Ramon Martinez to graduate in 2010
By H. Nelson Goodson
October 1, 2010
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Ramon Martinez, 18, of Milwaukee was selected the Homecoming King 2010 for South Milwaukee High School. He was selected by the high school student body. Also selected as Homecoming Queen was Amber Buczak. The homecoming game wil be between South Milwaukee and Tosa.
Martinez who will graduate this year received his crown and will be at the South Milwaukee High School Homecoming dance on Saturday.
He is the son of Odette G. Martinez and Ramon Martinez. Odette is originally from Laredo, Texas and Ramon is originally from Mexico City, Mexico.
Martinez plans to attend college after graduating and is the grandson of the late Marla O. Anderson who is well known for her community education activism in the 1970's. She was an instrumental leader in the 1970 peaceful protests and sit-ins at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Chancellor's Office. Anderson along with four other people were arrested on August 27, 1970, while engaged in a peaceful sit-in protest and persistence to change UWM policy to allow Latinos to enroll. The four people arrested with Anderson were Jesus Salas, Dante Navarro, Gregorio "Goyo" Rivera and Jose Luis Huerta-Sanchez.
Odette, Ramon's mother also participated in the UWM peaceful protests. In the Summer of 1970, only 14 Latino students were registered at UWM, compared to 25,000 White students, and had no Hispanic faculty. Once UWM changed its discriminatory policy that prevented Latinos to enroll, Hispanics, low income Whites, Asians, Native Americans and other minority ethnic groups were able to enroll at UWM and the UW-System. Even private and technical colleges throughout Wisconsin began to enroll Latinos and other ethnic groups.
Today, at least 1,400 Hispanic students attend UWM per semester and UWM has 30 Latino faculty.
On September 18, 2010, Martinez along with family members attended a banquet at the UWM Student Union Ballroom to celebrate and commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the UWM's 1970 peaceful protests for higher education accessibility at the Chancellor's Office.
After the UWM community protests in 1970, the Hispanic community and supporters continue to pushed and helped create the Milwaukee Public Schools bilingual program, made Wisconsin state jobs available to Latinos, struck down a height requirement that prevented Hispanics from getting hired by the Milwaukee Police Department and Fire Department.
Added UWM article link:
Milwaukee Latino Community To Celebrate 40th Anniversary, Making Higher Education Accessible http://bit.ly/bafD6L
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By H. Nelson Goodson
October 1, 2010
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Ramon Martinez, 18, of Milwaukee was selected the Homecoming King 2010 for South Milwaukee High School. He was selected by the high school student body. Also selected as Homecoming Queen was Amber Buczak. The homecoming game wil be between South Milwaukee and Tosa.
Martinez who will graduate this year received his crown and will be at the South Milwaukee High School Homecoming dance on Saturday.
He is the son of Odette G. Martinez and Ramon Martinez. Odette is originally from Laredo, Texas and Ramon is originally from Mexico City, Mexico.
Martinez plans to attend college after graduating and is the grandson of the late Marla O. Anderson who is well known for her community education activism in the 1970's. She was an instrumental leader in the 1970 peaceful protests and sit-ins at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Chancellor's Office. Anderson along with four other people were arrested on August 27, 1970, while engaged in a peaceful sit-in protest and persistence to change UWM policy to allow Latinos to enroll. The four people arrested with Anderson were Jesus Salas, Dante Navarro, Gregorio "Goyo" Rivera and Jose Luis Huerta-Sanchez.
Odette, Ramon's mother also participated in the UWM peaceful protests. In the Summer of 1970, only 14 Latino students were registered at UWM, compared to 25,000 White students, and had no Hispanic faculty. Once UWM changed its discriminatory policy that prevented Latinos to enroll, Hispanics, low income Whites, Asians, Native Americans and other minority ethnic groups were able to enroll at UWM and the UW-System. Even private and technical colleges throughout Wisconsin began to enroll Latinos and other ethnic groups.
Today, at least 1,400 Hispanic students attend UWM per semester and UWM has 30 Latino faculty.
On September 18, 2010, Martinez along with family members attended a banquet at the UWM Student Union Ballroom to celebrate and commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the UWM's 1970 peaceful protests for higher education accessibility at the Chancellor's Office.
After the UWM community protests in 1970, the Hispanic community and supporters continue to pushed and helped create the Milwaukee Public Schools bilingual program, made Wisconsin state jobs available to Latinos, struck down a height requirement that prevented Hispanics from getting hired by the Milwaukee Police Department and Fire Department.
Added UWM article link:
Milwaukee Latino Community To Celebrate 40th Anniversary, Making Higher Education Accessible http://bit.ly/bafD6L
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