Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | 9am – 12pm
Testimonial by a teacher-practitioner who helped develop a powerful community-anchored, place-based ethnic studies program in a semi-rural county with similarities to Santa Cruz.
Featured Speaker:
Alfonso Tabouda
Alfonso Tabouda was born and raised in the Coachella Valley. In the 1990s, he joined MEChA and became politically active in helping empower his community. He became involved in organizing students throughout the Coachella Valley against Proposition 187 (anti-immigrant bill), 209 (anti-affirmative action), and 207 (English-only education). He attended UC Riverside, where he received his B.S. in Anthropology. At UC Riverside, he organized a collation of students, organizations, and community members for a Latina Chancellor. After graduating, He began working in the Eastern Coachella Valley on a research project looking into the farmworker’s colonials. During this time, he found the passion to teach. This is when he returned to school and received his Master of Education and Teaching Credential at Claremont Graduate University. He has taught for the Coachella Valley Unified School District for the last nineteen years. He is a co-founder of Ethnic Studies at CVUSD.
