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The Mayor’s Office plans to use rainy day funds

by Rigo Hernández

Carlos GarcíaCarlos García

Because the state is doing major cuts in the education budget, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom plans to use Rainy Day Reserve founds in the current fiscal year to help the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts could potentially add up to a $40 million budget shortfall, which is approximately 10 percent of the SFUSD’s total budget. These cuts are part of the Governor’s plan to balance the state’s $14.5 billion budget deficit.

The Board of Supervisors and the Mayor can appropriate the funds at their discretion in order to maintain education in the coming budget year, given that the Controllers Office triggers a provision and asserts that there is a reduction in per-pupil revenues after inflation adjustments or if significant number of layoff notices have been given to the SFUSD.

“We will not let our public schools suffer because of poor fiscal planning at the state level,” Mayor Newsom said in a statement. “The City has a responsibility to support our students, teachers, and schools in their efforts to provide the highest quality education to our children.”

Superintendent of SFUSD Carlos García praised the Mayor’s plan.

“Thank you to the Mayor and the Supervisors for believing in our children and our community,” said García. “We will continue to demand that Sacramento show the same leadership as our local leaders and protect what little education funding we have through Prop. 98.  The Rainy Day Fund is a short-term solution, but one that our children may desperately need.”

Congress to help switch to digital TV

Starting on Feb. 17, 2009 the country will switch from analog over-the-air television to digital. The switch is part of a law that mandates television broadcasters to make switch exclusively to digital format, making analog television obsolete.

The 21 million people affected are those without a new digital-ready television, non-cable subscribers or satellite subscribers. To receive a digital signal those affected will need a converter box.

Congress is offering 33.5 million in $40 dollar coupons to help pay for the converter boxes, which cost between $40-$70 dollars. There will be no eligibility test to receive the coupons and will be offered on a first-come first-serve basis. There is a limit of two coupons per household and expire 90 days after they are mailed.

Digital television will allow for movie-quality picture, clearer sound, and easier reception than analog television.

To apply for a coupon call: 1-888-DTV-2009 or go to https://www.dtv2009.gov/. For more information call Mistique Cano at (202) 263-2882.

Two Latinas appointed to Health Commitee

Cynthia Gómez, 49, of Redwood City, and Dolores Apocada, 60, of Northridge have been appointed to the Public Health Advisory Committee.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger established the Department of Public Health in California in 2006. The department was created to decreases illness, Injury, and death in the case of an act of bio-terrorism or other greater public health emergencies.

­Prior services by Gomez include; director of Health Equity Initiative at San Francisco State University, a director of Children’s Mental Health Services for the Southern Jamaica Plain health center and the Brigham and Women’s hospital.

Apodaca’s prior services include; Nursing coordinator for the Los Angeles Unified School District since 2000 and Nursing Coordinator for the Calexico Unified School District from 1977 to 1984.

The position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no salary. Both of the appointees are Democrats.

Our Lady of Guadalupe brings a small miracle to Tennessee

by Tim Chávez

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – My mother married my father more than a half century ago in a church dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was located in a Topeka, Kansas, barrio populated with a growing number of Latinos recruited to fill meat-packing jobs and keep the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad running across this nation.

The barrio’s most famous citizen, Mike Tórrez, pitched the New York Yankees to victory in the 1977 World Series, winning two games.

Every U.S. city that realizes a critical mass of Hispanics, especially mexicanos, will be home to a Catholic church dedicated to La Virgen de Guadalupe. Venerated as a protector, she appeared in 1531 near Mexico City to an Indian boy, Juan Diego. A great cathedral stands there now.

In the United States, a church dedicated to her signifies the maturation of the local Hispanic population as merchants and homeowners and leaders and taxpayers. A church dedicated to her means “This is our home, too. Our Lady is always with us. We also are children of God.”

Such deep faith has always been a defining characteristic of Hispanics. That faith has been recognized now in Nashville with the opening of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Amid the ongoing onslaught against immigrants – particularly in the South – this bodes well for more sane discourse and decision-making in 2008.

A spectacular dedication mass spotlighted our  rich culture and history in this city. Our children clutched bouquets of roses to put before a giant painting of the Mother of God. Our families showcased the youthfulness of a workforce that will increasingly serve this country’s welfare and defense as Baby Boomers retire. I sat in the pews with my brothers and sisters from another country who risked so much to come here and put their futures in God’s hands. At no time has this kind of faith been more needed.

In the South, Hispanics are being targeted physically. There is a 1-in-11 chance they’ll be pulled over on Tennessee state highways and interstates. That compares to a 1-in-19 chance for whites and blacks, a Nashville TV station reported.

Some county sheriffs are making a priority of rousting job sites of undocumented workers. Once the lack of needed documents is discovered, immigrants are held for federal authorities.

Against this backdrop, the year concluded on a hopeful note. The location  of Our Lady’s church is perfect. It’s on a primary traffic artery where Hispanics have revitalized the neighborhoods and the business community after locals moved to the suburbs. The church will be more than a place to worship. It will be a visible English-language education and cultural center.

An unlikely partnership came together to make this miracle happen. The primary mover and shaker is a blue-eyed Irish-American priest who speaks barely a word of Spanish. But this Nashville native used his bully pulpit and reputation to remind members of his congregation at nearby St. Edward Catholic Church that it’s payback time.

Father Joseph Patrick Breen continually preaches about our immigrant history. He reminds his parish – and Nashville – that others were here to help the Poles, the Italians and the Irish to set up their own churches and institutions.

There has never been a Statue of Liberty on the Rio Grande to greet Hispanic newcomers. By naked conquest, migrants from the East took over the richest lands Mexicans originally inhabited from Texas to California.

For the past several years, St. Edward has opened its doors to more than 1,300 Latinos at two extra masses. But Father Breen knew more was necessary. In a matter of months in 2007, the mostly white congregation responded.

Our Lady’s church is located in a Baptist church that closed after losing much of its congregation to the suburbs. Property owners agreed to sell it and its school buildings for a third of their appraised value. Of a total $1.5 million in total costs, more than $600,000 has been raised.

My father is gone now. When he returned from World War II, Mexicans were still segregated in a roped-off section of pews in the Catholic church of his rural Kansas hometown. But an Our Lady of Guadalupe church in nearby Topeka welcomed my parents and offered them simple respect as they began their union and family.

Our Lady brings hopeful momentum into 2008 and a reminder to this nation of a moral obligation to its immigrant history. Hispanic Link.

(Tim Chávez is a political columnist who lives in Tennessee. Contact him at timchavez787@yahoo.com). ©2008­

Why not consume organic products?

­by Marvin J Ramirez

Marvin J. RamirezMarvin J. Ramirez

Consciousness about what we eat has become more than a trend and fad, it’s now an increasing part of our eating culture. Driving has also become part of that concern to protect our environment through the invention of fuel-alternative vehicles and solar buildings.

However, when it comes to what we wear, less people are aware of the health consequences if the products were made from contaminated products and materials.

Most are unaware that benefits exist when we choose to purchase products with organic and sustainable material as products, according to an statement from The White Pebble, an online retail destination and community website dedicated to organic and sustainable products for the family.

The chemicals in cotton, for example, have an impact in our health. And these are some of the things to consider.

Cotton crops are typically rotated to maintain soil quality, and peanuts that are grown for people to eat are commonly grown in place of cotton for that purpose, explains the statement. Cotton seed is also used to produce food for livestock that are part of the food supply chain. So, many of our food and clothing products are inextricably linked.

The skin is the largest and most absorbent organ in a human body. Studies have shown that the pesticides and herbicides used to produce cotton, for example, contain carcinogens and allergy-causing agents.

An estimated 200,000 workers in California, alone, suffered from chronic diseases link to industrial chemical exposure in 2004, especially farm workers. So, be aware of what you wear, in addition to watching what you eat, Organic tends to be more expensive to buy, but if you can afford a few more dollars for better and less-contaminated food for your family, go for it. Start thinking organic, it could be the way that will help you be healthier than most of those who don’t care or don’t know about it.

How “Latino” will 127 millions Latinos be in 2050?

by José de la Isla

D’Vera Cohn and Jeffery Passel authored a new Pew Hispanic Center study projecting U.S. population growth for the next four decades. At the end of their press conference announcing their findings, they declined to draw conclusions from their report.

That is not a constraint here.

However, they did slip in a suggestion that high intermarriage rates among Latinos and other ethnic groups may find Latinos no longer identifying as such.

Cohen and Passel project the total U.S. population will increase nearly 50 percent by 2050, from 300 million today to 438 million in the next two and a half generations. They estimate that newly arriving immigrants will account for 47 percent of the growth, while their children and grandchildren will be responsible for 35 percent.

Latinos, now 14 percent of the national total, and already the largest so-called “minority” group, will increase to 29 percent.

Blacks are expected to remain at 13 percent and whites, at 47 percent, will also become a minority.

While today immigrants are one in eight of the nation’s population, the ratio will decrease to one in five.

Cohn and Passel’s findings are in line with projections made since 1990 about the expected fast : Hispanic demographic growth. However, more significant might be the social and cultural changes coming to the general population.

A 2003 study by Roberto Suro and Passel reported that first generation Latinos, like other immigrants; tend to marry within their ethnic/racial group. Only about 8 percent of foreign-born Hispanics marry outside the group. But not so with the generations that follow: 32 percent of the second-generation and 57 percent of the third-plus generations are projected to intermarry.

The greatest change as we morph into 2050 may not be in ethnic, racial or other groupings. Instead, the biggest changes may come from how popular thinking is tweaked. Racial stigma, evident since the 1920s, are now on their death throes.

Most prejudicial racial and ethnocentric attitudes will not survive the trip to 2050.

The reason? Negative attitudes against ethnic groups will increasingly apply to one’s own family or circle of friends. Racists (overt and covert) are the dinosaurs of the current age.

A broader notion about national identity will probably emerge. Since the 1920s, which defined the United States as a unique club possessing the national values, a more open society, even an international one, will become the predominant ideology. We talk that way now, but we will become it in the next period.

To get some perspective on the road ahead, it’s helpful to imagine what 2050 will look like. Imagine today is 1960. Then think about each and every milestone and setback from 1960 to today. Then multiple that by two or three to account for the wind-sheer acceleration events get from knowledge and experience. Welcome to 2050.

(Jose de la Isla writes a weekly commentary for Hispanic Link News Service.)

City College of SF officially inaugurates Mission campus

by David McClymonds

San Francisco's educational pride: Left-right: San Francisco City College Trustees Dr. Natalie Berg, John Rizzo, Julio Ramos, Diana Munoz-Villanueva, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and City College President Lawrence Wong. ( photo by David Mcclymonds )San Francisco’s educational pride: Left-right: San Francisco City College Trustees Dr. Natalie Berg, John Rizzo, Julio Ramos, Diana Munoz-Villanueva, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and City College President Lawrence Wong. ( photo by David Mcclymonds )

Hundreds gathered to hear remarks from Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Gavin Newsom and other officials during the Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of City College of San Francisco’s Mission Campus Wednesday Feb. 20.

The ceremony took place in the Campus Theatre and lobby of City College’s newest satellite campus located at 1125 Valencia St in the Mission District.  The new campus replaces the temporary City College Mission Campus on Alabama Street.

“It’s fabulous to have this in the Mission District, a place where our community began and where diversity is the order of the day,” House Speaker Pelosi told approximately 500 people during her ten-minute speech. “Just think of the possibilities.”

City College Chancellor Philip R. Day, Jr. welcomed the attending officials who included, besides House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and mayor Gavin Newsom, City College Board of Trustees President Lawrence Wong, Supervisor Tom Ammiano and Mission Campus Dean Carlota del Portillo.

“Today we celebrate the reality of a dream that we have pursued for 34 years–a permanent home for the Mission Campus,” Dr. del Portillo said.  “The future is ours as our children and grandchildren will proudly say, ‘Si se pudo–Yes we could and we did.’”

A night view of City College of SFA night view of City College of SF

“It’s not just young people that need the skills, that need the education,” Mayor Gavin Newsom said in his brief speech, “it’s all of us in this changing environment with so much uncertainty.”

The speeches of about 10 elected officials and members of City College’s administration took just under an hour and was immediately followed by a ribbon-cutting, taking place in the school’s lobby which stands back from the school’s main entrance on Valencia Street.  A mariachi band played soon after the ribbon was cut by several of the speakers.

San Francisco voters approved bond funds in 1995, 2001 and 2005 needed to construct the new campus.  Construction of the campus was financed by proposition A, educational facilities improvement bonds, and included a state contribution of $30 million.

The new four-story school complex took $75.6 million and two years to build.  The two buildings which make up the satellite campus at 22nd and Valencia streets is just under 200,000 square feet. Classes at the Mission Campus started in August 2007, but enrollment grew to approximately 11,000 credit and noncredit students this Spring semester.

The new campus houses a child development center, a career placement and development center, graphic communications, administration of justice and business programs, science and computer labs, a bookstore, a cafe, a theater and a library.

Approximately 150 credit classes are offered at the new Mission Campus which include evening and Saturday classes.  Tuition at City College is $20 per unit for California residents. Noncredit classes such as English as a Second Language and computer technology classes are offered to the public free and without required proof of citizenship.

City College of San Francisco was founded in 1935 and is the largest, single-administration community college in California. The school offers courses in more than 50 academic programs and over 100 occupational disciplines at the main campus in Ingleside and at its 10 neighborhood satellite locations. City College employs 728 full-time and 1,371 part-time faculty, teaching approximately 100,000 credit and noncredit students annually.

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U.S. starts to fret about Mexico

by the El Reportero news services

John P. WaltersJohn P. Walters

On 21 Feb. Mexico featured heavily in a TV debate between the two Democratic party contenders for the US presidency and drew an unprecedented comment from the US drugs czar, John P. Walters. On 4 March Texas, with its big Hispanic population, holds its primary along with Ohio, which also has a large immigrant population: the Hispanic votes, in both elections, could be decisive in deciding whether Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton heads the Democrat ticket for the presidential elections in November. Walters was speaking after a security summit in Mexico and issued a grim warning that the narco-violence in Mexico is likely to get worse before it gets better.

Land negotiations in Guatemala

Members of the group told Yoc that they had occupied the disputed land for more than a decade and that  a powerful person had been trying to kick them out, he told AP.

Almost half of Guatemala’s population are indigenous, many landless peasants who often invade land for farming.

Yoc also said that the government may drop charges filed against a jailed indigenous Maya farm leader, Ramiro Choc, who was arrested last week on charges of illegal land invasion, robbery and holding people against their will.

Luiz Lula da SilvaLuiz Lula da Silva

Authorities say Choc leads land seizures in the region and has encouraged locals to take over protected nature reserves.

However the villagers had earlier called for his release.

Choc had urged the villagers to release the officers in a telephone call from prison, Ricardo Gatica, a spokesman for the interior ministry, told AP.

Five members of a local farmers union and community representatives will also be flown to Guatemala City, the capital, to negotiate with the government over the land.

Álvaro ColomÁlvaro Colom

Land disputes were one of the catalysts for the country’s brutal civil war between 1960 and 1996 which left around 250,000 people dead or missing.

In January Guatemala’s new president, Alvaro Colom, took office with a pledge to reduce crime and violence. However, crime continues to be at high levels with about 6,000 people being murdered in the country every year.

Guatemala is one of the poorest central American nations, with half of its 13 million people living on less than $1 a day, and discrimination against the ethnic Mayan majority remaining high.

Credit card scandal rocks Lula government

Ramiro ChocRamiro Choc

The government of President Lula da Silva is at the centre of a corruption scandal involving government-issued corporate credit cards. The Brazilian government began to distribute the cards to senior officials seven years ago in order to cover emergency and unforeseen expenses incurred during their official duties.

However, as the number of government credit cards has more than tripled since 2004 (to an estimated 11,510 cards), so the interpretation of “emergency” expenses has become more lax and abuses more frequent. The scandal could have major implications for Lula’s Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) in October’s municipal elections. AP and Aljazeera contributed to the report.­

Boxing

Wednesday, February 27 2008 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Anthony Mundine vs Nader Hamdan (WBA super middleweight championship).

Thursday, February 28 2008 Roseland Ballroom, New York City

  • Dimitri Kirilov vs Cecilio Santos (IBF junior bantamweight championship).
  • Dmitriy Salita vs TBA (lightweight).

Friday, February 29 2008 Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada

  • Lucian Bute vs William Joppy (IBF super middleweight championship).

Women on War exhibition

by Contessa Abono

Yolanda López's Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of GuadalupeYolanda López’s Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe

Acts of war make people behave in action, seek shelter and some speak out while some are silenced. Women on War art exhibition will feature images of war, not just the Iraq war but of all wars past and present seen through women’s eyes.

Also with Yolanda Lopez Exhibition: “Women’s work is Never Done.” The Promises of the Border.

Yolanda López emerged from the Third World Strike at SFSU helping establish the Ethnic Studies Program. She states that era was when she began to understand how she works as an artists. Ms. Lopez has lived in the Mission District for 35 years and is the 2008 recipient for the Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award. Exhibition is open Feb. 15 through March 29. Admission $5. For more information visit www.Missioncultralcent.org.

Televisions switch over to digital

At midnight on Feb. 17, all full-power television stations in the United States stopped broadcasting in analog and switch to 100 percent digital broadcasting.

Digital broadcasting promises to provide a clearer picture and more programming options and will free up airwaves for use by emergency responders.

Congress created the TV Converter Box Coupon Program for households wishing to keep using their analog TV sets after Feb. 17. The Program allows U.S. households to obtain up to two coupons, each worth $40, that can be applied toward the cost of eligible converter boxes.

A TV connected to cable, satellite or other pay TV service does not require a TV converter box from this program.

Consumers have a variety of options. Options to explore includes keep your existing analog TV and purchase a TV converter box. A converter box plugs into your TV and will keep it working after Feb. 17, or connect to cable, satellite or other pay service, or purchase a television with a digital tuner.

Requirement for analog cellular service expires in February

Broken TVBroken TV

Beginning Feb. 18, cellular telephone companies will not be required to provide analog service. While most wireless telephone users will not be affected by this transition, some users may be affected.  In addition, the transition could affect some alarm systems and some users of OnStar in-vehicle communications service.

­Wireless Telephone Service.  The analog cellular sunset will not affect anyone using a digital-only handset including subscribers to wireless service from Sprint/Nextel or T-Mobile.

It might affect those using a handset that can receive analog service from a cellular telephone company, including AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, US Cellular, and Dobson and other companies that market their services as “Cellular One”.

For more information about this issue or any other telecommunications-related issues, visit the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554.

Corazon Del Barrio: open House

Mission Cultural Center for Latinos Arts invites the community to celebrate in the continued spirit of Valentine’s Day with music, dance, refreshments, videos and more. Sat. Feb. 23, 1 to 4 p.m. free admission.

Annual show celebrates and honors the best of Tejano music

Mariachi Campanas de AméricaMariachi Campanas de América

San Antonio, TX–(HISPANIC PR WIRE – PRNewswire)  – Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA), producers of the annual Tejano Music Awards, will once again host the exciting 28th Annual Tejano Music Awards on Thursday, March 6, 2008. The longstanding and elegant awards show will be held at La Villita Assembly Hall in San Antonio, Texas, and will recognize and honor the best in Tejano music as well as feature performances by premiere Tejano music talent.

A Red Carpet Reception with hundreds of fans in attendance will first greet numerous Tejano Artists and Bands as they arrive. The awards show will open with an exciting performance by Campanas de America Mariachi, one of the United States’s premiere mariachi groups.

The mariachi performance will also feature, Tejano vocalist, Eliza Ibarra and will be followed with performances by Tejano Music Grammy Award winners, Sunny Sauceda, Ruben Ramos, the Mexican Revolution, Jimmy González y Grupo Mazz, as well as other Tejano music talents such as Rebecca Valadez, Elida Reyna, Los Desperadoz, Shelly Lares, Gary Hobbs, Jay Perez, Jonny Martinez y Grupo Bravo, the Tex Maniacs, Megan Leyva, TexMex Kadillaks, and Da Krazy Pimpz.

The finale for the awards show will feature five of Tejano Music‚ top divas, Stefani Montiel, Rebecca Valadez, Elida Reyna, Shelly Lares and Eliza Ibarra performing a potpourri of classical Mariachi music.

Rebecca ValadezRebecca Valadez

According to Mr. Robert Arellano, Chairman of the TTMA, the 28th Annual Tejano Music Awards Show promises to be one of the most exciting and entertaining shows. It is a reflection of the incredible talent that exists today in this music genre and that lives strongly in the hearts of Tejano Music lovers everywhere throughout the United States.

Added Arellano, the Tejano Music Awards continue to serve as the only forum by which Tejano artists and the music are recognized, and is the true people’s choice awards program and is why TTMA is committed to serving the Tejano music industry.

The evening will also recognize Tejano music industry greats, Joey Lopez, Arturo Villarreal, and Freddie Martinez with the prestigious Tejano Music Lifetime Achievement Awards.

The 2008 Tejano Music Awards will then continue with the three day, outdoor Tejano Music Awards Fanfair to be held March 7-9, 2008, at historical Market Square also in downtown San Antonio. The Fanfare will host over 100 bands on five stages attended by over 95,000+ fans. The Awards will again be broadcast live via BNet Internet Radio to thousands of military personnel serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines and other countries around the world.

Tickets for the event can be purchased via the organization’s website at http://www.Tejanomusicawards.com or by contacting Tickets4anyevent.com, the official ticket box office for the Tejano Music Awards, by calling 210-558-3400.

30th Anniversary of historic Native American rights march

by Contessa Abono

Roberto VargasRoberto Vargas

Hundreds embarked on a five month walk from Alcatraz to Washington D.C. for environmental protection and Native American rights.

On Feb. 11 and Feb. 12, tribal dignitaries, religious leaders, environmental, and union groups held two events to commence the Longest Walk 2—a trans-continental walk for environmental protection and Native American rights.

More than three hundred participants of the Longest Walk 2 embarked on a five-month journey on foot from San Francisco, arriving in Washington, D.C. on July 11.

“Our mission is to raise awareness about the planetary crisis by walking to reconnect with the land, increase respect for cultural diversity, stimulate dialogue about connections between nature and culture, and protect sacred lands and diverse spiritual practices,” said Morning Star Gali, member of the Ajumawi Band of the Pit River Nation and Advocates to Protect Sacred Sites.

The Longest Walk 2 follows two routes, a Northern and a Southern one that will cover more than 8,000 miles in total, stopping each evening in communities along the way.

People from all over the world are joining the walk with its peaceful and spiritual call to action to protect Mother Earth and defend Human Rights. The Longest Walk 2 also marks the 30th anniversary of the original Longest Walk of 1978 that resulted in historic changes for Native Americans.

For a complete itinerary and additional information, please visit: www.longestwalk.org.

Governor Schwarzenegger welcomes Mexico President Felipe Calderón to California

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a statement after the Permanent Commission of the Mexican Congress officially approved President Calderón’s travel to the United States. “Maria and I look forward to welcoming President Felipe Calderón and Mrs. Margarita Zavala to California. I am honored to have the opportunity to work with President Calderón on issues that are critically important to the people of Mexico and California. As neighbors, we have a unique and vital relationship, one that we will strengthen further with President Calderón.”

Mexico President Felipe Calderón and Mrs. Margarita Zavala will arrived in California on February 12. In December 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attended President Felipe Calderón’s Inauguration.

For additional information about the visit to the United States by President Felipe Calderón and Mrs. Margarita Zavala, please contact the Mexican Consulate at (916) 329-3540.

Local man honored by Neighborhood Arts program

The Committee for the 40th Anniversary of the Neighborhood Arts Program elected Roberto Vargas for the position of Chair of the Advisory for Community Arts and Education Program.

Mr. Vargas will co-curate and host an evening of poetry honoring the Poet Laureates of San Francisco and the next and newest generation of musicians and writers.

­Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts: Nurturing Arts for and by the people where they live and work, will run from April 21 to May 3.

The 40th Anniversary Celebration will also feature a series of free events and discussions exploring arts in San Francisco, taking place at various venues in the city, including San Francisco State University, Manilatown Center/International Hotel, Glide Memorial Church, The Make-Out Room, SomArts Cultural Center, and more. The celebration will culminate in an afternoon event at SomArtsCultural Center, featuring a “speed dating” workshop to match artists with organizations, one-on-one “doctor sessions” for individuals seeking advice from arts mentors, performances, and food.

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