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Two protests provide different protesting environments for I.E. organizers
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Viridiana Mora of Colton leans near the rail of the steps at San Bernardino City Hall. The Chicano Indigenous Community for Advocacy and Action (Ch.I.C.C.C.A.A.) and Indigenous Drum held the rally to bring awareness on police brutality and racism in the U.S.
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emonstrations took place in the Inland Empire this past weekend that provided varying perspectives on institu-
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tionalized racism, police brutality, Drum held a unity peace rally at and economic inequality. the steps of City Hall on Saturday In San Bernardino organizers December 6. from the Chicano Indigenous Meanwhile protesters flooded the Community for Culturally Conscious Advocacy and Action Activism cont. on next page (Ch.I.C.C.C.A.A.) and Indigenous
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Rotary Club members Ed Ridder (right) and Donnis Logsdon (left-center) hold a check presented by Stater Bros. Charities executive director Nancy Negrette (left). dred third grade students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in San Bernardino on he Rotary Club of San Tuesday December 9. Bernardino handed out dic- Since 1995, Rotary International tionaries to over one hun- has donated dictionaries to more
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than 18 million children in the United States. This year—the Rotary Club of San Bernardino—in partnership with Stater Bros. Dictionaries on next page
he first annual Art Arzola Inland Empire Future Leaders Scholarship was awarded to three recipients who are alumni of the program and who continue to display academic excellence, community service and leadership: Bobby Gonzalez of Upland, 2nd year at Harvard University, Elizabeth Seter of Redlands, Senior at Aquinas High School, and Leslie Escobedo of Baldwin Park, Senior at Baldwin Park High School. The scholarship is funded by the Art Arzola Scholarship Foundation in memoriam of Arthur Arzola, IEFL alumnus ’02 and Conference Director of the summer conference. In attendance were Art’s brother and his mother, Ms. Patricia Arzola who said “It brings me great comfort that he was blessed with such great friends. I feel his presence with the energy of this program.” Also present was Art’s wife, Krystle Arzola who said “I am blown away from the passion and drive that these kids have! They all did such a great job on their applications!” The program’s goals are to encourage the students to stay in school, strive for academic excellence, become involved in school, church and community, eventually earn a college degree and develop a social network / social capital. In addition, participants receive leadership training, financial literacy and communication skills which are emphasized in combination with cultural pride workshops, says Dr. Tom M. Rivera, associate dean emeritus of Undergraduate Studies at Cal State San Bernardino and chair of the IEFLP board of directors. The 2014 Reunion Conference provided workshops for students and parents on the importance of voting, the parental rights and responsibilities for being involved in their children’s education, how to develop an appropriate social networking profile, our country’s need for Latino educators, avoiding procrastination in school work, how to save money for college and for life, and more.