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Ruben Abrica, adjunct faculty member at National Hispanic University and instructor at De Anza College, will talk about local Latino history and culture at the Citizens of Cupertino Cross-Cultural Consortium's (5Cs) quarterly multicultural presentation on April 2. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in city hall, Conference Room C.
Abrica teaches courses in multicultural education, Latino culture and educational sociology and psychology. His experience includes working for Migrant Education summer school and serving as a Spanish language translator and teacher for the Peace Corps.
At its meeting on May 7, the 5Cs will review Breaking Through. The memoir was written by Francisco Jimenez, a professor in Santa Clara University's department of modern languages and literatures and director of ethnic studies at the university. The book focuses on 14-year-old Francisco and his family, who are caught by la migra (immigration officers) and forced to leave their California home but find their way back.
According to Publishers Weekly, the author explores the prejudice and challenges his family faced while also relaying universal adolescent experiences of school, dances and romances. The book was featured this year in the Silicon Valley Reads: One Book, One Community project.
The 5Cs organizes multicultural presentations, book reviews and visits to ethnic restaurants every three months. The 5Cs meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Cupertino City Hall, unless noted otherwise. For more information, call 408.777.3331.
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