Enrique Murillo (education, LEAD), Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences, Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis) and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) were included in news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The LEAD Summit XI and its related events have been postponed to September and will become part of the CSUSB Hispanic Heritage Month series of events.
The nine events of LEAD 2020 are expected to welcome more than 3,500 attendees (in-person) to the CSUSB campus, with thousands more online via Town Hall viewing sites around the world.
Cheech Marin, the honorary chair/padrino de honor, is the morning featured speaker, and Rosalío Muñoz, chiefly remembered as the co-chair of the Chicano Moratorium Committee, will speak in the afternoon. The summit will take place on March 26.
Nearly 800 ninth-graders will participate in the PUENTE Project Student Leadership Conference and Feria Educativa at CSUSB on Wednesday, March 18.
The theme for the 11th annual summit is “Movimiento y Compromiso: 50 Years of Challenges, Possibilities, and the Quest for Educational Equity.” The summit is set for March 26, and online registration is now open.
One message of the documentary was that Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez inspired people to “be yourself, and be proud of who you are.”
The award-winning film on the life of Chicano musician and activist Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez is part of the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.
About 500 people celebrated Mexican Independence Day at CSUSB on Sept. 15 with festivities that included cultural performances of music and dance, and featured the Mexican Consul with the ringing of a bell and cry for patriotism or “El Grito.”