EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 57, NO. 45
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Día de los Muertos” or Day of the Dead, a longcelebrated holiday in Mexican, Latino cultures and pre-Hispanic indigenous cultures to honor the lives of loved ones, will be held at Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The Day of the Dead festivities kicks off the university’s Native American Heritage Month celebrations and is sponsored by the CSUSB Association of Latino Faculty, Staff and Students, The LatinX Center, Liberal Studies, Undergraduate Studies and the Latino Education and Advocacy Days project.
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The celebration, part of the university’s Native American Heritage month-long celebration, will feature ethnic food, music, student clubs, vendors, food, games, activities, a photo booth and a community altar built by the university’s Acto Latino Theater Group. The event, which will include performances by the Rialto High School Ballet Folklorico Cultural and Aztec Dancers, will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the university’s lower Meeting Center (formerly known as the Commons) and is open to the public. Complimentary parking will be in Lot D, located off Northpark Boulevard and Serrano Village
According to the National Geographic travel website, Day of the Dead originated several thousand years ago with the Aztec, Toltec, and other Nahua people who considered mourning the dead disrespectful. For these pre-Hispanic cultures, death was a natural phase in life’s long continuum. The dead were still members of the community, kept alive in memory and spirit — and during Día de los Muertos, they temporarily returned to Earth. Today’s Día de los Muertos celebration is a mash-up of preHispanic religious rites and Christian feasts. It takes place on
Nov. 1 and 2 — All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on the Catholic calendar — around the time of the fall maize harvest. During Day of the Dead, fami-
lies create ofrendas (offerings) to honor their departed family members who have passed. These altars are decorated with CSUSB, cont. on next pg.
SAC Health partners with school district to address medical needs for school admissions By Ricardo Tomboc
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n Tuesday, October 15 the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony, facilitated by the San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce, to celebrate a partnership with SAC Health System that partnered with the SBCUSD to start a school-based health clinic to serve and help the communities with their medical needs for school admissions. The SAC Health System is associated with Loma Linda University Health in San Bernardino. Several school officials including SBCUSD Superintendent Dr. Dale Marsden, Gwen DowdyRogers, V.P. of the Board of Education and Dr. Margaret Hill, Board of Education Member were present. San Bernardino 7th Ward City Councilman Jim Mulvihill presented SAC, cont. on next pg.
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This collaborative project will bring ease to the health screening process for parents and students as they start their new school year. Parents and their children will need to drop-off immunization cards and paperwork to their schools once completed at their medical appointments. SBCUSD Board of Education Vice President Gwen Dowdy-Rogers, left, and SBCUSD Superintendent Dr. Dale Marsden, third from left.