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DESCRIPTION:YOU ARE INVITED TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT!!!\nPlease pass widely....\n\nPublic 
 Screening of the Ethnic Studies documentary film, "Precious Knowledge" \n& 
 Q & A discussion with AZ Teacher, Sean Arce\n\nThursday, May 10, 
 2012\n6:30-8:30 PM\n\n"New" Resource Center for Nonviolence\n612 Ocean 
 Street\n(across from SC County Building)\nSanta Cruz, CA 95060\n\nSean 
 Arce, the head of the Tucson school district’s banned Mexican American 
 Studies program, was dismissed from his job. Tucson’s Mexican American 
 Studies program has been under attack following the passage of a bill which 
 prohibits schools from offering ethnic studies courses. Arce maintains he 
 was fired because he spoke out against what he saw as a discriminatory law 
 targeting Mexican Americans and Latinos. "I, along with many others, stood 
 up and [saw] this law as unconstitutional," Arce says. "And because we 
 stood up, the district has retaliated."  He is now being sued in a $1 
 million defamation lawsuit (see his statement below)\n\nHe is the recipient 
 of the 2012 Myles Horton Education Award for Teaching People’s History 
 from the Zinn Education Project. \nThis event is a fundraiser for legal 
 fees.\n\n\nTrailer of "Precious Knowledge"  
 http://vimeo.com/15062646\n\nSponsored by:\n\nWatsonville Brown 
 Berets\nSanta Cruz Community Coalition to Overcome Racism- Education Action 
 Group\nPajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, Local 1936\nCalifornia 
 Association of Bilingual Educators\n\nCost of sponsorship is $50-$100.00, 
 please contact Jenn Laskin @\n831-238-5290 or jennlaskin@gmail.com for more 
 information.\n\nSpecial thanks to the Darling House Bed and 
 Breakfast!!\nhttp://darlinghouse.com/\n\n\nHere are some  articles about 
 Sean's 
 situation:\n\nhttp://colorlines.com/archives/2012/04/tucsons_ousted_mexican-american_studies_director_speaks_the_fights_not_over.html\n\nhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/anger-reignited-over-ariz_0_n_1418876.html\n\nhttp://tucsoncitizen.com/in-the-aggregate/2012/04/09/people-to-gather-in-support-of-sean-arce-before-tuesdays-school-board-meeting/\n\n\nMay 
 1, 2012- STATEMENT FROM SEAN ARCE....Because of the fact that my Carnal 
 Jose Gonzalez and I are being sued for $1 million by the aide (John Ward) 
 of AZ Attorney General Tom Horne for "supposed" slander/libel, we are in 
 dire need of fundraising for our defense fund.\n\nThis is further evidence 
 that the State of Arizona is out to personally destroy us in TUSD's Mexican 
 American/Raza Studies. Ward's attorneys, funded by the racist Tea 
 Party/Republican Party and AZ Attorney General Tom Horne (who is leading 
 Ward's fundraising efforts) will be deposing us this month. Jose and I need 
 feria to depose Ward, Horne et al. in order to adequately defend ourselves. 
 Unfortunately, a Pima County Judge has allowed this frivolous case to 
 proceed, another example of the anti-Mexican sentiment that is so pervasive 
 in AZ.\n\nPlease view the following link on the Precious Knowledge 
 documentary movie trailer (http://vimeo.com/15062646) at the 1 minute 10 
 second mark, wherein John Ward with current Arizona State Attorney General 
 Tom Horne (the originator of the anti-Mexican American Studies bill HB 2281 
 which is now §ARS 15-111 and § ARS 15-112) standing directly behind him. 
 In this trailer Ward defames and demonizes the TUSD Mexican American 
 Studies Department personnel,  to include Jose Gonzalez and myself, by 
 stating that “The program (TUSD’s Mexican American Studies Department) 
 is administered by vehemently anti-American zealots.” This language 
 towards Jose Gonzalez and myself is nothing short of a political witch hunt 
 set out to destroy our\nprofessional and personal lives.\n\nJose and I have 
 been fired by our District for standing up to this racist law and now the 
 State of AZ is attacking us and our familias....END\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/06/18713029.php
SUMMARY:Sean Arce and screening of "Precious Knowledge"
LOCATION:"New" RCNV 612 Ocean St. Santa Cruz Ca. 95060
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/06/18713029.php
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