Cesar Chavez Street Clean Up 10-4-08

Hello all, at our last chapter meeting we decided to host this years annual Cesar Chavez street clean up on Sept 27, 2008. Because of scheduling problems we had to change that date to Oct 4, 2008. We will begin arriving at 8:00am to set up downstairs at the Salvation Army in downtown Pontiac, cornor of Oakland Ave/Cesar Chavez Ave and Woodward (the Loop). We will start the clean up at 9:00am. Once the clean up is done we will regroup at the Salvation Army, between 10:00 and 10:30am we will have our presentation of our Cesar Chavez Humanitarian Award which this year will be presented to Pontiac City Mayor Clarence Phillips. Refreshments will be provided.
Many of us from the Lk. Orion assembly plant are scheduled to work that day, but with the support of those who are retired and who don't work at Orion, it should still be a success. Thank you for all your support " Si se pueda".

September LCLAA meeting

Hello all, our next meeting will be held on Saturday 9-6-08. We will meet at the UAW union hall Local5960 at 2:00pm. Sorry for the late notice but we need to meet to discuss plans for this years Cesar Chavez street clean up. We don't have too many dates to choose from because of many different circumstances which we'll discuss on Saturday. Hope to see you there. Thanks, Dave.

This is the Fantasia Ballroom H where the Opening Plenary Session was held. We heard from a number of speakers on issues ranging from the need to unite behind a Presidental nominee who will do their best to represent our needs as a Hispanic people. How we can't afford another term with the current leadership who looks towards us with a blind eye. Some of the topics we heard ranged from Jobs and Engery for the 21st century, investing in our future. The need for a national strategy for good jobs and productive industries and greening the economy, a climate change and a need to do our part in recycling and going green and the need for a fair and equitable Immigration Plan to address the current situation.
David Mora and Jessica Hall attending Workshop II: Field and Election Day Activities.
35th Anniversary Reception group shot of the Oakland County Chapter members and spouses. Pictured from left to right, bach row: Kareem Schkoor, Reynaldo Rivera, Juan Sauceda. Frt row: Debra Styers, Lisa Schkoor, Lorenzo Rivera, Jessica Hall, Shelli Mora, David Mora
Lorenzo Rivera was honored and presented with LCLAA's Life time Achievement Award. Here he is with his award standing with his son Reynaldo.

July 19, 2008 we held our 17th annual LCLAA Student Scholarship Award Night. It was held at the UAW local 5960 union hall in Lk. Orion, Mi. We presented 17 students with scholarships ranging from $300.00 to $1000.00. We provided dinner to all in attendance which was donated by the chapter members and friends. The students were fortunate to hear from 2 great speakers, Alicia Paramo-Dionne, student counselor at Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills campus and Michigan State House Representative, representing district 29, Pontiac and Auburn Hills, the Honorable Tim Melton.

Pictured above from left to right is, Back row: State Rep. Tim Melton, Jose Gayton, Robert Rodriguez, Zachary Mercado, Nicolas Benitez, Cordero Jimenez, Jose Rivera and Oakland County Chapter President David Mora.

Front row: Claudia Diaz, Serenna Hargett, Karina Otriz Diaz, Tayri Martinez, Andrew Quinones, Melinda Guy, Daylin Salcedo, Alexis Smith, Rebekka Pesquerira. Not pictured is Melinda Ortiz and Richard Cervantes who were both out of town.

On June 28, 2008 we held our second annual LCLAA golf outing in partnership with the Loma. Fun was had by all. The forecast called for rain but the rain held off. The dinner at the Loma was excellent. We were able to raise over $2000.00 with this fund raiser. We look forward to next years outing.

Next LCLAA meeting

Hello all, our next meeting will take place on June 21, 2008 at 2:00pm, at UAW Local 5960 located at 180 Silverbell Rd, Lk. Orion. We will be discussing the golf outing fund raiser that we are sponsoring on June 28, 2008, at Oxford Hills C.C. The info for the golf outing is written further down on this blog. I believe there are still spots available for teams. Also on the agenda we will begin planning for our 17th annual Student Scholarship Award night which will take place on July 19, 2008, same location UAW Local 5960. Application deadline for the students is June 27, 2008. Any student interested, graduating from an Oakland County High School, should see their school counselor for an application or contact either myself at davidleemora@sbcglobal.net or our Recording Sec. Oscar Sanchez at OscarGarSan@aol.com . Thank you and we hope to see you there.

Taco All You Can Eat Fund Raiser

Sunday June 1st, 2008 was the last union meeting for the summer at UAW local 5960. So we decided to have a fund raising event for our chapter's educational fund by having an all you can eat taco lunch buffet. The food included soft and hard shell tacos, beans, rice, nachos and calabazita. We charged $7.00 a person and served between 1:00pm and 3:00pm. We raised over $200.00 for our efforts. Thank you to UAW local Pres. Pat Sweeney for allowing us to use the kitchen and have this fund raiser during their monthly membership meeting.
Pictured from Lt to Rt is Rose Klein, David Mora and Don Klein. Thank you Don and Rose for all your hard work and for spearheading this fund raising event.
Don Klein and Omar Rivera preparing some of the food. em, em!
The buffet is ready to go. Looks good!
Ex-Oakland Co. Chapter Pres. Henry Torres enjoys a bite before the crowd arrives. I would like to thank all those who came out and supported this event and for those who either bought food tickets or gave donations to our fund. Pictures were taken by Lorenzo Rivera, chapter Vice Pres.