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Celebrando Chicano Art Gala will be presented by UNIDOS on Thursday, Sept. 6. Last day to purchase tickets is Thursday, Aug. 30. From left: Cheech Marin will be receiving a Patron of the Arts Award presented by George Lopez; Dolores Huerta will receive the Chicano Culture Award.
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NIDOS is presenting the Celebrando Chicano Art Gala on Thursday, September 6, 2018, 6 p.m. – 10:30 p.m., at the Riverside Convention Center as a fundraiser for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry of the Riverside Art Museum. The Celebrando Chicano Art Gala will consist of a VIP reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. (for
sponsors), dinner, awards, live performances by Tierra, the Mariachi Divas, and DJ TJ Pops, and both live and silent auctions (including a signed Carlos Santana guitar and signed boxing gloves from Oscar De La Hoya). Cocktail attire; black tie optional. Tickets are $150/person. Last day to purchase tickets is August 30. Visit UNIDOS.givesmart.com to purchase your tickets today. Cheech Marin will be receiving
a Patron of the Arts Award during the Gala, presented by fellow actor/comedian George Lopez. In addition, three other awards will be presented that night: a Chicano Culture Award to Dolores Huerta; a Chicano Art Award to Cosmé F. Cordova, and a Chicano Industry Award will also be presented. Receiving the Chicano Culture Award during the gala will be Dolores Huerta, Founder &
President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America with Cesar Chavez. Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and community organizer. She has worked for labor rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She served as Vice President and played a critical role in many of the union’s accomplishments for four decades. In 2002, she received the Puffin/Nation $100,000 prize for Creative Citizenship, which she used to establish the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF). DHF is connecting groundbreaking community-based organizing to state and national movements to register and educate voters; advocate for education reform; bring about infrastructure improvements in low-income communities; advocate for greater equality for the LGBT community; and create strong leadership development. She has received numerous awards, among them, The Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award from President Clinton in 1998. In 2012, President Obama UNIDOS, cont. on next pg.
First Man of the Year event hosted at San Bernardino Valley College
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Man of the Year finalists proudly pose with Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes. By Manny B. Sandoval
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ssemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes hosted the Inland Empire's first
ever Man of the Year ceremony on Friday, August 24.
Exemplary men who have gone above and beyond in their com-
munities were recognized with a certificate in front of a packed crowd inside KVCR Studios at San Bernardino Valley College.
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“Friday night we honored 25 finalists in the 47th Assembly District who exemplify excepMan of the Year, cont. on pg. 2