillo oara que cuide de su
The median age for Chicanas in
United -5tates is 21.3 years com
with 30.6 for all women.
About 1 of 3 Chicanas is under age 'I(
compared with about 1 of 5 of all women.
Chicanas still lag substantiaHy behi
all women in formal education; that is,
education obtained in a regular sdm
system that advances a person toward
elementary school certificate or hiaft
school diploma,. or professional scholl
degree.
Median years of school completed br
all adult women age 25 and over
12.4 years, compared with only 8.6 years
La Voz: Que es la relacion que tiene
by Chicanas of the same age.
usted con la gente Mexicana en la camIn 1978, the labor force participaticll
pania de su esposo.
rate for Chicanas (47 percent) was somewhat below the rate (49 percent) for
Sra. Clark: Basicamente yo soy un
women, but their unemployment rate
elemento importante en la campania , (11.4) percent was substantially higher
de espanol. Estoy encargada de traducir than the 7.0 percent rate for all women.
_ al espanol los anuncios de television,
Employed Chicanas are more Ii
los anuncios de radios.
than other employed women to be
Una pregunta que tengo muy a blue-collar work, or in the lower-payi
menudo cuando tengo entrevistas
service occupations.
en ingles es que me dicen, J/Sra. cuando
In 1977, median income for emp~
usted hace campania como puede Chicanas was $5,080, 83 percent
usted hacer.campania entre los Hispanos the median for all women.
·
dicen, los- Hispanos estan por gobierno
In 1978, only 4~ percent ofthe emplot
fuerte ellos lo unico que quieren es que ed Chicanas were in white-collar jobs
el 2obierno los mantenga y eso me da compared to 64 percent of all em~
coraje. H
U.S. women.
Roughly 22 percent of alt emp
Porque los hago saber que no es
cierto.
Los Mexicanos, los . Latinos U.S. women in 1978 worked in profet
en general que vienen a este pais son sional-technical and managerjal pos,gente muy trabajadora que vienen • tions, where median annual income ffJ
para buscar un nuevo horizonte en sus, all women was over $10,100. Only 11
percent of the Chicanas held these
vidas.
La mayoria son honrados, trabaja- higher-paying jobs . .
Average (median) family income •
dores que van hacer u n contribucion
a este pais. Que lo que rnenos esperan the United States was about S16,000. ill
es que el gobierno los mantenga. Lo 1977. The average for Mexican-Amert
que menos esperan es el · welfare. Lo can families was $11,740, about threeque menos esperan es sacar veritaja del fourths of that for all U.S. families.
For families maintained by Chicanas
social security.
average income was about $6,170, co,npared to $7,765. for all female-headed
Pero parece ser que el gobierno a families.
tratado de comprar los votos de los
About 46 percent of the fam iIies headHispanps ofreciendoles dinero o pro- ed by Chicanas, in 1977, were below the
gramas especial es .
Californ,a
State
Monday
O~tober 20, 1980
andidate 's wife
1
Clark stresses · the alternative'
by Margarita M. Martinez
She discussed many of her husband's
policies. One of her main themes was
that of a massive cut in inc:ome tax.
Alicia Carcia Cobos de · Clark, wife
of Libertarian Party presidential - candidate Ed Clark, was at CSUF last
Monday to discuss her husband's cam-
The proP9sed tax cut wou]d amount
to $110 billion·a year.
paign.
Mrs. Clark also . traveled to the
Chicano Youth Center and the Hope
Manor senior citizen's home.
The idea of the tax cut was for people
to have more money to spend. "Two
· things wifl hap~n," said Mrs. Clark.
"One, they are going to save some of
this money and the banks will have more
money to invest in the economy of the
country and two, the people are going
to use this money to solve their own
problems ."
By putting billions of -dollars into the
private economy, she felt, the companies
would have to increase their product~on
to fulfill the demand. By doing this
they would have to create many jobs.
· Mrs. Clark affirmed that according to
a group of economists this income tax
cut would create in only one year five
million _new jobs in ~he private industry.
Throughout the interview Mrs. Clark
spoke in both English and Spanish .
She stated she was an important element
in her husband's .campaign.
Stie
translates all the radio and television
announcements into Spanjsh.
Mrs. Clark said that in her interviews with Anglos she was always
asked, "f-:low can you campaign in
Spanish-speaking areas? The Hispanics
want a strong government.· All they
want is for the government to support
them."
'They try to bu-y the Hispanic vote by offering them
money or special programs. The only thing the
government is doing is making millions of people
d_ependent upon them.'
Alicia de Clark
Another area where Ed Clark is very
concerned, according to Mrs. Clark
is education.
.
"Wfiat he proposes is that any individual _who wants to help in the education of any child, whether it be his
own child, a niece or a neighbor's child,
can keep $1,200 out of his income tax
to send this child to whatever school
they feel is best," explained Mrs .·
Clark. "We believe education is one of
the most important issues, on the other
hand, the other candidates aren't even
talking about it."
When asked about John Anderson
receiving all the attention as the only
alternative Mr:s. Clark replied, "One
of the biggest problems we thought
we were going to have was the opening
ofth~"American people's minds with the
idea that there is not only Republicans
. and Democrats. Before Mr. Anderson
came out of .the Republican ·party he
had 5 percent of the vote according to
the polls. When he left the party, from
one day to the next, he went from 5
percent to 25 percent. This demonstrated the disenchantment of the people
in general towards the two party
system."
Mrs. Clark felt John Anderson had
helped to open_-the people's minds to
the idea of an alternative. She stated
.the polls show that Ed Clark has 5 percent of the vote which she feels will
increase by the time of the elections .
People are tired of the government
, bureaucracy, according_to Mrs. Clark,
and as an alternative would turn to the
Photo by John Biek_
Libertarian oartv. The party believes
in a "very small government interAlicia de Clark was in Fresno last Monday camp~igning for husband E;d Clark.
ference ."
This was something that always
anszered her. She would am?rilv resoond
"Mexican people in general come·to the
United St-a tes to work . They are lookingfor a new beginning . Most of them are
honest workers who can make great
contributions. What they least want
is for the government to support·them.
What ttiey least want is welfare."
"They try to buy the Hispanic vote by
offering them nioney or special programs. The only thing the government
is doing is that it is making millions
of people dependent upon them,"
stated Mrs. Clark.
She said Ed Clark's goals were to
make people self-sufficient and less
dependent on the government
Mrs. Clark was born ir:i Vera Cruz,
Mexico. She married Ed Clark in
1970, they have one child, Edward Jr.,
who is bilingual and bicultural.
She has degrees from the National
University ·and
the National ·
Polytechnic Institute Textile School,
both are in Mexico City. She also
wa named one of five top executive
women in Mexico by one of the top
national magazines and in 1969 she
was named one · of ten top executives
in Publicity and Advertising in Mexico
by the Mexican Advertising Association .
She attended the New York lnstitue
of Advertising.
·
Mrs. Clark's father, Rafael Carcia
Aully, was the mayor of Vera Cruz,
Mexico. He was also a member of the
Mexican National Assembly.
Note: For a more personal interview
in Spanish see page eight.
Pa1e2
October 20, 1!11
La Voz De Azt~n
Historically, Chicanas have come. a long way
cana 's, it has often been our mother's and grandmother's. These are the. giant'J
our lives and the people that, by their example, gave us our peredspective. Ti
women were not schooled in the popular sense, but they were educat ·
.
I am reminded of my gr;mdmother who could stretch a dollar clear mto
month. She was more disciplined than anyone I have ever known. We ':°"Id
tell the time of day by watching her. It was 4:00 a.m. when she awoke;; wasd'
I often think of Chicanos as in some way more fortunate, in spite of poverty, than noon (on the dot) when we had our lunch; it was 5:30 p.m. when we ha our m
other ethnic minorities, because we have not been part.of the mainstream and thus etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. The interesting thing about all of this is that she
much less "Americanized. 11 We have retained much of our cultural heritage and, as in this manner whether we lived in a house, a tent, or a labor camp. She never
such, can make a public contribution from our own unique perspective. In a sense it ed to read, but she could pray for three days without r~ating a s~ngle prayer..
is our "marginality" and our separateness as a people (forced as it was) that has work she did in the home was highly valued by the family; she was like a beacon in
allowed us to develop a perspective that does not copy or emulate popular thought.
often stormy sea. She brought us great stability and a belief that a life, no matter
This perspective is based upon many years of struggle to maintain and hold to- or where it is lived, has order.
.
gether our families, to eke out a living in an often hostile environment, and to retain a.
My mother, on the other hand, worked in the fields. It was said that ~ did
sense of pride in who we are as a people, in spite of the strong forces that tell us · work of a man and could outdo or keep up with the best pickers in harvestif!l 1
otherwise. Less romanticaly, this was also due, in part, to the type of work we did: cotton, strawberries, melons, chili, and anything else that grew. The family's
field hands, migrant workers, railroad workers, etc., work that. brought us into much in her. ability was indeed great, and we never ceased to be amazed at her.great
less contact with "dominant society. 11 Historically, our children were herded around These women, although very different, and performing different duties
with us from work site to work site and often had little if any contact with schools family, had great dignity and pride, and were to be respected by all w~o k'!ew
They gave a sense of dignity to what could have been a desperate situation.
where the "great melt" takes place. In places like New Mexico, where Mexicans remained in one place for long periods of time, the schools were "Mexican schools, " and countless other women like them, made our poverty one of economy, and not
of the spirit. They taught us that Chicanos have never been spiritually con
and the "opportunity" for Americanization was not as severe.
If institutions have not contributed in a significant way to our perspective, then and it is this :.freshness of perspective that we Chicanas bring with us to the
who has contributed to the molding of the Chicana of the 80 's? Who have been the of the BO's.
influential people in our lives, the role models? I w_ould venture to say that for ChiWe as Chicana 's are being challenged in the 80 's to make a major contribution in
all areas of life; the 80 's are being cited as the decade of the Chicano. As I think of
this, I see that we have always made major contributions; the difference now is that
we are being asked to do,this in a more public way.
.
.
In an effort to broaden our news
I felt a special issu.e was needed to ·
into light a much forgotten fac:tia
our society, La Mujer.
As education becomes a vital W
success, no longer can we stereotype
take for granted, the Chicana de
La Chicana is much more aware of
role and now defends herself willl
intellect, not her tears. The
woman is slowly becoming a mere
almost extinct.
We must not overlook their 1oals
assist them in their dreams. We
take into consideration, as Chicanas,
face many obstacles, but as
•
their road to success is twice as
Although this issue deals mostly
successfully proven Chicanas, I am
for not having been ·able to have
more Chicanas, whom we have
ed.
With only so much time, space,
manpower, our resources are
limited, but I hope we have put
our message.
Edward Aparicio
Editor-in-Chief
~
i
.c
Q.
ess Avila speaks to Chicanos-In-Law on issues concerning the community
Founded in 1969
Editor-in-Chief: F.clward Apui:io
La Raza Law_yer's Association
Chicanos-ln-LaW
. update
"We' re winding up our first year of existence and we're hoping to be acknowledged by the state board .next year,"
Avila commented. "Then we'll be in the
position to send one delegate to the State
Bar Convention."
Jess Avila, member of La Raza Law- - -·Although the Association is already
yers association in Fresno, spoke to Chi- well established, having been courted by
canos--ln-Law about their organization several politicians for endorsements
and their role in the community.
they refrain from patting one another on'
the back . "It's easy for us to think we're
Just into existence .one year, Avila up in the clouds ... untou$=hed."
stated the La Raza Lawyers Association
has approximately three-fourths of the
The membership has a wide scope of
Chicano lawyers in Fresno and antici- professionals,
including
Honorable
. ate bigger. things for the next year . Judge Armando Rodriquez and Bob
Perez, one the States most prominen
personal injury attorneys.
We need you (students) to keep us
down to earth," Avila claimed. "We
welcome any issue you may have which
you feel concerns us (Raza)."
Excited about Chicanos-In-Law at
CSUF, Avila stated the Association is
more than willing to lend any professional advice or aid they are able to. "Our
membership is quite young, thus ·we·are
able to relate to· what you are going
through," Avila stated .
Ma.'llging Editor: Margarita ~
Sports Editor: Eli Gaucla
Photo F.clitor: Robert Hernandaz
Photographers:
Richa..,l Rim, I •
Vallez
Production ·Manager: Dora L. Lira
Advertising Co-Managers: Alm BOIDIIO
Hector Romero
Artist: Harold Porru
Staff Reporten:
Sandra
Goma)el.
Yolanda Granados, Fernando Quintero,
Pete Ramirez, Connie Soto, Yolanda
· Soto, Rosalva Villegas
La Voz De Azt1an office is locat.ed ill
the Keats Campus Building on die
CSUF campus.
Letters to the editor are welcomed.
La Voz De Aztlan reserves the right CO
edit letters. Submission does not
guarantee publication.
October 20, 1980
La Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
QSUF Student
Martinez finds 'Amigos' Health Program
vastly essential in the Dominican Republic
by Pete Ramirez
The music is merengue, food is not
wasted, and women do not have to fear
walking at night. These are just a few
memories Olga Martinez has brought
back from- a month spent this past summer in the Dominican Republic.
Olga, a Health Science major at CSUF
had the opportunity to travel and work in
the Dominican Republic by participating
in the Am'igos De Las Americas Program.
·
To accomplish this, Amigos trains volunteers through . a program which lasts
from six to eight months. The program consists of training in the fields of
visual screening, dental hygiene, immunization, and animal husbandry, ·
In addition, they have to be qualified in
first aid. They must learn the language,
cu1ture, and history of the Latin American country they will be visiting.
The countries which participate in this
program are Mexico, Bolivia, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Columbia, Peru, Honduras, and Paraguay.
The headquarters ot Amigos is in Houston, Texas with Fresno being the newest chapter out of 30 scattered around
the United States.
It was at Miami that Olga got to see
Mark Diaz who took a different flight
, by way of Chicago. He was only there
for 15 minutes before taking a flight to
Paraguay, his destination. Olga stayed
overnight at the airport and then left
for Santa Domingo the next afternoon.
The high humidity of the country was
what greeted Olga in her adopted country. f:xpecting to live and work out in
the countryside , Olga was quite surprised that she would be living inside
the capitol citv with her adopted family.
Olga's new home consisted of a small
wooden trame nouse with running water
for cooking and drinking. A contrast in
her adopted family's financial status
was that although the family had a car,
her shower consisted of only a.bucket of
water to pour over her h·ead. "They
couldn't believe that in the United States
we only take\ one shower a day while
there in that cQuntry because of the high
humidity, you 'have to bathe three times
aday." .
'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich
· and poor with hardly a middle class existing.
"'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich and poor with hardly a middle class existing. If there is a middle
class, I think my adopted family may be
considered middle class by ownership of Olaa Martinez' trip to the Dominican Republic proved both educational and enjoyable.
a car,~ replied Olga when asked if ~er
hosts were tinancially comfortable.
A different experience in the Domin- She also found that the father is not as
Olga's day in Santa Domingo consistican Republic wa:s hitch~hiking.
Al- strict with his daughters as are fathers in
In order to raise tne necessary money ed of waking up earJy in the morning and
though, in the United States a girl other Latin American countries. In fact
hitch-hiking is looked down upon, in girls can drink beer early in their teens.
for the trip, Olga had to help in fund- wa1king to a designated area. All theraisers. She even held a big yard sale ,, Amigo' volunteers gathered for their
the Dominican Republic it is a common
day's assignment in the surrounding
at her parents home in Mendota. The
way of transportation. With the crime
rate very low in that country as comA common occurance in the house
cost of her entire trip came to 1,790 countryside to vaccinate· the people.
pared to the United States, it ' was safe· where Olga lived was the huge cock
dollars with most of the amount paid by
to hitch-hike.
. roaches called "'cuca rachas"' which came
A frustration which plagued Olga ~nd
various fundraisers Amigos held.
out ·at nhcht to look for food and flew
the other volunteers was the wait to be
in the hous~, usually colliding into
assigned a village to start work for the
For Olga the entire trip was exciting
day. In order to kill time they enterOlga found out how it easy it was to
people who occupied the house•
from the start of her flight from Fresno
tained the neighborhood kids with pup- get a ride. On one occassion she and ,
When it came to l~avin~ her ado~ted
to Santa Domingo the capitol of Domin- pets and games. There was never a other volunteers wanted to go to the
country Olga coul~n t believe the time
ican Republic. The flight was her first shortage of kids as thev were fascinated beach. They stood by the road with a · had passed_ so gu1ckly. She ho~s she
ever on a commercial jet. Her-first stop by their first glimpse of "Americans."'
group of Dominicans standing in front can 8? a~~~n next summer but if she
was in Denver where she met other Amiand behind them seeking a ride. The does 1t will probably be to another
gos from various chapters all over the
The peo~le of that neighborhood
first group to be pickec4 up was Olga and countrv ·
Western United States. After spending
would ask :•~s · to innoculate them
her companions instead of the other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - four hours and changing jets, Olga whenever we had the chance, but for the two groups of Dominicans.
The training sessions have begun
embarked again and landed in Miami, -✓ ones we treated there were hundreds
here in Fresno.
The meetings are
Florida.
more who needed shots. We ran out of
~yery Tuesday night from 7:00 to 10:00
"'The Miami I saw was not the Miami supplies on certain days," replied Olga.
behi.1d Sacred Heart Church in Room
As to what attributed to this Olga
of TV," remarked Olga of her- first imanswered "'My companions have blono #5. lfyou have any questions in regards
pression of the city. She was surprised
Olga_ discovered the different at- hair and they associate all Americans · to Amiaos, please feel free to call 229that all the airport personnel were Cu- - titudes of the Dominican Republic
with blond hair. Dominicans are very 9382 or write to:
•ans ano other Latin People: .. "When people toward the United States. Her
interested in Americans and their cul- Amigos de las Americas
ture.
Another reason was to show off c/o Kay Miles
they spoke to me it was in Spanish, not adopted father would turn on the radio to
4014 E. Michigan
that an American was riding in that
the Spanish spoken here but the kind listen to the news which was always
Fresno, CA 93703
Dominican's
car."'
spoken in the Carribean area. They mis- dominated by the · United States.
If interested in joining Amigos, Olga
Olga had plenty of time to learn the
took me for being Cuban or Dominican
Thinking that all Americans were
because of my dark features. When I rich caused negative feelings toward culture of that country. She learned . suggests you attend the next meeti!lg
spoke in English they were surprisedJ"' the United States by some of the Dom- to dance to merengue, the ·country's on Tuesday nigh~, because your chances
music which is somewhat like Salsa. may decrease if you let time slip by.
said Olga.
inicans.
The adventure began for Olga in Feburary of this year. She was one of 13
volunteers at the beginning but that
number dwindled to three by the time ·
· preparations were made to leave in July.
The other two volunteers were Mark
Diaz of Fresno and Robert Smith of
Madera.
Irene Aparicio, a recreational therapist at Fresno Community Hospital
discussed the topic of menial health and Chicanas and also instructed
the women· in relaxation exercises.
Ybarra-Soriano, introd ·
for the conference.
Blan:c!i,e s_hakir, .from Metro Ministry, encouraged audience
participation as she sooke on "Parentin,!'': Understanding
Yo urse(f, Understanding Your child.
i !;t'i\: \, ········ --
Men also found the conference
interesting and wo rthwhik, at
least adults like Raul Diaz~
An overflow crowd e11j0.
Director of RSVP. His young
son found other things to do.
rence for the camplls and community·
,,
Dr. Alex .Saragoza, a professor at U.C. Berkely, started· off the morning
: with a lecture io an enthusiastic audience. He spoke on the role of
women in preseroing their cultural heritage.
.
mments.
.
A conference on La Mujer of Today, was held at the CSUF College Union on Sep•
tember 27. Over two hundred women attended the conference and enjoyed listening
to several excellent speakers; Dr. Alex Saragoza, Irene Aparicio, and Blanche.
Shakir. A film, The Salt of the Earth, was also-shown.
.
Conference evaluations by the women attending stated they felt "very inspired and
motivated" by seeing so many Chicanas come together. The conference attracted a
diverse group of women; both from the campus and from the community; y~ung and
old, students, housewives, and professional women. They all felt that the conference
was very rewarding and agreed that other conferences, dealing with diverse issues
affecting Chicanas, should be regularly scheduled in the future.
· The conference on La Mujer was organized by Dr. Lea Ybarra-Soriano, an Asso•
ciate Professor in La Raza Studies. Dr. Ybarra is also director of Project T.E.A.C.H.
This conference was part of a series of events sponsored by T.E.A.C.H. (Teaching
Ethnic Awareness and Cultural Heritage).
Dr. Ybarra stated she was very pleased, and surprised, with the large turn-out of
women. She stated, "It certainly is indicative of the tremendous need and desire,
among Chicanas, for conferences and forums such as this. I certainly plan to work on
similar conferences in the future which will address other Chicana concerns."
La Voz De Azt!an
Page6
Mis Querldas ¥uJ8(es,
Successful CSUF Grad Returns ·
by ~ichard Rios
With personal roots which run deep in
the Valley Olivia Chavez is an example
of a Chica~a whose professional accomplishments have done much to improve
the Chicano community.
Born in Visalia, Ms. Chavez_,grady_ated
from Redwood high School. Her undergraduate education included attending
the College of the Sequoias (C.O.S.).
She received her B.A. from Fresno State
in 1973. Graduate schooling was undertaken at the University of New Mexico
where she received her Master's degree
in counseling in 1974.
After a short stint as a high school
counselor at Hanford High, Ms. Chavez
was hired as a Counselor and Graduate
school advisor for the EOP Office at UC
Santa C.ruz. Shortly thereafter, she was
appointed acting director of E.O.P. After
one year, she applied for and received
the permanent position of EOf:> director.
She also was placed in charge of Student
Affirmative Action.
Ms. Chavez worked at U.C.S.C. for a
period of three years. During that time
she was in charge of programs which introduced and provided support to Chicanos in higher education. She was directly involved in EOP and regular admis. sions. Ms. Chavez was the coordinator of
on-campus support systems. A graduate
.advisement program was established
which saw the EOP oro.zram achieve a BO·
percent graduate school advancement
rate. Her final act as E.O.P. director,
was the initiation and establishment of
the Early Outreach/Partnership Program which works with junior high and
high school students providing much
needed counseling . and academic assistance and, thus, increasing their chances
of success in college.
Ms. Chavez returned to C.S.U.F. in
the Fall of 1979 where she is now a counselor at the campus Counseling Center.
Her training and experience enable'· her
to provide professional services in areas
of personal, career and vocational, and
academic counseling.
Besides her regular duties as a counsler, Ms. Chavez has initiated additional
services. She has begun a Chicana Support Group, which is composed of Chicanas residing in the dorms. This group is
organized to bring Chicanas together
and provides them with support in order
to better deal with the adjustment to university life.
Las deseo ver mucho. Cada de
me han hecho ml vlda mucho mas fellz.
Siempre lugamos juntos, nos
chlsmes. v algunas veces, lloramoe
toe. Tai vez las muJeres mas Im
es en ml vlda son mi mama, Juanita,
abuelita. Eva, y ml hermanlta Mar11811.
Sin la ayuda y amor de ustedel,
creo que fuera sldo poslble contlnuar
mis estudlos.
Ojala. con la ayuda de Oloe,
Diclembre pudleramos hacer una
remenda con todas nuestras famll181.
She also directly assists the Chicana
l<e-Entrv student. Her expertise helps
them cope with the someti.mes difficult
transition to student/college life.
Ms. Chavez ha~ :;o definite plans that
will affect her career in the immediate
future. She may eventually pursue more
education in order ·to receive her doctorate. She is certain that she will remain to
work in the Valley and ·her career will
continue to assist Chicanos in realizing
their fun ootential by helping them make
+he most out of hijlher education.
Su Querido
League of
American
by
Angie Cisneros, President
For many years Chicanos in F
have worked and continue to mnbibute to the betterment of the Ch·
community and the Chicano farnilr
One such group is the League of
can-American Women.
In 1973 the League of Mexican-Amert
can Women organized as a Chapter a
ComisQn· Femenil. It's goals include
developing a strong and responsM
membership which is active in di
Fresno Community. An even more
portant iioal is assisting Chicanas mei
their own needs as well as those •
their families.
Medical School students giving information on how to enter health professions
during a Survival Skills Workshop.
The need for minorities in the health
field was the key topic of the Surwval
Ski I ls Conference .held on campus
last Saturday, October 11. The conference was co-sponsored bv the Chicano
Health Organization (CHO) and was
well attended by college and high school
students from throughout the Valley.
Two kevnote presentations were given
during the fWOrning session. The first,
presented ht Dr. Kathy Flores, related
facts which iffustrated the lack of proper
medical care received by the minority
segments c,f the population. She ex-
plained how having more minorities
in medicine would best solve this
problem.
The second soeaker was David' Pacheco, a professional health. planner.
His address, "Minority Admissions in
the 1980' s", dealt with the fact that
opportunities for minorities to be admitted into medical schools have never
been better. He also noted how the acute need for minority doctors in underserved areas has forced admissions
boards to no longer ignore minority
applicants.
Various workshops were held throughout the afternoon. These were conducted bv counselors and medical school
students who gave the conference participants useful information and advice on how to prepare for a career in
health.
Comments received from persons attendin~ the conference were positive.
Plans are being considered to make
the survival skills conference an annual
event at C.S.U.F.
In 1975 we established an annual
raising event which has proven to be
more successful than we expected. TM
is our annual fashion show. The pro,
ceeds are distributed every year in the
form of scholarships as the result d
last year's fashion show.
In 1977 we submitted a proposal to the
Fresno Employment and Training Contmission and received funds for a pro5ram that provided training for women;
specifically in non-traditional jobs. The
program Working Opportunities •
Women is still in existence and
to be successful. Members of the
League of Mexican-American W
sit on the Board of Directors of W .0.
In 1978 we were able to raise SSOO
for the women involved in the U.F.
strike in the Mendota area , and been
instrumental part of other commu
efforts to raise funds and support organizations. To date the League
Mexican-American Women has p
several women in key positions
local and state commissions and boards
We have established ourselves as
viable and working o~ganization.
This vear our Fashion Show is scheduled for November 29, donation
$15.00 oer person and we have a limited
number of space.
La Voz De Aztlan
October 20~ 1980
Paae7
Diversified Professional Careers .
Kathy Flores
unas Mujer~s de Fresno
·· Alicia Maldonado ·
Marty Uribes
I
by Fernando Quintero
She's Rot_ beauty, she's got brains,
and she's Chicana. Marty Uribes, a student at CSUF is also a reporter for KJ EO
Channel 47.
After graduating from Sanger High
school, Marty attended Fresno State
where she recieved her Bachelor of Arts
degree in journalism. She is currently
finishing up with electives.
With an emphasis on magazine writing, Marty realized the opportunities for
Chicana women in the electronic media
and found it to be an exciting challenge.
'lt'.s a terrific feeling to gain the viewer's credibility,"' she said.
Marty's advice for Chicanas interested
in the media field is simply "'to be
tough."' ·she sounds like she means it.
Marty Caballero
*It was an accident and sheer fright,"'
said Marty Caballero about her new job
as anchorperson
KMJ Channel 24' s
, mornina news. Marty first t:>eeame invot.:.
ved with the station as an announcer of
job openings for the Em~loy~ent De:velopment Department where she continues to work part time.
Marty was this year's co-hostess along
with Bob Long for Jerry Lewis's Labor
Day Muscular Dystropy telethon.
'Working at 24 is one of tbe most exciting thin~s that ever happened to me,*
she said, "'the ·only regret I have is the
lack of formal education in this paticular
field."'
Being motivated and dedicated are t)vo
important factors that are important to
Marty. She suggests that 'Clficanas who
are interested in working with the media
prove themselves and be ready for any-
for
thing.
LAS ADELITAS
Las Adelitas is a student organization
made up of Chicana women here on the
CSUF campus ~
The purpose of the organization is to
help Chicanas get acquainted with other
Chictanas on campus. -They work on educational, political, and social issues,
affecting the community and the_ CSUF
campus.
Initiation is a big attraction for the
Adelitas, in ~hich new member,; are introduced into the organization in a fun
way. The initiation builds ·a unity between the women. The Adelitas also
have yearly fundraisers which are the
Annual Halloween Dance and the Consentido dance. Adelitas donate ·money
made from fundraisers to different organizations on campus, and in the community.
Membership ranges from 20-25 members. Officers for the 1980-81 year are;
President-Martha Ramirez, VP-Deana
Garrido, Secretary Jackie Hernandez,
Treasurer-Lydia Guiterrez, Sergeant at
arms-Olivia Lucio.
Alicia Maldonado has led a very busy
life bein~ the first Chicana TV news re~
porter in the Valley to be working as pub_lic affairs coordinator at FM 91 Radio
Bilingue.
A native of Fresno, Alicia recalls how
she had always wanted to write. She was
on the Rampage staff at Fresno City College and worked for La Voz de Aztlan ·
and lnsiaht at Fresno State.-,
·1n 1971, she was hired at KFSN Channel 30 "'because it was there"' according
Alicia. "'The job opened up and I took it,"'
she said. Once she became involved with
the electronic m~ia, she began to work
her way up from copy person, to filmediting, and finally to producer. Alicia was
on the Media Advisory Council and produced several documentaries and interviews as public affairs coordinator. She
recently resigned from Channel 30 because of their "lack of commitment to the
minority convnunity," she said.
Alicia would like to see more Chicanas
in the media. "'Chicanas needn't fall into
the stereotype of being quiet and pass. ive. There are many capable Chicanas
out there that are taking clerical jobs."'
Included in Alicia's future plans are
writing a book dealing with a Chicana
growing up in society. She is verv excited about her new job at Radio Bilingue
She encourages Chicanas or Chicanos to
talk to her about the media and get to
know more about it. If there's anyone
who would know anything about the
media--A1icia would.
Maria Hurtado
by Connie Soto
"'A Chicana needs a career just as
much as a Chicano. And the opportunities are in our reach."' Maria Hurtado,
dedicated to the child development of
the Chicanito, emphasizes the importance of the Chicana in education.
Mrs. Hurtado directs her own esquelita in Fresno, "'Hacienaa De Los Amiqitos" where Chicano students can maintain their culture without being pressured into the Anglo's norm. She is also active in the Child development Association
which awards teachers a national credential.
Mrs. Hurtado first began as a teacher's aide, in 1965, which-led her to the
experience of a teacher's train~r for six
years. Later she became an ed4cation
coordinator for two.vears. She explains
how "headstart" encouraged her further
·;nterest of child ·development by working with p00r children, the majority were
Chicanos. In accordance, Mrs. Hurtado
developed a Chicano curriculum for the
necessity of a bilingual bi-cultural program.
Mrs. Hurtado graduated from CSUv
in 1975 to continue her plans as an educator. She advises other Chicanas who
are interested in education that there is a
widespread need for bilingual teachers.
Mrs. Hurtado adds, "I enjoy my job and
there is no reason why other Chicanas
cannot. The opportunity is there."'
by Richard Rios
Dr. Flores is living proof that a Chicana from the Valle de San Joaquin
can rise to succeed in the medical profession.
Born and raised in Fresno, Dr. Flores
graduated from Roosevelt High in 1971.
She attended Stanford University where
By Sandra Conzales
she received her B.A. degree in Human
Biology in 1975. She then was admitted
Mary Marcelletti, new director of the to the U.C. Davis Medical School
Magnet School Planning Program, feels where she received her M.D. degree
a stronR commitment not only as an in 1919. ·
Dr. Flores is currently in her second
ethnic, but as an individual, •to better
the whole education situation for society."' year of Family Practice training at
As director of the program,het1'esoon- Valley Medical Center (VMC). As a
sibilities and priorities are geared tow- resident doctor, she rotates through the
ards helping any or all students caught various wards of VMC where she may
work in such areas as Pediatrics and Surup in the problem of racial isolation.
The program, funded by a one-year gery.
grant · under the Federal Emergency
School Aid Act, is designed to lessen the
problem of segregation in Fresno
schools.
Mary Marcelletti ·
Marcelletti said that they are currently
looking at proposals and ideas for
schools which would offer alternatives
for inducing voluntary desegregation.
One of Marcelletti's main responsibilities is to coordinate and implement
those activities which would substantiate
a number of students-from social back- ·
grounds.
Marcelletti, a graduate of California
State University, Fresno, has previously
taught at Fresno City Schools in West
Fresno. She has also . traveled to South
America where she stayed for over a
year teaching in Venenzuela.
Before being named director of the
Magnet School Planning Program,
Marcelletti was Coordinator of the bilingual program at the state and local
levels. She has also been involved with
the Mexican Association of Education. ·
"'One of the areas that has been most
rewarding has been in the educaiton of
Chica.nos. I think education is one of the
ways we could improve the whole world.
As Chicanos, we need to take care of
ourselves and our needs," she said.
Although her new position has its definite priorities, Marcelletti said that her
outside activities ~re directed to Chicanos "where my energies are best directed toward."'
Or. Flores will complete her residency
in one vear. Her goals for the future are
to set uo a practice in the Valley and to
establish a Chicano professional center.
She olans to take several vears off
from actively practicing medicine in order to devote time to rais!_ng ~ f~_f!l_iJy_.
Dr. Flores stresses the idea that a person
can both practice medicine and have a
family.
Dr. Flores encourages Raza to enter
the medical profession. Especially noted
was the need for Chicana doctors and
nurses.
She acknowledges the tact
that many obstacles must be overcome in
order to enter the medical profession.
Dr. Flores is confident, however, that
these barriers can be overcome if one
makes a personal commitment and has a
•r11e concern for the community.
LAS ADJ: LITAS presents the 4th annual
a.a&&flWII
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CSUF Re~dence Hall
October 24, 1980
9:00p.m.-1:00a.m.
Donation
s2.so w/costume,
•
s3_00 w/out
La Voz De Aztlan
Pa1e 8
October 20, 1980
Alicia de Clark
La Senora tras de/ Ca-ndidato
La Voz:
Por Margarita M. Martinez
·
Estuvo en Fresno el 13 de octubre
la Senora Alicia Garcia Cobos de Clark,
la esposa de Ed Clark el candidato
libertario para presidente.
Ella campana adivamen~e por ~us
ideas libertarias. Hizo esta entrev1sta
con La Voz de Aztlan en espanol.
La Voz: Sra. Clark digame un poquito
de Usted.
Naci en Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico. y ·fui a la escuela secundaria
Preparatoria de Vera Cruz en donde
obtuve mi titulo de la chillera en Sciencias y letras y despu~s de eso me fui
a la universidad Nacional de Mejico
en donde estudie la carrera de engenieria quimica industrial.
Lue~o ·de alli, fui a trab~jar como
quimica a una gran empresa. Esta empresa produce fibras textiles para la
industria textile. Precive que necesitaba yo conocer un poquito mas de los
problemas de mis clientes, los fabricantes de telas, asi es que estando trabajando regrese a estudiar engenier:ia
textil.
Nuevamente volvi a la escuela a estudiar publicidad y promocion de ventas
de una de las companias privadas
mas grande del pais. En 1968 una
revista Mexicana me nombro una de las
cinco mujeres exucutivos de Mejico
mas imoortantes, yen 1970
·
pomocion muy bonita que organise
para la compania la Asociacion National
de las Publicidad me nombro uno de los
diez ejecutivo de publicidad en Mejico.
como conocio a su esposot
En ese ano 1970 conoci a mi esposo
durante unos de mis viajes a Nueva
York y,poco despue~ decidirnos casarnos
y me movi de la cuidad de Meji~o a la
cuidad de Nueva York. Ahora vivo en
Los Angeles con mi esposo y mi hijo
de seis anos, Ned, el cual es bi-lingue y
bi-cultural.
Pero antes de casarme tuve la oportunidad de viajar. He estado en Europa
mucha veces por quesfiones de trabajo
y de vacaciones.
He estado en Columbia Venezuela,
Brazil, Peru, Argentina. Viaje muco
aprendi mucho, trabaje mucho antes
ge casarme.
Y despues de · casada cuan~o yo
supe que me iba casar yo dije "bueno
pues casarse es todavia mas importante
que ser una mujer de negocios, _un
ejecutivo asi que devuelta a la escuela
a estudiar. Esta vez a estudiar economia
domestica · decoracion de interi~res,
arreglo fl~ral, codna psicolo~ia e~
el matrimonio, la psicologia del Mexicano, psicologia ae1 l\mericano, etc.,
etc.
Ha tratado de ·que pudiera yo estar
preparada tome dases hasta de como
trabajar en la casa, · como lavar, como
planchar v como limpiar.
Pero porque cuando uno se mueve
·de Mejico, para aca uno tiene que hacer
todo asi es que no iba yo a tener a
nadie para ensenareme.
No iba yo a tener una mama, una tia,
una hermana, a nadie.
Asi que dije mas vale que me p·onga
yo a aprender antes de irme y asi lo hice
porque lo mismo al momento que yo
decidir casareme queria yo hacer una
muy buena esposa y me puse aprender
todo.
·
Ed Clark, Canidato por Presidental.
•
Al poco tiempo llego nuestro hijo y
me dediaue a ·ser madre por tres anos y
uespues de tres anos mi esposo empezo
a estar muy envuelto en la question
politica del partido. En 1968 cuando
fue candidato gobernador de California
y dedice poner me esfuerzo en ayudarle
a el desde entonces ha estado en campanias.
y en estos tres anos me he dedicado
a ayudar a mi esposo, a estudiar y a
aprender lo mas que puedo de el pais.
Soy una especia de secretaria privada
para el. Manejo todas las cosas en orden
1
Y hago campania para e ·
La Voz: Sra. Clark muchas veces a
la mujer M~xicana se_ le dice que _no
es necesario estudiar, que s_u lugar es
en la casa. Que dice usted a estot
Tuve ese problema con mis amistades
afortunadamente no con mi madre. ·
Porque mi madre fue al revez. Mi
madre dijo "yo quiero que ustedes
tengan una carrera antes de casarse
para que cuando se c~sen ustedes
dependan de si mismas. Y si se casan se
casan porque los quieren y porque
ellos las quieren a ustedes. Pero no
quiero que dependan pani siempre de
que si el senor las quiere mantener o
no las quiere mantener."
Ella siempre lucho para que • estudiaramos y hicieramos una carrera tanto a mi
hermana como yo. Pero si, alrededor
mio-en general la idea era ·"para que vas
a la escuela. Para que estudias. No
seas tonta te vas a casar. No va a
servir de nada. Todo es dinero votado a
la calle y cosas por el estilo.
No estoy de acuerdo con es;o porque ·
tan solo la seguridad que le da a una
mujer el hecho de tener un titulo. El
hecho de saber que ella es capaz de
lograr esos titulo es bastante. Muy lejos
de romper las relaciones con el marido
yo creo que las estrecha.
El welfare es otra cosa. Es el mis:
. g~bierno el que ha. criado e ste seenle
m1ento. Y o no creo que e_s 1a I
lo que la ha criado si no el gob1erno. .
He estado platicando con
personas. Una oersona en mas
.. u~a __
d e Ias cosas .
Cruz. me d 110.
terribles que el gobierno Amer
ha hecho a los Hispanos es el we1~
Que esta: destruyendo a las farnilias
que las mujeres se separan de losesposos facilmente para vivir en welfare
Que sea que en lugar de esta~ •
yudando en realidad los estan
icando. Y esto me lo dijo un
Americana. Esto es el sentim·
ellos tienen que el gobierno
comprar los votos de los Hi
esta ofreciendo programas Y
dependientes.
s:=5
r
El unico que el gobierno esta
es que millones de gente
ellos. En lugar de ayudarlos
suficientes. Lo que Ed
en mente es ayudar a la
suficiente por si mismo. ~
guarde mas del dinero que
bolsillo oara que cuide de su
The median age for Chicanas in
United -5tates is 21.3 years com
with 30.6 for all women.
About 1 of 3 Chicanas is under age 'I(
compared with about 1 of 5 of all women.
Chicanas still lag substantiaHy behi
all women in formal education; that is,
education obtained in a regular sdm
system that advances a person toward
elementary school certificate or hiaft
school diploma,. or professional scholl
degree.
Median years of school completed br
all adult women age 25 and over
12.4 years, compared with only 8.6 years
La Voz: Que es la relacion que tiene
by Chicanas of the same age.
usted con la gente Mexicana en la camIn 1978, the labor force participaticll
pania de su esposo.
rate for Chicanas (47 percent) was somewhat below the rate (49 percent) for
Sra. Clark: Basicamente yo soy un
women, but their unemployment rate
elemento importante en la campania , (11.4) percent was substantially higher
de espanol. Estoy encargada de traducir than the 7.0 percent rate for all women.
_ al espanol los anuncios de television,
Employed Chicanas are more Ii
los anuncios de radios.
than other employed women to be
Una pregunta que tengo muy a blue-collar work, or in the lower-payi
menudo cuando tengo entrevistas
service occupations.
en ingles es que me dicen, J/Sra. cuando
In 1977, median income for emp~
usted hace campania como puede Chicanas was $5,080, 83 percent
usted hacer.campania entre los Hispanos the median for all women.
·
dicen, los- Hispanos estan por gobierno
In 1978, only 4~ percent ofthe emplot
fuerte ellos lo unico que quieren es que ed Chicanas were in white-collar jobs
el 2obierno los mantenga y eso me da compared to 64 percent of all em~
coraje. H
U.S. women.
Roughly 22 percent of alt emp
Porque los hago saber que no es
cierto.
Los Mexicanos, los . Latinos U.S. women in 1978 worked in profet
en general que vienen a este pais son sional-technical and managerjal pos,gente muy trabajadora que vienen • tions, where median annual income ffJ
para buscar un nuevo horizonte en sus, all women was over $10,100. Only 11
percent of the Chicanas held these
vidas.
La mayoria son honrados, trabaja- higher-paying jobs . .
Average (median) family income •
dores que van hacer u n contribucion
a este pais. Que lo que rnenos esperan the United States was about S16,000. ill
es que el gobierno los mantenga. Lo 1977. The average for Mexican-Amert
que menos esperan es el · welfare. Lo can families was $11,740, about threeque menos esperan es sacar veritaja del fourths of that for all U.S. families.
For families maintained by Chicanas
social security.
average income was about $6,170, co,npared to $7,765. for all female-headed
Pero parece ser que el gobierno a families.
tratado de comprar los votos de los
About 46 percent of the fam iIies headHispanps ofreciendoles dinero o pro- ed by Chicanas, in 1977, were below the
gramas especial es .
State
Monday
O~tober 20, 1980
andidate 's wife
1
Clark stresses · the alternative'
by Margarita M. Martinez
She discussed many of her husband's
policies. One of her main themes was
that of a massive cut in inc:ome tax.
Alicia Carcia Cobos de · Clark, wife
of Libertarian Party presidential - candidate Ed Clark, was at CSUF last
Monday to discuss her husband's cam-
The proP9sed tax cut wou]d amount
to $110 billion·a year.
paign.
Mrs. Clark also . traveled to the
Chicano Youth Center and the Hope
Manor senior citizen's home.
The idea of the tax cut was for people
to have more money to spend. "Two
· things wifl hap~n," said Mrs. Clark.
"One, they are going to save some of
this money and the banks will have more
money to invest in the economy of the
country and two, the people are going
to use this money to solve their own
problems ."
By putting billions of -dollars into the
private economy, she felt, the companies
would have to increase their product~on
to fulfill the demand. By doing this
they would have to create many jobs.
· Mrs. Clark affirmed that according to
a group of economists this income tax
cut would create in only one year five
million _new jobs in ~he private industry.
Throughout the interview Mrs. Clark
spoke in both English and Spanish .
She stated she was an important element
in her husband's .campaign.
Stie
translates all the radio and television
announcements into Spanjsh.
Mrs. Clark said that in her interviews with Anglos she was always
asked, "f-:low can you campaign in
Spanish-speaking areas? The Hispanics
want a strong government.· All they
want is for the government to support
them."
'They try to bu-y the Hispanic vote by offering them
money or special programs. The only thing the
government is doing is making millions of people
d_ependent upon them.'
Alicia de Clark
Another area where Ed Clark is very
concerned, according to Mrs. Clark
is education.
.
"Wfiat he proposes is that any individual _who wants to help in the education of any child, whether it be his
own child, a niece or a neighbor's child,
can keep $1,200 out of his income tax
to send this child to whatever school
they feel is best," explained Mrs .·
Clark. "We believe education is one of
the most important issues, on the other
hand, the other candidates aren't even
talking about it."
When asked about John Anderson
receiving all the attention as the only
alternative Mr:s. Clark replied, "One
of the biggest problems we thought
we were going to have was the opening
ofth~"American people's minds with the
idea that there is not only Republicans
. and Democrats. Before Mr. Anderson
came out of .the Republican ·party he
had 5 percent of the vote according to
the polls. When he left the party, from
one day to the next, he went from 5
percent to 25 percent. This demonstrated the disenchantment of the people
in general towards the two party
system."
Mrs. Clark felt John Anderson had
helped to open_-the people's minds to
the idea of an alternative. She stated
.the polls show that Ed Clark has 5 percent of the vote which she feels will
increase by the time of the elections .
People are tired of the government
, bureaucracy, according_to Mrs. Clark,
and as an alternative would turn to the
Photo by John Biek_
Libertarian oartv. The party believes
in a "very small government interAlicia de Clark was in Fresno last Monday camp~igning for husband E;d Clark.
ference ."
This was something that always
anszered her. She would am?rilv resoond
"Mexican people in general come·to the
United St-a tes to work . They are lookingfor a new beginning . Most of them are
honest workers who can make great
contributions. What they least want
is for the government to support·them.
What ttiey least want is welfare."
"They try to buy the Hispanic vote by
offering them nioney or special programs. The only thing the government
is doing is that it is making millions
of people dependent upon them,"
stated Mrs. Clark.
She said Ed Clark's goals were to
make people self-sufficient and less
dependent on the government
Mrs. Clark was born ir:i Vera Cruz,
Mexico. She married Ed Clark in
1970, they have one child, Edward Jr.,
who is bilingual and bicultural.
She has degrees from the National
University ·and
the National ·
Polytechnic Institute Textile School,
both are in Mexico City. She also
wa named one of five top executive
women in Mexico by one of the top
national magazines and in 1969 she
was named one · of ten top executives
in Publicity and Advertising in Mexico
by the Mexican Advertising Association .
She attended the New York lnstitue
of Advertising.
·
Mrs. Clark's father, Rafael Carcia
Aully, was the mayor of Vera Cruz,
Mexico. He was also a member of the
Mexican National Assembly.
Note: For a more personal interview
in Spanish see page eight.
Pa1e2
October 20, 1!11
La Voz De Azt~n
Historically, Chicanas have come. a long way
cana 's, it has often been our mother's and grandmother's. These are the. giant'J
our lives and the people that, by their example, gave us our peredspective. Ti
women were not schooled in the popular sense, but they were educat ·
.
I am reminded of my gr;mdmother who could stretch a dollar clear mto
month. She was more disciplined than anyone I have ever known. We ':°"Id
tell the time of day by watching her. It was 4:00 a.m. when she awoke;; wasd'
I often think of Chicanos as in some way more fortunate, in spite of poverty, than noon (on the dot) when we had our lunch; it was 5:30 p.m. when we ha our m
other ethnic minorities, because we have not been part.of the mainstream and thus etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. The interesting thing about all of this is that she
much less "Americanized. 11 We have retained much of our cultural heritage and, as in this manner whether we lived in a house, a tent, or a labor camp. She never
such, can make a public contribution from our own unique perspective. In a sense it ed to read, but she could pray for three days without r~ating a s~ngle prayer..
is our "marginality" and our separateness as a people (forced as it was) that has work she did in the home was highly valued by the family; she was like a beacon in
allowed us to develop a perspective that does not copy or emulate popular thought.
often stormy sea. She brought us great stability and a belief that a life, no matter
This perspective is based upon many years of struggle to maintain and hold to- or where it is lived, has order.
.
gether our families, to eke out a living in an often hostile environment, and to retain a.
My mother, on the other hand, worked in the fields. It was said that ~ did
sense of pride in who we are as a people, in spite of the strong forces that tell us · work of a man and could outdo or keep up with the best pickers in harvestif!l 1
otherwise. Less romanticaly, this was also due, in part, to the type of work we did: cotton, strawberries, melons, chili, and anything else that grew. The family's
field hands, migrant workers, railroad workers, etc., work that. brought us into much in her. ability was indeed great, and we never ceased to be amazed at her.great
less contact with "dominant society. 11 Historically, our children were herded around These women, although very different, and performing different duties
with us from work site to work site and often had little if any contact with schools family, had great dignity and pride, and were to be respected by all w~o k'!ew
They gave a sense of dignity to what could have been a desperate situation.
where the "great melt" takes place. In places like New Mexico, where Mexicans remained in one place for long periods of time, the schools were "Mexican schools, " and countless other women like them, made our poverty one of economy, and not
of the spirit. They taught us that Chicanos have never been spiritually con
and the "opportunity" for Americanization was not as severe.
If institutions have not contributed in a significant way to our perspective, then and it is this :.freshness of perspective that we Chicanas bring with us to the
who has contributed to the molding of the Chicana of the 80 's? Who have been the of the BO's.
influential people in our lives, the role models? I w_ould venture to say that for ChiWe as Chicana 's are being challenged in the 80 's to make a major contribution in
all areas of life; the 80 's are being cited as the decade of the Chicano. As I think of
this, I see that we have always made major contributions; the difference now is that
we are being asked to do,this in a more public way.
.
.
In an effort to broaden our news
I felt a special issu.e was needed to ·
into light a much forgotten fac:tia
our society, La Mujer.
As education becomes a vital W
success, no longer can we stereotype
take for granted, the Chicana de
La Chicana is much more aware of
role and now defends herself willl
intellect, not her tears. The
woman is slowly becoming a mere
almost extinct.
We must not overlook their 1oals
assist them in their dreams. We
take into consideration, as Chicanas,
face many obstacles, but as
•
their road to success is twice as
Although this issue deals mostly
successfully proven Chicanas, I am
for not having been ·able to have
more Chicanas, whom we have
ed.
With only so much time, space,
manpower, our resources are
limited, but I hope we have put
our message.
Edward Aparicio
Editor-in-Chief
~
i
.c
Q.
ess Avila speaks to Chicanos-In-Law on issues concerning the community
Founded in 1969
Editor-in-Chief: F.clward Apui:io
La Raza Law_yer's Association
Chicanos-ln-LaW
. update
"We' re winding up our first year of existence and we're hoping to be acknowledged by the state board .next year,"
Avila commented. "Then we'll be in the
position to send one delegate to the State
Bar Convention."
Jess Avila, member of La Raza Law- - -·Although the Association is already
yers association in Fresno, spoke to Chi- well established, having been courted by
canos--ln-Law about their organization several politicians for endorsements
and their role in the community.
they refrain from patting one another on'
the back . "It's easy for us to think we're
Just into existence .one year, Avila up in the clouds ... untou$=hed."
stated the La Raza Lawyers Association
has approximately three-fourths of the
The membership has a wide scope of
Chicano lawyers in Fresno and antici- professionals,
including
Honorable
. ate bigger. things for the next year . Judge Armando Rodriquez and Bob
Perez, one the States most prominen
personal injury attorneys.
We need you (students) to keep us
down to earth," Avila claimed. "We
welcome any issue you may have which
you feel concerns us (Raza)."
Excited about Chicanos-In-Law at
CSUF, Avila stated the Association is
more than willing to lend any professional advice or aid they are able to. "Our
membership is quite young, thus ·we·are
able to relate to· what you are going
through," Avila stated .
Ma.'llging Editor: Margarita ~
Sports Editor: Eli Gaucla
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Vallez
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Hector Romero
Artist: Harold Porru
Staff Reporten:
Sandra
Goma)el.
Yolanda Granados, Fernando Quintero,
Pete Ramirez, Connie Soto, Yolanda
· Soto, Rosalva Villegas
La Voz De Azt1an office is locat.ed ill
the Keats Campus Building on die
CSUF campus.
Letters to the editor are welcomed.
La Voz De Aztlan reserves the right CO
edit letters. Submission does not
guarantee publication.
October 20, 1980
La Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
QSUF Student
Martinez finds 'Amigos' Health Program
vastly essential in the Dominican Republic
by Pete Ramirez
The music is merengue, food is not
wasted, and women do not have to fear
walking at night. These are just a few
memories Olga Martinez has brought
back from- a month spent this past summer in the Dominican Republic.
Olga, a Health Science major at CSUF
had the opportunity to travel and work in
the Dominican Republic by participating
in the Am'igos De Las Americas Program.
·
To accomplish this, Amigos trains volunteers through . a program which lasts
from six to eight months. The program consists of training in the fields of
visual screening, dental hygiene, immunization, and animal husbandry, ·
In addition, they have to be qualified in
first aid. They must learn the language,
cu1ture, and history of the Latin American country they will be visiting.
The countries which participate in this
program are Mexico, Bolivia, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Columbia, Peru, Honduras, and Paraguay.
The headquarters ot Amigos is in Houston, Texas with Fresno being the newest chapter out of 30 scattered around
the United States.
It was at Miami that Olga got to see
Mark Diaz who took a different flight
, by way of Chicago. He was only there
for 15 minutes before taking a flight to
Paraguay, his destination. Olga stayed
overnight at the airport and then left
for Santa Domingo the next afternoon.
The high humidity of the country was
what greeted Olga in her adopted country. f:xpecting to live and work out in
the countryside , Olga was quite surprised that she would be living inside
the capitol citv with her adopted family.
Olga's new home consisted of a small
wooden trame nouse with running water
for cooking and drinking. A contrast in
her adopted family's financial status
was that although the family had a car,
her shower consisted of only a.bucket of
water to pour over her h·ead. "They
couldn't believe that in the United States
we only take\ one shower a day while
there in that cQuntry because of the high
humidity, you 'have to bathe three times
aday." .
'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich
· and poor with hardly a middle class existing.
"'There seemed to be only two classes, the rich and poor with hardly a middle class existing. If there is a middle
class, I think my adopted family may be
considered middle class by ownership of Olaa Martinez' trip to the Dominican Republic proved both educational and enjoyable.
a car,~ replied Olga when asked if ~er
hosts were tinancially comfortable.
A different experience in the Domin- She also found that the father is not as
Olga's day in Santa Domingo consistican Republic wa:s hitch~hiking.
Al- strict with his daughters as are fathers in
In order to raise tne necessary money ed of waking up earJy in the morning and
though, in the United States a girl other Latin American countries. In fact
hitch-hiking is looked down upon, in girls can drink beer early in their teens.
for the trip, Olga had to help in fund- wa1king to a designated area. All theraisers. She even held a big yard sale ,, Amigo' volunteers gathered for their
the Dominican Republic it is a common
day's assignment in the surrounding
at her parents home in Mendota. The
way of transportation. With the crime
rate very low in that country as comA common occurance in the house
cost of her entire trip came to 1,790 countryside to vaccinate· the people.
pared to the United States, it ' was safe· where Olga lived was the huge cock
dollars with most of the amount paid by
to hitch-hike.
. roaches called "'cuca rachas"' which came
A frustration which plagued Olga ~nd
various fundraisers Amigos held.
out ·at nhcht to look for food and flew
the other volunteers was the wait to be
in the hous~, usually colliding into
assigned a village to start work for the
For Olga the entire trip was exciting
day. In order to kill time they enterOlga found out how it easy it was to
people who occupied the house•
from the start of her flight from Fresno
tained the neighborhood kids with pup- get a ride. On one occassion she and ,
When it came to l~avin~ her ado~ted
to Santa Domingo the capitol of Domin- pets and games. There was never a other volunteers wanted to go to the
country Olga coul~n t believe the time
ican Republic. The flight was her first shortage of kids as thev were fascinated beach. They stood by the road with a · had passed_ so gu1ckly. She ho~s she
ever on a commercial jet. Her-first stop by their first glimpse of "Americans."'
group of Dominicans standing in front can 8? a~~~n next summer but if she
was in Denver where she met other Amiand behind them seeking a ride. The does 1t will probably be to another
gos from various chapters all over the
The peo~le of that neighborhood
first group to be pickec4 up was Olga and countrv ·
Western United States. After spending
would ask :•~s · to innoculate them
her companions instead of the other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - four hours and changing jets, Olga whenever we had the chance, but for the two groups of Dominicans.
The training sessions have begun
embarked again and landed in Miami, -✓ ones we treated there were hundreds
here in Fresno.
The meetings are
Florida.
more who needed shots. We ran out of
~yery Tuesday night from 7:00 to 10:00
"'The Miami I saw was not the Miami supplies on certain days," replied Olga.
behi.1d Sacred Heart Church in Room
As to what attributed to this Olga
of TV," remarked Olga of her- first imanswered "'My companions have blono #5. lfyou have any questions in regards
pression of the city. She was surprised
Olga_ discovered the different at- hair and they associate all Americans · to Amiaos, please feel free to call 229that all the airport personnel were Cu- - titudes of the Dominican Republic
with blond hair. Dominicans are very 9382 or write to:
•ans ano other Latin People: .. "When people toward the United States. Her
interested in Americans and their cul- Amigos de las Americas
ture.
Another reason was to show off c/o Kay Miles
they spoke to me it was in Spanish, not adopted father would turn on the radio to
4014 E. Michigan
that an American was riding in that
the Spanish spoken here but the kind listen to the news which was always
Fresno, CA 93703
Dominican's
car."'
spoken in the Carribean area. They mis- dominated by the · United States.
If interested in joining Amigos, Olga
Olga had plenty of time to learn the
took me for being Cuban or Dominican
Thinking that all Americans were
because of my dark features. When I rich caused negative feelings toward culture of that country. She learned . suggests you attend the next meeti!lg
spoke in English they were surprisedJ"' the United States by some of the Dom- to dance to merengue, the ·country's on Tuesday nigh~, because your chances
music which is somewhat like Salsa. may decrease if you let time slip by.
said Olga.
inicans.
The adventure began for Olga in Feburary of this year. She was one of 13
volunteers at the beginning but that
number dwindled to three by the time ·
· preparations were made to leave in July.
The other two volunteers were Mark
Diaz of Fresno and Robert Smith of
Madera.
Irene Aparicio, a recreational therapist at Fresno Community Hospital
discussed the topic of menial health and Chicanas and also instructed
the women· in relaxation exercises.
Ybarra-Soriano, introd ·
for the conference.
Blan:c!i,e s_hakir, .from Metro Ministry, encouraged audience
participation as she sooke on "Parentin,!'': Understanding
Yo urse(f, Understanding Your child.
i !;t'i\: \, ········ --
Men also found the conference
interesting and wo rthwhik, at
least adults like Raul Diaz~
An overflow crowd e11j0.
Director of RSVP. His young
son found other things to do.
rence for the camplls and community·
,,
Dr. Alex .Saragoza, a professor at U.C. Berkely, started· off the morning
: with a lecture io an enthusiastic audience. He spoke on the role of
women in preseroing their cultural heritage.
.
mments.
.
A conference on La Mujer of Today, was held at the CSUF College Union on Sep•
tember 27. Over two hundred women attended the conference and enjoyed listening
to several excellent speakers; Dr. Alex Saragoza, Irene Aparicio, and Blanche.
Shakir. A film, The Salt of the Earth, was also-shown.
.
Conference evaluations by the women attending stated they felt "very inspired and
motivated" by seeing so many Chicanas come together. The conference attracted a
diverse group of women; both from the campus and from the community; y~ung and
old, students, housewives, and professional women. They all felt that the conference
was very rewarding and agreed that other conferences, dealing with diverse issues
affecting Chicanas, should be regularly scheduled in the future.
· The conference on La Mujer was organized by Dr. Lea Ybarra-Soriano, an Asso•
ciate Professor in La Raza Studies. Dr. Ybarra is also director of Project T.E.A.C.H.
This conference was part of a series of events sponsored by T.E.A.C.H. (Teaching
Ethnic Awareness and Cultural Heritage).
Dr. Ybarra stated she was very pleased, and surprised, with the large turn-out of
women. She stated, "It certainly is indicative of the tremendous need and desire,
among Chicanas, for conferences and forums such as this. I certainly plan to work on
similar conferences in the future which will address other Chicana concerns."
La Voz De Azt!an
Page6
Mis Querldas ¥uJ8(es,
Successful CSUF Grad Returns ·
by ~ichard Rios
With personal roots which run deep in
the Valley Olivia Chavez is an example
of a Chica~a whose professional accomplishments have done much to improve
the Chicano community.
Born in Visalia, Ms. Chavez_,grady_ated
from Redwood high School. Her undergraduate education included attending
the College of the Sequoias (C.O.S.).
She received her B.A. from Fresno State
in 1973. Graduate schooling was undertaken at the University of New Mexico
where she received her Master's degree
in counseling in 1974.
After a short stint as a high school
counselor at Hanford High, Ms. Chavez
was hired as a Counselor and Graduate
school advisor for the EOP Office at UC
Santa C.ruz. Shortly thereafter, she was
appointed acting director of E.O.P. After
one year, she applied for and received
the permanent position of EOf:> director.
She also was placed in charge of Student
Affirmative Action.
Ms. Chavez worked at U.C.S.C. for a
period of three years. During that time
she was in charge of programs which introduced and provided support to Chicanos in higher education. She was directly involved in EOP and regular admis. sions. Ms. Chavez was the coordinator of
on-campus support systems. A graduate
.advisement program was established
which saw the EOP oro.zram achieve a BO·
percent graduate school advancement
rate. Her final act as E.O.P. director,
was the initiation and establishment of
the Early Outreach/Partnership Program which works with junior high and
high school students providing much
needed counseling . and academic assistance and, thus, increasing their chances
of success in college.
Ms. Chavez returned to C.S.U.F. in
the Fall of 1979 where she is now a counselor at the campus Counseling Center.
Her training and experience enable'· her
to provide professional services in areas
of personal, career and vocational, and
academic counseling.
Besides her regular duties as a counsler, Ms. Chavez has initiated additional
services. She has begun a Chicana Support Group, which is composed of Chicanas residing in the dorms. This group is
organized to bring Chicanas together
and provides them with support in order
to better deal with the adjustment to university life.
Las deseo ver mucho. Cada de
me han hecho ml vlda mucho mas fellz.
Siempre lugamos juntos, nos
chlsmes. v algunas veces, lloramoe
toe. Tai vez las muJeres mas Im
es en ml vlda son mi mama, Juanita,
abuelita. Eva, y ml hermanlta Mar11811.
Sin la ayuda y amor de ustedel,
creo que fuera sldo poslble contlnuar
mis estudlos.
Ojala. con la ayuda de Oloe,
Diclembre pudleramos hacer una
remenda con todas nuestras famll181.
She also directly assists the Chicana
l<e-Entrv student. Her expertise helps
them cope with the someti.mes difficult
transition to student/college life.
Ms. Chavez ha~ :;o definite plans that
will affect her career in the immediate
future. She may eventually pursue more
education in order ·to receive her doctorate. She is certain that she will remain to
work in the Valley and ·her career will
continue to assist Chicanos in realizing
their fun ootential by helping them make
+he most out of hijlher education.
Su Querido
League of
American
by
Angie Cisneros, President
For many years Chicanos in F
have worked and continue to mnbibute to the betterment of the Ch·
community and the Chicano farnilr
One such group is the League of
can-American Women.
In 1973 the League of Mexican-Amert
can Women organized as a Chapter a
ComisQn· Femenil. It's goals include
developing a strong and responsM
membership which is active in di
Fresno Community. An even more
portant iioal is assisting Chicanas mei
their own needs as well as those •
their families.
Medical School students giving information on how to enter health professions
during a Survival Skills Workshop.
The need for minorities in the health
field was the key topic of the Surwval
Ski I ls Conference .held on campus
last Saturday, October 11. The conference was co-sponsored bv the Chicano
Health Organization (CHO) and was
well attended by college and high school
students from throughout the Valley.
Two kevnote presentations were given
during the fWOrning session. The first,
presented ht Dr. Kathy Flores, related
facts which iffustrated the lack of proper
medical care received by the minority
segments c,f the population. She ex-
plained how having more minorities
in medicine would best solve this
problem.
The second soeaker was David' Pacheco, a professional health. planner.
His address, "Minority Admissions in
the 1980' s", dealt with the fact that
opportunities for minorities to be admitted into medical schools have never
been better. He also noted how the acute need for minority doctors in underserved areas has forced admissions
boards to no longer ignore minority
applicants.
Various workshops were held throughout the afternoon. These were conducted bv counselors and medical school
students who gave the conference participants useful information and advice on how to prepare for a career in
health.
Comments received from persons attendin~ the conference were positive.
Plans are being considered to make
the survival skills conference an annual
event at C.S.U.F.
In 1975 we established an annual
raising event which has proven to be
more successful than we expected. TM
is our annual fashion show. The pro,
ceeds are distributed every year in the
form of scholarships as the result d
last year's fashion show.
In 1977 we submitted a proposal to the
Fresno Employment and Training Contmission and received funds for a pro5ram that provided training for women;
specifically in non-traditional jobs. The
program Working Opportunities •
Women is still in existence and
to be successful. Members of the
League of Mexican-American W
sit on the Board of Directors of W .0.
In 1978 we were able to raise SSOO
for the women involved in the U.F.
strike in the Mendota area , and been
instrumental part of other commu
efforts to raise funds and support organizations. To date the League
Mexican-American Women has p
several women in key positions
local and state commissions and boards
We have established ourselves as
viable and working o~ganization.
This vear our Fashion Show is scheduled for November 29, donation
$15.00 oer person and we have a limited
number of space.
La Voz De Aztlan
October 20~ 1980
Paae7
Diversified Professional Careers .
Kathy Flores
unas Mujer~s de Fresno
·· Alicia Maldonado ·
Marty Uribes
I
by Fernando Quintero
She's Rot_ beauty, she's got brains,
and she's Chicana. Marty Uribes, a student at CSUF is also a reporter for KJ EO
Channel 47.
After graduating from Sanger High
school, Marty attended Fresno State
where she recieved her Bachelor of Arts
degree in journalism. She is currently
finishing up with electives.
With an emphasis on magazine writing, Marty realized the opportunities for
Chicana women in the electronic media
and found it to be an exciting challenge.
'lt'.s a terrific feeling to gain the viewer's credibility,"' she said.
Marty's advice for Chicanas interested
in the media field is simply "'to be
tough."' ·she sounds like she means it.
Marty Caballero
*It was an accident and sheer fright,"'
said Marty Caballero about her new job
as anchorperson
KMJ Channel 24' s
, mornina news. Marty first t:>eeame invot.:.
ved with the station as an announcer of
job openings for the Em~loy~ent De:velopment Department where she continues to work part time.
Marty was this year's co-hostess along
with Bob Long for Jerry Lewis's Labor
Day Muscular Dystropy telethon.
'Working at 24 is one of tbe most exciting thin~s that ever happened to me,*
she said, "'the ·only regret I have is the
lack of formal education in this paticular
field."'
Being motivated and dedicated are t)vo
important factors that are important to
Marty. She suggests that 'Clficanas who
are interested in working with the media
prove themselves and be ready for any-
for
thing.
LAS ADELITAS
Las Adelitas is a student organization
made up of Chicana women here on the
CSUF campus ~
The purpose of the organization is to
help Chicanas get acquainted with other
Chictanas on campus. -They work on educational, political, and social issues,
affecting the community and the_ CSUF
campus.
Initiation is a big attraction for the
Adelitas, in ~hich new member,; are introduced into the organization in a fun
way. The initiation builds ·a unity between the women. The Adelitas also
have yearly fundraisers which are the
Annual Halloween Dance and the Consentido dance. Adelitas donate ·money
made from fundraisers to different organizations on campus, and in the community.
Membership ranges from 20-25 members. Officers for the 1980-81 year are;
President-Martha Ramirez, VP-Deana
Garrido, Secretary Jackie Hernandez,
Treasurer-Lydia Guiterrez, Sergeant at
arms-Olivia Lucio.
Alicia Maldonado has led a very busy
life bein~ the first Chicana TV news re~
porter in the Valley to be working as pub_lic affairs coordinator at FM 91 Radio
Bilingue.
A native of Fresno, Alicia recalls how
she had always wanted to write. She was
on the Rampage staff at Fresno City College and worked for La Voz de Aztlan ·
and lnsiaht at Fresno State.-,
·1n 1971, she was hired at KFSN Channel 30 "'because it was there"' according
Alicia. "'The job opened up and I took it,"'
she said. Once she became involved with
the electronic m~ia, she began to work
her way up from copy person, to filmediting, and finally to producer. Alicia was
on the Media Advisory Council and produced several documentaries and interviews as public affairs coordinator. She
recently resigned from Channel 30 because of their "lack of commitment to the
minority convnunity," she said.
Alicia would like to see more Chicanas
in the media. "'Chicanas needn't fall into
the stereotype of being quiet and pass. ive. There are many capable Chicanas
out there that are taking clerical jobs."'
Included in Alicia's future plans are
writing a book dealing with a Chicana
growing up in society. She is verv excited about her new job at Radio Bilingue
She encourages Chicanas or Chicanos to
talk to her about the media and get to
know more about it. If there's anyone
who would know anything about the
media--A1icia would.
Maria Hurtado
by Connie Soto
"'A Chicana needs a career just as
much as a Chicano. And the opportunities are in our reach."' Maria Hurtado,
dedicated to the child development of
the Chicanito, emphasizes the importance of the Chicana in education.
Mrs. Hurtado directs her own esquelita in Fresno, "'Hacienaa De Los Amiqitos" where Chicano students can maintain their culture without being pressured into the Anglo's norm. She is also active in the Child development Association
which awards teachers a national credential.
Mrs. Hurtado first began as a teacher's aide, in 1965, which-led her to the
experience of a teacher's train~r for six
years. Later she became an ed4cation
coordinator for two.vears. She explains
how "headstart" encouraged her further
·;nterest of child ·development by working with p00r children, the majority were
Chicanos. In accordance, Mrs. Hurtado
developed a Chicano curriculum for the
necessity of a bilingual bi-cultural program.
Mrs. Hurtado graduated from CSUv
in 1975 to continue her plans as an educator. She advises other Chicanas who
are interested in education that there is a
widespread need for bilingual teachers.
Mrs. Hurtado adds, "I enjoy my job and
there is no reason why other Chicanas
cannot. The opportunity is there."'
by Richard Rios
Dr. Flores is living proof that a Chicana from the Valle de San Joaquin
can rise to succeed in the medical profession.
Born and raised in Fresno, Dr. Flores
graduated from Roosevelt High in 1971.
She attended Stanford University where
By Sandra Conzales
she received her B.A. degree in Human
Biology in 1975. She then was admitted
Mary Marcelletti, new director of the to the U.C. Davis Medical School
Magnet School Planning Program, feels where she received her M.D. degree
a stronR commitment not only as an in 1919. ·
Dr. Flores is currently in her second
ethnic, but as an individual, •to better
the whole education situation for society."' year of Family Practice training at
As director of the program,het1'esoon- Valley Medical Center (VMC). As a
sibilities and priorities are geared tow- resident doctor, she rotates through the
ards helping any or all students caught various wards of VMC where she may
work in such areas as Pediatrics and Surup in the problem of racial isolation.
The program, funded by a one-year gery.
grant · under the Federal Emergency
School Aid Act, is designed to lessen the
problem of segregation in Fresno
schools.
Mary Marcelletti ·
Marcelletti said that they are currently
looking at proposals and ideas for
schools which would offer alternatives
for inducing voluntary desegregation.
One of Marcelletti's main responsibilities is to coordinate and implement
those activities which would substantiate
a number of students-from social back- ·
grounds.
Marcelletti, a graduate of California
State University, Fresno, has previously
taught at Fresno City Schools in West
Fresno. She has also . traveled to South
America where she stayed for over a
year teaching in Venenzuela.
Before being named director of the
Magnet School Planning Program,
Marcelletti was Coordinator of the bilingual program at the state and local
levels. She has also been involved with
the Mexican Association of Education. ·
"'One of the areas that has been most
rewarding has been in the educaiton of
Chica.nos. I think education is one of the
ways we could improve the whole world.
As Chicanos, we need to take care of
ourselves and our needs," she said.
Although her new position has its definite priorities, Marcelletti said that her
outside activities ~re directed to Chicanos "where my energies are best directed toward."'
Or. Flores will complete her residency
in one vear. Her goals for the future are
to set uo a practice in the Valley and to
establish a Chicano professional center.
She olans to take several vears off
from actively practicing medicine in order to devote time to rais!_ng ~ f~_f!l_iJy_.
Dr. Flores stresses the idea that a person
can both practice medicine and have a
family.
Dr. Flores encourages Raza to enter
the medical profession. Especially noted
was the need for Chicana doctors and
nurses.
She acknowledges the tact
that many obstacles must be overcome in
order to enter the medical profession.
Dr. Flores is confident, however, that
these barriers can be overcome if one
makes a personal commitment and has a
•r11e concern for the community.
LAS ADJ: LITAS presents the 4th annual
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CSUF Re~dence Hall
October 24, 1980
9:00p.m.-1:00a.m.
Donation
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La Voz De Aztlan
Pa1e 8
October 20, 1980
Alicia de Clark
La Senora tras de/ Ca-ndidato
La Voz:
Por Margarita M. Martinez
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Estuvo en Fresno el 13 de octubre
la Senora Alicia Garcia Cobos de Clark,
la esposa de Ed Clark el candidato
libertario para presidente.
Ella campana adivamen~e por ~us
ideas libertarias. Hizo esta entrev1sta
con La Voz de Aztlan en espanol.
La Voz: Sra. Clark digame un poquito
de Usted.
Naci en Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico. y ·fui a la escuela secundaria
Preparatoria de Vera Cruz en donde
obtuve mi titulo de la chillera en Sciencias y letras y despu~s de eso me fui
a la universidad Nacional de Mejico
en donde estudie la carrera de engenieria quimica industrial.
Lue~o ·de alli, fui a trab~jar como
quimica a una gran empresa. Esta empresa produce fibras textiles para la
industria textile. Precive que necesitaba yo conocer un poquito mas de los
problemas de mis clientes, los fabricantes de telas, asi es que estando trabajando regrese a estudiar engenier:ia
textil.
Nuevamente volvi a la escuela a estudiar publicidad y promocion de ventas
de una de las companias privadas
mas grande del pais. En 1968 una
revista Mexicana me nombro una de las
cinco mujeres exucutivos de Mejico
mas imoortantes, yen 1970
·
pomocion muy bonita que organise
para la compania la Asociacion National
de las Publicidad me nombro uno de los
diez ejecutivo de publicidad en Mejico.
como conocio a su esposot
En ese ano 1970 conoci a mi esposo
durante unos de mis viajes a Nueva
York y,poco despue~ decidirnos casarnos
y me movi de la cuidad de Meji~o a la
cuidad de Nueva York. Ahora vivo en
Los Angeles con mi esposo y mi hijo
de seis anos, Ned, el cual es bi-lingue y
bi-cultural.
Pero antes de casarme tuve la oportunidad de viajar. He estado en Europa
mucha veces por quesfiones de trabajo
y de vacaciones.
He estado en Columbia Venezuela,
Brazil, Peru, Argentina. Viaje muco
aprendi mucho, trabaje mucho antes
ge casarme.
Y despues de · casada cuan~o yo
supe que me iba casar yo dije "bueno
pues casarse es todavia mas importante
que ser una mujer de negocios, _un
ejecutivo asi que devuelta a la escuela
a estudiar. Esta vez a estudiar economia
domestica · decoracion de interi~res,
arreglo fl~ral, codna psicolo~ia e~
el matrimonio, la psicologia del Mexicano, psicologia ae1 l\mericano, etc.,
etc.
Ha tratado de ·que pudiera yo estar
preparada tome dases hasta de como
trabajar en la casa, · como lavar, como
planchar v como limpiar.
Pero porque cuando uno se mueve
·de Mejico, para aca uno tiene que hacer
todo asi es que no iba yo a tener a
nadie para ensenareme.
No iba yo a tener una mama, una tia,
una hermana, a nadie.
Asi que dije mas vale que me p·onga
yo a aprender antes de irme y asi lo hice
porque lo mismo al momento que yo
decidir casareme queria yo hacer una
muy buena esposa y me puse aprender
todo.
·
Ed Clark, Canidato por Presidental.
•
Al poco tiempo llego nuestro hijo y
me dediaue a ·ser madre por tres anos y
uespues de tres anos mi esposo empezo
a estar muy envuelto en la question
politica del partido. En 1968 cuando
fue candidato gobernador de California
y dedice poner me esfuerzo en ayudarle
a el desde entonces ha estado en campanias.
y en estos tres anos me he dedicado
a ayudar a mi esposo, a estudiar y a
aprender lo mas que puedo de el pais.
Soy una especia de secretaria privada
para el. Manejo todas las cosas en orden
1
Y hago campania para e ·
La Voz: Sra. Clark muchas veces a
la mujer M~xicana se_ le dice que _no
es necesario estudiar, que s_u lugar es
en la casa. Que dice usted a estot
Tuve ese problema con mis amistades
afortunadamente no con mi madre. ·
Porque mi madre fue al revez. Mi
madre dijo "yo quiero que ustedes
tengan una carrera antes de casarse
para que cuando se c~sen ustedes
dependan de si mismas. Y si se casan se
casan porque los quieren y porque
ellos las quieren a ustedes. Pero no
quiero que dependan pani siempre de
que si el senor las quiere mantener o
no las quiere mantener."
Ella siempre lucho para que • estudiaramos y hicieramos una carrera tanto a mi
hermana como yo. Pero si, alrededor
mio-en general la idea era ·"para que vas
a la escuela. Para que estudias. No
seas tonta te vas a casar. No va a
servir de nada. Todo es dinero votado a
la calle y cosas por el estilo.
No estoy de acuerdo con es;o porque ·
tan solo la seguridad que le da a una
mujer el hecho de tener un titulo. El
hecho de saber que ella es capaz de
lograr esos titulo es bastante. Muy lejos
de romper las relaciones con el marido
yo creo que las estrecha.
El welfare es otra cosa. Es el mis:
. g~bierno el que ha. criado e ste seenle
m1ento. Y o no creo que e_s 1a I
lo que la ha criado si no el gob1erno. .
He estado platicando con
personas. Una oersona en mas
.. u~a __
d e Ias cosas .
Cruz. me d 110.
terribles que el gobierno Amer
ha hecho a los Hispanos es el we1~
Que esta: destruyendo a las farnilias
que las mujeres se separan de losesposos facilmente para vivir en welfare
Que sea que en lugar de esta~ •
yudando en realidad los estan
icando. Y esto me lo dijo un
Americana. Esto es el sentim·
ellos tienen que el gobierno
comprar los votos de los Hi
esta ofreciendo programas Y
dependientes.
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El unico que el gobierno esta
es que millones de gente
ellos. En lugar de ayudarlos
suficientes. Lo que Ed
en mente es ayudar a la
suficiente por si mismo. ~
guarde mas del dinero que
bolsillo oara que cuide de su
The median age for Chicanas in
United -5tates is 21.3 years com
with 30.6 for all women.
About 1 of 3 Chicanas is under age 'I(
compared with about 1 of 5 of all women.
Chicanas still lag substantiaHy behi
all women in formal education; that is,
education obtained in a regular sdm
system that advances a person toward
elementary school certificate or hiaft
school diploma,. or professional scholl
degree.
Median years of school completed br
all adult women age 25 and over
12.4 years, compared with only 8.6 years
La Voz: Que es la relacion que tiene
by Chicanas of the same age.
usted con la gente Mexicana en la camIn 1978, the labor force participaticll
pania de su esposo.
rate for Chicanas (47 percent) was somewhat below the rate (49 percent) for
Sra. Clark: Basicamente yo soy un
women, but their unemployment rate
elemento importante en la campania , (11.4) percent was substantially higher
de espanol. Estoy encargada de traducir than the 7.0 percent rate for all women.
_ al espanol los anuncios de television,
Employed Chicanas are more Ii
los anuncios de radios.
than other employed women to be
Una pregunta que tengo muy a blue-collar work, or in the lower-payi
menudo cuando tengo entrevistas
service occupations.
en ingles es que me dicen, J/Sra. cuando
In 1977, median income for emp~
usted hace campania como puede Chicanas was $5,080, 83 percent
usted hacer.campania entre los Hispanos the median for all women.
·
dicen, los- Hispanos estan por gobierno
In 1978, only 4~ percent ofthe emplot
fuerte ellos lo unico que quieren es que ed Chicanas were in white-collar jobs
el 2obierno los mantenga y eso me da compared to 64 percent of all em~
coraje. H
U.S. women.
Roughly 22 percent of alt emp
Porque los hago saber que no es
cierto.
Los Mexicanos, los . Latinos U.S. women in 1978 worked in profet
en general que vienen a este pais son sional-technical and managerjal pos,gente muy trabajadora que vienen • tions, where median annual income ffJ
para buscar un nuevo horizonte en sus, all women was over $10,100. Only 11
percent of the Chicanas held these
vidas.
La mayoria son honrados, trabaja- higher-paying jobs . .
Average (median) family income •
dores que van hacer u n contribucion
a este pais. Que lo que rnenos esperan the United States was about S16,000. ill
es que el gobierno los mantenga. Lo 1977. The average for Mexican-Amert
que menos esperan es el · welfare. Lo can families was $11,740, about threeque menos esperan es sacar veritaja del fourths of that for all U.S. families.
For families maintained by Chicanas
social security.
average income was about $6,170, co,npared to $7,765. for all female-headed
Pero parece ser que el gobierno a families.
tratado de comprar los votos de los
About 46 percent of the fam iIies headHispanps ofreciendoles dinero o pro- ed by Chicanas, in 1977, were below the
gramas especial es .