CSRC Annual Open House
Event Date:
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 -
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Event Location:
CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall
The UCLA Chicano Research Center invites you to the CSRC Annual Open House, this year featuring Sal Castro: Legacy of a Teacher, an exhibition of items from the Sal Castro Collection at the CSRC.
The education and Chicano communities recently lost a hugely influential leader who devoted his entire life to the education of Chicano students in the inner city who historically do not complete college degrees. A symbol of educational equity and opportunity for all students, especially Chicano students, Sal Castro’s legacy lives on through the thousands of lives he influenced as a teacher and counselor in the Eastside schools of Los Angeles for four decades. His impact was further felt across Los Angeles and surrounding counties through the Chicano Youth Leadership Conference, an organization founded over forty years ago to provide high school students with a transformational weekend experience focused on developing college-oriented thinking and planning and the spirit of community service.
At this event, two former Castro students will pay an interactive and inspirational tribute to the life and legacy of Sal Castro.
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Myrna Brutti (Belmont High School, Class of 1989) is the principal of Wilmington Middle School in LAUSD.
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Robin Avelar La Salle, Ph.D. (Belmont High School, Class of 1978) is the chief executive officer of the Principal’s Exchange Foundation, a non-profit educational organization.
Meet Sal Castro as those he influenced came to know him, through funny stories, maddening anecdotes, and uplifting successes. Listen to the sounds and see the images that represent Sal Castro’s life’s work.
Follow the Trio de Colores, directed by Lorenzo Moraza, to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Immediately following the session, follow the Trio to a reception on the outdoor patio to enjoy refreshments, good conversation, and to celebrate the spirit of a giant of the Chicano movement, Sal Castro … teacher.
CSRC Press books will be available at this event at a discount. This event is FREE.
Co-sponsored by AltaMed Health Services Corp.
The CSRC would like to thank Charlotte Lerchenmuller and the Castro family for the Sal Castro Collection at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
Watch the video of this event here.
