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Cultura/Culture

Cinco de Mayo Non-Profit Celebration and Family Festival--The Cinco de Mayo Non-Profit Celebration and Family Festival promotes safe and alcohol-free events in the Flowing Wells community.  The concept was created by The Cinco de Mayo Con Orgullo Coalition in California and has spread to more than four states nationally.  The event is designed to promote a sense of community pride and spirit. Cinco de Mayo brings together 200 children, youth, and families. Special focus is given to schools within the Flowing Wells Unified School District such as Homer Davis Elementary, Laguna Elementary, and Walter Douglas Elementary.  Non-profit organizations in the Flowing Wells community are invited to set up an informational booth to connect with the community, explain their services, and distribute information. Speakers conduct presentations on the true historical significance of the holiday Cinco de Mayo. One of the goals of this neighborhood gathering is to protect the cultural integrity of the festival by asking local retailers in the Flowing Wells area to refuse to display signs and in-store promotions that use Cinco de Mayo to sell beer and liquor. The theme of the Cinco de Mayo Non-Profit Celebration and Family Festival is Our Culture Is Not For Sale/Nuestra Cultura No Se Vende.

Juneteenth Youth Prevention Conference--The Juneteenth, Culture, and Prevention Conference uses African American culture and history as a prevention tool.  The conference serves to raise awareness of the problems associated with underage drinking in the African American community.  It is also a call to action and a platform for identifying community leadership in order to build capacity in prevention services.  The conference promotes collaboration with other community organizations and members on prevention methods and resources.  Conference hosts include the Tucson Juneteenth Committee, IICAA, Black Women’s Task Force, Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, and the Tucson/Southern Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce.  African American organizations represented at the conference include Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Tucson Urban League, Dunbar Cultural Center, and APA Fraternity, Inc., ETA PSI Lambda Chapter.  In its inaugural year, the conference attracted 50 African American participants from the community.
Latino Capacity Building Workshops--The Amistades hallmark is Latino cultural competency.  Amistades utilizes culture and history to provide training opportunities to address Latino substance abuse issues.  Through collaborative efforts with Latino preventionists, Amistades builds substance abuse prevention and cultural capacity.  Attendees include prevention/treatment providers, students, families, and community leaders.  The Latino capacity building workshop series promotes workshops that can become best practices in the prevention field.  Many of these workshops are incorporated into the Compass Community Prevention Coalition annual Diverse Voices in Prevention Conference.  The Conference targets local providers and focus on the Latino and Native American population.  Approximately 200 individuals attend the two day conference and there is representation from 10-20 local prevention and treatment providers.

Aztec Prevention Model 

The Aztec Prevention Model addresses the historical, political, and cultural development of alcohol among the Aztecs and the collapse of their social structure after the Spanish conquest. Participants become familiar with Aztec social norms about drinking, examples of daily life and alcohol use, and the social policies and consequences of public intoxication. The workshop uses a culturally competent approach in prevention in the Mexican American community.


Razalogia Community Mobilization Framework

The Razalogia Community Mobilization Framework incorporates a cultural cast of barrio characters to teach participants how to organize in the Latino community. The Razalogia framework identifies four community mobilization strategic areas developed by Dr. Roberto Vargas. The barrio cultural cast of characters is a unique presentation which focuses on individual and coalition transformative knowledge and empowerment strategies utilizing a Chicano/Latino cast of characters who dialogue with the author and among themselves. This workshop provides a unique emphasis on Latino/Chicano worldviews and the incorporation of these worldviews into community mobilization and prevention efforts.

Using Chicano Values in Substance Abuse Prevention

Using Chicano Values in Substance Abuse Prevention addresses the issue of identifying, understanding, and utilizing Chicano core values such as confianza, el respeto, personalismo, la familia, el honor, compadrazgo networks, and barrio support systems, in the substance abuse prevention delivery system. The workshop promotes a cultural strength model and incorporates socio-cultural values found in Latino culture and community. The workshop also discusses personal and cultural conflict that results when indigenous values are not taken into account when substance abuse prevention services are delivered. This interactive workshop traces the participant’s personal and family history and allows them to openly discuss positive and negative experiences.

Segundo de Febrero Commemoration--Amistades commemorates Segundo de Febrero, February 2, 1848, the day the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed and consequently ended the Mexican American War.   Segundo de Febrero is a celebration of Mexican American history and culture by individuals and communities nationwide.  Amistades, Inc. joins national efforts in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and its place of origin, Texas, to highlight political history and adopt it as a community-wide education and prevention effort.   Segundo de Febrero is an opportunity for all community leaders from Tucson and across the state of Arizona to increase awareness about the consequences of substance abuse among youth and families. At the heart of the Segundo de Febrero concept and commemorative activities, is the need to continue to recognize Mexican American contributions to American society. Of utmost importance is to preserve Mexican American history, and pass the torch to a new generation of leaders.  Amistades made history in 2011 when it hosted the original Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo for the 1st time in Arizona.  The Treaty (housed at the National Archives in Washington, DC) was in Tucson for 30 days for public exhibition and educational purposes.  Approximately 3,000 participants comprised of K-12 students, college students, community leaders, educators, and families visited the exhibit and gained knowledge of the peace treaty.
         








                                                                                                        

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THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO 1848 PROJECT

PRESENTED BY
Amistades hosted the original Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo for the 1st time in Arizona.  The Treaty (housed at the National Archives in Washington, DC) was in Tucson for 30 days for public exhibition and educational purposes.  Approximately 3,000 individuals participated in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain knowledge of the peace treaty that not only ended the United States/Mexico War of 1846-1848, but also gave birth to the Mexican American community in this country. The geo-political boundary between Mexico and the United States as we know it today was established by the Treaty.  Educational partners included Tucson Unified School District Mexican American Studies.  K-12 students and teachers were able to benefit from enhanced curriculums and district wide activities built around the Mexico/US War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the day that has been selected to commemorate it, Segundo de Febrero (February 2).

This event made history as it was the 1st time this historical document was exhibited in Arizona.  Financial support from individuals, groups, and businesses helped Amistades make history and “bring the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo home.”



TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO SYMPOSIUM
February 12, 2011

These podcasts were recorded at a symposium held in conjunction with the display of the original pages of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the Arizona State Museum during February 2011. The treaty pages were on loan from the National Archives. Arizona States Museum extends thanks to Amistades, Inc., the Vice President for Research at the University of Arizona, and the University's American Indian Studies department for support of the exhibition and the symposium. For more Arizona State Museum podcasts, go to www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/podcasts, or go to iTunes, keyword: Arizona State Museum.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Living Document
The Aftermath of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:
Land Adjudication, Citizenship and Immigration

Dr. L.M. Garcia y Griego
Department of History, University of New Mexico

http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/podcasts/ep043_treaty_1_garcia_y_griego.shtml


The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Living Document
Culturas Fronterizas:
Border Zones and Hybrid Identities

Dr Enrique Lamadrid
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of New Mexico

http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/podcasts/ep046_treaty_4_lamadrid.shtml

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Living Document
Between Our Lands: War, Negotiation and Purchase
Perspectives of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Its Effects on the Yaqui People

Daniel Vega and Anabel Galindo
Department of Language and Culture
Pascua Yaqui Tribe

http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/podcasts/ep044_treaty_2_vega_and_galindo.shtml

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Living Document
Concluding Remarks

Dr. Michael Brescia
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona

http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/podcasts/ep047_treaty_5_brescia.shtml




HONORARY COMMITTEE MEMBER

United States Congressman, Raul M. Grijalva



PROJECT PARTNERS

Consul de Mexico Juan Manuel Calderon Jaimes


League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)


TERROS, Inc.


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson


Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup


University of Arizona Mexican American Studies


University of Arizona President Robert Shelton


LIDERES Y REPRESENTANTES DE COMUNIDAD

Sean Arce, TUSD Mexican American Studies

Mario Compean, Academia América

Cindy Corona, Arizona Youth Partnership

Ernie Feliz, Amistades, Inc.

Miguel Flores, Holistic Wellness Counseling & Consultant Services

Carlos Gonzalez, Aztlan Associates

Ricardo M. Jasso, Amistades, Inc.

Claudia Jasso-Stevens, Compadres, LLC

Tomas Leon, Marcom Worldwide

Manuel Medina, TERROS, Inc.

Clara Ortiz, Congressman Raul M Grijalva

Ernesto Portillo, Jr., La Estrella de Tucson

Martin Quintanilla, La Malinche Art Studio

Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, University of Arizona Mexican American Studies

Augustine Romero, TUSD Student Equity

Cachora Standifer, En Haus Group, LLC

Humberto Stevens, Commerce Bank of Arizona

Ralph Varela, Pinal Hispanic Council

Ramón Vásquez y Sánchez, Chief of the Auteca Paguame Coahuiltecan Tribe



 2011 SEGUNDO DE FEBRERO COMMEMORATION
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO
 1100 W. PIMA MINE ROAD



KEYNOTE SPEAKER
RICHARD GRISWOLD DEL CASTILLO
WORLD RENOWNED SCHOLAR AND AUTHOR

Richard Griswold del Castillo, B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from UCLA.  Griswold del Castillo authored The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict and Los Angeles Barrio: A Social History.  In 1992 he was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico City, he was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley in 1994 and he became Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University in 2005. 



SEGUNDO DE FEBRERO COMMITTEE
    Ricardo M. Jasso, Amistades, Inc.
      CHAIR  

Cindy Corona, Community Advocate
    MARKETING CHAIR

Mary Anne Fout, Arizonans For Prevention
    ORGANIZATIONAL CHAIR

Frank Garcia, Community Advocate
VOLUNTEER CHAIR

  Felicia Granillo-Mendivil, Raytheon
      PRODUCTION CHAIR   

                                                 B. Joseph Howell, Arizona Youth Partnership
                                                                        VENUE CHAIR
     Lisa Teyechea, Community Advocate 
    REGISTRATION CHAIR

         Maria C. Federico Brummer, TUSD Mexican American Studies
PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR

                                                                      Claudia Jasso-Stevens  
                                          COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

 
TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO EXHIBIT
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
hosted by Commerce Bank of Arizona
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM



         

  Mayor Walkup, Ricardo M Jasso & Bishop Kicanas                                     Honored Guests





http://azstarnet.com/laestrella/ciudad/article_ad411756-e2f7-5c77-8359-d6170efc4168.html


http://azstarnet.com/laestrella/noticias/article_d5378217-aa6f-5a69-a010-87086161dff0.html


http://azstarnet.com/laestrella/noticias/article_317ff24c-694f-5249-a7ed-8c1831517231.html



ARIZONA DAILY STAR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES


http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_e290610e-eaea-5234-9aa3-20f1a75e34a6.html




TRI-VALLEY DISPATCH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE


http://www.trivalleycentral.com/articles/2011/02/18/trivalley_dispatch/top_stories/doc4d5ae858558fc424536950.txt


HISPANIC OUTLOOK MAGAZINE ARTICLE


https://www.wdhstore.com/hispanic/data/pdf/feb2-usmexico.pdf



BORDER BEAT ARTICLE


http://borderbeat.net/culture/1386-border-issues-trace-back-to-1848



UNIVISION TV COVERAGE


http://univisionarizona.univision.com/noticias/video/2011-02-06/exhibicion-del-tratado-de-guadalupe?refPath=/univisionarizona



ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA COVERAGE


http://playpbs.azpm.org/video/1791528912/




VISIT THE ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION:


http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/index.shtml




STUDENT FIELD TRIPS


www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/edu


PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM & TEACHER WORKSHOP FLIER (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD)



Event tickets and corporate tables are now available. 


DONOR INFORMATION


  Donor Inquiries:  claudiajassostevens@amistadesinc.org






  ¡Gracias a nuestros patrocinadores!



PATROCINADOR OFICIAL

PATROCINADORES DE ORO







Partial funding provided by
the Arizona Community Foundation








Ruth Reed-Miller




 

  PATROCINADORES DE PLATA


  






Compadres, LLC 



 




 

 





    

       


     



















  PATROCINADORES DE COBRE
















PATROCINADORES DE COMUNICACION










































 AGRADACIMIENTO ESPECIAL

















EL HERRADERO SUPERMARKET





PROJECT UNDERWRITERS


 American Family Insurance/Nizar Sukkar, Treaty Ground Transportation

Chicanos Por La Causa,Treaty Article IX

Commerce Bank of Arizona, Exclusive Host of Exhibit Opening Reception

Compadres, LLC, Treaty Article X

Familia Corona, Treaty Article X

US Congressman Raul Grijalva, Treaty Case

Raytheon/HOLA, Graphics & Printing 

TERROS, Inc., Treaty Article IX

Ramón Vásquez y Sánchez, Original Artwork



PATROCINADORES

Anonymous

Beth Grindell

Bob & Beth Walkup

Brett Brown

Carlos Gonzalez

Cristian E. Tanori & Janie Tanori Fierro

Cynthia Garcia
Daniel Stoltzfus

Don Newman
Felicia Granillo-Mendivil

Global Distributions Solutions

Greg Solares & Magdalena Verdugo

Irma Jasso Cape

Jack & Rosie Marquez

Jenny Montijo

Josefina M. Jasso

Juan Carlos Carlon

Julian Etienne

Leslie Shultz Crist

Lisa Teyechea

Mario Aguilar

Mario Compean

Maritza Broce

Marty Esparza

Mary Anne Fout

Oralia Jasso

Trang Taylor Nguyen

Velia V. Rangel

Victor & Christina Sanchez

 

                                           


Segundo de Febrero History


On February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed and consequently ended the Mexican American War.  This would eventually establish the Mexican American community in the United States.  Segundo de Febrero was conceived in Texas by community activists in 1978 in an effort to keep the spirit of the Chicano movement alive.  Over the years Mexican Americans have advocated for equal rights as citizens of the United States.  Progress was made in the 60’s and 70’s when leaders like Cesar Chavez, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez, Reies Lopez Tijerina, and Jose Angel Gutierrez led Chicanos to fight for equality in education, political representation, worker’s rights, and land rights.  The accomplishments of these individuals are admirable, yet the challenges continue.

 

Although it has been seen by some as controversial in the past, today Segundo de Febrero is a celebration of Chicano history and culture by individuals and communities nationwide.  Amistades, Inc. joins national efforts to highlight political history and adopt Segundo de Febrero as a community-wide education and prevention effort.   Segundo de Febrero is an opportunity for community leaders interested in prevention to increase awareness about the consequences of substance abuse. Unfortunately, the Mexican American community has lost significant historical holidays such as Cinco de Mayo to the alcohol and tobacco industry.  Cinco de Mayo events are often associated with commercial fiestas, partying, and alcohol binge drinking. A long term goal of the Segundo de Febrero prevention effort is to change the community conditions, social and cultural norms, and practices that currently facilitate alcohol, tobacco, and other forms of substance abuse among youth and families.

 

The significance of Segundo de Febrero in Mexican American history is of great importance and means so much to so many people.  This special day is used as a bridge, not only to remember the past, but to look to the future.  The birth of the Mexican American community, was at times, a reminder of defeat.  Yet, as  Chicanos appropriate their own meaning to the day, it becomes a representation of promise and ultimately, a community united to better itself.

 

At the heart of the Segundo de Febrero concept and commemorative activities, is the need to continue to recognize Chicano contributions to American society. Of utmost importance is to preserve Mexican American history, and pass the torch to a new generation of leaders. 

 

Segundo de Febrero is being recognized nationwide. Commemorations are taking place in states such as California, New Mexico, Arizona, and its place of origin, Tejas.  With each passing year, more people are touched by Segundo de Febrero.  This day is now embraced as a Mexican American holiday of respect and honor.  Through the combined efforts of established and arising leadership, and community support, the legacy of the Chicano people continues. 


Did You Know?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 eventually led to the Gadsen Purchase in 1853-54... 

The Gadsden Purchase was for the purpose of the US's construction of a transcontinental railroad along a deep southern route. It was also related to reconciliation of outstanding border issues following the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.

The Southern Pacific Railroad from Los Angeles reached Yuma, Arizona, in 1877, Tucson in March 1880, El Paso in May 1881, and completed the second transcontinental railroad in December 1881. Most of the route was north of the Gadsden Purchase. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway also completed a route across Northern Arizona in August 1883.

The remainder of the Gila Valley pre-Purchase border area was traversed by the Arizona Eastern Railway by 1899 and the Copper Basin Railway by 1904. Excluded was a 20-mile (32 km) section in the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, from today's San Carlos Lake to Winkelman at the mouth of the San Pedro River.

Map of Mexico 1847 (Disturnell)

United States of America 1872 (G. W. and C. B. Colton & Co.)



IMAGES OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR




U.S. Dragoons, 1846
Battle of Buena Vista, February 1847





Siege of Vera Cruz, March 1847