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"El Magonista" | Vol. 8 No. 41 | Nov. 24, 2020

Giving Thanks Despite the Pandemic's Tragedy

and Trump's Era of Hate !!!

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Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving

The CMSC Team and the 83 Dreamers participating in our Winter

2020 Study Abroad Program want to wish everyone a safe and
healthy Thanksgiving Holiday week.

Despite the challenging times of a year-long pandemic and the 4-

year Trump nightmare:

• We are thankful for being alive and for the creator’s blessings
• We celebrate the election of President Joe Biden and Vice
President Kamala Harris
 • We are grateful for them bringing an end to Trump’s era of hate
and racism in the United States
• We cherish the lives of more than 250,000 casualties and 12.5
million infected by COVID-19 in the U.S.
• We are optimistic and rejoice with a bright future for the U.S. and
the world despite the millions infected and killed by the pandemic
• We are hopeful for the dawn of a new civil rights movement to end
all forms of discrimination in the U.S. and the world
• We look forward to the release of all caged immigrant children and
reunifying them with their parents and families in the U.S.
• We plea for an inclusive immigration reform with a path to
citizenship for all undocumented workers and families in the U.S.
• We celebrate the restoration of DACA as originally established in
2012 and our success restoring DACA’s Advance Parole

Most important, we celebrate and appreciate the support that we

have received from our sponsors and donors for our past and
future Dreamers’ Study Abroad programs !!!

The global impact of the U.S. 2020 elections,

from a world-systems perspective
 Photo by Daniel Jimenez for South Kern Sol

By Professor Gonzalo Santos, Op-Ed for El Magonista ~ Nov. 22, 2020

In this second commentary on the 2020 U.S. elections, I will assess the
world impact it will have in the immediate, median, and long terms, with
some remarks on the future of U.S.-Mexico relations. For my first
commentary, where I focus on the election's domestic aspects, go here.

We must always analyze world-historic events - which Fernand Braudel

dismissed, important as they may be, as "dust" in comparison with the
structural evolution of the system of historical capitalism in the longue
durée - in three time frames to better understand their meaning: their
relationship to and impact on the moment they happen in the long life of
the world-system; their relationship to and impact on the shorter cyclical
patterns of the system, such as the A/B Kondratieff economic cycles of
global prosperity and contraction, or the three cycles of global
hegemony thus far (Dutch, British, and American) in the interstate
system; and finally, the analysis of the proximate causes which gave
rise to them in the conjuncture, as well as the immediate effects these
events may have... Read Full Article

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to advocate for the

California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program

The office of Senator and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has

agreed to advocate for the expedited approval of all I-131 Advance
Parole applications from Winter 2020 California-Mexico Dreamers
Study Abroad Program participants.
The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) has launched a new
fund drive initiative from November 1 to December 31, 2020 to solicit
sponsors and grants in support of the Winter 2020 California-Mexico
Dreamers Study Abroad Program, which will allow 85 DACA
recipients to travel to Mexico with DACA’s Advance Parole permit,
immerse in a unique U.S.-Mexico national security study abroad
program, and reconnect with their family and cultural roots.

All participants have a pending Advance Parole (I-131) application since

August 31, 2020, subject to USCIS approval and the CMSC team is
working diplomatically with Mexico’s government and the U.S.
Homeland Security Administration to secure authorization for all 85
participants.

But we need to raise about $50,000 to cover the increased costs of the
program and ensure the safety of all participants while traveling in
Mexico during the pandemic. The additional costs are related to
increased expenses due doubling the cost for single-room hotel
accommodations and all transportation costs due to social-distancing,
COVID-19 pre- and post-testing, and 24/7 medical attention and
prevention protocols.

Thus, we urge our community, Dreamers’ supporters, corporate

and business sponsors, community and church groups, and
academic colleagues to help us raise $50,000 by the end of the year
with donations of any amount, or by sponsoring at least one
Dreamer participant at $500 each.

MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!

 ADVANCE PAROLE VOICES

Please watch the following videos from our Advance Parole

Voices series, featuring current participants of our Winter 2020
California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program.

Please share these videos and donate to our Winter 2020 California-
Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program Fund Drive Initiative.

"Growing in the Shadows" a Latino Public

Broadcasting Short Film made by Dreamers
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, the Latino Public Broadcasting announced
the launch of a new series of short films called “Latinos Are Essential,”
which chronicles the stories of Latinos during the COVID-19 pandemic
and showcases the work of dedicated “essential workers” (health care
providers, teachers, food service workers, retail clerks and others) who
have kept our country going while caring for their own families, a release
about the series said.

One of the films included in the series is Growing in the Shadows,

which features the story of Anel Medina, a DACA recipient from
Pennsylvania and one of our Winter 2020 California-Mexico
Dreamers Study Abroad Program participants. Moreover, the film
was done by our very own multimedia director and filmmaker, Lidieth
Arevalo.
 YOU CAN WATCH THE FILM HERE

Anel Medina is a 28-year-old registered nurse and one of the 200,000

DACA recipients who are classified as essential workers, serving
Americans across the country during the COVID-19... Read More

Biden picks first Latino to head DHS

By: Bart Jansen, Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY – Nov. 23, 2020

Biden selected Alejandro Mayorkas to become the first immigrant and

first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security, which
oversees immigration policy and border security among its vast
portfolio. The department has been one of the most contentious arenas
in the federal government as President Donald Trump sought to
tighten border security, reduce refugee admissions, increase
deportations and build a larger wall along the border with Mexico.
Mayorkas, a Cuban American who arrived with his parents as refugees
from Fidel Castro's regime in 1960, has been deputy secretary of the
department and headed its citizenship agency... Read Full Article

PRIMERA CÁTEDRA DE ESTUDIOS CHICANOS

Y LA DIÁSPORA MEXICANA:

“El Impacto Histórico De La Revolución Mexicana

Para El Pueblo Mexicano En Estados Unidos”

El Dr. José Ángel Gutiérrez, Profesor Emérito y Líder Nacional del

Movimiento Chicano, presentó la primera Cátedra del Programa de
Estudios Chicanos y la Diáspora Mexicana del Centro de Estudios
California-México el viernes 20 de Noviembre de 2020.

El Dr. Gutiérrez presentó sobre "El impacto Histórico de la Revolución

Mexicana para el Pueblo Mexicano en Estados Unidos", profundizando
en la historia e impacto económico y sociocultural de los 40 millones de
Mexicanos en Estados Unidos.

Una presentación organizada por el Centro de Estudios California-

México (CMSC) y el Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT).

Favorites emerge as Latino leaders press

Biden to appoint 5 Latinos to Cabinet

BY RAFAEL BERNAL, THE HILL - NOV. 18, 2020

Top Latino advocacy organizations are pushing for President-elect Joe
Biden to appoint five Hispanics to Cabinet-level posts.

The organizations include civil rights organizations like UnidosUS and

elected official groups like the National Association of Latino Elected
and Appointed Officials (NALEO) and the National Hispanic Caucus of
State Legislators, grouped together as the National Hispanic
Leadership Agenda.

The president-elect has already signaled he is prioritizing a diverse

administration, as three of his nine first hires at the White House are
Hispanic... Read Full Article

The CMSC is in dire need of funding support !!!

Please support the CMSC's 2020 projects, initiatives, and campaigns,

including our advocacy to provide and facilitate our Winter 2020 Dreamers
Study Abroad Program and our National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance
Parole.
 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CMSC

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