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This measure, ACR 109, extends a special honor and commendation to Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD). It congratulates LEAD for the occasion of the 2014 Summit held this last March, and it's history of academic excellence

and the extraordinary caliber of service...; and formally recognizes the last week of March every year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education. This ACR serves also to reify/update the previous Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR 137 - Carter,

officially chaptered by the Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2010), "whereas beginning March 29, 2010, California State University, San Bernardino, College of Education will host its inaugural Latino Education and Advocacy Week Summit . . .

resolved that every year the last week of March is hereby declared as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino Education"

Cesar Chavez' grandson came to my home. We showed the Chavez movie on campus and he led a great discussion on the legacy of the movement. He, his cousin Jacob, and my nephew Turtle grew up in La Paz at the Chavez Memorial site. Turtles father was Cesar's body guard. I was honored today with this gift from the Chavez family. A bottle of Black Eagle wine. And look closely, it's signed with the Chavez autograph. A tremendous honor!

Ciani Yareizah Zelene has learned well our family history. The Calavera she made gives honor to our ancestors. In our ancient Mexican culture, we teach our history through the oral tradition and jam-pack our symbols with very deep meaning.

We can trace our family history to the year 648 (Ce Tecpatl) when the Nahuatlacas arrived in what is Culiacan, Sinaloa. The anthros and linguists call it "uto-aztecan", but we call ourselves Tahue Yoreme. And our people migrated south, having come from the north. We are the same people who constructed the beautiful places in what are now the ruins of Mesa Verde Colorado, Chaco Canyon New Mexico, and Casas Grandes in Chihuahua.

On the forehead is an Amapa flower. The colors are lilac, yellow, and pink, and they fill the countryside and coastlines in Sinaloa. Our people made and still make furniture from the wood of the tree part. It symbolizes the strong heart and beauty - and the in our cosmology, the flower world is a place full of happiness and joy, even if it belongs to the realm of the Dead, which sustains the enduring renewal of life on earth.

Below the eye sockets, on the sides of the nostril, you see a figure formed by two bars or numerals. Each has a value of 5. The circle represents the number 1. Together, they symbolize the 11 rivers in Sinaloa. Fish and water are represented by the blue waves. The yellow wave are the mines. The green wave represents agriculture.

And on the back of the skull you see what represents our "Tree of Life." The color of the base is brown which represents the mother earth. Two obsidian knives embrace the pitaya or round cactus fruit. This fruit served as our ancestor's staple food during their pilgrimages. This divine or sacred fruit is crowned with a halo of light. In the center you can see the outline to the Tree of Life. The Sacred Tree or Cosmic Tree connects all forms of creation.

Lesson learned - symbols are never really just random designs. All things have meaning.

"Crescent Moon." This figure represents the moon in form of a pot and a flint stone that represents the year ce tecpatle 648, which is the year the Nahuatl or Aztecs arrived in Culiacan. The tip of the arrowhead is red, which represents Mesoamerica.

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