Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Video Recordings

Document Type

Video

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Publication Date

2013

Summary

Video recording of Red Carpet Interviews with President Tomás D. Morales and Honorable Josie Gonzales & Update titled, "Under Cultural Assault / Apartheid in Arizona.”

Description:

The video begins with Red Carpet Interviews with President Tomás D. Morales and Honorable Josie Gonzales.

Next, Update - "Under Cultural Assault / Apartheid in Arizona"

As the current epicenter of the anti-immigrant movement, groups of educators, students, workers, organizers and immigration activists who live in Arizona, are fighting against policies, practices, and repressive legislation.

The three legs of this Arizona trilogy include:

  • SB 1070, the state's racial profiling bill
  • HB 2281, the anti-Ethnic/Raza Studies bill
  • Nullification of the 14th Amendment or Birthright Citizenship.

This brief but informative presentation offers the latest update on the resistance and organizing efforts of the past several years in Arizona, and inform others throughout the country on the actions and protests.

Introduction/Moderator:

  • Dr. James Fenelon, Professor of Sociology and Director of Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies, California State University, San Bernardino

Speaker:

  • Roberto "Dr. Cintli" Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Department of Mexican American & Raza Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson

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