Educational Equality Now!

The 1931 landmark case Roberto Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District was the first successful school desegregation court decision in the history of the United States. This lecture by Dr. Robert R. Alvarez Jr. will review the specific struggle by the Mexican families of Lemon Grove in the greater context of the Mexican challenge to U.S. school desegregation. The Lemon Grove case illustrates the long-term educational and civil rights struggle for justice by Mexican Immigrants. The case established the rights of their children to equal education, despite local, regional and national sentiment that favored not only segregation, but the actual deportation of the Mexican population in the United States.

Current educational equity issues for Mexican immigrant and Chicanx/Latinx communities will be contextualized through regional data compiled by the National Latino Research Center (NLRC). This lecture will also mark the release an NLRC report on Latinx Educational Equity relevant to communities and educators alike.

Dr. Robert R. Alvarez Jr. is a Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego and the son of the lead plaintiff of the Roberto Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District. His research interests include the application of anthropology to practical problem solving especially regarding minority communities in the United States and their countries of origin.

The National Latino Research Center (NLRC) is an applied social science research center with the mission of contributing to the knowledge and understanding of growing U.S. Latina/o populations through meaningful applied action research.

Sponsor: National Latino Research Center; Co-sponsors: Ethnic Studies, Anthropology

https://www.csusm.edu/nlrc/

Pricing

CSUSM Students: FREE
Community: $10
Faculty/Staff/Alumni: $5

Individuals with disabilities, who would like to attend this event, please contact Gina Jones ([email protected]) regarding any special accommodation needs. It is requested that individuals requiring auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify the event sponsor at least seven working days in advance. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.

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