The extended entry has a few reports about 1995's Latino Summit Response to 187 which was discussed in this entry about Fabian Nunez.

Paper: Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA)
Title: Hispanics call illegal immigration issue racist
Author: Skip Morgan
Date: January 5, 1994
Section: LOCAL
Page: B01

RIVERSIDE

A coalition of Hispanic activists vowed yesterday to fight back
against what they see is an attempt by Gov. Wilson and other politicians to
use the illegal immigration issue to incite racist attacks against
their community. Speaking at a news conference at the Cesar Chavez
Community Center, eight Hispanics - including a priest, real estate agent and
school administrator - said the governor and others were whipping up
racial hatred by blaming undocumented immigrants for the state's economic
problems.

The Rev. Patricio Guillen, a Catholic priest who heads the San
Bernardino-based community service organization Libreria del Pueblo, called
the governor a mean-spirited political opportunist for pushing a series
of measures, including barring children of undocumented immigrants from
public schools.

"To strike out at the weakest members of society shows the mental IQ
the governor has," Guillen said.

Mel Alviso, president of the Inland Empire Association of the
Mexican American Educators, was also critical of the governor's proposal to
ban children of undocumented immigrants from public schools.

"They are trying to gut educational programs for Latino children,"
said Alviso, affirmative-action officer for the San Bernardino Unified
School District.

Fabian Nunez, of the Alliance for Immigration Rights, criticized a
questionnaire sent to voters by more than a dozen Assembly Republicans,
including Ray Haynes and Ted Weggeland of Riverside County. Critics
charged that the surveys included questionable statistics about the cost
of illegal immigration and questions worded to produce anti-immigrant
responses.

"They are making their figures up and promoting rampant racism,"
said Nunez, a Pomona resident.

Tony Aguilar, vice president of the California Hispanic Chambers of
Commerce, called on Hispanics to register to vote and back Hispanic
candidates.

"A lot of these misstatements and immigrant bashing would not be
there if we had legislators of our own choosing," said Aguilar, a Palm
Springs real estate agent.

The Press-Enterprise was accused of singling out Mexicans in its
report in last Sunday's paper of a survey of residents' views on illegal
immigration. Maria Anna Gonzales, executive director of the Institute
for Social Justice, a San Bernardino-based Hispanic advocacy group,
criticized the newspaper for using an accompanying photograph of Mexicans
waiting to cross the border at Tijuana.

"Rather than sending a photographer to Tijuana, you should send one
up to Canada," Gonzales said.

The Press-Enterprise and eight Southern California newspapers
sponsored the poll. The survey noted a division between Hispanics and anglos,
with anglos more likely to see undocumented immigrants as a serious
problem.

Of those responding to the survey, 80 percent believed racism played
some role in the anger against illegal immigration and more than half
said politicians were using illegal immigrants as scapegoats for the
poor economy and other problems. On the issue of education, half of anglos
and 85 percent of Hispanics thought children of illegal immigrants
should be allowed to attend public schools.

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"Lideres latinos analizan el fracaso ante la 187: Se inaugura en Riverside una nueva cumbre sobre la crisis de inmigracion"
Marrero, Maria del Pilar. La Opinion Los Angeles, Calif.:Jan 14, 1995. Vol. 69, Iss. 121, p. 3A

Líderes latinos analizan el fracaso ante la 187: Se inaugura en. Riverside una nueva cumbre sobre la crisis de inmigración

Por María del Pilar Marrero

Reportera de La Opinión

Realizada hace un año en Riverside, la ``Cumbre de Líderes Latinos sobre la Crisis de Inmigración'' produjo un llamado a la organización comunitaria y a enfrentar unidos la campaña de la Proposición 187.

Este año, con el amargo sabor de la derrota en la boca, la reunión tiene más bien el carácter de un análisis de conciencia, un análisis necesario para dar una respuesta a la pregunta: ``¿en qué fallamos?''

Cerca de quinientos académicos, sindicalistas, activistas, abogados, estudiantes y líderes comunitarios se reunieron ayer al inicio de dos días de sesiones, que intentarán contestar la interrogante.

Prácticamente todos están de acuerdo en que algo falló: la mejor evidencia es la aprobación de la medida por los votantes de California, 59% a favor y 41% en contra.

Pero cuando se trata de analizar las razones de este resultado es cuando se evidencian, en el movimiento proinmigrante, las divisiones a los que algunos atribuyen la aparente ineficacia de la campaña en contra de la 187.

Las dos corrientes básicas que dividieron el movimiento anti-187 se encontraban presentes en la reunión: aquellos que promovían la movilización comunitaria y la denuncia agresiva contra los que recomiendan el camino diplomático, los ataques legales combinados con las campañas de ciudadanía.

En dos días de sesiones, la reunión pretende analizar las razones del triunfo de la 187, sus consecuencias y ponerse de acuerdo en una estrategia a seguir para la ``movilización en defensa de la comunidad latina''.

Armando Navarro, director del Instituto de Investigaciones Políticas Ernesto Galaza de la Universidad de California en Riverside, cree que a pesar de estas diferencias, al movimiento proinmigrante no le queda más remedio que encontrar puntos en común.

``La comunidad latina está viviendo una crisis sin precedentes que exige que de este tipo de reuniones salga algo concreto'', indicó Navarro. ``Durante la pasada campaña se hizo obvio que el pueblo tiene hambre de liderazgo''.

Jorge Mancillas, profesor y activista de la Universidad de California en Los Angeles, indica que el movimiento falló en gran medida porque no supo convencer a otras comunidades, aparte de la latina, de que la 187 también era su problema.

``Los negros triunfaron en su movimiento de derechos civiles porque no lo presentaron como un problema exclusivamente suyo sino de una situación que atentaba contra los derechos de una mayoría de los estadounidenses'', indica Mancillas.

Mancillas dice no estar muy seguro de que la reunión dará como fruto una estrategia unificada. ``Hemos caído en la trampa de la división'', señaló.

Quizá nada más ilustrativo de este problema que el reclamo que realizó durante la sesión de ayer, la activista Mauricia Miranda, líder de los vecinos de Temple Beaudry, al abrirse una sesión de preguntas durante un panel de expertos.

La activista, quien se levantó de entre el público, dijo que el movimiento ``ya no necesita más organizadores de escritorio''.

``Los líderes deben salir a la calle a rifársela, a organizar a la gente, a educar al pueblo'', espetó Miranda, quien además se quejó de que la entrada a la reunión era muy cara.

``Yo soy pobre y vine aquí de `raite''', agregó Miranda, quien terminó pagando una entrada de diez dólares.

José de Paz, de la Asociación de Trabajadores Inmigrantes de California, está de acuerdo en que el movimiento ``debe ir hacia adentro, a crear conciencia política en la comunidad'', pero indica que también hay que aprovechar todos los recursos que setienen.

``Los líderes de escritorio también hacen falta, los académicos, los abogados'', indica De Paz. ``Lo que sí está claro es que la solución tenemos que buscarla entre nosotros mismos y no esperar a que alguien nos resuelva el problema''.

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"Immigration conference to explore Proposition 187"
La Voz Denver, Colo.:Jan 4, 1995. Vol. XXI, Iss. 1, p. 10
The passage of Proposition 187, its impact on the state's Latino community and the national immigration crisis, will be the focus of the Second National Latino Leadership Summit Conference on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13 and 14, 1995, at the University of California, Riverside. Prop. 187, approved by voters in the Nov. 8 election, would deny public education, public assistance and most health benefits to undocumented immigrants. The summit conference is sponsored by the Ernesto Galaraza Public Policy and Humanities Research Institute at UCR.

"Proposition 187: A Post-Election Analysis of Its Implications" will feature a comprehensive spectrum of panelists, including social science researchers, human rights attorneys, top officials from the state's public educational institutions, Latino elected officials, Latino Journalists, and community and student leaders from throughout the Southwest.

The topics to be addressed include:

A voting patterns analysis of Prop. 187 focusing on why so many Californians supported the proposition and why some Latinos voted for it.

Enforcement of Prop. 187 by the state's educational institutions, including the University of California and California State University systems and the state's public schools.

The court battle to overturn the proposition, featuring attorneys from the Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Public policy implications of Prop. 187 for California and the nation, presented by Latino federal and state elected officials from California, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Illinois, and New Mexico.

The impact of Prop. 187 on the state and the nation's economy, health care, social services and law enforcement.

The response to Prop. 187 by Mexico, Central America, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations.

The media response to the proposition, featuring journalists from the Los Angeles Times Publication "Nuestro Tiempo" and Felix Gutierrez, Executive Director of the Freedom Forum.

"The passage of Proposition 187 makes this Summit Conference one of the most important forums for the immigrant and Latino community in many years. The participants will analyze the implications and ramifications if Proposition 187 is deemed constitutional by the courts as well as the mind-set that is impelling the pro-187 movement to other states throughout the nation," said Armando Navarro, Director of the Ernesto Galarza Institute.

"The conference challenges Latinos to develop specific public policy and strategy recommendations that can change this nativist and xenophobic mind-set that threatens to create a balkanization of U.S. society," he said.

The summit is expected to draw 450 participants. For information and registration, contact Maria Anna Gonzales at (909) 787-2196.

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Paper: Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA)
Title: Hispanic groups plan fight against Prop. 187
Author: Joe Gutierrez
Date: January 14, 1995
Section: A SECTION
Page: A03

RIVERSIDE

With the fate of Prop. 187 in the courts, California's Hispanics
must educate themselves, unite as a political force and vote if they are
to be a force in local, state and national issues, conferees at UCR said
yesterday. Educators, community leaders, lawyers, political activists
and students yesterday stressed those themes during the first day of a
conference at the University of California, Riverside. Participants
discussed strategies to empower the growing Hispanic community and to stop
anti-immigrant legislation and initiatives.

One of the goals of the conference was the unification of the
Chicano activists of the 1960s and '70s and the Hispanic youth of today, said
Armando Navarro, director of the Ernesto Galaraza Public Policy and
Humanities Research Institute at the university. They must work together
to fuel the activism that surfaced during the failed attempt to stop
passage of Prop. 187 last year, he said.

"We've got to continue that mobilization and revitalize the student
movement," Navarro said during a fiery speech that opened the
conference. "We have got to put aside our differences, divisions and deal with
reality."

Some voter mobilization was apparent during last November's
election, when the state's Hispanic population turned out in record numbers,
according to the Southwest Voter Research Institute.

Though the increased number of Hispanic voters wasn't enough to stop
Prop. 187, the November election showed a proportional increase of
Hispanic voters from 1990's election, said Cynthia Contreras of the
institute. In 1994, Hispanics made up 11 percent of the voters, up from 7
percent of the vote in 1990, Contreras said.

"We did turn out, but not enough to make a significant conclusion,"
Contreras said.

The institute also said the state's Hispanic voters were crucial to
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's victory over Michael Huffington. Hispanics
voted 3-1 in support of Feinstein, who won election by a slim majority.
Huffington, who has yet to concede, has asked the Congress to investigate
the election, which he claims was fraudulent.

About 350 people attended yesterday's session, discussing ways to
stop Prop. 187's implementation at schools, the ongoing fight in court,
and the initiative's impact on the economy, health care and social
services. Speakers blasted Gov. Wilson and conservative politicians for
using scare tactics to pass Prop. 187.

But with each comment, almost every speaker stressed the need to
unite the Hispanic community.

Rudy Acuna, a professor at California State University, Northridge,
said more than talk was needed. Hispanics must also be willing to work
hard and raise funds to pay for the costs to organize the community.

"We have to tax ourselves . . . These conferences are good to let
out our frustrations, but we have to work," Acuna said. "Unless we are
willing to do something about it, we shouldn't talk about it."

During a discussion of the ongoing lawsuits against Prop. 187,
attorney Deborah Escobedo warned that, though the case was in the courts,
now was not the time for the Hispanic community to become complacent.

Escobedo said that, if the initiative ever became law, especially at
the schools, she would advocate civil disobedience.

The day was filled with passionate speeches, but perhaps the most
emotional moment came from Saul Figueroa, student body president at
California State University, Dominguez Hills.

His voice began to quiver as he spoke of the proposition.

"We will change this because it is criminal," he said.

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Paper: Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA)
Title: Youth seen as key to revitalizing Hispanic movement - At a
conference, student activists make plans to maintain momentum. More walkouts
are promised.
Author: Joe Gutierrez
Date: January 15, 1995
Section: A SECTION
Page: A08

RIVERSIDE

Hispanic activists see passage of Prop. 187 as a double-edged sword.
The initiative makes undocumented immigrants ineligible for social
welfare programs and public schooling, which activists call a racist attack
on the Hispanic community.

But Prop. 187 also spurred statewide protests and walkouts by
Hispanic youth, which if properly channeled and nurtured could revitalize the
Chicano student movement that began in the 1960s and 1970s, leaders at
a UCR conference said yesterday.

It was with that theme in mind that long-time Hispanic activists
gathered with Hispanic students from around the state and the Southwest
United States at the University of California, Riverside, to discuss ways
to organize, reach out to other minority groups and gain political
power.

Students in attendance offered their own plans of actions, including
one that could be used in their communities to fight Prop. 187.
Enforcement of the initiative has been ordered stopped pending court
challenges.

"We're at a critical juncture," said Armando Navarro of the Ernesto
Galaraza Public Policy and Humanities Research Institute, which set up
the two-day conference that began Friday. He said the conference was
designed to unite the "leadership of the past and the leadership of today
with the youth leadership."

Between 270 and 300 people attended yesterday's portion of the
conference.

Throughout the day, the longtime activists talked of the events that
created the movement, offering advice and direction. They also offered
self-criticism, saying that Prop. 187's passage could have been
prevented with a more active and vocal Hispanic community.

"We didn't do our homework. We have no one to blame but ourselves,"
said former state Sen. Art Torres, who lost his bid to be elected state
insurance commissioner by about 5 percentage points. "We ought to be
ashamed of ourselves."

Gloria Romero, a visiting professor at the Department of Chicano
Studies, Loyola Marymount College, credited students for making people
aware.

"I want to thank the students for the walkouts. You kept us on our
toes," Romero said.

Olivia Farfan, a student at UCR and chairwoman of the Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or MEChA, on campus, said young people can
learn from the leaders of the 1960s and 1970s, but they will try not to
make the same mistakes, such as letting their movements die down.

"We got content too soon. There was a period when we didn't do as
much," Farfan said. "We have to make sure we keep it (the movement)
alive."

Farfan and other students had their own strategies and game plans
for fighting Prop. 187.

About 40 students from colleges, universities and several high
schools met for more than four hours Friday night to come up with a plan
that could guide students on ways to help their community, Farfan said.

Under the plan, the students would reach out to the community to
work on issues involving education, immigration, health care, economic
empowerment and communication, and to mobilize people on other specific
issues.

Farfan, who said she is a legal immigrant from Mexico, said the plan
stands a good chance to work because there is already a network of
students belonging to MEChA at schools in the state and across the country.

Farfan said student walkouts will continue. She said walkouts would
give students a strong voice and make people aware of problems.

"That's what caught the attention of the parents and the people,"
Farfan said. "It was very positive."

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Paper: Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA)
Title: Parents' request: Keep students close to home - A Hispanic group
wants students to attend schools in their neighborhoods, rather than be
bused away for desegregation reasons.
Author: Mark Acosta
Date: January 28, 1995
Section: LOCAL
Page: B01

RIVESIDE

Hispanic residents sent a message to the Riverside Unified School
District last night: Let our children attend neighborhood schools. La
Raza Coalition, an umbrella group of Hispanic organizations, announced
its endorsement of neighborhood schools, joining a growing debate on the
merits of the district's desegregation plan.

The movement to have children attend schools close to home picked up
steam recently. On Jan. 17, parents from the predominately white Canyon
Crest Hills area persuaded the school board to let their children
attend the nearby Amelia Earhart Middle School. Now minority residents of
Casa Blanca and the Eastside - whose children are bused to provide
ethnic balance in schools - are demanding the same opportunity.

"What's happening is the middle-class Anglo community was able to
get its point across and achieve what it wanted," La Raza Coalition
spokesman Gilberto Chavez said. "La Raza hasn't been able to do it in a
whole year."

Chavez said coalition members will join Canyon Crest Hills parents
to demand that the school board allow all children to attend
neighborhood schools. They will state their case at the Feb. 6 school board
meeting, he said.

Riverside schools spokeswoman Bonnie Polis said last night that the
district is not discriminating against minorities. The district has
listened to and is studying their concerns, she said. No final decisions
have been made about middle school attendance boundaries affecting
minority communities.

School trustees, however, voiced support for the concept of
neighborhood schools at their Jan. 17 meeting.

Residents of the mostly Hispanic Casa Blanca area have asked the
district to let its children attend Gage Middle School, which is closer to
home. Superintendent Anthony Lardieri has pledged to help Casa Blanca
parents find a way to transfer their students to Gage or get seats on
buses to avoid walking long distances to school.

But about 15 Hispanic residents who gathered last night in the
Centro De Aztlan at Lincoln Park said they remain frustrated with the
district.

"It's still entrenched in the old style," said Paul Chavez, a Casa
Blanca native and Eastside resident who sits on the city's Eastside
Neighborhood Advisory Committee. "Whatever they need to do, we're the first
ones to be moved."

Sergio Henriquez, a Rubidoux resident who attended nearby Rubidoux
High School, said attending school close to home fosters the best
education. Youths will know each other from the neighborhood and the school
campus, creating unity instead of tension.

"I know practically everybody in my neighborhood," said Henriquez, a
member of Riverside Community College's Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan. "You spend the beginning of your life in school so you
should be comfortable where you're at."