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Photo: Cheech Marin will be the honorary chair/padrino de honor. Theme is “Movimiento y Compromiso: 50 Years of Challenges, Possibilities, and the Quest for Educational Equity.
Richard Anthony Marin, better known as Cheech Marin, is a Mexican American cultural figure and one of the catalysts of the Chicano movement will be the featured speakers when the Latino Education and Advocacy Days Summit XI convenes at Cal State San Bernardino, California. The honorary chair/padrino de honor, is the morning featured speaker, and Rosalío Muñoz, chiefly remembered as the co-chair of the Chicano Moratorium Committee, an anti-war movement that played a pivotal role in shaping one of Chicana/o history’s defining moments, will deliver the afternoon keynote address.