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Title: Matt Gonzalez, "Civil Rights and Politics: Arizona
START DATE: 5/25/2010
START TIME: 7:30 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: Caltech Campus, Pasadena, Ca
Location Details:
Pasadena, Ca
Caltech Campus
Beckman Institute Auditorium
Bldg 74 on the map: http://sass.caltech.edu/map/74.html
Event Topic:
Event Type: Speaker
Contact Name: Greg Fletcher
Contact Email: calechY@caltech.edu
Contact Phone: 626 395-6163
DESCRIPTION:
Club Latino, and the Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series present:

MATT GONZALEZ

A discussion on the Arizona immigration law:

"Civil Rights and Politics: Arizona and Beyond"

Tuesday, May 25th at 7:30 PM

Beckman Institute Auditorium

Bldg 74 on the map: http://sass.caltech.edu/map/74.html

Free! Open to the Public!



Reception after the event!



Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer recently signed the controversial Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, which requires that police officers determine the immigration status of a person "where reasonable suspicion exists" that the person is in the country illegally. The officer must then verify the suspect's immigration status with the federal government. The Constitution's equal protection clause forbids the government from differentiating between anyone in the United States, including illegal aliens, on the basis of race. The legality of this new law is in question and such a law also brings up larger civil rights and societal issues involving the enforcement of such a law.

BIO: Matthew Edward Gonzalez was born in McAllen, Texas, to a Mexican mother, Oralia, and Mexican-American father, Mateo. Gonzalez spent his first four years in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Gonzalez family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana; Baltimore, Maryland; and Louisville, Kentucky, before the family returned to McAllen when Gonzalez was 11 years old.

Matt Gonzalez received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1987 where he majored in both political theory and comparative literature. He was editor of the Stanford Law Review and in 1990 he received his Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School. After law school, from 1991-2000, Mr. Gonzalez was a trial lawyer at the Office of the San Francisco Public Defender where he handled all types of misdemeanor and felony cases including numerous life-in-prison matters.



In 2000 Mr. Gonzalez was elected to the San Francisco Board of

Supervisors, becoming the first member of the Green Party to win elective office in San Francisco. Two years later, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as president of the 11-member body. In December 2003 Mr. Gonzalez narrowly lost the mayor's race in San Francisco, garnering over 47% of the

vote, and in 2008 Mr. Gonzalez served as Ralph Nader's running mate on an Independent ticket.

In 2005, Gonzalez, along with a diverse group of attorneys, formed a civil rights law firm, Gonzalez and Leigh. Since leaving office, Gonzalez has been practicing law in San Francisco focused mostly on defending civil rights.

For more information about SASS and this event, visit http://sass.caltech.edu or contact Greg Fletcher, Caltech Y, (626) 395-6163.

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