Please share this message. If interested in Marching and/or having a booth, Please contact Lansing for Cesar E. Chavez Committee, Elva Reyes, Chairperson at 517-749-0181.
October 16th, 2010
12:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Lansing, MI.
10:30 a.m. Procession gathering at Marshall Park
proceeding up Cesar E. Chavez/Grand River Avenue into the
Cesar E. Chavez Plaza.
Featuring:
* Awards Ceremony
* Chavez Exhibition (STOP & VISIT US AT THE CHAVEZ EXHIBIT TENT)
* Live Bands
* Food Vendors
* Entertainment
* Music...
Recent Acquisitions in the Cesar E. Chavez Library
10.10.10
CALL # HM821 .V47 2009.
AUTHOR Verdaguer, María Eugenia.
TITLE Class, ethnicity, gender and Latino entrepreneurship / María
Eugenia Verdaguer.
PUBLISHER New York : Routledge, 2009.
CALL # F548.9.S75 C77 2009.
AUTHOR Cruz, Wilfredo, 1954-
TITLE Chicago Latinos at work / Wilfredo Cruz.
PUBLISHER Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., c2009.
CALL # JS800.C6 C38 2008.
AUTHOR Caspa, Humberto.
TITLE Terror in the latino barrio : the rise of the new right in...
The MSU Map Library has three new very large wall maps. The first measure in at nearly 9 feet wide and depicts the earth's physical features. It is mounted on two wooden rails and can be hung by a cord. The world map 'Climate of the Earth' is "only" 6 1/2 feet wide, also on wooden rails, but is brightly colored with detailed climate zones. The last one is Great Lakes, a raised relief vinyl map of our favorite corner of the world. These maps are availble for use in the Map Library and may circulate short-term to faculty and staff with special permission. We also have a beautiful new...
Continue reading "New Globes and Wall Maps"...de Lucas,Janss and Ferrer . Birds and wind farms : risk assessment and mitigation. Madrid : Quercus, c2007. Call Number: TJ828 .B53 2007
Matthews. The ecology of recently-deglaciated terrain : a geoecological approach to glacier forelands. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. Call Number: QK910 .M38 2008
Patterson and Patterson. Freshwater fish of the Northeast. University Press of New England, c2010. Call Number: QL628.N92 P38 2010
Linton. What is water? : the history of a modern abstraction. UBC Press, c2010. Call Number: GB665 .L56 2010
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Obama approval ratings among Latinos drop ties to immigration, economy
Access to an audio interview about an incarcerated Ramsey Muñiz which was conducted by Steve Lendman a writer for the Progressive Radio Network. In 1972 and 1974 Ramsey Muñiz ran for Governor of Texas under the Raza Unida party.
from Gongwer News Service:
HISPANIC COMMISSION SEES CHANGES: The Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs has been renamed to the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan. The commission will still be under the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth, but will now meet six times a year instead of monthly. It has also changed the rule about who can serve as a commissioner, no longer limiting service on the commission only to those of Hispanic origin.
The compact shelving is complete, books and computers are clean, the carpet is clean, and furniture is out. However, we still will be moving furniture. You are able to go into the stacks now. So we are gladly almost back to normal. Come check out the library and our new open feel with the shelves taking up less space! If you want to see pictures of the work as it has progressed, check out our pictures on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=232367&id=20041788008.
The carpet is installed, vacuuming of the books is complete, and the collection is interfiled. This week the furniture should be moved back out. We're getting there! If you want to see pictures of the work as it progresses, check out our pictures on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=232367&id=20041788008.