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Community History:
By Augie Bareño

San Diego City College Chicano Graduation Presentation
May 12, 2012

By Herman Baca, President
Committee on Chicano Rights (CCR)

Estimados, parents, sisters, brothers, professors, alumni, friends, and enemies. I say enemies because one cannot be in a struggle for change, and not have enemies.

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<p>St. Patrick’s Day has special significance in Mexico and among generations of families who can trace their history to the old Southwest, particularly among those of Mexican heritage. This reverence is due to the actions of unsung heroes known as the San Patricios.</p>

Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment is the theme for National Women’s History Month 2012

A Bit of History:
By Augie Bareno 

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<p align="justify">Santa Ysabel’s mission enterprise in the 1821-1840 period was uncommonly successful, both spiritually and agriculturally, much more so than San Diego. The foremost Franciscan scholar, Zephyrin Engelhardt, thought it a great consolation to the padres at a time when they sorely needed it. He wrote much on the subject back in 1920, including even a foundation plan.</p>

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<p align="justify">Sería realmente increible si alguien en nuestra comunidad en 2012 pudiera honestamente decir que, <em>“politicamente algo esta fundamental o sistematicamente mal en nuestra creciente comunidad.”</em> Las recientes acusaciones en el Distrito Sweetwater por la Fiscal, Bonnie Dumanis, lo deja claro.</p>