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We express our
heart-felt gratitude to the
Honorable Cruz Reynoso for entrusting his legacy with
La Raza Law Students Association.
Friday,
May 7th, 2004
Law Offices of Duran, Ochoa & Icaza, LLP
1035 Carleton Street
Berkeley CA 94710
Thanks to your support, La Raza Law Students
Association awarded the first Cruz Reynoso Social Justice
Fellowship to Ms. Patricia Salazar, who will work
this summer to serve the Latina/o community in Los Angeles.
The evening began with mariachi welcoming
attendees. People then began to sit, and dinner was served.
Cristal Torres de Herrera, Co-Chairperson de La Raza
Law Students Association then described the vision behind
the Fellowship and introduced this year's keynote speaker,
Maria Blanco, executive director of the Lawyer's Committee
for Civil Rights for the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Blanco
delivered a stirring keynote address that featured the statistical
reality of Latina/o education in California.
The Honorable Cruz Reynoso then spoke.
Justice Reynoso shared his vision of community service and
challenged all present to ensure that such service transcends
the delivery of legal services and manifests true engagement
with the people and organizations that form our communities.
The night ended with a grito, led by Alex Zuñíga,
past Treasurer of the Association. Afterwards, students and
friends caroused at a local pub in Berkeley.
Gracias a todos
who joined us and to those who could not attend but whose
support made the evening possible! Be sure to plan to attend
next year's celebration!
La Raza Law Students
Association
recognizes the invaluable contributions of:
Fundadores
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons & Farisse Foundation
Frank Fernandez & Carmen Flores
Denise Abrams & David Harrington
Dianna Lyons
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Benefactor
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP
Contribuidor
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
Amigos
Berkeley La Raza Law Journal
Dr. Sharon Albright
Cecilia Castellanos
Alfonso Z. González
Tomas Olmos
Jerry Ruiz
We also thank Leandro Duran and his
partners at Duran, Ochoa & Icaza, LLP at whose
firm, we held this year's dinner.
To learn about our first fellowship dinner, click
here.
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