From G.O.O.D. Club newsletter: ANGELA SANBRANO of NALACC speaks on Arizona Immigrant Law July 14
Written by allendirrim@yahoo.com on July 6th, 2010Angela Sanbrano will speak on the implications of the Arizona Anti-Immigrant law, S.B.1070.
Angela Sanbrano will speak on the implications of the Arizona Anti-Immigrant law, S.B.1070. She is a Chicana, born in Juarez, Mexico, and grew up in El Paso, Texas. Currently she is serving a second term as board President of NALACC (National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities). In 1985 she became national Executive Director of CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) and a year later was recognized as one of the strongest Mexican American advocates for Central American peace as co-director of Peace Action, the largest peace advocacy organization in the U.S. In 1995, she joined CARECEN Los Angeles and in 1997 was became its Executive Director serving the immigrant community until 2007. In 2005 she was elected member of the National Board for the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and as trustee of the Hazen Foundation. She graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont and received a Law Degree from People’s College of Law in Los Angeles. She lives in La Verne with her husband, Jim Sanbrano.
The Greater Oxnard Organization of Democrats meets July 14 at 7 p.m. at the Cafe on A, 438 South A Street in Oxnard. Free refreshments.
