speakers at CHAP eventsPorterville College Cultural Historical Awareness Program

PC Home

Text size: normal size text large size text larger size text

2012-2013 CHAP Theme: Workers on the Move

This year, Porterville College will explore how migration has impacted workers and vice-versa through the years and across locales. Beginning in September 2012 and continuing through May 2013, CHAP will sponsor numerous events relating to this theme. Stay tuned as the year progresses and be sure to come back to this site to see our updated list of events as we continue to add to them.

2012-2013 Schedule of Events:

Note: All events are free and open to the public and will take place in the PC Theatre, unless otherwise indicated.

September 2012

  • Monday, September 17, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    The 4th Amendment and the Exclusionary Rule: Continue to Adopt, Alter, or Abolish? - Presented by Robert Christenson
  • Wednesday, September 19, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    "¡Ningun Trabajamos!” Mexican Workers in the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Strike of 1933 - Presented by Professor Jay Hargis

October 2012

  • Wednesday, October 17, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    The Sinking of the Titanic: 100 Years Later - Presented by Professor Terry Crewse
  • Friday, October 19, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
    Dust Bowl Recollections: My Journey to California in the 1930s - Presented by Dr. Herb Bonds and Jeff Edwards

November 2012

  • Veterans Panel - Canceled due to unforeseen circumstances

February 2013

  • Friday, February 22, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
    The People of Clouds - Presented by Photographer Matt Black with special guests
  • Wednesday, February 27, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    Black History: Pushing America to Honor Its Creed - Presented by Maurice Ecung

March 2013

  • Friday, March 8, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
    Obscene in the Extreme - Presented by Author Rick Wartzman

April 2013

  • Monday, April 1, 6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
    "Camp to Campus" - Film screening and follow up discussion (more information)
  • Wednesday, April 3, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    "Double Luck" - Presented by author, Lu Chi Fa (Gordon Lu)
  • Wednesday, April 10, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    THE BRACERO PROGRAM: Catalyst for Change - Presented by Professor Jay Hargis
  • Friday, April 12, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
    The Bracero Program - Presented by Professor Jay Hargis
  • Friday, April 19, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
    X-Marks the Spot -- Or Does It: The Archaeology of Piracy - Presented by Dr. Russell K. Skowronek
  • Wednesday, April 24, 11:30 a.m. until food is gone
    Multicultural Food Fest

May 2013

  • Friday, May 3, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
    Land of Milk and Money - Presented by Anthony Barcellos, Professor of Mathematics at American River College and Author of "Land of Milk and Money"