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Vision
The De Anza Latinx Association will honor, cultivate and leverage the collective power, contributions, inclusivity and excellence of Latinx culture, knowledge, and wisdom.
In Solidarity With the Black Lives Matter Movement
As we take time to celebrate your achievements tonight, we also need to take time to acknowledge the struggles of our Black brothers and sisters. The violence and deep-rooted racism that they are experiencing every day is heartbreaking and angering.
As you start your next chapter, remember that this battle will only be won if we work together in solidarity to support our Black and Brown communities and dismantle the systems that were created to keep people of color from rising.
A Message to the Graduates
On behalf of the De Anza LatinX Association (DALA) faculty and staff members, we would like to send our sincere congratulations to our 2020 graduating class! This class has triumphed through some difficult times – many of you entering the world in 2001 when our country worked through the 9/11 attacks, continuing your studies while our state of California battled wildfires, and now finishing
your studies virtually at De Anza College while fighting a pandemic that has affected the world. Nevertheless, like our ancestors, our LatinX students have been resilient and persistent, and will continue to pave the way for those that follow in generations to come. We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see the change you will create in our community. Congratulations to the graduating class of 2020!
Un Message para los Graduados
¡Departe de la facultad y personal de De Anza LatinX Association (DALA), queremos desearles las más sinceras felicidades a la clase del 2020! Este grupo de estudiantes ha triumfado tiempos muy difíciles, con unos de ustedes entrando al mundo en el año 2001 cuando nuestro país sufrió de los ataques del 9/11, estudiaron durante los incendios que afectaron nuestro estado de California, y ahora, están terminando sus cursos de De Anza en forma virtual por mientras que nuestro mundo es afectado por una pandémia. Sin embargo, como nuestros ancestros, nuestros estudiantes LatinX han resistido, han persivido, y están allando el camino para las generaciones que los siguen. Estamos tán orgullosos de ustedes, y no podemos esperar ver el cambio que van a crear en nuestra comunidad. ¡Felicidades a las clase del 2020!
Nowadays, hoy en día, with our world full of war and violence and lack of love, a world full of greed,
a world full of domination, grasping power, venal stupidity, real evil, don’t get me started, it’s good to know that a conversation about tacos will always engender a sense of comfort and happiness. If we could only sit down at a big, round world table and eat tacos in a spirit of love, we might begin to work on world peace.
– Denise Chavez
Though we tremble before uncertain futures / may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength / may we dance in the face of our fears.
– Gloria Anzaldúa