La Voz de Aztlan, April 9 1981
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La Voz de Aztlan, April 9 1981
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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EDITORIAL
Politically speaking, it seems that everyday things
keep getting worse for us. Locally, it was announced
Wednesday that Supervisor Jeff Reich proposed a
policy which includes refusal of medical care to illegal
·aliens at Valley Medical Center. What is this pendejo' s
problem? What have we done to him for him to keep
carrying on the way he does. First it was bilingual
education,now this. Why doesn't he start working on
some real, more important issues t,hat are more pertinent _
and affect our community rather than supporting his
racist attitudes .
President Reagan had doubled the military salary
yet completely did away with such socially beneficial
programs as CET A. That's one way of pushing us
into the front Ii nes.
Frankly, I'm a little confused. This is supposed to be
the decade of the Hispanics right? But will somebody
tell me, what decade are we in? The 80_' s or the 60' s?
Fernando Quintero
Editor, La Voz
.~LETTERS TO-THI.EDITOR
bear Editor:
As a student on this campus, I feel I
have had my civil rights violated because
I was unjustly embarrased, harassed
and discriminated by a campus polic~ officer.
Shortly after putting money in the jukebox, the music stopped. THe box had
been unplugged. I plugged the box back
in and put in more money. While I was
listening to the music the jukebox was
unplugged a second time.
I caught a student, Barbara Cushion,
unplugging the box. I told her I did not
feel that what she did was right. WHile
talking to her, a campus police officer,
Mike Leedon, told me that I should not
put music on because people wanted to
watch T.V.
On Monday afternoon, March 30, while
in the Bucket, I was denied the opportunity to listen to music on the jukebox. I
was told that some people in the Bucket
wanted to watch television. I stated that
the T. V. program did not interest me and
others, and that we preferred listenin1 to
music. I 1ot permission from the Bucket
employ~ and the assistant rmm1er to
leave the music on.
I was told to leave the Bucket because
I did not have my student I.D. I told the
officer that if he wanted to check out my
student status that we could go to the
administration building to find out.
He said it was not necessary. I then told
the officer that I have the right to go back
to may seat to finish my beer and if I
wanted, I would buy more beer. At this
time the officer replied that he would go
back with me to my table and pour the
beer_on me and that I could walk out like
that. I told him that we were both persons with the same rights. He had no
right to treat me in this manner. I was
put on the spot and embarrassed. This
was an out-right examp f ·
ce harassment. The police officer is a professional, he should not talkto anyone in that
manner.
I do not think what happened was right
I feel that the approach was very negative to me as a Chicano. I do not think
anyone should be treated the way I was.
This was handled very unprofessionally
b y both the campus police and the Bucket management.,.. . ,_ .:~,__
Because of this incident I feel that
there should be a policy statin1 that the
television or jukebox could be on at the
same time or one at a time or that they
should be on opposite sides of the room.
Also, that there should be a sign allowing students to be aware of this policy
and other rules in the Bucket.
Because I also feel that I was unjustly
singled out because I was a Chicano,
I also propose that there should be more
music that is appreciated by Chicanos,
Black and other people ethnic groups.
The environment in the Bucket as it is
now in unfavorable to other cultures,
therefore, I feel Black, Chicano, Iran
Palestanian and other cultural music ,hat
represents the different cultures of this
campus should be available. This also
applies to having live cultural entertainment and nights designated for ethnic
groups.
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ILa Voz De Aztlan I
Editor-in-Chief
Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor
Margarita Martinez
Photographers
Robert Hernandez
Richard Rios
The Bucket should not cater to only a
certain segment of this campus population. There are many students that feel
the Bucket does not serave them equally. TH is is also felt by many students regarding the campus police.
Production
Sylvia Vidal
Maria Servin
Reporters
Guadalupe Gutierrez
Yolanda Granad<.'S
Mike Valencia
Lourdes Villareal
Olivia Lucio
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the kea
Campus building. La Voz reserves
right to edit letters . Telephone 487-24'86
Paae 3-la Vu _De Aztlan-April 9, 1911
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LEADERS ORGANIZE FOR REDISTRICTING
by Mar1arita M. Martinez
Most of Fresno County could be
included in the new con1ressional
seats to be created in California.
Valley Chicanos are makina sure
they make an impact in the process.
A coalition of Chicano leaders has been
formed. The coalition, San Joaquin
Valley Chicanos for Fair Reapportionment is affiliated with the laraer state
coalition, ""Californios for Fair Reapportionment.""
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Carlos Rodri1uez, El Concilio director
and chairperson ~f the San Joaquin
~alley coaltion states, *This the only
time where we can make a difference in
terms of drawing lines of leaislative
districts. We want to have input before
the legislators ao into their·smoke-filled
fOOO'.'S an~ decide our fate.•
After the census every ten years, the
state leaislature creates new conaressional and leaislative districts. Rodriauez says that in the past the interests
of Chicanos have never been considered.
""Chicanos have been 1errymandered
separated into districts with no stroni
majority," he said, *we can't elect
an~e to ~epresent us.•
The coalition is also concerned with
the recent census fiaures. *We are
accordina to the recent census fiaures'
only 29 percent of Fresno's population'
~ contest it is 45 percent,"" said Rod:
raguez.
Rodriguez stated a meetina is bein1
oraanized with MALDEF (Mexican
American Legal Defense Education
fund) to deal with tlie recent fiaures.
In 1970 MALDEF won a suit contesting
the census results.
tomorrow, El Concilio is hostina a
Rodriauez thinks the problem was
in how Chicanos were identified in the luncheon at the Tapatio Restaurant.
data. *The method the ·census bureau senator Daniel Boatwriaht, chairperson
used is so complex, it even confused ,of the Senate Committee on Reapportionment will be their a~t.
t~,""he~id.
The coaltion 's main emphasis now
is the reapportionment. The Senate
Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, will hold a reapportionment
hearina in Fresno, tomorrow, from
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the State
Buildina ~
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t<Odriauez emphasizes the importance
of Chicanos attendin1 the hearina.
'the purpose of the hearina is to listen
to testimony beina presented on behalf
of the community,* he said, *it is
important we have input in the process.
· Roc:triauez see tne coaltion as beina
ve!'Y strona • He says its presence is
~•na felt throughout the state. It
15 only ~ beainnini, he says.
ft is
a call to ~mty for the Chicano community
to oraamze.
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*The 80' s has been said
to be the dacade of the Chicano,* said
Rodriauez, *well, no one is aoina to
1ive us anythin1 unless we oraanize
and get it ourselves.
CHANNEL 24 AND TACOMA DISPUTE
By Yolanda Granados
The San Joaquin Communication
Corporation (SJCC), the new owners
of KMJ-TV, have removed TACOMA
from producing the bilingual proaram
La Comuni~ad Del Valle.
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. According to Rodriquez, TACOMA has
expressed a willingness to bargain an
affirmative ~~ion agreement wi_th SJ CC
with the definite understandina that the
bilingual and bicultural aspects of La
. Comunidad del Valle be retained.
On April 6, SJCC finally consented to
meet with TACOMA. Present at the
The program was produced by Chicano meeting were three TACOMA board
trainees provided by TACOMA, a
· members and Jim Thompson, KSEE
television advisory committee of
station manager.
Mexican-Americans under El Concilio
On February 2, TACOMA was informed
Accordina to Conrad Mendoza
of SJCC intentions and proaram
TACOMA Chairman, no affirma'tive
chan1es.
action plan was neaotiated. *KSEE
owners refuse to accept our
. •r~ station removed our host and put station
special emphasis ·affirmative action ·
1n their own host, who is not bilinaual.
program. KSEE wants to have a aeneral
By removing TACOMA from producing
affirmative action which covers everythe show the Chicano community will
one. This way it will not be held to
no longer have direct input into the
s~ifics," said Mendoza.
content of the proaram. There will be
no evidence of Chicano related proIn a telphone interview, Jim Thompson
1rammin1 sensitive toward Chicano
said, •we will not agree to TACOMA,.,S
issues," said Carlos Rodriguez, Director plan."
of El Concilio and a TACOMA board
member.
Since no resolution was passed
another meeting has been set. Since
TACOMA wants to negotiate a new
F~bruary there has been a campaign
affi~mative action agreement with SJCC, of protest by TACOMA against SJ CC.
Basically, retaining the training program A letter writing campaign has been
which was initiated in 1975 with
enforced trying to get community
McClatchy Enterprises.
member to write letters stating their
displeasures to the station and to
"~ part of McClatchy' s affirmative
the FCC. *The letter writing campaian
action proaram with TACOMA in
has produced some pressure on KSEE.
1975, McClatchy agreed to hire
The meetina that took place proves that
Chicanos and train them in the elecit has,• said Mendoza.
tronic media . Now with SJCC refusina
to negotiate an affirmative action
•According to Rodriauez; TACOMA
agreement with TACOMA, this trainina
is also protesting the usqe .of the
program is threatened,• said Rodriquez. proaram name.
#f3y keepioa the program title, La
Comunidad Del Valle KSEE is deceiving the public: in~ believina that
El ~on~ilio js still producing the show,
which 1s far from being true • said
Rodriguez.
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.TACO~A may plan to file an injuct1on keeping KSEE from using the
pro~ram name. TACOMA is bein1
advised by attorney Mario Olmos.
Page 4-La Vox De ArlYn~l 9, 1111
-Project completed on
Valley Chicanos
,By Yolanda Granacloa
"The TEACH Project and the 1ru
positive response from the community
and schools, is a project that is already
uniting parents, their children, and the
schools, "said Soriano.
"History should avoid the temptation to chronicle only f_amous men and
women, to highlight 'rags to riches'
biographies or to focus solely on the
rich and powerful. History must acknowledge the works and Iives of those
who in their work compose a culture
and society," stated Dr . Lea YbarraSoriano, in her project pamphlet Nues-
The project consisted of community
outreach utilizing traditional and cultural
mass media formats to advertise the projects in general. Gathering photos fer
a slide presentation was done. Over
300 photos dating back to 1910 were
collected.
Oral histories were
obtained from community residents
tras Raices-.
"The history of the Mexican, includes
the story of a community and its life not just a chronology, or statistics on
income and educational attainment,
or a listing of electoral victories," Soriano said.
According to Soriano it took aboli
seven months to somplete SO histories.
The histories were recorded, transcribed, edited and finally proofread.
"Oral history is very important,
particularly to ethnic minority groups,
whose history has often remained
unrecorded and thus lost to posterity,said Soriano.
Soriano~ a CSUF La RAZA Studies
professor, currently on a sabbatical
leave, directed a one-year project entitled 1 .E.A.C.H . - Teaching Ethnic
Awareness and Cultural Heritage .
The project was funded by a S40,000
grant from the Health , Education ,
and Welfare Department.
Five pamphlets were printed as part
of the TEACH Project.
The major
pamphlet Nuestras Raices: The Mexican
Community in the Central San Joaquin
Valley was translated into
Spanish.
Nustras Raices is a mixture of historical
data interwoven with oral histories and
"I felt that there needed to be curric- contemporary events. A one-hour slide
ulum on Chicanos in the San Joaquin presentation based on Nuestras Raices,
Valley area . Chicanos need to be edu- was also completed as part of the procated about themselves, " Soriano said. ject.
According to Soriano, the primary
Concluding on her project, Soriano
objectives of the TEACH Project were said, "The TEACH Project has been very
aimed at training anq educating dif- successful and very worthwhile. It
ferent groups - parents, teachers, will undoubtedly have impact on the
and the community in general -formu- community for years to come."
fating a program which would have the
Soriano is presently co-writing a book
greatest and most effective impact on on the Chicano family . She plans to
developing positive seof-esteem and cul- come back in the fall to teach.
tral awareness in minority children.
A Mexican familia in 1918.
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Pap 5-1.a·Voz De Aztlan-April ;,-·ft)l'I
EOP offers ·course. on
women minority
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Bilingual·Foundation
of the Arts
In the fall of 1981, the Educational
Op.portu!"itv .. P.ro~ram will · r'"oc.ont a
course entitled Careers for Minority
Women in conJunction with the Women's Studies Department.
The purpose of the course is to increase the awareness of minority women
students as the kinds of careers they can
aspire to and be successful in. Emphasis will be on nontraditional careers,
directing students into academic dis- .
ciplines in which they are now underreprensented.
The students will be exposed to appropriate role models; minority professional
~ women who are currently employed in
nontraditional careers such as medicine,
law, science, management, computer
science, engineering, P.tc.
Al'-o included in the course Wtll be
a discussion of women and work issues
and the legal aspects of employment
Modest grants have come from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and the City of Los
Angeles. A vital training program for
theatre technicians is provided through
the Los Angeles County CETA program,
and recently, corporations·, foundations
and individuals have been providing
important support as well. With i~ small
and dedicated staff, plus an involved
and caring board of trustees, the Bilingual . Foundation of the Arts has
established a cultural institution of significance for the residents of California.
Gifts and grants, small and large, are
urgently needed and always appreciated. With your support, BFA will
continue to bring you productions of
professional calibre. If you can help,
please wri~e to the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, 421 North Avenue
19, Los Angeles, CA (213)225-4044.
The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
is unique in that it presents four professional productions a year (plus a statewide tour) which span across the centuries including early Spanish classical
dramas, the rich contemporary works of
Federico Garcia Lorca and the works of
the Hispanic and Hispanic American
playwrights of today. In order for the
entire community to experience and enjoy our glorious Hispanic literature,
BFA performs these works in Spanish,
English and "Spanglish"' the language of
the barrio. Founded in 1973 by actressproducer Carmen Zapata, director Maragarita Galban and designer-technician Estela Scarlata, BFA is working
diligently toward the establishment of a
professional Hispanic American National
Theatre. During several years of struggle and accomplishment, BFA has developed support from several quarters.
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lCivil rights, Affirmative Action, Equal
Pay Act, etc.) as they affec( the minority
woman. A review of the maj(>r/cireer
se1ect1on process utilizing the system of
interactive guidance and information·
(SIGI) will also be a part of the course .
Although the course is directed towards the freshman and sophomore un- 1
declared majors, no one will be excluded from the class . It will be opened to
the first 50 students who regi'ster
for it.
Course scheduled for :
T-TH 11:10-12:25
SR-1 - room 28
3 units - c/ncr
Ruth Tarver, Career Counselor in
the Educational Opportunity Program,
will be the Instructor. ·
VENCEREMOS!
CHICANO ELECTION WINNERS
.1,400 jobless workers
by Lourdes Villarreal
According to Pedro Garcia: executive
director for the Fresno Employment
and Training Commission (FETC)
Fresno County will have more than its
sh~re of unemployment when faced
with approximately 1,400 jobless workers around the end of June, 1981.
Garcia declared that the drastic 50 percent budget reduction was a result of
President Reagan's proposed cuts in
government spending.
Furthermore, Garcia informed La
Voz that one of the programs that will
be affected by this funding reduction
is the public service CETA jobs program. Garcia explained that the CETA
program was originally initiated during
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Moreover, Garcia stated that President Reagan's March 2nd resolutions
. concerning the "'hiring freeze" and the
\ funds reduction in public service related
jobs had caught the FETC off guard.
Since Reagan had made no rrevious
announcement of his intended reductions in the CETA programs in his
January State of the Union Address,
FETC found itself somewhat wanting in
organization to execute an appropriate
phase-out plan.
As for the impacts such measures
are bound to create, Garcia foresees
an obvious limitation in job .o pportuni-·
ties. Garcia stated that the principal
i~pa~ will be felt this summer when
In the recent elections three Chicanos
David Torres-Senator at Large
were elected to .positions on the Student '
Senate. They are; Diana Garrido,
Plan to aet student body more involve
David
Torres,and
Qlivia
Lucio. with Student Senate. It is important
for Chicanos to get involve with thPThe senators comrnented on their
Student Senate.
Promote more
positions.
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awareness.
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It is important for · Chicanos to get
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Diana Garrido-Senator of Undeclared involve with the Student Senate. It is
Majors.
important for us to have a voice in
dealing with issues affecting minorities.
Plan to. be vocal in students body, ·
It all depend$ on what issues · are
·, brought up. I hope that whatever de- try to listen to students needs.
cision that I make would be for the better
of the whole campus. I hope to see Oli~ia Lucio-Senator of Health Proffesion
more · functions for Chicanos, but
that's not necessary what I 'm 1oinJ · I 've never been involved in the Student
to stand for. I would also like to see inter Senate, therefore I can't say what exactly
grated ·programs to educate ethn~ exactly I am 1oing to do. 1. am aoina
1roups.
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to try to listen and very carefully .
Since I -have no experience in school analyze all issues brought to the Senate
politics I really can't give any concrete not only for the benefit of Chi~nos but
objectives that i plan to pursue, but for the entire student body as well.
hopefully with the assistance of those
I will try to broaden my views
with more experience mem!>ers . I will · on._ political issues pertainin1 to this
be able ~ perform my duties_to-t~ ~ t camR:,Us by listenina to the problems ·
· of students
, of my ab1hty ··
school youths and 1,400 jobless workers '
compete for the same scarcity of jobs
available. Garcia also added that em- !
ployers will have to decide between
Richard Nixon's second presidential hiring on the basis of youth or experiterm (1973-74). According to Garcia, ence.
the CETA program alleviated part of
the unemployment crisis faced during
Consequently, although Garcia clJ.lthe 1975-76 Recession. After that period,
peared rather glum about the fate of
the possible 1,400 jobless workers,
he did point out that the FETC was
fortunate,"'
time-wise,
Garcia said, "'The CETA program was "somewhat
compared
to
other
programs
that besomewhat successful, but it sort of ·
phased out." However, the ·program re- ing · unable to continue operating will
vived again in 1979 aftef Congress be forced to foreclose immediately.
amended the federal Comprehensive
Emp~oy~ent and Training Act specify-
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Garcia is also hoping that Congress will
amend Reagan's proposed cuts, thereby
ing l,,at the program be directed largeiy lessening some of the impacts on protowards the "hard-core unemployed." grams such as the FETC. For those
~arcia added that Congress had also who perceive an unemployment threat,
intended to eliminate "inappropriate- it would be wise to write to your congress
ness" experienced in the previous man- and express your opinions on the mataaement of funds.
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Paae 9-u Voz De Aztlan-April 9, 1911
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~'One of the reasons I started my
own theatre company was
because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning _
roles. I got tired of playing the maid."
By Fernando Quintero
She's a strong activist and believer of
bilingual education. She sings. She
dances. She acts . Her life is decoted to
her work. She is Carmen Zapata.
In an exdusive interview with La Voz,
Carmen Zapata talks about her career
and her life from a frightened child
growing up in Spanish Harlem to success in television playing NstereotypedN
roles to her present theatre company she
now co-manages.
Zapata, now 52, is the daughter of
only two Mexican families who lived in
the area of New York known as Spanish
Harlem. Her tatner, wno held two
jobs, as a dishwasher and a nightwatcbman, was born in Veracruz, Mexico.
He left Mexico during the second revolution. Carmen's mother is from Argentina. Carmen recalls the trauma
and bewilderment of starting school
and knowing only Spanish and the Mexican culture. When her father died,
Carmen's mother carried on the financial responsibility working in a garment
factory and as a janitor in the apartment building they lived in. Carmen
can still remember her mother on her
knees washing floors. "I wanted to help
her, but she wouldn't let me. She felt
I was too good for that kind of work."
Carmen was about six when she
started singing and dancing and at 18
left high school to join the chorus of
•Oklahoma." Over the next 20 years,
~he appeared in New York and on tour
r~ ~loomer Girl, Carnival, Bye Bye
Birdie, No Strings, and many other
s~~s . She also appeared in such televrsron series as Marcus Welby, Medical
Ce~ter, Streets of San Francisco, and
Chrco and the Man including a regular
role in the Dick Van Dyke Show. These
led to her own series "Viva Valdez"
on ABC during the ;ummer of '76.
Most recently, Carmen can be seen regu!a.rly on the bilingual children's television show *Villa Alegra" presented
through the public television network.
s.he has received three emmy nominations and the Angel award for best actress in Spanish theatre.
Aside from her career as an actress
Producer, and director Carmen ha;
taught drama at East' Los Angeles
COpollege, . set up Mexican-American
P<>rtumty Foundation child care
' centers, served on the Screen Actors
· Guild ethnic mir.J.Qrities committee.
and of course, co-managed the Bilingual
Foundation of the Arts.
La Voz:
What could change all of
that?
Zapata: Things won't change until like
everything else, we get behind the control booth and .start turning those knobs.
La Voz: How did the Bilingual Founda- Not until we become the decision
tion of the Arts come about?
makers, the producers, the writers,
Zapata: Well, after coming from New
and directors.
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York sixteen years ago, I found that
La Voz: How will the Reagan adminiCalifornia has very little or no theatre
straion and all his budget cuts affect
at all. So I decided to start my own theaBFA?
tre group and in 1973, myslef and Mar- Zapata:
The Reagan admi_nistration
garita Galban, who is the BFA director affects everything. No theatre can run
' and Estela Scarlata, the· technical without some kind of subsidy, even the
director, founded the Bilingual Founda- big theatre companies. Although no
tion of the Arts with the intent purpose one will be more affected than the minorI of presenting Hispanic theatre and liter- ity programs, that's a well-known fact.
ature to audiences whom otherwise
u Voz: What does this...mean specifiwould not receive any exposure to· cally for BFA?
- theatre. We commit ourselves to at Zapata: Well we're going to have to
least 3 of 4 plays a year touring such stdrt 1ookmg tor more funds.
cities as Fresno where Hispanics really - u voz: What are ~your feelings toward
don't get the chance to see their own Bilingual education? ·
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theater. We cover a wide scope of pre- Zapat~:
I think the government is
sentations ranging from 15th century making a terrible mistake by trying to
plays to contemporary things they can supress it. Bilingual education is very
. relate to and understand.
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imPQrtant anct by not allowing us to learn
La Voz: Why 15th century plays?
English as a language instead of trying
Zapata: The. reason we ,,,q 9 the <;lassies to force it upon our children, it's just
is to introduce to non-Spanish speaking traumatic.
audiences the beauty of our literature. u Voz: Do you ever gather any public
We need to bring these classics out and support for your concern?
develop new EnRlish translations of
them. Federico Garcia Lorca lived in
Shakespeare's time and was considered
a great playwright but we know nothing
of him because there have been no English translations of his work.
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Voz: Why are there so few Chicanos
in the entertainment industry, particularly television i
Zapata: That's t.r--...od the .media
doesn't give us the kind of opportunities
we deserve. , You know one of the
reasons I started my own theatre company was because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning roles.
I got tired of playing the maid.
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Voz:
The Dick Van Dyke S~?
Zapata: Exactly. I made the money
and I made a reputation for myself,
but I never really got to act. And these
roles I'm talking about are all Hollywood
ever writes for us .
1
Zapata: 1've been involved in the "Vil-
la Alegre" program and that is now even
in jeapordv. It's just a shame .
La Voz: So what's next for Carmen
Zapata?
Zapata: In my career? I don't know,
n:,y most concern is the theatre more
than anything else right now. I think
I've go~en to be th~ biggest "'star"
I'll ever get .
La Voz: Doesn't that sound a little pessimistic?
Zapata: No, just realistic. A lot of the
more important roles in Hollywood are
being written for younger people--at
least not for older Hispanic women.
we've been stereotyped and labeled_and
pounding on those doors for things to
change, but like I said before,, we've
got to get behind the f'heel.
u Voz: What o~e thing would you
want the public to ren.temoer you for
or would you like to leave behind?
Zapata: Instill in other Mexican-Americans the same pride and joy that I feel.
And I think we all have to work on our
self-esteem and start thinking about
ourselves. Our heritage makes us very
special and our culture is so unique.
Our ply tonight was a message of unity,
we can all use a little of thaJ.
Paie 1o-La Voz · Oe Aztlan.April 9,
CHICANO UNITY CONGRESS
By Sylvia Castro
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE STUDENT COMMUNITY.
"PROTECTING OUR VITAL
INTERESTS ABROAD"
Fresno's first "'Unity Conaress"'
for the Chicano community was held
on March 28 by El Concilio de Fresno.
Each town in the county of Fresno was
, to be represented by a delegation.
The number per delegation depended
on the total population of each community. Fresno City was divided
up into six areas by high school districts ;
Organizations as well as individuals
were notified and welcomed to participate wither as an individual or a representative of their organization. HowBy Ruben Garza ~.
ever, the turn out was obvious that the ·
Not long ago, about 8 or .9 years or
When this happens, the Draft will be- majority; of those in attendance were
so, the American people were involved gin once more. I for one have been from some type of organization. Also,
in a very distressing conflict - Viet- pretty fortunate. The reason for that I felt thata they could've given a far
nam. The United States in 1965 had being I was born in 1958. When I was . more advanced notice to the organi· launched a massive military interven- . about to turn 18, the draft registration zation in which many had to act on
tion into Vietnam and has been there was terminated and when it resumed a spur of the·moment.
since. Why? Why go to a small tiny a~ain I was left out.
Asian Country clear across the globe
and lose 50,000 American lives (of these
The purpose of this Congress:
20% or approximately 10,000 were Chi1.
"'To identify and priortize regional
For those who are not so lucky, there
canos and even a greater number were
problems affecting the Chicano comBlacks)? To protexct our "'Vital lnter-- is an alternative. No, you cannot go to
ests"' abroad of course. In the early Canada as people did in the late 60' s
munity in Fresno Cou,nty.
60' s the United States government and early 70's to avoid the draft, bedecided that the Communists were. ieause Canada has 'changed their laws
2. To develop solutions with an emphaendangering these · interests so they and we can no longer go there to seek
sis on coordinating available political,
sent military Advisors; by 1963 there refuge. , There is however, C.A.R.D.
social, and economic resources in the
were already eyewitness accounts of (Committee Against Registration and
rural and metropolitan communities
American military men involved in ac-0 the Draft). This organization explains
of
Fresno County.
to
the
individual
who
goes
to
them
·
the
tual combat, this of course to the denial
of the State Department.
draft laws and helps them look for al3. To develope a better understanding
ternatives. These alternatives range
among all sectors of the Chicano comFor ten years the whole world was in
distress, not just Vietnam. Here at home
munity including farmworkers, bluethere were many anti-war demonstra- from *Con~cientious Objector* to Medicollar workers, students and profession
tions, rallies, and marches, many of . cal Deferment. The individual has to
individuals residing in the urban and
which ended in violence. People did not have reasons as to why, he does not
rural communities of Fresno county.
want to be there but they had no choice. want to go. These reasons do not have
Many people were drafted and went to be put into large technical vocabu_.
There were eight committees that. had
- while others defected to Canada remain- lary, they just have to be sincere and
met a week earlier to make recommendaing there unti-1--President Ford gave them reasonably and "firmly believed by the
amnesty:· When it was all over and most person.
tions to the Congress at-large for
_of-'.-the people had come home, we
prioritization. El Concilio selected
claimed it would nev~r happen again.
persons whom they felt had expertise
or _specialization in that field to chair and
In Fresno, .. if you are of draft age
co-chair accordingly. Committees were
and
wish
to
look
into
these
alternatives,
It's shpcking to think that in 1980 _
··
·ation, labor, economic
ga~teps heading in that direc- you can contact Sandra lyall at 268developement, employment, youth,
7492.
Sandra
is
the
current
President
nce more. In 1980, President Carsocial issue, legal issues.
began Draft Registration again. ·· of the Womens lnternationa'I League of
Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She has
Once more the United States is concerned about their so called *Vital
Interests Abroad.* Now it is no longer
Vietnam but in the Persain Gulf and the
Middle East, in El Salvador, in Poland,
in South Africa. ,
The Congress was called to order&,
the coordinator of this proiect Joee
Barraza in which in introduced
Enrique Lopez for the invocation,
was recited in Spanish. The c:hainla
of El Concilio Henry Garcia areeW
Congress and stated the purpose af
Congress emphasizing unity amana
all Chicanos. Councilman, Leonel
Alvarado next greeted the body and
focused his speech on the need for
"Hispanic" to unify jointly and
we' re only kidding ourselves if we
we have political and economic clout
growing ethnic minority. "We' re the
only ones who can -help ourselves,•
Alvarado said.
F•
The Congreso was well attended by•
classes of Chicanos students, professia,
als, laborers, and as usual-women!
The majority spoke English but the INNlr
agreed that the entire meeting be held
bilingually for the benefit of those whe
wished to presersve their native tonpe
and couldn't understand English, andll
those who didn't know Spanish but
would benefit by learning it.
The speakers were allowed twenty
minutes to present their issues and 18
minutes for questions and answers.
The highlight of the Congreso was
right after lunch when Seaetary of
Health and Welfare, Mario Obledoc:a11
and spoke to the Congress. His speec:11
focused on the Reagan Administra ·
, and how his "buget cuts" were an atta
on our people, specifically the poor. Ht
said, "Hv-ocritical society Reagan is
endors~. J. A society that will tue
1
legal services for the poor because it
can 't be under written and yet a rich
person can hire a private attorney and
afford
pay fees they can
and they
from taxes . .In effect, the tu
for the richs lepl s.vicel. •
speech one delepte cha
to run for the gowernanhip ol
nia. Obledo, 11ve in 25 __.
definite •,naybe. •
These committees consisted of persons
delegated from their organization to
single out the three most important
problems in their area that are regional
The results of the Congreso
in nature and common to most combaNots were counted were pol
munities in Fresno County. THose
ecla,cation, and youth.
The government again claims that the
.
orgainzations from kCSUF were meccommunists are threatening these
HA, CBSA, CHO, Las Adelitas, CHicaftO.'
"'Vital Interests."' Whose? Ours or big
Remember if you are between 17-1~taff,
ana-' a LT" Raza
studies.
business?
_you are not really safe, good, "'of Uncle
·
·
Already the in El Salvador, on Octo- '!am* still might get you; it is also wise
, ,
ber 15, 1979, the CIA has managed to to remember that Chicanos .and Blacks
arrange for a military coupd' etat as are the ones most affected by the draft · I attended as a delegate on the legal
they had previously done in Vietnam and it is us who suffer the most causalissues committee as a representative
on November 1, 1963. Again the State ties protecting our *Vital Interests."'
of Chicanos in Law. After having reDepartment denies that there are
It is us who have to look for alternatives
gistered I went to where my district
already American militarv men fightbefore our Raza's become extind fight(Roosev~ltJ was seated only to find the
in1 in El Salvador even though there ing Exxon's wars . So if you have any
entire table aHocated ato district six,
are eyewitness accounts to the con- further questions please contact Sandra
completely filled . So, in order to accotrary. How much longer before Exxon • lyall at 268-7492. She migt)t. ~ ,J.>~ to . modate all those others in that area
decides it is time for the United States
help you or someone you kno\\/b\Ji~ ~ 0
'they had to put Hoover somewhere
to invade El Salvadorl
else and give Roosevelt their table.
been involved in anti-draft movements
since she attended Fresno State in the
early 70's . She is one of the C.A.R.D .
counselors and will be able to give you
the necessary advice.
.
Page 1-1-La Voz De Azttan-Ai,ril 9, 1911
.
. - -··
"Califas" art·
exhibition ·theme·
An exhibition theme of Contemporary Chicano Art at Mary Portor Sesnon
Art Gallery, College V, University of California at Santa Cruz.
. .
March 29 to May 5, 1981 (Reception: April 11 from 3 p.m. to?)
Featured Artistas from various _geographical areas of California are:
San Diego
·
Ramses Noriega
Salvadore Roberto "Queso" Torrez
Los Angeles
Roberto Chavez
Judy Baca
Wi II ie Herron
Fresno
Ernie Palomino
Sacramento
Jose Montoya
Esteban Villa
Malaqt.iias Mo~toya
San Jose
Rupert Garcia
Ralph Madriaga
Rene Yanez
Carmen Lomas Garcia
Sue Martinez
Santa Cruz
Eduardo Carrillo
San Francisco
by
C. Bernard Jackson and Estela Scarlata
Arrangements are being made to attend this exhibition of some current
"pesado" Chicano Artistas of Califas. Transportation to the reception is
being coordinated to leave Fresno April 11th .
by Fernando Quintero
Full of song, dance, laughter, sorrow,
and alegria, the musical play "Wanted
Experience Operators" was presented
Apri I 2 at the convention Center Theatre
by the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.
The story centers around various
arment factory workers, several who
appen to be illegal aliens, as we see
nd hear them tell their hopes and
reams through lively song and dance
umbers.
The typical obnoxious,
money-hungry boss was excellently
portrayed by Don Potter. In the play,
he calls the U.S. Immigration Departent to the factory to deport the workers
s they begin talk of unionizing.
The character .. Chole .. , an illegal
alien from Mexico who'd · knit pink
dresses all day for her little child was
beautifully portrayed by Christine Avila
who i~ also a very gifted singer. Carmen
Zapata, as always, did a very good job
as the crew manager .
The only flaw in the production was
the difficulty in relaying it's rressage
through the plethora of musical production numbers.
Unlike last season's
"Uprooted," Experienced Operators
was more of a light-hearted musical
comedy filled with strong Anfl_lo-inf.1_4.enced overtones.
For further info. please call La Brocha Dell Valle @ 233-7741 or visit us
at 3830 E. Butler off the corner of 7th Street in the .. Brown House" Second
Floor, Suite 25.
Com-munity Friends
helps mentally diSc:ibled
Community Friends, 1759 Fulton,
The Mental Health Association of
Greater Fresno is looking for volun- Suite 146, can be contacted by calling
teers to become Community Friends Connie Pitt at 268-6166. This is a chance
and work with mental health clients. for you to help somone that needs a lift
Th~ Community Friend volunteer will be at a special time in their life .
trained to understand the needs of the
mentally disabled as well as" the skills
and resources necessary to work with
, mental health clients.
Most of us are fortunate enough to
have family and friends to share problems and joys with, but there are some
people who have no one. These people
1 a~e often in need of a friend; someone
1
with whom they can share the ups and
downs of daily living .
The Community Friend will provide
support for a person who needs a friend
in SJ:>ecific activities such as shopping,
playing games, sewing, talking, fishing,
or just going for a walk. Getting together at a mutually convenient time
and place, such as the park or. a restaurant, can be a time of · relaxation for a
person..,.with many problems.
Chicano
Commencement ·
The Fifth Annual Chicano Commencement ceremony will take place
on Saturday, May 23 in the CSUF
Amphitheatre at 6 p.m. A reception
will follow at 8 p.m. in the Vintage
Room, after which will· be a dance
at the Rainbow Ballroom.
The bilingual ceremony will honor
graduates and their families.
Community Friends are encouraged
to spend three hours a week · heli,· _
· som~ne at a special time in their m~.
.I! he sati~faction of reaching out, touching, and helping another person is a
,.•1. ,J ,,~1 ...1 .:• .,r)
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f,_ I • 4
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big r~ard. ,
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-
The . deadline ·tor applications is
April 24. Contact Manuel Olgin for
more information at 487-1052. .
Pap 12-La V• De Aztlan-April 9,
2114"4,uuud
Joveria Mexico ~nd Coors
5-MILE RUN
BENEFIT FOR BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS
COMPETE IN A STAR-STUDDED FIELD OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
RUNNERS IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE CATEGORIES!
Sunday, May 17, 1981
Starting Time 7 :00 A.M.
TIME: Check-in time 6:00 A.M.
PLACE: Joyeria Mexico, 1048 Fulton Mall, Downtown Fresno, California
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Flat roads, asphalt, some grass. (Starting and finishing at the Downtown Mall.)
COURSE RECORD: RODOLFO GOMEZ, 24:0.2, second place finisher in 1980 New York Marathon.
MARKING: Course will be well marked ( each mile), directing arrows.
WATER STATION: 4th mile - Crystal Geyser - Perrier (mineral water).
PROOF OF AGE: Be prepared to show proof of age.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00. Send entry forms and checks payable to:
Joyeria Mexico and Coors Run, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
For more information: (209) 233-0861 or 233-0862 (ask for Marisella).
ENTRY DEADLINE: May 14, 1981. ENTRY FEE NOT REFUNDABLE.
1. FIRST· 100 ENTRIES RECEIVE FREE T-SHIRTS!
AWARDS: First place finisht1rs in Pach division will
be awardPd a Citiwn watch. Second-fourth place
finishers in each division will he awarded a trophy. Special awards to oldest and youngest runners: Participant souwnir awards to all runners
enterPd.
,1 wards have been selected accordingly due to
limited number of runners in certain age groups.
DIVISIONS:
Men
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-0ver
SOUVENIR T-SHIRTS
ON SALE FOR $5.00
Women
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
Wheelchair
1st five finishers
- ENTRY BLANI\ Send with entry to: JOYE RIA MEXIC.O ANO COORS R.UN, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
(209) 233-0861
WAIVER: In consideration of your accepting my entry, I intending to be legally bound do hereby for myself, my heirs,
executor, and administrators, waive and release forever any and all rights and claims or damages I may accrue against the City of
Fresno, Joyeria Mexico, Coors, Big Brothers/Bi~ Sisters, and any and all sponsors and volunteers of this race for any injuries suffered by me while traveling to and from, and competing in the Joyeria Mexico and Coors 5-Mile Run on May 17, 1981.
SIGNATURE (Parent. if wider 18 years) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___;.__ DATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
NAME _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' - - - - - - - PHONE _ _ _ _ ___.__ _ __
ADDRESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __:.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _:__ ZIP _ _ _ _ _ __
AGE _ _ _ __
BIRTHDATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
CLUB _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
T-SHIRT SIZE:
□ SMALL
0 LARGE.
0 MEDIUM
0 X-LARGE
DIVISION (Checli O,ie) :
MEN:
OH-19
WOMEN:
014-19
WHEELCHAIR:
□
0
0
20-29
D 30-39
0-10--19
20-29
D 30-39
D
-10--19
0 50-59
0 50-59
0 60-Over
D 60-Over
callfomla .
State Unlvei-slfyI Fresno
I
•
:Aprll ·9, .1981
z
T
L
A
N.
EDITORIAL
Politically speaking, it seems that everyday things
keep getting worse for us. Locally, it was announced
Wednesday that Supervisor Jeff Reich proposed a
policy which includes refusal of medical care to illegal
·aliens at Valley Medical Center. What is this pendejo' s
problem? What have we done to him for him to keep
carrying on the way he does. First it was bilingual
education,now this. Why doesn't he start working on
some real, more important issues t,hat are more pertinent _
and affect our community rather than supporting his
racist attitudes .
President Reagan had doubled the military salary
yet completely did away with such socially beneficial
programs as CET A. That's one way of pushing us
into the front Ii nes.
Frankly, I'm a little confused. This is supposed to be
the decade of the Hispanics right? But will somebody
tell me, what decade are we in? The 80_' s or the 60' s?
Fernando Quintero
Editor, La Voz
.~LETTERS TO-THI.EDITOR
bear Editor:
As a student on this campus, I feel I
have had my civil rights violated because
I was unjustly embarrased, harassed
and discriminated by a campus polic~ officer.
Shortly after putting money in the jukebox, the music stopped. THe box had
been unplugged. I plugged the box back
in and put in more money. While I was
listening to the music the jukebox was
unplugged a second time.
I caught a student, Barbara Cushion,
unplugging the box. I told her I did not
feel that what she did was right. WHile
talking to her, a campus police officer,
Mike Leedon, told me that I should not
put music on because people wanted to
watch T.V.
On Monday afternoon, March 30, while
in the Bucket, I was denied the opportunity to listen to music on the jukebox. I
was told that some people in the Bucket
wanted to watch television. I stated that
the T. V. program did not interest me and
others, and that we preferred listenin1 to
music. I 1ot permission from the Bucket
employ~ and the assistant rmm1er to
leave the music on.
I was told to leave the Bucket because
I did not have my student I.D. I told the
officer that if he wanted to check out my
student status that we could go to the
administration building to find out.
He said it was not necessary. I then told
the officer that I have the right to go back
to may seat to finish my beer and if I
wanted, I would buy more beer. At this
time the officer replied that he would go
back with me to my table and pour the
beer_on me and that I could walk out like
that. I told him that we were both persons with the same rights. He had no
right to treat me in this manner. I was
put on the spot and embarrassed. This
was an out-right examp f ·
ce harassment. The police officer is a professional, he should not talkto anyone in that
manner.
I do not think what happened was right
I feel that the approach was very negative to me as a Chicano. I do not think
anyone should be treated the way I was.
This was handled very unprofessionally
b y both the campus police and the Bucket management.,.. . ,_ .:~,__
Because of this incident I feel that
there should be a policy statin1 that the
television or jukebox could be on at the
same time or one at a time or that they
should be on opposite sides of the room.
Also, that there should be a sign allowing students to be aware of this policy
and other rules in the Bucket.
Because I also feel that I was unjustly
singled out because I was a Chicano,
I also propose that there should be more
music that is appreciated by Chicanos,
Black and other people ethnic groups.
The environment in the Bucket as it is
now in unfavorable to other cultures,
therefore, I feel Black, Chicano, Iran
Palestanian and other cultural music ,hat
represents the different cultures of this
campus should be available. This also
applies to having live cultural entertainment and nights designated for ethnic
groups.
;,
ILa Voz De Aztlan I
Editor-in-Chief
Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor
Margarita Martinez
Photographers
Robert Hernandez
Richard Rios
The Bucket should not cater to only a
certain segment of this campus population. There are many students that feel
the Bucket does not serave them equally. TH is is also felt by many students regarding the campus police.
Production
Sylvia Vidal
Maria Servin
Reporters
Guadalupe Gutierrez
Yolanda Granad<.'S
Mike Valencia
Lourdes Villareal
Olivia Lucio
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the kea
Campus building. La Voz reserves
right to edit letters . Telephone 487-24'86
Paae 3-la Vu _De Aztlan-April 9, 1911
I
LEADERS ORGANIZE FOR REDISTRICTING
by Mar1arita M. Martinez
Most of Fresno County could be
included in the new con1ressional
seats to be created in California.
Valley Chicanos are makina sure
they make an impact in the process.
A coalition of Chicano leaders has been
formed. The coalition, San Joaquin
Valley Chicanos for Fair Reapportionment is affiliated with the laraer state
coalition, ""Californios for Fair Reapportionment.""
•
Carlos Rodri1uez, El Concilio director
and chairperson ~f the San Joaquin
~alley coaltion states, *This the only
time where we can make a difference in
terms of drawing lines of leaislative
districts. We want to have input before
the legislators ao into their·smoke-filled
fOOO'.'S an~ decide our fate.•
After the census every ten years, the
state leaislature creates new conaressional and leaislative districts. Rodriauez says that in the past the interests
of Chicanos have never been considered.
""Chicanos have been 1errymandered
separated into districts with no stroni
majority," he said, *we can't elect
an~e to ~epresent us.•
The coalition is also concerned with
the recent census fiaures. *We are
accordina to the recent census fiaures'
only 29 percent of Fresno's population'
~ contest it is 45 percent,"" said Rod:
raguez.
Rodriguez stated a meetina is bein1
oraanized with MALDEF (Mexican
American Legal Defense Education
fund) to deal with tlie recent fiaures.
In 1970 MALDEF won a suit contesting
the census results.
tomorrow, El Concilio is hostina a
Rodriauez thinks the problem was
in how Chicanos were identified in the luncheon at the Tapatio Restaurant.
data. *The method the ·census bureau senator Daniel Boatwriaht, chairperson
used is so complex, it even confused ,of the Senate Committee on Reapportionment will be their a~t.
t~,""he~id.
The coaltion 's main emphasis now
is the reapportionment. The Senate
Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, will hold a reapportionment
hearina in Fresno, tomorrow, from
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the State
Buildina ~
.
t<Odriauez emphasizes the importance
of Chicanos attendin1 the hearina.
'the purpose of the hearina is to listen
to testimony beina presented on behalf
of the community,* he said, *it is
important we have input in the process.
· Roc:triauez see tne coaltion as beina
ve!'Y strona • He says its presence is
~•na felt throughout the state. It
15 only ~ beainnini, he says.
ft is
a call to ~mty for the Chicano community
to oraamze.
·
*The 80' s has been said
to be the dacade of the Chicano,* said
Rodriauez, *well, no one is aoina to
1ive us anythin1 unless we oraanize
and get it ourselves.
CHANNEL 24 AND TACOMA DISPUTE
By Yolanda Granados
The San Joaquin Communication
Corporation (SJCC), the new owners
of KMJ-TV, have removed TACOMA
from producing the bilingual proaram
La Comuni~ad Del Valle.
'
. According to Rodriquez, TACOMA has
expressed a willingness to bargain an
affirmative ~~ion agreement wi_th SJ CC
with the definite understandina that the
bilingual and bicultural aspects of La
. Comunidad del Valle be retained.
On April 6, SJCC finally consented to
meet with TACOMA. Present at the
The program was produced by Chicano meeting were three TACOMA board
trainees provided by TACOMA, a
· members and Jim Thompson, KSEE
television advisory committee of
station manager.
Mexican-Americans under El Concilio
On February 2, TACOMA was informed
Accordina to Conrad Mendoza
of SJCC intentions and proaram
TACOMA Chairman, no affirma'tive
chan1es.
action plan was neaotiated. *KSEE
owners refuse to accept our
. •r~ station removed our host and put station
special emphasis ·affirmative action ·
1n their own host, who is not bilinaual.
program. KSEE wants to have a aeneral
By removing TACOMA from producing
affirmative action which covers everythe show the Chicano community will
one. This way it will not be held to
no longer have direct input into the
s~ifics," said Mendoza.
content of the proaram. There will be
no evidence of Chicano related proIn a telphone interview, Jim Thompson
1rammin1 sensitive toward Chicano
said, •we will not agree to TACOMA,.,S
issues," said Carlos Rodriguez, Director plan."
of El Concilio and a TACOMA board
member.
Since no resolution was passed
another meeting has been set. Since
TACOMA wants to negotiate a new
F~bruary there has been a campaign
affi~mative action agreement with SJCC, of protest by TACOMA against SJ CC.
Basically, retaining the training program A letter writing campaign has been
which was initiated in 1975 with
enforced trying to get community
McClatchy Enterprises.
member to write letters stating their
displeasures to the station and to
"~ part of McClatchy' s affirmative
the FCC. *The letter writing campaian
action proaram with TACOMA in
has produced some pressure on KSEE.
1975, McClatchy agreed to hire
The meetina that took place proves that
Chicanos and train them in the elecit has,• said Mendoza.
tronic media . Now with SJCC refusina
to negotiate an affirmative action
•According to Rodriauez; TACOMA
agreement with TACOMA, this trainina
is also protesting the usqe .of the
program is threatened,• said Rodriquez. proaram name.
#f3y keepioa the program title, La
Comunidad Del Valle KSEE is deceiving the public: in~ believina that
El ~on~ilio js still producing the show,
which 1s far from being true • said
Rodriguez.
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pro~ram name. TACOMA is bein1
advised by attorney Mario Olmos.
Page 4-La Vox De ArlYn~l 9, 1111
-Project completed on
Valley Chicanos
,By Yolanda Granacloa
"The TEACH Project and the 1ru
positive response from the community
and schools, is a project that is already
uniting parents, their children, and the
schools, "said Soriano.
"History should avoid the temptation to chronicle only f_amous men and
women, to highlight 'rags to riches'
biographies or to focus solely on the
rich and powerful. History must acknowledge the works and Iives of those
who in their work compose a culture
and society," stated Dr . Lea YbarraSoriano, in her project pamphlet Nues-
The project consisted of community
outreach utilizing traditional and cultural
mass media formats to advertise the projects in general. Gathering photos fer
a slide presentation was done. Over
300 photos dating back to 1910 were
collected.
Oral histories were
obtained from community residents
tras Raices-.
"The history of the Mexican, includes
the story of a community and its life not just a chronology, or statistics on
income and educational attainment,
or a listing of electoral victories," Soriano said.
According to Soriano it took aboli
seven months to somplete SO histories.
The histories were recorded, transcribed, edited and finally proofread.
"Oral history is very important,
particularly to ethnic minority groups,
whose history has often remained
unrecorded and thus lost to posterity,said Soriano.
Soriano~ a CSUF La RAZA Studies
professor, currently on a sabbatical
leave, directed a one-year project entitled 1 .E.A.C.H . - Teaching Ethnic
Awareness and Cultural Heritage .
The project was funded by a S40,000
grant from the Health , Education ,
and Welfare Department.
Five pamphlets were printed as part
of the TEACH Project.
The major
pamphlet Nuestras Raices: The Mexican
Community in the Central San Joaquin
Valley was translated into
Spanish.
Nustras Raices is a mixture of historical
data interwoven with oral histories and
"I felt that there needed to be curric- contemporary events. A one-hour slide
ulum on Chicanos in the San Joaquin presentation based on Nuestras Raices,
Valley area . Chicanos need to be edu- was also completed as part of the procated about themselves, " Soriano said. ject.
According to Soriano, the primary
Concluding on her project, Soriano
objectives of the TEACH Project were said, "The TEACH Project has been very
aimed at training anq educating dif- successful and very worthwhile. It
ferent groups - parents, teachers, will undoubtedly have impact on the
and the community in general -formu- community for years to come."
fating a program which would have the
Soriano is presently co-writing a book
greatest and most effective impact on on the Chicano family . She plans to
developing positive seof-esteem and cul- come back in the fall to teach.
tral awareness in minority children.
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EOP offers ·course. on
women minority
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of the Arts
In the fall of 1981, the Educational
Op.portu!"itv .. P.ro~ram will · r'"oc.ont a
course entitled Careers for Minority
Women in conJunction with the Women's Studies Department.
The purpose of the course is to increase the awareness of minority women
students as the kinds of careers they can
aspire to and be successful in. Emphasis will be on nontraditional careers,
directing students into academic dis- .
ciplines in which they are now underreprensented.
The students will be exposed to appropriate role models; minority professional
~ women who are currently employed in
nontraditional careers such as medicine,
law, science, management, computer
science, engineering, P.tc.
Al'-o included in the course Wtll be
a discussion of women and work issues
and the legal aspects of employment
Modest grants have come from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and the City of Los
Angeles. A vital training program for
theatre technicians is provided through
the Los Angeles County CETA program,
and recently, corporations·, foundations
and individuals have been providing
important support as well. With i~ small
and dedicated staff, plus an involved
and caring board of trustees, the Bilingual . Foundation of the Arts has
established a cultural institution of significance for the residents of California.
Gifts and grants, small and large, are
urgently needed and always appreciated. With your support, BFA will
continue to bring you productions of
professional calibre. If you can help,
please wri~e to the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, 421 North Avenue
19, Los Angeles, CA (213)225-4044.
The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
is unique in that it presents four professional productions a year (plus a statewide tour) which span across the centuries including early Spanish classical
dramas, the rich contemporary works of
Federico Garcia Lorca and the works of
the Hispanic and Hispanic American
playwrights of today. In order for the
entire community to experience and enjoy our glorious Hispanic literature,
BFA performs these works in Spanish,
English and "Spanglish"' the language of
the barrio. Founded in 1973 by actressproducer Carmen Zapata, director Maragarita Galban and designer-technician Estela Scarlata, BFA is working
diligently toward the establishment of a
professional Hispanic American National
Theatre. During several years of struggle and accomplishment, BFA has developed support from several quarters.
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lCivil rights, Affirmative Action, Equal
Pay Act, etc.) as they affec( the minority
woman. A review of the maj(>r/cireer
se1ect1on process utilizing the system of
interactive guidance and information·
(SIGI) will also be a part of the course .
Although the course is directed towards the freshman and sophomore un- 1
declared majors, no one will be excluded from the class . It will be opened to
the first 50 students who regi'ster
for it.
Course scheduled for :
T-TH 11:10-12:25
SR-1 - room 28
3 units - c/ncr
Ruth Tarver, Career Counselor in
the Educational Opportunity Program,
will be the Instructor. ·
VENCEREMOS!
CHICANO ELECTION WINNERS
.1,400 jobless workers
by Lourdes Villarreal
According to Pedro Garcia: executive
director for the Fresno Employment
and Training Commission (FETC)
Fresno County will have more than its
sh~re of unemployment when faced
with approximately 1,400 jobless workers around the end of June, 1981.
Garcia declared that the drastic 50 percent budget reduction was a result of
President Reagan's proposed cuts in
government spending.
Furthermore, Garcia informed La
Voz that one of the programs that will
be affected by this funding reduction
is the public service CETA jobs program. Garcia explained that the CETA
program was originally initiated during
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Moreover, Garcia stated that President Reagan's March 2nd resolutions
. concerning the "'hiring freeze" and the
\ funds reduction in public service related
jobs had caught the FETC off guard.
Since Reagan had made no rrevious
announcement of his intended reductions in the CETA programs in his
January State of the Union Address,
FETC found itself somewhat wanting in
organization to execute an appropriate
phase-out plan.
As for the impacts such measures
are bound to create, Garcia foresees
an obvious limitation in job .o pportuni-·
ties. Garcia stated that the principal
i~pa~ will be felt this summer when
In the recent elections three Chicanos
David Torres-Senator at Large
were elected to .positions on the Student '
Senate. They are; Diana Garrido,
Plan to aet student body more involve
David
Torres,and
Qlivia
Lucio. with Student Senate. It is important
for Chicanos to get involve with thPThe senators comrnented on their
Student Senate.
Promote more
positions.
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awareness.
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It is important for · Chicanos to get
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Diana Garrido-Senator of Undeclared involve with the Student Senate. It is
Majors.
important for us to have a voice in
dealing with issues affecting minorities.
Plan to. be vocal in students body, ·
It all depend$ on what issues · are
·, brought up. I hope that whatever de- try to listen to students needs.
cision that I make would be for the better
of the whole campus. I hope to see Oli~ia Lucio-Senator of Health Proffesion
more · functions for Chicanos, but
that's not necessary what I 'm 1oinJ · I 've never been involved in the Student
to stand for. I would also like to see inter Senate, therefore I can't say what exactly
grated ·programs to educate ethn~ exactly I am 1oing to do. 1. am aoina
1roups.
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to try to listen and very carefully .
Since I -have no experience in school analyze all issues brought to the Senate
politics I really can't give any concrete not only for the benefit of Chi~nos but
objectives that i plan to pursue, but for the entire student body as well.
hopefully with the assistance of those
I will try to broaden my views
with more experience mem!>ers . I will · on._ political issues pertainin1 to this
be able ~ perform my duties_to-t~ ~ t camR:,Us by listenina to the problems ·
· of students
, of my ab1hty ··
school youths and 1,400 jobless workers '
compete for the same scarcity of jobs
available. Garcia also added that em- !
ployers will have to decide between
Richard Nixon's second presidential hiring on the basis of youth or experiterm (1973-74). According to Garcia, ence.
the CETA program alleviated part of
the unemployment crisis faced during
Consequently, although Garcia clJ.lthe 1975-76 Recession. After that period,
peared rather glum about the fate of
the possible 1,400 jobless workers,
he did point out that the FETC was
fortunate,"'
time-wise,
Garcia said, "'The CETA program was "somewhat
compared
to
other
programs
that besomewhat successful, but it sort of ·
phased out." However, the ·program re- ing · unable to continue operating will
vived again in 1979 aftef Congress be forced to foreclose immediately.
amended the federal Comprehensive
Emp~oy~ent and Training Act specify-
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Garcia is also hoping that Congress will
amend Reagan's proposed cuts, thereby
ing l,,at the program be directed largeiy lessening some of the impacts on protowards the "hard-core unemployed." grams such as the FETC. For those
~arcia added that Congress had also who perceive an unemployment threat,
intended to eliminate "inappropriate- it would be wise to write to your congress
ness" experienced in the previous man- and express your opinions on the mataaement of funds.
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~'One of the reasons I started my
own theatre company was
because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning _
roles. I got tired of playing the maid."
By Fernando Quintero
She's a strong activist and believer of
bilingual education. She sings. She
dances. She acts . Her life is decoted to
her work. She is Carmen Zapata.
In an exdusive interview with La Voz,
Carmen Zapata talks about her career
and her life from a frightened child
growing up in Spanish Harlem to success in television playing NstereotypedN
roles to her present theatre company she
now co-manages.
Zapata, now 52, is the daughter of
only two Mexican families who lived in
the area of New York known as Spanish
Harlem. Her tatner, wno held two
jobs, as a dishwasher and a nightwatcbman, was born in Veracruz, Mexico.
He left Mexico during the second revolution. Carmen's mother is from Argentina. Carmen recalls the trauma
and bewilderment of starting school
and knowing only Spanish and the Mexican culture. When her father died,
Carmen's mother carried on the financial responsibility working in a garment
factory and as a janitor in the apartment building they lived in. Carmen
can still remember her mother on her
knees washing floors. "I wanted to help
her, but she wouldn't let me. She felt
I was too good for that kind of work."
Carmen was about six when she
started singing and dancing and at 18
left high school to join the chorus of
•Oklahoma." Over the next 20 years,
~he appeared in New York and on tour
r~ ~loomer Girl, Carnival, Bye Bye
Birdie, No Strings, and many other
s~~s . She also appeared in such televrsron series as Marcus Welby, Medical
Ce~ter, Streets of San Francisco, and
Chrco and the Man including a regular
role in the Dick Van Dyke Show. These
led to her own series "Viva Valdez"
on ABC during the ;ummer of '76.
Most recently, Carmen can be seen regu!a.rly on the bilingual children's television show *Villa Alegra" presented
through the public television network.
s.he has received three emmy nominations and the Angel award for best actress in Spanish theatre.
Aside from her career as an actress
Producer, and director Carmen ha;
taught drama at East' Los Angeles
COpollege, . set up Mexican-American
P<>rtumty Foundation child care
' centers, served on the Screen Actors
· Guild ethnic mir.J.Qrities committee.
and of course, co-managed the Bilingual
Foundation of the Arts.
La Voz:
What could change all of
that?
Zapata: Things won't change until like
everything else, we get behind the control booth and .start turning those knobs.
La Voz: How did the Bilingual Founda- Not until we become the decision
tion of the Arts come about?
makers, the producers, the writers,
Zapata: Well, after coming from New
and directors.
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York sixteen years ago, I found that
La Voz: How will the Reagan adminiCalifornia has very little or no theatre
straion and all his budget cuts affect
at all. So I decided to start my own theaBFA?
tre group and in 1973, myslef and Mar- Zapata:
The Reagan admi_nistration
garita Galban, who is the BFA director affects everything. No theatre can run
' and Estela Scarlata, the· technical without some kind of subsidy, even the
director, founded the Bilingual Founda- big theatre companies. Although no
tion of the Arts with the intent purpose one will be more affected than the minorI of presenting Hispanic theatre and liter- ity programs, that's a well-known fact.
ature to audiences whom otherwise
u Voz: What does this...mean specifiwould not receive any exposure to· cally for BFA?
- theatre. We commit ourselves to at Zapata: Well we're going to have to
least 3 of 4 plays a year touring such stdrt 1ookmg tor more funds.
cities as Fresno where Hispanics really - u voz: What are ~your feelings toward
don't get the chance to see their own Bilingual education? ·
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theater. We cover a wide scope of pre- Zapat~:
I think the government is
sentations ranging from 15th century making a terrible mistake by trying to
plays to contemporary things they can supress it. Bilingual education is very
. relate to and understand.
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imPQrtant anct by not allowing us to learn
La Voz: Why 15th century plays?
English as a language instead of trying
Zapata: The. reason we ,,,q 9 the <;lassies to force it upon our children, it's just
is to introduce to non-Spanish speaking traumatic.
audiences the beauty of our literature. u Voz: Do you ever gather any public
We need to bring these classics out and support for your concern?
develop new EnRlish translations of
them. Federico Garcia Lorca lived in
Shakespeare's time and was considered
a great playwright but we know nothing
of him because there have been no English translations of his work.
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Voz: Why are there so few Chicanos
in the entertainment industry, particularly television i
Zapata: That's t.r--...od the .media
doesn't give us the kind of opportunities
we deserve. , You know one of the
reasons I started my own theatre company was because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning roles.
I got tired of playing the maid.
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Voz:
The Dick Van Dyke S~?
Zapata: Exactly. I made the money
and I made a reputation for myself,
but I never really got to act. And these
roles I'm talking about are all Hollywood
ever writes for us .
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Zapata: 1've been involved in the "Vil-
la Alegre" program and that is now even
in jeapordv. It's just a shame .
La Voz: So what's next for Carmen
Zapata?
Zapata: In my career? I don't know,
n:,y most concern is the theatre more
than anything else right now. I think
I've go~en to be th~ biggest "'star"
I'll ever get .
La Voz: Doesn't that sound a little pessimistic?
Zapata: No, just realistic. A lot of the
more important roles in Hollywood are
being written for younger people--at
least not for older Hispanic women.
we've been stereotyped and labeled_and
pounding on those doors for things to
change, but like I said before,, we've
got to get behind the f'heel.
u Voz: What o~e thing would you
want the public to ren.temoer you for
or would you like to leave behind?
Zapata: Instill in other Mexican-Americans the same pride and joy that I feel.
And I think we all have to work on our
self-esteem and start thinking about
ourselves. Our heritage makes us very
special and our culture is so unique.
Our ply tonight was a message of unity,
we can all use a little of thaJ.
Paie 1o-La Voz · Oe Aztlan.April 9,
CHICANO UNITY CONGRESS
By Sylvia Castro
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE STUDENT COMMUNITY.
"PROTECTING OUR VITAL
INTERESTS ABROAD"
Fresno's first "'Unity Conaress"'
for the Chicano community was held
on March 28 by El Concilio de Fresno.
Each town in the county of Fresno was
, to be represented by a delegation.
The number per delegation depended
on the total population of each community. Fresno City was divided
up into six areas by high school districts ;
Organizations as well as individuals
were notified and welcomed to participate wither as an individual or a representative of their organization. HowBy Ruben Garza ~.
ever, the turn out was obvious that the ·
Not long ago, about 8 or .9 years or
When this happens, the Draft will be- majority; of those in attendance were
so, the American people were involved gin once more. I for one have been from some type of organization. Also,
in a very distressing conflict - Viet- pretty fortunate. The reason for that I felt thata they could've given a far
nam. The United States in 1965 had being I was born in 1958. When I was . more advanced notice to the organi· launched a massive military interven- . about to turn 18, the draft registration zation in which many had to act on
tion into Vietnam and has been there was terminated and when it resumed a spur of the·moment.
since. Why? Why go to a small tiny a~ain I was left out.
Asian Country clear across the globe
and lose 50,000 American lives (of these
The purpose of this Congress:
20% or approximately 10,000 were Chi1.
"'To identify and priortize regional
For those who are not so lucky, there
canos and even a greater number were
problems affecting the Chicano comBlacks)? To protexct our "'Vital lnter-- is an alternative. No, you cannot go to
ests"' abroad of course. In the early Canada as people did in the late 60' s
munity in Fresno Cou,nty.
60' s the United States government and early 70's to avoid the draft, bedecided that the Communists were. ieause Canada has 'changed their laws
2. To develop solutions with an emphaendangering these · interests so they and we can no longer go there to seek
sis on coordinating available political,
sent military Advisors; by 1963 there refuge. , There is however, C.A.R.D.
social, and economic resources in the
were already eyewitness accounts of (Committee Against Registration and
rural and metropolitan communities
American military men involved in ac-0 the Draft). This organization explains
of
Fresno County.
to
the
individual
who
goes
to
them
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the
tual combat, this of course to the denial
of the State Department.
draft laws and helps them look for al3. To develope a better understanding
ternatives. These alternatives range
among all sectors of the Chicano comFor ten years the whole world was in
distress, not just Vietnam. Here at home
munity including farmworkers, bluethere were many anti-war demonstra- from *Con~cientious Objector* to Medicollar workers, students and profession
tions, rallies, and marches, many of . cal Deferment. The individual has to
individuals residing in the urban and
which ended in violence. People did not have reasons as to why, he does not
rural communities of Fresno county.
want to be there but they had no choice. want to go. These reasons do not have
Many people were drafted and went to be put into large technical vocabu_.
There were eight committees that. had
- while others defected to Canada remain- lary, they just have to be sincere and
met a week earlier to make recommendaing there unti-1--President Ford gave them reasonably and "firmly believed by the
amnesty:· When it was all over and most person.
tions to the Congress at-large for
_of-'.-the people had come home, we
prioritization. El Concilio selected
claimed it would nev~r happen again.
persons whom they felt had expertise
or _specialization in that field to chair and
In Fresno, .. if you are of draft age
co-chair accordingly. Committees were
and
wish
to
look
into
these
alternatives,
It's shpcking to think that in 1980 _
··
·ation, labor, economic
ga~teps heading in that direc- you can contact Sandra lyall at 268developement, employment, youth,
7492.
Sandra
is
the
current
President
nce more. In 1980, President Carsocial issue, legal issues.
began Draft Registration again. ·· of the Womens lnternationa'I League of
Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She has
Once more the United States is concerned about their so called *Vital
Interests Abroad.* Now it is no longer
Vietnam but in the Persain Gulf and the
Middle East, in El Salvador, in Poland,
in South Africa. ,
The Congress was called to order&,
the coordinator of this proiect Joee
Barraza in which in introduced
Enrique Lopez for the invocation,
was recited in Spanish. The c:hainla
of El Concilio Henry Garcia areeW
Congress and stated the purpose af
Congress emphasizing unity amana
all Chicanos. Councilman, Leonel
Alvarado next greeted the body and
focused his speech on the need for
"Hispanic" to unify jointly and
we' re only kidding ourselves if we
we have political and economic clout
growing ethnic minority. "We' re the
only ones who can -help ourselves,•
Alvarado said.
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The Congreso was well attended by•
classes of Chicanos students, professia,
als, laborers, and as usual-women!
The majority spoke English but the INNlr
agreed that the entire meeting be held
bilingually for the benefit of those whe
wished to presersve their native tonpe
and couldn't understand English, andll
those who didn't know Spanish but
would benefit by learning it.
The speakers were allowed twenty
minutes to present their issues and 18
minutes for questions and answers.
The highlight of the Congreso was
right after lunch when Seaetary of
Health and Welfare, Mario Obledoc:a11
and spoke to the Congress. His speec:11
focused on the Reagan Administra ·
, and how his "buget cuts" were an atta
on our people, specifically the poor. Ht
said, "Hv-ocritical society Reagan is
endors~. J. A society that will tue
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legal services for the poor because it
can 't be under written and yet a rich
person can hire a private attorney and
afford
pay fees they can
and they
from taxes . .In effect, the tu
for the richs lepl s.vicel. •
speech one delepte cha
to run for the gowernanhip ol
nia. Obledo, 11ve in 25 __.
definite •,naybe. •
These committees consisted of persons
delegated from their organization to
single out the three most important
problems in their area that are regional
The results of the Congreso
in nature and common to most combaNots were counted were pol
munities in Fresno County. THose
ecla,cation, and youth.
The government again claims that the
.
orgainzations from kCSUF were meccommunists are threatening these
HA, CBSA, CHO, Las Adelitas, CHicaftO.'
"'Vital Interests."' Whose? Ours or big
Remember if you are between 17-1~taff,
ana-' a LT" Raza
studies.
business?
_you are not really safe, good, "'of Uncle
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Already the in El Salvador, on Octo- '!am* still might get you; it is also wise
, ,
ber 15, 1979, the CIA has managed to to remember that Chicanos .and Blacks
arrange for a military coupd' etat as are the ones most affected by the draft · I attended as a delegate on the legal
they had previously done in Vietnam and it is us who suffer the most causalissues committee as a representative
on November 1, 1963. Again the State ties protecting our *Vital Interests."'
of Chicanos in Law. After having reDepartment denies that there are
It is us who have to look for alternatives
gistered I went to where my district
already American militarv men fightbefore our Raza's become extind fight(Roosev~ltJ was seated only to find the
in1 in El Salvador even though there ing Exxon's wars . So if you have any
entire table aHocated ato district six,
are eyewitness accounts to the con- further questions please contact Sandra
completely filled . So, in order to accotrary. How much longer before Exxon • lyall at 268-7492. She migt)t. ~ ,J.>~ to . modate all those others in that area
decides it is time for the United States
help you or someone you kno\\/b\Ji~ ~ 0
'they had to put Hoover somewhere
to invade El Salvadorl
else and give Roosevelt their table.
been involved in anti-draft movements
since she attended Fresno State in the
early 70's . She is one of the C.A.R.D .
counselors and will be able to give you
the necessary advice.
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"Califas" art·
exhibition ·theme·
An exhibition theme of Contemporary Chicano Art at Mary Portor Sesnon
Art Gallery, College V, University of California at Santa Cruz.
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March 29 to May 5, 1981 (Reception: April 11 from 3 p.m. to?)
Featured Artistas from various _geographical areas of California are:
San Diego
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Ramses Noriega
Salvadore Roberto "Queso" Torrez
Los Angeles
Roberto Chavez
Judy Baca
Wi II ie Herron
Fresno
Ernie Palomino
Sacramento
Jose Montoya
Esteban Villa
Malaqt.iias Mo~toya
San Jose
Rupert Garcia
Ralph Madriaga
Rene Yanez
Carmen Lomas Garcia
Sue Martinez
Santa Cruz
Eduardo Carrillo
San Francisco
by
C. Bernard Jackson and Estela Scarlata
Arrangements are being made to attend this exhibition of some current
"pesado" Chicano Artistas of Califas. Transportation to the reception is
being coordinated to leave Fresno April 11th .
by Fernando Quintero
Full of song, dance, laughter, sorrow,
and alegria, the musical play "Wanted
Experience Operators" was presented
Apri I 2 at the convention Center Theatre
by the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.
The story centers around various
arment factory workers, several who
appen to be illegal aliens, as we see
nd hear them tell their hopes and
reams through lively song and dance
umbers.
The typical obnoxious,
money-hungry boss was excellently
portrayed by Don Potter. In the play,
he calls the U.S. Immigration Departent to the factory to deport the workers
s they begin talk of unionizing.
The character .. Chole .. , an illegal
alien from Mexico who'd · knit pink
dresses all day for her little child was
beautifully portrayed by Christine Avila
who i~ also a very gifted singer. Carmen
Zapata, as always, did a very good job
as the crew manager .
The only flaw in the production was
the difficulty in relaying it's rressage
through the plethora of musical production numbers.
Unlike last season's
"Uprooted," Experienced Operators
was more of a light-hearted musical
comedy filled with strong Anfl_lo-inf.1_4.enced overtones.
For further info. please call La Brocha Dell Valle @ 233-7741 or visit us
at 3830 E. Butler off the corner of 7th Street in the .. Brown House" Second
Floor, Suite 25.
Com-munity Friends
helps mentally diSc:ibled
Community Friends, 1759 Fulton,
The Mental Health Association of
Greater Fresno is looking for volun- Suite 146, can be contacted by calling
teers to become Community Friends Connie Pitt at 268-6166. This is a chance
and work with mental health clients. for you to help somone that needs a lift
Th~ Community Friend volunteer will be at a special time in their life .
trained to understand the needs of the
mentally disabled as well as" the skills
and resources necessary to work with
, mental health clients.
Most of us are fortunate enough to
have family and friends to share problems and joys with, but there are some
people who have no one. These people
1 a~e often in need of a friend; someone
1
with whom they can share the ups and
downs of daily living .
The Community Friend will provide
support for a person who needs a friend
in SJ:>ecific activities such as shopping,
playing games, sewing, talking, fishing,
or just going for a walk. Getting together at a mutually convenient time
and place, such as the park or. a restaurant, can be a time of · relaxation for a
person..,.with many problems.
Chicano
Commencement ·
The Fifth Annual Chicano Commencement ceremony will take place
on Saturday, May 23 in the CSUF
Amphitheatre at 6 p.m. A reception
will follow at 8 p.m. in the Vintage
Room, after which will· be a dance
at the Rainbow Ballroom.
The bilingual ceremony will honor
graduates and their families.
Community Friends are encouraged
to spend three hours a week · heli,· _
· som~ne at a special time in their m~.
.I! he sati~faction of reaching out, touching, and helping another person is a
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Pap 12-La V• De Aztlan-April 9,
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Joveria Mexico ~nd Coors
5-MILE RUN
BENEFIT FOR BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS
COMPETE IN A STAR-STUDDED FIELD OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
RUNNERS IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE CATEGORIES!
Sunday, May 17, 1981
Starting Time 7 :00 A.M.
TIME: Check-in time 6:00 A.M.
PLACE: Joyeria Mexico, 1048 Fulton Mall, Downtown Fresno, California
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Flat roads, asphalt, some grass. (Starting and finishing at the Downtown Mall.)
COURSE RECORD: RODOLFO GOMEZ, 24:0.2, second place finisher in 1980 New York Marathon.
MARKING: Course will be well marked ( each mile), directing arrows.
WATER STATION: 4th mile - Crystal Geyser - Perrier (mineral water).
PROOF OF AGE: Be prepared to show proof of age.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00. Send entry forms and checks payable to:
Joyeria Mexico and Coors Run, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
For more information: (209) 233-0861 or 233-0862 (ask for Marisella).
ENTRY DEADLINE: May 14, 1981. ENTRY FEE NOT REFUNDABLE.
1. FIRST· 100 ENTRIES RECEIVE FREE T-SHIRTS!
AWARDS: First place finisht1rs in Pach division will
be awardPd a Citiwn watch. Second-fourth place
finishers in each division will he awarded a trophy. Special awards to oldest and youngest runners: Participant souwnir awards to all runners
enterPd.
,1 wards have been selected accordingly due to
limited number of runners in certain age groups.
DIVISIONS:
Men
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-0ver
SOUVENIR T-SHIRTS
ON SALE FOR $5.00
Women
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
Wheelchair
1st five finishers
- ENTRY BLANI\ Send with entry to: JOYE RIA MEXIC.O ANO COORS R.UN, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
(209) 233-0861
WAIVER: In consideration of your accepting my entry, I intending to be legally bound do hereby for myself, my heirs,
executor, and administrators, waive and release forever any and all rights and claims or damages I may accrue against the City of
Fresno, Joyeria Mexico, Coors, Big Brothers/Bi~ Sisters, and any and all sponsors and volunteers of this race for any injuries suffered by me while traveling to and from, and competing in the Joyeria Mexico and Coors 5-Mile Run on May 17, 1981.
SIGNATURE (Parent. if wider 18 years) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___;.__ DATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
NAME _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' - - - - - - - PHONE _ _ _ _ ___.__ _ __
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T-SHIRT SIZE:
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0 MEDIUM
0 X-LARGE
DIVISION (Checli O,ie) :
MEN:
OH-19
WOMEN:
014-19
WHEELCHAIR:
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20-29
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0-10--19
20-29
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0 50-59
0 50-59
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EDITORIAL
Politically speaking, it seems that everyday things
keep getting worse for us. Locally, it was announced
Wednesday that Supervisor Jeff Reich proposed a
policy which includes refusal of medical care to illegal
·aliens at Valley Medical Center. What is this pendejo' s
problem? What have we done to him for him to keep
carrying on the way he does. First it was bilingual
education,now this. Why doesn't he start working on
some real, more important issues t,hat are more pertinent _
and affect our community rather than supporting his
racist attitudes .
President Reagan had doubled the military salary
yet completely did away with such socially beneficial
programs as CET A. That's one way of pushing us
into the front Ii nes.
Frankly, I'm a little confused. This is supposed to be
the decade of the Hispanics right? But will somebody
tell me, what decade are we in? The 80_' s or the 60' s?
Fernando Quintero
Editor, La Voz
.~LETTERS TO-THI.EDITOR
bear Editor:
As a student on this campus, I feel I
have had my civil rights violated because
I was unjustly embarrased, harassed
and discriminated by a campus polic~ officer.
Shortly after putting money in the jukebox, the music stopped. THe box had
been unplugged. I plugged the box back
in and put in more money. While I was
listening to the music the jukebox was
unplugged a second time.
I caught a student, Barbara Cushion,
unplugging the box. I told her I did not
feel that what she did was right. WHile
talking to her, a campus police officer,
Mike Leedon, told me that I should not
put music on because people wanted to
watch T.V.
On Monday afternoon, March 30, while
in the Bucket, I was denied the opportunity to listen to music on the jukebox. I
was told that some people in the Bucket
wanted to watch television. I stated that
the T. V. program did not interest me and
others, and that we preferred listenin1 to
music. I 1ot permission from the Bucket
employ~ and the assistant rmm1er to
leave the music on.
I was told to leave the Bucket because
I did not have my student I.D. I told the
officer that if he wanted to check out my
student status that we could go to the
administration building to find out.
He said it was not necessary. I then told
the officer that I have the right to go back
to may seat to finish my beer and if I
wanted, I would buy more beer. At this
time the officer replied that he would go
back with me to my table and pour the
beer_on me and that I could walk out like
that. I told him that we were both persons with the same rights. He had no
right to treat me in this manner. I was
put on the spot and embarrassed. This
was an out-right examp f ·
ce harassment. The police officer is a professional, he should not talkto anyone in that
manner.
I do not think what happened was right
I feel that the approach was very negative to me as a Chicano. I do not think
anyone should be treated the way I was.
This was handled very unprofessionally
b y both the campus police and the Bucket management.,.. . ,_ .:~,__
Because of this incident I feel that
there should be a policy statin1 that the
television or jukebox could be on at the
same time or one at a time or that they
should be on opposite sides of the room.
Also, that there should be a sign allowing students to be aware of this policy
and other rules in the Bucket.
Because I also feel that I was unjustly
singled out because I was a Chicano,
I also propose that there should be more
music that is appreciated by Chicanos,
Black and other people ethnic groups.
The environment in the Bucket as it is
now in unfavorable to other cultures,
therefore, I feel Black, Chicano, Iran
Palestanian and other cultural music ,hat
represents the different cultures of this
campus should be available. This also
applies to having live cultural entertainment and nights designated for ethnic
groups.
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ILa Voz De Aztlan I
Editor-in-Chief
Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor
Margarita Martinez
Photographers
Robert Hernandez
Richard Rios
The Bucket should not cater to only a
certain segment of this campus population. There are many students that feel
the Bucket does not serave them equally. TH is is also felt by many students regarding the campus police.
Production
Sylvia Vidal
Maria Servin
Reporters
Guadalupe Gutierrez
Yolanda Granad<.'S
Mike Valencia
Lourdes Villareal
Olivia Lucio
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the kea
Campus building. La Voz reserves
right to edit letters . Telephone 487-24'86
Paae 3-la Vu _De Aztlan-April 9, 1911
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LEADERS ORGANIZE FOR REDISTRICTING
by Mar1arita M. Martinez
Most of Fresno County could be
included in the new con1ressional
seats to be created in California.
Valley Chicanos are makina sure
they make an impact in the process.
A coalition of Chicano leaders has been
formed. The coalition, San Joaquin
Valley Chicanos for Fair Reapportionment is affiliated with the laraer state
coalition, ""Californios for Fair Reapportionment.""
•
Carlos Rodri1uez, El Concilio director
and chairperson ~f the San Joaquin
~alley coaltion states, *This the only
time where we can make a difference in
terms of drawing lines of leaislative
districts. We want to have input before
the legislators ao into their·smoke-filled
fOOO'.'S an~ decide our fate.•
After the census every ten years, the
state leaislature creates new conaressional and leaislative districts. Rodriauez says that in the past the interests
of Chicanos have never been considered.
""Chicanos have been 1errymandered
separated into districts with no stroni
majority," he said, *we can't elect
an~e to ~epresent us.•
The coalition is also concerned with
the recent census fiaures. *We are
accordina to the recent census fiaures'
only 29 percent of Fresno's population'
~ contest it is 45 percent,"" said Rod:
raguez.
Rodriguez stated a meetina is bein1
oraanized with MALDEF (Mexican
American Legal Defense Education
fund) to deal with tlie recent fiaures.
In 1970 MALDEF won a suit contesting
the census results.
tomorrow, El Concilio is hostina a
Rodriauez thinks the problem was
in how Chicanos were identified in the luncheon at the Tapatio Restaurant.
data. *The method the ·census bureau senator Daniel Boatwriaht, chairperson
used is so complex, it even confused ,of the Senate Committee on Reapportionment will be their a~t.
t~,""he~id.
The coaltion 's main emphasis now
is the reapportionment. The Senate
Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, will hold a reapportionment
hearina in Fresno, tomorrow, from
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the State
Buildina ~
.
t<Odriauez emphasizes the importance
of Chicanos attendin1 the hearina.
'the purpose of the hearina is to listen
to testimony beina presented on behalf
of the community,* he said, *it is
important we have input in the process.
· Roc:triauez see tne coaltion as beina
ve!'Y strona • He says its presence is
~•na felt throughout the state. It
15 only ~ beainnini, he says.
ft is
a call to ~mty for the Chicano community
to oraamze.
·
*The 80' s has been said
to be the dacade of the Chicano,* said
Rodriauez, *well, no one is aoina to
1ive us anythin1 unless we oraanize
and get it ourselves.
CHANNEL 24 AND TACOMA DISPUTE
By Yolanda Granados
The San Joaquin Communication
Corporation (SJCC), the new owners
of KMJ-TV, have removed TACOMA
from producing the bilingual proaram
La Comuni~ad Del Valle.
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. According to Rodriquez, TACOMA has
expressed a willingness to bargain an
affirmative ~~ion agreement wi_th SJ CC
with the definite understandina that the
bilingual and bicultural aspects of La
. Comunidad del Valle be retained.
On April 6, SJCC finally consented to
meet with TACOMA. Present at the
The program was produced by Chicano meeting were three TACOMA board
trainees provided by TACOMA, a
· members and Jim Thompson, KSEE
television advisory committee of
station manager.
Mexican-Americans under El Concilio
On February 2, TACOMA was informed
Accordina to Conrad Mendoza
of SJCC intentions and proaram
TACOMA Chairman, no affirma'tive
chan1es.
action plan was neaotiated. *KSEE
owners refuse to accept our
. •r~ station removed our host and put station
special emphasis ·affirmative action ·
1n their own host, who is not bilinaual.
program. KSEE wants to have a aeneral
By removing TACOMA from producing
affirmative action which covers everythe show the Chicano community will
one. This way it will not be held to
no longer have direct input into the
s~ifics," said Mendoza.
content of the proaram. There will be
no evidence of Chicano related proIn a telphone interview, Jim Thompson
1rammin1 sensitive toward Chicano
said, •we will not agree to TACOMA,.,S
issues," said Carlos Rodriguez, Director plan."
of El Concilio and a TACOMA board
member.
Since no resolution was passed
another meeting has been set. Since
TACOMA wants to negotiate a new
F~bruary there has been a campaign
affi~mative action agreement with SJCC, of protest by TACOMA against SJ CC.
Basically, retaining the training program A letter writing campaign has been
which was initiated in 1975 with
enforced trying to get community
McClatchy Enterprises.
member to write letters stating their
displeasures to the station and to
"~ part of McClatchy' s affirmative
the FCC. *The letter writing campaian
action proaram with TACOMA in
has produced some pressure on KSEE.
1975, McClatchy agreed to hire
The meetina that took place proves that
Chicanos and train them in the elecit has,• said Mendoza.
tronic media . Now with SJCC refusina
to negotiate an affirmative action
•According to Rodriauez; TACOMA
agreement with TACOMA, this trainina
is also protesting the usqe .of the
program is threatened,• said Rodriquez. proaram name.
#f3y keepioa the program title, La
Comunidad Del Valle KSEE is deceiving the public: in~ believina that
El ~on~ilio js still producing the show,
which 1s far from being true • said
Rodriguez.
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.TACO~A may plan to file an injuct1on keeping KSEE from using the
pro~ram name. TACOMA is bein1
advised by attorney Mario Olmos.
Page 4-La Vox De ArlYn~l 9, 1111
-Project completed on
Valley Chicanos
,By Yolanda Granacloa
"The TEACH Project and the 1ru
positive response from the community
and schools, is a project that is already
uniting parents, their children, and the
schools, "said Soriano.
"History should avoid the temptation to chronicle only f_amous men and
women, to highlight 'rags to riches'
biographies or to focus solely on the
rich and powerful. History must acknowledge the works and Iives of those
who in their work compose a culture
and society," stated Dr . Lea YbarraSoriano, in her project pamphlet Nues-
The project consisted of community
outreach utilizing traditional and cultural
mass media formats to advertise the projects in general. Gathering photos fer
a slide presentation was done. Over
300 photos dating back to 1910 were
collected.
Oral histories were
obtained from community residents
tras Raices-.
"The history of the Mexican, includes
the story of a community and its life not just a chronology, or statistics on
income and educational attainment,
or a listing of electoral victories," Soriano said.
According to Soriano it took aboli
seven months to somplete SO histories.
The histories were recorded, transcribed, edited and finally proofread.
"Oral history is very important,
particularly to ethnic minority groups,
whose history has often remained
unrecorded and thus lost to posterity,said Soriano.
Soriano~ a CSUF La RAZA Studies
professor, currently on a sabbatical
leave, directed a one-year project entitled 1 .E.A.C.H . - Teaching Ethnic
Awareness and Cultural Heritage .
The project was funded by a S40,000
grant from the Health , Education ,
and Welfare Department.
Five pamphlets were printed as part
of the TEACH Project.
The major
pamphlet Nuestras Raices: The Mexican
Community in the Central San Joaquin
Valley was translated into
Spanish.
Nustras Raices is a mixture of historical
data interwoven with oral histories and
"I felt that there needed to be curric- contemporary events. A one-hour slide
ulum on Chicanos in the San Joaquin presentation based on Nuestras Raices,
Valley area . Chicanos need to be edu- was also completed as part of the procated about themselves, " Soriano said. ject.
According to Soriano, the primary
Concluding on her project, Soriano
objectives of the TEACH Project were said, "The TEACH Project has been very
aimed at training anq educating dif- successful and very worthwhile. It
ferent groups - parents, teachers, will undoubtedly have impact on the
and the community in general -formu- community for years to come."
fating a program which would have the
Soriano is presently co-writing a book
greatest and most effective impact on on the Chicano family . She plans to
developing positive seof-esteem and cul- come back in the fall to teach.
tral awareness in minority children.
A Mexican familia in 1918.
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Pap 5-1.a·Voz De Aztlan-April ;,-·ft)l'I
EOP offers ·course. on
women minority
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Bilingual·Foundation
of the Arts
In the fall of 1981, the Educational
Op.portu!"itv .. P.ro~ram will · r'"oc.ont a
course entitled Careers for Minority
Women in conJunction with the Women's Studies Department.
The purpose of the course is to increase the awareness of minority women
students as the kinds of careers they can
aspire to and be successful in. Emphasis will be on nontraditional careers,
directing students into academic dis- .
ciplines in which they are now underreprensented.
The students will be exposed to appropriate role models; minority professional
~ women who are currently employed in
nontraditional careers such as medicine,
law, science, management, computer
science, engineering, P.tc.
Al'-o included in the course Wtll be
a discussion of women and work issues
and the legal aspects of employment
Modest grants have come from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and the City of Los
Angeles. A vital training program for
theatre technicians is provided through
the Los Angeles County CETA program,
and recently, corporations·, foundations
and individuals have been providing
important support as well. With i~ small
and dedicated staff, plus an involved
and caring board of trustees, the Bilingual . Foundation of the Arts has
established a cultural institution of significance for the residents of California.
Gifts and grants, small and large, are
urgently needed and always appreciated. With your support, BFA will
continue to bring you productions of
professional calibre. If you can help,
please wri~e to the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, 421 North Avenue
19, Los Angeles, CA (213)225-4044.
The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
is unique in that it presents four professional productions a year (plus a statewide tour) which span across the centuries including early Spanish classical
dramas, the rich contemporary works of
Federico Garcia Lorca and the works of
the Hispanic and Hispanic American
playwrights of today. In order for the
entire community to experience and enjoy our glorious Hispanic literature,
BFA performs these works in Spanish,
English and "Spanglish"' the language of
the barrio. Founded in 1973 by actressproducer Carmen Zapata, director Maragarita Galban and designer-technician Estela Scarlata, BFA is working
diligently toward the establishment of a
professional Hispanic American National
Theatre. During several years of struggle and accomplishment, BFA has developed support from several quarters.
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lCivil rights, Affirmative Action, Equal
Pay Act, etc.) as they affec( the minority
woman. A review of the maj(>r/cireer
se1ect1on process utilizing the system of
interactive guidance and information·
(SIGI) will also be a part of the course .
Although the course is directed towards the freshman and sophomore un- 1
declared majors, no one will be excluded from the class . It will be opened to
the first 50 students who regi'ster
for it.
Course scheduled for :
T-TH 11:10-12:25
SR-1 - room 28
3 units - c/ncr
Ruth Tarver, Career Counselor in
the Educational Opportunity Program,
will be the Instructor. ·
VENCEREMOS!
CHICANO ELECTION WINNERS
.1,400 jobless workers
by Lourdes Villarreal
According to Pedro Garcia: executive
director for the Fresno Employment
and Training Commission (FETC)
Fresno County will have more than its
sh~re of unemployment when faced
with approximately 1,400 jobless workers around the end of June, 1981.
Garcia declared that the drastic 50 percent budget reduction was a result of
President Reagan's proposed cuts in
government spending.
Furthermore, Garcia informed La
Voz that one of the programs that will
be affected by this funding reduction
is the public service CETA jobs program. Garcia explained that the CETA
program was originally initiated during
I
Moreover, Garcia stated that President Reagan's March 2nd resolutions
. concerning the "'hiring freeze" and the
\ funds reduction in public service related
jobs had caught the FETC off guard.
Since Reagan had made no rrevious
announcement of his intended reductions in the CETA programs in his
January State of the Union Address,
FETC found itself somewhat wanting in
organization to execute an appropriate
phase-out plan.
As for the impacts such measures
are bound to create, Garcia foresees
an obvious limitation in job .o pportuni-·
ties. Garcia stated that the principal
i~pa~ will be felt this summer when
In the recent elections three Chicanos
David Torres-Senator at Large
were elected to .positions on the Student '
Senate. They are; Diana Garrido,
Plan to aet student body more involve
David
Torres,and
Qlivia
Lucio. with Student Senate. It is important
for Chicanos to get involve with thPThe senators comrnented on their
Student Senate.
Promote more
positions.
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awareness.
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It is important for · Chicanos to get
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Diana Garrido-Senator of Undeclared involve with the Student Senate. It is
Majors.
important for us to have a voice in
dealing with issues affecting minorities.
Plan to. be vocal in students body, ·
It all depend$ on what issues · are
·, brought up. I hope that whatever de- try to listen to students needs.
cision that I make would be for the better
of the whole campus. I hope to see Oli~ia Lucio-Senator of Health Proffesion
more · functions for Chicanos, but
that's not necessary what I 'm 1oinJ · I 've never been involved in the Student
to stand for. I would also like to see inter Senate, therefore I can't say what exactly
grated ·programs to educate ethn~ exactly I am 1oing to do. 1. am aoina
1roups.
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to try to listen and very carefully .
Since I -have no experience in school analyze all issues brought to the Senate
politics I really can't give any concrete not only for the benefit of Chi~nos but
objectives that i plan to pursue, but for the entire student body as well.
hopefully with the assistance of those
I will try to broaden my views
with more experience mem!>ers . I will · on._ political issues pertainin1 to this
be able ~ perform my duties_to-t~ ~ t camR:,Us by listenina to the problems ·
· of students
, of my ab1hty ··
school youths and 1,400 jobless workers '
compete for the same scarcity of jobs
available. Garcia also added that em- !
ployers will have to decide between
Richard Nixon's second presidential hiring on the basis of youth or experiterm (1973-74). According to Garcia, ence.
the CETA program alleviated part of
the unemployment crisis faced during
Consequently, although Garcia clJ.lthe 1975-76 Recession. After that period,
peared rather glum about the fate of
the possible 1,400 jobless workers,
he did point out that the FETC was
fortunate,"'
time-wise,
Garcia said, "'The CETA program was "somewhat
compared
to
other
programs
that besomewhat successful, but it sort of ·
phased out." However, the ·program re- ing · unable to continue operating will
vived again in 1979 aftef Congress be forced to foreclose immediately.
amended the federal Comprehensive
Emp~oy~ent and Training Act specify-
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Garcia is also hoping that Congress will
amend Reagan's proposed cuts, thereby
ing l,,at the program be directed largeiy lessening some of the impacts on protowards the "hard-core unemployed." grams such as the FETC. For those
~arcia added that Congress had also who perceive an unemployment threat,
intended to eliminate "inappropriate- it would be wise to write to your congress
ness" experienced in the previous man- and express your opinions on the mataaement of funds.
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~'One of the reasons I started my
own theatre company was
because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning _
roles. I got tired of playing the maid."
By Fernando Quintero
She's a strong activist and believer of
bilingual education. She sings. She
dances. She acts . Her life is decoted to
her work. She is Carmen Zapata.
In an exdusive interview with La Voz,
Carmen Zapata talks about her career
and her life from a frightened child
growing up in Spanish Harlem to success in television playing NstereotypedN
roles to her present theatre company she
now co-manages.
Zapata, now 52, is the daughter of
only two Mexican families who lived in
the area of New York known as Spanish
Harlem. Her tatner, wno held two
jobs, as a dishwasher and a nightwatcbman, was born in Veracruz, Mexico.
He left Mexico during the second revolution. Carmen's mother is from Argentina. Carmen recalls the trauma
and bewilderment of starting school
and knowing only Spanish and the Mexican culture. When her father died,
Carmen's mother carried on the financial responsibility working in a garment
factory and as a janitor in the apartment building they lived in. Carmen
can still remember her mother on her
knees washing floors. "I wanted to help
her, but she wouldn't let me. She felt
I was too good for that kind of work."
Carmen was about six when she
started singing and dancing and at 18
left high school to join the chorus of
•Oklahoma." Over the next 20 years,
~he appeared in New York and on tour
r~ ~loomer Girl, Carnival, Bye Bye
Birdie, No Strings, and many other
s~~s . She also appeared in such televrsron series as Marcus Welby, Medical
Ce~ter, Streets of San Francisco, and
Chrco and the Man including a regular
role in the Dick Van Dyke Show. These
led to her own series "Viva Valdez"
on ABC during the ;ummer of '76.
Most recently, Carmen can be seen regu!a.rly on the bilingual children's television show *Villa Alegra" presented
through the public television network.
s.he has received three emmy nominations and the Angel award for best actress in Spanish theatre.
Aside from her career as an actress
Producer, and director Carmen ha;
taught drama at East' Los Angeles
COpollege, . set up Mexican-American
P<>rtumty Foundation child care
' centers, served on the Screen Actors
· Guild ethnic mir.J.Qrities committee.
and of course, co-managed the Bilingual
Foundation of the Arts.
La Voz:
What could change all of
that?
Zapata: Things won't change until like
everything else, we get behind the control booth and .start turning those knobs.
La Voz: How did the Bilingual Founda- Not until we become the decision
tion of the Arts come about?
makers, the producers, the writers,
Zapata: Well, after coming from New
and directors.
·
York sixteen years ago, I found that
La Voz: How will the Reagan adminiCalifornia has very little or no theatre
straion and all his budget cuts affect
at all. So I decided to start my own theaBFA?
tre group and in 1973, myslef and Mar- Zapata:
The Reagan admi_nistration
garita Galban, who is the BFA director affects everything. No theatre can run
' and Estela Scarlata, the· technical without some kind of subsidy, even the
director, founded the Bilingual Founda- big theatre companies. Although no
tion of the Arts with the intent purpose one will be more affected than the minorI of presenting Hispanic theatre and liter- ity programs, that's a well-known fact.
ature to audiences whom otherwise
u Voz: What does this...mean specifiwould not receive any exposure to· cally for BFA?
- theatre. We commit ourselves to at Zapata: Well we're going to have to
least 3 of 4 plays a year touring such stdrt 1ookmg tor more funds.
cities as Fresno where Hispanics really - u voz: What are ~your feelings toward
don't get the chance to see their own Bilingual education? ·
·
theater. We cover a wide scope of pre- Zapat~:
I think the government is
sentations ranging from 15th century making a terrible mistake by trying to
plays to contemporary things they can supress it. Bilingual education is very
. relate to and understand.
·
imPQrtant anct by not allowing us to learn
La Voz: Why 15th century plays?
English as a language instead of trying
Zapata: The. reason we ,,,q 9 the <;lassies to force it upon our children, it's just
is to introduce to non-Spanish speaking traumatic.
audiences the beauty of our literature. u Voz: Do you ever gather any public
We need to bring these classics out and support for your concern?
develop new EnRlish translations of
them. Federico Garcia Lorca lived in
Shakespeare's time and was considered
a great playwright but we know nothing
of him because there have been no English translations of his work.
I
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Voz: Why are there so few Chicanos
in the entertainment industry, particularly television i
Zapata: That's t.r--...od the .media
doesn't give us the kind of opportunities
we deserve. , You know one of the
reasons I started my own theatre company was because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning roles.
I got tired of playing the maid.
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Voz:
The Dick Van Dyke S~?
Zapata: Exactly. I made the money
and I made a reputation for myself,
but I never really got to act. And these
roles I'm talking about are all Hollywood
ever writes for us .
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Zapata: 1've been involved in the "Vil-
la Alegre" program and that is now even
in jeapordv. It's just a shame .
La Voz: So what's next for Carmen
Zapata?
Zapata: In my career? I don't know,
n:,y most concern is the theatre more
than anything else right now. I think
I've go~en to be th~ biggest "'star"
I'll ever get .
La Voz: Doesn't that sound a little pessimistic?
Zapata: No, just realistic. A lot of the
more important roles in Hollywood are
being written for younger people--at
least not for older Hispanic women.
we've been stereotyped and labeled_and
pounding on those doors for things to
change, but like I said before,, we've
got to get behind the f'heel.
u Voz: What o~e thing would you
want the public to ren.temoer you for
or would you like to leave behind?
Zapata: Instill in other Mexican-Americans the same pride and joy that I feel.
And I think we all have to work on our
self-esteem and start thinking about
ourselves. Our heritage makes us very
special and our culture is so unique.
Our ply tonight was a message of unity,
we can all use a little of thaJ.
Paie 1o-La Voz · Oe Aztlan.April 9,
CHICANO UNITY CONGRESS
By Sylvia Castro
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE STUDENT COMMUNITY.
"PROTECTING OUR VITAL
INTERESTS ABROAD"
Fresno's first "'Unity Conaress"'
for the Chicano community was held
on March 28 by El Concilio de Fresno.
Each town in the county of Fresno was
, to be represented by a delegation.
The number per delegation depended
on the total population of each community. Fresno City was divided
up into six areas by high school districts ;
Organizations as well as individuals
were notified and welcomed to participate wither as an individual or a representative of their organization. HowBy Ruben Garza ~.
ever, the turn out was obvious that the ·
Not long ago, about 8 or .9 years or
When this happens, the Draft will be- majority; of those in attendance were
so, the American people were involved gin once more. I for one have been from some type of organization. Also,
in a very distressing conflict - Viet- pretty fortunate. The reason for that I felt thata they could've given a far
nam. The United States in 1965 had being I was born in 1958. When I was . more advanced notice to the organi· launched a massive military interven- . about to turn 18, the draft registration zation in which many had to act on
tion into Vietnam and has been there was terminated and when it resumed a spur of the·moment.
since. Why? Why go to a small tiny a~ain I was left out.
Asian Country clear across the globe
and lose 50,000 American lives (of these
The purpose of this Congress:
20% or approximately 10,000 were Chi1.
"'To identify and priortize regional
For those who are not so lucky, there
canos and even a greater number were
problems affecting the Chicano comBlacks)? To protexct our "'Vital lnter-- is an alternative. No, you cannot go to
ests"' abroad of course. In the early Canada as people did in the late 60' s
munity in Fresno Cou,nty.
60' s the United States government and early 70's to avoid the draft, bedecided that the Communists were. ieause Canada has 'changed their laws
2. To develop solutions with an emphaendangering these · interests so they and we can no longer go there to seek
sis on coordinating available political,
sent military Advisors; by 1963 there refuge. , There is however, C.A.R.D.
social, and economic resources in the
were already eyewitness accounts of (Committee Against Registration and
rural and metropolitan communities
American military men involved in ac-0 the Draft). This organization explains
of
Fresno County.
to
the
individual
who
goes
to
them
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the
tual combat, this of course to the denial
of the State Department.
draft laws and helps them look for al3. To develope a better understanding
ternatives. These alternatives range
among all sectors of the Chicano comFor ten years the whole world was in
distress, not just Vietnam. Here at home
munity including farmworkers, bluethere were many anti-war demonstra- from *Con~cientious Objector* to Medicollar workers, students and profession
tions, rallies, and marches, many of . cal Deferment. The individual has to
individuals residing in the urban and
which ended in violence. People did not have reasons as to why, he does not
rural communities of Fresno county.
want to be there but they had no choice. want to go. These reasons do not have
Many people were drafted and went to be put into large technical vocabu_.
There were eight committees that. had
- while others defected to Canada remain- lary, they just have to be sincere and
met a week earlier to make recommendaing there unti-1--President Ford gave them reasonably and "firmly believed by the
amnesty:· When it was all over and most person.
tions to the Congress at-large for
_of-'.-the people had come home, we
prioritization. El Concilio selected
claimed it would nev~r happen again.
persons whom they felt had expertise
or _specialization in that field to chair and
In Fresno, .. if you are of draft age
co-chair accordingly. Committees were
and
wish
to
look
into
these
alternatives,
It's shpcking to think that in 1980 _
··
·ation, labor, economic
ga~teps heading in that direc- you can contact Sandra lyall at 268developement, employment, youth,
7492.
Sandra
is
the
current
President
nce more. In 1980, President Carsocial issue, legal issues.
began Draft Registration again. ·· of the Womens lnternationa'I League of
Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She has
Once more the United States is concerned about their so called *Vital
Interests Abroad.* Now it is no longer
Vietnam but in the Persain Gulf and the
Middle East, in El Salvador, in Poland,
in South Africa. ,
The Congress was called to order&,
the coordinator of this proiect Joee
Barraza in which in introduced
Enrique Lopez for the invocation,
was recited in Spanish. The c:hainla
of El Concilio Henry Garcia areeW
Congress and stated the purpose af
Congress emphasizing unity amana
all Chicanos. Councilman, Leonel
Alvarado next greeted the body and
focused his speech on the need for
"Hispanic" to unify jointly and
we' re only kidding ourselves if we
we have political and economic clout
growing ethnic minority. "We' re the
only ones who can -help ourselves,•
Alvarado said.
F•
The Congreso was well attended by•
classes of Chicanos students, professia,
als, laborers, and as usual-women!
The majority spoke English but the INNlr
agreed that the entire meeting be held
bilingually for the benefit of those whe
wished to presersve their native tonpe
and couldn't understand English, andll
those who didn't know Spanish but
would benefit by learning it.
The speakers were allowed twenty
minutes to present their issues and 18
minutes for questions and answers.
The highlight of the Congreso was
right after lunch when Seaetary of
Health and Welfare, Mario Obledoc:a11
and spoke to the Congress. His speec:11
focused on the Reagan Administra ·
, and how his "buget cuts" were an atta
on our people, specifically the poor. Ht
said, "Hv-ocritical society Reagan is
endors~. J. A society that will tue
1
legal services for the poor because it
can 't be under written and yet a rich
person can hire a private attorney and
afford
pay fees they can
and they
from taxes . .In effect, the tu
for the richs lepl s.vicel. •
speech one delepte cha
to run for the gowernanhip ol
nia. Obledo, 11ve in 25 __.
definite •,naybe. •
These committees consisted of persons
delegated from their organization to
single out the three most important
problems in their area that are regional
The results of the Congreso
in nature and common to most combaNots were counted were pol
munities in Fresno County. THose
ecla,cation, and youth.
The government again claims that the
.
orgainzations from kCSUF were meccommunists are threatening these
HA, CBSA, CHO, Las Adelitas, CHicaftO.'
"'Vital Interests."' Whose? Ours or big
Remember if you are between 17-1~taff,
ana-' a LT" Raza
studies.
business?
_you are not really safe, good, "'of Uncle
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Already the in El Salvador, on Octo- '!am* still might get you; it is also wise
, ,
ber 15, 1979, the CIA has managed to to remember that Chicanos .and Blacks
arrange for a military coupd' etat as are the ones most affected by the draft · I attended as a delegate on the legal
they had previously done in Vietnam and it is us who suffer the most causalissues committee as a representative
on November 1, 1963. Again the State ties protecting our *Vital Interests."'
of Chicanos in Law. After having reDepartment denies that there are
It is us who have to look for alternatives
gistered I went to where my district
already American militarv men fightbefore our Raza's become extind fight(Roosev~ltJ was seated only to find the
in1 in El Salvador even though there ing Exxon's wars . So if you have any
entire table aHocated ato district six,
are eyewitness accounts to the con- further questions please contact Sandra
completely filled . So, in order to accotrary. How much longer before Exxon • lyall at 268-7492. She migt)t. ~ ,J.>~ to . modate all those others in that area
decides it is time for the United States
help you or someone you kno\\/b\Ji~ ~ 0
'they had to put Hoover somewhere
to invade El Salvadorl
else and give Roosevelt their table.
been involved in anti-draft movements
since she attended Fresno State in the
early 70's . She is one of the C.A.R.D .
counselors and will be able to give you
the necessary advice.
.
Page 1-1-La Voz De Azttan-Ai,ril 9, 1911
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"Califas" art·
exhibition ·theme·
An exhibition theme of Contemporary Chicano Art at Mary Portor Sesnon
Art Gallery, College V, University of California at Santa Cruz.
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March 29 to May 5, 1981 (Reception: April 11 from 3 p.m. to?)
Featured Artistas from various _geographical areas of California are:
San Diego
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Ramses Noriega
Salvadore Roberto "Queso" Torrez
Los Angeles
Roberto Chavez
Judy Baca
Wi II ie Herron
Fresno
Ernie Palomino
Sacramento
Jose Montoya
Esteban Villa
Malaqt.iias Mo~toya
San Jose
Rupert Garcia
Ralph Madriaga
Rene Yanez
Carmen Lomas Garcia
Sue Martinez
Santa Cruz
Eduardo Carrillo
San Francisco
by
C. Bernard Jackson and Estela Scarlata
Arrangements are being made to attend this exhibition of some current
"pesado" Chicano Artistas of Califas. Transportation to the reception is
being coordinated to leave Fresno April 11th .
by Fernando Quintero
Full of song, dance, laughter, sorrow,
and alegria, the musical play "Wanted
Experience Operators" was presented
Apri I 2 at the convention Center Theatre
by the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.
The story centers around various
arment factory workers, several who
appen to be illegal aliens, as we see
nd hear them tell their hopes and
reams through lively song and dance
umbers.
The typical obnoxious,
money-hungry boss was excellently
portrayed by Don Potter. In the play,
he calls the U.S. Immigration Departent to the factory to deport the workers
s they begin talk of unionizing.
The character .. Chole .. , an illegal
alien from Mexico who'd · knit pink
dresses all day for her little child was
beautifully portrayed by Christine Avila
who i~ also a very gifted singer. Carmen
Zapata, as always, did a very good job
as the crew manager .
The only flaw in the production was
the difficulty in relaying it's rressage
through the plethora of musical production numbers.
Unlike last season's
"Uprooted," Experienced Operators
was more of a light-hearted musical
comedy filled with strong Anfl_lo-inf.1_4.enced overtones.
For further info. please call La Brocha Dell Valle @ 233-7741 or visit us
at 3830 E. Butler off the corner of 7th Street in the .. Brown House" Second
Floor, Suite 25.
Com-munity Friends
helps mentally diSc:ibled
Community Friends, 1759 Fulton,
The Mental Health Association of
Greater Fresno is looking for volun- Suite 146, can be contacted by calling
teers to become Community Friends Connie Pitt at 268-6166. This is a chance
and work with mental health clients. for you to help somone that needs a lift
Th~ Community Friend volunteer will be at a special time in their life .
trained to understand the needs of the
mentally disabled as well as" the skills
and resources necessary to work with
, mental health clients.
Most of us are fortunate enough to
have family and friends to share problems and joys with, but there are some
people who have no one. These people
1 a~e often in need of a friend; someone
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with whom they can share the ups and
downs of daily living .
The Community Friend will provide
support for a person who needs a friend
in SJ:>ecific activities such as shopping,
playing games, sewing, talking, fishing,
or just going for a walk. Getting together at a mutually convenient time
and place, such as the park or. a restaurant, can be a time of · relaxation for a
person..,.with many problems.
Chicano
Commencement ·
The Fifth Annual Chicano Commencement ceremony will take place
on Saturday, May 23 in the CSUF
Amphitheatre at 6 p.m. A reception
will follow at 8 p.m. in the Vintage
Room, after which will· be a dance
at the Rainbow Ballroom.
The bilingual ceremony will honor
graduates and their families.
Community Friends are encouraged
to spend three hours a week · heli,· _
· som~ne at a special time in their m~.
.I! he sati~faction of reaching out, touching, and helping another person is a
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more information at 487-1052. .
Pap 12-La V• De Aztlan-April 9,
2114"4,uuud
Joveria Mexico ~nd Coors
5-MILE RUN
BENEFIT FOR BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS
COMPETE IN A STAR-STUDDED FIELD OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
RUNNERS IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE CATEGORIES!
Sunday, May 17, 1981
Starting Time 7 :00 A.M.
TIME: Check-in time 6:00 A.M.
PLACE: Joyeria Mexico, 1048 Fulton Mall, Downtown Fresno, California
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Flat roads, asphalt, some grass. (Starting and finishing at the Downtown Mall.)
COURSE RECORD: RODOLFO GOMEZ, 24:0.2, second place finisher in 1980 New York Marathon.
MARKING: Course will be well marked ( each mile), directing arrows.
WATER STATION: 4th mile - Crystal Geyser - Perrier (mineral water).
PROOF OF AGE: Be prepared to show proof of age.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00. Send entry forms and checks payable to:
Joyeria Mexico and Coors Run, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
For more information: (209) 233-0861 or 233-0862 (ask for Marisella).
ENTRY DEADLINE: May 14, 1981. ENTRY FEE NOT REFUNDABLE.
1. FIRST· 100 ENTRIES RECEIVE FREE T-SHIRTS!
AWARDS: First place finisht1rs in Pach division will
be awardPd a Citiwn watch. Second-fourth place
finishers in each division will he awarded a trophy. Special awards to oldest and youngest runners: Participant souwnir awards to all runners
enterPd.
,1 wards have been selected accordingly due to
limited number of runners in certain age groups.
DIVISIONS:
Men
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-0ver
SOUVENIR T-SHIRTS
ON SALE FOR $5.00
Women
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
Wheelchair
1st five finishers
- ENTRY BLANI\ Send with entry to: JOYE RIA MEXIC.O ANO COORS R.UN, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
(209) 233-0861
WAIVER: In consideration of your accepting my entry, I intending to be legally bound do hereby for myself, my heirs,
executor, and administrators, waive and release forever any and all rights and claims or damages I may accrue against the City of
Fresno, Joyeria Mexico, Coors, Big Brothers/Bi~ Sisters, and any and all sponsors and volunteers of this race for any injuries suffered by me while traveling to and from, and competing in the Joyeria Mexico and Coors 5-Mile Run on May 17, 1981.
SIGNATURE (Parent. if wider 18 years) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___;.__ DATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
NAME _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' - - - - - - - PHONE _ _ _ _ ___.__ _ __
ADDRESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __:.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _:__ ZIP _ _ _ _ _ __
AGE _ _ _ __
BIRTHDATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
CLUB _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
T-SHIRT SIZE:
□ SMALL
0 LARGE.
0 MEDIUM
0 X-LARGE
DIVISION (Checli O,ie) :
MEN:
OH-19
WOMEN:
014-19
WHEELCHAIR:
□
0
0
20-29
D 30-39
0-10--19
20-29
D 30-39
D
-10--19
0 50-59
0 50-59
0 60-Over
D 60-Over
callfomla .
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EDITORIAL
Politically speaking, it seems that everyday things
keep getting worse for us. Locally, it was announced
Wednesday that Supervisor Jeff Reich proposed a
policy which includes refusal of medical care to illegal
·aliens at Valley Medical Center. What is this pendejo' s
problem? What have we done to him for him to keep
carrying on the way he does. First it was bilingual
education,now this. Why doesn't he start working on
some real, more important issues t,hat are more pertinent _
and affect our community rather than supporting his
racist attitudes .
President Reagan had doubled the military salary
yet completely did away with such socially beneficial
programs as CET A. That's one way of pushing us
into the front Ii nes.
Frankly, I'm a little confused. This is supposed to be
the decade of the Hispanics right? But will somebody
tell me, what decade are we in? The 80_' s or the 60' s?
Fernando Quintero
Editor, La Voz
.~LETTERS TO-THI.EDITOR
bear Editor:
As a student on this campus, I feel I
have had my civil rights violated because
I was unjustly embarrased, harassed
and discriminated by a campus polic~ officer.
Shortly after putting money in the jukebox, the music stopped. THe box had
been unplugged. I plugged the box back
in and put in more money. While I was
listening to the music the jukebox was
unplugged a second time.
I caught a student, Barbara Cushion,
unplugging the box. I told her I did not
feel that what she did was right. WHile
talking to her, a campus police officer,
Mike Leedon, told me that I should not
put music on because people wanted to
watch T.V.
On Monday afternoon, March 30, while
in the Bucket, I was denied the opportunity to listen to music on the jukebox. I
was told that some people in the Bucket
wanted to watch television. I stated that
the T. V. program did not interest me and
others, and that we preferred listenin1 to
music. I 1ot permission from the Bucket
employ~ and the assistant rmm1er to
leave the music on.
I was told to leave the Bucket because
I did not have my student I.D. I told the
officer that if he wanted to check out my
student status that we could go to the
administration building to find out.
He said it was not necessary. I then told
the officer that I have the right to go back
to may seat to finish my beer and if I
wanted, I would buy more beer. At this
time the officer replied that he would go
back with me to my table and pour the
beer_on me and that I could walk out like
that. I told him that we were both persons with the same rights. He had no
right to treat me in this manner. I was
put on the spot and embarrassed. This
was an out-right examp f ·
ce harassment. The police officer is a professional, he should not talkto anyone in that
manner.
I do not think what happened was right
I feel that the approach was very negative to me as a Chicano. I do not think
anyone should be treated the way I was.
This was handled very unprofessionally
b y both the campus police and the Bucket management.,.. . ,_ .:~,__
Because of this incident I feel that
there should be a policy statin1 that the
television or jukebox could be on at the
same time or one at a time or that they
should be on opposite sides of the room.
Also, that there should be a sign allowing students to be aware of this policy
and other rules in the Bucket.
Because I also feel that I was unjustly
singled out because I was a Chicano,
I also propose that there should be more
music that is appreciated by Chicanos,
Black and other people ethnic groups.
The environment in the Bucket as it is
now in unfavorable to other cultures,
therefore, I feel Black, Chicano, Iran
Palestanian and other cultural music ,hat
represents the different cultures of this
campus should be available. This also
applies to having live cultural entertainment and nights designated for ethnic
groups.
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ILa Voz De Aztlan I
Editor-in-Chief
Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor
Margarita Martinez
Photographers
Robert Hernandez
Richard Rios
The Bucket should not cater to only a
certain segment of this campus population. There are many students that feel
the Bucket does not serave them equally. TH is is also felt by many students regarding the campus police.
Production
Sylvia Vidal
Maria Servin
Reporters
Guadalupe Gutierrez
Yolanda Granad<.'S
Mike Valencia
Lourdes Villareal
Olivia Lucio
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the kea
Campus building. La Voz reserves
right to edit letters . Telephone 487-24'86
Paae 3-la Vu _De Aztlan-April 9, 1911
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LEADERS ORGANIZE FOR REDISTRICTING
by Mar1arita M. Martinez
Most of Fresno County could be
included in the new con1ressional
seats to be created in California.
Valley Chicanos are makina sure
they make an impact in the process.
A coalition of Chicano leaders has been
formed. The coalition, San Joaquin
Valley Chicanos for Fair Reapportionment is affiliated with the laraer state
coalition, ""Californios for Fair Reapportionment.""
•
Carlos Rodri1uez, El Concilio director
and chairperson ~f the San Joaquin
~alley coaltion states, *This the only
time where we can make a difference in
terms of drawing lines of leaislative
districts. We want to have input before
the legislators ao into their·smoke-filled
fOOO'.'S an~ decide our fate.•
After the census every ten years, the
state leaislature creates new conaressional and leaislative districts. Rodriauez says that in the past the interests
of Chicanos have never been considered.
""Chicanos have been 1errymandered
separated into districts with no stroni
majority," he said, *we can't elect
an~e to ~epresent us.•
The coalition is also concerned with
the recent census fiaures. *We are
accordina to the recent census fiaures'
only 29 percent of Fresno's population'
~ contest it is 45 percent,"" said Rod:
raguez.
Rodriguez stated a meetina is bein1
oraanized with MALDEF (Mexican
American Legal Defense Education
fund) to deal with tlie recent fiaures.
In 1970 MALDEF won a suit contesting
the census results.
tomorrow, El Concilio is hostina a
Rodriauez thinks the problem was
in how Chicanos were identified in the luncheon at the Tapatio Restaurant.
data. *The method the ·census bureau senator Daniel Boatwriaht, chairperson
used is so complex, it even confused ,of the Senate Committee on Reapportionment will be their a~t.
t~,""he~id.
The coaltion 's main emphasis now
is the reapportionment. The Senate
Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, will hold a reapportionment
hearina in Fresno, tomorrow, from
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the State
Buildina ~
.
t<Odriauez emphasizes the importance
of Chicanos attendin1 the hearina.
'the purpose of the hearina is to listen
to testimony beina presented on behalf
of the community,* he said, *it is
important we have input in the process.
· Roc:triauez see tne coaltion as beina
ve!'Y strona • He says its presence is
~•na felt throughout the state. It
15 only ~ beainnini, he says.
ft is
a call to ~mty for the Chicano community
to oraamze.
·
*The 80' s has been said
to be the dacade of the Chicano,* said
Rodriauez, *well, no one is aoina to
1ive us anythin1 unless we oraanize
and get it ourselves.
CHANNEL 24 AND TACOMA DISPUTE
By Yolanda Granados
The San Joaquin Communication
Corporation (SJCC), the new owners
of KMJ-TV, have removed TACOMA
from producing the bilingual proaram
La Comuni~ad Del Valle.
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. According to Rodriquez, TACOMA has
expressed a willingness to bargain an
affirmative ~~ion agreement wi_th SJ CC
with the definite understandina that the
bilingual and bicultural aspects of La
. Comunidad del Valle be retained.
On April 6, SJCC finally consented to
meet with TACOMA. Present at the
The program was produced by Chicano meeting were three TACOMA board
trainees provided by TACOMA, a
· members and Jim Thompson, KSEE
television advisory committee of
station manager.
Mexican-Americans under El Concilio
On February 2, TACOMA was informed
Accordina to Conrad Mendoza
of SJCC intentions and proaram
TACOMA Chairman, no affirma'tive
chan1es.
action plan was neaotiated. *KSEE
owners refuse to accept our
. •r~ station removed our host and put station
special emphasis ·affirmative action ·
1n their own host, who is not bilinaual.
program. KSEE wants to have a aeneral
By removing TACOMA from producing
affirmative action which covers everythe show the Chicano community will
one. This way it will not be held to
no longer have direct input into the
s~ifics," said Mendoza.
content of the proaram. There will be
no evidence of Chicano related proIn a telphone interview, Jim Thompson
1rammin1 sensitive toward Chicano
said, •we will not agree to TACOMA,.,S
issues," said Carlos Rodriguez, Director plan."
of El Concilio and a TACOMA board
member.
Since no resolution was passed
another meeting has been set. Since
TACOMA wants to negotiate a new
F~bruary there has been a campaign
affi~mative action agreement with SJCC, of protest by TACOMA against SJ CC.
Basically, retaining the training program A letter writing campaign has been
which was initiated in 1975 with
enforced trying to get community
McClatchy Enterprises.
member to write letters stating their
displeasures to the station and to
"~ part of McClatchy' s affirmative
the FCC. *The letter writing campaian
action proaram with TACOMA in
has produced some pressure on KSEE.
1975, McClatchy agreed to hire
The meetina that took place proves that
Chicanos and train them in the elecit has,• said Mendoza.
tronic media . Now with SJCC refusina
to negotiate an affirmative action
•According to Rodriauez; TACOMA
agreement with TACOMA, this trainina
is also protesting the usqe .of the
program is threatened,• said Rodriquez. proaram name.
#f3y keepioa the program title, La
Comunidad Del Valle KSEE is deceiving the public: in~ believina that
El ~on~ilio js still producing the show,
which 1s far from being true • said
Rodriguez.
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.TACO~A may plan to file an injuct1on keeping KSEE from using the
pro~ram name. TACOMA is bein1
advised by attorney Mario Olmos.
Page 4-La Vox De ArlYn~l 9, 1111
-Project completed on
Valley Chicanos
,By Yolanda Granacloa
"The TEACH Project and the 1ru
positive response from the community
and schools, is a project that is already
uniting parents, their children, and the
schools, "said Soriano.
"History should avoid the temptation to chronicle only f_amous men and
women, to highlight 'rags to riches'
biographies or to focus solely on the
rich and powerful. History must acknowledge the works and Iives of those
who in their work compose a culture
and society," stated Dr . Lea YbarraSoriano, in her project pamphlet Nues-
The project consisted of community
outreach utilizing traditional and cultural
mass media formats to advertise the projects in general. Gathering photos fer
a slide presentation was done. Over
300 photos dating back to 1910 were
collected.
Oral histories were
obtained from community residents
tras Raices-.
"The history of the Mexican, includes
the story of a community and its life not just a chronology, or statistics on
income and educational attainment,
or a listing of electoral victories," Soriano said.
According to Soriano it took aboli
seven months to somplete SO histories.
The histories were recorded, transcribed, edited and finally proofread.
"Oral history is very important,
particularly to ethnic minority groups,
whose history has often remained
unrecorded and thus lost to posterity,said Soriano.
Soriano~ a CSUF La RAZA Studies
professor, currently on a sabbatical
leave, directed a one-year project entitled 1 .E.A.C.H . - Teaching Ethnic
Awareness and Cultural Heritage .
The project was funded by a S40,000
grant from the Health , Education ,
and Welfare Department.
Five pamphlets were printed as part
of the TEACH Project.
The major
pamphlet Nuestras Raices: The Mexican
Community in the Central San Joaquin
Valley was translated into
Spanish.
Nustras Raices is a mixture of historical
data interwoven with oral histories and
"I felt that there needed to be curric- contemporary events. A one-hour slide
ulum on Chicanos in the San Joaquin presentation based on Nuestras Raices,
Valley area . Chicanos need to be edu- was also completed as part of the procated about themselves, " Soriano said. ject.
According to Soriano, the primary
Concluding on her project, Soriano
objectives of the TEACH Project were said, "The TEACH Project has been very
aimed at training anq educating dif- successful and very worthwhile. It
ferent groups - parents, teachers, will undoubtedly have impact on the
and the community in general -formu- community for years to come."
fating a program which would have the
Soriano is presently co-writing a book
greatest and most effective impact on on the Chicano family . She plans to
developing positive seof-esteem and cul- come back in the fall to teach.
tral awareness in minority children.
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EOP offers ·course. on
women minority
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of the Arts
In the fall of 1981, the Educational
Op.portu!"itv .. P.ro~ram will · r'"oc.ont a
course entitled Careers for Minority
Women in conJunction with the Women's Studies Department.
The purpose of the course is to increase the awareness of minority women
students as the kinds of careers they can
aspire to and be successful in. Emphasis will be on nontraditional careers,
directing students into academic dis- .
ciplines in which they are now underreprensented.
The students will be exposed to appropriate role models; minority professional
~ women who are currently employed in
nontraditional careers such as medicine,
law, science, management, computer
science, engineering, P.tc.
Al'-o included in the course Wtll be
a discussion of women and work issues
and the legal aspects of employment
Modest grants have come from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and the City of Los
Angeles. A vital training program for
theatre technicians is provided through
the Los Angeles County CETA program,
and recently, corporations·, foundations
and individuals have been providing
important support as well. With i~ small
and dedicated staff, plus an involved
and caring board of trustees, the Bilingual . Foundation of the Arts has
established a cultural institution of significance for the residents of California.
Gifts and grants, small and large, are
urgently needed and always appreciated. With your support, BFA will
continue to bring you productions of
professional calibre. If you can help,
please wri~e to the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, 421 North Avenue
19, Los Angeles, CA (213)225-4044.
The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
is unique in that it presents four professional productions a year (plus a statewide tour) which span across the centuries including early Spanish classical
dramas, the rich contemporary works of
Federico Garcia Lorca and the works of
the Hispanic and Hispanic American
playwrights of today. In order for the
entire community to experience and enjoy our glorious Hispanic literature,
BFA performs these works in Spanish,
English and "Spanglish"' the language of
the barrio. Founded in 1973 by actressproducer Carmen Zapata, director Maragarita Galban and designer-technician Estela Scarlata, BFA is working
diligently toward the establishment of a
professional Hispanic American National
Theatre. During several years of struggle and accomplishment, BFA has developed support from several quarters.
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lCivil rights, Affirmative Action, Equal
Pay Act, etc.) as they affec( the minority
woman. A review of the maj(>r/cireer
se1ect1on process utilizing the system of
interactive guidance and information·
(SIGI) will also be a part of the course .
Although the course is directed towards the freshman and sophomore un- 1
declared majors, no one will be excluded from the class . It will be opened to
the first 50 students who regi'ster
for it.
Course scheduled for :
T-TH 11:10-12:25
SR-1 - room 28
3 units - c/ncr
Ruth Tarver, Career Counselor in
the Educational Opportunity Program,
will be the Instructor. ·
VENCEREMOS!
CHICANO ELECTION WINNERS
.1,400 jobless workers
by Lourdes Villarreal
According to Pedro Garcia: executive
director for the Fresno Employment
and Training Commission (FETC)
Fresno County will have more than its
sh~re of unemployment when faced
with approximately 1,400 jobless workers around the end of June, 1981.
Garcia declared that the drastic 50 percent budget reduction was a result of
President Reagan's proposed cuts in
government spending.
Furthermore, Garcia informed La
Voz that one of the programs that will
be affected by this funding reduction
is the public service CETA jobs program. Garcia explained that the CETA
program was originally initiated during
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Moreover, Garcia stated that President Reagan's March 2nd resolutions
. concerning the "'hiring freeze" and the
\ funds reduction in public service related
jobs had caught the FETC off guard.
Since Reagan had made no rrevious
announcement of his intended reductions in the CETA programs in his
January State of the Union Address,
FETC found itself somewhat wanting in
organization to execute an appropriate
phase-out plan.
As for the impacts such measures
are bound to create, Garcia foresees
an obvious limitation in job .o pportuni-·
ties. Garcia stated that the principal
i~pa~ will be felt this summer when
In the recent elections three Chicanos
David Torres-Senator at Large
were elected to .positions on the Student '
Senate. They are; Diana Garrido,
Plan to aet student body more involve
David
Torres,and
Qlivia
Lucio. with Student Senate. It is important
for Chicanos to get involve with thPThe senators comrnented on their
Student Senate.
Promote more
positions.
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awareness.
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It is important for · Chicanos to get
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Diana Garrido-Senator of Undeclared involve with the Student Senate. It is
Majors.
important for us to have a voice in
dealing with issues affecting minorities.
Plan to. be vocal in students body, ·
It all depend$ on what issues · are
·, brought up. I hope that whatever de- try to listen to students needs.
cision that I make would be for the better
of the whole campus. I hope to see Oli~ia Lucio-Senator of Health Proffesion
more · functions for Chicanos, but
that's not necessary what I 'm 1oinJ · I 've never been involved in the Student
to stand for. I would also like to see inter Senate, therefore I can't say what exactly
grated ·programs to educate ethn~ exactly I am 1oing to do. 1. am aoina
1roups.
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to try to listen and very carefully .
Since I -have no experience in school analyze all issues brought to the Senate
politics I really can't give any concrete not only for the benefit of Chi~nos but
objectives that i plan to pursue, but for the entire student body as well.
hopefully with the assistance of those
I will try to broaden my views
with more experience mem!>ers . I will · on._ political issues pertainin1 to this
be able ~ perform my duties_to-t~ ~ t camR:,Us by listenina to the problems ·
· of students
, of my ab1hty ··
school youths and 1,400 jobless workers '
compete for the same scarcity of jobs
available. Garcia also added that em- !
ployers will have to decide between
Richard Nixon's second presidential hiring on the basis of youth or experiterm (1973-74). According to Garcia, ence.
the CETA program alleviated part of
the unemployment crisis faced during
Consequently, although Garcia clJ.lthe 1975-76 Recession. After that period,
peared rather glum about the fate of
the possible 1,400 jobless workers,
he did point out that the FETC was
fortunate,"'
time-wise,
Garcia said, "'The CETA program was "somewhat
compared
to
other
programs
that besomewhat successful, but it sort of ·
phased out." However, the ·program re- ing · unable to continue operating will
vived again in 1979 aftef Congress be forced to foreclose immediately.
amended the federal Comprehensive
Emp~oy~ent and Training Act specify-
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Garcia is also hoping that Congress will
amend Reagan's proposed cuts, thereby
ing l,,at the program be directed largeiy lessening some of the impacts on protowards the "hard-core unemployed." grams such as the FETC. For those
~arcia added that Congress had also who perceive an unemployment threat,
intended to eliminate "inappropriate- it would be wise to write to your congress
ness" experienced in the previous man- and express your opinions on the mataaement of funds.
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~'One of the reasons I started my
own theatre company was
because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning _
roles. I got tired of playing the maid."
By Fernando Quintero
She's a strong activist and believer of
bilingual education. She sings. She
dances. She acts . Her life is decoted to
her work. She is Carmen Zapata.
In an exdusive interview with La Voz,
Carmen Zapata talks about her career
and her life from a frightened child
growing up in Spanish Harlem to success in television playing NstereotypedN
roles to her present theatre company she
now co-manages.
Zapata, now 52, is the daughter of
only two Mexican families who lived in
the area of New York known as Spanish
Harlem. Her tatner, wno held two
jobs, as a dishwasher and a nightwatcbman, was born in Veracruz, Mexico.
He left Mexico during the second revolution. Carmen's mother is from Argentina. Carmen recalls the trauma
and bewilderment of starting school
and knowing only Spanish and the Mexican culture. When her father died,
Carmen's mother carried on the financial responsibility working in a garment
factory and as a janitor in the apartment building they lived in. Carmen
can still remember her mother on her
knees washing floors. "I wanted to help
her, but she wouldn't let me. She felt
I was too good for that kind of work."
Carmen was about six when she
started singing and dancing and at 18
left high school to join the chorus of
•Oklahoma." Over the next 20 years,
~he appeared in New York and on tour
r~ ~loomer Girl, Carnival, Bye Bye
Birdie, No Strings, and many other
s~~s . She also appeared in such televrsron series as Marcus Welby, Medical
Ce~ter, Streets of San Francisco, and
Chrco and the Man including a regular
role in the Dick Van Dyke Show. These
led to her own series "Viva Valdez"
on ABC during the ;ummer of '76.
Most recently, Carmen can be seen regu!a.rly on the bilingual children's television show *Villa Alegra" presented
through the public television network.
s.he has received three emmy nominations and the Angel award for best actress in Spanish theatre.
Aside from her career as an actress
Producer, and director Carmen ha;
taught drama at East' Los Angeles
COpollege, . set up Mexican-American
P<>rtumty Foundation child care
' centers, served on the Screen Actors
· Guild ethnic mir.J.Qrities committee.
and of course, co-managed the Bilingual
Foundation of the Arts.
La Voz:
What could change all of
that?
Zapata: Things won't change until like
everything else, we get behind the control booth and .start turning those knobs.
La Voz: How did the Bilingual Founda- Not until we become the decision
tion of the Arts come about?
makers, the producers, the writers,
Zapata: Well, after coming from New
and directors.
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York sixteen years ago, I found that
La Voz: How will the Reagan adminiCalifornia has very little or no theatre
straion and all his budget cuts affect
at all. So I decided to start my own theaBFA?
tre group and in 1973, myslef and Mar- Zapata:
The Reagan admi_nistration
garita Galban, who is the BFA director affects everything. No theatre can run
' and Estela Scarlata, the· technical without some kind of subsidy, even the
director, founded the Bilingual Founda- big theatre companies. Although no
tion of the Arts with the intent purpose one will be more affected than the minorI of presenting Hispanic theatre and liter- ity programs, that's a well-known fact.
ature to audiences whom otherwise
u Voz: What does this...mean specifiwould not receive any exposure to· cally for BFA?
- theatre. We commit ourselves to at Zapata: Well we're going to have to
least 3 of 4 plays a year touring such stdrt 1ookmg tor more funds.
cities as Fresno where Hispanics really - u voz: What are ~your feelings toward
don't get the chance to see their own Bilingual education? ·
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theater. We cover a wide scope of pre- Zapat~:
I think the government is
sentations ranging from 15th century making a terrible mistake by trying to
plays to contemporary things they can supress it. Bilingual education is very
. relate to and understand.
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imPQrtant anct by not allowing us to learn
La Voz: Why 15th century plays?
English as a language instead of trying
Zapata: The. reason we ,,,q 9 the <;lassies to force it upon our children, it's just
is to introduce to non-Spanish speaking traumatic.
audiences the beauty of our literature. u Voz: Do you ever gather any public
We need to bring these classics out and support for your concern?
develop new EnRlish translations of
them. Federico Garcia Lorca lived in
Shakespeare's time and was considered
a great playwright but we know nothing
of him because there have been no English translations of his work.
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Voz: Why are there so few Chicanos
in the entertainment industry, particularly television i
Zapata: That's t.r--...od the .media
doesn't give us the kind of opportunities
we deserve. , You know one of the
reasons I started my own theatre company was because I got tired of playing
all those menial and demeaning roles.
I got tired of playing the maid.
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Voz:
The Dick Van Dyke S~?
Zapata: Exactly. I made the money
and I made a reputation for myself,
but I never really got to act. And these
roles I'm talking about are all Hollywood
ever writes for us .
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Zapata: 1've been involved in the "Vil-
la Alegre" program and that is now even
in jeapordv. It's just a shame .
La Voz: So what's next for Carmen
Zapata?
Zapata: In my career? I don't know,
n:,y most concern is the theatre more
than anything else right now. I think
I've go~en to be th~ biggest "'star"
I'll ever get .
La Voz: Doesn't that sound a little pessimistic?
Zapata: No, just realistic. A lot of the
more important roles in Hollywood are
being written for younger people--at
least not for older Hispanic women.
we've been stereotyped and labeled_and
pounding on those doors for things to
change, but like I said before,, we've
got to get behind the f'heel.
u Voz: What o~e thing would you
want the public to ren.temoer you for
or would you like to leave behind?
Zapata: Instill in other Mexican-Americans the same pride and joy that I feel.
And I think we all have to work on our
self-esteem and start thinking about
ourselves. Our heritage makes us very
special and our culture is so unique.
Our ply tonight was a message of unity,
we can all use a little of thaJ.
Paie 1o-La Voz · Oe Aztlan.April 9,
CHICANO UNITY CONGRESS
By Sylvia Castro
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE STUDENT COMMUNITY.
"PROTECTING OUR VITAL
INTERESTS ABROAD"
Fresno's first "'Unity Conaress"'
for the Chicano community was held
on March 28 by El Concilio de Fresno.
Each town in the county of Fresno was
, to be represented by a delegation.
The number per delegation depended
on the total population of each community. Fresno City was divided
up into six areas by high school districts ;
Organizations as well as individuals
were notified and welcomed to participate wither as an individual or a representative of their organization. HowBy Ruben Garza ~.
ever, the turn out was obvious that the ·
Not long ago, about 8 or .9 years or
When this happens, the Draft will be- majority; of those in attendance were
so, the American people were involved gin once more. I for one have been from some type of organization. Also,
in a very distressing conflict - Viet- pretty fortunate. The reason for that I felt thata they could've given a far
nam. The United States in 1965 had being I was born in 1958. When I was . more advanced notice to the organi· launched a massive military interven- . about to turn 18, the draft registration zation in which many had to act on
tion into Vietnam and has been there was terminated and when it resumed a spur of the·moment.
since. Why? Why go to a small tiny a~ain I was left out.
Asian Country clear across the globe
and lose 50,000 American lives (of these
The purpose of this Congress:
20% or approximately 10,000 were Chi1.
"'To identify and priortize regional
For those who are not so lucky, there
canos and even a greater number were
problems affecting the Chicano comBlacks)? To protexct our "'Vital lnter-- is an alternative. No, you cannot go to
ests"' abroad of course. In the early Canada as people did in the late 60' s
munity in Fresno Cou,nty.
60' s the United States government and early 70's to avoid the draft, bedecided that the Communists were. ieause Canada has 'changed their laws
2. To develop solutions with an emphaendangering these · interests so they and we can no longer go there to seek
sis on coordinating available political,
sent military Advisors; by 1963 there refuge. , There is however, C.A.R.D.
social, and economic resources in the
were already eyewitness accounts of (Committee Against Registration and
rural and metropolitan communities
American military men involved in ac-0 the Draft). This organization explains
of
Fresno County.
to
the
individual
who
goes
to
them
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tual combat, this of course to the denial
of the State Department.
draft laws and helps them look for al3. To develope a better understanding
ternatives. These alternatives range
among all sectors of the Chicano comFor ten years the whole world was in
distress, not just Vietnam. Here at home
munity including farmworkers, bluethere were many anti-war demonstra- from *Con~cientious Objector* to Medicollar workers, students and profession
tions, rallies, and marches, many of . cal Deferment. The individual has to
individuals residing in the urban and
which ended in violence. People did not have reasons as to why, he does not
rural communities of Fresno county.
want to be there but they had no choice. want to go. These reasons do not have
Many people were drafted and went to be put into large technical vocabu_.
There were eight committees that. had
- while others defected to Canada remain- lary, they just have to be sincere and
met a week earlier to make recommendaing there unti-1--President Ford gave them reasonably and "firmly believed by the
amnesty:· When it was all over and most person.
tions to the Congress at-large for
_of-'.-the people had come home, we
prioritization. El Concilio selected
claimed it would nev~r happen again.
persons whom they felt had expertise
or _specialization in that field to chair and
In Fresno, .. if you are of draft age
co-chair accordingly. Committees were
and
wish
to
look
into
these
alternatives,
It's shpcking to think that in 1980 _
··
·ation, labor, economic
ga~teps heading in that direc- you can contact Sandra lyall at 268developement, employment, youth,
7492.
Sandra
is
the
current
President
nce more. In 1980, President Carsocial issue, legal issues.
began Draft Registration again. ·· of the Womens lnternationa'I League of
Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She has
Once more the United States is concerned about their so called *Vital
Interests Abroad.* Now it is no longer
Vietnam but in the Persain Gulf and the
Middle East, in El Salvador, in Poland,
in South Africa. ,
The Congress was called to order&,
the coordinator of this proiect Joee
Barraza in which in introduced
Enrique Lopez for the invocation,
was recited in Spanish. The c:hainla
of El Concilio Henry Garcia areeW
Congress and stated the purpose af
Congress emphasizing unity amana
all Chicanos. Councilman, Leonel
Alvarado next greeted the body and
focused his speech on the need for
"Hispanic" to unify jointly and
we' re only kidding ourselves if we
we have political and economic clout
growing ethnic minority. "We' re the
only ones who can -help ourselves,•
Alvarado said.
F•
The Congreso was well attended by•
classes of Chicanos students, professia,
als, laborers, and as usual-women!
The majority spoke English but the INNlr
agreed that the entire meeting be held
bilingually for the benefit of those whe
wished to presersve their native tonpe
and couldn't understand English, andll
those who didn't know Spanish but
would benefit by learning it.
The speakers were allowed twenty
minutes to present their issues and 18
minutes for questions and answers.
The highlight of the Congreso was
right after lunch when Seaetary of
Health and Welfare, Mario Obledoc:a11
and spoke to the Congress. His speec:11
focused on the Reagan Administra ·
, and how his "buget cuts" were an atta
on our people, specifically the poor. Ht
said, "Hv-ocritical society Reagan is
endors~. J. A society that will tue
1
legal services for the poor because it
can 't be under written and yet a rich
person can hire a private attorney and
afford
pay fees they can
and they
from taxes . .In effect, the tu
for the richs lepl s.vicel. •
speech one delepte cha
to run for the gowernanhip ol
nia. Obledo, 11ve in 25 __.
definite •,naybe. •
These committees consisted of persons
delegated from their organization to
single out the three most important
problems in their area that are regional
The results of the Congreso
in nature and common to most combaNots were counted were pol
munities in Fresno County. THose
ecla,cation, and youth.
The government again claims that the
.
orgainzations from kCSUF were meccommunists are threatening these
HA, CBSA, CHO, Las Adelitas, CHicaftO.'
"'Vital Interests."' Whose? Ours or big
Remember if you are between 17-1~taff,
ana-' a LT" Raza
studies.
business?
_you are not really safe, good, "'of Uncle
·
·
Already the in El Salvador, on Octo- '!am* still might get you; it is also wise
, ,
ber 15, 1979, the CIA has managed to to remember that Chicanos .and Blacks
arrange for a military coupd' etat as are the ones most affected by the draft · I attended as a delegate on the legal
they had previously done in Vietnam and it is us who suffer the most causalissues committee as a representative
on November 1, 1963. Again the State ties protecting our *Vital Interests."'
of Chicanos in Law. After having reDepartment denies that there are
It is us who have to look for alternatives
gistered I went to where my district
already American militarv men fightbefore our Raza's become extind fight(Roosev~ltJ was seated only to find the
in1 in El Salvador even though there ing Exxon's wars . So if you have any
entire table aHocated ato district six,
are eyewitness accounts to the con- further questions please contact Sandra
completely filled . So, in order to accotrary. How much longer before Exxon • lyall at 268-7492. She migt)t. ~ ,J.>~ to . modate all those others in that area
decides it is time for the United States
help you or someone you kno\\/b\Ji~ ~ 0
'they had to put Hoover somewhere
to invade El Salvadorl
else and give Roosevelt their table.
been involved in anti-draft movements
since she attended Fresno State in the
early 70's . She is one of the C.A.R.D .
counselors and will be able to give you
the necessary advice.
.
Page 1-1-La Voz De Azttan-Ai,ril 9, 1911
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. - -··
"Califas" art·
exhibition ·theme·
An exhibition theme of Contemporary Chicano Art at Mary Portor Sesnon
Art Gallery, College V, University of California at Santa Cruz.
. .
March 29 to May 5, 1981 (Reception: April 11 from 3 p.m. to?)
Featured Artistas from various _geographical areas of California are:
San Diego
·
Ramses Noriega
Salvadore Roberto "Queso" Torrez
Los Angeles
Roberto Chavez
Judy Baca
Wi II ie Herron
Fresno
Ernie Palomino
Sacramento
Jose Montoya
Esteban Villa
Malaqt.iias Mo~toya
San Jose
Rupert Garcia
Ralph Madriaga
Rene Yanez
Carmen Lomas Garcia
Sue Martinez
Santa Cruz
Eduardo Carrillo
San Francisco
by
C. Bernard Jackson and Estela Scarlata
Arrangements are being made to attend this exhibition of some current
"pesado" Chicano Artistas of Califas. Transportation to the reception is
being coordinated to leave Fresno April 11th .
by Fernando Quintero
Full of song, dance, laughter, sorrow,
and alegria, the musical play "Wanted
Experience Operators" was presented
Apri I 2 at the convention Center Theatre
by the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.
The story centers around various
arment factory workers, several who
appen to be illegal aliens, as we see
nd hear them tell their hopes and
reams through lively song and dance
umbers.
The typical obnoxious,
money-hungry boss was excellently
portrayed by Don Potter. In the play,
he calls the U.S. Immigration Departent to the factory to deport the workers
s they begin talk of unionizing.
The character .. Chole .. , an illegal
alien from Mexico who'd · knit pink
dresses all day for her little child was
beautifully portrayed by Christine Avila
who i~ also a very gifted singer. Carmen
Zapata, as always, did a very good job
as the crew manager .
The only flaw in the production was
the difficulty in relaying it's rressage
through the plethora of musical production numbers.
Unlike last season's
"Uprooted," Experienced Operators
was more of a light-hearted musical
comedy filled with strong Anfl_lo-inf.1_4.enced overtones.
For further info. please call La Brocha Dell Valle @ 233-7741 or visit us
at 3830 E. Butler off the corner of 7th Street in the .. Brown House" Second
Floor, Suite 25.
Com-munity Friends
helps mentally diSc:ibled
Community Friends, 1759 Fulton,
The Mental Health Association of
Greater Fresno is looking for volun- Suite 146, can be contacted by calling
teers to become Community Friends Connie Pitt at 268-6166. This is a chance
and work with mental health clients. for you to help somone that needs a lift
Th~ Community Friend volunteer will be at a special time in their life .
trained to understand the needs of the
mentally disabled as well as" the skills
and resources necessary to work with
, mental health clients.
Most of us are fortunate enough to
have family and friends to share problems and joys with, but there are some
people who have no one. These people
1 a~e often in need of a friend; someone
1
with whom they can share the ups and
downs of daily living .
The Community Friend will provide
support for a person who needs a friend
in SJ:>ecific activities such as shopping,
playing games, sewing, talking, fishing,
or just going for a walk. Getting together at a mutually convenient time
and place, such as the park or. a restaurant, can be a time of · relaxation for a
person..,.with many problems.
Chicano
Commencement ·
The Fifth Annual Chicano Commencement ceremony will take place
on Saturday, May 23 in the CSUF
Amphitheatre at 6 p.m. A reception
will follow at 8 p.m. in the Vintage
Room, after which will· be a dance
at the Rainbow Ballroom.
The bilingual ceremony will honor
graduates and their families.
Community Friends are encouraged
to spend three hours a week · heli,· _
· som~ne at a special time in their m~.
.I! he sati~faction of reaching out, touching, and helping another person is a
,.•1. ,J ,,~1 ...1 .:• .,r)
""' • t.,. '• i
..
l
f,_ I • 4
'f .'--,
- ~,·, ·-. ,-. ,, ~,~. , •.<1•,.•
",' ...."-,.•,:. ·/it ·., .. c, .. \, ~
big r~ard. ,
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' t ;
-
The . deadline ·tor applications is
April 24. Contact Manuel Olgin for
more information at 487-1052. .
Pap 12-La V• De Aztlan-April 9,
2114"4,uuud
Joveria Mexico ~nd Coors
5-MILE RUN
BENEFIT FOR BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS
COMPETE IN A STAR-STUDDED FIELD OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
RUNNERS IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE CATEGORIES!
Sunday, May 17, 1981
Starting Time 7 :00 A.M.
TIME: Check-in time 6:00 A.M.
PLACE: Joyeria Mexico, 1048 Fulton Mall, Downtown Fresno, California
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Flat roads, asphalt, some grass. (Starting and finishing at the Downtown Mall.)
COURSE RECORD: RODOLFO GOMEZ, 24:0.2, second place finisher in 1980 New York Marathon.
MARKING: Course will be well marked ( each mile), directing arrows.
WATER STATION: 4th mile - Crystal Geyser - Perrier (mineral water).
PROOF OF AGE: Be prepared to show proof of age.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00. Send entry forms and checks payable to:
Joyeria Mexico and Coors Run, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
For more information: (209) 233-0861 or 233-0862 (ask for Marisella).
ENTRY DEADLINE: May 14, 1981. ENTRY FEE NOT REFUNDABLE.
1. FIRST· 100 ENTRIES RECEIVE FREE T-SHIRTS!
AWARDS: First place finisht1rs in Pach division will
be awardPd a Citiwn watch. Second-fourth place
finishers in each division will he awarded a trophy. Special awards to oldest and youngest runners: Participant souwnir awards to all runners
enterPd.
,1 wards have been selected accordingly due to
limited number of runners in certain age groups.
DIVISIONS:
Men
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-0ver
SOUVENIR T-SHIRTS
ON SALE FOR $5.00
Women
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
Wheelchair
1st five finishers
- ENTRY BLANI\ Send with entry to: JOYE RIA MEXIC.O ANO COORS R.UN, 1048 Fulton Mall, Fresno, CA 93721
(209) 233-0861
WAIVER: In consideration of your accepting my entry, I intending to be legally bound do hereby for myself, my heirs,
executor, and administrators, waive and release forever any and all rights and claims or damages I may accrue against the City of
Fresno, Joyeria Mexico, Coors, Big Brothers/Bi~ Sisters, and any and all sponsors and volunteers of this race for any injuries suffered by me while traveling to and from, and competing in the Joyeria Mexico and Coors 5-Mile Run on May 17, 1981.
SIGNATURE (Parent. if wider 18 years) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___;.__ DATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
NAME _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' - - - - - - - PHONE _ _ _ _ ___.__ _ __
ADDRESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __:.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _:__ ZIP _ _ _ _ _ __
AGE _ _ _ __
BIRTHDATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
CLUB _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
T-SHIRT SIZE:
□ SMALL
0 LARGE.
0 MEDIUM
0 X-LARGE
DIVISION (Checli O,ie) :
MEN:
OH-19
WOMEN:
014-19
WHEELCHAIR:
□
0
0
20-29
D 30-39
0-10--19
20-29
D 30-39
D
-10--19
0 50-59
0 50-59
0 60-Over
D 60-Over