With the same vision as a little more than half a century ago, which is to work for the progress of all its countrymen, the Federation of Zacatecano Clubs of Southern California (FCZSC) will celebrate this week the 51st anniversary of the traditional Zacatecano Day and, during a gala dinner, they will elect Miss Zacatecas 2024 on Saturday.
“Over the years we have focused all our efforts on the binational progress of Zacatecans,” said J. Guadalupe Gómez, president of the Federation of Zacatecan Clubs of Southern California.
“Also, our interest in developing the culture of our children born in the United States continues, the Señorita Zacatecas pageant, the delivery of scholarships to outstanding students who are children of Zacatecans and the delivery of food pantries every month, just as we did during the pandemic,” he added.
Scholarships for students range between $500 and $1000.
Thanks to these scholarships, Zacatecas migrants have been able to see about 300 professionals in the field of medicine, lawyers, university teachers and accountants graduate.
In a press conference, J. Guadalupe Gómez declared that, since the extinct 3×1 Program was achieved, Mexican migrants participated in more than 30,000 development projects in their communities, municipalities and states of origin, and in 5,000 well projects. drinking water, drainage, road construction, and three university campuses in Zacatecas alone.
Financing for the agricultural sector
With the arrival of municipal presidents, deputies and the governor of that entity, David Monreal Ávila, Zacatecas migrants will advocate for acceleration and for unfinished investment projects in their places of origin to become a reality.
Monreal Ávila will also visit Los Angeles to kick off the Second Agricultural Fair Expo and Hearing for Transformation in California, scheduled at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, which is organized by his government.
At said fair, on November 3 and 4, officials from the agricultural secretariats will grant credits of up to 250,000 pesos (approximately $13,500) for the purchase of tractors, stallions and agricultural inputs.
Zacatecas will also have access to credits for the acquisition of inputs that require preferential costs and payment facilities with subsidies that would allow them to obtain greater benefits, at a low cost.
All procedures will be channeled through the Zacatecas Campo Secretariat. Those responsible for SECAMPO will notify the beneficiaries, and will integrate the corresponding files together with the loan provider. Finally, they would notify the beneficiaries to make the proportional payment and deliver the support.
In Zacatecas, the countryside has been forgotten and the majority of the members of FCZSC clubs that require government help to carry out their projects are rural clubs, basically from Juchipila, Nochistlán, Tlaltenango, Fresnillo, Pánuco, Sombrerete and Morelos, among other municipalities. .
Lions Club in Jerez
Santiago Rosales, second member of the FCZSC and originally from Jerez, while stating that he felt “proudly” Zacatecas, told La Opinión that they would insist on the municipal president of that municipality, Dr. Jorge Miranda Castro, to commit to ending the López Velarde Lions Club.
“Due to stupid operating rules, the project fell apart,” he said. “They told us that it was not a priority as a project for the community, and I wonder, who else but a Lions Club to provide services to any community?”
Indeed, the function of the Lions Club is, in addition to forging unique friendships and important relationships that can last a lifetime, it is the place where they develop leadership skills, serve in community projects, including environmental preservation, disaster relief. hunger problem and service to the elderly and disabled.
Rosales and the members of Club Jerez affiliated with the Federation of Zacatecas Clubs of Southern California, advocate that the state participate with $50,000, the same amount for the municipality and another $50,000 for migrants from that region.
“We are going to propose that the project be carried out in four stages, so that it is not burdensome for the municipality,” said Rosales.
Zacatecas migrants have been vital in the last two decades for the construction of university campuses in the municipalities of Jalpa, Jerez and Tlaltenango, with investment and donations of hundreds of thousands of dollars from their countrymen.
A sense of identity
J. Guadalupe Gómez highlighted the promotion of culture will be an essential part of the celebration of Zacatecano Day.
“Those of us who live in the United States have never forgotten to recognize our roots.”
In fact, the participants of the “Señorita Zacatecas 2024” beauty pageant were sent to that magical state of Mexico, where traditional craftsmanship is represented in the branches of silversmithing, saddlery, pottery, textiles, wood carving or ceramics.
“The people of Zacatecas are very nice,” said Vianca Lupita Reyes, 22, a representative of the Jalpense Club.
Vianca and the other candidates for the title of Miss Zacatecas 2024 from Los Angeles, visited the towns of Sombrerete, Pánfilo Natera, the city of Zacatecas, Morelos, Atolinga, Monte Escobedo, Tlaltenango, San Pedro Piedra Gorda (municipality of Cuauhtémoc), Jalpa, Juchipila and Moyagua de Estrada…
“Zacatecas is a beautiful, cultural state, with [siete] magical towns (Jerez, Nochistlán, Sombrerete, Guadalupe, Teúl, Pinos and Villanueva) and being from there is being part of a great family,” commented Emma Solís, 25 years old, a young lady who represents the Sombrerete club.
Zacatecano Week:
Friday, November 3:
- Second Expo Agricultural and Livestock Fair in Los Angeles
- Time: 10 am
- Location: Pico Rivera Sports Arena
- Registration begins for participants in the raffle for 20 grants of 250,000 pesos for the purchase of a tractor.
- The participant must prove that he is Zacatecas and that he owns some agricultural land, an ejido, or that he has rented land or rents it.
Saturday, November 4:
- Registration begins from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Raffle for the 20 supports of $250,000 pesos, in the presence of Governor David Monreal Ávila.
- Tractor raffle.
- Support for the acquisition of agricultural implements (harrows, tractor tires, etc.)
- Support of 25,000 pesos for the acquisition of stallions to promote the Zacatecan countryside that suffers from drought.
- Granting credit to farm workers that allows them to acquire inputs at preferential costs and payment facilities with subsidies.
- 6:00 pm Coronation of the queen and princesses of Zacatecas and “Miss Zacatecas 2024 Los Angeles” contest, at the Quiet Cannon, located at 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello, CA 90640
Sunday, November 5:
- Audience with Governor David Monreal Ávila at the Casa del Zacatecano, located at 1332 N. Miller Ave., in Los Angeles, CA 90063.
- Reports: (323) 262-1360