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Community Memorial Serviceshonoring

Gracia Molina de Pick

Centro Cultural de la RazaAugust 28, 2019, 12:30pm

On behalf of the family, mourners are invited to participate in this service. Please join in singing these songs and in sharing your memories and reflection of Gracia at the appropriate time.

PROGRAM

Welcome by Tommy Ramirez, Centro Board President

Video Tribute produced by Elsa Sevilla, A Sevilla Productions

Seating of family members.

Hebrew folk song: “Hiney Mah Tov”Hine(y) ma tov u’ma-nayimShevet ach-im gam ya-chad

Greeting: Behold how good and pleasantwhen brothers and sisters sit together in unity

Mexican folk song: “La Llorona”Todos me dicen el negro, Llorona,negro, pero cariñoso.Todos me dicen el negro, Llorona,negro, pero cariñoso.Yo soy como el chile verde, Llorona,picante, pero sabroso.Yo soy como el chile verde, Llorona,picante, pero sabroso.

¡Ay de mí!, Llorona, Llorona,Llorona de ayer y hoy.¡Ay de mí!, Llorona, Llorona,Llorona de ayer y hoy.Ayer maravilla fui, Llorona,Y ahora ni sombra soy.Ayer maravilla fui, Llorona,Y ahora ni sombra soy.

Salías del templo un día, Llorona,Cuando al pasar yo te vi,Salías del templo un día, Llorona,

Cuando al pasar yo te vi,Hermoso huipil llevabas, Llorona,Que la Virgen te creí.Hermoso huipil llevabas, Llorona,Que la Virgen te creí

Ay de mí, Llorona, Llorona de azul celesteAy de mí, Llorona, Llorona de azul celesteY, aunque la vida me cueste, Llorona

No dejaré de quererte.Y, aunque la vida me cueste, LloronaNo dejaré de quererte

Romero, Yolanda La Danza de los Humitos, 2003

Eulogist:Viviana C. Enrique Acosta, CEO Ballet Folklorico en Aztlan

Public Tributes - Open microphone(Please limit comments to 3 minutes per person)El Malei Rachamim - Jewish prayer for the departed

Mexican folk song: “Cielito Lindo”

De la Sierra Morena,cielito lindo, vienen bajando,Un par de ojitos negros,cielito lindo, de contrabando.

Ay, ay, ay, ay,Canta y no llores, Porque cantando se alegran,cielito lindo, los corazones.

“Mourner’s Kaddish”Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba.B’alma di v’ra chirutei,v’yamlich malchutei,b’chayeichon uv’yomeichonuv’chayei d’chol beit Yisrael,baagala uviz’man kariv. V’im’ru: Amen.

Y’hei sh’mei raba m’varachl’alam ul’almei almaya.

Yitbarach v’yishtabach v’yitpaarv’yitromam v’yitnasei,v’yit’hadar v’yitaleh v’yit’halalsh’mei d’kud’sha b’rich hu,l’eila min kol birchata v’shirata,tushb’chata v’nechemata,daamiran b’alma. V’imru: Amen.

Y’hei sh’lama raba min sh’mayav’chayim aleinu v’al kil Yisrael.V’imru: Amen

Oseh shalom bimromav,Huyaaseh shalom aleinu,V’al kol Yisrael. B’imru: Amen

Hebrew folk song: “Oseh Shalom”Oseh shalom bimromavHu ya’aseh shalom aleinu

V’al kol Yisrael V’imru, V’imru, Amen.

May the One who makes peacein the high heavensmake peace for us, for all Israeland all who inhabit the earth. Amen.

Romero, Yolanda Resurrection, mixed media, 2004.

Biography

Gracia Molina de Pick, a prominent educator, feminist, and community activist, was born March 21, 1928 in Morelia, Michoacan. Growing up, she was surrounded by a family of political reformers. In 1946 at age 18, she traveled to Paris to attend the founding congress of the International Union of Socialist Youth, and subsequently behind the Iron Curtain to Yugoslavia to help rebuild the country’s railroads. This success marked the beginning of a lifetime of activism

Molina de Pick moved to California in 1957 and proceeded to earn Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Spanish Language from San Diego State University. She pursued doctoral studies at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Southern California in Education Administration. Molina de Pick continued to work in higher education, and is particularly remembered within the San Diego community for being an integral part of the establishment of the nation’s first associate’s degree in Chicano Studies at Mesa College and a founding faculty member of Thurgood Marshall College (Third College) at the University of California at San Diego. Both programs were evidence of Molina de Pick’s endeavors to incorporate a wider scope of educational topics, especially Chicano culture, into the standard curriculum. She also worked extensively to promote bilingual and bicultural education, particularly at Sweetwater Union High School. Her bilingual education reform led her to become a founding member and

the San Diego chapter president of the Association of Mexican-American Educators. Molina de Pick was also the first San Diegan appointed to the California Postsecondary Education Commission in 1975.

Gracia Molina de Pick joined the Democratic Party in 1971. Shortly after joining, she helped to found Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, the first national Chicana Association. She also became an active member and leader of many other organizations devoted to feminism, Chicano rights, civil rights, and labor reform. Her involvements include the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Mexican American Women’s National Association, the National Council of La Raza, the United Farm Workers, and the Chicano Federation. She attended the United Nations Conferences in Mexico City, Nairobi, Copenhagen, and Beijing, the National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas, and several Democratic National Conventions. She served on the Census Advisory Committee for the Spanish Origin Population for the 1980 census. Prior to her retirement, she served as a Human Resource Consultant for the Agency for International Development (African Bureau) of the U.S. State Department and for the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor. At this stage of her career, Molina de Pick had completed and published Mujeres en la Historia/Historias de Mujeres with Carmen Lugo, a book that includes voices of women absent from the previous historical record.

Molina de Pick’s dedication to serving the community and advocating for the rights of others and her professional accomplishments have been recognized at the local, state, and national levels. Amongst her many honors, Molina de Pick received the Points of Light U.S. Presidential Award from George H.W. Bush, the Community Activist Award from the Chicano Federation, the Teacher of the Year Award from Mesa College, and was inducted into the San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2002. Gracia Molina de Pick married Richard Pick and raised three children, Milan, Adele, and Daniel. Her archives, library, and art collection, which includes the images in this program, are in the Special Collections unit of the San Diego State University’s library.

Romero, Yolanda, untitled, 2004.

Memorial Services forGracia Molina de Pick

Sunday, August 25th: Logan Heights Branch Library, TBDCommunity Room, 1st Floor567 28th Street, SD, CA 92113Contact: Steve Wheeler, sjwheeler@sandiego.gov

Monday, August 26th: Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center, 2:30pm-4pm5250 55th Street, San Diego, CA, 92182Contact: Lynn Hawkes, SDSU Library, lhawkes@sdsu.edu

Tuesday, August 27th: Mesa Community College, 6:30pmThe Gracia Molina de Pick Glass Gallery7250 Mesa College Dr, SD, CA 92111Contact: Prof. Manuel J. Vélez, mvelez@sdccd.edu

Wednesday, August 28th: Centro Cultural de la Raza, 12:30pm2004 Park Blvd, SD, CA 92101Contact: Tommy Valentino, tommyvalentino@gmail.com

Thursday, August 29th: Thurgood Marshall College, UCSD, 5:30pmChicano Legacy Mural (In front of Peterson Hall)9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093Contact: Provost Leslie Carver lcarver@ucsd.eduContact: Marshall College OS, Autumn Monteforte amonteforte@ucsd.edu

Friday, August 30th: Women’s Museum of California2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, San Diego, CA 92106Contact: Ashley Gardner, ashley@womensmuseumca.org*Women’s Museum Suffragette parade will be dedicated toGracia Molina Enriquez de Pick. Parade is August 27th, at 5:00pm.It starts at the Balboa Park Organ Pavilion