Archive for the ‘Action’ Category
Urgent: Immigrant women need our support
Posted: May 4, 2012 at 3:15 pm By DonnaLast week, the Senate reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The bill, originally enacted in 1994, provides federal funding toward the prosecution of violent crimes against women and includes provisions for undocumented immigrant women. Now the reauthorization bill is before the House. But those vital protections for immigrant women are gone. In fact, the [...]
The Rally Against SB 1070
Posted: April 26, 2012 at 2:43 pm By MichaelOn the biggest day of our national week of action for immigrant families, the US Supreme Court heard the oral arguments against Arizona’s infamous anti-immigration law, SB 1070. While the constitutionality of the bill was being discussed inside the Court’s white marble walls, faith leaders, labor unions, DREAMers, politicians, activists for immigrant and civil rights, undocumented and documented immigrants, and many others—nearly 1000 in all—stood in solidarity before the steps of the Supreme Court against SB 1070 and other hateful anti-immigration laws.
Kicking off the National Week of Action!
Posted: April 20, 2012 at 10:00 am By NicoleNext Wednesday, the Supreme Court is hearing Arizona’s SB 1070, the extreme anti-immigrant law that sent the state into crisis just two years ago. To make matters worse, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina passed similar laws of their own. Over the next week, we’re taking part of a National Week of Action to highlight the [...]
Join the Vigil for Justice and the American Dream
Posted: April 9, 2012 at 1:01 pm By DonnaThe tradition of holding candlelight vigils is close to our community: we gather together and light candles to remember, to protest, and to inspire. The light represents our faith and our dreams overcoming the darkness. Today, we are launching the Vigil for Justice and the American Dream, a virtual vigil to stand for equality under [...]
Sara’s Struggle: An undocumented woman’s fight to remain with her daughter
Posted: March 28, 2012 at 11:17 am By MichaelOn New Year’s Day, 2011, Sara Martinez was singled out by two Border Patrol officers and asked for her identification. When Sara could not produce a federally issued ID, she was handcuffed and placed in a squad car, all within the view of her 6 year old daughter.
Indonesian community to New Jersey: Don’t send us back
Posted: March 21, 2012 at 10:34 am By MichaelSince the late 1990s, a community of approximately 2,000 Christian Indonesians has resided in the United States as refuges seeking asylum from religious persecution.
Your signatures are on their way to South Korea
Posted: March 15, 2012 at 10:08 am By AllieIn just a few weeks, we’re gathered over 27,000 signatures calling on car companies Honda and Hyundai to take a stand against Alabama’s anti-immigrant law HB56. And right now, our allies on our their way to Seoul, South Korea to hand deliver your messages at the Hyundai shareholders meeting this week.
Why we’re marching
Posted: March 6, 2012 at 5:20 pm By admin3 days and 22 miles later, it’s time for an update. We’ve met some incredible people along the way – from Idaho, Nevada, Massachusetts, Maryland, Alabama, and more. I met a man from Waldorf, Maryland — who wished to not be named — whose uncle was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s roommate in college. His uncle [...]
We’re on the march in Alabama
Posted: March 2, 2012 at 1:35 pm By AllieThis week, thousands will walk the historic path from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to demand justice for all our communities.
Honda and Alabama
Posted: February 23, 2012 at 12:36 pm By johntejedaOver 70% of new cars bought by Latinos in 2010 were Asian brands. Ironically, many of those cars were manufactured in Alabama, a state this recently passed a virulently racist and anti-immigrant law (HB56) targeting Latinos.
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