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September 22, 2009 Valle Verde Campus Annex
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El Paso Community College
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| DIVERSITY PROGRAMS |
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| The 8th Annual |
| 2009 Hispanic Heritage Celebration |
| "Bridging the Gap" |
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Valle Verde Campus: Cafeteria Annex
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September 22, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks: Olga C. Chavez, Director of Diversity Programs
Programs and introduction of film A Class Apart. |
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In 1951 in the town of Edna, Texas, a field hand named Pedro Hernández murdered his employer after exchanging words at a cantina. From this small-town murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would forever change the lives and legal standing of tens of millions of Americans. A team of Mexican American lawyers took the case, Hernandez v. Texas, all the way to the Supreme Court, where they successfully challenged Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican Americans.
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“The Hernandez v. Texas story is a powerful reminder of one of many unknown yet hard-fought moments in the civil rights movement. “It’s easy to forget how far the country has come in just fifty years.”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class/introduction
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| 8:40 a.m. |
A Class Apart - (runs 55 minutes) to 9:35 a.m.
Program discussion to 9:55 a.m.
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| 10:00 a.m. |
A Class Apart - Begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. (runs 55 minutes) to 10:55 a.m. Program discussion to 11:20 a.m.
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11:30 a.m.
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A Class Apart - Begins promptly at 11:30 a.m.
Followed by a panel discussion.
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Panel Members
Honorable Maria Salas Mendoza, 120th District Court
Mr. Albert Armendariz Jr., Attorney
Mr. Danny Razo, Attorney
Ms. Carmen Rodriguez, Attorney
Mr. Raymundo Velarde, Attorney |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
A Class Apart - Begins promptly at 1:30 p.m. (runs 55 minutes) to 2:25 p.m.
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Closing of events |
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Brought to you by MABA (Mexican-American Bar Association) of El Paso, Texas |
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