AATSP Don Quijote Northern California chapter HISTORY-

Chapter antecedents go back to 1986 when an AATSP-NC regional conference was held at Chabot College on February 8, 1986, with Franciso Zermeño as the key person responsible.

Agnes Dimitriou y Christine Campbell officially renewed the Northern California chapter. (2012? 2013?) 

A timeline of chapter meetings and activities. The locations of chapter activities are in blue.

Spring 2013 - March 29 – AATSP chapter meeting held at a restaurant in Hayward. Francisco Zermeño hosted it.

Fall 2013 (with FLANC) Oct. 26, Chabot College 

Spring 2014 - Workshops by Martha Escobedo and Fabián Banga: March 8, Berkeley City College*

Fall 2014 - (with FLANC) Nov. 8, Berkeley City College

            Spring 2015 – Workshops organized by Sandra García Sanborn at CSU Stanislaus, February 21, 10:AM – 1 PM: With free registration, breakfast,

               and light lunch. Sessions by: América Salazar (San Francisco State University), Alex Prasad and Ana M. Santos (Marvin A. Dutcher Middle School,

               Turlock), Dalia Magana (University of California, Merced), Hyunsoo Hur (Monterey Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center), Manuel  Murrieta-Saldívar (CSU Stanislaus), Sandy Wagner (Monterey Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

  Fall 2015 - (with FLANC) Nov. 7, Chabot College 

              Spring 2016 - Workshops organized by Sandra García Sanborn at Univ. of the Pacific, January 30, 10:AM – 1 PM: With free registration, breakfast,

               and light lunch. Session I: 10:15- 11:30: (1) Elizabeth Cisneros (University of California, Merced), (2) Frances M. Sweeney (Saint Mary’s College    

               of California, (3) Branka Sarac (Monterey Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center) / Session II: 11:45 – 1:00: (1) América Salazar

              (San José State University), (2) Miriam Hernández-Rodríguez (University of California, Berkeley), (3) Sandra García Sanborn (CSU Stanislaus)

Fall 2016 - (with FLANC) Oct. 29, Berkeley City College

Spring 2017 - Jan 21, Meeting at the Berkeley Language Center**  

Fall 2017 - (with FLANC) Oct. 21, Chabot College

Spring 2018 –No chapter meeting. Sandra García Sanborn requested a date in March at CSU Stanislaus, but no meeting was held. Sandra suggested an essay contest as a possible chapter activity. In Spring 2018 the chapter cut ties with its website provider and sought a new website.

Fall 2018 - (with FLANC) Oct. 27, St. Mary's College (Frances Sweeney helped organize on her campus)

Spring 2019 - Workshops at Cindy Avitia Public School, East San Jose, May 11, 10:00 AM  – 12:30 PM: With free registration, breakfast, and     light lunch/ Session I: 10:15 to 11:15 (1) Citlalli Del Carpio and Ali Miano, Stanford University and (2) Claudia Schalesky, Evergreen Valley College / Session II: 11:30 to 12:30 (1) Vanessa Fernández, San José State University, and Brenda Ortiz Loyola, CSU Stanislaus (2) Hanan Khaled, Monterey Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. [(Rubith Huizar reserved the location, and Anne Fountain brought food and beverages for both breakfast and lunch.]

Fall 2019 – (with FLANC) September 21, Salesian College Prep

​Spring 2020 - [When the pandemic began] No chapter meeting.  Zoom Meeting of chapter officers.

# Algunas ideas sugeridas por Ali Miano el 11 de febrero de 2020 (Antes de la pandemia)                                                                                                  

o   May 9 workshop at Stanford (I have space and my jefa will contribute some funds for food)                                                                      

o   AATSP NorCal at FLANC, Chabot College, October 3                                                                                    

o   Joint event with MIIS in November, Monterey. 

​Fall 2020 – (with FLANC) October 3, Virtual conference.

Spring 2021 - May 1 – 9:00 AM -12:00P – Workshops - NorCal Virtual mini conference with sessions by Elizabeth Cisneros (UC Merced), Lyris Wiedemann (Stanford University), Sandra García Sanborn (CSU Stanislaus), and Avizia Long, Gerson Morales and Estefany Sosa (San José State).

Fall 2021 – (with FLANC) July 24, Virtual conference via Zoom.

Spring 2022 – No chapter meeting. February 2, 2022 @ 2:30 PM Pacific via Zoom - A meeting of the chapter officers:  Avizia Long (President) Rebecca Pozzi (President Elect) Alice Miano (Past President) Christine Campbell (Treasurer) Sandra Sanborn (Communications Coordinator) Raquel Rodriguez (Poster Contest Coordinator) Juan Pino-Silva (Webmaster)

Fall 2022 – No chapter meeting.

Spring 2023 – Zoom Workshop, Social Justice and Language Teaching, May 22, 2023 - 4:00 - 5:00 PM, by Rebecca Pozzi, Tracy Quan, and Chelsea Escalante.

Fall 2023 - (with FLANC) Virtual and hybrid, Nov. 4, (FLANC Hybrid part is for 20 persons at a site in Campbell) The chapter will hold elections virtually and separate from the FLANC conference. ELECTION RESULTS:  Francisco Zermeño elected as President-Elect and Christine Campbell re-elected as Treasurer.

Spring 2024 - (Exhibit participation, March 7-8, with CLTA in Monterey) Chapter session April 11, 2024, at CSU Monterey Bay and by Zoom, “Indigenous America in our Community and in the Spanish Classroom” joint presentation with Adolfo González (a native speaker of Zapotec).

Fall 2024 – ​ (with FLANC) November 2, AATSP chapter session at Harker Middle School in San Jose. Chapter members met informally to discuss plans for spring and ideas for chapter programs.

Spring 2025 —Free Virtual Workshop with Dr. Judy Cortés / Topic: Educational Interpreting & Translation / Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm (PDT)

Fall 2025 – Chapter elections online (two-year cycle) ELECTION RESULTS: Sandra Sanborn elected as President-Elect and Christine Campbell re-elected as Treasurer / The chapter met with FLANC at Chabot College in Hayward, Saturday, October 25. The in-person chapter session met during the FLANC conference lunch hour. President-elect Francisco Zermeño chaired a lively meeting that included recognition of chapter members who won awards at recent AATSP conferences, Liz Matchett, (Salamanca 2023) and Cristina Moon (Portland 2024) and a quiz on historical and cultural matters. Members who answered questions correctly got a prize! Spring plans for 2026 are for a parrillada at the home of Francisco Zermeño in Hayward with presentations by Michelle Moreno, Cristina Moon and América Salazar. Members who plan to attend the spring meeting include Michelle Moreno, Sandra García Sanborn, Liz Matchett, Anne Fountain, Tanya de Hoyos, Sarah Harmon, Cristina Moon, América Salazar, Raquel Rodríguez and Juan Pino Silva.

The Don Quijote Northern California chapter plans to co-host an Exhibit booth at the Feb. 28-March 1 CLTA conference in Sacramento with the Northern California AATF chapter.