Mayor pro tem honors Ernesto and Ruby Calderon with posthumous proclamation
Mayor pro tem Chitovella presented a posthumous proclamation recognizing Ernesto and Ruby Calderon for decades of Chicano community leadership; their daughter Diana Peña thanked the council and family present.
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Mayor Pro Tem Chitovella presented a proclamation on behalf of the City of Austin declaring July 23 as Ernesto and Ruby Calderon Day, honoring the couple’s decades of activism in the Chicano community and their work with organizations including LULAC and the Mexican American Alliance. Chitovella said the Calderons "devoted their lives to advancing civil rights, expanding educational opportunity, and uplifting the Chicano community across Texas."
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