Past Events

Tamalada! Cooking for a Cause and Community

Our Tamalada! was an opportunity to learn how to make our cherished family recipe of both savory and sweet tamales. We shared stories and lore on not just how to make tamales but how to eat tamales, all while supporting our work and tradition of serving the community.

Film Screening of Salsipuedes Street

Salsipuedes Street follows the story of Luis Vasquez and his sisters, Angie and America, as they struggle to keep their family intact while chasing the American Dream following their parents’ sudden deportation.

We held an pre-distribution screening of Salsipuedes Street, courtesy of writer Toby Campion. Following the screening, we held a discussion on the film, its meaning, and the plight of undocumented immigrants with director Dennis Sandoval of Community Film Studio Santa Barbara.

20th Anniversary: CORE Founders Day

We held a special screening of an episode of “Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement” followed by a special panel of CORE’s co-founders in celebration of our 20th Founders’ Day!

Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference

The Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference is an annual conference hosted at Vassar College dedicated to immigrant youth, their issues, and their power.

IYEC3 brought together immigrant youth and community members from the local area and provided attendees with a day full of workshops, speakers, and plenary sessions that inform and empower immigrant youth about issues confronting their community.

The theme of IYEC3 was “Immigration, Education and Hope.” It explored the relationship between immigration and education, and centered the importance of schools and education to the lives of immigrant populations in the U.S. The struggle for education for immigrants is one that has not been limited to K-12 schooling but has also included access to and through higher education. Therefore, in a nation with compulsory education, the U.S. must continue opening its doors to immigrants and its children because they are part of our community, families, and society. Our conference unpacked how schools have shaped immigration and immigrant students while also considering how immigrant students have shaped our education systems.

Noche de Lotería

We hosted a vibrant and community-centered Noche de Lotería, bringing together the local community for an evening of fun and solidarity. The event featured multiple rounds of lotería, a beloved Mexican game similar to bingo, with culturally resonant cards and prizes that highlighted Chicano heritage. Attendees enjoyed some comida, music, and an atmosphere of collective joy, while learning about CORE’s mission to advocate for educational equity and social justice for Chicano/Latino students.

Screening of Dolores

Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change.

We held a special screening of the documentary film Dolores, in partnership with Vassar College’s Latinx Student Union (LSU), in celebration of Dolores Huerta’s birthday!