Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD)

*This segment is date/time stamped: March 29, 2018; 11:35AM PST   Maya Arce, a sophomore student at the University of Arizona majoring in computer science and a mariachi performer since the age of 7, was a plaintiff in Arce v. Huppenthal/Douglas case in the U.S. District Court (District of Arizona) and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for the United States, which helped lead the successful co...

The US Small Business Development Center (SBDC) model is being implemented by over 15 countries throughout the Americas with the goal of creating a hemispheric small business assistance network that improves SME competitiveness, promotes economic development, and generates trade opportunities. The SBDC model requires the co-investment by the public, private and higher education sectors that levera...

*This capstone address is date/time stamped: March 30, 2017; 4:25PM PST   Fabian Núñez is a partner of Mercury and the former California Assembly Speaker. He served three two-year terms as a member of the California State Assembly, his final two terms as Speaker, the 66th person to hold that position in California.   Recognized for his unique ability to lead and find bi-partisan solutions to compl...

Dr. Maulana Karenga is professor and chair of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds two Ph. D.s, one in political science and the other in social ethics with a focus in classical African ethics of ancient Egypt. An activist-scholar of national and international recognition, Dr. Karenga has played a major role in Black intellectual and political culture since the 60’...

Tucson continues to be ground zero in the national movement for preserving ethnic studies and protecting public education. Sean Arce, the former director of Arizona's Tucson Unified School District's outlawed Mexican American Studies (MAS) program will speak about the battle for MAS and the next phase of this struggle to save ethnic studies. Arce continues to carry on the legacy of MAS based on th...

This episode is a syndicated replay from Season 6 of LEAD Summit 2015. The theme that year was “Global Latino Education and Advocacy Days”. The purpose of the Global LEAD Summit, which took place in Texas on the campus of UT-San Antonio, was to bring much needed attention and discussion to critical issues in Latino education - worldwide, and focused in engaging dialogue to help create bridges betw...

  Mily Treviño-Sauceda is vice-president and co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Inc., a national farmworker women’s alliance representing 15 farmworker organizations and groups. She sits on numerous state and national boards, state and national advisory councils and task forces representing Latinas, the farmworker community and immigrant women in general on health, violence against wome...

The time is now for Latinos to unleash the giant, energized and empowered, and reflective of the growing diversity in the United States. It must begin with exercising our right to vote. We can only edge closer to true representations of our community when we use our vote as our voice, so our presence can not only be felt in the electorate, but public policies can better resemble and reflect the ne...

Featured Address by Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California, and National Chairman of the Advisory Board for Education Post, Latino Education and Advocacy Days VII. *Presentation made possible through a working partnership with Del Sol Group and Education Post. Del Sol Group is a Policy & Public Affairs firm specializing in Strategy, Outreach and Leadership. Del Sol Gr...

This panel discusses the new report by The Education Trust – West, The Majority Report: Supporting the Educational Success of Latino Students in California, a comprehensive look at the status of California’s Latino students. The report presents a range of extant state wide data from multiple sources, and also incorporates original research and stories from primary first-hand sources, such as inter...

LEAD Exclusive - Behind-the-Scenes Extra exclusive content, like behind-the-scenes footage, be it back-stage, behind the curtain, or out of view of the general public.     "The Cheech Marin Center  for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum" Season 12 (2021)         An exclusive behind-the-scenes tour by LEAD planners and CSUSB delegates of the forthcoming Cheech Marin Center for Ch...

CSUSB ScholarWorks is an open access institutional repository showcasing and preserving the research, scholarship, and publications of California State University, San Bernardino members. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to upload completed works to ScholarWorks as it is a permanent digital archive and showcase that makes the intellectual output of the CSUSB community publicly available...

Over the past decades, Latinos have emerged as the largest minority in the nation, with majority populations in many states and regions, and in some cases, the majority demographic among school-age children. In many ways, this is our moment as a major cultural influence on art, music, food, and so forth. Our workers, too, are the backbone of many sectors of the intertwining local, regional, state,...

Alex Padilla was sworn in as California Secretary of State on January 5, 2015. He is committed to modernizing the office, increasing voter registration and participation, and strengthening voting rights. Padilla previously served in the California State Senate (2006-2014) where he chaired the Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications. As chair, he shepherded legislation to combat climate...

Latina girls and women make up 1-in-5 females in the United States, and by 2060 are predicted to form nearly 1/3 of the total female population. As a fast-growing and influential constituency, Latinas have made significant strides and progress in a number of areas. Yet progress has been extremely slow and there is a long way to go to fully close gender, class, educational, and racial/ethnic dispar...

In the United States, not only the overall growth within the Latino population, but especially increased student attendance/presence on campuses of higher education has led to an increased prevalence of social inequities. There is very few Latino representation overall within executive leadership positions in higher education, and more so, the representation of Latina (women) executives at either...

Latino/a/x have become the largest student population of color in higher education and represent 25 percent of community college students nationwide. When compared to Whites, Latino/a/x are more likely to choose a community college, even after controlling for academic achievement and socioeconomic status. Thus, upon completing high school, 46 percent of Latinx enroll in the community college secto...

Representatives from three different groups that have advocated for greater access to California higher education will discuss perspectives on this problem. The panelists include Audrey Dow, Vice President of External Affairs and Operations for the Campaign for College Opportunity, Dr. Daniel M. Estrada, Chair of the California LULAC Latino Educational Attainment Committee, and Irene Tovar, Chair...

This presentation has been made possible by the California-Mexico Studies Center, El Rancho Unified School District and LEAD, as co-conveners of the Campaign to Promote Ethnic Studies Summit on October 18, 2014, at CSU Long Beach.    The CPES Summit was webcast by LEAD throughout its worldwide network and prompted the Los Angeles and San Francisco school districts to adopt policies similar to the...

The California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) 2-INSPIRE Program works with parents to increase their knowledge about schooling to ensure that parents have vital information about high quality educational options for their children (especially those traditionally underserved and/or attending Program Improvement schools). The Project 2-INSPIRE curriculum informs parents of their role in...

The Association of Mexican-American Educators (AMAE) Journal published a special issue in 2013 (Co-guest edited by Donaldo Macedo, Lilia Bartolome, Victor Rios and Anthony Peguero) which focused on the consequences of the Latin@ school-to-prison pipeline. The school-to-prison pipeline is marginalizing schools, communities, and families by derailing the educational success and progress of Latin@ yo...

Dr. José Angel Gutiérrez is a pivotal figure and one of the iconic founding fathers of the Chicano rights movements. He is an attorney (Dallas TX) and Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Arlington; Founder of the Center for Mexican American Studies. Dr. Gutierrez, along with Cesar Chavez, Reies López Tijerina, and Corky Gonzales, stands out as among the most important and...

Catholic schooling began in the 1800’s “in a spirit of protest,” when Church leaders objected to the discrimination of Catholic children, and did not want their children indoctrinated in Protestant and secular settings. Disregarded and denigrated by state legislatures, the Church leadership turned to its congregations, demanding that every parish build and support a school and that all Catholic fa...

This panel will discuss the state of Latinas in education, including the challenges and opportunities for engaging and supporting Chicanas/Latinas across the P-20 education continuum and beyond. Within the broader Chicano/Latinx student group, Latinas comprise a greater proportion pursuing undergraduate degrees in the United States. Yet, Latinas still face challenges throughout the public educatio...

The quality of the future U.S. labor market depends on both education and job skills, and, if the United States wants to remain competitive, our ability to produce high levels of educated and skilled workers is critical to the overall performance of its participation in a global economy. The increasingly globalized economy also means that the U.S. is facing more competition as other nations increa...