Going to Work for Dirk

F rom the YOUnl boy SCO/Ilperi", borefOOl through lbe dirt tho! what l lac~ed ... ere the proper 100];, And Ihey atreed," ",.et. of the tiny mountain village of Michoacm, );texico, to hi; CAMP offe" mittant or ,easonoJ farm worke,.. and !heir child,en currern pool., bel d of U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthon>e'. DId.... U a Iree year 0< oollege. Then, after the flJ11 ye OT, .rudents are on tbei r office, Daniel Ramirei b .. rome 110nll .'ay. A15, Romirez ",I' .n ill.tal .lien . lm0<1 too YO\IfIi to ,emember Rl mirez . droih he WI> he..-ildered when he .tarted.t BSU in lbe beiOt "",uWed into the United St.t., br hi, moIller - .he w.. f.1l of t 9AA. determined to find het hU!!b:rnd woo hod di""ppt:l red aero. 1M "I wu shoclbe· and the other w.. the Student fore filially succeeding. SUI'I""'i I'ro&=n" By 6, Ramir« ..... wotkinll 'The Siudeni Support Progr.m in tbo pot~to . nd "'lIa, beet as.iots disad~ontaged Mudents lield.. rOWldMinidoh. He c"" Ihrough tUiorin" ,Iudy .kills 'how ymt the scarred linger that tmnio" OOIlfidence-oe.",.d to with a 3.3 GP A .nd a b.chelor be interminable, .l,etching from olart. in political ",iellte't joys and hoIIor. ill my life my por<>II'ihle M.nc"" ·A ~c",, to work for . U.S. _01,., in Idaho. ~ child-bbor~ioI:I!i""" I nd Ramirez wa. enrolled in ochool. BUI he lIe credit> I d. bo', Republican Parly for hi' care","""'"" to date. w.s regularly laken oul ofd ..... ro help wilh bu.y lime. in the fields. Why? For on\lmberofruoom,be '.Y'. Forone Ibin',il ..... GOP­ When .ummer rolled around and his frieods we,.., off to .WIIItler . pomored inlo~er in lbe field.> under tll< bloochi03 .un. lelloWlhip pro""", on minorily le.dership I"opelled him 10 Wasb­ A. lbe .."""" turned, Romi,e, pewolder and.tronger. He .,j,o ington, where he RIel Sen. Kemptborne. trew 10 ...u~ more re'JKl'l'ibilily. By tbe time he was 1~ . e w .. RI/Ilirez '''Y' he hi , political aspirations. Hisgreatest.trength, managing a field =wolI5. Still, his early fonnaleducation left, 1ot lire hi. compo ..ion for otbers ood hi. determinalion to ,ucceed, he 10 be do.d coor.idered "Yoo. know," RI/Illuz ...ys musin~ly , " people .tereotype Men­ ! toing 10 oollege. CII n. .. be in~ lazy. But think .bout it. Would)'Oll he wiUinglotravel ~ "I convinced [CAMP =:ruite,,], cie

32 """us Breaking Bilingual Barriers

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U nable to .pe.~ Engliih, C'.onsueJo Q~ilantan \leg •• r ....t trade Englisb instructioll. available ill tbe schools, a lack of Hil;pank role in a stgregmed.• Il-Me.kan Ten.• ""boo1- She graduated from model., ond tbe bciiel OK !be pM!: 01 some Me~ .tll<:bool pos.;ble. "I ~a. As adminimator 0( .upple­ o migranl on my ""boo! yeor.," "",olary ..moe. lor {be Nompa """ ")'I, ofte:n in a "ogle ye,., Scbool. DislritMd English quite w.n. her grade if caught opeaking S~o­ Entli.h .pukiog .kills re­ iob. r>r fIne d 5 ='" per Spanish word ,poken, .. '0'" QuilOIllan in m~in.~ limited. One teAcher at Mioico allowed ber to write school Te:J< ... But, ,he "'Y', d ..... t • ..,bing ElIglish rema;" limited. Pres­ papers in Sp."ish, .nd tben fou.nd so,n,,,,ne to tr"",late tloem into ently, 'oy, Quil..,tan, te"'raJ funding .upport. bilin~ual ed""at;on Engli.h. in junior-bigh math and scie""" 01 ...... All grade, olter 3(l-45 ForQuil.olan.th.lgeslur.w&osimporW!t'ymboiically ... it .... minut .. per day 0[ Engli>h os a s."""d l.ntuoge (ESL) cl.iss, .he academically. "'It was 1Mt feelint of oeoth En~i.b .nd Spani.bI, ,lHIIItIcr tbe n LIm her melementor}' .tudent, jum red from 0 previOll> and we ne.d mro-e l>ilingual teache" .nd C\lrriculum." ""er"!!,, of 200-250 to 400. The ...rung progrom drew 150 .tudent&, QuilantM. was .MOIIg those wOo belped to de.1p Bo~ SUIte's mo.t o""Jir'1 to class .traigbt from tbe field>. "'They're", moIi· hilin~l ed"""tioo program, which ,tart.d in 1977. Sbe recruited vated,".be "')'5. -they ~ant tke:ir education." Spani"Hpeaking t.acher·, aid.. , ffi01\y who lsave .anted their But Quit.ntao ackDOwledgt., "I lI&~e 10 say that our graduoting teaching degree. and wo

POCUS 33 A Judge of Character

At14, Sergio Gutierrez ...... hiy,-scttooI dropom. Today, al A fler uadualing from la.. ool • Gutierre. returned 10 Jdabo 10 40, be j, lbe fir9t.nd only Mexic.n_ AmeTko" ""pointed '0 Ihe Idaho late a job wilb Idaho Legal Aid 10 "work for the underrepresented." judiciary. H e ...' ..ith ILA i:>rneorly 10years before joininga Buist law fum. The p"lb he f<>llov.,.d tn hio Co.ldv.'e ll, Idaho, pool", judae for W ben the Cltm di,!oOl ved, GIl tierrez oppealed 10 Key Bank for a 1""0 Idaho'. 3rd Dir.lricl C<>uM w., neither >ttoight nor norro... H ...., In .tort hi, O1'In firm. born in Ihe r.t.te of Chihuahuo in n<:>r{hern Mexico and corne to the "They took • ri>k ... ilh .-. and within • ye" w. had " yery Urlited St.lesat18moo,hs o!alle, lIisfa,her v.'.,. Hi,p.nic United ,ucees.tul praclice in cauyon County," he ...ys. 8m.. citizen liYiOJ in Califor­ His oppoinlment tnlhe bench nia. Ills mothor ...s • Mexican corne 10" N""em ber when Gov. ""'[ooal. Cecit Andru • .elected hi, nome A,. migrant worker, he ",os from a "hortH.t prepared by nOi • >ery ~ood field lund, in IdoOO', Judiciol Council. lIe part because he didn't like the took office ""Dec. 1. La", May WOI"L So be tried T.,lawont . ome one of Ihe t;rtal.sl c1tol.­ jobo ODd then "",oo(bed oul lenge' of hi' career -. p;>Iilicll dent' . , "" auto-body rep.ir­ rac. to relain his office. mon, Ileal",tox"'. bigh-scbooI "111i, ... . a cont"'ted "",eo" • cqui.oleDCY 1.. 1 to obtoin bio be.o)"'!. "ltwaon'toneottb.. e G=. •bre=ro..' e,o;pedAlly ,ince J was AI17hem.rriedb;"l~.yeor. new. BUI J was determined 10 old girlfriend, Mary. Togetber. !lOI hove my ""reer short·dr­ (oc Y"""8 couple >oon be~ cuit «l only.ix moothufter 8et­ their family_ In 1975 Ihe lillJ st.rteot the defendant> be ..y._ "There w.,. return­ Judge." ore Mexican·Am.ricon •. ;og-t<>-bome ~ind of feeling for "You try 10 mllke . differeoc • ." as • judge," II< "'y'. "Bnt what I do is very .tructuraJ. Still. I very In 1976, GUlierre, was recruited by BSU educalion professtt mnchcare .bout the defendon!> _ .. much .., I care about protect­ Jahn Jen.en 10 participate in a progr. m 10 Iroin tl'ilintual > with "Y'. is to build monger fomily lie, and "neighborbood roheel of eyes .nd e." romeYO he Ibink, front oflh. cla"room .nd the other '"' tuned in", 00 children woo GUlierrez "ba, an .ven I.mper.menl and lries bard 10 do the right WeT. pl.)"in 1lv,'iwlOyo • nd coting tbeir '""'~ dinner:< OOlside the door. thillJ·" Soon he gradualed 1m", asu ... ith h"""",. "He', much more diligont lhao oth.r n .... judgeu nd real comp ..• , "I had WlIlItod 10 ho I leadler, and I was prood 10 ho tho flnt .ionat.,~ Bi>hop "Y'. "And he', Sol a ~ letol mind _ TUlly graduale of tho n .... proyan>. ~ b. "Y'. "Il meant a 101 tom. bee.u,e trod." g somepeoplehod tokl me tbaU wouldnotdoweIinroUege. But two Bi.bQp b .. been repre.enting Conyon County', di>Advontaged ~ week; l.tOT I W,,", in 1. ...chool At the Univenily of C..alifornia ot for 12 ye ..... Approximately,1.O peTOent 01 hi. clients are Mexic.n· ~ lIa"'int·" A mcriesn,. IrooicaJly. he ' ")"' he thin~' Gutierrez deli ve .. too gher • "Il w .. at th., point Ib.t I really l>eS.n to mature," he "')'I. "I sentence. 10 Mexican-American, than 10 Anti"" GUlierre,sen· ~ hog.., to nnde",moo whal Ibe fomily wl.'l toiot Ibrough for my l

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M ari. Nov. knows th.t one of tbe few things lou!lJer tb.n bilinlll"l ""';'10""" to workers >0 they can effectively"", the infor­ beina: • migrant farm worker io not being 00._ mation and cOIIIplete job applic.o.tion>; C.O.te o[ education and opportunity freT1 in in. fi ekb ,.no,.tiro .ftcr generali"". A •• child, sbe will aid tbem in obt<1ining or retaining employmen{. eIperienced the lifestyle of toiling on f'IIII1! [or .orvinl. As • ·U;' definitely. chulengini role: &he " Y". "People .,ay I rll"" divor,oe in her 300 and paTem of thru girl" dIe corned. {ont barrier to .apport­ ver.ity. "I did it the bard .... y." ing mitrant farm worh", ;. she says. pwple', aUitlldc> toward Ills­ Nay. b.. lont"nee len the Plme., who m:dc up the l0tte.t fi~lds, but she h", 1101 lelt tbe ethnic "oup iD lcl down forothen. to rcopeel-" Aocording [0 Nav., the ner­ Racist .nitude" lock of """'"1 "8e mi~.o I ottiCultural bborer I nd ll ollu.ge skill>, I nd resi..­ rarely two (be option-or tbe {I nce from employe" woo.e know ·bow_{o "';loh carUll 0< interests are be,{ ..rved by <1 lifesty ...... ""Ho,.." lacung option, per­ Meanwbil. .te reotypical petuate a limited life.lyle for American dre ..... lik ••ltern.­ many mitrmt f"""~.. , ti ve j ob OppoflUO; ti ... nd nlOr. MARIA MAVA: "PeoJ)ie ml,.. II1IM! IrittJ this, btrt "That occup.tion,1 !'JOUP i. Ire¢doorl to choose a life .eem Institutionllized racisll'l il i live in klaho." eall3ht in a cycle," Nova ...y., out of. re.ach lO m.1I)' of the,. "Many ..."t to tet oul. Some worh", are tripped I nd ""ve, will." Nava is in her sixtb year .. the monitor advocate for the Mil'"nt Ed"""tion ;, • vitol tool to supplyin& people with tbe power of and SeaoonolI'lrm Workers (MSFW)Servicesofthe Depl rtmentol baYing .".,.. ...y l OOnt their d.,tiny, Navi "')'1. M;gran{ form Employmeot, W orling witbin the 'Y,{em, she "rives lO im pr(We tbe worke"" she l to do with educating In I otlte tbat ronks om",,~ tbe bottom five in the country for tbem as to ..b ~ t roc",,~ is available," Nova '"Y', schoollundin& per slOdent, Hi.p.nic children in ' eOOIld8ry ~ Federal lllW requires the deportment to off.r the . ame quolity 0[ Mve a dropout rate of ~tiO percent, Many of the,e children drop job placement ....;ces to mip.nt and ...sonol form work." .. it out for one important economic r.ason: {bey need to supplemeot {b. does to non-farm worl "" the premi .. tbm children who know one Q with "Orne 12 to 15 outreoch work ..., N'~I tr.~ elo to farm, tochec~ lon~ge fully bave In ea,;er tim. I.oming I ..cond one, ~ on Jiving and wor~ioll conditi"'" I nd meet with tbe wor~ers, "Bilingual eduootioo is {he key, and there is 'lill intense oppor.i- ~ Her reop;lOl'ibilities in

,ocus 35 a a a

WHIR. HAVI ALL THI DOLLARS GONE? BJ Qri.1 Vt>lk

Whllt. lhere!I ' ~ "",,,,menllol,,,,, inoumheoll OIIt of OIT"", b~ impUwly d ~ lIWOi"wj with [be re­ oW. Alttt lW """'llocOMioc"",beolt,,,... 01. ril j .... NO"' back ill • few)'eAtfb«_ YOU',._ ~!o"'" ~ of .... problem, ..hictI is 13mpoiBn "­ ~ p' Ktico L " Mon­ "amia\OIKIM, 110 h.a. ~ nde,w.n an uhauolm> ~1 of "iKe ItpslalM: ­ pu,; .... He MIl )evual colic",,,,,, pin to comb throop lb. teCCII'dI on arndidales wllo .... n , lor l e~llAlive o!flee in some n .t.t., durin~ 1986, '88, '90 ll!Id '92. Iu for .. he "'"0 tell, thi. io..,IIl . ... he'" ~W«1l20.00:J . Dd -lO.ooo •

A S19J'oo) &1Ul tmro \be Natiooa! Sci- --=FouncIaUon("'''!W)ior..dill&lb:pmjoc:t..- F_ .,,,,,,0{ infoml.1tlon I f. bei", imesU­ p«:d: b3ct CJOWld ifllonn ... ion .oom etICb candidate; previous elffiioD dig; CUl'l'tt' nod Iri"o:wiu. ~t., tWlNs; Iin~'" formaliool; *"" ...... Me. sucJl .. po rcellllB< of_, held byca>~ pvI, aodlkdcgec 10 ...t.k~ Itp.ll.\Utfl WI he c:cnskkred prok-s­ ""nal Of am,ltut. Moncri.,;f fOI a M Eld Slik 1on !hi. P"''l'"'' in 1990 IIOd "11 wllb a 515,(0) snnt from Jdobo', Slit. Board of Ed"". b;'" "",!\diRl i. '0«011 yeaIL Sec- OI.d. tIoc<. is 11,..nudo... v.... t ..... ;., ~ • ...... 104 _y JPelIt 00 Io ...... t ive •..,.,. 1mm.-.utctOtllene..L Tbi .... tb:noi.. .. ilV''''''iI\J; d""Plty ill the IIa01I31 or _ • >peIII by _""'betMs .... t/Iooio d •• ...,,,, ... r ourtb, Ie_ eanoJolll4.. . oClen optodinz th ... tu four time$. th~ money ued by twu.. ",,00;­ . -- dol ••.