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Media ReleasesLaborers Protest Lack of Payment
Inland Valley Voice, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA: February 1, 2003 This article discusses a picket the Day Laborers staged, in protest of worker exploitation. With the support of Prof. Jose Calderon and Pitzer students, the workers' picket was a success. Sowing the Seeds of Self-Esteem ( picture: 1 2 )
Pitzer Participant, Claremont, CA. Fall 2002 This article features Pitzer students Alex Johnston and Fancy Fechser and the Camps Afflerbaugh-Paige Garden project. Both students received Senior Year project Awards from CCCSI to help fund this project. Two Special Programs at Pitzer Made Possible by Generous Irvine Grant
Pitzer Participant, Claremont, CA. Fall 2002 This article highlights Irvine Diversity Urban Fellow Jaime Ramirez's work with five summer diversity interns, creating the STudent Empowerment Program (STEP) and the new diversity organization Students for Diversity Awareness (SDA). Pitzer College assists literacy program for incarcerated young men
Claremont Courier, Claremont, CA. December 18, 2002 This article describes the recent $25,000 "Improving Literacy Through School Libraries" grant that CCCSI helped Core Partner Camps Afflerbaugh Paige receive. The funds will allow the school to hire a library media specialist and expand the library hours. Grant funds literacy program for troubled teens
Inland Valley Voice, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA. December 21, 2002 This article describes the recent $25,000 "Improving Literacy Through School Libraries" grant that CCCSI helped Core Partner Camps Afflerbaugh Paige receive. The funds will allow the school to hire a library media specialist and expand the library hours. Day laborers' safe haven takes on festive atmosphere
Inland Valley Voice, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA. December 21, 2002 This article describes the holiday festivities with CCCSI's Distinguished Partner the Pomona Day Labor Center. Professor Jose Calderon and other Claremont Colleges students helped make this day a success for workers and their families. Pitzer students help itinerant workers ( picture )
The Daily Bulletin, Inland Valley, Ontario, CA. September 18, 2000 This article features the partnership between CCCSI and the Pomona Economic Opportunity-Day Labor Center, and highlights the work made possible by recent grants from two CCCSI contributors, The California Endowment and Edison International. Day laborers' fate debated ( picture )
The Daily Bulletin, Inland Valley, Ontario, CA. September 18, 2000 This article discusses the plight of day laborers in Ontario and cites Pitzer's role in helping to establish the Pomona Economic Opportunity-Day Labor Center as a model for other cities and communities. Activists target homelessness ( picture )
The Daily Bulletin, Inland Valley, Ontario, CA. August 14, 2000 This article features the work of Tom Flores '99, CCCSI urban fellow, and Pitzer students Rebecca Dryer and Joanna Cuevas, CCCSI summer interns, at the National Homeless Convention in Los Angeles. Pitzer College's service learning means collaborations, community changes
Dean & Provost, LRP Publications. June 2000 Jose Calderon, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chicano Studies and CCCSI faculty liaison, and Suzanne Foster, CCCSI urban fellow, were featured in this article about Pitzer's service learning opportunities. Homeless will hold a convention of their own
The Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2000 Tom Flores '99, CCCSI urban fellow, worked with activist Ted Hayes to organize the National Homeless Convention in August. This LA Times article features their work. Reaching Out (PDF)
Participant, Pitzer's award-winning magazine. The Participant is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF), which may be viewed with Acrobat Reader. Click on this logo to receive a free copy.  Area Students Get a Real Life Education ( picture ) Grants aid Pitzer on issues
The Claremont Courier, Claremont, CA. Jan. 23, 1999 Interview with President Marilyn Chapin Massey
KNX-AM Radio, Los Angeles. Jan. 18, 1999 Funds to help students learn outside of class
The Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 1999 Pitzer College receives $1 million for new center
The Daily Bulletin, Inland Valley, Ontario, CA. Jan. 14, 1999 Pitzer College receives $1 Million in Keck, Irvine grants to support new center
Pitzer College Participant. Jan. 13, 1999
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