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LULAC Council 4871
The Dallas Rainbow Council
The Dallas Rainbow Council
Creating dialogue between the
Hispanic and LGBT community
which have a common goal: full equality.
Hispanic and LGBT community
which have a common goal: full equality.
Participate in the Census. Forms due April 1.
www.2010census.gov
March General Meeting
Please join us at our March general meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.,
Hungdingers Restaurant, 4000 Cedar Springs Rd., Suite E, Dallas, TX 75219.
Special guest speaker is Adelfa Callejo, one of the first Latina attorneys in the
nation and local civil rights leader, who will help us commemorate Women’s
History Month. We will also have 2010-2011 elections.
Record-Year for Memberships!
LULAC 4871 sent membership rosters to LULAC District III, Texas LULAC and
the National LULAC Office and we declared 69 members for 2010 —
surpassing last year’s total of 64! Welcome to recent renewals and new
members Susan Anderson, Reymundo Anthony, Liliana Robledo, Marc Anthony
Rodriguez and Fernie Sanchez.
LULAC 4871 President presents in New York City
Your council president, Jesse Garcia, will travel to New York City on March 2-4 to
present at “Enlaces: a Philanthropy Round Table on LGBT Latino Movement
Building,” a convening of philanthropic leaders and experts from the
nongovernmental, academic, private, and public sector. Your council president
will join Marge Baker from People for the American Way, Francisco Duenas from
Lambda Legal, Thomas Saenz from Mexican American Legal Defense and
Education Fund, and Rachel B. Tiven from Immigration Equality on the panel
“Unidos Venceremos: Coalition Building across LGBT and Latino Movements.”
LULAC 4871’s successes of bridging the LGBT and Latino communities will be
highlighted in this discussion.
2010 LULAC 4871 Elections
LULAC 4871 will hold its 2010-2011 officer elections at the March general
meeting. Candidates who announced at the February general meeting were the
following:
Jesse Garcia for president;
Omar Narvaez for vice president;
Zhyla Alvarado for vice president for youth;
Sammy Nesbit for vice president for youth;
Elias Cantu for secretary;
Bernice Gonzalez for treasurer;
Chelle Simmons for sergeant at arms;
John Trevino, Jr., for parliamentarian;
Patricia Mancha for chaplain.
Only paid 2010 members will be allowed to vote in this election. Appointments
for Historian, Deputy for Women, Deputy for the Elderly and Deputy for Veterans
will be appointed at this meeting by the elected president. If you’re interested in
the position, please let the newly-elected president know that you want to serve.
May 5: Cinco De Mayo Salsa Party!
LULAC 4871 and the Human Rights Campaign will have a social mixer on
Wednesday, May 5, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Havana’s, located at 4006 Cedar Springs
Rd., Dallas, TX 75219, to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. Save the Date!
UPCOMING PROJECTS
March: Census Outreach
LULAC 4871 and the Human Rights Campaign will promote the 2010 Census
to the community on the Cedar Springs strip every Saturday in March from Noon
to 4 p.m. on the patio of Havana’s, 4006 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas, TX 75219.
Stop by and learn about the 2010 Census!
April: Taking it to the Streets
LULAC 4871 will mark storm drainages on city streets with environmental
messages that will protect the City of Dallas’ water supply. Training takes place
Saturday, April 3, at Noon, followed by an hour of placing permanent signs on
storm drains on a city street. To participate, email lulac4871@aol.com.
April: Legal Clinic for Low Income Citizens
LULAC 4871 will volunteer to help the Dallas Bar Association with Spanish
translation at their Free Legal Clinic in West Dallas on Thursday, April 22, from 5
to 9 p.m., at the Marillac Social Center, 2827 Lapsley St, Dallas, TX 75212. If you
know Spanish and are willing to spend two hours at the event, please volunteer.
To participate, email lulac4871@aol.com.
NEWS RELEASE:
LULAC 4871 raises $1,000 for scholarship
Council names scholarship after Gay Latino activist Jesus Chairez
Monday, March 1, 2010 – Dallas, Texas: After month-long fundraiser, LULAC
4871- The Dallas Rainbow Council raised $1,000 for its second annual
scholarship that will go toward a local high school or college freshman student.
The annual scholarship was recently named the “LULAC 4871 Jesús Chaírez
Scholarship,” after the board of directors voted to honor a trailblazer in the
community.
“Jesús Chaírez was one of the very first gay Latinos in Dallas to pave the way for
better Hispanic and LGBT relations,” said Jesse Garcia, president of LULAC
4871. “Rather than have a generic name like ‘LULAC 4871 Scholarship,’ we
wanted something symbolic in the title to reflect our uniqueness in this
community — being proud gays and Latinos. Who better to make that statement
than Chaírez, who has empowered many throughout the years.”
Chaírez is a second-generation Mexican American born and raised in far East
Dallas. He graduated from Bryan Adams High School in 1973 and accepted a
mail-clerk position with the U.S. government. He went on to work for the U.S.
Department of Labor, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
After experiencing racism on the Cedar Springs strip back in the early 1980s, he
became an activist forming DFW’s first GLBT Latino organization: the Gay &
Lesbian Hispanic Coalition de Dallas. Chaírez was the group’s first president
and worked closely with Dallas City Councilman Ricardo Medrano to end the
practice of requiring LGBT people of color to present multiple forms of I.D. to
enter gay bar establishments.
Chaírez was also appointed to serve on the Martin Luther King Jr. Community
Center Board of Directors. Later in life he became an accomplished artist and
was selected to curate Mexican art shows in the city of Dallas’ museums.
Chaírez also produced and hosted the "Sin Fronteras” (Without Borders) radio
show, which was the nation’s first two-hour bilingual gay Latino radio program
that from July 4, 1993, to July 3, 2005.
"I am so honored, proud and blessed to be considered for such a worthy GLBT
Latino cause," said Chaírez, who now is retired and living in Mexico City.
The scholarship is open to any North Texas high school student graduating in
2010 or student continuing his or her freshman year in a North Texas college or
university. LGBT students, or allies, are invited to apply; deadline for the
application is April 15, 2010. The selected student will be announced in June.
For more details on application requirements, visit http://www.lulac4871.
org/Scholarship.html.
The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is to
advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence,
housing, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.
Established in Oak Lawn in 2006, LULAC 4871 – The Dallas Rainbow Council
also works to build bridges between the Hispanic and LGBT community. Its
next meeting takes place Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m., at Hungdinger’s
Restaurant, 4000 Cedar Springs Rd. Ste. E, Dallas, TX 75219.
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www.2010census.gov
March General Meeting
Please join us at our March general meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.,
Hungdingers Restaurant, 4000 Cedar Springs Rd., Suite E, Dallas, TX 75219.
Special guest speaker is Adelfa Callejo, one of the first Latina attorneys in the
nation and local civil rights leader, who will help us commemorate Women’s
History Month. We will also have 2010-2011 elections.
Record-Year for Memberships!
LULAC 4871 sent membership rosters to LULAC District III, Texas LULAC and
the National LULAC Office and we declared 69 members for 2010 —
surpassing last year’s total of 64! Welcome to recent renewals and new
members Susan Anderson, Reymundo Anthony, Liliana Robledo, Marc Anthony
Rodriguez and Fernie Sanchez.
LULAC 4871 President presents in New York City
Your council president, Jesse Garcia, will travel to New York City on March 2-4 to
present at “Enlaces: a Philanthropy Round Table on LGBT Latino Movement
Building,” a convening of philanthropic leaders and experts from the
nongovernmental, academic, private, and public sector. Your council president
will join Marge Baker from People for the American Way, Francisco Duenas from
Lambda Legal, Thomas Saenz from Mexican American Legal Defense and
Education Fund, and Rachel B. Tiven from Immigration Equality on the panel
“Unidos Venceremos: Coalition Building across LGBT and Latino Movements.”
LULAC 4871’s successes of bridging the LGBT and Latino communities will be
highlighted in this discussion.
2010 LULAC 4871 Elections
LULAC 4871 will hold its 2010-2011 officer elections at the March general
meeting. Candidates who announced at the February general meeting were the
following:
Jesse Garcia for president;
Omar Narvaez for vice president;
Zhyla Alvarado for vice president for youth;
Sammy Nesbit for vice president for youth;
Elias Cantu for secretary;
Bernice Gonzalez for treasurer;
Chelle Simmons for sergeant at arms;
John Trevino, Jr., for parliamentarian;
Patricia Mancha for chaplain.
Only paid 2010 members will be allowed to vote in this election. Appointments
for Historian, Deputy for Women, Deputy for the Elderly and Deputy for Veterans
will be appointed at this meeting by the elected president. If you’re interested in
the position, please let the newly-elected president know that you want to serve.
May 5: Cinco De Mayo Salsa Party!
LULAC 4871 and the Human Rights Campaign will have a social mixer on
Wednesday, May 5, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Havana’s, located at 4006 Cedar Springs
Rd., Dallas, TX 75219, to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. Save the Date!
UPCOMING PROJECTS
March: Census Outreach
LULAC 4871 and the Human Rights Campaign will promote the 2010 Census
to the community on the Cedar Springs strip every Saturday in March from Noon
to 4 p.m. on the patio of Havana’s, 4006 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas, TX 75219.
Stop by and learn about the 2010 Census!
April: Taking it to the Streets
LULAC 4871 will mark storm drainages on city streets with environmental
messages that will protect the City of Dallas’ water supply. Training takes place
Saturday, April 3, at Noon, followed by an hour of placing permanent signs on
storm drains on a city street. To participate, email lulac4871@aol.com.
April: Legal Clinic for Low Income Citizens
LULAC 4871 will volunteer to help the Dallas Bar Association with Spanish
translation at their Free Legal Clinic in West Dallas on Thursday, April 22, from 5
to 9 p.m., at the Marillac Social Center, 2827 Lapsley St, Dallas, TX 75212. If you
know Spanish and are willing to spend two hours at the event, please volunteer.
To participate, email lulac4871@aol.com.
NEWS RELEASE:
LULAC 4871 raises $1,000 for scholarship
Council names scholarship after Gay Latino activist Jesus Chairez
Monday, March 1, 2010 – Dallas, Texas: After month-long fundraiser, LULAC
4871- The Dallas Rainbow Council raised $1,000 for its second annual
scholarship that will go toward a local high school or college freshman student.
The annual scholarship was recently named the “LULAC 4871 Jesús Chaírez
Scholarship,” after the board of directors voted to honor a trailblazer in the
community.
“Jesús Chaírez was one of the very first gay Latinos in Dallas to pave the way for
better Hispanic and LGBT relations,” said Jesse Garcia, president of LULAC
4871. “Rather than have a generic name like ‘LULAC 4871 Scholarship,’ we
wanted something symbolic in the title to reflect our uniqueness in this
community — being proud gays and Latinos. Who better to make that statement
than Chaírez, who has empowered many throughout the years.”
Chaírez is a second-generation Mexican American born and raised in far East
Dallas. He graduated from Bryan Adams High School in 1973 and accepted a
mail-clerk position with the U.S. government. He went on to work for the U.S.
Department of Labor, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
After experiencing racism on the Cedar Springs strip back in the early 1980s, he
became an activist forming DFW’s first GLBT Latino organization: the Gay &
Lesbian Hispanic Coalition de Dallas. Chaírez was the group’s first president
and worked closely with Dallas City Councilman Ricardo Medrano to end the
practice of requiring LGBT people of color to present multiple forms of I.D. to
enter gay bar establishments.
Chaírez was also appointed to serve on the Martin Luther King Jr. Community
Center Board of Directors. Later in life he became an accomplished artist and
was selected to curate Mexican art shows in the city of Dallas’ museums.
Chaírez also produced and hosted the "Sin Fronteras” (Without Borders) radio
show, which was the nation’s first two-hour bilingual gay Latino radio program
that from July 4, 1993, to July 3, 2005.
"I am so honored, proud and blessed to be considered for such a worthy GLBT
Latino cause," said Chaírez, who now is retired and living in Mexico City.
The scholarship is open to any North Texas high school student graduating in
2010 or student continuing his or her freshman year in a North Texas college or
university. LGBT students, or allies, are invited to apply; deadline for the
application is April 15, 2010. The selected student will be announced in June.
For more details on application requirements, visit http://www.lulac4871.
org/Scholarship.html.
The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is to
advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence,
housing, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.
Established in Oak Lawn in 2006, LULAC 4871 – The Dallas Rainbow Council
also works to build bridges between the Hispanic and LGBT community. Its
next meeting takes place Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m., at Hungdinger’s
Restaurant, 4000 Cedar Springs Rd. Ste. E, Dallas, TX 75219.
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| Since 2/05/2007 |
| We are LULAC 4871 - The Dallas Rainbow Council. We are a community action group that works to better our neighborhood. If you want to work on community service projects, come join us! |
| Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert addressed the February general meeting of LULAC 4871. More than 40 people showed up. Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m., at Hungdingers. |