Health Fair Hosted by Mexican Consulate Dec. 8

The Mexican Consulate will open its doors to the public on December 8, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3151 West Fifth Street in Oxnard. 

About 400 people are expected to attend, and all health care agencies, clinics, hospitals, community organizations, banks, credit unions are invited to provide information about their services, programs and activities. 

As an added bonus, this Saturday, the Consulate will also offer a free health fair.  Officials from the state governments of Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Colima, Durango, DF, Zacatecas, Guerrero and Puebla, based in Los Angeles, will have information on procedures for obtaining birth certificates, school records, divorce decrees, provided in small groups and in one-on-one consultations. 

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El Consulado de México informa al público en general que abrirá sus puertas este sábado 8 de diciembre. Se esperan cerca de 400 personas y se invita a todas las agencias de salud, clínicas, hospitales, organizaciones comunitarias, bancos y uniones de crédito para dar información sobre sus actividades y programas. 

Como valor adicional a esta Jornada Sabatina, el Consulado ofrecerá una Feria de Salud gratuita y nos acompañarán funcionarios de las Oficinas de los Gobiernos Estatales de Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Colima, Durango, Distrito Federal, Zacatecas, Guerrero y Puebla, con sede en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, California, que darán información sobre trámites para obtener documentos como actas de nacimiento, certificados escolares, actas de divorcio, en grupos pequeños y consultas personales.

Save the Date: Dec. 11, 2012

Improving Latino College Completion: Promising Policy and Practice

Hosted by Assemblymember, Das Williams, at Ventura College on December 11, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Stay tuned here for details.  Agenda and exact location TBA.

Ventura College
4667 Telegraph Road
Ventura, CA 93003

Please contact the Ventura County Mexican American Bar Association @ vcba.maba@gmail.com if you are interested in attending, and would like more information.

Dora Padilla Elected to Oxnard City Council

Congratulations to Dora Padilla, recently elected to the Oxnard City Council. 

Last week's final vote count puts Ms. Padilla on the Oxnard City Council - at 24 years old. 

Here's the story from VC Star: 
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/nov/29/political-newbie-snags-oxnard-council-seat/

Gov. Brown Appoints Gilbert Romero to VCSC

This just in... Gilbert Romero, member of the Mexican American Bar Association and Board Member of the Education Foundation of the VC MABA, Inc. has just been appointed by Governor Brown to fill a Ventura County judicial vacancy.

This is not only great news for Gilbert but also great news for MABA, our community and the Ventura County Bar Association's Diversity Bar Alliance who has been working extremely hard to increase diversity on the bench.

We are extremely pleased with the Governor's decision and believe that our efforts to increase awareness of the need of diversity on the bench are starting to give fruit. We have a lot more work to do as we continue with our efforts to increase diversity on the bench, but this is one step in the right direction.

Congratulations to Gilbert and the Romero family!

Check out the press release here: http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17841

La Raza Hosts Protect the Vote Training @ VCL

Protect the Vote Training
Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, 6 p.m.
Ventura College of Law
4475 Market Street
Ventura CA 93003

Download the flyer here.

Training will be provided by Protect the Vote.
Special thanks to the Campaigns of Hannah-Beth Jackson and Carmen Ramirez.

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Tickets Available: Education Foundation Scholarship Dinner Oct 19

Tickets are still available for this year's Scholarship dinner, which will be held on October 19th, 2012 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard. (Tickets: $65 - Payment by Credit Card will be Available at Event)

Michael Farrell, well-known for his role as BJ Hunnicutt in the hit series M*A*S*H is this year's Keynote Speaker and awardee of the President’s Award for his dedication and commitment to increasing awareness of social and political issues concerning human and civil rights in this Country and across the world.

We will honor Carmen Ramirez with the Alice McGrath Warrior for Justice Award for her commitment to the bettering of our community and her history of service to legal aid programs across the State and as former coordinator of the Ventura County Superior Court Legal Self Help Access Center providing assistance to self-represented parties in our County.

We will also honor Dien Le with the Access to Justice Award for his representation of our legal community as the 2012 President of the Ventura County Bar Association and his outstanding work in creating the Diversity Bar Alliance dedicated to promoting diversity in the legal profession and on the bench while encouraging collaboration among the minority legal sections.

Please distribute this flyer to anyone that you believe may be interested in atttending. I have also attached hereto the Sponsorship Packet. If you, or anyone that you know, is interested in being a sponsor for our event, please send this to them and have them contact me or Rebeca Mendoza if they have any questions. Thank you all for your continued support for our organization and the Education Foundation of the VC MABA, Inc.

Download the flyer here! Post it at work, school and share with friends.

Interested in Sponsoring the Education Foundation of the VC MABA, Inc.’s Scholarship Dinner?
For more details please refer to our post.

Click here to download the fill-able PDF, and email it to vcba.maba@gmail.com

Ventura County Diversity Bar Alliance Introduced in Ventura County Star Blog

Jill Friedman, Esq., President of the WLVC, and member of VCMABA, was interviewed by Ventura County Star about the VCDBA and their meeting last week with Mr. Josh Groban, Gov. Jerry Brown's advisor for Policy and Appointments .  

Friedman explained that the "meeting was a result of our written request to the Governor earlier this year."

Diversity Bar Alliance was formed in January, and its mission is for the advancement and empowerment of women, people of color, and those historically underrepresented and disenfranchised in the legal profession, through education and advocacy in order to promote equal justice for our community and achieve excellence and diversity in our legal profession.

For the full article click here.