BERT CORONA, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, DIES AT 82.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer PANORAMA CITY - Bert Corona, a national leader of civil and labor rights Labor rights or workers' rights are a group of legal rights and claimed human rights having to do with labor relations between workers and their employers, usually obtained under labor and employment law. also known for his work in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , died late Monday. He was 82. A university teacher, labor leader and immigrant rights activist, Corona was executive director of the Los Angeles-based Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, which provides legal and educational services to Latino immigrants. ``He was a tireless leader,'' said Gloria Saucedo, who heads the agency's Blythe Street offices in Panorama City. ``Over the past few years, he has been working with the area's youth to make them leaders for the future.'' Last year, Corona headed a voter registration drive A voter registration drive is an effort, often undertaken by a political campaign, political party, or other outside groups (partisan and non-partisan), that seeks to register to vote those who are eligible but not registered. across the Valley in preparation for the November presidential election. ``He was loved and respected by the Latino community,'' said Vibiana Andrade, vice president of legal programs for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. ``He understood the struggles of immigrants, their dreams and hopes, and the good they bring to this country.'' Born in El Paso, Texas, in 1918, Corona arrived in Los Angeles in 1936 and was active in the labor movement as an organizer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and went on to work with braceros, field laborers from Mexico. He was a past president of the Mexican American Political Association Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) is an organization that promotes the interests of Mexican-Americans in the United States. History Following a 1959 summit of 150 Mexican American leaders in Fresno, California, MAPA was formed in 1960 as a means to , and helped found the Center for Autonomous Social Action, an immigrant-rights organization. He also taught Chicano Studies at California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. . Corona died of complications after gall bladder gall bladder, small pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates bile. It is connected to the liver (which produces the bile) by the hepatic duct. When food containing fat reaches the small intestine, the hormone cholecystokinin is produced by cells in the intestinal surgery, according to his widow, Angelina Corona. He is survived by four children and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were pending. |
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