Dante Navarro, Honorary Parade Marshall
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An estimated, 60,000 people lined up along the parade route and at least 10,000, people attended the bicentennial festival after the parade.
By H. Nelson Goodson
September 19, 2010
Updated:
Milwaukee - On Sunday, the Mexican Independence Bicentennial parade committee featured Dante Navarro as the Honorary Parade Marshall for this year. Navarro is well known for his community education activism in the 1970's. He was an instrumental leader in the 1970 peaceful protests and sit-ins at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Chancellor's Office.
Navarro along with four other people were arrested on August 27, 1970, while engaged in a peaceful sit-in, protest and persistence to change UWM policy to allow Latinos to enroll. The four people arrested with Navarro were Jesus Salas, Marla O. Anderson, Gregorio "Goyo" Rivera and Jose Luis Huerta-Sanchez.
Navarro was the first Hispanic candidate to run for public office in Milwaukee's South side.
Last night at the UWM banquet sponsored by the 40th ACT Anniversary Committee and the Roberto Hernandez Center, Navarro was recognized along with other leaders and protesters for their success in making higher education accessible to generations of Latinos in Wisconsin.
For years, Navarro was the first Hispanic radio announcer in a Spanish Radio program geared to the Latino community and has worked for UMOS concerning migrant issues.
The parade sponsored by United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) celebrated the 39th Mexican parade in Milwaukee's South side.
This year's three mile long parade route skipped the newly opened $1.6 million Streepscape renovation project on S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive. The Chavez Drive opened for traffic flow in early September.
The one day festival on Sunday opened to the public at the UMOS Corporate Office parking lot, from noon until 9:00 p.m.
An estimated, 60,000 people line up through the parade route and at least 10,000, people attended the bicentennial festival after the parade.
Mexico is celebrating its 200 years of Independence and 100 years of their revolution.
Added article recognizing Dante Navarro for his instrumental role in the UWM peaceful protests and sit-ins in 1970.
Milwaukee Latino Community To Celebrate 40th Anniversary, Making Higher Education Accessible http://bit.ly/bafD6L
More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mexican Independence Bicentennial Parade Pictures by HNG included below.
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Photos by HNG
An estimated, 60,000 people lined up along the parade route and at least 10,000, people attended the bicentennial festival after the parade.
By H. Nelson Goodson
September 19, 2010
Updated:
Milwaukee - On Sunday, the Mexican Independence Bicentennial parade committee featured Dante Navarro as the Honorary Parade Marshall for this year. Navarro is well known for his community education activism in the 1970's. He was an instrumental leader in the 1970 peaceful protests and sit-ins at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Chancellor's Office.
Navarro along with four other people were arrested on August 27, 1970, while engaged in a peaceful sit-in, protest and persistence to change UWM policy to allow Latinos to enroll. The four people arrested with Navarro were Jesus Salas, Marla O. Anderson, Gregorio "Goyo" Rivera and Jose Luis Huerta-Sanchez.
Navarro was the first Hispanic candidate to run for public office in Milwaukee's South side.
Last night at the UWM banquet sponsored by the 40th ACT Anniversary Committee and the Roberto Hernandez Center, Navarro was recognized along with other leaders and protesters for their success in making higher education accessible to generations of Latinos in Wisconsin.
For years, Navarro was the first Hispanic radio announcer in a Spanish Radio program geared to the Latino community and has worked for UMOS concerning migrant issues.
The parade sponsored by United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) celebrated the 39th Mexican parade in Milwaukee's South side.
This year's three mile long parade route skipped the newly opened $1.6 million Streepscape renovation project on S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive. The Chavez Drive opened for traffic flow in early September.
The one day festival on Sunday opened to the public at the UMOS Corporate Office parking lot, from noon until 9:00 p.m.
An estimated, 60,000 people line up through the parade route and at least 10,000, people attended the bicentennial festival after the parade.
Mexico is celebrating its 200 years of Independence and 100 years of their revolution.
Added article recognizing Dante Navarro for his instrumental role in the UWM peaceful protests and sit-ins in 1970.
Milwaukee Latino Community To Celebrate 40th Anniversary, Making Higher Education Accessible http://bit.ly/bafD6L
In photo (L-R) Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Arnoldo Sevilla gave El Grito at the Mexican Independence Bicentennial parade and UMOS festival; Marla Possell, Emcee-volunteer; Alberto Fonscerado, representative from the Mexican Consulate in Chicago; and Rita Renteria, who recently retired from UMOS.
The Mexican Independence Bicentennial Grito was celebrated in unity throughout Mexico, around the the world where large populations of Mexican Citizens reside and in the U.S., except in Chicago.
The Mexican Consulate in Chicago experienced protests on a weekly basis in August and September by Mexican members of the Chicago community for excluding the Mexican Civic Society of Illinois from officially participating in the Bicentennial Grito.
Mexican Consul Manuel Rodriguez Arriaga decided to exclude the Mexican Civic Society of Illinois and had never released any comment for the decision. Members of the Hispanic community are calling for Rodriguez Arriaga's removal. They raised allegations that Rodriguez Arriaga in Chicago hasn't legally represented or condemn the removal of thousands of undocumented immigrants from Mexico that have been deported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Illinois.
Related article to El Grito protests in Chicago, Illinois at the Mexican Consulate.
Breaking News: Second Protest At Mexican Consul In Chicago Over Bicentennial "El Grito" Ouster Of Mexican Civic Society http://bit.ly/9ESaRF
The Mexican Independence Bicentennial Grito was celebrated in unity throughout Mexico, around the the world where large populations of Mexican Citizens reside and in the U.S., except in Chicago.
The Mexican Consulate in Chicago experienced protests on a weekly basis in August and September by Mexican members of the Chicago community for excluding the Mexican Civic Society of Illinois from officially participating in the Bicentennial Grito.
Mexican Consul Manuel Rodriguez Arriaga decided to exclude the Mexican Civic Society of Illinois and had never released any comment for the decision. Members of the Hispanic community are calling for Rodriguez Arriaga's removal. They raised allegations that Rodriguez Arriaga in Chicago hasn't legally represented or condemn the removal of thousands of undocumented immigrants from Mexico that have been deported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Illinois.
Related article to El Grito protests in Chicago, Illinois at the Mexican Consulate.
Breaking News: Second Protest At Mexican Consul In Chicago Over Bicentennial "El Grito" Ouster Of Mexican Civic Society http://bit.ly/9ESaRF
More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mexican Independence Bicentennial Parade Pictures by HNG included below.
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